Pamela’s Substack
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| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 143 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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Blast from the Past, Don Perata
I made a quick ‘garden talk’ about Don Perata's legacy after reading his complaints and the many ways he disparaged Oakland in The East Bay Insiders a day or two ago.
There are a couple things I need to expand upon. For one, going live whi...
Oakland City Council Budget Talks Will Absolutely Not Include
Today at the very end of the City Council's budget discussion just prior to voting, CM Carroll Fife asked the obvious but up until then unacknowledged question, “Do you support police oversight, as (paraphrasing here) mandated by voters or...
Empower Oakland Report Wants to Defund the Police
Yes, Measure E funds more police recruitment and training, among other vital services. Didn't we already pay for that? Yeah we did but if you paid for a haircut and then had to come back and pay again, would you be angry? Would you blame th...
Voter Guide, California Primary 2026
I had planned to quietly ignore putting together my thoughts on this election as I've been caught up in the struggle against our local astroturf, technofascist takeover of Bay Area politics. However, I did host part of the Wellstone primary...
Empower Oakland & a Trumpy Councilmember Go after Police Accountability Again
A number of weeks ago at a contentious council meeting, citizen volunteers were shocked to find their work disparaged by the majority of the council but particularly by CM Ken Houston. These volunteers were members of the Selection Panel wh...
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