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…
Oakland City Council
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…
My Limited Time Voter Recommendations for Oakland, 2012
Pamela Drake’s Limited Time Recommendations for Oakland city offices: I’m calling my recommendations “limited time” because they may expire as more information emerges. Many of…
The Oakland City Council Embarrasses Itself.
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…
Why the Gang Injunctions Got Funded and What to Do about it.
Last night the City Council finally decided to vote on the gang injunctions, the original ones in North Oakland and the new ones proposed for…
Thank an Oakland Public Worker Today
I know it’s not fashionable these days to praise public workers, but I just have to do it anyway. Given layoffs, attrition, and furlough days,…