Price’s astroturf roll of the dice

Pamela Price is citing the support of something called “Black Wall Street USA” (BWSUSA) in her effort to avoid being recalled. Her latest email blast contains BWSUSA’s logo filling the entire computer screen, and begins: “This week in a powerful statement, the National Black Wall Street USA organization condemned the effort to overturn the November 2022 election and nullify the people's vote less than 2 years into my term.”

My Endorsements

NOTE: These are my personal endorsements. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Coalition for a Better Oakland’s Board of Directors or our membership. Keep in mind also that, since the Coalition’s concerns are cops/public safety and encampments, I have no endorsements for offices like BART directors or East Bay Regional Park District directors.

Putting my views into context for readers

The November elections are less than a month away, and I’m already thinking about how I’ll celebrate when we recall Pamela Price and Sheng Thao. It will certainly include Champagne. And if we also succeed in defeating both Nikki Bas and Carroll Fife in their re-election bids, I might even add a few tokes of weed! (Well, I probably will, however the election turns out.) Collectively, these women are the Evil Quartet, and they have nearly succeeded in killing Oakland.

Progressives loved impeaching Trump, but hate the Recalls

When Democrats and Independents impeached Trump twice due to his criminal acts, they were jubilant—and rightfully so. But now that we East Bay voters are recalling Thao and Price, those same progressives are outraged. Our former mayor Jean Quan—yes, the one who led a Defund the Police march down Broadway—was out there supporting Thao. “Please defend democracy!” she urged voters, as if democracy itself were at stake. Another Thao minion, a pastor named Ray Lankford, went even further, alleging that “Every elected official that is democratically elected [is] at risk…recalls are actually a threat to our democracy.”