Happy Christmas and Merry New Year, the Time for Cynicism is Over
I’m a sucker for holiday movies, not just the good ones like Elf and the Santa Claus where Tim Allen’s newly grown beard freaks him…
Oakland Politics
Expect a Long Night at Lame Duck Oakland City Council
The Coalition that brought you Measure LL, independent oversight of the Oakland Police Department, is asking you to attend the last city council meeting of…
Movie Commentary-A Private War, Widows & Some Reflections on Local Democracy
New blog including-what to see and not see at the movies and what you didn’t want to know about the world around you. Hopefully. there’s…
Council Extends Police Officers’ Contract Early-Avoiding Scrutiny by Commission or Community
Setback to Ending the NSA On the very same day that a federal judge reinstated three of the tasks that the Oakland Police Department was…
Grading Oakland and Alameda County F for Emergency Preparedness
As I write this blog with the Day After Tomorrow on TV in the background, we are in our 13th spare the air day in…
All Politics are Local, Part II
The Blue Wave just keeps on coming in… If the view of this historic wave weren’t obstructed by the rusting hulk of the small but…
Open Letter to Oakland’s Environmental Voters
Guest blog by Lora Jo Foo, one of the founders of the No Coal in Oakland Movement, an environmental and racial justice activist, and a…
Open Letter to Oakland’s District 4 Voters – Elect Clarissa Doutherd to OUSD Board
As I post this letter from Oakland parents and educators, Darwin BondGraham of the East Bay Express, tweeted out the most recent financial reporting form…
Oakland California November 6th Voter Guide
Here it is–my guide to all those things, big and small and some you never heard of, on your Oakland ballot. Hopefully, you’re an vote-by-mail…
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