The Living Wage, BART Protestors, and Charter Schools, a Blog for Friday the 13th, Oakland
Today’s blog is just a Friday-the-13th-kinda-thing -lots of seemingly strange stuff happening in the Town lately. Since we don’t know yet what might come out…
Politics
Oakland’s Mayor Jean Quan:The Problem with Being First
Addendum: After reading this to my daughter, she felt that I should add that she has never heard the “N” word used as much as…
I Call BS what it is-Bullshit!
I just read a phony attack on Oakland’s mayor that is billed as a new feature in the San Francisco Chronicle, “We Call BS” by…
Contradictions R Us
It’s head exploding time in these United States and maybe in Venezuela, too. As Rachel Maddow declared it’s another day “in which all of this…
100 Blocks, Violence Prevention, and the Media, What Do We Know?
I started out to write a blog about the Mayor’s 100 Blocks Initiative last week after attending a presentation by Reygan Harmon, the mayor’s public…
Occupy Oakland: There is a There There.
Despite millions of dollars and decades of planning, the city center was never vibrant until now- Occupy Oakland is in its 8th night as I…
Happy Tax Day General Electric!
As you can see from these pictures, my cat didn’t take tax day too seriously. For me it was not as bad as I had…
How do you define a Conservative?
Once upon a time in America, young people, workers, and fighters for social justice coined a phrase, “speak truth to power”. Most of us have…