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Dystopia - Oakland Residents Upset Over Lockpicking Workshop Promoted in Oakland Mayor's Newsletter
ABC 30 ^ | Wednesday, February 27, 2013 | KFSN-TV Fresno, CA

Posted on 03/04/2013 7:23:24 PM PST by DogByte6RER

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Oakland Residents Upset Over Lockpicking Workshop

OAKLAND, Calif. -- City leaders in Oakland have been getting some angry e-mails lately from some of the people they serve. Mayor Jean Quan is the major target after her newsletter appears to promote a class designed to teach people how to pick a lock. In a city with a crime problem, it's easy to see why they're not happy.

The name of the class appears among 40 others in the catalog for the upcoming "Workshop Weekend" in Oakland, right alongside things like "robot building." It's a 3-hour class called "Introduction to Lockpicking" and it was listed on Quan's newsletter, something some residents found troubling.

"I honestly feel that a lot of people should not have these skills. They shouldn't have these skills," Oscar Ruiz said.

"Residents definitely had a big reaction," said City Council Member Libby Schaaf.

She says she has already received many complaints from residents. Some of the emails use words like "appalled" and "unbelievable."

"It's a very positive event, but I do wish they had worded it differently. It just shows insensitivity to the hundreds and hundreds of people in Oakland who have been victimized by burglary this year," Schaaf said.

In a statement, Mayor Jean Quan acknowledged that she too has heard from constituents. "I understand their reaction and I apologize. The class is part of a do-it-yourself, garage-science sort of event, and those are popular in our creative community, but it strikes the wrong note when we're doing everything we can to bring down crime," she said.

At the end of the catalog description, it says students must either bring their own lockpick tools or they can purchase a set.

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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan; USA Conference of Mayors Philly (7/19/12) (Pictured: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan)

Wow. Politicians regularly sell out their consituents to the United Nations, the ChiComs, multinationals, corporatate conglomerates, etc. This Oakland politician has gone to an even lower level by having a fire sale and selling out her own constituents to common thieves and burglars.

1 posted on 03/04/2013 7:23:31 PM PST by DogByte6RER
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To: DogByte6RER

The prerequisite is Yo 103 with lab.


2 posted on 03/04/2013 7:32:29 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: DogByte6RER

What’s next on her list? How to make a Molotov Cocktail? Or “ How to Become Proficient with the Slim Jim?” I lived in Oakland as a child right after WWII. We drove by the apartment house where I lived there yesterday ( a trip down memory lane). You would not want to be out on the street after dark there now. We didn’t linger!


3 posted on 03/04/2013 7:38:14 PM PST by vette6387
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To: DogByte6RER
“students must either bring their own lockpick tools or they can purchase a set.”

Tell the students about the mayors expensive new sound system. And the fact there is no security system; and the mayor doesn't believe in gun ownership.

4 posted on 03/04/2013 7:42:25 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (ok)
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To: DogByte6RER

Quan-”What difference does it make???”


5 posted on 03/04/2013 7:44:21 PM PST by chessplayer
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To: DogByte6RER

I guess she never accounted that those very locks could be hers?


6 posted on 03/04/2013 7:48:34 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: DogByte6RER

You know its ghetto when the mayor is teaching people to pick locks!


7 posted on 03/04/2013 8:01:10 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: DogByte6RER

In a city with a crime problem, it’s easy to see why they’re not happy.
***But the criminals are happy, and they outnumber the vote. We’ve truly entered the end times.


8 posted on 03/04/2013 8:58:51 PM PST by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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To: DogByte6RER
Next month, "How to hotwire any car in 30 seconds..."

What was she thinking??
The tribal mentality... how to help all those poor kids who, if they were Obama's sons, would behave like thugs. It's the right thing to do.
Besides, the elected perp is obviously a clueless Amish wannabe.

Just yesterday, I was reminising with family about what Berkeley, Emeryville and Oakland were like in the 50s. As kids the whole familt used to take the Key Train to Montgomery Wards in Oakland (There wasn't one in San Francisco.)
And we never had to wear bulletproof vests.

9 posted on 03/04/2013 10:25:40 PM PST by publius911 (Look for the Unin label, then buy something else.)
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At the end of the catalog description, it says students must either bring their own lockpick tools or they can purchase a set.

Hmmmm. If there are any black cops in Oakland, they might want to sign up for this course and take notes and lots of pics. Maybe take firgerprints to save time...

10 posted on 03/04/2013 10:29:44 PM PST by publius911 (Look for the Unin label, then buy something else.)
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To: publius911
At the end of the catalog description, it says students must either bring their own lockpick tools or they can purchase a set.

Hmmmm. If there are any black cops in Oakland, they might want to sign up for this course and take notes and lots of pics. Maybe take firgerprints to save time...

11 posted on 03/04/2013 10:29:55 PM PST by publius911 (Look for the Unin label, then buy something else.)
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To: DogByte6RER

This woman makes “dumb” sound like an honor.


12 posted on 03/04/2013 11:25:13 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: DogByte6RER

“I save you money”

“You no have to pay for door get kicked in”


13 posted on 03/05/2013 6:30:27 AM PST by IMR 4350
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