Comments on: Frank Lynn has left the building

By: monica ruiz

monica ruiz — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:41:45 +0000

Is any one happy with the city they live in?

By: craig

craig — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:31:40 +0000

A lot of people from Oakland shop in San Leandro because there are few big retailers in Oakland. We benefit from a lot of sales tax dollar, money the poorer people of Oakland could use for their schools , safety and other services. A regional approach to sales would be
fairer. Some think the new diversity is a plus , especially the local retailers.Maybe we should
think of these folks as great philanthropists, usually working low wage jobs with few benefits
yet helping their more affluent neighbors in San Leandro.
I live off East 14th Street near City Hall and see the constant stream of people driving in
and out of San Leandro , helping our schools and city government every day with their sales
tax knowing they need the money more than us. All that mofo money and yet so many people think like Lynn.

By: falynn

falynn — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:15:49 +0000

I think my blog was BOTH brash and enlightening. Because I was willing to say what other people think; but are afraid to do so. And while many liberals disagreed with my points; no one could successfully counter my arguments.

As San Leandro downtown devolves into the muthaf*in’ ghetto-hood with vagrants, thugs, gang members and drug dealers; San Leandro crime increases; and our schools don’t improve — more and more white-collar educated families will move out; and fewer and fewer will move here in the first place. Blame it on racism; call it “white flight,” but you can’t deny it’s happening. People who think things are great or just fine are usually old and out of touch. Read Yelp.com’s review of the Bayfair Mall and many of San Leandro’s establishments and learn just how “ghetto” the younger generation thinks this town is…

The sad thing is that San Leandro has so much going for it; and could be so much better. We have small, close-knit communities and friendly people. Two BART stops. You can’t beat our centralized location and weather. I would like to do more to change San Leandro; but frankly, the ROI of my time is better spent elsewhere. I sincerley hope a lot of things about this town change for the better and would like nothing more than to drive through San Leandro 10 years from now and say, “Wow–what a mistake a made moving from here.” I just really doubt that’s going to happen…