Though I don’t live in District 3, I’ve really appreciated your reporting on the race. I didn’t feel strongly either way about the race when it started, but I’ve been consistently amazed at how low Nadel’s willing to stoop. Hopefully she’ll be better at running a chocolate shop than she is at representing her district.

That doesn’t necessarily answer anything about the trees by the lake. I know nothing about that situation. I just didn’t like seeing McCoy being demonized. Besides, somebody had to issue permits to remove the trees, right?

How exactly is it objective to have Aimee Alison, who’s campaign was endorsed by Nadel, acting as a moderator?

http://brooklynavenue.blogspot.com/2008/04/improving-our-community.html

At the Harrioak forum, it was refreshing to hear 3 out of the 4 candidates for the Council Member at Large finally take on the Sacred of Cow of DD. I agree with the Brooklyn Avenue poster. The Grand Jury needs to be get involved and look into :

1) who knew the channel project was impossible before 2002 the bond measure was passed 2) what reallly has happened to the bond funds? Where did all the money go? Follow the money!

Speaking of which, at this forum, Nancy Nadel DID vaguely remembered getting money from the owner of BBI — the DD boathouse/restaurant construction company that will be coming to City Council to ask for a couple million more bucks for the job — and said something to the effect that it was allowable under the campaign finance laws.

If the contribution simply doesn’t pass the common man’s “smell test” she shouldn’t have taken the money, no matter HOW she interprets the laws.

I am also beginning to think she’s not very bright. Saying to the crowd that the owner BBI is one of her favorite volunteers because he plants trees in West Oakland (after she allowed mature trees to be sawed down around the Lake Merritt) certainly dried up her last few sympathy votes in here Adams Point.