Would you support a recall of Ron Dellums?

1/10/2008 Jing "x2" F. says:

i think so...he's invisible

1/10/2008 Ralph "mama tried" C. says:

like you are reading my mind.  i'm sorry but i do not desire, want or need a behind the scenes lets convene a citizens committee mayor.  downtown needs development, it needs retail, we need to reduce crime, change the perception and as best as I can tell ron dellums has done NOTHING on all fronts.  But he sure did look stately, standing next to teh gov when the bridge collapsed

1/10/2008 Matt R. says:

I'm not surprised. I thought the guy was an empty suit from the night he did his "OK, why not?" acceptance of a run.

Oakland needs technocrats and logistical skill, not inspiration. Folks already love Oaktown--now we all need to get our shit together.

1/10/2008 Jeff "The Cheesemonger" D. says:

yep,  but it'll never happen.  the progressive coalition (funny I always thought I was progressive until the progressives took over in SF and ron dellums stole the election if oaktown) and the african american community would never let it happen....

1/10/2008 jeff f. says:

no......wait for the next election.  The people already voted him in.   It seems like an abortion of the process.

1/10/2008 Ralph "mama tried" C. says:

BIG DITTO on the stupid "why not" run speech

how do we do this recall thing and who can we draft

1/10/2008 ben h. says:

Hell fucking yes! And it's good to hear others feel the same way.

1/10/2008 Ralph "mama tried" C. says:

if the crap stinks, you know the crap stinks, every one else knows the crap stinks and we have a means for getting rid of the crap, why should I sit around and smell the crap

1/10/2008 Mike Z. says:

Seriously, does ANYONE think he's doing a good job.  Speak up.  We want to hear from you.

1/10/2008 David D. says:

I don't recall Ron Dellums.  Did he have a moustache or something?

1/10/2008 Nat M. says:

Well, like a well-spread article this week stated, he's only doing what he promised...which was to apply his world-view politics to a city. If we wanted a mayor who would get his hands dirty cleaning up the Town, we would've elected De La Fuente. People fell for the celebrity treatement once again...let em live with it.

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1/10/2008 Ralph "mama tried" C. says:

when these numb-nuts elected dellums i felt like i had been transported back to DC when those numbnuts voted back in that coke addict berry

what is fidelity, et al say about past performance

1/11/2008 OD P. says:

lets do it

1/11/2008 Gilberto "Fluffy Bunny" Y. says:

dellums doesn't even want the job.  people need to get that thru their heads.  like the article said, being a mayor isn't his kinda gig.  de la fuente coulda gotten some stuff done, but in a low down shady manner.  there's probably a great candidate we haven't thought of just waiting to get drafted.

1/11/2008 Alotta F. says:

Oakland has been falling apart at the seams for longer than I can remember and certainly before Ron came along and they've always had a figure head mayor. How is Ron any different? Politicians lie.....Surprise!

Oakland has been coming along, look at all the hip destination neighborhoods: Temescal, Lake Shore, Rockridge, etc. There's a spanking new Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Bakesale Bettys, upscale restaurants galore, great new bars/clubs in the downtown area. Is this not progress?

1/11/2008 vu n. says:

dumb question:  who was Oakland's last good mayor?

1/11/2008 Mike Z. says:

jerry brown

1/13/2008 marc "one-legged-red-sea-pedestrian " h. says:

I have lived in Oakland for 4 years now.  At every turn when a neighborhood tries to improve it gets dragged down by the criminal element and the lack of support from city government.  As far a a recall, I endorse it fully.  This city needs leadership that is active and pro-active.  Dellums is neither.  He was a great congressman in his day, but that day has come and gone.  We need new leadership!

1/13/2008 Ralph "mama tried" C. says:

disappointment and recall was all the rage at the salon.

dellums should have been out in front of the rodriguez shooting

1/13/2008 Dennis "are you not entertained?" A. says:

Oakland need a stronger police presence and less empty-headed politicians and liberal idealists...

