An Alameda County supervisor is calling out what he sees as hypocrisy on the part of Fremont officials in the gate controversy that has divided residents in the rural hills, as the ongoing public-access dispute escalates into a clash between city and county.
Supervisor David Haubert told this news organization that Fremont officials are “making a big deal out of nothing” in their ongoing effort to bring down the gate constructed by Christopher George, CEO of mortgage lender CMG Financial, that currently blocks about 1,000 feet of public roadway in front of George’s property.
While the county’s Board of Supervisors previously ceded its partial responsibility for the road to George, the city maintains that Fremont still controls the right of way and that George cannot block access to it. During busy days at the nearby Vargas Plateau Regional Park, many visitors previously used the disputed roadway to park and access the surrounding trails when the public lot was full…