Rally At First Day of Legal Gay Marriage In San Francisco - Video Account

This video covers the events outside San Francisco City Hall involving the first day of legal same sex marriage in San Francisco: Monday, June 16th, 2008 at 5:38 PM. A historic news and politics event. I went with the objective of determining the opinions of people in the crowd. I even met a woman from Oakland holding a sign that read "Hetero Couples For Gay Marriage".

Mayor Dellums - Some PR Firm Hates Mayor Dellums' Lifestyle

Ok, how does one explain an unprecedented KTVU video report on Mayor Ron Dellums spending and "high life" habits as leader of our City? Hey, Jerry Brown's not cheap either, but he never got that kind of coverage at all.

Someone's out to get Dellums, and what's blocking his ability to recover his image is the fact that he does not believe in working with image-makers, the press, or PR people.

That's a fact, folks. Dellums' staff has asked him to "get help" in this area, but he's resistant to the whole deal. Now, I think someone sees Dellums as vulnerable to bad press, so they piled it on.

But the simple fact is that Jerry Brown also "lived it up" you just didn't read about it much, or cared. Mayor Elihu Harris didn't do that. It's not his style and he really cares about the office and what people would think. So it's not a case of someone picking on Dellums for reasons of race, just to get that out of the way, but because he's undoubtedly pissed off someone in the media food chain in the Bay Area.

I know that for a fact.

Raiders WR Javon Walker Found Unconcious in Las Vegas

Javon Walker, the wide receiver the Oakland Raiders attracted from the Denver Broncos, and to which the hopes of a revived passing game were placed, was found in Las Vegas unconcious according to MVN.com. The report states that...

The main problem for the Raiders is that he has an orbital fracture and this could be a serious injury. Kirby Puckett, the great Minnesota Twin outfielder had his career ended by an orbital fracture in the early 90’s due to double vision. Besides his legs and his brain, Javon Walker’s eyes are very important if he plans on being an NFL receiver.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Walker was last seen dousing patrons of the club Tryst with 15 bottles of Dom Perignon. Tryst is located at the Wynn casino.

Walker, the former Bronco who was in the back of the SUV that Darrent Williams was shot and killed in was thought to have been an innocent bystander in the incident. Over this summer, rumors have leaked out that the entire scuffle had been started by former teammate Brandon Marshall of McDonald’s bag-slip fame.

Is it possible that Javon Walker isn’t as innocent as once thought? Incidents like this don’t happen to you on more than one occasion unless you’re out looking for trouble, but we’ll have to wait to find out what really happened. As details come forward, we’ll keep you posted. It’s my opinion that this is destined for an unhappy ending.

I don't think it was like that. It seems Walker was the victim of a robbery. Sad.

McAfee / Oakland Coliseum Had 493 Heath Code Violations In 2007

I found a website by Conde Nast called Portfolio.com and which shows the baseball stadiums that have the best -- and worst -- heath code records. The title of the article is "Foul Ballpark" and the subheading is "even the rats and flies have pretty good seats".

If that's the case then one of the places with the best seats for Rats and Flies is The McAfee / Oakland Coliseum, home of the Oakland A's and the Oakland Raiders. According to the article, the home of these great teams had 493 Heath Code Violations In 2007. The website points to various online articles as the source for its conclusions.

The website has Oakland front and center as a major violator in this area. It reports that food storage was so bad that food was exposed to "overhead leakage" and that "dirt, insects, rodents, and chemical contamination" was found.

What's so embarrasing about this is that it happened 493 times in one year. There are only 365 days in the year. There are only 82 baseball home game and eight NFL games not including playoffs and preseason, and the Raiders have not been to the playoffs in a while.

So why are we paying a premium for food at the Coliseum if it's not well maintained? And what about the role of SMG? SMG is the private company based in Phili PA that manages the Coliseum stadium. I have ponted to their poor record here in the past, and called for an investigation. But no one has done a thing about SMG's past habits of deferred maintenance. Now, it seems to be impacting the food we eat at baseball and football games.

Plus, McAfee should be concerned because their name's on the building. Does this apply for the Oracle Arena too? I wonder.

This is serious stuff folks. Call your Oakland Councilmember at 510-238-3266 and demand action. After all, it's your facility.