I apologize in advance for the length of this post. I wanted to address the Ron Dellums's State of the City address fairly and completely. Below I have noted (in order) every point the Mayor hit during his speech, followed by relevant supplementary information and/or my thoughts on the topic. I considered breaking it up into a few different posts, but then I decided that spreading it out would make it seem like I'm just beating up on Dellums non-stop, and that isn't my intention. abetteroakland
The election of former Congressman Ron Dellums as Oakland's mayor marks the revival of a black-progressive-labor coalition that many thought was on its last legs after eight years of Jerry Brown. www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/19/BAG8...
... had mistakenly attacked the wrong side.) Subsequently, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger informed the Senate that "the CIA is not involved" in the recruitment of mercenaries for ... www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/Angola_KH.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Ron Dellums. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Dellums
November 1, 2007 Mayor Ron Dellums will be joining colleagues from across America for the 2007 Mayors Climate Protection Summit at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Seattle. www.mayorrondellums.org
... Plan for Oakland Army Base Dellums Supports Mixed-Use Option after Careful Evaluation EPA Honors Oakland City Wins Agencys Highest Award for Watershed Program Mayor Backs ... www.mayorrondellums.org/home