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pixx from the oakland skool meeting 12/15/4

by camsuxx
It was a chaotic and raucous school board "meeting" at oakland tech as viceroy ward was pained to listen to dissent before he laid down the fed's decree...
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Boos, jeers and cat-calls were the order of the eve as bush enforcer Randolph Ward was tasked to lay down the law for the enraged and dismayed Oakland civilian community.
Quite a few parents and teachers seemed to think that one of the reasons the bush admin is trying to dismantle low income public
School systems is to create more desperation/preparation for "joining"
The "Army of one" military. Gee, I wonder where they got that idea??
When asked legitimate questions ward responded 'sit down and shut up and it will all be revealed in the end" His grimacing, scowling and disengaged demeanor only took a break when a special ED student in a wheelchair took the mike and haltingly asked him if it was true that they would be shutting down the special ED . To which ward responded "don’t worry your pretty head over it little lady" Person in wheelchair seemed unconvinced.. It seemed like the only thing that kept the enraged crowd from tearing the already broken seats at the decrepit auditorium apart and beating this privatization stooge to a richly deserved pulp was the civility and decency of the Oakland community- not to mention 10-20
Burly "security" officers and 10-15 fully armed Oakland cops,
No wonder this guy has a "personal bodyguard" (on the publics dime of course!!) words on peoples lips- dictator, hitman, uncle tom,
fucking corporate nazi house nigger (I actually heard that)
Anyway, I showed up after ward stormed off stage in response to
some "unwelcome comments" by students, commanding that the in house P.A. system be shut down. leaving the people that want to have a real dialogue without this plutocratic puppet to resort to a battery powered P.A. horn to be heard.
The Oakland education association was pissed along with the cafeteria workers (a representative of which claimed that they were being undercut by not being allowed to sell junk food while private companies were selling it on or near campus at a markup) and the teachers union. not to mention the parents of these po' kids. The
By any means necessary crowd called for a vote for school closure
and show of hands seemed to say that the crowd was having none of it while only 2 brave people on stage meekly raised their hands in favor of not closing down more public schools. (Gee, I wonder what they are going to do with all those big empty buildings now that the poor don’t get to learn there no more??hint-what was the name of that school at 34&peralta that’s been converted to yuppie lofts??) Overlord Ward waited till most folks walked out in disgust before
revealing the fed's plans for the privatization of Oakland schools,
"not to worry, we won’t be closing 3 more schools, or even 5 more,
We will be closing 7 of those valuable real estate parce...err
I mean under performing culture of failure loser schools!!". .
Looks like next time this fuck shows his face at a public forum theyll have to have riot cops!!
(or cop riot??)
Enjoy!!
§By Any Means Necessary
by camsuxx
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§Dan siegel
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schoolboard members try to address the crowd with bullhorn after the P.A is shutdown
§outraged mom
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§disabled not stupid
by camsuxx
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§pissed kid
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§this mans daughter was killed in 97
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in front of an oakland school.
now he's involved in after school outreach programs
§BAMN member calls for vote
by camsuxx
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After being ignored by the imperious ward
§show of hands
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all those in favor of not closing down schools for developers
and bush war machine's interests raise hand
§and council??
by camsuxx
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§walkout
by camsuxx
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about 25% of audince walks out in discust / solidarity
note: the white placards on the seats are not reserving
those seats for celebs, they are just to notify people that those seats are to broken to sit on.
§outside
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§cops at school
by camsuxx
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