My State of the City Address
Last week the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club hosted a panel discussion called “Deconstructing Oakland Politics.” We talked a lot about the lack of leadership shown…
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Wellstone Democratic Club to Host “Deconstructing Oakland Politics”
On Thursday, October 22nd, at Humanist Hall, 370 27th Street (wheelchair access from the 28th Street entrance,) the Wellstone Democratic Club will host a panel…
#BlackLivesMatter, Bernie, and me, an Old White Lady Speaks
As Obama’s days in office wind down, the #BlackLivesMatter movement is picking up and maybe that’s not a coincidence. At the same time that the…
Today’s All in One Rant-Oakland City Council Continues to Flail, CPUC Raises our Rates, and Traffic on Grand Avenue
Today’s blog is a compilation of rants/lectures on various community/political topics happening in the Bay Area or beyond this week, including the city council becoming…
Galleries Closed & Please Don’t Come Back-Dateline Oakland
I’m editing this blog in order to add some information about the vote on the 12th Street project that took place on June, 2nd. If,…
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…
Time to Listen to Each Other
Everyone is gearing up for a rough city council meeting tonight; and as a result of last week’s Public Safety Committee meeting, some council members…
How Not to Win Friends and Influence People. Stop it.
My mother never repeated the old saying to me that “you can catch more flies with honey” than with, I don’t know, catcalls? Well, my…
Saying Goodbye to the Oakland City Council while Reading Pogo on a Clear Afternoon
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…
Guest Post–We the Policed–by Jan Gilbrecht
Jan Gilbrecht is an Oakland activist who recently attended the Citizens’ Police Academy and worked with other activists to request that the Oakland City Council…