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(Editor Note – italics and capital letters are reflected as they appeared in the original submission.) Dear Editor, It is a Pandora’s Box, having livestock in backyards of Alameda. The irony is that I abhor factory farming and am a huge advocate for small farms. But we will have some residences with livestock being [...] Action Alameda News received a copy of this letter for publication… Dear Niel, I appreciate your letter but I feel as though the board and the superintendent of schools are failing to hear the majority voice of our community. Recent decisions to close and relocate district offices is the number one failure to fulfill [...]
Planning for the Jean Sweeney Open Space Park on the old Beltline property begins in February, 2013. Dear Editor, In 2002, Jean Sweeney collected signatures and got an initiative placed on the ballot so we could vote to protect 23 acres of former Alameda Beltline Railroad property as open space. In her Notice of [...] Dear Editor, Watching a precinct vote is like watching sausage being made. Once you do, you will never again trust the final product. [...] Action Alameda News received this letter addressed to the Mayor of Alameda and City Council. The author is known to Action Alameda News, but asked not to be identified… MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL: Re: Proposed Ordinance Creating Overlay Exceptions to the Charter Sec. XXVI [...] Dear Editor, I feel that most people want to believe that firefighters, as well as police officers, are “our friends.” It is, therefore, quite alarming to hear a number of Alamedans express fear and concern when it comes to our local Fire Department. [...] City Staff: Stop Wasting Taxpayer Dollars by Eugenie Thomson, P.E. Have you ever said to yourself, I wish bureaucrats understood real money? Or thought, why does City Hall make things so complicated and expensive? [...] Dear Editor, Thank you for reporting on the grant that Alameda’s firefighters received to learn how to fight wildfires. Once as children, my brother and I accidentally ignited some dead grass with a magnifying glass. We were able to put it out before our mother caught us. We have lived in fear of wildfires in [...] A letter from Action Alameda News publisher David Howard Measure C promises to build yet another swimming pool in Alameda, which we surely can’t afford to maintain better than any of the existing four pools. Construction generally amounts to 1/3rd of a facility’s total lifetime cost to operate, and Measure C provides no operating funds. [...] Dear Editor, When I was Vice-Mayor and advocating for a new fire station on Bay Farm Island (BFI), I walked into the old BFI station for a tour. I was greeted by firefighters in lounge chairs watching pornography. [...] |
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