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		<title>Why defend the indefensible?</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2011/11/why-defend-the-indefensible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CORRECTED, at bottom. Though support for Occupy Oakland is clearly plunging quickly, I&#8217;m amazed there is any organized support left for the encampment following the utterly predictable events of Occupy’s big protest last Wednesday. The next day the City Council heard public testimony and a staff report about the illegal encampment that has forced them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuts to basic services jeopardize Oakland&#8217;s recovery</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2011/06/service-cuts-jeopardize-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow two groups of four Councilmembers will present competing budgets for adoption by the City of Oakland. By far the most controversial of all proposed cuts is Mayor Jean Quan&#8217;s threat to cut 90% of the staff of the Oakland Public Library, violating the terms of the 2004 Measure Q parcel tax that provides additional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Mayor Quan&#8217;s visibility also productivity?</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2011/04/is-mayor-quans-visibility-also-productivity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the four-year snoozefest of Ron Dellums’ administration, Mayor Jean Quan is enjoying a honeymoon with voters who approve of her high visibility. To solve Oakland’s enormous budget deficit and make a dent in unemployment, she will need to produce significant gains in jobs and business taxes. Given her anti-business stances on the City Council, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor Quan as secretive as Mayor Dellums?</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2011/03/mayor-quan-as-secretive-as-mayor-dellums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oakland is two months into the administration of Mayor Jean Quan. In one mayoral campaign mailer from 2010, Ms. Quan compared her approach to governance to an open door, in contrast with the closed, secretive decision-making of former Mayor Dellums or rival candidate Don Perata. Unfortunately, because of steps the Mayor and some Council Members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The grassroots case for increased campaign finance limits</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2010/03/the-grassroots-case-for-increased-campaign-donation-limits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow the Public Ethics Commission takes up campaign-finance rules (PDF). Campaign donation and spending limits are justified by a vague but widely-accepted notion that money is not great for politics, and limited money levels the playing field, encouraging grassroots candidates and competitive elections. As someone who served on the campaign committee of a grassroots challenger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election year begins, campaigns not yet</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2010/01/election-year-begins-campaigns-not-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 is of course an election year, and it&#8217;s looking like an exciting one in Oakland, with a likely open mayoral seat, perhaps an open Council seat, and two open County Supervisor seats. Two x-factors complicate the elections: the adoption of Ranked Choice Voting and November City elections; and the effect of campaign finance rules [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Furloughs are a miserable failure</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2010/01/furloughs-are-a-miserable-failure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is a Furlough Friday, when the City of Oakland&#8217;s non-emergency services are closed to the public. Because of the Martin Luther King holiday, the City has a four-day weekend. Branch libraries will be closed on Tuesday as well. Oaklanders have come to accept that our ever-worsening budget crisis will mean a decrease in City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transportation commissions in other cities</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2009/12/transportation-commissions-in-other-cities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureoaklandblog.com/?p=551</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about the problems with Oakland&#8217;s transportation decision-making process. Existing problems include not only a lack of planning for future investment, but flawed approaches to oversight of public and private transportation projects in an near Oakland for compliance with city goals, poor coordination with other cities and agencies, and an almost incoherent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Oakland need a new approach to transportation?</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2009/11/does-oakland-need-a-new-approach-to-transportation/</link>
		<comments>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2009/11/does-oakland-need-a-new-approach-to-transportation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of talk lately about the perceived need for a Transportation Commission in Oakland, particularly after the City Council was forced to admit that they had no other use for over $100m in transportation funds that would be available if the Oakland Airport Connector were cancelled. Oakland is a city almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transit advocates are making progress</title>
		<link>http://futureoaklandblog.com/2009/10/transit-advocates-are-making-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dto510</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://futureoakland.wordpress.com/?p=501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This blog is about decisions made today that shape the future. I often focus on transit and bike/ped issues because transportation is the fabric of Oakland, and can be the foundation of a healthier and more successful city. Last week, the Oakland City Council took on two vital and controversial transportation issues, parking pricing and [...]]]></description>
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