42-Story Condo By The Lake? Just Say Yes!

Well, this is quiet interesting. My friend Phil Matier of the SF Chronicle reports on a proposal for a new 42-Story condo where the current and historic Schilling garden is. I've been to the garden on many occasions, but it's seen better days in my view.

Besides, in my view the Lake's development process should be permitted to reach its highest uses levels.

I'm more than a little tired of the kind of NIMBY-nitpicking that goes on and is always advanced by someone who should be retiring to Tahiti.

More on this later.

East Oakland Garden Farm "SOL" Featured In Video

This video presents "SOL" , a sustainable garden farm in East Oakland, though where it is, I don't know. Keep a focus on the show's host as she's also the barista at De Bartolo's Cafe on Grand Avenue.

Betty Fu Singing "Nature Boy" At 2006 Oakland Chinatown StreetFest - Video

This video contains local jazz artist Betty Fu singing at the Oakland Chinatown StreetFest from this summer.

Jerry Brown Accused Of Breaking Campaign Promise (Is He Using Mayor's Car?) - Video

In this video, Oakland Mayor and California AG Candidate Jerry Brown is accused of breaking his old campaign promise of not taking over $100 in contributions.

But what's interesting is that Mayor Brown's captured going to a spa reportedly in Sacramento and then getting into a Lincoln Town Car that looks like the Mayor's Lincoln owned by the City of Oakland. Is he using the Mayor's Lincoln for matters not city business?

I think that's his right -- like going to the grocery store -- but I'm not sure about political campaigns.

Oakland Coliseum PA Announcer Roy Steele - Video

Roy Steele has beeen the PA announcer for the Oakland Coliseum since 1968. This video's about him and includes comments from the public and even the opposing players.

Oakland Coliseum Luxury Box Video Tour - A's White Sox

This video I had nothing to do with; it features a tour of a luxury box in the East Side pavilion of the Oakland Coliseum and during the Oakland A's , Chicago White Sox baseball game. It's notable for its simple humor on top of the experience of filming the suite.