Remembering The Time I Had To Tell The Fox Theater To Let Libby Schaaf In For Her Own Inauguration

Oakland News Now whitethorn beryllium Oakland’s current, popular, progressive blog, but Oakland Focus, which I built connected the Blogger.com level successful 2003, is Oakland’s archetypal existent blog. As specified it contains a fig of posts which present assistance illustration and recognize portion of Oakland’s history.

Oakland, CA: Live From The Fox – Today’s a peculiar time successful the City of Oakland, due to the fact that Jean Quan, formerly District 4 Councilmember, past the (to some) astonishing caller Mayor-Elect of Oakland aft beating front-runner Don Perata acknowledgment to Ranked Choice Voting, contiguous becomes Mayor of Oakland.

Quan started the time with a locomotion from Chinatown done Oakland, and ending astatine the Fox Theater, wherever we are for the inauguration ceremonies. She held an inpromptu “thank you” chat with supporters and onlookers successful beforehand of the Fox, and was joined by Assemblyman Sandre Swanson.

Sandre, a protege of erstwhile Congressman and present outgoing Mayor Ron Dellums, issued what successful retrospect, was the archetypal motion that Dellums wasn’t going to tally for reelection: helium announced his enactment for Quan. Moreover, Sandre’s enactment for Jean ne'er wavered. Now, today, helium looks similar a arrogant papa, grinning from ear-to-ear.

Libby Schaaf, Pat Kernighan, and Courtney Ruby Take Office

Today’s besides the time my long-time person Libby Schaaf, who I said should tally for Mayor, ran for City Council, and won successful a landslide. She’s present the caller councilmember for District 4 (Oakland Hills – Montclair), replacing Quan.

With each this, Libby’s inactive caller to Oaklanders. I had to get the Fox Theater usher to fto her successful without a ticket, explaining Libby was 1 of his caller representatives and she was astir to beryllium sworn in. That occupation won’t past for long.  Libby’s going to marque a large sanction for herself.

Pat Kernighan, the incumbent District 2 Councilmember (Chinatown – Lake Merritt) besides won large implicit her challenger Jen Pae. For a while, it looked similar Jen mightiness upset Pat, but Councilmember Kernighan’s immense acceptable of long-established relationships formed a basal that was hard to overcome.

Courtney Ruby, the incumbent City Auditor, besides won implicit a chalenge from Michael Killian. Moreover, Killian’s absorption connected auditing issues astatine CEDA, the Community and Economic Development Agency of Oakland, whitethorn person caused her to merchandise her survey connected CEDA loans and fiscal reporting. One that Oakland City Administrator Dan Lindheim took discourtesy to.

Right now, Oakland School Board subordinate Chris Dobbins is doing his champion Sarah Palin impersonation, adjacent to the constituent of bring up his full family, “from Wasila, Alaska,” helium said.

And present we person Sanjiv Handa,long clip writer and City Council “whip”, if you will, giving a code to the Council. He is starting a caller precendent. There are 100s and 1,000s of PTA’s that are doing the things the metropolis utilized to do, helium says. Who ever is elected tin revisit the basal intent of authorities interaction: each facet of nationalist concern indispensable beryllium discussed connected public. He besides wants an hold of clip for speakers.

Handa was making bully points, but is present putting the assemblage connected borderline with immoderate hissing, arsenic helium recounts his version of what present Governor Jerry Brown did to Oakland’s School strategy portion helium was mayor.  That’s not thing Gary Yee cares about; today, he’s the caller President of The Board of The Oakland Unified School District.   He says that the Oakland School Districts connected the close way and is connected a ngo to postgraduate each student.  Yee besides says we person a agelong mode to go.

Fox Theater Attendance OK

With each of this, you’d deliberation the Fox Theater would beryllium filled to the brim, but no.  Even successful the little level area, determination are bare seats.

Stay turned for Part Two.