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[Translate] Regular followers of my blog will remember my constant criticisms of The Bay Citizen, the online news organization that started with a $5 million investment from the now sadly passed on Warren Hellman. Now, after Hellman’s passing in December, the publication finds itself about just over a year from going out of business. Over it’s life...
[Translate] A lot of Oakland News to catch up on so let’s get started. First, Kathy Neal called to explain that yes she’s out of the race for the 18th California Assembly District Seat, and while she’s not yet endorsing a candidate, the person she’s definitely not backing is AC Transit Board Member Joel Young. What Neal can’t get over...
[Translate] Apple iPhone You read that correctly: “Find Apple iPhone App Helps Oakland Police Catch Robbers” I recently purchased an Apple iPad for my Mom, with an eye toward buying her an Apple iPhone and a Mac Mini so she can sync her information, and find her devices. But the other reason is so if someone steals either the iPad or the iPhone, the robbers...
[Translate] Thursday, February 9th was the Oakland Greens, the local Branch of the Alameda Green Party held a press conference. On the steps of City Hall, the Green’s candidates for Oakland City Council District 1, Don Macleay; At-Large, Teresa Anderson; District 7, Randy Menijvar; and School Board District 3 Vincente Cruz addressed a small crowd of media, supporters,...
[Translate] How many cities have a boarded up convention center? I know a lot of cities in the USA are just like Oakland and have boarded up businesses, boarded up homes and abandoned properties in them. The new American Gothic includes the homeless encampment in the freeway landscaping and the mentally ill on the sidewalks. But a whole convention center? How do we...
[Translate] Occupy Oakland has given rise to a party that, for a long time, seemed almost dead in Oakland: The Green Party. Oakland Politics – or to be clear, politics in Oakland, California – has always been marked by wild, turbulent events and eras that left the city vastly different than it was before. Arguably, this first started with the Civil Rights...
[Translate] Kathy Neal has announced that she is now formerly the candidate for the 18th District California Assembly Seat, which represents a good portion of Oakland, California. Here’s the letter Ms. Neal issued just moments ago: 18th Assembly District race. As the only woman in a field of three known candidates, she entered the race much later than her opposition...
[Translate] Occupy is a movement, not an organization The “straw man” is one of the mainstays of dishonest argument. It is the art of making your opponent out to be something that he or she is not, and then arguing against that “straw man” depiction instead of arguing against what your opponent is really saying. This is what is being done to the Occupy movement....
