Jill Broadhurst Interview Oakland City Council D4 Race

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Jill Broadhurst Interview Oakland City Council D4 Race
Jill Broadhurst Interview Oakland City Council D4 Race

Jill Broadhurst and I met at Cafe Trieste in The Rotunda for an interview on her run for Oakland City Council District Four Seat. Since I prefer that you watch the video and interpret her comments for yourself, I will only give a few highlights.

We met just after Jill was endorsed by the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and over her challenger, Annie Campbell Washington. Jill said that she’s running for the seat because she understands the will of the community and the stakeholders in it.

But with that, it was hard to get her to say why she was running. In other words, everyone has a motivation for what they do. Jill basically didn’t answer that question; instead, she said that she represented the will of the people of District Four more than once. Perhaps it’s something she’d like to do over, but it’s a revealing moment when a person can dig deep and explain their motivations. But in defense of Jill, she believes that Oakland has a leadership problem and that she best represents the will of the people in her district. But just what made her run, and when, is a mystery.

Regarding the question of the need for more police, Jill said that she believed that Oakland does, but that there are other ways to solve the crime problem as well.

Regarding the retention of the Oakland Sports Teams, Jill explained that we have to work with the County of Alameda and other stakeholders, but seemed resigned to the idea that the Warriors were gone to San Francisco, even though they owe as of this writing $60 million in rent to the Coliseum JPA, and by association the City of Oakland and the County of Alameda.

When asked, Jill said she’s endorsed by Don Perata, Ignacio De La Fuente, and Oakland Councilmember Noel Gallo.

The Sierra Club Logo Issue

The talk we had came before the uproar over her use of the Sierra Club logo in her campaign promotion literature, so that’s why it’s not discussed her. And even if it was, the way that I do an interview is such that I give the candidate the option of talking about a problem, or not. I don’t do “gotcha” interviews – I think they’re unethical and cowardly.

I’m on record as having said that if Jill wanted to legally challenge the Sierra Club’s public complaint, she could have done do claiming fair use legal rights, and had a case. No politician has challenged the Sierra Club in that way, and as she is a member of the organization, which was the focus of her claim, she has some standing – indeed, the Sierra Club representatives I talked to did not know she ws a member. Still, the organization’s valid and legally strong complaint is that she seemed to imply that they endorsed her, rather than Annie. What’s interesting is that Jill says that she’s “honest in her messaging” in our interview.

Stay tuned.

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