Comments on: Oakland To Lay Off 200 Cops? Go Ahead, I Say http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/07/11/oakland-to-lay-off-200-cops-go-ahead-i-say/ Words from a Non-Leftist Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:57:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: TheBoss http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/07/11/oakland-to-lay-off-200-cops-go-ahead-i-say/comment-page-1/#comment-2792 TheBoss Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:21:13 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/07/11/oakland-to-lay-off-200-cops-go-ahead-i-say/#comment-2792 Note to readers: I permitted the above comment because of the point being made, in spite of its use of inflammatory language. I do occasionally get comments that are just a bunch of cursing and racist rhetoric. I always delete those immediately. Note to readers: I permitted the above comment because of the point being made, in spite of its use of inflammatory language. I do occasionally get comments that are just a bunch of cursing and racist rhetoric. I always delete those immediately.

]]> By: Reverend Whitcomb http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/07/11/oakland-to-lay-off-200-cops-go-ahead-i-say/comment-page-1/#comment-2790 Reverend Whitcomb Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:10:13 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/07/11/oakland-to-lay-off-200-cops-go-ahead-i-say/#comment-2790 "A decrease in policing in Oakland would lead to a temporary bloodbath..." No problem. After living in Okland for all this time, I welcome a decrease in the police presence. I'm buying guns and ammunition. I plan to kill as many of the miscreants as I possibly can. Damn litterers, booming radios, nasty little snots... I can't wait. They have a bizzaro culture where "Nigger" is a term of endearment. I'll show them culture. “A decrease in policing in Oakland would lead to a temporary bloodbath…”

No problem. After living in Okland for all this time, I welcome a decrease in the police presence. I’m buying guns and ammunition. I plan to kill as many of the miscreants as I possibly can.

Damn litterers, booming radios, nasty little snots… I can’t wait. They have a bizzaro culture where “Nigger” is a term of endearment. I’ll show them culture.

]]> By: below580 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/07/11/oakland-to-lay-off-200-cops-go-ahead-i-say/comment-page-1/#comment-2789 below580 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:47:44 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/07/11/oakland-to-lay-off-200-cops-go-ahead-i-say/#comment-2789 Thanks for the advice, but already have the gun and shoot regulary. Also have an alarm system and a dog. However, even though we are risk takers financially we see what's coming for Oakland and plan to make a move North soon. We'll hold the property and wait for better times to sell, but I do have compassion for the young couples who took a gamble on Oakland and just can't sell or buy a 2nd home now, they are in for a rough ride. Too bad that city hall won't lift a finger to help them, they are too busy funding ID cards for illegals and turf dancing classes at Youth Uprising. What a travesty! Thanks for the advice, but already have the gun and shoot regulary. Also have an alarm system and a dog. However, even though we are risk takers financially we see what’s coming for Oakland and plan to make a move North soon. We’ll hold the property and wait for better times to sell, but I do have compassion for the young couples who took a gamble on Oakland and just can’t sell or buy a 2nd home now, they are in for a rough ride. Too bad that city hall won’t lift a finger to help them, they are too busy funding ID cards for illegals and turf dancing classes at Youth Uprising. What a travesty!

]]> By: mark ross http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/07/11/oakland-to-lay-off-200-cops-go-ahead-i-say/comment-page-1/#comment-2787 mark ross Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:43:20 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/07/11/oakland-to-lay-off-200-cops-go-ahead-i-say/#comment-2787 I have long predicted that we may eventually be living in a Batman movie. Gentrification is good... various 'hoods in the cheaper parts of Oaktown have had thwarted attempts at such. The issue is critical mass... enough affluent middle class homeowners with the inclination. Criminals are renters... and are protected by rent control and eviction control (measure EE). I kind of like the idea of citizens vigilance committees. The only problem with guns is that the wrong people have too many of them and the right people don't have enough. I have long predicted that we may eventually be living in a Batman movie. Gentrification is good… various ‘hoods in the cheaper parts of Oaktown have had thwarted attempts at such. The issue is critical mass… enough affluent middle class homeowners with the inclination. Criminals are renters… and are protected by rent control and eviction control (measure EE). I kind of like the idea of citizens vigilance committees. The only problem with guns is that the wrong people have too many of them and the right people don’t have enough.

]]> By: TheBoss http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/07/11/oakland-to-lay-off-200-cops-go-ahead-i-say/comment-page-1/#comment-2785 TheBoss Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:12:39 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/07/11/oakland-to-lay-off-200-cops-go-ahead-i-say/#comment-2785 Buy a gun? Buy a gun?

]]> By: below580 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/07/11/oakland-to-lay-off-200-cops-go-ahead-i-say/comment-page-1/#comment-2784 below580 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:59:02 +0000 http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/07/11/oakland-to-lay-off-200-cops-go-ahead-i-say/#comment-2784 This certainly sounds great for the folks in the hills, but what about us gentrifiers who alreay populate the foothill neighborhoods below 580? What should we do? Several years ago we moved from Marin County and bought an 1885 Victorian to restore. We love our house, mistrust city hall and abhor the crime. While our area is hardly deep East Oakland, it is not Piedmont either and selling is out of the question since the value of our house has plummeted. All the issues you mention in your article are things we have been mulling over for some time now. Our answer is to buy another home a few counties away from Oakland in a lovely, bucolic setting. We are buying low because the house is in foreclosure and we will be fixing it up over the next couple years. However, lots of our neighbors are young couples and can't afford a 2nd home to flee to. What are they to do to protect themselves and their families? Renters can relocate to lower crime cities quite easily, but home owners in Oakland are not so lucky unless they can afford to lose tons of money. Unfortunatley, the "leaders" who run Oakland could care less. For me, moving to Oakland was the biggest mistake of my adult life, but a mistake I can recover from. For some of my neighbors it may be a mistake that actually puts their lives in danger. Glad you don't find our situation too concerning, but I can assure you that those of us in this situation are plenty concerned. This certainly sounds great for the folks in the hills, but what about us gentrifiers who alreay populate the foothill neighborhoods below 580? What should we do? Several years ago we moved from Marin County and bought an 1885 Victorian to restore. We love our house, mistrust city hall and abhor the crime. While our area is hardly deep East Oakland, it is not Piedmont either and selling is out of the question since the value of our house has plummeted. All the issues you mention in your article are things we have been mulling over for some time now. Our answer is to buy another home a few counties away from Oakland in a lovely, bucolic setting. We are buying low because the house is in foreclosure and we will be fixing it up over the next couple years. However, lots of our neighbors are young couples and can’t afford a 2nd home to flee to. What are they to do to protect themselves and their families? Renters can relocate to lower crime cities quite easily, but home owners in Oakland are not so lucky unless they can afford to lose tons of money. Unfortunatley, the “leaders” who run Oakland could care less. For me, moving to Oakland was the biggest mistake of my adult life, but a mistake I can recover from. For some of my neighbors it may be a mistake that actually puts their lives in danger. Glad you don’t find our situation too concerning, but I can assure you that those of us in this situation are plenty concerned.

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