[BerkeleyDailyPlanet] What's up, what's down

Fri Mar 20 19:33:11 PDT 2015

Dear subcribers one and all,

More than I want to know, probably more than you want to know, about the
city of Berkeley's deeply confused government.  I'd like to keep out of it,
but a sense of duty or of masochism keeps drawing me back.  Read it and
rant if you will.

*Current Issue <http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20>*

*Opinion*

*Editorials*

It's Groundhog Day Again in Berkeley
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43113?headline=It-s-Groundhog-Day-Again-in-Berkeley--Becky-O-Malley>
*03-20-2015*

*Public Comment*

New: Dallas police and the deadly screwdriver
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43129?headline=Dallas-police-and-the-deadly-screwdriver--Jack-Bragen>
*Jack
Bragen* *03-20-2015*

Time to Ban the Bomb Trains
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43118?headline=Time-to-Ban-the-Bomb-Trains--Lucymarie-Ruth>
*Lucymarie
Ruth* *03-20-2015*

Israel’s Election
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43127?headline=Israel-s-Election--Jagjit-Singh>
*Jagjit
Singh* *03-20-2015*

Track Discrimination at its Source
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43120?headline=Track-Discrimination-at-its-Source--C.-Denney>
*C.
Denney* *03-20-2015*

Please take short survey re future of Downtown Berkeley
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43119?headline=Please-take-short-survey-re-future-of-Downtown-Berkeley--John-Caner-CEO-of-DBA>
*John
Caner, CEO of DBA* *03-20-2015*

The Republicans: Leadership Without Empathy
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43125?headline=The-Republicans-Leadership-Without-Empathy--Harry-Brill>
*Harry
Brill* *03-20-2015*

The Upside of the New Anti-Poor Laws
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43126?headline=The-Upside-of-the-New-Anti-Poor-Laws--Carol-Denney>
*Carol
Denney* *03-20-2015*

*News*

Press Release: Berkeley City Council Requests Guidance on Homeless Measures
But Snubs Service Providers, Homeless People, Cal Researchers, Homeless
Commission, Homeless Task Force…
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43115?headline=Berkeley-City-Council-Requests-Guidance-on-Homeless-Measures-But-Snubs-Service-Providers-Homeless-People-Cal-Researchers-Homeless-Commission-Homeless-Task-Force---From-SAFEberkeley>
*From
SAFEberkeley* *03-20-2015*

White power, white culture, white wash
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43123?headline=White-power-white-culture-white-wash--Steve-Martinot>
*Steve
Martinot* *03-20-2015*

*Columns*

ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Down Time
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43116?headline=ON-MENTAL-ILLNESS-Down-Time---Jack-Bragen->*Jack
Bragen 03-20-2015*

Updated: ECLECTIC RANT: Netanyahu Wins, Peace Loses
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43114?headline=ECLECTIC-RANT-Netanyahu-Wins-Peace-Loses--Ralph-E.-Stone>
*Ralph
E. Stone* *03-20-2015*

SENIOR POWER: Once upon a time…
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43124?headline=SENIOR-POWER-Once-upon-a-time---Helen-Rippier-Wheeler-pen136-dslextreme.com>
*Helen
Rippier Wheeler, pen136 at dslextreme.com <pen136 at dslextreme.com>* *03-20-2015*

*Arts & Events*

Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed--
Roxy Theatre in San Francisco and the Christopher B Smith Rafael film
Center in San Rafael
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43122?headline=Living-Is-Easy-with-Eyes-Closed---br-Roxy-Theatre-in-San-Francisco-and-the-Christopher-B-Smith-Rafael-film-Center-in-San-Rafael--Gar-Smith>
*Gar
Smith* *03-20-2015*

The Greatest Films of Mario Monicelli: From Lowbrow Farce to High Drama
Playing through April 19 at the Pacific Film Archive
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43121?headline=The-Greatest-Films-of-Mario-Monicelli-From-Lowbrow-Farce-to-High-Drama-br-Playing-through-April-19-at-the-Pacific-Film-Archive--Gar-Smith>
*Gar
Smith* *03-20-2015*

LA CLEOPATRA: A Venetian Opera Never Seen Since Its Premiere in 1662
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-20/article/43117?headline=LA-CLEOPATRA-A-Venetian-Opera-Never-Seen-Since-Its-Premiere-in-1662--Reviewed-by-James-Roy-MacBean>
*Reviewed
by James Roy MacBean* *03-20-2015*
Previous Issue <http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13> Opinion
Editorials

