Kirk Draheim
In Recalling Fairfax Mayor & Vice Mayor - Part 1: The Unreported Story, the back-channel manipulation of voters by council member Barbara Coler was covered. ... … more »
catalystsca.org
In 2012, Bob Silvestri published a prescient account of the coming housing tsunami in his book titled, The Best Laid Plans: Our Planning and Affordable Challenges ... … more »
SMART
As someone who has done extensive analysis of the financial condition of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) train, I decided to ask ChatGPT a simple qu... … more »
the Garden Host at The Panoramic Garden
Explore Marin County’s Private, Hidden Gardens on Sunday, May 25 Garden Conservancy Open Days program offers access to hundreds of private sanctuaries across th... … more »
Adena-Ishii
In his January 16 column for The New Yorker, Jay Caspian Kang wondered: “Is California going through the early stages of a political realignment that has not qu... … more »
Campaign Photo
A key factor in Adena Ishii’s victory was her self-presentation as a conciliatory outsider. Her campaign website declared: “Adena Ishii is an experienced communi... … more »
Berkeley City Council
Missing context, misleading stories helped boost longshot Adena Ishii into the city's top office. Part Three of this series on the Berkeley mayoral election ... … more »
Marin County
The following letter was submitted to the Marin County Board of Supervisors and the Commissioners of the Marin County Planning Commission on January 7, 2025, regar... … more »
Sophie Hahn
This is Part II of a series on the election of Adena Ishii as mayor of Berkeley. CLICK HERE to read Part I. Until late September, I didn’t pay much attention... … more »
SMART
I am not kidding. SMART could really waste $1 billion over the next 20 years if we let it. And, I am talking in real $2024 dollars. SMART only survives because o... … more »