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Letter to the Editor: City Council Should Address High Cost, Job Performance of City Manager & City Attorney
Letter to the Editor re: Should Big Business Pay Their Fair Share? (May 16, 2011) Once again, it is broken record time. While it’s true that great sums of money are involved when we talk about big business paying more … Continue reading
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Should Big Business in Emeryville Pay Their Fair Share?
For years, the City Council has given the city’s biggest businesses the biggest tax breaks. Residents and small business owners in town have begun to ask why. On Tuesday, the City Council will decide whether to put an initiative on … Continue reading
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Court Rejects Woodfin Demand
By Marc Albert A California appeals court rejected a demand by the Woodfin Suites Hotel that Emeryville taxpayers pay the hotel’s growing legal fees. The hotel company, owned and operated by Sam Hardage, a Republican Party activist from San Diego, … Continue reading
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Gun ‘Nuts’ Reload for Showdown Tuesday
By Brian Donahue They’re Going To Have Every Council Member Removed High noon will come at precisely 7:15 P.M. Tuesday. That’s when the final showdown is scheduled in an epic battle pitting the National Rifle Association, an organization devoted to … Continue reading
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Argentine Barbecue Comes to Emeryville
Blogs (Reprinted from SF Weekly Blog “Sfoodie”) Argentine Asador Primo’s Parilla Fires Up Grill in Emeryville By John Birdsall, SFoodie Editor, Tuesday, Mar. 23 2010 @ 12:38PM Categories: Pavement Cuisine Nice grill: Javier Sandes and his mobile barbecue. ​Emeryville added … Continue reading
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OPINION
It’s Only Money, Honey (You Got It, I Want It) By Liz Altieri “The Proposed Budget is premised on the long-term budget philosophy of the City Council and Redevelopment Agency. This budget philosophy includes the following major principles, which are … Continue reading
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A Long-Term Solution to Emeryville’s Budget Shortfall
Modest Increase in City’s Business License Tax CapCould Close Projected Budget Shortfalls for Next Two Years By Brian W. Carver BackgroundIn a memorandum dated March 2, 2010 from the Emeryville Finance Department entitled “Budget Planning Discussions FY 2010-11 and FY … Continue reading
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Message to Residents from Emeryville Council Member Jennifer West: Public Input and Community Participation
West Seeks Community Input/Participation in Transit Center Public Hearing, I-80 Pedestrian-Bike Bridge Workshop, ECCL, “Shortest Triathlon”, and Cooperative Grocery Dear Emeryville neighbors, This is my second letter to you since taking office in November 2009. My purpose in writing you … Continue reading
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Superintendant Explains Senior Parcel Tax Exemption Snafu
Below is the text of a letter sent by John Sugiyama, superintendant of the Emery Unified School District, to Shirley Enomoto, author of the previous post regarding the parcel tax exemption for seniors. Hello Shirley! Thank you for your patience … Continue reading
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Senior Citizens Forced to Re-apply Annually for Tax Exemption, in Violation of City Law
To Boot: Annual Reminder Letters Supposed to Go Out, But Seniors Say They Never Received Them By Shirley Enomoto Call it the Benjamin Button effect. Emeryville’s School Board is forcing senior citizens to prove they are not getting any younger—every … Continue reading
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