Community
Publisher’s Note
Since Oakland’s many problems can be either solved, altered, eradicated or exacerbated by actions and/or inactions from the Mayor’s Office, it is incumbent upon us to make sure we elect someone fully declared and prepared to outline and commit to detailed plans and goals in advance so voters will know what to expect and how to demand accountability.
Since Oakland’s many problems can be either solved, altered, eradicated or exacerbated by actions and/or inactions from the Mayor’s Office, it is incumbent upon us to make sure we elect someone fully declared and prepared to outline and commit to detailed plans and goals in advance so voters will know what to expect and how to demand accountability.
Accordingly, the Post will publish any plans, views and proposed solutions to Oakland’s most pressing problems such as crime, police-community relations, homelessness, housing affordability, illegal dumping, jobs and many more.
I have asked Vice-Mayor Rebecca Kaplan to initiate this weekly series of Mayoral solutions and ideas for progress, because she has extensive governmental knowledge and has served longer than her other colleagues as councilmember at-large, vice mayor, president of the council and has also served as an elected AC Transit board member, as a member of Coliseum Authority and as a member of the Bay Area Air Quality Board among many other civic committees and commissions.
This same invitation will be extended to anyone, especially candidates for Mayor, who want to proffer some serious solutions and plans to bring equity and fairness to the neediest amongst us.
This free space will not be available for personal attacks and critical personality agendas. Any person that announces their candidacy will be allowed to present solutions and answers.
I did not ask the Vice-Mayor if she intended to announce because our purpose is to get Oaklanders focused on the content and responsibilities of leadership far in advance of the election – so that there will be no surprises. It is the Post’s hope that the next leader of this city will be fully prepared and vetted on every possible issue with declared detailed positions.
This is the beginning of the course: Oakland’s Mayor 101.
Please send plans and solutions for Oakland to www.postnewsgroup.com to be published in print, on-line, streamed video, social media, Salon-issues meetings and future courses at Holy Names University.
Even though seven names have already been discussed as the successor to Libby Schaaf, the next Mayor will have to come big with detailed plans – or just stay at home.
The Oakland Post’s coverage of local news in Alameda County is supported by the Ethnic Media Sustainability Initiative, a program created by California Black Media and Ethnic Media Services to support community newspapers across California.
