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Faces Around the Bay: Brandy Jones

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:06:10 +0000

Brandy Jones (right) works in the Counseling Dept at S.F. City College; she has been a City & County Civil Service Worker for 11 years.
Jones just returned from her first Yachats Music Festival on the Oregon coast and says, “I thoroughly enjoyed it; I’m sorry I’ve missed the 27 previous ones.”
Jones is shown here waiting to get on the bus for Portland, where she will catch a plane to Oakland. She is joined by Ronika Ibrahim, who was a part of the Festival staff, helping to change the sets on stage. The Yachats Music Festival is sponsored by Four Seasons Concerts.
Ibrahim lives in Salt Lake City, was born in Sudan, and says, “I love The Yachats Music Festival. This is my third year here, and I have a wonderful time. We get to know many famous artists and listen to their music .”

Photo and text by Barbara Fluhrer.

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Bobb To Weave Fiscal Solution

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:04:47 +0000

Expert called upon to counteract questionable advice Mayor has gotten

By Post Staff

Mayor Ron Dellums has announced a top to bottom review of the City’s organizational and management structure, hiring policies and financial status. A team led by former City Manager Robert Bobb has been hired to execute the review and report back within 90 days.
Citing inaccuracies in the fiscal information used in the City’s mid-cycle budget review, Dellums estimated the revenue shortfall to be “in the tens of millions of dollars.” He has implemented a selective hiring and travel freeze, and a review of credit card expenditures by City employees and officials. Hiring for public safety positions will not be impacted.
A national search is underway for a new city administrator who will represent “the brightest and the best person to achieve a seamless form of government,” Dellums stated. The current parallel structure suggesting two independent functions (Mayor and City Administrator) has been “wrong, inappropriate and ineffective,” and runs contrary to the “strong mayor” City Charter amendment adopted by the voters in 1998. (more…)

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March for Green Jobs, End Port Pollution

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:03:23 +0000

Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa led more than 2,000 marchers last Tuesday to demand green jobs and a cleaner Port. Truck drivers, environmentalists, public health advocates, labor leaders, union members, community residents, clergy and environmental justice activists pictured above were joined by(left to right) State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, State Assembly member Sandre Swanson, Executive Secretary, Alameda County Central Labor Council, Sharon Cornu, Teamster General President James P. Hoffa and Teamster Leader Chuck Mack.

Photos by Gene Hazzard, graphic design by Adam Turner.

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Get Wise About Your Credit Matters

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:01:37 +0000

Svonne Underwood, The Credit Lady, has the answers to your questions

Dear Credit Lady:
I’ve read all of your articles and I’m trying to implement the Wise Tips from your articles. I wonder how long it will take me to improve my credit score if my scores are low mostly because of maxed out credit cards.
Maxed out Jill

Dear Jill,
If you have a $5,000 balance on a credit card and you make a payment of $3,000 your score should increase in 45 to 60 days. If you’re applying for a home loan your loan officer can do a rapid rescore and it could take less than 30 days. If you have late payments and collections your score will not increase as much or will increase only slightly. (more…)

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Bay Cities Baptist Ministers Union

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:31 +0000

Front from left to right: Rev. Elijah Baker, Dr. Jessie Davis, Rev. J. L. Jones, Rev. Joe Smith, Dr. Earl Ward, Rev. Clyde Harris, Bishop Q.C. Simmons, Dr. Elvin Baker and Dr. Robeth Lacy. Middle row: Dr. Flemon Henry, Rev. Rubin, Rev. Timothy Smith, Rev.Keith Martin, Rev. Albert Harris, Rev. Conner, Rev. Jeremiah Captain, Dr. Cedric Claiborne, Rev. Charles Hopkins, Rev. Harvey Smith and Rev. Andrew Lacy. Third row: Rev. Elmoore Maple, Rev. George Epps, Rev. David, Rev. Bullock, Rev. Walter Culp, Rev. K. Lawson, Rev. Tex Butler, Dr. N. McDonald. Back row: Rev. Roy Rogers, Rev. Jones. Not pictured: Rev. Benjamin Sudderth, Rev. Al Covington, Rev. Kevin Young, Rev. James Carlisle and Rev. Sanford Smith. Photo by Gene Hazzard.

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Obama Opposes California’s Marriage Protection Act

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:58:08 +0000

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has come out in opposition to the California ballot initiative that would amend the state?s Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
In a letter sent to the Alice B. Toklas L.G.B.T. Democratic Club, a San Francisco gay rights group, Obama declared: “I oppose the divisive and discriminatory efforts to amend the California Constitution, and similar efforts to amend the U.S. Constitution or those of other states.”
The California Marriage Protection Act, which will appear on the state?s November ballot, asserts: ?Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.? (more…)

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Route 66 Now Joe Morgan Way

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:57:01 +0000

Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Morgan’s name will replace a portion of 66th Avenue. Vice Mayor Larry Reid and EBMUD Director William Patterson presided over the name change ceremonies Wednesday at the Coliseum Complex. Photos by Adam Turner

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Bailey Killed a Year Ago

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:55:52 +0000

By Post Staff

Oakland Post Editor Chauncey W. Bailey was gunned down in downtown Oakland on the morning of August 2, 2007. Since then more than 150 have died of gunfire in this city.
Bailey, 57, was killed at the pinnacle of his long and distinguished journalistic career. He has received numerous posthumous recognitions for his courageous investigations into political and community issues.
The issues of transparency in government that he covered so thoroughly still remain.
Most of the Bay Area media joined forces, named the Chauncey Bailey Project, to complete his unfinished body of work.
On August 2 several individuals and organizations will visit the site where he was slain. (more…)

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AC Transit’s EasyPass For College Students

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:54:58 +0000

By Reginald James

Students of the Peralta Colleges were joined by Assembly Member Sandre Swanson (D-Oakland) as well as Peralta and AC Transit officials to celebrate the passage of AB 1980, the Peralta Transportation Accessibility Act July 24 at Laney College. The bill was signed into law by governor Schwarzenegger Friday.
AB 1980 will allow students in the Peralta Colleges to vote on a fee to discount bus passes, either for the entire student body or for students who take a specified number of units. (more…)

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Jennie Prentiss Raised and Financed Jack London

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:54:16 +0000

By ‘Jack London’ George Rowan, Jr.
Part 2 of 3

Virginia (Jennie) Prentiss, an African American Woman saved Jack London’s life by breast feeding him at birth. He lived with her family, off and on until his teenage years. Jennie Prentiss guided him spiritually, and financed him in his hour of need.
Jack London, born in 1876, was the first American author to earn a million dollars at the turn of the century. He suffered racial taunts because he lived in an African-American household.
After graduation from Cole, the only job he could find was working at the canneries in East Oakland for ten cents an hour on ten hour shifts.
Jack’s big dream was to become an oyster pirate around the San Francisco Bay. A quote from his book “Barleycorn” describes how he sought Jennie Prentiss’ financial support his ventures. He writes, “…So I interviewed with Mammy Jennie, my old nurse, at whose black breast I had suckled. She was more prosperous than my folks. She was nursing sick people for a good wage. Would she lend her ‘white child’ the money? Would she? She did! Three hundred dollars was three years house rent!” (more…)

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