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Dan Spalding Riding Down Telegraph With Video Camera

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Dan Spalding - this guy's wacky for sure. He's taken his camera and made a video of himself riding down Telegraph Avenue after leaving LaneSpliter's Pizza. Personally I like this video and feel Dan could have gotten more mileage out of the presentation just by talking to the camera -- us -- about what he's seeing and feeling at the time. But nice start.
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Robert Bobb Was Worried About Cynthia Dellums

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A Robert Bobb reminder post from the recent past: More at EBX : “Robert Bobb should have been Oakland's new city administrator. He was easily the most qualified candidate, and was Mayor Ron Dellums' first choice. Last month, the two men were talking salary and benefits, as they closed in on a deal to bring Bobb back to the East Bay. But then Oakland's respected former city manager changed his mind, and decided to take over the financially troubled Detroit public school system. What happened? According to knowledgeable sources, there were several reasons for why Bobb decided to turn down Dellums, and one of them had to do with Oakland's other "mayor" — Cynthia Dellums.” ...Because Bobb may be back.  More soon.  
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Oakland To Make Pitch To Build New Stadium To A's - Rich Lieberman

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According to Rich Lieberman (AKA Big Vinny), a source claims that Oakland City Officials are going to make a pitch to the Oakland A's to build a new stadium.. Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and City council President Ignacio DeLaFuente are expected to offer the A's any one of three sites available for consideration, including Jack London Square, the Laney College area adjacent to the Nimitz freeway, and the existing Coliseum north parking lot, which has the advantage of nearby BART and mass transit. Now if that's correct, it reads as if the "Jack London Square" option may be Oak To Ninth, the large area of land near Jack London Square which was in the original basball stadium development proposal.  If so , that opens a new controversy over the use of that property.  If you're wondering how all of these plans impact the Oakland A's, you can test different scenarios using my Oakland Baseball Simworld .  Visit Rich Lieberman's site here:   Rich Lieberman
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SF Chronicle's Fiscal Problems Due To Bad Management

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The San Francisco Chronicle lost $50 million last year and is reportedly going to lose more this year. The reason isn't the Internet, that's a symptom. The reason is bad management and not wokring with New Media people. For example, why didn't the SF Chron make it's own version of Craiglist? Why didb't it work with Craig Newmark, or at least try to? Why -- in the region that invented blogging -- did the SF Chronicle not work with blogger like myself so we can help extend their brand online? It's because of a stupid SF Bay Area habit of not paying attention to someone because they're local. How else to explain why the SF Chron is losing money and having a hard time being successful online in an area that basically gave birth to the Internet? Bad management is to blame. It's true for the Chronicle and for the Oakland Tribune and San Jose Mercury News. They can't fit a square print peg into a round New Media hole as much as they keep trying. I
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President Obama's Greatest Speech - State Of The Nation

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In his best speech ever President Obama sounded the call for the need to stop sending jobs overseas. It was totally missed by pundits, but Obama just sounded the call for economic nationalism when he said that he would bring jobs back to America.  It's about time. From 1960 to 1999, the USA added 20 million new jobs each decade, but from that point to today, just under 5 million jobs were added. Where did they go? Overseas to other nations in a large process of what economists call import replacing. One example of this is the growth of Airbus Industries in aircraft manufacturing where they got the largest tanker deal in American history -- $35 billion -- and over the Boeing Company costing 25,000 jobs.
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Mayor's Sports And Entertainment Task Force Formed And Meeting

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For about two years there has been talk of the formation of a Sports Task Force. I first sent an email asking for such a group to the staff of Mayor Ron Dellums during the first two months of his administration but did not receive feedback. Then I twice talked to the Mayor about brieking him regarding what happened to Oakland's Super Bowl Bid and the Oakland Sports Commission I established in 1998. The Mayor said he would get back to me on the matter, er, have his secretary call me, but never did that, so I had lost any faith in his interest in solving Oakland's long-standing sports industry problems. Then I was approached by Steve Lowe and Chris DeBenadetti, both who have been active in Oakland politics and sports journalism respectively. We talked about such a task force with a member of the Mayor's Staff over a year ago. Then we waited, but to Lowe's credit he pushed for it constantly. Now it's formed. The first meeting was Thursday of two week
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Berkeley police release sketch of suspected sexual predator

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More at Inside Bay Area : “BERKELEY — Police released a sketch this morning of a man suspected in an ongoing series of "skirt lifting" sexual assaults. The sketch comes days after the suspect's 12th assault since October, police said. The suspect is described as a white male in his 20s, about 5 feet10 inches tall, with a medium build and short, dark wavy hair. The man is suspected of approaching college-age women from behind, lifting their skirts and trying to touch their genitals, mostly near the University of California, Berkeley campus, police said. The most recent incident occurred Friday, in the 2100 block of Haste Street, police said. The suspect approached the lone victim and tried to grab her dress. When he was unsuccessful, two witnesses gave chase and tried to lead city and university police to him. The suspect escaped.”
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