1/13/2008 Dennis "are you not entertained?" A. says:

*needs

1/13/2008 Patricia "Hon of Hons" H. says:

I would definitely support a recall.  I'm planning on going to his State of the City address tomorrow night.  It's at the Oakland Marriott at 6PM.

See you there?

1/17/2008 Sean B. says:

The guy is incompetent and hasn't done squat.  He claimed the people of Oakland didn't want more cops on the streets even though we passed a resolution that called for more police on the streets.  He also proposed a program to give city jobs to ex-felons.  Genius.

1/17/2008 David D. says:

Oh what the heck.  Excess elections will probably stimulate the economy.

1/17/2008 Taylor For President T. says:

on a slightly related note, can anyone definitively tell me what the contents of steak-ums are? is it meat?

1/17/2008 ben h. says:

Hopefully De La Fuente will assume power eventually- yeah, his son is fucked up and scandalous, but anyone who's lived in Oakland for more than 5 years has GOT to appreciate how much progress the Fruitvale district (De La Fuente's district) has made. Leaps and bounds.

2/15/2008 Sarav "I hate scammers" C. says:

YES YES YES YES!!!

Please, this guy looks sleepy during press conferences. The crime is getting worse and worse. The violence is unimaginable. And this guy jets off to LA on the taxpayers dime to look pretty next to Hillary Clinton.  

Shame on you Ron. You should really be working on cleaning up Oakland. Don't waste your time getting involved in national politics because that's not what the people of Oakland expect of you.  

Why can't we have one of those tough mayors on the East Coast who know exactly what to do and get results? 9/11 Rudy anyone?

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2/19/2008 Joe "EPA demands Bay Area Smug Emission laws-film at 11" B. says:

sure would.  All of the above, especially his support of Hillary over Obama.

2/19/2008 Alan S. says:

I don't know anything about Ron Dellums, but I do love little kittens. They're so soft and furry.

6/20/2008 Jimmy "The Mayor" T. says:

He needs to be recalled.  Check this out he spending like crazy. http://www.sfgate.com/...

6/25/2008 Tim T. says:

Heck, yeah!

6/25/2008 ben h. says:

more dellums BS

http://www.sfgate.com/...

6/26/2008 John "Da Bull" G. says:

http://www.yelp.com/to...

6/26/2008 Hrundi B. says:

Dellums is in his own world.

6/26/2008 Joe "EPA demands Bay Area Smug Emission laws-film at 11" B. says:

"At every turn when a neighborhood tries to improve it gets dragged down by the criminal element and the lack of support from city government."

Marc's comment (now 5 months old, damn this thread is old!) seems to suggest there is a separation between the city government and criminal element.  Given the current Edgerley scandal, Dellums' thievery of taxpayer money, and De La Fuente's son's rape charge, I can't see much of a difference between the street-level criminals and the city government.  Oh yeah, the guys in office wear suits.

I am truly sorry I voted for Dellums and not De La Fuente.  I sort of believed that Dellums could unite communities (he ran as a mayor that would listen to the communities, flatlanders included, but has totally ignored our calls for more police) and that De La Fuente was part of the failed City Council that voted for a police hiring freeze in 2002.  I should have gone for the lesser of the two evils - at least DLF was able to make a positive impact on his home turf of Fruitvale.

I think criminals believe they have free rein in Oaktown.  More cops would lead to fewer crimes of opportunity for teenagers just starting to decide which path to go on in life - do I commit a street robbery to increase my street cred?  Maybe not, if there are cops regularly on patrol . . . and I hope the FBI probe of Edgerley convicts her.  If Oakland government cannot reform itself, then we institute term limits and bring in outside help.

Oh Jerry Brown, for all your faults I never realized how much you did for our struggling city.  You gave us the Strong Mayor Initiative, and now we've put that power in the hands of a do-nothing mayor.  Dellums had some great years, but they are behind him now.  Recall him.

