by Bob Walsh
Oakland, CA. is, like many other one-party bastions, a crime-ridden and gang-infested, largely dysfunctional shit hole. Now the city government is getting stupid over pot holes.
Libby Schaff is the mayor of Oakland. She is an uber-liberal who has ratted out pending ICE raids to the local undocumented democrap population. Rebecca Kaplan is the President of the City Council. The two don't like each other very much.
Kaplan wants to shitcan the new city Dept. of Transportion along with it's new director, just as they are starting to roll on a $100 million plan to fix the third-world level streets in the city. Kaplan wants to absorb the department back into public works, which would save $200,000 right up front, which is the DOT head's yearly salary. There is currently a $500 million backlog of deferred maintenance on Oakland's roads, and they look it. There is in fact a group called The Pot Hole Vigilantes that drive around Oakland at night and fill in potholes.
Kaplan also wants to eliminate $7 million from the police department, restore eight park maintenance positions and start up a city sanctioned homeless camp program.
Schaff's two-year budget proposal is for $3.2 billion, including more fire inspectors (in the wake of the notorious Ghost Ship fire that killed over 30 people) and work on homeless services and affordable housing.
The city has until June 30 to pass it's budget. Should be amusing to watch.
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