Comments on: Dullums Says “Step Up”; I Say “Step Off”

By: Surfing in the heat – FutureOakland

Surfing in the heat – FutureOakland — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:58:09 +0000

[...] / Oakland,” Brooklyn Avenue sees safety in pedestrian activity, and East Bay Conservative decides to avoid Oakland restaurants while waiting for long-term demographic change. Even Oliveto’s Tomato Dinners, [...]

By: SF2OAK

SF2OAK — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:57:45 +0000

Wait, we’ve got Dellums as mayor and you’re scared of Guiliani? Oaklanders begged to have Dellums be mayor and they are so wrong in their choice, and Dellums laid out his whole scenario and he’s stuck to it, and it is pathetic. I was contemplating voting for Hillary just so Dellums would get a cabinet post and we’d have foisted our problem on the entire US instead of having him here in OAK. I don’t think it’s possible to have a owrse mayor. In fact the choices the next time around are going to be so low because Dellums has set the bar so low. Name 3 things Dellums has done right. I would vote for Guiliani in a heartbeat, I only wish I would be given the chance.

By: Catching Up « Living in the O

Catching Up « Living in the O — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:19:52 +0000

[...] the comments section of East Bay Conservative, Mark Ross recommends Rudy Giuliani as mayor for Oakland. I think this may be the scariest mayoral suggestion I’ve heard yet. On [...]

By: Surfing in the heat « FutureOakland

Surfing in the heat « FutureOakland — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:07:17 +0000

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By: SF2OAK

SF2OAK — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:21:02 +0000

I agree with your assessment and am glad to know at least one other thinks like me. Actually I know there are more because if you read responses to Chip Johnson’s articles it proves there are a few more “conservatives.” I don’t believe there is a small criminal element though. It has been said (but not verified by me) that there are 50,000 parolees in OAK and how many criminals that haven’t been caught 10-15,000- that puts the number at 60-65,000 criminals in a city of only 400,000 (and a police force of less than 1,000) that puts the criminals at roughly 15% of the total population. You also say your are surprised, “… how tightly the city holds on to its ghettoized past and present.” me too. The afro marxism exists and yet nobody speaks of it. A very racist place. Mark Ross comments on voting in Mayor Guiliani- instead we got a furry little where’s Waldo as mayor and Oaklanders voted in the same entire city council incumbents that brought you to where we are today. I too believe that OAK could turn around but it will take large powerful forces to move gentrification forces forward. Right now we have a scared public, and one that does not trust in city government at all- so Dellums’ move of getting a parcel tax passed for more police officers has little chance of passing. And yes his sloution of citizens “stepping up is pathetic.

By: mark ross

mark ross — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:16:05 +0000

How ’bout Rudy Giulliani for mayor of Oakland? The problem is conspicuous lawlessness. I see underworld wannabees deliberately running red lights, driving on the left of major streets to avoid cars waiting for the light to change, etc. On Foothill, during lunch at Fremont High, there are cops in the area… but the the darling lads just flood the zone. See you all at Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek.

By: Melanie A.

Melanie A. — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:22:38 +0000

And aren’t we tired of the portrayal of these takeover gangsters as ghetto Robin Hoods acting in economic desperation? How does robbing minimum-wage nail salon employees reduce income disparity?