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Hey, Look Who Supports the Golden State Warriors Waterfront Arena Plan: All These People – Today’s Big Rally

TweetWell I suppose if the San Francisco Establishment wanted to claim that it had support “across the spectrum” for the arena deal, they’d have Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Aaron Peskin and a whole bunch of San Francisco Giants baseball players up there with them on the steps of City Hall today. But this group will [...]

Oakland Mayor Under Fire For Putting Lock-picking Class In Newsletter

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The mayor of a California city struggling with a spike in burglaries and other crimes is apologizing for promoting a class about ho... Read more: Video, Dumb Crime, Jean Quan, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Weird California, UK Weird News, California Crime, Dumb Politicians, Jean Quan Lock-Picking Class, Weird News News

Meanwhile, On Mayor Jean Quan's iPhone...

She has a pink plastic iPhone case! How about that. Also... [ more › ]

Oakland Mayor Promotes Lock Picking Class

Just to illustrate what life is like in the San Francisco Bay area: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan advertised a lock picking class in her newsletter–in a town under siege by criminals. From the column by the terrific San Francisco Chronicle...Show More Summary

Lock-picking class seen as bad idea for mayor of city with lots of burglaries

3 months agoNews / Crime : Crimesider

Oakland mayor Jean Quan found herself apologizing for ill-timed course offering amid jump in burglaries

Oakland mayor apologizes for promoting local lockpicking class

Mayor Jean Quan seems unaware that the practice is well-established among hackers.

Oakland Police Deface Photo of Mayor Jean Quan as Department Faces Possible Federal Takeover

The Oakland Police Department is in some serious hot water as it faces a possible takeover by the federal government. Meanwhile, a federal monitor has just issued a quarterly report that details the account of a whistle-blowing department...Show More Summary

Tuesday Morning Roundup: Where To Eat Whenever

In Tuesday's morning roundup: where to eat now, nationally recognized ice creameries, "a tavern girls will love," Jean Quan defaced, local startup drama, and sad news for rollercoaster fans. [ more › ]

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits She Screwed Up Something Else

Over in the East Bay, Oaklanders skittish from what we can only assume is the constant wee-ooo-wee-ooo-wee-ooo of Police sirens have been waiting patiently for updates on Mayor Quan's 100 Blocks Initiative. The plan, remember, aimedShow More Summary

Occupy Oakland (OO): Mayor Quan Says Not Again

On Thursday, April 19, I attended a meeting sponsored by the Oakland Police Department (OPD) with our new police chief, Howard Jordan, leading the meeting and Mayor Jean Quan attending. The agenda was all about crime and the strategies and resources the OPD is using to address it. Show More Summary

Oikos University Shooting: Mayor Jean Quan Questions Gun Availability

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan spoke out about the mass shooting at Oikos University on Monday. During a news conference, Quan questioned the link between mass shooting sprees and our country's readily available guns, saying: "No american mayor wants to have this situation. Show More Summary

Mayor Jean Quan Allegedly Tells Local Mom To Move Out Of Oakland

Over in Oakland, where two separate efforts are underway to recall Mayor Jean Quan, the city's top elected official isn't exactly helping herself out in the PR department. Or the deli department either, apparently. KTVU brings us the story of one local mother of two and her awkward run-in with Quan at a local supermarket: [ more › ]

Anonymous Releases Personal Data On Jean Quan, Oakland Officials

In response to what they view as an unnecessarily violent response by the City of Oakland to Occupy protesters, the internet collective known as Anonymous struck out against Oakland officials today by posting their home phone numbers, addresses, and other personal information. [ more › ]

Publicly funded seditionists attack the Thin Blue Line

This week Jean Quan, Oakland’s perpetually embarrassing excuse for a Mayor, has started shooting off distress flares. It would seem that the angry rabble of Bolsheviks and vanguard anarchists she cynically welcomed into her city with open arms have turned against the good interests of law and order and started to become an actual nuisance. [...]

Newz Foto: Mayor Jean Quan Laments Occupy Movement’s Attack on Oakland City Hall and Lenin’s Traveling Tomb

TweetHere’s a scene from Oakland Mayor Jean Quan’s recent heavily-staged photo-op at City Hall. “Oh Volodya! What have those Occupiers done to you? Of course as a white male hetero, you were probably totally misogynistic and racist ‘n stuff, but still, damaging your refrigerated traveling case, well, that wasn’t called for. No matter, we’ll get your legs [...]

Mayor Jean Quan Surveys The Damage At Oakland City Hall [Video]

In the aftermath of Saturday's day of action in Oakland, Mayor Jean Quan came in to the office on a Sunday to see for herself the damage at City Hall where dozens of Occupy protestors broke in with a crowbar before setting loose on the place. Show More Summary

Occupy Oakland: Outrage grows after flag burned, City Hall vandalized

Officials in Oakland expressed outrage that protesters vandalized City Hall during an Occupy Oakland demonstration on Saturday. "We're tired of one faction using Oakland as their playground," Mayor Jean Quan said. Arrests from the protest are expected to top 400....

Oakland Mayor Quan Rethinks Support For #Occupiers After They Break into City Hall & Spray Paint Walls

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan praised the Occupy Oakland protesters after mass rioting in November. The violent radicals smashed windows in several businesses and banks, shut down the port, blocked traffic and attacked and wounded police officers. Mayor Quan commended the … Continue reading ?

Occupy Oakland: Arrests may top 400; City Hall vandalized

Officials said Sunday that arrests from the Occupy Oakland protests the day before could reach 400 and vowed to seek restitution from those who vandalized City Hall. Mayor Jean Quan said the city would seek monetary damages from protesters. In...

Video: Occupy protesters find Jean Quan in D.C.

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan can't catch a break. Quan was visiting Washington, D.C., for the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting when she was spotted riding in a cab by Occupy DC protesters and surrounded. Quan sat in the cab and shielded her face while roughly a dozen protesters surrounded the car...

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