The Oakland city administrator’s office has given former city council member Rebecca Kaplan a full-time job on the city’s payroll as a “Project Manager (Illegal Dumping)”
Ms. Kaplan seems to have a perennial inside connection to Oakland’s treasury. After she lost the election to retain her council member-at-large seat, she was mysteriously asked by fellow council members to stay on after Sheng Tao’s indictment moved CM Jenkins to the mayoral role. That seemed irregular at the time. Now this non - posted job award smacks of cronyism or worse. Kaplan is decidedly brilliant, but has been part of crafting and advocating for policies that have brought Oakland to the brink. A deeper investigation into the legality and decision makers of the job award is warranted.
How exactly is she brilliant? She gave Oakland the Duong family, and even illegally tried to give them the city business for all three curbside pickups. Sheng Thao and Andre Jones were her two chief of staff, and it was Kaplan that brought in the African-American Sports And Entertainment group to buy the Coliseum, which has been an utter disaster of a deal.
I would think Oakland would have had enough of Rebecca Kaplan. Handing her a job that never went through the normal hiring procedures is another example of Oakland corruption. Sadly it’s very much like something you would see from Trump
I meant brilliant in the strategic sense - able to imagine and articulate policy, craft legislation, and integrity in standing up for her values. Being courageous as the first openly LGBTQ+ councilmember. I'm in agreement that those abilities often didn't benefit Oakland in the long run -- perhaps she was not so great at evaluating risk/benefit. And interestingly, as of now, her LinkedIn profile has been completely wiped clean. No mention of (IIRC) MIT, Tufts, Stanford degrees, law school, etc. So that's an interesting move. Her tagline simply says "Here at city of Oakland". Wikipedia lives on for now, tho - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Kaplan
I didn't realize she also lays claim to the title of Rabbi. And much of the Wiki (tho not all) sounds like it might have been self-authored.
Ms. Kaplan seems to have a perennial inside connection to Oakland’s treasury. After she lost the election to retain her council member-at-large seat, she was mysteriously asked by fellow council members to stay on after Sheng Tao’s indictment moved CM Jenkins to the mayoral role. That seemed irregular at the time. Now this non - posted job award smacks of cronyism or worse. Kaplan is decidedly brilliant, but has been part of crafting and advocating for policies that have brought Oakland to the brink. A deeper investigation into the legality and decision makers of the job award is warranted.
How exactly is she brilliant? She gave Oakland the Duong family, and even illegally tried to give them the city business for all three curbside pickups. Sheng Thao and Andre Jones were her two chief of staff, and it was Kaplan that brought in the African-American Sports And Entertainment group to buy the Coliseum, which has been an utter disaster of a deal.
Passing our tax money back and forth between them as Oakland sinks….
I would think Oakland would have had enough of Rebecca Kaplan. Handing her a job that never went through the normal hiring procedures is another example of Oakland corruption. Sadly it’s very much like something you would see from Trump
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I meant brilliant in the strategic sense - able to imagine and articulate policy, craft legislation, and integrity in standing up for her values. Being courageous as the first openly LGBTQ+ councilmember. I'm in agreement that those abilities often didn't benefit Oakland in the long run -- perhaps she was not so great at evaluating risk/benefit. And interestingly, as of now, her LinkedIn profile has been completely wiped clean. No mention of (IIRC) MIT, Tufts, Stanford degrees, law school, etc. So that's an interesting move. Her tagline simply says "Here at city of Oakland". Wikipedia lives on for now, tho - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Kaplan
I didn't realize she also lays claim to the title of Rabbi. And much of the Wiki (tho not all) sounds like it might have been self-authored.
Cost of an average stake bed 8 yard dump truck debris haul away runs around $1,000. Her salary would cover 1490 loads.