Want To Ride Your Bike In Oakland? Try Piedmont Instead
Today I decided to go for a nice 15-mile ride on my road bike.
As I usually do on such occasions, I took a direct route to Piedmont and cycled around the lovely homes, parks and schools of that well-maintained community.
When you get right down to it the East Bay is really composed of two totally separate communities.
The flatlands consist largely of “diverse” neighborhoods fighting day-to-day battles against urban problems such as crime and joblessness. Then there are the hilly areas to the east, which look a lot more like the wealthy suburbs of the peninsula.
Oakland School District’s Latest Poverty Ploy
I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t really know where the money goes in the Oakland school district.
Somehow, no matter what happens at the state or local level, the district is always out of money. And it always underperforms other nearby districts by a significant margin.
Daily Planet’s Tiny Dose Of Balance
I can usually rely on the Berkeley Daily Planet for a political viewpoint which is 100 percent Leftist.
An example of this is an article published in the commentary pages this week titled, “Capitalism: A Self-Devouring Beast.” I’m not going to bother linking you to this article, for fear of encouraging more people to find it via search engines. But, suffice it to say that its content is every bit as idiotic as its title implies.