Archive for February 4th, 2010
Your weekend: All set
By Ani Dimusheva
Dreaming of catching a life-size pumpkin carriage to a ball? Need a painted Victorian front for your fixer-upper? How about a few assorted thrones? Fifty uniforms with matching hats? A reed boat! All of the above on a 14-foot turntable?
Okay, okay, you get it. It’s Alameda Civic Light Opera’s giant theater prop [...]
January A Fizzle For Home Sales
After a strong close to Alameda home sales in the final four months of a lackluster 2009 in, 2010 started with a completed fizzle. The first month of this year so far has recorded just 16 sales. This is the lowest total I have seen in the three years of data that I have compiled.
For a reference, January 2007 had 37 sales and 2008 and 2009 recorded 21 sales in the opening month of the year. The year-over-year decline is 24 percent and the month-over-month change is a decrease of 59 percent.
Typically January and February are slow months for home sales, but the unusually slow sales have been compounded by a lack of (new or good) inventory for buyers to choose from and the difficulty for many to still secure financing.
Because the sales were low the Alameda median home sale price dropped to $477,800. This is $91,200 drop from December or a 16 percent decline. The positive is that it is higher than January 2009’s $457,000. The high median sales price in 2009 was $594,000 in June.
January 2010 Alameda Home Sales
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More on the Secretary of Education Resignation
I wasn’t just being snotty yesterday when I noted that the Secretary of Education receives very little public mention — and that hardly anyone knows who he is. A cabinet-level position is, of course, a big deal and I’m sure the job is a demanding one. And a number of people sent me comments, by…
Frankly speaking
Press releases sent out in a flurry post Measure B fallout! But I was most puzzled by the statement sent out by Frank Matarrese from his “Frank for Mayor” campaign:
“I know that all Alamedans are frustrated with the slow pace of the redevelopment of the former Alameda Naval Air Station. I share that frustration. [...]
Former Councilman Daysog running for mayor
The body count – err, candidate count for the mayor’s race has risen to four, with former City Councilman Tony Daysog’s announcement on Wednesday that he’s throwing his hat in the ring.
“I am announcing my candidacy for the Office of Mayor of Alameda. I will make a formal announcement in 10 to 14 days,” [...]
City to enter solar loan program
The City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday night to enter a statewide loan program that would help property owners pay for solar panels and other energy efficiency upgrades.
Alameda will join dozens of other cities in the CaliforniaFIRST program, which allows property owners in participating cities to take out low-interest loans to finance the often pricey [...]
Today’s must-read: AJ on possible hate crime outside Ruby Bridges school
The Alameda Journal’s Peter Hegarty has reported that Alameda Police are investigating a possible hate crime incident Monday morning outside Ruby Bridges Elementary School.
Alameda Police told Hegarty that an Hispanic man in his 30s was facing a possible hate crime charge after he allegedly told an African American woman she could be “hanging from a [...]
Tired of Monthly Air Raids on Alameda
What can be done about these monthly attacks by Terrorists?
Every month, almost like clockwork, Alameda is attacked. This has happened for years now. I hear the air raid sirens go off near my house. (It seems to happen right as I’m getting ready for lunch, near the beginning of the month. Come to think of it, I think it always happens on a Wednesday.) It happened just a few minutes ago, in fact, as I write this from my fallout shelter.
(See the attached picture – I’m very proud of the job I did in building it myself, nearly 40 years ago.)
A few hours after each attack, I carefully emerge from the shelter to check if my house is standing. Fortunately, the terrorists have not yet destroyed my house or my neighborhood, but I feel sorry for the neighborhoods that have been attacked, especially if right-thinking Alamedans live there!
Each week after the attack I check the Alameda Daily Noose, and even other noosepapers if I can find them lying around in the gutter, to learn more about this attack. And yet, there is never any mention of the previous day’s attack!
Has this reign of terror become so commonplace that nobody even bothers to report about it any more? Alamedans are dying here, and there is never a mention of this. We should do more to honor our fallen brothers.
When will our Mayor declare war on the terror that is striking us on a monthly basis? Is this yet another reason that we must replace Beverly Johnson with a new mayor, one who will fight Terror with Terror? We must find a foreign country that we can blame for these attacks so we can send our young soldiers away to fight the terror on its home soil.
Ever vigilant,
Xavier Snowleopard Jr.
