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Thanks for Reporting on Grants for Alameda Firefighter Wildfire Training

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 [...]

Who Gets Access to Publicly Owned Swimming Pools?

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.

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Issuing Bonds Against Measure C will Increase the Cost of All Purchases

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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Alameda City Council Puts Sales Tax Increase on the Ballot

Alameda City Council voted last night to put a one-half percent local sales tax increase on the ballot, increasing the tax to 9.25 percent.

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Alameda Sales Tax Increase Proposal is a Rush to Folly

A letter from Action Alameda News publisher David Howard.

Alameda City Manager John Russo’s proposal to increase the sales tax rate in Alameda to 9.25 percent won’t solve the current general fund deficit problem, and is not likely to raise the money to pay for all his promises in a meaningful time frame. What’s worse, [...]

Alameda City Manager John Russo to put 1/2% Sales Tax Hike Before Council on March 7th

Alameda City Manager John Russo will present his idea for one-half of one-percent sales tax hike to Alameda City Council on March 7th. Will it help or hurt Alameda?

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