Alameda County Govt. -- Tammany Hall in the 21st Century

Hello and thanks for looking at my blog on Alameda County California.

Alameda County is right across the Bay from San Francisco. The main cities are Berkeley and Oakland. It's mostly urban, and, like the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area, liberal and overwhelmingly Democratic Party.

I believe the one party system has led to a lot of problems in the County government. It's a wealthy area, most of it, with a huge tax base, and therefore, there are a lot of political spoils to be had by those who can make the right connections.

Without an opposition party to keep them honest, the misconduct and sometimes outright criminal actions of those in power have become business as usual. They are often not even regarded as particularly newsworthy.

I am most liberal myself, and don't oppose most of their platform, but the insider dealing transcends party loyalty. It's time to stop it.