tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post1502821866998383900..comments2024-03-28T16:00:23.455-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: Councilwoman West: "Blackmailer"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-55979228383192432522014-06-07T14:46:51.675-07:002014-06-07T14:46:51.675-07:00Emeryville has a minority of residents that are wo...Emeryville has a minority of residents that are wont to hold the politicians to account. These are our natural allies among the general population. However, it's a rare thing that the Tattler gets accused of being too reserved or holding fire against a Council member. Thanks for the comment.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-56180321675942064102014-06-07T13:57:52.003-07:002014-06-07T13:57:52.003-07:00Usually the Tattler goes overboard. Now you'r...Usually the Tattler goes overboard. Now you're too timid. Buffoon is too weak a word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-42847415200774437162014-06-05T17:26:57.379-07:002014-06-05T17:26:57.379-07:00Funny story but tragic at its core. I agree Kurt ...Funny story but tragic at its core. I agree Kurt Brinkman seems to be having some difficulties. It's a good thing he's stepping down. I hate to see this kind of politics at city hall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-70874641273813516992014-06-05T10:16:19.828-07:002014-06-05T10:16:19.828-07:00Good for Jennifer. She is demonstrating skill tha...Good for Jennifer. She is demonstrating skill that the Council will sorely miss. But, I do not necessarily agree. I think the voters should decide about the $21 million. That's because the whole project is ill conceived and pioneering. It is going to fail, and we have lost a perfectly viable High School. I doubt that the voters would elect to give away another $21 million. The whole thing makes me sick!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-74030907482525017862014-06-05T05:18:28.123-07:002014-06-05T05:18:28.123-07:00Unethical? Blackmail? It is Mr. Brinkman who is ...Unethical? Blackmail? It is Mr. Brinkman who is unethical when he poses on the front porch of his vacant home for a campaign flyer; a home he had not lived in for years but rented out. It is Mr. Brinkman who is unethical when he does not move into this home until January, three months AFTER he won a seat on the City Council.<br /><br />What Ms. West is proposing is not blackmail. It is called negotiating. Other East Bay cities are now requiring developers of new homes to include school construction for the hundreds or thousands of new students the new housing will bring.<br /><br />These are called "parting shots" and I guess Mr. Brinkman won't be back any time soon to run for Council again.<br /><br />I still find it curious that soon after becoming a Council Member, Mr. Brinkman up and moved his electronic security business to Oakland. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com