Oakland removes speed bumps installed by residents frustrated with sideshows

NBC Bay Area ^ | 05/23/3035 | Velena Jones

[Drew68]

"We've had peace for the past eight months, a hard peace," resident Michael Andemeskel said.

This is Oakland! You will enjoy the sideshows!

[Drew68]

FWIW, Oakland, CA is knows as the "birthplace of the sideshow."

Wonderful cultural tradition.

[kosciusko51]

What kind of sideshows?

[faithhopecharity]

a city with as many or more potholes than anywhere in America
can’t manage to repair its potholes but CAN and does manage to remove its residents’ speed bumps

Oakland’s problem isn’t so much financial as it is the mis-priorities of its communistic city politicians

[Alberta's Child]

I understand the frustration of these residents, but anyone who installs something like this on a public street is a moron. The liability you take on by doing this could be catastrophic.

[cctrout]

Sideshows are car racing on streets often put on by Latinos. Of course putting a stop to it is racist.

[VideoDoctor]

The answer is pretty simple.."SCREW the City of Oakland"

SERVE the people's needs or "GET OUT!"

[kosciusko51]

Thanks. Does this also include low rider displays?

[L,TOWM]

A couple of well placed shots into the vehicle carrying the city workers that for some reason could not install safety features for 8 years but could remove the work of others in a heartbeat might have been effective. Rinse & repeat — at the least, you got cop cars at either end of the block and the show cars might decide to go elsewhere.

[kiryandil]

Sounds like Oakland wants a war with the residents.

They’ll lose.

[kiryandil]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4319027/posts?page=2#2

[lee martell]

I predict those speed bumps will be back before this Labor Day. I don’t blame the residents a bit. Nameless, faceless ‘officials’ have decided these citizens can be safely ignored and not cause any damage to their ‘official’ paychecks. So, that’s just what they do.

Most large urban areas have certain particular localities that are always deficient in maintenance, and no one seems to know who’s responsible, or which budget should be paying for all of it.

[Mark]

Insurrection in Oakland! Worse than 911 and Civil War.

[rktman]

I would love to have a couple on our 25mph (more like 60-70) but city and county keep telling us there isn’t an issue. Even with video and monitoring and back and forth for 4 years. Oh well....... At least no ‘side shows’ on our street.

[bicyclerepair]

Recently the nearest main road a block away got 5 speed bumps. Better than motorcycle racing.

[lurk]

You hate to see it, but citizens ruled by corrupt government sometimes have to make a display of who the boss.

[kosciusko51]

Thanks. That was posted while I was writing my question.

[Vaduz]

Surprised someone didn’t invest in a byrna ball gun or a paint ball gun dents and paint smears to clean up may have an effect?.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

You will respect my autority.wheres Cartman?

[delchiante]

That’s an expensive ticket price for front yard seats to sideshows.

Maybe they should open up the Coliseum to this activity since the previous billionaire owned millionaire sideshows in there fled to Sacramento and Vegas..