Barbara Lee our New Mayor.

Even though I'm from So Cali, I was saddened to hear that the Oakland A's were leaving after the Raiders left to go to Las Vegas.

OG So Californians are still divided between Rams fans and Raider's fan (I'm a Raider fan myself).

Someone has to really take the reins and guide Oakland (hell LA too) to prosperity. There's way too much LGBTQ+ shit and political corruption in California. :smh:
 
Congratulations to Mayor Lee. I worked for a long time at UC Santa Cruz, and spent many happy weekends in Oakland, and I'll always love the city. She did great work in Congress, and I hope she'll do the same in Oakland.
 
  1. Appoint a taskforce of League of Women Voters, ethics, and good government experts to modernize Oakland’s Charter and strengthen government accountability.
What?
 
  1. Appoint a taskforce of League of Women Voters, ethics, and good government experts to modernize Oakland’s Charter and strengthen government accountability.
What?
Lip Service. It is really easy to create a Taskforce. Task forces and committees usually don’t have much power.

IMO Oakland is in really bad shape and things will get worse regardless of who is mayor. Cuts need to be made, businesses are leaving, the Coliseum deal is looking shaky, crime is bad, contracts are coming up,homelessness is bad and our politics prevent the needed changes.
 
Lip Service. It is really easy to create a Taskforce. Task forces and committees usually don’t have much power.

IMO Oakland is in really bad shape and things will get worse regardless of who is mayor. Cuts need to be made, businesses are leaving, the Coliseum deal is looking shaky, crime is bad, contracts are coming up,homelessness is bad and our politics prevent the needed changes.
I mean I don’t have a problem with creating a task force for accountability but what makes the “League of Women Voters” particular experts on this matter? Even in this stressed economy California can’t help but add unnecessary shit that got nothing to do with core concerns of the average person. Applying gender equality shit when it has zero to do with the task at hand. Anyway, that’s local politics so that’s what the people voted for I guess.
 
I mean I don’t have a problem with creating a task force for accountability but what makes the “League of Women Voters” particular experts on this matter? Even in this stressed economy California can’t help but add unnecessary shit that got nothing to do with core concerns of the average person. Applying gender equality shit when it has zero to do with the task at hand. Anyway, that’s local politics so that’s what the people voted for I guess.

I agree with all of this. This is why I consider myself a moderate politically. In this case, a large percentage of Barbara Lee’s supporters were women. One viewpoint that I’ve heard is that a lot of issues are because of men and a lack of women in power to make decisions from a female perspective. So this was a bone to them. I wouldn’t be surprised if the next Police or Fire Chief is a woman. This ignores that the 2 female mayors we had in the past were bad and the female Fire chief was bad too. The one female Police chief we had got fired and suing Oakland too. The pragmatic approach is to put the best people in the top positions, but Liberals are about what sounds good rather than what is effective.
 
Been around her. She is solid. Oaktown may be unFIXable. May have to bring in Bukele (El Salvadore Pres) to handle things:lol:. HE.....would have that joint fixed in about 14 months. :giggle: ..... It would be quiet and safe!
 
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