Courtney Ruby Would Make Awful Mayor Of Oakland
Courtney Ruby Would Make Awful Mayor Of Oakland. Courtney Ruby Would Make Awful Mayor Of Oakland because of the way she’s handled the officer of Oakland City Auditor. Ms. Ruby has used the office and…
Mayor Quan
“We don’t need more police”: Mayor & Police Chief hit a nerve at town hall – Oakland Local
Oakland LocalAnd while some balked at the surveillance, Mayor Quan argued that this technology brings Oakland in step with cities using the same tactics to get safe. “We can’t pretend to live in a world…
Mayor Quan responds to dismissal of compliance director – KTVU San Francisco
KTVU San FranciscoA federal judge has terminated the contract of a compliance director appointed by the court to oversee reforms in the Oakland Police Department. U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco said in…
Oakland Mayor’s Race Fundraising News
Oakland Mayor’s Race Fundraising News This Oakland Mayor’s Race Fundraising News has Bryan Parker in the lead with $180 k , followed by Joe Tuman at $155k, as Mayor Quan is third at $130k, then…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan Reelection Mistruths; Tuman, Siegel Videos
This Oakland News comes from Las Vegas, where I am for the New Media Expo and International CES, or CES 2014, or the Consumer Electronics Show. I have two items to share: first my 30-minute…
Dan Siegel, Former Quan Aide, Occupy Oakland Hero, To Run For Mayor Of Oakland
Dan Siegel, long-time Oakland civil rights attorney, partner in the Oakland law firm Siegel & Yee, and long-time friend, and former legal adviser, to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, is running for Mayor of Oakland. Siegel…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan’s Woodminster Wheelchair Problem In “White v. Oakland”
In this Oakland News, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan doesn’t know this until now, but as of this writing she’s about to be deposed in a lawsuit where the person who filed it, a Donna White,…
Oakland News: City Council And Police Radio: Will They Pick Alameda JPA Over Staff Ire?
This bit of Oakland News is, a more disturbing continuation of my Oakland Police Radio blog post of last week. It’s disturbing because several Oakland City staffers who I will not name are just plain…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan’s Boondoggle Radio Deal For Re-Election; Coliseum City Stupidity
UPDATE: Oakland News: Mayor Quan’s Woodminster Wheelchair Problem In “White v. Oakland” UPDATE: Oakland A’s Move To San Jose Rejected By Major League Baseball. This Oakland News entry may, no will, tick someone off. To…
Oakland News: Raiders, A’s Coliseum Leases Extended; Mayor Quan’s Dirty Tricks On Libby Schaaf
This Oakland News is chocked full of a lot of stuff, so let’s get to it. Oakland A’s and Oakland Raiders Extend Coliseum Leases The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority has announced it extended the lease…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Thinks Black Oakland Is Bad
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan said this to the National Journal’s Sophie Quinton: “And so, you asked me what my challenge is. Well, my challenge is to let people know what the new Oakland looks like….
Oakland Mayor Quan Re-Election Woes Show In Chamber Poll, Fundraising News
The Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce released the results of an extensive poll of likely Oakland voters, and the news reflects not only every single anecdotal report or conversation this blogger has had with Oaklanders…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan Fundraiser Draws Just Four People; Visit Oakland Office Party
UPDATE: Oakland News: A’s One Game From AL West; Whole Foods Oakland; Oakland Cabs In this Oakland News, a fundraiser for Oakland Mayor Jean Quan recently held in the Oakland Fruitvale area has got the…
Pat Kernighan: Oakland Council President Continues Racist Agenda v. Councilmember Desley Brooks
UPDATE: Oakland’s Kernighan Ignores Info Exonerating Desley Brooks From Censure Oakland Councilmember Pat Kernighan (District Two) has elected to push an agenda identified by many as racist, in the action of first, singling out, then…
Supreme Court Drops DOMA, Prop 8: Oakland Mayor Quan, Councilmember Kaplan
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan made the following joint statement Wednesday with Oakland City Council President Pro Tem Rebecca Kaplan, the city’s first openly-lesbian councilmember, in response to the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage, where…
Oakland Mayor Quan Ready To Talk Oakland A’s Stadium Lease Via Media
The City of Oakland’s reacting to a small handful of media who asked for Oakland Mayor Jean Quan to give a statement on the Oakland Athletics Stadium situation, where the media just discovered that the…
THE OAKLAND CITY BUDGET 2013 – 2015: A CITY COUNCIL PRIMER
The Oakland City Council will hold its last budget hearing on Thursday, tommorrow, and before its final vote in two weeks. This is your chance to go to the Oakland City Council Hearing Room and…
Oakland City Auditor Report Spiked As Ruby Rumors Of Mayoral Run
The Oakland City Auditor Report that alleged that Councilmembers Larry Reid (District 7) and Desley Brooks (District 6) were acting in violation of the City Charter in various ways was to be introduced at the…
Oakland Mayor Quan: Husband As Driver / Bodyguard Violates City Charter
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has a terrible habit of operating the Office Of The Mayor Of Oakland as if it’s Mayberry RFD: a small town where she drives herself around, or has her husband Dr….
