During the December 2, 2024 Piedmont City Council meeting, the City Council approved an ADDITIONAL $2.8 million in funding towards the completion of the community pool. The question is – – when does the open checkbook slam shut? I do not care if the CC members appear to be frustrated and upset with having to…
Piedmont residents are witnessing an alarming decline in leadership, with both the City Council and City Administrator playing active roles in the city’s financial and civic deterioration. The relentless push for pickleball in Linda Park, championed by Mayor Cavenaugh and endorsed by the City Council and administration, epitomizes this mismanagement. The project, pursued “at all…
Yowzers! Thank you to the 3-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court for ruling that local ordinances preventing the use of gas appliances are overridden by federal law! Big middle finger to the City Council for adopting those Reach Codes. This group of elected officials at the city are a bunch of clowns. A small…
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…
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…
