Making sure this never happens again
June 30, 2009 by V Smoothe · 37 Comments
Tonight, after almost two months of discussion, the Oakland City Council will finally adopt a budget that closes our $83 million General Fund deficit. Mostly, discussion surrounding this has been all about what we’re going to lose. But in between all the devastating cuts and annoying fee increases, there are some positive things happening in the budget process too. Here’s one of them.
Budget decision coming on Tuesday
June 28, 2009 by V Smoothe · 25 Comments
Writing about the budget in 140 characters or less
June 17, 2009 by V Smoothe · 29 Comments
Oakland Councilmembers offer changes to Mayor’s budget proposal
June 12, 2009 by V Smoothe · 24 Comments
What are the core functions of a city?
June 11, 2009 by V Smoothe · 48 Comments
Another chapter in the saga of the Kaiser Convention Center
May 27, 2009 by V Smoothe · 10 Comments
A new way to waste money: Municipal ID cards for Oakland
May 26, 2009 by V Smoothe · 25 Comments
What’s going on with the Cleveland Cascade?
May 20, 2009 by V Smoothe · 4 Comments
Mayor’s budget proposal: Deficient, but not a deficit
May 7, 2009 by V Smoothe · 13 Comments
Chill out. Nobody is actually planning on laying off 140 cops, folks.
May 6, 2009 by V Smoothe · 47 Comments
Becks and dto510, my heroes.
May 6, 2009 by V Smoothe · 39 Comments
Ron Dellums releases proposed Oakland FY09-11 budget
May 5, 2009 by V Smoothe · 32 Comments
