The Coliseum property is the city's most valuable asset. In any organization, selling valuable assets and facilities to plug a hole in an operating budget is a red flag, a sure sign that an organization is failing. If Oakland were a private company it would be facing bankruptcy. Since it is not, but is saddled with incompetent leadership…
The Coliseum property is the city's most valuable asset. In any organization, selling valuable assets and facilities to plug a hole in an operating budget is a red flag, a sure sign that an organization is failing. If Oakland were a private company it would be facing bankruptcy. Since it is not, but is saddled with incompetent leadership engaged in performative politics, it will continue floundering. Businesses will continue to leave and the budget will be under even more pressure with no way to increase the police ranks. There has been no real leadership since Jerry Brown was mayor and that is saying something. I see no end to this until ranked-choice voting, which has become a path for the political fringe to gain public office, is discarded. Until then, Oakland's brain/talent drain will continue and crime will get worse before it gets better.
The Coliseum property is the city's most valuable asset. In any organization, selling valuable assets and facilities to plug a hole in an operating budget is a red flag, a sure sign that an organization is failing. If Oakland were a private company it would be facing bankruptcy. Since it is not, but is saddled with incompetent leadership engaged in performative politics, it will continue floundering. Businesses will continue to leave and the budget will be under even more pressure with no way to increase the police ranks. There has been no real leadership since Jerry Brown was mayor and that is saying something. I see no end to this until ranked-choice voting, which has become a path for the political fringe to gain public office, is discarded. Until then, Oakland's brain/talent drain will continue and crime will get worse before it gets better.