AltWeeklies Wire
Selective Recounts Saved State Leaders Don Perata & Fabian Nuneznew
East Bay lawyer Robin Johansen earns Perata and Nunez a chance to stay in power -- by the hair of their chinny-chin-chins.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-13-2007 |
Politics
Your Black Muslim Hotelnew
Marriott still employs security firm with Black Muslim Bakery ties.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
08-29-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Fast Cars and Fast Talk in Oaklandnew
FBI tapes in the extortion trial of a City Hall wannabe lay grease on the rep of Oakland's City Council president.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
08-08-2007 |
Politics
Ron Cowan's Latest Lawsuitnew
Developer sues Alameda to circumvent affordable housing and zoning laws that threaten his land's potential profits.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
07-11-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Job Security in Oakland?new
City councilman accuses city administrator of defying the law in order to safeguard black jobs.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
06-20-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Numbers Game in Oaklandnew
The city is agog over a study of racial disparity in contracting, but nobody seems to notice that its figures are unreliable.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
05-30-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Campaigning the Don Perata Way: My Fair Ladynew
The California state senator helped raise Sandra Polka from debt and into a position of wealth and power -- the big question is why.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
05-30-2007 |
Politics
Don Perata's Living Largenew
How the state Senator uses campaign cash to finance his lavish lifestyle.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
05-24-2007 |
Politics
Oakland Charter School Principal Too Hot for School?new
Tough-love principal Ben Chavis says it's okay for him to use racial taunts because he's a minority and his tactics work.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
05-09-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Oakland's Spent Almost $300,000 for a Study That's Long Overduenew
The study, which the City Council approved two years ago, was designed to be a comprehensive look at whether local contractors were shafted by the Jerry Brown administration.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-28-2007 |
Politics
Caltrans: Take It, or Leavenew
Oakland's workers for the state transportation agency say they were punished for reporting sexual harassment and race discrimination.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Oakland Cops: Reinventing the Wheelnew
Oakland police previously dismantled the very system the chief now sells as a crime solution.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
03-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Russo Versus the Peoplenew
Oakland's city attorney is going gangbusters to prevent citizens from voting on a major waterfront development.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
02-26-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Ink-Stained Hellnew
San Francisco DA puts Oakland Post publisher Paul Cobb on the hook for his predecessor's illegal dumping.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
02-08-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
The Man vs. Moonnew
As a Bay Area Moonie preacher is sentenced, evidence implicates the church's supreme leader in a shark-poaching scheme.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
02-01-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
