Next Tuesday, Alameda City Council will consider a resolution authorizing the city manager to purchase John Patrick’s Bar at 1813 Park Street, which has gone into tax default. The City plans to buy the property for the price of the defaulted taxes and fees which amounts to $11,772 for “economic development purposes.”
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Agenda documents for next week’s City Council meeting show that the City of Alameda is set to appoint Oakland City Attorney John Russo as Alameda’s latest City Manager. In last year’s council election, Russo contributed money to Mayor Marie Gilmore’s campaign as well as Councilmembers Rob Bonta’s and Lena Tam’s campaign. Recently, this publication ran a photo series showing Russo at an election night party for the same three candidates. Court filings in federal court and Alameda County Superior Court this month show that the City of Alameda and SunCal will try to resolve SunCal’s Alameda Point and California Public Records Act lawsuits, respectively, against the City of Alameda through mediation. AC Transit is set to raise fares in August. The agency will hear public comments on proposed fare structures and increases tomorrow at its downtown Oakland office. Jessica Robinson, an Alameda resident and actor who has participated multiple times in the Miss California USA pageant as “Miss Alameda,” will participate this year in the “Real Crown Champion: Ms. and Mrs. Orange County Regional Pageant” which raises funds for the Susan G Komen for the Cure foundation, which fights breast cancer. Robinson was was called by pageant organizers and invited to participate. Alameda’s planning board faces a full agenda this coming Monday. At least two items should be of broad interest to Alameda residents. As part of a week-long series, Action Alameda News is publishing photographs from Alameda Mayor Marie Gilmore’s November 2nd, 2010, election party at Otaez Restaurant on Webster Street in Alameda. The pictures were downloaded from Mayor Gilmore’s Facebook page, and are published here in the public interest, under the doctrine of “fair use.” Correction: A closer reading of the complaint reveals that Kapler is in fact claiming $4 million in damages – $2 million for general damages to his reputation and $2 million in special damages. See items 81 and 82 in the claim, below. On April 14th, former Alameda Fire Chief David Kapler filed a lawsuit against the City of Alameda, and others, for wrongful termination, breach of contract, defamation and other causes, over his dismissal from the City of Alameda late last year. In his complaint, among other allegations, Kapler alleges that Alameda City Councilmember Lena Tam “conspired with members of the firefighter’s union to wrongfully” terminate him. He further alleges that Lena Tam attempted to coerce then-Interim City Manager Ann Marie Gallant to terminate him without good cause. Kapler is claiming Alameda police responding to reports of a disturbance on the 500 block of Buena Vista Avenue just before noon this morning arrived to find an adult male dead, apparently of gunshot wounds. One man was detained at the scene and is being questioned as the investigation continues. Update: Alameda police report that on the [...] As part of a week-long series, Action Alameda News is publishing photographs from Alameda Mayor Marie Gilmore’s November 2nd, 2010, election party at Otaez Restaurant on Webster Street in Alameda. The pictures were downloaded from Mayor Gilmore’s Facebook page, and are published here in the public interest, under the doctrine of “fair use.” |
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