Remember Them (Ordinances)
I’ve been watching this the way one watches hornets build a nest right over the kitchen door. Mario Chiodo was
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You’re All Fired, Including Me
The City Clerk published a document listing all the members of Oakland’s boards and commissions with notes about the duration
We Were Floored, Now It’s Been Tabled
Assembly Member Mark Leno yanked AB 655 which proposed a 1% surcharge on admissions to entertainment venues as an alternate
Would admissions to pony rides be subject to the surcharge?
Because those lil tykes aren’t pulling their weight. The other bill to diversify funding for the California Arts Council uses
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Why Didn’t We Whine About This Earlier?
Amy Kweskin sent this in, from the don’t-quit newsletter of the California Arts Council: Senate Bill 691 (Speier) Did you
Someone Is Looking Out For Our Featured City
Walked around just now, just to feel what a Featured City feels like. Lori Zook sends this in: Thanks to
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Item 7!
Don’t miss this! Cultural Affairs Commission Regular Meeting Monday, March 28, 2005 5:30 – 7:30pm City Council Chambers Oakland City
but I didn’t even wish for it
Got a call from Steve Huss, the city liaison to the Cultural Affairs Commission, and he informed me that I
Studio One Public Art Commission
Had I known this (I was at the meeting! Nothing was mentioned!) I’d-a shouted a leetle earlier: Please help us
Ring the Bell that Can Still Ring,
forget your perfect offering, there is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen