There they go again, the parcel tax crowd. Not content with already having imposed the highest property taxes in the Bay Area, the union-dominated lefties of Oakland are now proposing massively higher parcel taxes on homeowners. The June ballot is likely to raise parcel taxes by an additional $150-$220 a year per property, according to Oaklandside, which stresses that “the idea dates back to the budget proposed by then-Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins earlier this year and approved by the City Council in the spring.”
DEFUND THE POLICE NEVER WENT AWAY
Taking the day off
Tomorrow, I blast another book on defunding the police. Will no one rid us of these racists?
On the “dignity” thing
Loren Taylor’s problem
I like Loren Taylor, even though he won’t talk to me. He’d make a decent mayor. Not a great one, though, because he has a problem. Taylor, who’s Black, can’t embrace the crazier segment of the Black Left in Oakland, which he knows is insatiably stupid. At the same time, he can’t risk being labeled an Uncle Tom by the likes of Pamela Price and Cat Brooks. So he’s caught in the middle, a classic cat on a hot tin roof. At any turn, he’s likely to get burned.