So, on Wednesday night, I went to the “Green Oakland” Mayoral forum sponsored by the Sierra Club and the East Bay Young Democrats.
I’ll write more about the forum next week, but for those who wanted to attend but couldn’t, I don’t want to make you wait to see what happened. Please enjoy the full video of the event below. I apologize for the somewhat uneven quality.
I’m still...
Posted by
V Smoothe on Aug 26th, 2010 in
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
90 years ago today, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed women throughout the United State the right to vote.
Having been born in the 1970s, it’s difficult for me to even...
Posted by
V Smoothe on Aug 23rd, 2010 in
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Okay folks, we’ve got 10 weeks left until this fall’s election. During that time, I plan to take a closer look at all the local elections (some closer than others, depending on how much that particular race interests me).
But for now, I thought it might be helpful to just give you guys a little roundup of all the local elections you’ll get to vote in. Below is a list of all the candidates in City,...
Posted by
V Smoothe on Aug 20th, 2010 in
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Have you guys been following this ridiculous brouhaha about the
Sierra Club Mayoral forum next week?
If you haven’t, consider yourself lucky. It’s a bunch of headache-inducing nonsense. You can go read the play by play recounting of the all the ridiculous bitchery that’s gone on in the last couple of days over at Zennie Abraham’s blog, Oakland Focus, but for those who have don’t have...
First, some housekeeping. Thank you so much to all of you for the warm welcome back!
For those of you who used to subscribe to e-mail updates for new blog posts, I’m sorry to say that I lost all those addresses when the site got infected in May. If you enjoyed getting updates that way, you’ll have to sign up for them again. You can do that here. It’s annoying, I know. I’m sorry.
If you want...