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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 306Coupe: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by JohnB: [qb] Home prices are down on 30% from their all-time high, with the last 5 years being only 19%. Big difference from 50%. [URL=http://www.forecast-chart.com/estate-real-oakland.html]Property values[/URL] Edit: 72% of the budget goes to Fire and Police. That is ALL programs, not just uniformed personnel. Legalize weed? You think THAT is the problem with Oakland? I'd dare say 75% of the cops out there could care less about weed. Not to mention it's a PITA to arrest/process/etc someone who has barely enough to roll one. Hard core druggies, Murderers, Thieves, etc...they are the problem. And I assure you, they live there..they don't go to Oakland to deal or do it. Problem with Oakland is Oakland. Once the residents decide to take back their city from the dipshits/clowns/etc that have run it into the ground, then and only then will things change. The Police Dept there, like nearly everywhere in Cali, has their hands tied by the Liberal Bureaucrats AKA Tree Huggin'/love everyone/please don't hurt them society that runs that State. PEOPLE aka Citizens, not the Police Dept, are the ones that need to FIX Oakland. The ONLY way for the Police to fix it is if they walk the entire city crackin' skulls...and that ain't gonna happen. Spare me. A real Community would reach out and handle their own shit... [/qb][/QUOTE]I don't think your post addressed the layoffs, just my post about hmoe values and weed in oakland. Would like to know your ideas on saving those jobs. First here's the home prices in Oakland based on low/middle/ and high end properties. http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/st_HIGHEND0907_20090728.html As you can see from the chart, oakland low end market dropped 64%, it's mid levels homes dropped 46%. The majority of Oakland violet crimes are surrounded around drugs and retaliation. The majority of the drug pushers, push marijuana. Take away the demand for it, make some money by taxing it and it will prodcue revenue for the state to close the budget. Doing this will also take away the majority of the crims associated with it. BTW I haven't smoked weed in about 10 years, so I'm not speaking from a favored opinion position. For the past 15 years, throwing money at the police department in Oakland hasn't changed the crime rate there, need new ideas not the "just give me more money" mentality [/QB][/QUOTE]
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