The Death of Woke

It will come as no surprise to readers that I’m bummed by the outcome of the presidential election. I won’t bother to repeat all the deficiencies of Trump’s character, with which we’re all too familiar. But I will say that I agree with Trump and Republicans on at least one issue: crime. And when I say “crime” I mean not simply the robberies and murders that make headlines, but the everyday assaults on our public safety that make life in Oakland so challenging.

The Scunge People: is there any way to stop them?

I wish that just once, I could take my early morning walk along Grand Avenue on my way to Trader Joe’s and not have to see the overturned wastebins, strewn trash, broken glass, smashed in bus stop windows and all the other insults to our senses and sensibility, like the massive pile of (presumably human) feces someone had so creatively dumped on top of a public garbage container.