MEASURE B1 | The Alameda County Registrar received notice Tuesday evening that backers of the Measure B1 decided to end the recount after the retabulation of 30,000 votes mustered only 7 additional yes votes for the half-cent transportation tax. Tuesday’s… Read More ›
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After Falling Just 721 Votes Short, Measure B1 Supporters Ask Registrar For Recount
TRANSPORTATION//MEASURE B1 | After losing out by a mere 721 votes, backers of the Alameda County Transportation Commission’s Measure B1 have asked the county registrar for a recount. The crucial reauthorization of the existing half-cent sales tax used to fund… Read More ›
Green Says Measure B1 Campaign Was ‘Poorly Run’
TRANSPORTATION//MEASURE B1 | The chair of the Alameda County Transportation Commission says the campaign for Measure B1, which narrowly missed out on a two-thirds majority last Election Day was “poorly-run” and county leaders need to quickly amass support for placing another… Read More ›
Couch-Surfing Into Office?
ELECTION ’12//RESIDENCY | Even at this late stage of the campaign, voters in San Leandro are unclear whether city council candidate Dan Dillman really lives in District 2 or the home he owns in District 1. Most voters in the… Read More ›
Armas, Heredia Will Not Seek Re-Election
ELECTION ’12//HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD | The central figures in the tawdry affair erupting at the Hayward school board over the past two weeks, will not seek re-election in the fall. The 5 p.m. deadline for candidates to complete filing for the… Read More ›
Lockyer Appointee Once Filed Lawsuit Against Election Opponent
HAYWARD LAWYER AND INSIDER HAS LONG CONNECTIONS TO LOCKYERSBy Steven Tavares A Hayward attorney who filed a lawsuit last March against former supervisorial candidate Liz Figueroa alleging an incorrect ballot designation was appointed Tuesday by Supervisor Nadia Lockyer to the… Read More ›
No Change in San Leandro Mayor’s Race
TIGHT RACE IN OAKLAND POSTPONES RESULTS TO TUESDAYA week ago, the Alameda County Registrar told voters the results of the first-ever Ranked Choice election would come by the end of the week. Then, it was next Tuesday, then Monday. The… Read More ›
