County supervisor blasts Fremont on public-access controversy over rancher’s gate

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...