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On April 6, the City of Alameda Paratransit Program will launch the Alameda Paratransit Shuttle Service. The shuttle will provide Alameda’s senior and disabled residents with access to major shopping destinations and medical facilities around the city. The service is funded by Alameda County Measure B sales tax dollars. Disabled Alameda resident Maria Zanetti voted “yes” on Measure H, the last AUSD parcel tax, in 2008, expecting to get the “disabled” exemption that campaign literature promised. Then she found out she didn’t qualify for the exemption. Now she says she won’t be fooled again. Groupon, a Chicago-based online collective shopping website, announced today that they have added Alameda to their list of East Bay cities included in their San Francisco regional presence. An Action Alameda News study of Alameda County Tax Assessor annual reports from Fiscal Years 2004-05 through 2009-10 shows that school districts’ share of property tax dollars is shrinking, while local redevelopment agencies’ share is growing. Jessica Robinson of Alameda, who is competing as Miss Alameda this year for the title of Miss California USA, rocked the Rock Wall Wine Company in Alameda today, singing backup vocals on Lady Atlas with Peggy Day of Peggy Day and the Gypsy Knights. by Dennis Green Are Alameda schools “too big to fail?” Or just too small to succeed? Alameda police released pictures today of a suspect in a recent Alameda bank robbery. Documents obtained by Action Alameda News through public records requests show that the Alameda Unified School District has been paying political consultants for work since September, 2008, at the rate of $150/hour per partner. The invoices total over $54,000. [We received this letter in regards to the Save Our City! Alameda alternate development plan for Alameda Point.] Dear Editor, Interestingly, I sent a letter to the Alameda Sun a couple of days ago. In that letter I pointed out the contamination issues, that the types of development planned are obsolete and not appropriate [...] |
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