As some of you have suspected, I don’t have much of a life and don’t have better ways to spend my time. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been… Read more “Hot pursuit of the "No on Measure I" billboard truck as it cruises around the Creek, spreading its anti-Neiman Marcus message”
Category: Walnut Creek city council
Walnut Creek’s mayor is right: There were better ways to use $1 million than to spend on the Neiman Marcus battle
One million dollars: That’s what rival developers, on both sides of the Neiman Marcus battle, have spent since January in their fight over bringing this upscale retailer… Read more “Walnut Creek’s mayor is right: There were better ways to use $1 million than to spend on the Neiman Marcus battle”
Marijuana Paranoia: Our perplexing attitudes about pot and crime, but what about crime and that other socially acceptable mind-altering substance?
I’m sure some opponents of Walnut Creek allowing a medical marijuana dispensary in town are frothing at this local news: How a shooting erupted in Concord Sunday… Read more “Marijuana Paranoia: Our perplexing attitudes about pot and crime, but what about crime and that other socially acceptable mind-altering substance?”
Are Walnut Creek’s Neiman Marcus foes like Wile E. Coyote?
Contra Costa Times’ Tom Barnidge makes an amusing, but probably accurate, comparison in his column today between the “irrespressible” Wile E. Coyote of Road Runner cartoon fame… Read more “Are Walnut Creek’s Neiman Marcus foes like Wile E. Coyote?”
Lawsuits, threats of preliminary injunctions? For now, C3 Collective will stay open
Is C3 Collective on its way out, as fellow Walnut Creek blogger The DubC suggests? The city would like Walnut Creek’s first medical marijuana dispensary to cease… Read more “Lawsuits, threats of preliminary injunctions? For now, C3 Collective will stay open”
Besides Neiman Marcus, the Walnut Creek Council also voted on two downtown venues that dispense mind-altering substances: 1515 and C3 Collective
The City Council agreed at its meeting Tuesday night to allow 1515 Restaurant Bar and Lounge to extend its hours to 1 a.m. after hearing from Tony… Read more “Besides Neiman Marcus, the Walnut Creek Council also voted on two downtown venues that dispense mind-altering substances: 1515 and C3 Collective”
The anti-Neiman Marcus strategy: Gum up the works with legal maneuvers and confuse the hell out of every body
So, another City Council vote on Neiman Marcus tomorrow night. No disrespect to Elisabeth Nardi of the Contra Costa Times, but I read her story and I… Read more “The anti-Neiman Marcus strategy: Gum up the works with legal maneuvers and confuse the hell out of every body”
This is getting ridiculous: Judge nixes council’s latest Neiman Marcus decision, while store opponent says "the little people can … win!"
So, I’m trying to make sense of the latest complication in the ongoing Neiman Marcus muddle … The Contra Costa Times reports that a Superior Cour judge… Read more “This is getting ridiculous: Judge nixes council’s latest Neiman Marcus decision, while store opponent says "the little people can … win!"”
Hike Lime Ridge Peak to learn about how to save it from what you see here:
Starting tomorrow (Saturday morning!) Save Mt. Diablo, one of my favorite East Bay nonprofits, is offering to take nature lovers on a hike along Lime Ridge. Sure,… Read more “Hike Lime Ridge Peak to learn about how to save it from what you see here:”
Walnut Creek becomes latest East Bay suburb to adopt emergency pot club moratorium
The Walnut Creek City Council voted at an emergency meeting Tuesday to institute a temporary 45-day ban on the opening of medical marijuana dispensaries in town. The… Read more “Walnut Creek becomes latest East Bay suburb to adopt emergency pot club moratorium”
Crazy in Suburbia 