Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – This is a press release from the desk of Mindy Pechenuk, candidate for Mayor of Oakland, 2025. As one of the first announced candidates for Oakland Mayor, and as the only announced candidate who actively and publicly supported the Recall of Sheng Thao and Soros D.A. Pamela Price, I, Mindy Pechenuk, can assure everyone that the voters of Oakland will in no way, shape or form go along with the budget cuts in the police department as implicitly/explicitly proposed by Oakland Budget Administrator Bradley Johnson at a late November City Council meeting.
The voters called for GREATER POLICE DEPLOYMENT AND PROTECTION AGAINST CRIMES OF ALL SORTS. As far as Johnson or anyone else’s comments calling for budget cuts against police and fire protection, all I can ask is ” Whose interests are Johnson and his gang paying homage to”? It is not the needs of the people of Oakland.
I, Mindy Pechenuk, agree 100% with Sergeant Huy Nguyen, President of Oakland Police Officers Association correctly observed, “An UNDERSTAFFED police department and the demand for service is the biggest driver of overtime”
I am calling on my fellow Oaklanders to join me and state unequivocally:
“It time to stop all the chatter that the problem of the Oakland budget is the Overtime of the Oakland Police”
“The real problem has been the systemic mismanagement of Oakland over many decades. If we do not face this, the problem will never be solved”
Oakland, like many cities in the 1990’s, bought into the Wall Street speculative schemes, instead of building industrial, manufacturing and other productive activities. Over many decades activities compounded with other bad decisions, like Sheng Thao mismanagement of letting go Oakland sports teams, and the city council’s insane ordinances restricting our police department to spending hours in reports, and not allowing them to do their job.
Do the math! When you constantly cut your police, fewer officers have to do more. This means overtime and more crime. If we increase our police force, with qualified officers, remove the ordinances and the oversight. We will have a safe and productive city. Also, simply raising taxes will not fix the problem, but make it worse.
So, let us clear the air and look at the real solutions!
Time to get back to what works, having real jobs, industry, small and medium business. You need to have real growth to make your city vibrant and a life for everyone.
One more thing, time to realize we will have a real President in the White House, Donald J. Trump. With President Trump we have a friend who will federally help Oakland.
Your choice either go bankrupt with the bond holders and the courts running Oakland or go with my campaign and solutions for Oakland’s next Mayor.
In simple terms, more destruction, inflation and crime or a healthy future for all and our children.
VOTE MINDY PECHENUK for MAYOR OF OAKLAND 2025.
For more information: Gerald Pechenuk, [email protected]
FPPC # 1477156