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Editor:
MOFD directors Evans and Anderson have every right to be angry not just with MOFD's auditor, Cropper, but with former MOFD finance people also. While the auditor should have pointed out years ago MOFD's "inflated" reserve account on the balance sheet, those intimately involved should have also noted that the annual $2 million debt service payment for the pension bond, due the day after the close of the fiscal year accounting, made...
Editor:
I am responding to your article regarding the Mayor's State of the City meeting. Having read that, I seriously wondered whether I had been in the same room?
This is what I observed.
Dozens of residents passionately questioned what seems to be unbridled development in Lafayette and the position of the Mayor which implied that we have no choice, overdevelopment will march forward unabated.
While the mayor disputed that our designation as a Priority Development Area was creating these developments, he also presented information which contradicted this, that various agencies do indeed mandate development.
This is what is stated on the website for the...
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| Real Estate Double Header
Two meetings on the same night, different results |
| By Cathy Tyson |
| It was a busy Monday night. The City Council decided to purchase the old library building and the Design Review Commission made a final recommendation to not approve the Terraces of Lafayette project - all on ...read |
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| Popular Financial Services Manager to Retire |
| By Cathy Tyson |
| For 23 years Gonzalo Silva has been keeping the books, paying all the bills and making sure the city's finances are running smoothly. Now he's finally ready, at age 71, to retire. While he acknowledges that ...read |
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| Breaking Bread with a Bread Maker |
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| Addressing assembled city leaders and business people at the annual Chamber of Commerce sponsored Thanksgiving breakfast, keynote speaker Tom Franier, co-owner of Semifreddi's, passionately explained why he's ...read |
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| New Plan for Rancho Laguna II |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| During his State of the Town address Nov. 21, Moraga mayor David Trotter talked about 'behind the scenes' discussions with Summerhill Homes that led to a new map of the Rancho Laguna II development project; ...read |
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| Ridgeline and Hillside Committee Appointments |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| Mayor David Trotter recently highlighted the importance of the General Plan amendment process to clarify the rules applied to development on ridgelines and hillsides. A committee was appointed that will ...read |
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| SMC Parking Plan Remains Under Scrutiny |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| As Saint Mary's College pursues the construction of its new recreation facility, the Alioto Center, it needs to fulfill final requirements identified during the environmental review of the project in order to ...read |
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| Orinda City Council Adopts Housing Element |
| By Laurie Snyder |
| Kicking off the main item on the Orinda City Council's Nov. 19 agenda, planning director Emmanuel Ursu presented the Planning Commission's Oct. 29 recommendation that the City Council adopt Housing Element ...read |
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| Sharing in the Warmth of the Holidays |
| By Laurie Snyder |
Orindans were bitten by the holiday bug Nov. 2 when Orinda's beloved 37th Annual Holiday Bazaar opened its doors at the Orinda Community Center.
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| A Neighborly Nudge to Peruse Orinda Publications |
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| Orinda's leaders hope to improve neighbor-to-neighbor and two-way communications between locals and their government, and are asking for your help. Quite simply, for those not already doing so, they want ...read |
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| Current issue Dec. 4, 2013Issue and deadline schedule |
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| And the winner is ... |
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| Creative freshman Cara Wolfe at Acalanes High School had a banner day: winning first place in the student poster contest sponsored by Contra Costa County Schools Insurance and getting a $100 check, not to ...read |
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| Music for a Good Cause |
| By Andrew Wang |
| Have you ever gone to the farmers' market, train station or public square when a musician was playing, and felt a whole new emotional world flow out from his guitar or fiddle, the soaring melodies permeating ...read |
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Acalanes Union High School District
Board Room AUHSD Office
1212 Pleasant Hill Rd, Lafayette |
| Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 7:30pm |
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Lafayette School District
LAFSD Office
3477 School Street, Lafayette |
| Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 7pm |
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Moraga School District
Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School Auditorium 1010 Camino Pablo, Moraga |
| Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 7:30pm |
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Orinda Union School District
OUSD Office 8 Altarinda Road, Orinda |
| Monday, Dec. 9, at 6pm |
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| Calendar, Event Listingsread all |
| Student Art from Afghanistan will be on display at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center, Library Gallery (Community Hall) through Jan. 13, 2014. Afghanistan is a country with deep roots in art and culture. Though many beautiful treasures have been ... |
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| Stanley Middle School Holiday Gift and Book Fair Sunday through Tuesday, Dec. 8-10 at Barnes & Noble in Walnut Creek. Shop for the holidays while supporting Stanley Middle School. Free concerts will be performed by the Stanley Chorus ... |
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| A community sing of Handel’s Messiah will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 66 St. Stephens Dr., Orinda. The Messiah Sing will be directed by Minister of Music Robert Train Adams, with Festival Choir, professional soloists ... |
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| New Crowdfunding Trend Expands in Lamorinda |
| By Sophie Braccini |
| It is not surprising that the financing industry slated to raise more than $5 billion this year is well represented in Lamorinda. Crowdfunding, a mechanism used to fund a project or venture by raising small ...read |
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| Orinda Author Discusses Sequel at Orinda Books |
| By Lou Fancher |
| Orinda author Tamara Ireland Stone catapulted onto the young adult fiction scene in 2012 with "Time Between Us," her debut novel about young romance set against a time-travel landscape. Scheduled to appear at ...read |
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| Lafayette Sixth-Grader Lands Role on SF Stage |
| By Michael Sakoda |
| For many young local actors, landing a role on a San Francisco stage can take years, if at all. For Blake Johnson, a sixth-grader at St. Perpetua School in Lafayette, it took one lengthy audition. Blake will ...read |
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA