Yesterday, the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) suffered a setback in Alameda County Superior Court when Judge Frank Roesch overruled the District’s request to dismiss a lawsuit intended to invalidate a 7-year parcel tax enacted by voters on March 8th of this year under a ballot initiative called “Measure A.”
Continue reading AUSD Suffers Setback in Measure A Parcel Tax Lawsuit
|
||||||
Advertisement |
Late today, the City of Alameda announced that it will hold a special City Council meeting at City Hall West to consider the vacant City Attorney position. Wind River, an embedded and mobile software company owned by Intel and based in Alameda, announced this week that it has launched new automated testing software for Google Android-based smartphones, which the company says will improve end-user experience with smartphones, by reducing the time it takes phone manufacturers to run tests on the user interfaces. The Alameda Point Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting is set to meet next Thursday, August 4, 2011 from 6:30 p.m., at 950 W. Mall Square on Alameda Point. The board provides oversight of the superfund cleanup of the former Naval Air Station Alameda. Members of the public are welcome and permitted to attend these meetings and make public comment. A list released by the United States Postal Service this week reveals that none of Alameda’s four postal offices will be considered for replacement by a “Village Post Office.” The postal service is initiating a study to determine which of some 3,700 retail offices can be replaced with so-called Village Post Offices operated by [...] Earlier this month, Alameda County Tax Assessor Ron Thomsen reported that his office has delivered the 2011-12 local property tax assessment roll for the County, which includes 108,357 properties, or roughly 23%, that realized reduced assessments due to market value declines. Alameda residents have already begun receiving their notification of 2011-2012 assessed value from the County. Alameda residents living near Webster Street are upset at being compelled by the City of Alameda’s electric utility, Alameda Municipal Power, to spend roughly $5,000 to convert their utility service from overhead to underground delivery to support what they call a “Webster Street beautification project.” The Alameda Unified School District Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at an unusual time today – at twelve noon. On the agenda are labor negotiation items, including a performance review of the Superintendent, Kirsten Vital, and negotiations with Ms. Vital, and negotiations with represented and un-represented AUSD staff. At Tuesday’s night’s City Council meeting, Alameda City Council approved a tentative parcel map for a 9.48 acre, 182 residential unit project at the corner of Clement Street and Oak Street, commonly referred to as the “boatworks project.” The Alameda Recreation and Park Department is inviting entries for the 57th annual City of Alameda Swim Championships, to be held Friday through Sunday, August 12th through August 14th, at the Encinal Swim Center. |
 |
||||
|
Copyright © - All Rights Reserved |
||||||
Recent Comments