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		<title>Why Can&#8217;t Oakland Compete With San Francisco&#8217;s Lowell High?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back from my long absence, I&#8217;m still thinking about schools in Oakland.
Some months ago, I wrote a post about magnet schools in Oakland. For the most part I was ignored, save for one person who took the time to inform me that such programs are illegal in California.
I didn&#8217;t do too much research after receiving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2010/04/24/why-cant-oakland-compete-with-san-franciscos-lowell-high/</link>
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		<title>For Berkeley Liberals, Political Correctness Trumps Competitiveness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I literally nearly spilled my steaming cup of tea all over my hand and arm when I read this week&#8217;s East Bay Express article about eliminating science labs in the Berkeley schools to free up money for &#8220;struggling&#8221; students.
How do they define a &#8220;struggling&#8221; student? It won&#8217;t surprise you to find out that this word [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/12/28/for-berkeley-liberals-political-correctness-trumps-competitiveness/</link>
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		<title>At Berkeley, Leftists And Unions Unwittingly Face Off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I read in the paper that Friday that students had occupied a building down at UC Berkeley, I just had to have a look for myself.
I drove down to campus that evening, with the sound of media helicopters roaring in the air. It took a few minutes to walk from my parking spot to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/11/23/at-berkeley-leftists-and-unions-unwittingly-face-off/</link>
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		<title>The Next Reichstag Fire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mark Ross, Contributing Writer
It was a risky political stunt that allowed the Nazi Party to consolidate its grip on the German nation.
The sad truth is that Hitler was elected democratically.  The Nazis took advantage of a weakness in the Weimar constitution that allowed proportionate representation.

After an election, the seats in the Reichstag were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/11/10/the-next-reichstag-fire/</link>
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		<title>New Parking Meter Failed? Good Luck Getting A Refund</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If one of Oakland&#8217;s new parking meters steals your cash, you&#8217;d better be prepared to litigate to get your money back.
A couple weeks back, I dutifully put my money into the meter and pressed the button to receive a receipt. The meter made some clicking sounds, but nothing came out.
I pushed the cancel button in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/11/08/new-parking-meter-failed-good-luck-getting-a-refund/</link>
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		<title>Like Most Liberals, Dullums Cheats On His Taxes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you call it when someone makes a career out of lambasting others for not paying &#8220;their fair share,&#8221; then turns around and refuses to pay his own taxes when he becomes wealthy?
The word &#8220;hypocrite&#8221; comes to mind, but somehow it seems too weak to describe the sort of malevolence we&#8217;re talking about here. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/11/06/like-most-liberals-dullums-cheats-on-his-taxes/</link>
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		<title>Health Care Talking Points</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mark Ross, Contributing Writer
Sixteen years ago I was asked what I thought of Mrs. Clinton’s machinations on the health care front. I told the questioner that every member of Congress who backed the reinvention of American health care, as Mrs. Clinton was proposing, was booking a stateroom on the Titanic. What Americans want, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/10/28/health-care-talking-points/</link>
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		<title>Oakland&#8217;s Teachers Union Wants Bad Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve made no secret in the past of my utter contempt for Oakland&#8217;s school system.
I can&#8217;t imagine sending my kid to an Oakland public school &#8212; even one of the few good elementary schools sprinkled throughout the hills area. While economically, sending a child there would seem like a bargain, I simply am unwilling to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/10/26/oaklands-teachers-union-wants-bad-schools/</link>
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		<title>Oakland Ad Valorem Tax Rate Now 1.41% &#8211; Are You Kidding Me?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The headline more-or-less says it all. I&#8217;ve blogged on this topic before, but it&#8217;s never been nearly this bad.
Last year, Oakland&#8217;s Ad Valorem rate was 1.33% of the tax value of the property. This year, somehow it magically has risen to 1.41%. If anyone understands how this came to be, I&#8217;d be very interested in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/10/17/oakland-ad-valorem-tax-rate-now-1-41-are-you-kidding-me/</link>
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		<title>Notes from the Re-education Camp&#8230; Abbott &amp; Costello meet Franz Kafka</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mark Ross, Contributing Writer
Well, it happened. I was sitting down at my computer cranking out some right-wing screed, when I heard a knock on the door. It was three guys in matching jump suits. A fourth was down below in the driver’s seat of a waiting van. They insisted that I come with them. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.eastbayconservative.com/2009/10/01/notes-from-the-re-education-camp-abbott-costello-meet-franz-kafka/</link>
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