6/27/2008 Donald S. says:

The people who recruited and elected Dellums deserve what they got, but I am sorry they managed to inflict him on all of  us who saw the the emporer had no clothes. He is a tired. ineffective old man who said from the start that he wouldn't work hard. What did people expect from him? He was know for his disorganization when he was a Congressman. I give him that he did grow in the job 30+ years ago, but his final years in Congress were a joke.
Oakland has the potential to be a great city, but the voters sure dropped the ball in this election.

6/27/2008 Melissa "Bridges and Tunnels" B. says:

I vote in Oakland and I would support recalling his figure head- ass.

6/27/2008 Melissa "Bridges and Tunnels" B. says:

Whoa this thread is old

6/28/2008 Ellen O. says:

I have a solution.  Take Edgerly's salary, give it to the city yearly for the pay to three more police officers.
Do the same with her annual retirement benefit of $150,000.
Cut the salary of Ron Dellums to nothing, kick him and Edgerly to the curb, and use the money for more police.
Cut all offices in City Hall to cubicles like mine at work.  No computer either and only one direct line phone for citizen callers.
Take the salaries of all those cronies who earn $100,000 or more and give the money to the school system.
Rename Dellums Building to Chicken Ranch, pleeeeeee-uz.  I get nauseous every time I see that thing.

6/28/2008 christina "yelparific" a. says:

YES.

6/28/2008 Matt R. says:

KQED Forum tore Dellums (well, his spokeman) a new one yesterday morning.  The explanations were so completely disingenuous that it was approaching something from The Onion. So not only is nothing getting done, but it seems like those in power feel satisfied with themselves and want folks to just shut up because they really "don't get it."

Hopefully the local press will keep the heat on and keep the downward spiral in full public view.

8/22/2008 D L. says:

Somebody get this thing started and I'm on board!

8/22/2008 Shannon "Insufferable Snarkoleptic" B. says:

He's too busy fighting off allegations to put up a defense against it. It could work....

8/22/2008 Donald S. says:

why on earth would anyone waste money on a recall campaign, given the financial sitaution of the sity and the fact that Dellums has bumbled along for two years and no one has made a fuss. Let him lame duck it out of office. The worst part of all this is the idiots who gave him a raise right out of the gate becausehe wouldn't be able to afford the house he wanted in the Oakland hills.What bull. The guy gets a Congressional pension and medical care for life.
Edgerly was jerry Brown's fault, but Dellums is equally to blame for not removing her eons ago.

8/22/2008 Gloria "Bite Me" H. says:

I saw on a news program that he is quite the spender too...limousine, 4-5 stars hotel like Ritz...etc.

8/26/2008 Joshua M. says:

Recall Dellums - - http://www.petitiononl...

9/23/2008 Julie R. says:

I would absolutely support a "Recall Ron" effort, as would the other 3 registered voters in my home. In my 20 years as a resident of Oakland I have never seen a more ineffective Mayor. He should be ashamed of himself for doing nothing and step down. The only relief Oakland residents have had is reading Chip Johnson's column in the Chronicle and hearing our own frustrations vented on a wider scale. YES, RECALL RON!!!

9/23/2008 PHILIP "The Toyota / Scion Master - EZEnergySaver Master" A. says:

Recall Ron NOW, but who wants the job to replace him???

Any candidates around who WILL do a better job??

9/23/2008 ben h. says:

Latest Chip Johnson article mentioning the recall efforts:
http://www.sfgate.com/...

And the online petition:
http://www.petitiononl...

9/23/2008 Karla "Super Saucy Sista" F. says:

I don't live in the "O".  But, if I did, I would WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT a recall.  Wow!  I didn't think a mayor could do such an awful job.  But, he accomplished it...almost immediately.  

And is he OK?  He looks so sickly!  Every time I see the frail little man on TV, he looks like he's gonna pass out or cough up a hair ball...something, something, something, something just ain't right!

Poor, little, lousy mayor guy.

9/26/2008 Kate W. says:

I'd rather have Sarah Palin as my mayor.  Dellums must go and now!