Jean Quan

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Recall Effort Officially Dead Says Gene Hazzard

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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan can rest now. The effort to recall Mayor Quan is officially dead (along with the website photo that gives her green lipstick) according to its originator, Oakland’s long-time enabler Gene Hazzard. Gene sent a text pointing this blogger to his official website called “removejeanquan.com” and two letters posted on Friday May … Read more

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Recall Effort Scarred By Voter Fraud Claim

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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan undoubtedly fears the recall effort launched against her, but from what this blogger has learned, it’s currently marred by not two, but three (yes, 3) competing efforts, backbiting, and the appearance of voter fraud. How it all started was that long-time Oakland activist Gene Hazzard (who was instrumental in ‘drafting’ then-former … Read more

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Blasted On Facebook Page

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On December 15th, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, or someone working on her behalf, elected to announce to the World that the Mayor’s Facebook Page would be, in their words, “disabled.” Not to be insulting, but frank: that was a great example of how the Mayor and the Mayor’s Office doesn’t know how to use social … Read more

Joe Tuman Watches As Gene Hazzard Teases Oakland Mayor Quan Recall

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This is a follow-up to this blogger’s earlier blog post on the effort to recall Mayor Quan, and focuses on two well-known Oaklanders. Well, at least to people who are intensely involved in Oakland politics in some way. One is Joe Tuman, who started a rather late but successful run for Mayor of Oakland in … Read more