It is time for an old lady to scold you all. You really thought it would be productive to try to take over a shuttered public building for your own use? The Kaiser Auditorium was closed down because Oakland doesn’t have the money to keep it open. Don’t you all get it? Oakland is in deep financial trouble and when you add to that burden, it hurts everyone. If you want to gather your resources and come up with the money to pay for its operation so you can put … Continued
Google, Apple, Oracle, Cisco along with other big time corporations have parked $1.4 Trillion offshore in tax havens. Now, in the guise of bringing needed revenue into the US, they are lobbying hard for a big discount on taxes, from 35% down to 5.25%. They already hurt US labor by offshoring these activities, so, Really? OWT Supporters, please use your voice to resist this effort! Everyone loves using the tech of these companies. But think of all the good that could be done with the tax revenues if they had … Continued
H E A R T H Principals – Common Rights in Support of Our Common Good H ~ Health Care for All. The United States is the only developed country in the world that does not provide health care for all its citizens. This is unacceptable. American citizens should not have to worry about their ability to stay and get healthy. Our female citizens should have the right to make reproductive decisions in confidence with their medical physicians and in keeping with their own personal beliefs. E ~ Environmental Life. No … Continued