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This article has been updated to correct the $10,300 figure from the previous figure reported in error. New campaign filings show that the Alameda firefighters union made $10,300 in campaign donations to Alameda Councilmember and would-be state assemblyman Rob Bonta during the second six months of 2011.  The Alameda Firefighters Association Political Action Committee continued making campaign contributions to local officials through the first half of this year, giving $10,500 to sitting Alameda Councilmembers. In a press release issued yesterday by Lisa Goldman, Acting City Manager for the City of Alameda, the City said that the Council’s actions on December 28th, including the firing of former Interim City Manager Ann Marie Gallant, were legal and in compliance with the Brown Act. The Emergency Medical Services Division of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency Public Health Department is looking to review a three-old preference for Alameda Hospital in County Emergency Medical Services practice, as the current practice is “not in the best interests of patient care.” by Dennis Green One of the local Alameda blogs, “Blogging Bayport,” describes its opponents, the preservationists, as “Nimbys” — Not In My Back Yard. Most of the fans of that website, and one a little more subtle in its bias, Michele Ellson’s “The Island,” frequented by many of the same partisans as Bayport, are regarded as “Newbies” by those of us not blindly dedicated to rampant population growth and development. The face-off between the two is viral, rabid and fascinating. Alameda City Council Candidate Adam Gillitt claims that an online comment posted by a City of Alameda Democratic Club volunteer confirms what he says was manipulation of the election process at the Club’s voter registration table at the recent Webster Street Jam. Action Alameda News has confirmed the comment with its author. Roughly 75 people turned out last night at the Auctions by the Bay Theater at Alameda Point, to see thirteen Alameda City Council and Mayoral candidates, who are vying for three seats, participate in a forum sponsored by the Alameda Architectural Preservation Society. Alameda City Councilmember Lena Tam has apparently filed a claim with the City of Alameda to have the City reimburse her for legal fees incurred in her defense of the allegations of misconduct against her. Apparently as a result of that claim, the City of Alameda, and subsequently, through a public records request, Action Alameda News, have acquired a copy of an August 12th, 2010 letter from Tam’s attorney to the District Attorney – one that the D.A. previously refused to release either to the City or to this publication – and a copy of the letter that City of Alameda Special Counsel Michael Colontuono sent in response. Denise Lai, an Alameda resident, says that she went to the Alameda Hospital Emergency Room on a Sunday morning in extreme pain earlier this year, and almost didn’t come out alive. She’s started a Facebook page to encourage people to share their own stories – good or bad – about Alameda Hospital. Correction: 11:02 a.m., September 15th, Adam Gillitt wrote to say that the CADC HQ opened August 22nd, not the 29th, as originally reported. Tonight, the City of Alameda Democratic Club is expected to endorse candidates for Alameda City Council and Mayoral elections. Registered Democrat and Alameda City Council Candidate Adam Gillitt says that he plans to attend “under protest,” because, “the outcome is predetermined. I just want the chance to introduce myself to the voters and give people a chance to choose someone who represents the citizens’ interests, not the highest bidders’.” |
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