Josh Cribbs To Raiders? Mayor Quan’s Bodyguard; Oakland Workers Video: News
UPDATE: Quan And Husband Violate City Charter When He Drives Here Around. A lot of Oakland news, from the Oakland Raiders trying to land Josh Cribbs to Oakland Local 21’s video saying “Enough Is Enough”…
Was Oakland Mayor Quan’s Husband Driving Drunk In Art Murmur Video?
UPDATE: a friend called to assert that Dr. Floyd Huen does not drink and the video-person was being inappropriate to he and the Mayor of Oakland. Was Floyd Huen, the husband of Oakland Mayor Jean…
WILLIAM BRATTON TO BE NAMED OAKLAND’S POLICE CHIEF
FOLKS, THIS IS AN APRIL FOOL JOKE! William Bratton Will Be Named Oakland’s Police Chief. A good, well-placed City Hall Source and friend has told this vlogger exclusively that William Bratton, who was just hired…
Erica Maskaleris: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Turns Blind Eye To Missing Woman
Erica Maskaleris, the 31-year-old woman who founded the tech consulting company Geekosystems, has been missing for one solid week now, as of this writing. The news that the jogger was last seen walking over at…
Oakland Art Murmur Shooting: Mayor Quan’s Statement
In the wake of the Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday Shooting of last Friday night, February 1st, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has issued this statement: We are deeply saddened about the event that occurred…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan: Obama, Oakland Crime, William Bratton At Inauguration
Inauguration surprise: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan was right behind me at the Presidential Inauguration. We were both seated in Red Ticket Zone Section 16. Turns out that was a really awesome place to be, with…
Oakland Mayor Quan Supports William Bratton OPD Contract
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan issued a letter than may or may not bee seen or cared about as Oakland ponders Lance Armstrong and Manti T’eo. Mayor Quan is making public her support for the contract…
Oakland Mayor Quan, City Of Oakland’s Inept Social Media Approach
The City Of Oakland has suddenly adopted a head-in-the-sand, protectionist, and just plain stupid social media strategy that results in a series of wrong-headed approaches that don’t protect the elected officials it claims to help….
Sandre Swanson: Oakland Mayor Quan Appoints Assemblymember Deputy Mayor
Outgoing California Assemblymember Sandre Swanson was appointed Deputy Mayor of Oakland today by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. The email announcing this popped up just five minutes ago. Sandre was one of Jean Quan’s first major…
Jean Quan: Oakland Mayor Is Transparently Absent-Minded
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is perhaps the most absent-minded Mayor of Oakland in our modern history. Thus, to accuse her of transparency smacks of nastiness, not the activity of a journalist. This blogger points to…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Interview On Obama At DNC 2012
While walking to the area where the California Delegation sat at the Democratic National Convention, this blogger spotted Oakland Mayor Jean Quan sitting next to and talking with Oakland City Council District Five Candidate Mario…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan, City Attorney Race, Chauncey Bailey, Oakland Police
In this Oakland News this blogger has a lot to say, some of it may not make certain people happy, but turning 50 turns on switches in people, and that includes me. Specifically, I refer…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan Invites Councilmembers To Mua For Drinks; Budget Items
Oakland Mayor Quan tried for a Kumbaya moment Thursday June 28th, and got it, to a degree. And that after a Wednesday July 27th press conference that went badly off the rails. If you didn’t…
Oakland Councilmember Reid’s 16-Minute Tirade Against Mayor Jean Quan #Oakland
Here’s the video – a classic: For the record, Larry Reid is the President Of The Oakland City Council and after his initial reaction to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan’s claim that she backed the Oakland…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan’s Disastrous 100-Blocks Press Conference – Full Video
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan returned from a trip to Brazil and in general a number of travel obligations that kept her out of Oakland far more than she was in it over the last five…
Oakland City Council District 3 Race: Sean Sullivan, Ken Pratt, Lynette Gibson McElhaney
This video was made on the evening of the June 12th Oakland City Council District Three Candidates Forum. This blogger was fresh in town from what was my fifth trip back to Atlanta, Georgia this…
Joe Tuman On The GS Warriors, Oakland, Rebecca Kaplan At Large, And Mayor Quan
For Oakland politicos, Joe Tuman has become a household name. The San Francisco State Professor and San Francisco CBS Channel Five Political Commentator made a name for himself in 2010 with an aggressive, if late-starting…
City Of Oakland: Oakland Police “Flawed Response” To Occupy Oakland Oct 25th Protest
The City Of Oakland admits what many have known for months, and almost cost Oakland Mayor Jean Quan her job, a successful recall effort would have given her one of the shortest executive careers in…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Reminds Golden State Warriors Oakland Exists
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan just sent out an email that basically reminds the Golden State Warriors that Oakland exists. That’s the best way to put it since 90 percent of the local media (except this…
Oakland Mayor Quan, Barbara Parker Let Warriors Plan Move To SF While Owing $95 Mil
Warriors planning move to San Francisco from Oakland. This is the kind of thing John Russo would have worked to prevent if he were City Attorney: The Golden State Warriors, named such because the City…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Recall Effort Officially Dead Says Gene Hazzard
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….
