Friday, February 29, 2008

SF Chronicle's Chip Johnson Features SBS Blog Network

Sf Chronicle columnist Chip Johnson featured the SBS Blog Network in his article on Oakland, which you can read here.

But his real "focus" was on Oakland, which is where our blog Oakland Focus comes in. It's at http://oaklandfocus.blogspot.com . This is some of what he wrote:

It's one of more than 50 Web sites posted by Abraham at his business Web site. But when he started writing about Oakland's mayoral election in 2006, he saw a change in the Internet traffic pattern.

"When we added the blog about local politics during the mayoral election - traffic really went up - sky high," Abraham said, doubling in the last two years.

Since his initial endorsement of Dellums, Abraham's view of the mayor has cooled a bit. He hasn't done an about-face, but he's far from satisfied.

His chief complaints are the mayor's lack of focus on housing and downtown redevelopment, his unwillingness to engage in a more public life to promote the city and his decision to endorse Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton over Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential primary race.

"I think he's doing a terrible job. But do I think he can get better?" Abraham asked. "Yes, I do," he said.

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