Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is meeting with the local Oakland / San Francisco Bay Area press in the wake of Sunday’s car accident. It’s an incident that’s falling into a war of words between witnesses who claim she was using her cell phone, and Quan, who says she was not.
I’m in Georgia, but I received the media advisory, which had this paragraph in it:
A number of you are asking for an on-camera or on-tape statement from Mayor Quan regarding yesterday’s collision. We don’t have significantly more information than we had last night and OPD continues to investigate the circumstances of the collision itself. However, in the interest of transparency and accessibility, Mayor Quan will be available to make a statement at 10:30 a.m. today outside the 14th Street entrance to City Hall.
So, I went to Twitter to track the tweets about today’s press conference. Here’s a taste:
Oakland Mayor @JeanQuan is "unequivocal." She was not on phone during yesterday's car accident http://t.co/XfH9W3GQib
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) June 9, 2014
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan says wasn't using phone when got in weekend fender bender. Doesn't think she ran red light. pic.twitter.com/NOlG0s3dUg
— Jodi Hernandez (@JodiHernandez01) June 9, 2014
Of her previous red-light conviction, Jean Quan says "I think that was a rolling" stop. #QuanCrash #oakland
— Suzanne Espinosa (@suzyesp) June 9, 2014
Mayor Jean Quan says "I was hit from the rear" "I was not on my phone" pic.twitter.com/fWy8B4liL2
— Haaziq Madyun (@KRON4HMadyun) June 9, 2014
Mayor Jean Quan says she's a little sore after car accident, but she is ok and back at work. Watch live: http://t.co/2mrt2Q7dYt
— KTVU (@KTVU) June 9, 2014
my friend didn't recognize her until a bystander/witness shouted "that was Jean Quan that almost ran you down in the crosswalk"
— m4rg1n4L (@marg1nal) June 9, 2014
#Oakland mayor Jean Quan's husband told us 20 mins ago he'd be driving her to city hall where she will make a statement.
— Stephanie Chuang (@StephChuang) June 9, 2014
I told Mayor Quan and Dr. Huen to get a driver in 2013, and after this video:
Stay tuned.
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