Revitalize Alameda Point – Background On The Paid Signature Gatherers
Thank you to Michele Ellson of The Island for tracking down this report on the abuses of paid-signature gatherers, including Arno Political Consulting, the group providing the pen people here in...
View ArticleVideo Maniacs Settlement Costs City of Alameda $540,000
The Alameda Megaplex and Civic Center Parking Structure just keeps costing the City of Alameda more money. We just received a copy of an agreement to settle a lawsuit between the City of Alameda and...
View ArticleParking Garage, Cineplex Not Stemming Sales Tax Decline
According to an Alameda city staff report to be presented to City Council tonight, in the 4th Quarter of 2008, the Park Street South of Lincoln sales tax district suffered a 15.3% decline in sales tax...
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More Info on Alameda Quarterly Sales Tax Reports – Charts and Graphs!
As promised, here is some more analysis, including a couple of graphs, of Alameda’s Quarterly Sales Tax report, for the quarter ended December 31, 2008, which is the most recent data available from the...
View ArticleEl Cerrito, Oakland Speakeasy Theaters Close
The East Bay Express is reporting that the two-theater “Speakeasy Theaters” chain has now closed both their Oakland Theater and their El Cerrito Theater. We’re still waiting to hear a first-anniversary...
View ArticleRevitalize Alameda Point – Unconfirmed: Alameda City Council to Modify SunCal...
Update, 6:00pm, June 27th, 2009: Response from Kate Quick, President of the Alameda League of Women Voters: Well, there is some editorializing and a bit of opinion in Bill’s statement. But essentially,...
View ArticleMark Haskett of Alameda Central Cinema Fame to Run Oakland’s Parkway Theater?
According to the East Bay Express, Mark Haskett is in the running to take over Oakland’s closed Parkway Theater. Readers may remember that Haskett was squeezed out of his Alameda Central Cinema...
View ArticleFormer Central Cinema Owner May Re-Open Parkway Theater
According to OaklandNorth.net, Mark Haskett, the former owner of Central Cinema in Alameda, is in discussions with the landlords for the Parkway Theater, with a view to potentially re-open it. Alameda...
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Alameda Theater Still Not Delivering on Retail Sales Tax Promise
Boosters of the cineplex attached to the Alameda Theater and the butt-ugly seven-story parking garage – imagine! a seven story parking garage in a town that preaches public transit and non-automobile...
View ArticleIATSE Local 169 Projectionists Union Picket Alameda Theater Again
Armed with flyers and a letter from their attorney, projectionists form I.A.T.S.E. Local 169 picketed the Alameda Theater again last night less than a month after Theater management placed one of their...
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