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Pat O'Sullivan for Limerick City Council
We were sitting around the pub contemplating our new-found unemployment. What’s it all about? said Nodge. I used to be an investment banker, but now I’m a dole sponger. Banker? Dole sponge… more →
Pat O'Sullivan
Does Oakland need a new approach to transportation?
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dto510 wrote 1 week ago: There has been a lot of talk lately about the perceived need for a Transportation Commission in Oakl … more →
Transit advocates are making progress
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dto510 wrote 1 month ago: This blog is about decisions made today that shape the future. I often focus on transit and bike/ped … more →
Merchants are wrong about parking meter fees
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dto510 wrote 3 months ago: This blog takes the position that high-profile claims by many merchants about parking are untrue. I … more →
Should Oakland weigh in on connector?
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dto510 wrote 5 months ago: UPDATED to reflect correct meeting date, Thursday June 18. Next Thursday (June 18), the Oakland City … more →
Bike to Work Day 2009: Progress with a gift bag
dto510 wrote 6 months ago: Tomorrow is Bike to Work Day, of course. The local tradition started in Oakland, and to this day Oak … more →
DTO Nightlife: Far from footloose and fancy-free
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dto510 wrote 7 months ago: In Oakland it seems that one has to attend a late-night City Council meeting to spend late nights ou … more →
Oakland government's woes reflected in parking proposal
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dto510 wrote 7 months ago: Eager readers of the blogoaksphere certainly noticed many bloggers’ cause du jour – preventing the c … more →
Three years of Oakland's future
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dto510 wrote 7 months ago: Three years ago today, V Smoothe and I started this blog, FutureOakland (then on blogspot). We were … more →
Pat O'Sullivan for Limerick City Council
Harmless drudge wrote 7 months ago: We were sitting around the pub contemplating our new-found unemployment. What’s it all about? … more →
The lowdown on parking in Uptown
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dto510 wrote 8 months ago: As Becks and I have written, we and other pedestrian advocates are opposed to the construction of a … more →
Birmingham City Council
politikat wrote 8 months ago: Is Shit! The other day I needed to contact my local neighbourhood office to book an appointment. So … more →
Appointment puts Oakland on the brink
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dto510 wrote 10 months ago: Yesterday, deeply unpopular Mayor Ron Dellums named his long-time aide, Interim City Administrator D … more →
It's time for O-2-9
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dto510 wrote 10 months ago: Tuesday January 20 2009 the Oakland City Council will vote on final environmental and legal approval … more →
New year, new transportation opportunities
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dto510 wrote 11 months ago: A new year presents the opportunity to dream and hope for the new. It may seem that this is not the … more →
Oakland has five years to get it together
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dto510 wrote 11 months ago: Often long-term demographic and economic trends are an appropriate way to evaluate municipal needs a … more →
How Oakland’s incompetent bureaucracy set bicycling back
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dto510 wrote 11 months ago: In creating the 2007 budget, Oakland’s City Council made a critical decision that would place the mo … more →
DTO zoning delay deleterious for downtown
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dto510 wrote 11 months ago: For the last year, the Zoning Update Committee of the Oakland Planning Commission has grappled with … more →
Oakland voters choose cops over kids
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dto510 wrote 12 months ago: In July, Councilmember Jean Quan presented an alternative to the Kids First 2 measure that would app … more →
Mixtape for Councilmember-elect Kaplan
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dto510 wrote 1 year ago: This evening, as one of many downtown events, Councilmember-elect Rebecca Kaplan is hosting a victor … more →