Whose Berkeley is it, anyway?
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43110?headline=Whose-Berkeley-is-it-anyway---Becky-O-Malley>
*03-15-2015*
Public Comment

Why Criminalizing Poverty Sells
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43106?headline=Why-Criminalizing-Poverty-Sells--Carol-Denney>
*Carol
Denney* *03-13-2015*

Press Release: Rally and March Planned to Protest Effort to Pass New
Anti-Homeless Laws in Berkeley
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43102?headline=Rally-and-March-Planned-to-Protest-Effort-to-Pass-New-Anti-Homeless-Laws-in-Berkeley--Osha-Neumann>
*Osha
Neumann* *03-12-2015*

New: Dallas Police and the deadly screwdriver
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43128?headline=Dallas-Police-and-the-deadly-screwdriver--Jack-Bragen>
*Jack
Bragen* *03-20-2015*

Netanyahu’s Speech
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43101?headline=Netanyahu-s-Speech--Jagjit-Singh>
*Jagjit
Singh* *03-12-2015*

Progressive in District 4 may as well elect an ultra-right conservative
(An open letter to the progressive voters of Berkeley)
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43100?headline=Progressive-in-District-4-may-as-well-elect-an-ultra-right-conservative-br-An-open-letter-to-the-progressive-voters-of-Berkeley---Thomas-Lord>
*Thomas
Lord* *03-12-2015*

War Hawks trying to undercut the President
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43098?headline=War-Hawks-trying-to-undercut-the-President----Tejinder-Uberoi>*Tejinder
Uberoi* *03-12-2015*
News

Press Release: Berkeley City Council Requests Guidance on Homeless Measures
But Snubs Service Providers, Homeless People, Cal Researchers, Homeless
Commission, Homeless Task Force…
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43112?headline=Berkeley-City-Council-Requests-Guidance-on-Homeless-Measures-But-Snubs-Service-Providers-Homeless-People-Cal-Researchers-Homeless-Commission-Homeless-Task-Force---From-SAFEBerkeley>
*From
SAFEBerkeley* *03-18-2015*

Press Release: Effort By City Council to Criminalize the City’s Homeless
Population
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43111?headline=Effort-By-City-Council-to-Criminalize-the-City-s-Homeless-Population--From-Matthew-Lewis-Director-of-Local-Affairs-ASUC-Office-of-the-External-Affairs-Vice-President>
*From
Matthew Lewis, Director of Local Affairs, ASUC Office of the External
Affairs Vice President* *03-17-2015*
Columns

THE PUBLIC EYE:What Do Republicans Stand For?
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43105?headline=THE-PUBLIC-EYE-What-Do-Republicans-Stand-For---Bob-Burnett>
*Bob
Burnett* *03-13-2015*

ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Limited Resources in the Community for the High
Functioning
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43103?headline=ON-MENTAL-ILLNESS-Limited-Resources-in-the-Community-for-the-High-Functioning--Jack-Bragen>
*Jack
Bragen* *03-13-2015*

ECLECTIC RANT: Black Farmers in America
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43099?headline=ECLECTIC-RANT-Black-Farmers-in-America--Ralph-E.-Stone>
*Ralph
E. Stone* *03-12-2015*
Arts & Events

Theater Review: 'Enemies: Foreign and Domestic' by Central Works at the
Berkeley City Club
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43107?headline=Theater-Review-Enemies-Foreign-and-Domestic-by-Central-Works-at-the-Berkeley-City-Club--Ken-Bullock>
*Ken
Bullock* *03-13-2015*

AROUND & ABOUT: Music--Philharmonia Baroque ... Vivaldi with Rachel Podger
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43104?headline=AROUND-ABOUT-Music--Philharmonia-Baroque-...-Vivaldi-with-Rachel-Podger--Ken-Bullock>
*Ken
Bullock* *03-13-2015*

AROUND AND ABOUT: Music. Hugh Masekela & Vusi Mahlasela at Zellerbach Hall
for Cal Performances: Now 21 Years of Freedom
<http://berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2015-03-13/article/43109?headline=AROUND-AND-ABOUT-Music.-Hugh-Masekela-Vusi-Mahlasela-at-Zellerbach-Hall-for-Cal-Performances-Now-21-Years-of-Freedom-->
*03-13-2015*

If you've managed to plow through all of this, you get a gold star and the
chance to step outside.  The oak titmice have been especially charming this
week.

Best,

*Becky O'Malley*
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