- In person voting tallied on election day, no votes received after election day counted
As it stands now, public employee unions can hijack the decision making for the city. A large portion of them do not live in Oakland, and they use their power to loot legal residents of the city. They are a big part of the election fraud that has turned Oakland into a one party regime. Return the power to the people by ensuring one vote per legal resident.
Voter ID is a Republican priority nationally even through there is no history of voter ID fraud in national elections. Is there a problem with voter ID fraud here in Oakland?
Yes. Of course do this. If so many other more successful towns/cities have this structure, then why on early did it take 5 months to listen? And now another many months to structure this? And more months to probably not do this?
Just change it. Just bring it to the voters NOW.
Stop grandstanding and get actual work done and change made.
Please.
We the citizens are (sometimes literally) dying out here while work groups chat on…
A "strong mayor" means accountability to the voters, which feels like the right direction.
I read up on this and the "weak mayor" was supposed to prevent corruption (obviously failed here). If we move in the new direction we follow cities like New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC. So let's do it.
I would guess that the strange governance we have now has grown because of Oakland's highly diverse population and the many conflicting interests. But that's what a great Mayor does - prioritize and take responsibility.
The follow-on articles about public employee unions are another issue: we need to support these folks but as the Oakland budget points out, I'd urge Barbara Lee to try to renegotiate those obligations. We all have to deal with financial realities.
Thank you to Oakland Report for helping us all learn about what's going on.
None of this will matter without voting reform:
- Get rid of ranked choice voting
- Require voter ID
- In person voting tallied on election day, no votes received after election day counted
As it stands now, public employee unions can hijack the decision making for the city. A large portion of them do not live in Oakland, and they use their power to loot legal residents of the city. They are a big part of the election fraud that has turned Oakland into a one party regime. Return the power to the people by ensuring one vote per legal resident.
Voter ID is a Republican priority nationally even through there is no history of voter ID fraud in national elections. Is there a problem with voter ID fraud here in Oakland?
There is not and never has been.
Yes. Of course do this. If so many other more successful towns/cities have this structure, then why on early did it take 5 months to listen? And now another many months to structure this? And more months to probably not do this?
Just change it. Just bring it to the voters NOW.
Stop grandstanding and get actual work done and change made.
Please.
We the citizens are (sometimes literally) dying out here while work groups chat on…
So strengthen the mayor *and* strengthen the city council? Can't make up your mind? And adopt MAGA voting restrictions to disempower the citizens?
A "strong mayor" means accountability to the voters, which feels like the right direction.
I read up on this and the "weak mayor" was supposed to prevent corruption (obviously failed here). If we move in the new direction we follow cities like New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC. So let's do it.
I would guess that the strange governance we have now has grown because of Oakland's highly diverse population and the many conflicting interests. But that's what a great Mayor does - prioritize and take responsibility.
The follow-on articles about public employee unions are another issue: we need to support these folks but as the Oakland budget points out, I'd urge Barbara Lee to try to renegotiate those obligations. We all have to deal with financial realities.
Thank you to Oakland Report for helping us all learn about what's going on.