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October 14, 2003
Berkeley's Honest Mayor By Gail Heriot The City of Berkeley's efforts at self governance are always entertaining. UC-Berkeley's Daily Californian reports that the city council is expected to pass an ordinance at tonight's meeting that will outlaw the theft of free newspapers. Why is this necessary? In Berkeley, it has become a common occurrence to heave thousands of newspaper copies in the trash when one disagrees with its editorial endorsements. Up until recently, the most notorious case had been in 1996 when 25,000 copies of the Daily Californian were stolen in order to prevent voters from learning that the student editors had endorsed Proposition 209. Affirmative action zealots couldn't stand for anyone to know that not everybody on campus endorsed racial preferences. A more recent incident concerned Berkeley's mayor, Tom Bates. Just before last November's mayoral election, then-candidate Bates pitched 1000 copies of the Daily Californian when it endorsed his opponent, former Mayor Shirley Dean. I know what you're thinking: Recall the bum. But after the election, he promised to outlaw the practice in the future. And he appears to be delivering on that promise. In ever-earnest Berkeley, I suppose that has to be worth something .... |