Oakland Public Employee Unions Break The Bank (again)
The latest list of Oakland public employees earning more than $100k per year is making the rounds on the blogs today. Several folks have taken aim at City Administrator Deborah Edgerly, who took down a cool $255k. But that’s not where the real action is.
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Jane Brunner Thinks Our Schools Are “Great”
I just received this email in one of my many fake Yahoo accounts dedicated to such drivel:
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At Mandela Foods Coop, The Cupboard Is Bare
Regular readers of the blog know my dislike for the latest socialist experiment being perpetrated on the people of West Oakland. As promised, I dropped by and took pictures both of the “Coop” and the 99 Cents Only store’s produce section.
Deborah Edgerly, You Will Be Missed
According to news reports, Oakland City Administrator Deborah Edgerly is on her way out. I don’t know a whole lot about Edgerly. I do know she recently disagreed with the auditing Measure Y expenditures. But generally, she seemed like your standard city bureaucrat.
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Tribune Agrees: 99c Only Good for West Oakland
Glad to see the tribune bend to the truth in Monday’s article. Also, for the record, I go by the West Oakland BART station pretty much every day, with nary a peep out of the Mandela Foods Collective. Good thing West Oakland residents already have a reasonably priced alternative for food and sundries.
America’s Secret Racism, Courtesy of White Liberal Guilt
I was reading Sue Shellenbarger’s article in the Wall Street Journal today about research demonstrating that some decidedly conservative principles can prevent marriages from ending in divorce.
The article’s content was unsurprising, considering the Journal’s conservative bent, until I encountered the following quote (my emphasis added):
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To do my part to make the East Bay more “funky,” I’ve added an “Art” category to the blog. I hope to post enjoyable tidbits from time to time.
Attached to this post is audio and sheet music for a brief piano piece I composed a few afternoons ago.
Brief Sonatina In G - Listenable Midi File
Brief Sonatina In G - PDF Score
Housing Affordability Problem? Great!
America is beginning a remarkable transformation involving the re-urbanization of many upper-middle-class households. This trend is driven by a number of factors, including aging baby boomers, traffic jams and environmentalism.
Predictably, cities like Oakland will likely fail to take advantage of this trend because of their bizarre attachment to slums.
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Bravo to C.W. Nevius for his brave article exposing how advocates for the homeless wind up doing more harm than good. In this case, lawyers’ efforts to prevent a homeless man from going to alcohol treatment played a role in his death. I don’t have much to add to the article, other than to suggest you read it.
Drug War = Death in the East Bay
Looks like Richmond’s anti-violence event held last week didn’t stop the violence for long.
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