Triggered by Anne Marie Gallant’s vicious investigation of City Councilmember Lena Tam, Suncal attorneys have finally demanded justice from the City of Alameda.
As negotiations become increasingly tense, you can start to see the reality of the situation, and it appears Suncal is forced to fight fire with fire.
Suncal attorneys retaliated with three letters to city officials that are now posted on the Suncal website. The letters are full court press. A brief summary:
• Letter #1, addressed to the city clerk, is a public information request. Lena Tam is taking some heat for her E-mail etiquette, and I’m guessing Suncal would like to compare Tam’s actions with Gallant’s (eh-hem) pristine communications. They are requesting all correspondence (including E-mail) from January 1, 2006 to July 12, 2010. Knowing the city, I’m sure most electronic records will have been deleted.
• Letter #2, addressed to city council, is an analysis of the terms and conditions of the Alameda Point Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) between the City and Suncal. Suncal attorneys assert that Suncal has satisfied the agreement conditions and therefore a July 20th vote is not necessary and the ENA, by law, will remain in effect.
• Letter #3, addressed to city council, is a scathing documentation of the “harm Interim City Manager Ann Marie Gallant has done to the Alameda Point project.” A legal document has never been so riveting… The letter paints the ICM with a black brush, inferring she is maliciously manipulating city employees and elected officials, and stacking the cards so she is positioned as judge, jury and executioner. Suncal attorneys encourage the city “to take a long and hard look at the actions of Ms. Gallant and investigate what she has done and her fitness to serve as a City official.”
Ann Marie Gallant has a long history of closed door practices. I will cite a list from a fellow blogger, CT, who details her “contributions” to the city:
• Had her “Civic Center Vision” revitalization plan produced without public input
• Tried to increase her compensation without review via the City Council’s consent calendar
• Recommended that the City Council enact a badly written campaign finance reform ordinance that would give an advantage to incumbents running for office
• Handed former out-of-town colleagues city contracts without giving local businesses an opportunity to participate in an open bidding process
• Hired an outside attorney to secretly root through the emails of a council member in an effort to unseat them
Support open government; let’s remove toxic closed door practices from our city government.
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It looks like Ann Marie Gallant had no intention of participating in good faith negotiations with SunCal. Talk about trying to move forward on a project with your hands tied.
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