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Oakland: Kaiser directs employees to stay in office at lunch over CRIME

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by tinman, Jan 25, 2024.

  1. tinman

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    Ouch.
     
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    You believe the d&d people thought this was like Houston or Austin ?

    lol
    @JumpMan

    this THEIR local news
     
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    Oakland has been dangerous for as long as I have lived- but it’s definitely a bad look.

    I guess my first question is when is Kaiser leaving Oakland? If it’s that dangerous, then they need to leave and move to somewhere safer.

    My second observation is that Houston really isn’t much better, it has too high a crime rate.

    My third observation is that these stories are airing a lot in the Bay Area and at this point the narrative that Oakland and San Francisco is out there locally. Eventually this belief is going to pick up support and there will be some political consequences locally in the Bay.

    My guess is someone that runs on law and order and strict compliance will run and shockingly win. That person will be aggressive removing the homeless, offer incentives for businesses, have the police harass drug users - and they will be very popular for awhile… until people get sick of minorities and the poor having their rights violated and someone more leftist will get elected.
     
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    Houston is significantly larger than Oakland. Oakland has a population of 440K while Houston is 2.2 mill. Yes there’s crime in Houston but nobody gets carjacked getting a burger or eating lunch downtown
    Oakland’s mayor and DA are getting recall votes now
    It’s amazing how bad one city can get
     
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