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Your shadow government

March 3, 2009 by V Smoothe · 41 Comments 

So, I generally don’t say much about Chip Johnson around these parts, mostly because I assume that anyone reading me is also reading the Chronicle. But in case you missed it, Johnson wrote a column last Friday about the City’s refusal to provide City Auditor Courtney Ruby with necessary documents to complete the hiring practices audit authorized by the City Council last year.

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Filed Under: Courtney Ruby, Dan Lindheim, city of oakland, oakland, oakland city council, transparency in government
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Oakland New Year’s Resolutions

December 31, 2008 by V Smoothe · 19 Comments 

Filed Under: 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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Banner summer for Oakland

September 2, 2008 by V Smoothe · 16 Comments 

Filed Under: Courtney Ruby, Dan Lindheim, Deborah Edgerly, Ignacio De La Fuente, Jean Quan, John Russo, Nancy Nadel, Pat Kernighan, Ron Dellums, Wayne Tucker, budget, city of oakland, elections, oakland, oakland city council, opd, public safety, rant
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Records, ROAR!

July 14, 2008 by V Smoothe · 10 Comments 

Filed Under: Courtney Ruby, Ignacio De La Fuente, John Russo, city of oakland, good ideas, oakland, transparency in government
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Courtney Ruby is a big disappointment

April 22, 2008 by V Smoothe · Leave a Comment 

Filed Under: Courtney Ruby, budget, city of oakland, oakland
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Breaking: City of Oakland wastes money! Shocker!

November 30, 2007 by V Smoothe · 2 Comments 

Filed Under: Courtney Ruby, Deborah Edgerly, Jean Quan, Measure Y, Nancy Nadel, Ron Dellums, budget, oakland, oakland city council, public safety, transparency in government
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Vacation buybacks! Car allowances! Management Leave! Horrors!

November 30, 2007 by V Smoothe · 3 Comments 

Filed Under: Courtney Ruby, budget, city of oakland, oakland
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