At a recent Christmas Party, someone remarked that the Oakland Chamber of Commerce supported a particular political candidate. My response was "The Oakland Chamber has no juice." Really, who listens to the chamber? The newspapers? People don't read those anymore, at least not much in the Bay Area -- except the New York Times which isn't a local paper. What about television? Well, the Chamber doesn't have a TV show, so there. So just how many people are really influenced by the Chamber's opinion? I would say the number is probably somewhere in the area of 100. In a city where several hundred thousand people will come out to vote next year, that's nothing. The Oakland Chamber has no juice.
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