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V Smoothe on Dec 31st, 2008 in
Courtney Ruby,
Desley Brooks,
Ignacio De La Fuente,
Jane Brunner,
Jean Quan,
John Russo,
Larry Reid,
Nancy Nadel,
Pat Kernighan,
Rebecca Kaplan,
Ron Dellums,
city of oakland,
oakland,
oakland city council |
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Aah, I love the end of December. It feels good to reflect on all the things I didn’t accomplish and promise myself how I’m going to do so much better next year. There’s nothing quite like a clean slate, a whole untainted year ahead of you with all the potential in the world to be great, accomplish something noteworthy, or put some of your worst qualities behind you. I’ve resolved that 2009...
Posted by
V Smoothe on Dec 30th, 2008 in
Ignacio De La Fuente,
Jane Brunner,
Kerry Hamill,
Larry Reid,
Nancy Nadel,
Rebecca Kaplan,
Ron Dellums,
Sean Sullivan,
budget,
city charter,
city of oakland,
economy,
elections,
oakland,
oakland city council,
opd,
public safety |
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dto510 reminds us today that those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. In that spirit, let’s take some time to remember what dominated the news in Oakland in 2008.
Christopher Rodriguez: 2008 got off to a decidedly inauspicious start when a 10 year old boy was hit by a stray bullet during his piano lesson on normally-safe Piedmont Avenue. Oakland residents rallied to raise funds for the...
Wow. You guys apparently can’t get enough of talking about Gentlemen of Leisure. The comments on the old post are getting a little unwieldy, so here’s a fresh space to continue the conversation.
My position remains unchanged. We’ve identified the film industry as one of our targeted economic growth sectors. Turning away a television series that wants to film here will cause irreparable damage to...
Posted by
V Smoothe on Dec 29th, 2008 in
open thread |
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Want to talk about something I haven’t covered? Do it here. You can find the previous open thread here.
I’m out of town for the holiday, having a blast with my mundane tasks like taking dogs for a walk, spending all afternoon preparing dinner, reading things that have nothing in any way to do with Oakland or planning or cities or public policy or anything that could ever be relevant to something I might ever want to write here. It’s great. But while I’m totally content to lounge around contemplating...