I had a nice long chat yesterday with Leighton Woodhouse, the guy I blogged about the other day. He wrote “The Fall of Oakland” on his substack, which I published here, and which quite a few of you admired.
Animal Farm, Oakland-style
"The Fall of Oakland" - a guest article
I’m posting this link to an article I hope you’ll read. It’s one of the most cogent analyses of the situation in Oakland I’ve ever seen. The author, Leighton Woodhouse (whom I do not know), lives in Oakland. He’s spot-on when he describes our city’s lawlessness, our failed, feckless politicians, and the impunity with which criminals commit their foul acts. He also elaborates on OPD’s understandable tendency to “underpolice,” by which he means that cops are afraid to do their jobs because retributive anti-police attitudes in Oakland threaten them with awful consequences, from lawsuits to shame to firing.
Please read “The Fall of Oakland” by Leighton Woodhouse.
I’ll be back in force tomorrow.
Steve Heimoff
Will the real racist please stand up?
Oakland progressives love to accuse anyone who doesn’t agree with them of bring “racists.” Carroll Fife calls her many opponents “racist.” Cat Brooks calls her critics “racist.” Pamela Price calls her political enemies “racists.”
“Read between the lines”: Newsom weighs in on Price recall
One thing Gavin Newsom hates and seldom does is to get involved in local politics. He may have his own personal feelings, but as the Governor of California, he can’t, and shouldn’t, take sides in divisive local issues. But if you’ve been following events, he’s closely involved himself in Oakland’s misfortunes, sending in the CHP and helping to install 500 high-tech traffic cameras here. Now, he’s taken a definitive step in our efforts to recall Pamela Price.