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Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

How will our next mayor set budget priorities? Oakland Local checks the facts

 (Editor’s note: Oakland Local and Make Oakland Better Now – MOBN – have teamed up to take a close look at the accuracy of candidates’ response to an online questionnaire from MOBN. We want to know if candidates are being truthful and accurate in their responses, or are they veering from facts and offering opinion

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Low Primary Turnouts Still Brought Passionate Voters to Polls

On Primary Election Day, it was slow going at the Lakeside Park Garden Center near Lake Merritt. In the late afternoon, a trickle of people walked into the polling place where a group of volunteers waited. It...

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Tonight: 2010 Mayoral Candidates on Deck for First Public Forum

It suddenly seems as though the playing field for Oakland's next mayor is flooded with a plethora of candidates, all claiming to have the answer to the city’s woes.  On June 10, from 6 to 9 p.m.,...