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Editorials

Editorial: Growth: Who Pays for It?

By Becky O’Malley
Friday November 16, 2007
An e-mail from an old friend chided me recently for this space’s seeming pre-occupation with local land use issues (and with opera). He pointed out that serious national matters like Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s inexcusable endorsement of Michael Mukasey deserve attention too, and he’s got a point. Luckily here in Berkeley we’ve got a good number of writers, some better than me, to keep track of Feinstein’s lapses, and they’re doing a sterling job, so we are off the hook. -more-

Letters

Letters to the Editor

Friday November 16, 2007

Reader Commentaries

Commentary: The Biggest Game in Town

By Merrilie Mitchell
Friday November 16, 2007
The Biggest Game in Town is Mayor Tom Bates’ favorite—Deals for Developers. -more-

In Circulation: This Is Not the Time for Caution

Friday November 16, 2007
EDITOR’S NOTE: This correspondence between Downtown Area Planning Advisory Committee staffer Matt Taecker and former city land-use Planning Manager Mark Rhoades was sent to the DAPAC and has been circulating on the Internet for the last week. -more-

Commentary: The Source of Oakland’s Violent Crime

By Jackie Wilson
Friday November 16, 2007
In his Nov. 9 letter, Jeffrey Jensen of North Oakland is unsatisfied with nebulous crime-fighting plans and bigger-picture orations from Mayor Dellums. -more-

Commentary: Open Letter to Chancellor Birgeneau

By Emma Fazio, Jessica Karadi, Christina Oatfield and Marcella Sadlowski
Friday November 16, 2007
Dear Chancellor Birgeneau, -more-

Commentary: Truth to Power: What Truth? What Power?

By Christine Staples
Friday November 16, 2007
It is human nature to form our opinions out of small bits of available information, a large dose of personal experience, with random bits of stuff we’ve heard from other sources thrown in; that’s how we figure out the world. Unfortunately, all too often we form our opinions based on too little information combined with too much “stuff we’ve heard”—and that’s how we wind up with bigotry and prejudice. -more-