Rebecca Kaplan does not have enough experience on the Oakland City Council. She is being cocky and presumptious, as well as opportunistic in wanting to run this year for mayor. This is the kind of thing that Sara Palin would try to do herself.
Rebecca proved on the AC Transit Board before she jumped into the Oakland City Council that she doesn't have enough vision to balance a budget. She was very supportive of a very dangerous and expensive bus called the Van Hool, just because they are supposed to be green. However, they have proven to be a PR and fiscal disaster for AC Transit. The riders and drivers hate these buses because they are a safety hazard for everyone who rides them. They aren't even made in the U.S. so we are sending our tax dollars outside the country for these bad buses, which we are now stuck with. They also helped put AC Transit into such deep debt that now AC Transit has a huge deficit and has had to raise fares and cut services, including bus line (#59) that served seniors who need to go to medical appointments.
Rebecca, Ron Dellums, and Don Perata have shown they know how to spend lots of money, but they don't know how to balance their own books or those of others.
Rebecca should run next time after she has proven herself as a City Councilmember, but not now when Oakland is going to face its most serious financial crisis to come which we are starting to see now. The parking ticket issue was just part of the beginning.
Rebecca Kaplan does not have enough experience on the Oakland City Council. She is being cocky and presumptious, as well as opportunistic in wanting to run this year for mayor. This is the kind of thing that Sara Palin would try to do herself.
ReplyDeleteRebecca proved on the AC Transit Board before she jumped into the Oakland City Council that she doesn't have enough vision to balance a budget. She was very supportive of a very dangerous and expensive bus called the Van Hool, just because they are supposed to be green. However, they have proven to be a PR and fiscal disaster for AC Transit. The riders and drivers hate these buses because they are a safety hazard for everyone who rides them. They aren't even made in the U.S. so we are sending our tax dollars outside the country for these bad buses, which we are now stuck with. They also helped put AC Transit into such deep debt that now AC Transit has a huge deficit and has had to raise fares and cut services, including bus line (#59) that served seniors who need to go to medical appointments.
Rebecca, Ron Dellums, and Don Perata have shown they know how to spend lots of money, but they don't know how to balance their own books or those of others.
Rebecca should run next time after she has proven herself as a City Councilmember, but not now when Oakland is going to face its most serious financial crisis to come which we are starting to see now. The parking ticket issue was just part of the beginning.