The Oakland A’s play their last game at the Coliseum this week. The prelude to that happened 25 years ago when Oakland City Manager Robert Bobb and Mayor Jerry Brown feuded over downtown development. Bobb wanted to redevelop the area between 880 and the Fox Theater for a downtown baseball stadium while Brown wanted 10,000…
As a neighbor to PHS students, I have only recently heard of the term “equitable grading”. Having children out of college and off in the real world, has afforded me time to connect and converse with newer neighbors in my area who have PHS students. In one of these conversations, a parent mentioned the disconnect…
On September 10, 2021, 241 charter cities signed a letter to Gavin Gruesome requesting a veto of SB 9 (Atkins). Why was Piedmont not one of those cities on the list? I see a few nearby cities on the list: Antioch, Concord, Burlingame, Foster City, Larkspur, Moraga, Orinda. Again, why did Piedmont not sign this…
I have been disinterested in what has been happening with the Housing Element until I watched the Moraga Canyon Specific Plan on video. Takeaways: * 60 affordable units will most likely be property tax exempt! * Only the 70 market rate units will be billed for property taxes * The City Budget will remain neutral…
As of late August 2024, there are 2 pending lawsuits pertaining to the conversion of Linda Beach Courts from tennis courts to pickleball courts. Why in tarnations would the Piedmont CC approve a $206,800 contract to have the courts repaved when there are lawsuits pending? The Piedmont CC are drunken sailors on leave with a…
