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Statements Stricken from AC Transit Challenger’s Ballot Statement
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09/04/2008An Alameda County Superior Court Judge has taken the first vote in the 2008 local general election, ruling that certain portions of AC Transit At Large Board challenger Joyce Roy’s submitted ballot statement were either false or misleading, and ordering them removed.
Judge Frank Roesch’s ruling last week was in response to a lawsuit filed by Alameda County resident William Rowen. Rowen was represented by Oakland attorney David Stein, while Roy represented herself.
Roy, a retired Oakland architect and public transportation advocate, is challenging AC Transit Board President Chris Peeples for Peeples’ At-Large board seat.
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Author event: "Stuffed and Starved:The Hidden Battle for the World Food System"
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2425 Channing Way(off of Telegraph Avenue)City:
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Copwatch Benefit Show!
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Backyard - 3228 Adeline Ave City:
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Copwatch Benefit Show!
Help support copwatchers heading to RNC and DNC, and enjoy local bay area hip-hop.
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Christmas
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Members of Thizz
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Seed Corn Gallery Opening
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Sunday Convention Will Choose Rent Stabilization Board Slate
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07/31/2008On Sunday, a group of self-identified progressives will select five candidates to form a slate to fill the five vacancies on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board.
The convention, open to all people living in Berkeley, will take place Sunday, August 3, 4–8 p.m. at the North Berkeley Senior Center, Hearst Avenue at Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Attendees are asked to pay a sliding-scale admission at the door.
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Barbara Lee: Connecting the Green Dots: Green Economy Panel and Green Jobs Career Fair
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Berkeley City College, Auditorium and Atrium, 2050 Center Street (between Milvia and Shattuck), City:
Berkeley, CA 94704Cost:
freeRepresentative Barbara Lee Hosts
Connecting the Green Dots: Green Economy Panel and Green Jobs Career Fair
Date: Monday, July 28
Time: 10-11:30 am: Panel Discussion; after the panel - 2 pm: Green Jobs Career Fair
Cost: free!
RSVP (or just come) or for more information: Maha Ibrahim at 510-763-0370 or maha.ibrahim at mail.house.gov
Location: Berkeley City College, Auditorium and Atrium, 2050 Center Street (between Milvia and Shattuck), Berkeley, CA 94704
Transit: 1 block from Downtown Berkeley BART
Parking: Center St garage across the street or Allston Way Garage
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Opinion: Beating a Dead Horse: The Bus Rapid Transit Draft EIR
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07/24/2008Dean Metzger (July 17) and other opponents of a Bus Rapid Transit plan that would employ dedicated lanes, continue to quote the project’s obsolescent draft environmental report (DEIR) as if it’s holy writ, and as if everything preliminarily mentioned therein will inevitably come to pass. But this stance ignores the first word in the title: The 15-month-old DEIR is indeed merely a first draft that attempts to generally describe the project, but inevitably does so in a way that all interested parties know is incomplete at best and sometimes even misleading.
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Planning Commission Leaps Tall Buildings
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07/17/2008Berkeley planning commissioners continued their march through the Downtown Area Plan last week with a side excursion through a controversial economic study.
During its two-year term the Downtown Area Plan Advisory Committee (DAPAC) has struggled to decide how many buildings should be built in Berkeley’s downtown area and how high they should be.
Buildings of seven stories or higher have long been a focus of controversy in the city, pitting “smart growth” advocates against preservationists and neighborhood activists.
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Opinion: Berkeley’s Anti-Environmentalist Movement
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07/10/2008The current anti-BRT initiative highlights the split in Berkeley politics between environmentalists who support better public transportation and more walkable neighborhoods and anti-environmentalists who oppose these things.
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