Oakland misses out on $267million to combat retail theft after inept city leaders MISS DEADLINE to file grant application

Daily Mail ^ | 9/16/23 | Kamal Sultan

[unixfox]

They have been asleep at the wheel this long, why would they wake up now?

[Political Junkie Too]

Deadlines are racist!

-PJ

[CFW]

That’s the problem for hiring on D.I.E. principles rather than merit. There is no one who can, or will, do the actual work required.

[cgbg]

Most big cities hire white consultants to fill out their grant paperwork—usually with a token black person as the “leader” of the organization to meet the affirmative action contracting policies.

Oakland couldn’t even fake it properly.

[Mr. Jeeves]

They don’t need money - they need to make a few absolutely free policy changes.

[dfwgator]

Inept voters = Inept leaders

[GOPJ]

Maybe gangs pay more than the grants - cartels moving into new opportunities.

[Uncle Lonny]

Ooga Booga.

[Moltke]

...a $267million grant to combat retail theft...

For that kind of money they could just buy the stuff and then give it away to their downtrodden masses.

Typical messed-up DM headline. Seems this is a state-wide program, so Oakland would have "only" gotten a fraction of that amount:

The office of California Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to distribute $267million in grants to cities to help deal with the rising organized retail theft issue.

[NohSpinZone]

This is the leftist mindset - public funding = progress and solutions. Oakland is a cesspool, like much of Africa. No amount of funding is going to solve deep, structural, and cultural rot that afflicts this city.