http://futureoaklandblog.com/2008/10/endorsements-oakland-november-2008/ Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:45:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://futureoaklandblog.com/2008/10/endorsements-oakland-november-2008/#comment-561 Voters give Oakland a new councilmember, new transit plans, and an old fight « FutureOakland Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:37:44 +0000 http://futureoakland.wordpress.com/?p=311#comment-561 [...] My only disappointment in the local ballot measures was the narrow passage of Measure OO, also known as Kids First 2. As I wrote at the time, Measure OO did not meet the ballot deadline and the City Council was not under a legal obligation to place the measure on the November ballot. They may have been compelled to call a special election for it, but of course that would have been a better bet than the November election. Now the city is going to do a special election anyway, and they’ll be under great pressure to compromise with Kids First and give them at least some money from the strapped budget. [...] [...] My only disappointment in the local ballot measures was the narrow passage of Measure OO, also known as Kids First 2. As I wrote at the time, Measure OO did not meet the ballot deadline and the City Council was not under a legal obligation to place the measure on the November ballot. They may have been compelled to call a special election for it, but of course that would have been a better bet than the November election. Now the city is going to do a special election anyway, and they’ll be under great pressure to compromise with Kids First and give them at least some money from the strapped budget. [...]

]]> http://futureoaklandblog.com/2008/10/endorsements-oakland-november-2008/#comment-562 My brief California & Oakland endorsements « Living in the O Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:24:23 +0000 http://futureoakland.wordpress.com/?p=311#comment-562 [...] No on NN:dto510 sums up why you should vote no on NN. [...] [...] No on NN:dto510 sums up why you should vote no on NN. [...]

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