TERENCE CANDELL
           The People's Mayor




TERENCE CANDELL ON PUBLIC SAFETY

Folks, they only put 240 police officers on the streets anyway.

Perhaps, we need an initiative to bring prayer back into the schools?  That is a national question. In this city,
we will be open for lawsuits many atheists would be more than happy to file and win. Right now, we fight the
battles we can win. Prayer is, in my opinion, a battle we must eventually fight and win!!!

Let's begin.

1) Twenty (20) Youth Centers in unused city-owned buildings in the flats (paid mentors, paid career counselors,  
     paid college counselors, music, art, video games, etc.) that close at 10:00pm and vans to take the youth      
   home, so they don't violate curfew.

2) A bowling Alley - potential yield of $800,000

3) A roller skating rink - potential yield of $1,000,000

4) A theme park - potential yield of $150,000,000 for the city

5) Recreation Centers that stay open until 10:00 at night that provide vans to transport our youth home. It just  
  sends them the message that we love them and are willing to put them ahead of things like: a $5,000,000
  statue, $70,000,000 for the Fox Theater that was only supposed to cost $14,000,000, $2,000,000 more to pay
  unpaid workers, high-rises downtown, condominiums no one wants or can afford.

6) A police force that is largely comprised of individuals from Oakland, retrained to serve the people of
  Oakland, treating them with respect and dignity. Any future officers hired must undergo the customer service
  training and live in Oakland, preferably in the flats.

7) A budget that supports a $100,000,000 Mayor's Jobs Program, year round, with and On-the-job training
  component.

8) A commuter tax to bring in intial revenue to pay for programs by people from other cities who have been
  milking our city dry for years, taking our jobs and revenue and never spending a dime in our community.

9) A toll tax for those who enter our city just ike SF, Vallejo, Palo Alto, etc. Why is it that no one has to pay to
  visit and plunder OUR city?

10) Apollo West for our youth performers on KTOP and KDOL, with business sponsors who will render
    scholarships. Yes, we have REAL talent in Oakland!

11) A grocery store in the west. A grocery store in the east (on the way).

12) Change Charter section 712 to give the mayor more control of the Port streets, so we don't ever turn down
     $300,000,000 opportunities like the Wayans, who, by the way, are still interested, but are waiting for me to  
     win.  Then, folks, and only then, will you find that we don't actually need as many as 1,000, 1,100 and 1,200
     police officers, as my opponents seem to believe.

Thank you all for your excellent comments. I appreciate your taking the time for our youth and for our city. I
promise to integrate these thoughts and ideas into my plan for the city, None of them were far afield!

Oakland Mayoral Candidate Don Macleay, thanks for your comments as well. As usual, you make sense.

God bless you all.
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