August 1, 2012 | Zennie62Blog

Oakland News: Sean Sullivan Raises 65K, Amy Lemley $37K In Oakland City Council Races

By Zennie AbrahamPosted on August 1, 2012Posted in OaklandTagged 000, Amy Lemley, Business, City Council District, Council District, District One, District Three, Grand Lake, Jane Brunner, jobs, McElhaney, money, oakland, Oakland City, oakland city council, Oakland City Council District, Oakland City Council District One, Sean Sullivan, videoNo Comments

More Oakland News after Jane Brunner’s “Cops got my back” blast. Sean Sullivan, who’s signs are popping up all over the Grand Lake Business District – the District Three side that is – has announced he’s raised $65,000 from 300 donors in his run for the Oakland City Council District One Seat. Meanwhile, Amy Lemley […]

Jane Brunner Gets Oakland Police Endorsement For City Attorney

By Zennie AbrahamPosted on August 1, 2012Posted in Oakland, oakland a's, Oakland Police, oakland politicsTagged Barbara Parker, City Attorney, Jane Brunner, Kaplan, Libby Schaaf, Oakland City, Oakland Councilmember Jane Brunner, Oakland Councilmembers, Oakland Councilmembers Larry Reid, Oakland Mayor, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Oakland Police, Oakland Police Officers, Oakland Police Officers Association, OPD, OPOA, Police, Rebecca Kaplan, ReidNo Comments

A bit of an Oakland shocker until you think about it: Oakland Councilmember Jane Brunner just landed the endorsement of the Oakland Police Union called the Oakland Police Officers Association. Here’s what Jane told those on her email list: I am excited to announce that the Oakland Police Officers Association (OPOA) has endorsed my campaign […]

Football: Three-Down Lineman, Empty Set Pass Offense By Derek Leonard of Rochester High, Il

By Zennie AbrahamPosted on August 1, 2012Posted in NFLTagged 2012, blog, Chris Brown, featured, football, NFL, nice, quarterback, videoNo Comments

Since football’s almost upon us for 2012 (yeah!), I thought it best to present a nice offensive approach that Chris Brown of the blog Smart Football featured and is called ‘The Polecat’ – a three-down-lineman, empty set offense that looks like a pass-and-catch drill between quarterback and receivers, which it is. The Polecat is not […]

NikkyRaney.com no longer Nikky Raney’s

By Nikky RaneyPosted on August 1, 2012Posted in Zennie62 NewsTagged 2010, 2011, 2012, blog, journalism, media, Nikky RaneyNo Comments

I have had the web site http://nikkyraney.com since May of 2010. The site was called the Future of Journalism and it was my blog about journalism and media and such. I thought that in May of 2012 it would automatically renew since that is what happened in May of 2011, but boy was I wrong. […]

London 2012 Olympics Brings Twitter To Center Stage, Again

By Zennie AbrahamPosted on August 1, 2012Posted in London OlympicsTagged 2012, attack, Brandi Chastain, hope solo, London, London Olympics, NBC, Olympics, Rachel Buehler, Soccer, social media, twitter, Women, Women SoccerNo Comments

Wow. Twitter has played a center stage role at the London 2012 Olympics. Just consider these topics: – Hope Solo used Twitter to attack Brandi Chastain during Olympics. – Switzerland’s Michel Morganella has been expelled from the Olympics for posting a racist message on Twitter. – Greek Jumper Paraskevi Papahristou Expelled From Olympic Team for […]