New Designation Allows Mayor to Lollygag Maskless in Nation’s Capitol Mayor Arreguin enjoyed a welcome respite from Berkeley’s ongoing efforts to reduce the risk of COVID infection by traveling to our nation’s capitol. While Berkeley residents and businesses remain vigilient in face of ongoing COVID risk and rising infection rates by wearing masks indoors at […]
Category: Current Events
New Report Finds Propane Heaters Bankrupting Berkeley’s Carbon Budget
City Council Holds Emergency Meeting and Calls for “Decisive” Action A new report suggests that the proliferation of outdoor propane heaters at the city’s dining establishments has resulted in a disturbing uptick in greenhouse gas emissions. The report finds that these emissions threaten to undermine progress towards the city’s Vision 2050 carbon neutral goals. Researchers […]
Berkeley will attempt to mine its way out of insolvency
The city of Berkeley will convert its iconic, but abandoned Old City Hall into a data center for mining cryptocurrency, in an attempt to generate a revenue stream that can match the crushing, $2 billion unfunded liabilities of the Arreguin era. “We’re in a huge hole,” said Mayor Arreguin, and it’s “all Shirley Dean’s fault. […]
Berkeley’s New Crypto Gig Launched With Much Fanfare
Consumer group raises concerns over risks to small investors; analyst describes scheme as double taxation In an effort to expand the utilization of Cryptocurrency beyond alleviating “driving shame” city council has moved to create a micro bond program designed to pay interest by issuing tokens on a secure and auditable Blockchain ledger. The mayor’s office […]
Berkeley Street Repaved with 100% Reclaimed Asphalt
Novel Reclaim Effort Done on Contractors Own Initiative: No City Council Mandate Required Tar Bitumen has been in the street repaving business for decades. As a result, he understands every aspect of street engineering and the supply chain issues associated with street repairs. Bitumen’s firm, PCI Zero Enterprises (PCIZE), has been contracted by the City […]
Wengraf Calls for Mandatory Vasectomies, Tubal Ligations in the Berkeley Hills
Citing heightened concerns about fire safety in her district in the Hills, CM Wengraf has called for mandatory vasectomies and tubal ligations for her constituents. “Our evacuation routes simply cannot handle the number of residents we have now. It’s why we’re saying no to building ADUs in the middle of a housing emergency. We can’t […]
Our Zeitgeist = 4
In the Name of Efficient Governance Berkeley Reimagines Boards and Commissions In a new effort to enhance Berkeley’s operations, City Auditor Jenny Wong commissioned a group of outside experts to conduct the Reimagine Advisory and Taskforces (RAT) initiative. The RAT initiative is an effort to streamline the existing processes involving more than 40 committees, panels, […]
First Annual Neighborhood Games
Our guest contributor is Taylor Bunting, a 45-year Berkeley resident and congenital realist Teams are now lining up to compete in the Neighborhood Games scheduled for late July (to coincide with the Tokyo Olympics) in Codornices Park in Berkeley. Go to NextDoor to sign up with your favorite team. Some of the teams showing early […]
Homeowners recoup transfer tax from property sale by joining “homeless neighbors,” selling NFT
Long term West Berkeley residents Stefan Welt and Carol Elderbaum have thrown in the towel after years of fruitlessly seeking help from the City to displace the out of town RV campers who took up residence in front of their former home shortly after Mayor Jesse Arreguin was elected in 2016. “Arreguin opened the gates […]
Mayor and CMs Unveil New Seenless Public Meeting Attendance
Darby Tyro is a long term on and off and on again denizen of Berkeley, pursuing a special interest in turning over rocks, giving second glances and bureaucratese haiku. A recent Zoom Townhall to address a surge in armed robberies and shootings, hosted by Councilmembers Taplin, Bartlett and Mayor Arrequin, had included advance emailed invitations to […]