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Are Oakland's problems mostly caused by low per-capita tax revenues or by inefficient city government? If it's just a matter of cash, that will change quickly.

Are Oakland's problems mostly caused by low per-capita tax revenues or by inefficient city government? If it's just a matter of cash, that will change quickly. If the government culture is broken, that can take much longer to fix.

thrownaway2424 13y ago
I'd say the latter because Oakland experienced a significant windfall in real estate transfer taxes prior to the real estate crash, and it was all squandered by Ron Dellums[1] and cronies. The current government are hardly better. Mayor Quan is a semi-literate career politician. Her ideas are basically terrible and stupid. 1: True fact: I couldn't remember his name so I just googled "dipshit mayor of oakland" and his name popped up #1.
- dllthomas 13y ago
  What are your thoughts on the candidates in the upcoming mayoral election?
  - thrownaway2424 13y ago
    I only know a few. There's the civil rights attorney who was on Quan's staff. That's two negatives for me; trying to be nice to everybody at once is how Quan got into a quagmire with Occupy Oakland. Seigel refers to the space in front of city hall as "Oscar Grant Plaza" which puts him firmly in the moron column on my ticket. I know Schaaf, who represents my district. I don't really like her policies because they represent the clueless barely-affluent people up in the hills. Anti-tax and tough-on-crime on the same ticket? Schaaf has that ticket. It doesn't make sense. She's also been active in trying to rollback pedestrian improvements and bike lanes in favor of a handful of parking spaces which reinforces my image of her as a bit clueless. I guess technically Quan is also running again. Heh. Your thoughts?
    - dllthomas 13y ago
      In the abstract I like the notion of someone who's been City Auditor at the helm, but don't have strong feelings about Ruby in particular. Probably weakly prefer Seigel to Quan but that's not saying much. Schaaf doesn't seem awful. In general I need to dig deeper.

thrownaway2424 13y ago

I'd say the latter because Oakland experienced a significant windfall in real estate transfer taxes prior to the real estate crash, and it was all squandered by Ron Dellums[1] and cronies. The current government are hardly better. Mayor Quan is a semi-literate career politician. Her ideas are basically terrible and stupid. 1: True fact: I couldn't remember his name so I just googled "dipshit mayor of oakland" and his name popped up #1.

dllthomas 13y ago
What are your thoughts on the candidates in the upcoming mayoral election?
- thrownaway2424 13y ago
  I only know a few. There's the civil rights attorney who was on Quan's staff. That's two negatives for me; trying to be nice to everybody at once is how Quan got into a quagmire with Occupy Oakland. Seigel refers to the space in front of city hall as "Oscar Grant Plaza" which puts him firmly in the moron column on my ticket. I know Schaaf, who represents my district. I don't really like her policies because they represent the clueless barely-affluent people up in the hills. Anti-tax and tough-on-crime on the same ticket? Schaaf has that ticket. It doesn't make sense. She's also been active in trying to rollback pedestrian improvements and bike lanes in favor of a handful of parking spaces which reinforces my image of her as a bit clueless. I guess technically Quan is also running again. Heh. Your thoughts?
  - dllthomas 13y ago
    In the abstract I like the notion of someone who's been City Auditor at the helm, but don't have strong feelings about Ruby in particular. Probably weakly prefer Seigel to Quan but that's not saying much. Schaaf doesn't seem awful. In general I need to dig deeper.