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Legalize Marijuana Dispensaries Once and For All!

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Feb 272013
 

It’s time that our Mayor and City Council do what’s right.  Californians approved medical marijuana collectives fifteen years ago, and they are now ready to legalize marijuana altogether.  Legalization at this point is inevitable and every person of sound body can easily get marijuana at school yards, parks and at street corners.  As the case of SLPD officer Jason Fredriksson showed, even cops are in the marijuana selling game. The only people who have trouble getting marijuana are the old and sick patients who actually need it.  The attitude of City Council members like Diana Souza and Benny Lee, who [Continue Reading]

On the Plastic Bag Ban

 On the Plastic Bag Ban  Short Notes  No Responses »
Feb 202013
 

I wonder if someone will do a study on the environmental and economic impacts of the plastic bag ban imposed in Alameda County. The report by Stopwaste.org, on which the ban was based, acknowledge the lack of reliable data and predicted, if anything, that the results of the ban would be mixed. So far this has been my experience: – there is less plastic bag litter on the streets – I hate having to pay for bags which I used to get for free, so I no longer make “spur of the moment”  purchases or buy more stuff than I [Continue Reading]

Cassidy Complains to the Press about Coverage of Council Meeting

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Feb 232012
 
Cassidy Complains to the Press about Coverage of Council Meeting

It would appear that Mayor Stephen Cassidy wrote to San Leandro Patch editor Tom Abate complaining about an article Abate wrote about the last City Council meeting. In the article, Abate characterized the City Council’s move to change the Zoning Code to help in the legal battle with the Faith Fellow Church as a “CYA* strategy”. While Abate mentioned the complaint he received, he didn’t say who made it.  Still, Abate didn’t deny that it was Cassidy when I so suggested.  And Cassidy has a tendency of trying to influence the press  On several occasions he’s written to me complaining [Continue Reading]

City Reveals Real Reasons behind Entertainment Ban in San Leandro

 City Reveals Real Reasons behind Entertainment Ban in San Leandro  Short Notes  1 Response »
Feb 232012
 

The Daily Review wrote a good summary of the Tuesday night City Council meeting on the plans to ban recreation and entertainment in the industrial area of San Leandro.  At the meeting, Meyers Nave attorney Deborah Fox was forced to admit that the real reason behind the proposed ban was one of legal strategy in the Faith Fellowship case.  Fox is the attorney that represented that unsuccessfully represented the City before the 9th Circuit in this case.  The City had prohibited the Faith Fellowship church from opening a Church in the industrial area of town in violation of federal law. [Continue Reading]

Kudos to Nadia Lockyer

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Feb 152012
 

Kudos to Supervisor Nadia Davis Lockyer for admitting and facing her problems. Mental health issues, including substance abuse, do not discriminate on whom they touch. I hope she gets well soon from her injuries, and has a successful road to recovery. I also hope Mary Hayashi will learn from Nadia, and also acknowledge her shoplifting compulsion (assuming, as I do, that she’s not a common thief) and seek treatment. Mercury News article.  

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