Blog Entries from Blogging Bayport Alameda

So continued from yesterday’s post where during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting Councilmember Doug deHaan had been called out on his not really offering any...

Tuesday night’s City Council meeting on the budget ended up being a discussion on Measure C for the most part. But here are the big takeaways from the actual budget-y...

So you all know, and I know that campaign finance reform is not just to limit the amount of money that is spent on elections, but also to improve the disclosure around who is...

I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that in addition to voting on Measure C next week, you’ll also be asked to select a new State Assembly representative to...

Nothing for today, enjoy the last day of the long weekend folks!

Since someone (coughjohncough) likes to pull out the old Federal employee salary list to compare to Alameda’s employees, I finally found a database that allowed me to search...

A series of good news items for Alameda. The first was the news that one of the America’s Cup teams: Artemis Racing representing the Royal Swedish Yacht Club will be based...

In more apples to apples comparisons I was sent a spreadsheet with a list of monthly salaries for various cities in the Bay Area and their Fire Departments. This information...

About the salaries and things, lots of numbers being thrown around, very little context. I mean, really now folks, is a military installation in Washington with half the...

So the other day the Assistant City Manager sent out a revised copy of the 2011 earnings for City employees. Something about the initial list having included the final pay...

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