The thing about Sheng Thao is that she really thinks we’re stupid. Her disrespect for us Oaklanders is exhibited every time she makes a public statement.

The girl just can’t help herself. She’s lied so many times about not cutting OPD, it’s now instinctual. Like Pavlov’s dog, every time someone mentions OPD, Thao squeals, “No cuts! No cuts!”

I’m one of those people who, frankly, doesn’t believe self-reported data from “social equity” programs, especially those that make their money off parcel taxes.

On June 4, at an Oakland City Council meeting, Noel Gallo wanted to know how many cops Jestin Johnson, the City Administrator, thought OPD should have.

Jack Saunders sent me a video clip of a guy, Ben Kawaller, who recently gave a speech to the Log Cabin Republicans, down in Los Angeles. Ben (I feel like I can call him by his first name) is gay, calls himself a “centrist Democrat,” and the topic of his speech was how much he loathes wokeness, which he defined as “the belief that a person’s immutable characteristics, like race or gender, always and inherently either limit them or grant them advantage.”