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DESCRIPTION:Green Sunday, October 9th, 5 - 6:30 pm\n\nSPEAKER: Wilson Riles served on 
 the Oakland City Council from 1979 to 1992 and ran for Mayor in 2002.  He 
 is an active Green Party member and a former member of the Green Party 
 County Council. \n\nTOPIC: Local Government: Hogtied by a fear of 'State 
 Planning'\n\n"Out of an abundance of fear of being called socialist, local 
 governments shy away from long term planning of and the direct influencing 
 of the local economy for the benefit of the general good. There is no 
 credible or effective thinking about a community's long term economic 
 survivability or  sustainability. The corporate needs or the lack of them 
 sway local governments back and forth in their attempts to copy the latest 
 generic community success with a "silicon valley," a "gambling haven," etc. 
 Small business, the proven greatest job generator is ignored or worse. City 
 budgets are littered with the detritus of past corporate sponsored Federal 
 and State mechanisms intended to capitalize on past, failed corporate 
 trends, fashions, and tastes-of-the-month that harnessed local government 
 for other than the communities best interest. Wilson will trace some of 
 this detritus."\n \n\nSPONSOR: Green Sundays are a series of free programs 
 & discussions sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County. They are held 
 on the 2nd Sunday of each month. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/08/18692726.php
SUMMARY:Wilson Riles speaks on "Local Government: Hogtied by a fear of 'State Planning'"
LOCATION:Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th in North 
 Oakland.\n\nDirections: One block north of Alcatraz on the West side of 
 Telegraph, wheelchair accessible. Buses pass by regularly. Ashby BART is 
 approximately 7 blocks away.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/08/18692726.php
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