As a long-time resident and member of the Downtown Area Planning Committee I have participated in ten years of planning, debate, initiatives, referendums and heated viewpoints on the future of our downtown. After two decisive votes, the hugely popular new plan is finally underway with exciting new buildings proposed that will contribute greatly to achieving our community […]
Dorothy Walker
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Op-ed: Vote no on Measure R — it’s a misleading initiative
Most of us want a new downtown; why are we asked over and over to keep the old one? Why do we have to fight another misleading initiative — Measure R? After years of debate on a plan to revitalize our downtown, we had the first initiative campaign to stop it, and a subsequent election, […]
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Op-Ed: City needs to be creative to ensure good use of post office
Like many Berkeley residents, I have been following with great interest and concern the fate of our downtown Berkeley Post Office. It is a tragic commentary on the accelerating impoverishment of the public sector in our country that a public building constructed one hundred years ago with public money to serve community needs is likely […]