The lawsuit accuses the City of using SEIU Local 1021 to “front” what should have been a Council-sponsored parcel tax — and burying the evidence by ignoring nearly every Public Records Act request.
A logical continuation of the past twenty years. The Oakland City Government has become a wholly owned subsidiary of SEIU 1021 and adjacent public employee unions. The only question is whether it was a hostile takeover or simply a merger and acquisition.
First they came for the 'Landlords' and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a landlord. Then they came for large corporations and I didn't speak up (and they all moved out of Oakland!) Then they came for the small business owners and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a small business owner. Then they came for homeowners like me and there was nobody left to speak up.
It's unfortunate that this group has a bad name among many urban Bay Area voters. Bad branding, bad marketing, bad associations (Jarvis, for example.). But that doesn't take away from the validity of their complaint here.
A logical continuation of the past twenty years. The Oakland City Government has become a wholly owned subsidiary of SEIU 1021 and adjacent public employee unions. The only question is whether it was a hostile takeover or simply a merger and acquisition.
First they came for the 'Landlords' and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a landlord. Then they came for large corporations and I didn't speak up (and they all moved out of Oakland!) Then they came for the small business owners and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a small business owner. Then they came for homeowners like me and there was nobody left to speak up.
It's unfortunate that this group has a bad name among many urban Bay Area voters. Bad branding, bad marketing, bad associations (Jarvis, for example.). But that doesn't take away from the validity of their complaint here.
Anti tax force in Oakland remains historically anti union