At Oakland A’s Presentation, Mayor Quan Gets It Right
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan did what Ron Dellums and Jerry Brown did not do: get together Oakland business leaders and have them (in this case) actively express their support to keep the Oakland A’s in…
Oakland News: MayDay, Joel Young Gets Tribune Endorsement, Coliseum SMG V. AEG II
Oakland MayDay went off without a hitch, at first – but then… Frankly, I had so much backlog from my New York NFL Draft trip, and interviews conducted before that, that the idea of adding…
Oakland Mayor Quan Pissed Over April Fools Joke
The blog post called “Mayor Jean Quan Had Affair With Ron Dellums In 2009” and released on April Fools Day Sunday, was widely seen by readers and observers as an April Fools joke, which it…
Mayor Jean Quan Had Affair With Ron Dellums In 2009
UPDATE: Mayor Quan Pissed Over April Fools Joke. Fans of Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums believed he was on a good track to recover what some others had said was a failed effort as Mayor of…
Oakland News: Joel Young Update; Don Perata For Mayor, Again?
This blogger has a ton of Oakland News to catch up on, including big Joel Young news. First, sorry for the blog platform, as whatever HostGator, the blog server host, has got me into, I…
Oakland News: Mayor Quan Mailer Recall Fears, Ethics Problem; A’s Blocked?
Is Oakland Mayor Jean Quan scared of being recalled? Did you happen to open your mail on Friday or Saturday and get a nice love brochure about Oakland, courtesy of our Mayor Jean Quan? The…
Oakland Mayor Quan Press Conference On Budget And Redevelopment 2012
The City of Oakland’s in a bad spot, and this blogger’s not sure if many people in Oakland understand exactly what’s going on. That’s why it’s important to look at the entire 31 minute press…
City Of Oakland Budget: No more 4-4 behind closed doors
No more 4-4 behind closed doors. The last time we discussed our two year Oakland City budget, meaning about six months ago, we heard nothing from our city council members for several weeks after the…
Oakland News: Richmond Wins LBL Campus Competition, Mayor Recall Update
Richmond beats Alameda and Oakland for LBL Second Campus After a tough, competitive battle for the right to play host to the long-planned-for second campus of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, it was announced at…
Embattled Mayor, Gritty City or Mayor Fighting for Oakland?
Mayor Quan with friends at Chabot event It’s an old cliché that almost everyone who writes about Oakland feels they must use. You know, it’s a gritty city. The latest one was the New York…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Recall Effort Scarred By Voter Fraud Claim
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…
Is A Recall Of Mayor Quan Divisive And Harmful?
Re: A Recall is Divisive and Harmful As you may know, the Greens have not yet taken a position on this recall effort. As far as I know, we are the only group to invite…
Morrie Turner, Wee Pals Cartoon Creator, Honored By Oakland City Council
Morrie Turner is the symbol of Oakland’s unique way it expresses its diverse culture. The famous cartoonist best known for his Wee Pals cartoon creations, is as much a part of Oakland’s Soul as the…
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…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Blasted On Facebook Page
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…
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Recall – Ken Pratt Rips Quan
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is facing two things: a recall signature gathering process and the wrath of Oaklander Ken Pratt. This blogger literally ran into Mr. Pratt at last night’s benefit for Occupy Oakland, and…
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…
Joe Tuman Watches As Gene Hazzard Teases Oakland Mayor Quan Recall
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…
Mayor Quan, Oakland Business, And The Recall
(First posted at http://zenie62blog.com)
[caption id="attachment_13222" align="alignleft" width="235" caption="Oaklland Mayor Jean Quan"][/caption]Is the Oakland Business Community really behind the planned recall effort of Mayor Jean Quan? As one blo…
Oakland Busness Community Mixed On Mayor Quan, On Recall Fence
Is the Oakland Business Community really behind the planned recall effort of Mayor Jean Quan? As one blogger who’s lived in Oakland since 1974, it’s easy to gain the temperature around town because people either…
