tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post2484174360579932042..comments2024-03-28T16:54:44.319-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: Asshat of the MonthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-16945733703659228352011-10-30T15:21:32.599-07:002011-10-30T15:21:32.599-07:00@ Anonymous 9:43 - I said accurate and honest. Not...@ Anonymous 9:43 - I said accurate and honest. Not free of satire and pungency.<br /><br />I recognize that some readers may think that the Tattler invents, or shamelessly embellishes. On all issues that have come to my attention and which I have fact-checked, the sad truth is that yes, the Tattler has been accurate and honest.<br /><br />Plus, the Tattler accepts anonymous postings (something I have not done myself, since I am running for office). So Emeryville residents can vent without fear of reprisal, the "deaf ear," or derision.<br /><br />And the Tattler has been much more active in this election season than The Secret News, its "staid" (or staid-er) alternative.<br /><br />So all in all I will accept some caustic comments as the price of hearing what is really going on. <br /><br />Even the name harkens back to British press, which followed the same strategy of mixing acerbic wit with alarmingly truthful reports. Alarming, because the "establishment" of any era seldom wants an informed electorate to question its doings.Michael Webberhttp://webberforcitycouncil.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-86970016292170898882011-10-29T07:52:11.903-07:002011-10-29T07:52:11.903-07:00Regarding the October 25 comment: "Having an ...Regarding the October 25 comment: "Having an email in everyones mail box with the word 'Asshat' in the title is the type of thing we try to avoid in the school district. Just remember, it is possible that children from K on up could see that on their teachers computer."<br /><br />Is it just me or is there something wrong with a school district when students are reading teachers' emails?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-34177157908872433942011-10-27T23:20:30.250-07:002011-10-27T23:20:30.250-07:00To Mr Anonymous @ 9:43-
Criticism of the Tattler h...To Mr Anonymous @ 9:43-<br />Criticism of the Tattler here is most welcome and will be posted but please back up your claims of inaccuracy. Any proof of an inaccurate story or even factoid will elicit an apology and a correction.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-71103155107644143132011-10-27T21:43:04.101-07:002011-10-27T21:43:04.101-07:00"this site is both accurate and honest."..."this site is both accurate and honest."???<br /><br />Really? Wow. Just about every time Mr. Webber pounds on his keyboard, I want to vote for him less. He's running for the Ken Bukowski Award for delusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-27644109374181972042011-10-27T19:33:52.374-07:002011-10-27T19:33:52.374-07:00Touche. I will accept humor as a weapon of the und...Touche. I will accept humor as a weapon of the underdog to pierce the shield of arrogance of the power elite.Michael Webberhttp://www.conditionemeryville.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-88002985900107898082011-10-27T12:32:11.576-07:002011-10-27T12:32:11.576-07:00As Oakland Mayor Jean Quan says, Democracy is mess...As Oakland Mayor Jean Quan says, Democracy is messy. <br /><br />What you've got here is one side, the entrenched Power Elite, that conducts 'public' policy shielded by an effectively positioned mob of sycophants and the other side wields a blog that sometimes engages in taking them down a peg or two through humorous asides. I'd say it's at least an attempt to even things up a bit. Still, it's not a fair fight with one side with all the weapons at their disposal and the other with very little really.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-29191936852707977022011-10-27T10:57:27.097-07:002011-10-27T10:57:27.097-07:00I think it would be more appropriate for a news bl...I think it would be more appropriate for a news blog of this level of dignity to term it "Sombrero Donkey" of the month and delete the second picture.<br /><br />Unfortunately for Emeryville the quality and honesty of news here seems to be inversely related to the degree of dignity of the publishing organization.<br /><br />I, for one, find the Chamber of Commerce news site very dignified, and this site very undignified.<br /><br />But this site is both accurate and honest.Michael Webberhttp://conditionemeryville.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-39136699768143282542011-10-26T09:43:49.141-07:002011-10-26T09:43:49.141-07:00Wow, this guy Buzz sounds like a real piece of wor...Wow, this guy Buzz sounds like a real piece of work. A rude old crank who has risen to the highest level of decision-making by licking Nora's boots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-23480345269756323142011-10-25T09:35:18.069-07:002011-10-25T09:35:18.069-07:00Think of the children? Is that what this is? Imagi...Think of the children? Is that what this is? Imagine children learning that public policy is sometimes hijacked by ideologue politicians and their cronies. Imagine children learning that power corrupts and sometimes adults lie. BTW An ass is a (biblical) animal....and an inoffensive body part. -father of a six-year-oldBrian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-66914622255406479672011-10-25T09:15:01.438-07:002011-10-25T09:15:01.438-07:00While I Generally appreciate Mr. Donahue's eff...While I Generally appreciate Mr. Donahue's efforts. I would like to request that he thinks a little harder about the language he uses when emailing the entire school district. Having an email in everyones mail box with the word 'Asshat' in the title is the type of thing we try to avoid in the school district.<br />Just remember, it is possible that children from K on up could see that on their teachers computer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-66968066332521417282011-10-24T22:31:16.314-07:002011-10-24T22:31:16.314-07:00Mr Cardoza's voting record on the Planning Com...Mr Cardoza's voting record on the Planning Comission has been consistant all these years...he has done what he indicated he would do and that is to approve development projects. This is why Nora Davis nominated him, and why Nora's friends on the council appointed him.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-2543061842698771432011-10-24T21:29:30.519-07:002011-10-24T21:29:30.519-07:00I believe I heard Mr. Cardoza say once at a planni...I believe I heard Mr. Cardoza say once at a planning comm. meeting (before he was on the commission), "I've never met a development project I didn't like". I believe that he got appointed to the commission and the committee because he showed up at so many (perhaps every one??) of the planning comm. meetings for years. I guess showing up is at least as important as a person's position on matters.Jean R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-33861593417811469632011-10-24T16:37:29.548-07:002011-10-24T16:37:29.548-07:00They are politially appointed hacks who do the bid...They are politially appointed hacks who do the bid and calling of the council persons who wrangled them into their appointed position. Our city is not benefiting from their opinions. Just watch any of their design review sessions and you will see how obsurd these cronies of the city council are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-73850206359548573232011-10-24T11:52:48.408-07:002011-10-24T11:52:48.408-07:00A burro kisser?A burro kisser?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-4252243001928149302011-10-24T11:35:54.952-07:002011-10-24T11:35:54.952-07:00Your city council thinks so highly of Mr Cardoza, ...Your city council thinks so highly of Mr Cardoza, that the majority there appointed him to these august bodies.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-3932795048800126242011-10-24T11:26:50.512-07:002011-10-24T11:26:50.512-07:00Who appointed him?Who appointed him?Michael Webberhttp://webberforcitycouncil.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-10910658176264150622011-10-24T11:05:59.707-07:002011-10-24T11:05:59.707-07:00Certainly a trenchant tale of donkey puckey.Certainly a trenchant tale of donkey puckey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-9195889951157962112011-10-24T11:05:13.878-07:002011-10-24T11:05:13.878-07:00Buzz Cardoza has an angry disposition. He is disr...Buzz Cardoza has an angry disposition. He is disrespectful toward citizens who have the temerity to disagree with him. He displays a malicious sense of humor. But he is worth watching and reporting on, because he can't resist exposing some of the callous nastiness that underlies some Emeryville policies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-32261557610366689732011-10-24T10:19:24.594-07:002011-10-24T10:19:24.594-07:00Hee-haw! Hee-haw!Hee-haw! Hee-haw!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com