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Updated SunCal Plans Available Online

SunCal’s December 19th deliverables, the updated Draft Master Plan, Sports Complex Master Plan and 2009 Transportation Strategy are now available online.

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The Don Roberts Show With Lee Grosscup, December 17

View the Don Roberts Show online. Here is the December 17, 2008 edition with sportscaster Lee Grosscup.
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Big Developers Ask For Federal Bailout

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that big property developers are now at the federal trough asking for a bailout package. Meanwhile, we’re still waiting for a copy of SunCal’s final plan for Alameda Point, which was supposed to be handed over to City Staff last week. They’re asking for their own $700 million [...]

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The Mechanics of Corruption II

The New Yorker has a story about Pamela Davis, the President and CEO of Edward Hospital in Illinois. Davis helped bring down corrupt operators in Chicago after they tried to extort her hospital for money in return for state board approval of a planned expansion.

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Action Alameda News on Twitter!

We were just alerted to another new follower on twitter! For those that don’t yet know, you can follow our news through www.twitter.com

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What is Alameda Hospital’s Capacity for Disaster?

Addendum: As this article goes to press, we see that Alameda Hospital CEO Deborah Stebbins has responded in the local print newspaper about their disaster recovery plan. But she fails to explain how Alameda Hospital could respond to hundreds of injured Alameda residents in the event of a 6.9 magnitude earthquake, especially if several key staff members are trapped on the mainland and unable to get to the hospital.

We were pleased to read in the local weekly print newspaper that Alameda Hospital is finally breaking even. The last thing this city needs is a health care version of the Bureau of Electricity’s Telecom division. But assuming the hospital stays standing in the event of a major earthquake, do they have the capacity to handle all of Alameda’s injured?
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Free Landlord Workshops

Rental Housing Association of Northern Alameda County “How to Avoid 98% of Your Tenant Headaches” Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 6:00pm to 8:00pm Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 1:00pm to 3:00pm

www.rhanac.org 510-893-9873 ext. 110

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Alameda Education Foundation Shored-up

We reported weeks ago that the Alameda Education Foundation was squabbling over money, including a reported $60,000 annual salary for Executive Director Brook Briggance. Yesterday, AEF announced that Briggance was let go.
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This Week’s Don Roberts Show Online

This week, Don talks with veteran sportscaster Lee Grosscup.

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Letter From Lehman Attorney’s Telling SunCal to Back Off…or else

We wrote yesterday how it was reported that attorneys representing the bankrupt Lehman Brothers have written letters to SunCal to remind them of their place in the various southern California development project bankruptcies. Evidently, SunCal is trying to push their agenda through the bankruptcy court on various projects such as Oak Knoll and Marblehead [...]

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