SCHOOLS & KIDS
500 jam Valley Community Church for pro-parcel tax rally
More than 500 joined a rally Sunday sponsored by the newly-formed Save Pleasanton Schools organization to support the $233-a-year parcel tax that the school board has placed o... |
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on Mar 16, 2009 at 11:32 pm by Kiko, a resident of the Val Vista neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Measure G in the lead, but currently doesn't have necessary two-thirds majority
Early results from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters has the parcel tax measure in the lead with 58.4 percent (6,199 votes). With 23 of 42 precincts completed, 41.6 perce... |
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on Jun 13, 2009 at 5:54 pm by No was the right vote, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
19-year-old driver arrested in fatal Foothill Drive crash
Katie McKewon, the 19-year-old driver of a Ford Mustang that was involved in a head-on collision that killed her friend Laurel Williams, also 19, was arrested last night, acco... |
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on Nov 13, 2007 at 9:07 am by everyones to blame, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pleasanton teachers agree to pay cut to reportedly save district nearly $4.6M
In a statement released by the Association of Pleasanton Teachers, president Trevor Knaggs announced that teachers made a tentative agreement to take a 4.3-percent pay cut ove... |
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on Feb 24, 2010 at 7:14 pm by What about our kids?, a resident of the Bridle Creek neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School budget on Jan. 5 town hall agenda
Millions of dollars in cuts made last year to the Pleasanton Unified School District budget are now being felt and parents aren't happy about it.
Read the full story here h... |
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on Jan 6, 2010 at 11:28 am by Concerned, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Future school funding looks bleak
While awaiting a report for the Legislative Analysts Office, the state budget update at Tuesday night's school board meeting was grim.
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on Nov 25, 2009 at 1:42 pm by Steve N, a resident of the Danbury Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Council postpones employee contract signing to hold public hearings on pension contributions
With only three council members at the meeting, the City Council last night postponed consideration of a new two-year contract with the Pleasanton City Employees Association (... |
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on Jan 28, 2011 at 12:54 pm by anon, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parcel tax opponents speak out at board meeting
For the first time, opponents of Measure E, the parcel tax to benefit Pleasanton schools, have spoken out against it at a school board meeting. Tuesday night, opponents David ... |
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on Apr 2, 2011 at 9:15 pm by Voting no, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Parcel tax measure defeated
With Measure E, Pleasanton's parcel tax measure suffering a narrow defeat Tuesday, supporters of the tax are promising the issue won't go away.
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on May 6, 2011 at 7:41 am by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
PUSD says female student killed by train near downtown this afternoon
The PUSD has confirmed that a female student was struck and killed by a train around 2:30 p.m. Police are still investigating the scene near Main Street and Stanley Boulevard,... |
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on Feb 19, 2011 at 5:37 pm by Bethany, a resident of the Las Positas neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pleasanton school board votes to place $233 parcel tax on June 2 ballot
The Pleasanton school board agreed tonight to ask voters to approve a $233 a year parcel tax in a special election June 2. If approved by at least two-thirds of the voters who... |
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on Mar 15, 2009 at 9:52 pm by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD Illegal cash-out bond refunding
At the 3/22 PUSD school board meeting, a citizen raised concerns about trusting PUSD with more taxpayer funds (via Measure E parcel tax) because PUSD used an illegal method to... |
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on Apr 1, 2011 at 9:31 pm by Arnold, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Church leaders support 'redeemed' priest; others want him out
Church leaders are speaking out in support of a newly-designated parish leader for the Catholic Community of Pleasanton after members of a nationally-affiliated group proteste... |
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on Nov 22, 2007 at 9:02 am by Gina Channell-Allen, president of the Pleasanton Weekly |
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
Think of the children???
I guess the Yes on Prop 8 people don't always think of the children do they? There's been some really appalling lies coming out of the Yes on Prop 8 campaign. This is beyond t... |
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on Nov 8, 2008 at 2:32 pm by baldy, a resident of the Carriage Gardens neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Employees union pulls controversial contract proposal off the table
The Pleasanton City Employees Association--the union that represents 227 city workers—withdrew its pending two-year contract agreement last night with the City Council a... |
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on Feb 23, 2011 at 3:42 pm by anon, a resident of another community |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Germain's bail set at $1,080,000
Judge Hugh Walker set Henry John Germain's bail at $1,080,000 for 15 counts of alleged child molestation today. Five women have brought charges against the 62-year-old Dublin ... |
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on Oct 25, 2008 at 11:39 pm by knowledge, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parcel Tax Citizens' Group?
The following letter to the editor was printed 11/27/09 in the PW. Does anyone know what the "concerned citizens' group" is called? Or when/where the "educational forums at th... |
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on Dec 20, 2009 at 7:14 am by Dark Corners of Town, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parcel Tax 2
I received a leaflet from the PUSD talking about a new local school funding measure saying that:
"After consequtive years of budget shortfalls, there is little to cut but ... |
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on Jan 21, 2011 at 5:11 pm by Start Afresh, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
COMMENTS ON STORIES
Council OKs Stoneridge Drive extension to Livermore
The City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday night to approve the extension of Stoneridge Drive as a four-lane thoroughfare to El Charro Road and Livermore, completing one of its final ... |
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on Mar 25, 2009 at 9:35 am by NO STONERIDGE, a member of the Harvest Park Middle School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board delays cuts, for now
While no reductions were made at Tuesday night's school board meeting, the deadline to make cuts and put a parcel tax on the ballot are nearing.
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on Feb 28, 2009 at 10:09 am by Parent, a member of the Amador Valley High School community |
STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL
I'll be reading this to our family before Thanksgiving dinner: "The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving"
You won't learn this from our public school teachers, our textbooks, our American mainstream media.
The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving is to give thanks to the birth of Free... |
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on Dec 2, 2011 at 4:01 pm by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board meets tonight on teachers' salary cut offer
The Pleasanton school board is expected to vote during its regular meeting tonight on a tentative agreement announced last Friday by district's teachers' union for its members... |
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on Apr 4, 2010 at 8:31 pm by Maggog, a resident of the Ridgeview Commons neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Formerly proud Pleasantonian, NOW embarrassed to say I live here.
Does anyone have a clue why I say this? |
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on Aug 10, 2009 at 12:28 pm by Hmm?, a resident of the Foothill Farms neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Controversy continues over Obama's 10 a.m. video talk to students today
Controversy over President Obama's scheduled 10 a.m. address this morning to the nation's school children continued over the Labor Day weekend including here in Pleasanton whe... |
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on Sep 19, 2009 at 3:40 pm by Patriot Liberal, a resident of the Downtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Vote Yes on Measure E
The sample ballot and voter information pamphlet on Measure E, the school district' proposed $98 a year parcel tax, has been sent to all registered voters in the Pleasanton Un... |
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on Apr 25, 2011 at 4:09 pm by Really?, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
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