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- len raphael: Unconfirmed that MJQ laid off 100 employees today, blaming RDA court case. How much did she and the CC waste in legal fees betting against Jerry’s lawyers?
- ralph: No, Livegreen, Occupy Oakland is doing plenty good. They are the poster children for the new, “This is Your Brain on Dope” Campaign.
- Livegreen: They seem to b determined to shut down Oakland and little else. They’ve forgotten Wall St. I can’t help but think the Officers who were preventing them from breaking in to City Hall could have spent...
- gregory mcconnell: The Occupest disrupted City Hall today. They managed to make it difficult, but not impossible, to go into City Hall. They demanded that people who accosted cops on Wednesday should be released. I was out...
- livegreen: I watched the M-Y mtg last night, & it was painful. Jose is a nice guy, but he has difficulty running a meeting that gets anything done. They debated for about 1 hour whether they should discuss recommendations...
- len raphael: The murder of 5 year old Gabriel Martinez. Got a call from an acquaintance who lives in East O and often gets supper at his family’s taco stand. She asked where she can sign up to help on the recall.
- Ravi: I’m sure that all of those Quan diehards (“a recall would be a waste of time and too expensive”) are very gratified that this lovely and deserving woman is having such a good time. No doubt they prefer...
- len raphael: JQ “”I’m actually having a lot of fun,” she said after rehashing many of the lower moments from her first year in office.” “http://www.insidebayare a.com/news/ci_19651889R...
- Ravi: And regarding police reform and the crime thing, Judge Henderson could decide to put OPD under Federal jurisdiction because the terms of the NSA haven’t been fulfilled by the City Administration. Those folks in City...
- len raphael: Harbinger of things to come to the City Council when they eventually have to make similar decisions. But they won’t. The Fed bankruptcy judge will do it for them.
- livegreen: Yeah, but OUSD has to do something. There are way too many schools for the school population. There’s simply no choice. At least they’re willing to make the tough decisions. Unlike the City of...
- len raphael: Are those school board recalls entirely over the school closing decisions? Different groups or one umbrella?
- Ravi: Two recall petitions for Quan; five recall petitions for five school board members.
- len raphael: City says there are now 7 concurrent recall petitions. Not clear how many are for Quan and how many for Council Members. Direct democracy at work.
- Ravi: Can the Oakland City Council lead? Nope, nor can the Mayor. It’s up to the citizens, who are deeply divided and have been for a very long time.
- len raphael: Oakland Local is the only on or offline general circulation media that shows understanding of the depths of our fiscal situation and understands that it’s causes precede the real estate crash. One of these...
- Mkilian: Related to the Cal Supremes haircut to Oakland with respect to RDA and the immediate need for a “fiscal operations plan” is another issue put forth in Oakland’s internet newspaper, Oakland Local, is...
3 Responses to “Seat belts? Seriously?”
May 25th, 2007 at 6:30 am
They do have better things to do, but the feds give them money for the sole purpose of the “click it or ticket” campaign. They have to use their allotment by the end of June. I think OPD tries to get other things done while patrolling for unbuckled drivers.
May 25th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Yes, the “Click it or ticket” campaign provides money for officers to work overtime to enforce seat belt laws. Don’t care. It isn’t a money issue. Given our dire shortage of policemen, I really think there are better ways to be using limited personnel resources.
You know, it’s annoying enough for Lt. Ed Tracy to say things like this when you think he’s talking about dealing with actual crime:
Thinking that during that “gap” in service, we have other officers trolling Piedmont Avenue for drivers without seatbelts makes me want to puke. And is there a reason two officers needed to be in that car? Is the Piedmont Avenue seat belt crisis so dire that one guy just can’t handle it? Is everyone in neighborhoods that actually need more police presence, like San Antonio, super vigilant about following seat belt laws? Inquiring minds want to know.
June 1st, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Piedmont Ave shouldn’t have to fight San Antonio for a modicum of police presence. The problem is a dire shortage of officers, not the strings attached to federal money.