Elihu Harris Former Mayor On Occupy Oakland Jean Quan and Oakland
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Oakland Raiders Stadium, Coliseum City Financing Problem, Ed Roski Update
Coliseum City Oakland Gets Bay Investment Group: Rashid Al Malik, Colony Capital LLC – UPDATE The Oakland Raiders are the reported target of Ed Roski, according to another well-placed source with knowledge of the situation….
David Glover, Oaklander, Friend, Champion Of Oakland, Passes On
David Glover was one of the first mentors I had after I started work in the City of Oakland after grad school at Berkeley. I got the word the former Oakland Citizens Committee For Urban…
Larry Reid For Oakland City Council District 7 Reelection
Frankly, this should not be an issue, but Oaklanders living in District 7 should reelect Oakland’s long-time, legendary City Councilmember, and Council President Larry Reid. This blogger has known Larry since 1995, when he was…
Oakland Tribune’s Angela Woodall’s Wronghead View Of Downtown
Grrr. Oakland Tribune reporter Angela Woodall’s done it again: wrote another completely wrongheaded account of my Oakland. The first time it was a Twitter tweet that implied there was corruption at the Oakland Coliseum (she…
Oakland News: Raiders Schedule, Kathy Neal Backs Rob Bonta, Mayor Recall Dead
The National Football League released the 2012 schedule, which includes that for the Oakland Raiders, on Tuesday. What’s interesting is, the Raiders Schedule doesn’t look much different than the one for 2011 or 2010 –…
LA Dodgers: Magic Johnson, Almost Oakland A’s Owner, Gets Team
Magic Johnson finally did it. In 1997, while Economic Advisor To Elihu Harris when he was Mayor Of Oakland, this blogger was tasked with the work of finding a buyer for the Oakland Athletics. One…
Mayor Quan Announces Oakland Parking Holiday
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan announced that today and next Saturday are “parking holidays” for Oakland. Personally, this is too little too late. When Elihu Harris was Oakland’s Mayor, the office had something called the “Shop…
Jean Quan: Occupy Oakland Makes Mayor YouTube Star
Say what you will about Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, one thing’s for sure, she’s gone from being called ‘Mayor Quan,’ or ‘Oakland Mayor Jean Quan,’ to just ‘Jean Quan,’ and that means Quan’s become a…
Chester McGlockton – Oakland Raiders Legend Dies At 42
The news that Oakland Raiders Legend Chester McGlockton passed away this Wednesday morning at the age of 42 of a heart attack reached this blogger via Facebook just a moment ago. The first memory was…
Oakland Mayor Leads: Lionel Wilson Promotes Oakland
For the many who never knew Oakland Mayor Lionel Wilson, who was Oakland’s last three-term Mayor, and its first African American Mayor, serving from 1977 to 1991, when he lost to Elihu Harris. During his…
Oakland’s Former Mayor Blasts Mayor Jean Quan On Occupy Oakland
Even though Elihu Harris hasn’t been the Mayor of Oakland since 1999 (and was Mayor between 1990 and 1999), he’s still a fixture in Oakland. Always willing to offer his points of view on various…
