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Major Election Changes Land on Council Agenda

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Tuesday October 14, 2003
Berkeley City Council was set to decide tonight (Tuesday, Oct. 14) whether to present voters with three controversial ballot measures—possibly as soon as next March. If passed by the electorate, the proposed measures would profoundly alter the way elections are held in the city. -more-

Berkeley This Week

Tuesday October 14, 2003
TUESDAY, OCT. 14 -more-

Letters to the Editor

Tuesday October 14, 2003
NO SPEED BUMPS -more-

Starry Plough Celebrates Three Decades

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday October 14, 2003
Thirty years after a bunch of politically charged Irish-music-loving dreamers opened South Berkeley’s Starry Plough, Irish music night can still draw just about anyone from around town. -more-

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Tuesday October 14, 2003
TUESDAY, OCT. 14 -more-

Two Administrators Quit Berkeley High

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday October 14, 2003
Berkeley High School’s revolving administrative door spun again this month with the unexpected departure of Clare Davies, director of the school’s special education program, and Kenneth Purser, one of the school’s two deans—re-igniting concerns about stability at the 2,700-student school. -more-

Spread Tax Burden and Help Homeowners

By BARBARA GILBERT and VIKI TAMARADZE
Tuesday October 14, 2003
This letter from the Berkeley Budget Oversight Committee was addressed to Mayor Bates, City Manager Weldon Rucker and City Council. -more-

School Programs Supporters Rally

By MATTHEW ARTZ
Tuesday October 14, 2003
Rosa Equihua knows how vital and precarious after-school programs are in Berkeley. As a working single mother who can’t be home when school lets out, she sends her two elementary school-aged daughters to the nonprofit Bahia Program. -more-

Paper Theft, Health Laws On Berkeley Council Slate

By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR
Tuesday October 14, 2003
In the third (and what the mayor undoubtedly hopes is the last) act in Mayor Tom Bates’ Great Newspaper Theft drama, City Council will discuss at its regular meeting tonight (Tuesday, Oct. 14) an ordinance to ban the stealing of newspapers in the City of Berkeley. -more-

Former Bowl Workers Recall Union Days

By JAKOB SCHILLER
Tuesday October 14, 2003
Pro-union shoppers at the Berkeley Bowl Sunday tied colorful balloons to their carts to show their support of workers who will be voting Oct. 30 on whether to certify the union many of them have been working tirelessly to organize since early May. -more-

Book Pays Homage to California’s Grizzly

By RICHARD BRENNEMAN
Tuesday October 14, 2003

Indigenous Peoples Left Mark on Land

By STEVEN FINACOM Special to the Planet
Tuesday October 14, 2003

Erik Olson: THOUGH CITY HALL was supposed to be closed for the holiday Monday, someone didn’t tell the door, which kept opening and closing every few seconds. Councilmember Kriss Worthington stood guard until repair people arrived.
Erik Olson: THOUGH CITY HALL was supposed to be closed for the holiday Monday, someone didn’t tell the door, which kept opening and closing every few seconds. Councilmember Kriss Worthington stood guard until repair people arrived.

Editorials

Finding Renewal In Distant Woods

From Susan Parker
Tuesday October 14, 2003
I’d left the hot, dirty city in order to find peace and inspiration in the remote woods of northern Minnesota. A record number of young black men (97 and still counting) had been killed on the streets of Oakland during the past few months. There were drive-by shootings, drug deals gone askew, heavy gang activities. -more-

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