Dellums Inauguration Causes Event Planners To Ask $50,000 Per Donor - Not A Good Start

Hey, even if I had $50K, I wouldn't spend it on a party for myself. The Dellums people are planning to spend that much money per donor, up to a half-million dollars.

I think this is a terrible way to go. No party should be structured this way. What the Dellums people should do is turn to San Francisco Black and White Ball head Paula Goodrich for advice on what to do. Or just follow her model, which is to take a part of the city, rope it off, erect tents, book bands, get corporate sponsors, and charge a fee. Bingo. That's it.

In other words make it an Oakland event for the many, not for the few.

Wow. I'm a fan of the Mayor, but what they're doing is the wrong way to go.