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EATS, SHOOTS 'N' LEAVES: Berkeley politics: Corrupt business as usual

From Richard Brenneman's Blog
Monday October 05, 2015 - 09:43:00 AM

In Berkeley, a town where developers are kings and poor people are being gentrified out of existence, genteel sleaze is the order of the day, as we noted recently. 

The latest example to raise a stink in the normally complacent mainsteam media comes from the Oakland Tribune, under the headline “Berkeley council member profited from police chief’s public home loan.” 

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