Leaving For War By Bill Coolidge Published: February, 2003 flags, banners, red magic markered white sheets "Goodbye Clay, Love, Mary Beth, Gary and Sue" "Come back soon Bobby! Joyce and Ronnie" up and down the street leading to Morehead Ports out front a gray military destroyer slinks into inlet ready to pick up […]
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Bay CrossingsBoating Calendar
Published: February, 2003 Feb. 1-2 Last two days of the new NCMA Boat Show at the Alameda Fairgrounds. San Francisco Bay Master Mariners Benevolent Association Calendar March 22, 2003 Spring Potluck – Membership Drive Pt. San Pablo Yacht Club Cutting Blvd. in Richmond John Tucker, (510) 215-6620 May 16, 2003 Sponsors Lunch – St. […]
Bay CrossingsJournal
By Bill Coolidge Published: February, 2003 If it’s wild to your own heart, protect it. Preserve it. Love it. And fight for it…It doesn’t matter if it’s wild to anyone else: if it’s what makes your heart sing, if it’s what makes your days soar like a hawk in the summertime, focus on it…If it’s […]
Real Patriots Raise Taxes
Published: February, 2003 If threats to national security are serious enough to trample on bedrock American principles of freedom and privacy, where is the sense in not limiting the use of gasoline, the product that so entangles us with the Middle East? Together with higher bridge tolls, gas taxes alone can realistically discourage single passenger […]
Time for Ferry Riders to Seek Marin County Sales Tax Dollars
Published: February, 2003 Good for the Golden Gate Bridge District for standing up to the "transit Taliban," those mindless anti-tax blowhards, and imposing a $5 toll. But Bridge District number crunchers are still staring at over $400 million in red ink. Cuts in buses and ferry routes ranging from 20-40 percent, are being serious considered. […]
Letters to the Editor
Published: February, 2003 Be Nice to Those Pesky Environmentalists Dear Editor: I wanted to let you know that while I enjoy your magazine, I took offense to the tone of your blurb New York’s Turn to Cope With Ferry Environmentalists. The wording of the paragraph seemed to say, "Don’t bother with worrying about the environment, […]
Jack’s Bistro
Published: February, 2003 Jack’s Bistro is located in the center of Jack London Square in Oakland, California, adjacent to the Waterfront Plaza Hotel. Almost every table has a view of either the Square or waterway activity. There is a patio for dining outside, weather permitting. Diners are entertained most nights with music from the piano […]
Waterfront Mysteries
Published: February, 2003 Just a mile or so out of Alameda, you’ll find it…..there on Doolittle Drive, just before you get to Swan Way. It’s been there for years and years, or at least for the 27 years that I’ve lived here, but its origins have always been a mystery. My kids used to make […]
Rescue at Sea (or the Estuary, anyway)
Published: February, 2003 Horseplay aboard the Alameda/Oakland ferry Encinal would almost certainly have led to tragedy except for the alert response of regular rider Sheila James (center) and crewmembers (left to rigtht) Lead Deckhand Patrick Robles, Captain Andrew C. Miller, Brad Kopp, and Donald Berti. Ms. James was enjoying the view from the upper deck […]
Mayor Bev Revs up Support for Regional Plan
Published: February, 2003 Mayor Beverly Johnson practices law in her hometown, Alameda. In 1995, then-Mayor Ralph Appezzato appointed her to the Alameda Planning Board; she was elected to serve on the City Council four years later and was elected Mayor this past November. Mayor Johnson recently took time out of her busy schedule to talk […]