Apply Soon for Measure A Exemptions
The deadline to file for an exemption from the Alameda Unified School District’s Measure A parcel tax is June 30, 2014. Under the terms of the ballot measure, the school district can grant two types of...
View ArticleAlamada Schools Celebrating Parcel-Tax Vote
The Alameda Education Foundation, a fund-raising group for special school programs and resources, is thanking the community for its passage of Measure A on March 8. "By over a two-to-one margin, you...
View ArticleAlameda Polls Open for Measure A Vote
Today is the day to vote in Alameda's special election over Measure A, a new parcel tax that aims to support the Island school district. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8. There...
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Alameda’s Pro-E Team Vows to Keep Up School Support
The election results for Measure E aren't yet official, but here's how they stand: Yes - 14, 415, 65.62% No - 7,551, 34.38% With 66.6% needed, the Pro-Measure E effort appears to be falling ever so...
View ArticleElection Day for Alameda’s Measure E
The ballots for the hotly contested school parcel tax are due today, June 22, at the Alameda County Registrar of Voter's Office: 1255 Fallon Street in Oakland. Preliminary results we be posted online...
View ArticleAlameda’s Measure E Grabs National Spotlight
Jenny Turcinovic is putting Alameda -- and the nasty Measure E-battle -- on the map. The New York Times did a June 11 story on what transpired when Turcinovic put up a "No on Measure E" sign up at her...
View ArticleTentative ruling in Alameda school parcel tax lawsuit
An Alameda County judge has issued a tentative ruling today in Borikas v. Alameda Unified School District, the suit filed last fall against Measure H. Measure H is the parcel tax that passed last June...
View ArticleOrinda passes $502 permanent parcel tax
While many here in Alameda like to blame fiscal mismanagement, administrator pay, unions, or you name if for the financial challenges facing the Alameda Unified School District, other communities are...
View ArticleSecond parcel tax lawsuit in Alameda
A second lawsuit was filed Monday in Alameda County Court against Measure H, the school parcel tax that passed with the support of just over two-thirds of Alameda voters in early June. The first suit,...
View Article“Alamedans for Fair Taxation” say they’ll fight Measure H
Today I was forwarded an email sent around by a group calling themselves "Alamedans for Fair Taxation." Apparently, they're working to fight Measure H, the school parcel tax passed in June, which will...
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