The put a Pride flag up at the Oakland Coliseum today, since they're on the road tomorrow and not back at home until June 12. But - they took the City of Oakland flag down to make space on the flagpole. #FisherOut #StAy #RootedinOakland #SellTheTeam
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Strong hint Fisher knows baseball will not even be an entertainment appetizer in Vegas but a bag of Funyuns before an early dinner.
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John Fisher reportedly has considered changing the typical home game start time if the A’s move to Las Vegas
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Agree.
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Fisher doesn't come out in public if they're confident they have the votes needed to get this legislation passed. Seeing as how it's not even out of committee yet, this could signal bad news for their hopes in Las Vegas. #Athletics #FisherOut #KavalGhostsMyEmails
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I don’t see a path forward in Oakland unless there’s a change in ownership.
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Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Steve Hill says he believes, if A's deal falls apart in Las Vegas, A's would not stay in Oakland and would look to relocate elsewhere.
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Yes. Oakland has arrived there.
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#oakland is it possible we have promoted through PAC, coup, torpor, or sloppy political calculus of the moment the #kakistocracy of the ages ?
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Fisher and Kaval realized she could be duped unlike the previous mayor, and Thao fell for it. Fisher didn’t respect Thao. Recall that he had to be reminded to call her about the first land deal in Vegas.
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One part of the whole A's stadium mess that will stick with me forever:
Why Fisher and Kaval told Thao not to speak with the commissioner during their negotiations? abc7news.com/athletics-news
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In most cases when a franchise is saved from relocation, like the Seattle Mariners, it’s a special season that buoys the effort. Weirdly, in Oakland’s case, this historically bad 2023 season is beneficial to the cause by showing just how bad an owner John Fisher is.
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There’s really no hope. No players to trade for prospects. And if the A’s attempt to call up top prospects, they’re going to ruin them with a losing mentality at the start of the careers.
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We are now at the 1/3rd mark of the MLB season:
The Oakland A’s have won 10 games all season and are on pace for a total of 30 wins.
What an embarrassment. Sell the team if you don’t care. We need owners that love the game and love winning.
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My extremely scientific poll tells me got the loudest applause here of any of the 3 Senate candidates
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My thinking too. Nothing else makes sense here.
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I’m completely biased, but part of me still thinks reason MLB is letting Fisher/A’s flail through this Vegas plan is so they have one last leverage point to get Oakland deal done.
Because otherwise, outcome of A’s “plans” for building in Vegas will be embarrassing train wreck.
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Near Oakland Coliseum BART station parking lot. I couldn’t get a wide shot but Tina Turner was on the corner singing 
“We don’t need another hero. We don’t need to know the way home. All we want is life beyond Thunderdome.”
“We don’t need another hero. We don’t need to know the way home. All we want is life beyond Thunderdome.”
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In a previous life as a mortgage banker, I worked right across the street from this Old Navy. Anybody else remember it once had an Old Navy-branded sandwich shop inside?
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No wonder attendance is so low at games -- look at the transit directions on Google maps!
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Welcome to LA, Democrats! We’re so excited for convention.
Stay up to date with caucus meetings, organizing actions, convention events, and more at cdpconvention.org/schedule
#Organize4CA
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By far, the hottest of several hot resignation letters from Madame DA Pamela Price’s office. You’ll see some of these quotes on future campaign mailers.
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The Alameda County DA's office lost another veteran prosecutor. Butch Ford resigned today, telling DA Pamela Price, "Your administration has attempted to silence members of this once proud office in order to hide your transgressions like a thief in the night." His full letter.
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We’ve all detailed how much a joke today’s Vegas ballpark renderings are. But from the A’s perspective, most of the people that see this on the local newscast will only see the renderings for no more than 30 seconds and talk about it at their Memorial Day bbq.
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Agree. The outfield seating area looks like the old Coliseum without Mt Davis.
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Why does the field and batter's eye look suspiciously similar to the current coliseum? Because Kaval entered "#Athletics ballpark on Las Vegas strip" into an AI generator and these were the results. Until I see an architect's name, I'll refuse to believe otherwise.
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Where was when Oakland needed that $180m federal mega grant for Howard Terminal? Apparently she wasn’t very helpful because Oakland didn’t get it.
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If this legislation passes John Fisher has added at least $380m in value to the team by securing an unattached piece of public funding that can be transferred to anyone for a stadium to be built anywhere in Vegas. Pump then dump.
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MLB is going to go out of its way to protect an owner who has only been a drain on the league so he can build a shoebox sized stadium in the corner of a parking lot because he’s too broke to build his vision in the Bay Area. How is this right? How does it even make sense?
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I’m starting to get the vibe that MLB is using Vegas in the same way the NFL used Los Angeles as a threat for relocation. But where would that put the A’s? Again, Saskatchewan?
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Is there one with Brewers and Rays logos?
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Here are the first renderings of the Oakland Atheltics’ Las Vegas ballpark. The A’s plan to build a $1.5 billion, 30,000-seat retractable roof stadium on 9 acres of land on the Tropicana’s Las Vegas Strip site. #vegas #oakland #athletics
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Alameda County supervisor doesn’t think cash reparations is a good idea
A’s community - Do we have any rationale why has not spoken up about losing thousands of jobs to Nevada? Let alone all the construction jobs over the next several years? I don’t understand why our representatives are seemingly just letting this happen to Oakland
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NEW: The California Senate approved bill to end the state's travel ban to states with anti-LGBTQ+ policies in a 31-8 vote.
She has proposed replacing the ban with a program to push for LGBTQ+ inclusion and acceptance nationwide through a donation driven fund.
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👀 New Poll of California voters about 👀
67% say she’s “unfit to serve”
42% want her to resign
29% approve of the job she’s doing
More from : escholarship.org/uc/item/5gk3z8
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I’m at the Oakland Police Commission Selection Panel meeting. Their main job is nominating members of the Police Commission. As you can see in this report, interest in the commission has dropped in recent years.
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Shot. Chaser.
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EXCLUSIVE: Major League Baseball has told the Milwaukee Brewers that they must repair American Family Field to keep it an "MLB-quality" stadium. No ultimatum was given but the league pointedly referenced the A's move to Las Vegas during the discussion. newstalk1130.iheart.com/featured/commo
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If this deal is finalized, I want to hear from Schnitzer Steel () and the East Oakland Stadium about what they’re going to do for kids in our community after they drove baseball out of town. I’m waiting.,,
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Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo announced a “tentative” deal between local leaders and the Oakland A’s on Wednesday on funding for a proposed new ballpark that would bring the team to Las Vegas.
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Good point. It’s a tried and true trick.
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Does the proposed legislation go public... on Friday afternoon of a holiday weekend... with a week left in regular session...?
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So strange that the actual owner of the team isn’t included in a big statement like this.
Besides that, every box checked in terms of power brokers. Looks like a done deal.
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Statement from all parties - @JosephMLombardo, @ZConine Legislature, Clark County and @Athletics
Agreement reached, bill coming to bring the A's to Las Vegas
@TheNVIndy
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JUST IN: The California Assembly passes AB 12, which would prohibit land lords from charging a tenant more than one month’s rent for a security deposit.
Passes 51-14, now heads to the State Senate.
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