Quan recall has enough signatures for ballot.

[RandySF]

Occupy Oakland is now forever marked by a decision that could cost Oakland Mayor Jean Quan her job. Calling for the use of 500 police officers in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday morning, followed by more tear gas bombs Tuesday night, has thousands of Oaklanders upset with Quan.

A mayoral recall effort led by long-time Oaklander Gene Hazzard, which already picked up steam before Occupy Oakland, gaining more than the requisite number of signatures to be “on,” is was talk around Downtown Oakland as the police action against Occupy Oakland resumed last night.

While Occupy Oakland could have made better efforts to negotiate with the Mayor, this is not only not Mayor Quan’s finest moment, by stark contrast to Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums during the Oscar Grant riots, she’s no where to be seen. Jean didn’t even show up to a press conference set last night; Oakland Councilmembers Larry Reid and Ignacio De La Fuente represented Oakland.


http://blog.sfgate.com/abraham/2011/10/26/occupy-oakland-mayor-jean-quan-in-big-trouble-after-riot/

[Fumesucker]

1. I want to see her as a DNC keynote address speaker..

Mayor Quan perfectly represents the modern Democratic party in all its glory.

[Kolesar]

3. Flame bait...eom

[Fumesucker]

4. You disagree that Mayor Quan represents the modern Democratic Party?

One thing for sure, the three politicians (only two of them Democrats) who condemned the police shooting of Scott Olsen don't remotely represent the Democratic party today.

[roguevalley]

11. I agree with the first comment.

[hfojvt]

15. I thought it was hilarious

painful and sad, but hilarious too.

I've noticed the line of speakers that Kansas usually gets for their conventions.

Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
Harold Ford
Tim Kaine
Brian Schweitzer
Claire McCaskill

it's always DLC.

[xchrom]

6. Spot on. Nt

[n2doc]

8. Harold Ford is a mare appropriate choice

Quan doesn't know how to cover her tracks as well. That's very important.

[Modern_Matthew]

12. LOL. Sad, but amusing truth. nt

[EFerrari]

2. When you call the Mayor's office, you have to sit through

a mailbox message that is minutes long. It's even worse than calling the State of California, say the Attorney General's office, where you have to try to outwit the phone system decision tree in order to get the option to speak to a person. Government that is not only not accountable but not even accessible let alone responsive.

Anyone that would put in a system like that isn't going going to return your call, a call they've done everything possible to discourage in the first place.

[Kolesar]

5. Didn't Jean Quan address "the occupation" several nights ago?

Is there an account of that? I missed it. Had some early evenings

[Pab Sungenis]

7. They refused to talk to her.

Shouted her down. She ended up "addressing" them on Facebook.

[Kolesar]

9. Thanks for keeping us apprised...eom

[Fumesucker]

10. I understood she was told she had to wait her turn so she left without speaking..

:shrug:

[lunatica]

13. Where was this recall Quan petition? I'm here and didn't hear anything

[EFerrari]

16. This article names the group:

http://www.insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_19184227

[Fire Walk With Me]

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