tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post5185680899328661231..comments2023-04-01T08:49:45.052-07:00Comments on East Bay Conservative: Oakland To Lay Off 200 Cops? Go Ahead, I SayThe Bosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08650604704513105339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post-66005813659898439382009-07-14T10:21:13.000-07:002009-07-14T10:21:13.000-07:00Note to readers: I permitted the above comment bec...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.TheBosshttp://www.eastbayconservative.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post-25436725784086501352009-07-14T02:47:44.000-07:002009-07-14T02:47:44.000-07:00Thanks for the advice, but already have the gun an...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!below580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post-29596913718682348272009-07-13T08:43:20.000-07:002009-07-13T08:43:20.000-07:00I have long predicted that we may eventually be li...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.mark rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post-12145180665530004472009-07-13T07:12:39.000-07:002009-07-13T07:12:39.000-07:00Buy a gun?Buy a gun?TheBosshttp://www.eastbayconservative.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156813738805135259.post-85417427480136376202009-07-13T02:59:02.000-07:002009-07-13T02:59:02.000-07:00This certainly sounds great for the folks in the h...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.below580noreply@blogger.com