Thank you, Alameda for re-electing me to be your mayor another four years. It has been my honor and privilege to serve this special community these past four years, working with City Council and city staff to support our residents and businesses, including during the height of the pandemic.

In these last days of the lives of the last generation to lay down their lives to prevent tyranny, I recently pulled out my late father’s medals. He was an Army guy.

I sent the following to the City Council. Two points: (1) We need a housing element. However, the current housing element is only a proposal, and may be tweaked. I am in favor of revision to spare Alameda historic districts — the ones with big trees and low-income units.

I have found myself spending a fair amount of time recently trying to decide what to write about in this column. I have been doing this for a long time. And then today, an idea emerged.

Now is the time to prepare your home for the upcoming cooler temperatures to reduce natural gas and electricity usage over the fall and winter. The consumption of natural gas in buildings contributes 27% of Alameda’s greenhouse gas emissions.

It’s hard to believe that November is here and that the midpoint of the school year will soon be here as well.

As a board member of Alameda Citizens Task Force (ACT), I must take issue with City Planning Director Andrew Thomas’ Alameda Sun op-ed, (“Approving the Housing Element is the Right Thing to do,” Nov.

On November 15, 2022, the Alameda City Council will make a decision on Alameda’s draft Housing Element and associated zoning amendments. State law requires that the City Council adopt a housing plan that meets the regional need for housing and affirmatively furthers fair housing.

In 1972 my family went to see the Poseidon Adventure at the Alameda Theatre when I was eight years old. It was thrilling, scary, and powerful; the movie was too!