Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums State of The City via Twitter #oaksotc

If you're away in a place like Suburban (OK, rural) Atlanta, Georgia, and are too busy to sit for a live stream of the Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums State of The City Adress, you can catch what he's saying via Twitter.

In this case, following the tweets of the hashtag #oaksotc reveals some interesting news. For example, The Mayor says he believes in local control of the Oakland Public Schools. Here's the last most resent tweets, most of them sent by @reginaldjames:

reginaldjames Dellums: I believe in local control, referring to OUSD #oaksotc
38s ago via The Remote

bakseet Wondering... SF has a stimulus-funded "SF Jobs Now" program. Where is Oakland's version? #oaksotc
1m ago via web

reginaldjames MD: When people are engaged, their relationsips improve #oaksotc
3m ago via The Remote

reginaldjames MD: Supported Laney College clean energy grant. 'all earmarks are not a bridge to nowhere' #oaksotc
6m ago via The Remote

vanlenning @ReginaldJames tweeting live Mayor Dellums' state of the city of #oakland: Turn this spaceship over to the next generation #oaksotc
6m ago via web

majeeda RT @ReginaldJames Dellums: Turn this spaceship over to the next generation #oaksotc
8m ago via Tweetree

reginaldjames Oakland green jobs corps led to 'Pathways out of Poverty' #shoutout to Van Jones #oaksotc
8m ago via The Remote

vanlenning RT @reginaldjames: Dellums proud that Oakland Green Jobs Corps is a model for the state #oaksotc
9m ago via The Remote

reginaldjames Dellums proud that Oakland Green Jobs Corps is a model for the state #oaksotc
9m ago via The Remote

reginaldjames MD: We are not training our people for obselesence, were training them for imperative #oaksotc
10m ago via The Remote

reginaldjames Dellums: Turn this spaceship over to the next generation #oaksotc
11m ago via The Remote

reginaldjames Dellums: Green corridor partnership is unprecedented. Only in the country, if there another, they follow us #oaksotc
11m ago via The Remote

reginaldjames End the dichtonomy of the port and the city. We are a port city. One city, one vision, one strategy #oaksotc
12m ago via The Remote

dto510 Dellums on Army Base development: "We are a Port City. Come together - one city, one vision, one strategy." #oaksotc
13m ago via web

reginaldjames Oakland is ne of the greenest cities in the nation. #4 Top 20cities to live. not Oaktown, Oakland #oaksotc
14m ago via The Remote

dto510 Dellums naming some new businesses. This newly-built industrial facility in West O caught my eye in the handout. #oaksotc
16m ago via web

reginaldjames Broadway Valdez retail area to combat 1billion dollar retail leakage #oaksotc
17m ago via The Remote

dto510 Dellums notes Specific Plan for Broadway / Valdez retail. Transit vs parking debate over that plan is about to explode. #oaksotc
17m ago via web

reginaldjames Dellums: Lake Chalet created 142 jobs #oaksotc
18m ago via The Remote

das88 #oaksotc hard to parse statement on A's. "Absolutely confident" will get msg in few days-not sure what Mayor saying about content
18m ago via twidroid