To my Friends and former Occupiers, please forward this letter, I am an Occupy Oakland Survivor. I regularly attended the meetings, even caught a cold…
Long time community and political activist Allan Brill wrote this to his neighborhood listserve. Dear Friends, It upsets me that some candidates are filling up…
My mini-Oakland-voter-guide: As your neighbor, small business advocate, local politics chair of the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club, single mom, and former teacher, and, oh an…
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…
In the next week the Oakland City Council will see a rare makeover as three long time council members exit the stage and 2 new…
After I got home from last Tuesday’s Oakland City Council meeting, I left a post on facebook that I was embarrassed by the council’s behavior…
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…
The San Francisco Chronicle is on a tear. They have spent years and presumably thousands of their hard-earned dollars paying columnists to trash Oakland. I…
In October and early November Oaklanders look forward to warm weather, beautiful sunsets, and-fires and earthquakes. Oh, and election season. This time last year I…