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Last Friday, I was fortunate to participate in the beautiful, moving, and bittersweet annual “Commencement” at Alameda High School, where we celebrated the great accomplishments of the Class of 2008 and then bid them farewell.
With thousands of proud families and friends in attendance and all the hugs and tears and screams of joy, on this [...]

The ROV began verifying provisional ballots on Tuesday June 10 and began (and may even have finished) counting them today. Although this process could still stretch out for several days, a huge “batch” of “provisional ballot” results was released this afternoon. The numbers are great news for Measure H supporters.
Please note that I’ve calculated the [...]

As my fellow “Alamedans” bloggers Michele Ellson and Eve Pearlman have already reported, after more results posted by the ROV late Friday afternoon, Yes on H has now climbed up to 66.65%.
There are still more votes left to count next week, probably somewhere in the range of 200-500 more votes. Those votes still include [...]

In order for Measure H still to win, there would have to be BOTH (1) a relatively high number of ballots “still out” AND (2) a relatively high “yes on H” percentage among those. It now appears that the first condition has been met. It also appears that the second condition is quite possible.
According to [...]

Since there are still provisional ballots (and perhaps still some absentee ballots) to be counted, these numbers are not yet final and official, but with all 51 of Alameda’s 51 the precincts reportedly in, it looks like . . .
Johnson over Goldwater in 1964 61% to 39% = a landslide victory
Nixon over McGovern in 1972 [...]

This campaign for Measure H has been quite a journey, politically and personally.
Apart from the continuing political education I’ve enjoyed over the past few months, along the way I’ve been fortunate to get to know many more good people in Alameda than I knew back when the campaign launched on a hope-filled Saturday morning in [...]