Here we go again, looking at another parcel tax to fund a very few cops, and lots of dubious programs for job training blah blah. How many people have been successfully trained in one of these programs and have stayed working and out of jail?
College Football betting? Bah! Here are the latest numbers from Las Vegas on possible Oakland mayoral candidates. Please note, several candidates are dropping rapidly:
The OaklandNews occasional Great Barking Gooseshit Award for civic behavior goes to this Oakland family...
Another Oakland Shakedown, by Ralph Kanz
& Another Thing
There's hope from the Democrats: Kerry and Dean Begin Counterattack to RNC Ad
Where do you bank? Read this reprint from David Lazarus of the SF Chronicle (permission received)
AARP sells out
Which presidential candidates have the balls to oppose the Medicare Monstrosity? (Hint: Joe Lieberman is an idiot and John Kerry, although he opposes the bill, needs to punch up his speech.)
Alert to preservationists from the National Trust. Deadline for Comments is November 26!!
A small victory -- but now what?
An open letter to Jean Quan
Telegraph Avenue safety to be sacrificed to bikers? Rockridge wants to dump its traffic by removing through lanes on Claremont? Has Public Works gone mad? Has Jane Brunner?
More on Andes Construction’s shoddy work in the Laurel, by Dennis Evanosky
Jesus did not say, "And a tiny lawyer shall lead you to make deals about Leona Quarry in the dark"
The Strange Death of the Woman Who Filed a Rape Lawsuit Against Bush
Medicare Monstrosity
House Passes Catastrophic Energy Bill; Sierra Club Urges Senate to Reject the Bill
Attention Oakland Artists: Tired of the same 25 people applying for and receiving grants? Then NOW is your chance to apply!
Calling the Alameda County Grand Jury! Oakland has yet another financial/ public works problem with the contractor who got the award to rehab part of our sanitary sewer system. This killer article is reprinted with permission of the MacArthur Metro
Smart Building for Seniors Simple things the city of Oakland and housing developers should do to improve proposed senior housing in the Dimond district
Fun with Press Releases; OaklandNews goes one-on-one with some guy from "Feedstuffs Newspaper"
& ANOTHER THING by Jeannette Sherwin
LOOK!!! One* of the council members is having a community meeting on the Strong Mayor initiative. It's coming back to us next March or November to keep, amend or repeal.
Congratulations to the Dimond neighborhood residents on the revisions to the successor to the Hillcrest Motel!
Abused Child Found, Mother Wanted
An excellent summary of another tawdry story featuring State Senator Don (I gave you Ignacio, Henry Chang, Jean Quan and many others) Perata