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Robert Gammon
@RobertGammon
Personal account: Tweets are mine. Also, press secretary/policy adviser for @SenMcNerney. Spouse of @LJFernandez. Dad. Ex-editor, reporter and columnist.
Oakland, California
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    Jul 10, 2018
    Holy Shit. I just got a robocall in support of the racist Holocaust denier GOP candidate John Fitzgerald of CoCo County, claiming that Jews are taking over the world "and must be stopped." It was easily the most racist political ad I've ever come across in the Bay Area.
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    Nov 2, 2020
    Nice. But if they truly want to honor Oakland, then they'd pay the $40 million they owe for refurbishing Oracle Arena.
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    Marcus Thompson II
    @ThompsonScribe
    Nov 2, 2020
    Warriors launch "Oakland Forever" campaign with new jersey dedicated to their former host city theathletic.com/2175444/2020/1…
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    Feb 14, 2020
    Replying to @DavidKlion
    I’m not going to vote for Bloomberg, unless he’s the nominee. But I sure wish the other Dem candidates would go after Trump as strongly and decisively as he does.
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    Mar 31, 2018
    Personal/Career News: I’m voluntarily going on an extended hiatus from journalism soon in an attempt to help save a journalism organization about which I care deeply: Telegraph Media, which publishes @EastBayExpress, Oakland and Alameda magazines, and The East Bay Monthly. 1/
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    Jan 30, 2019
    Personal news: After 23-plus years, I’m leaving journalism. Effective *Feb. 11*, I’ll be a policy advisor/communications director for @NancySkinnnerCA 1/
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    Apr 5, 2024
    Seems like this should be getting a lot more attention: The A’s are going to be paying ZERO rent in Sacramento! Pretty damn hard for Oakland, which still has debt service on the Coliseum complex, to compete with that kind of sweetheart deal.
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    Shomik Mukherjee
    @ShomikMukherjee
    Apr 5, 2024
    Dave Kaval outlines Oakland A’s rent-free deal to play in Sacramento eastbaytimes.com/2024/04/04/dav…
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    May 10, 2019
    Watch till the end. -->
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    KTVU
    @KTVU
    May 8, 2019
    Adorable! @PacificaPolice @NoCoFire rescue a fawn from a storm drain #Fawntastic bit.ly/2PVA0W1
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    Aug 4, 2023
    Just got a text poll, with several questions asking if I'd by OK w/ changing the name of Oakland Intl. Airport to San Francisco East Bay Area Intl. Airport. (Reason given in the poll was that out-of-area travelers supposedly don't know where Oakland is.) My Answer: HELL NO!
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    Jul 13, 2018
    Woah. The SF Chronicle ran a full-page ad today that bashes homeless people with obvious mental health issues. And if that were not bad enough, it was paid by an anonymous donor that calls her group, Fed Up Populace Campaign -- a shady org that doesn't have a website. Ugh.
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    Nov 7, 2018
    Really unbelievable that a SF billionaire funds a winning campaign to tax himself to help unsheltered people, and the city's mayor and state senator who claim to care about affordable housing come out on the losing side.
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    Marc Benioff
    Salesforce
    @Benioff
    Nov 7, 2018
    Prop C’s victory means the homeless will have a home & the help they truly need! Let the city come together in Love for those who need it most! There is no finish line when it come to helping the homeless. Thank you amazing supporters of Prop C!
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    Jan 12, 2019
    Huge respect for @ChroniclesOfAzu @JanelleBitker @DarwinBondGraha & @_beatricek who all continued to produce journalism today *after* the layoffs. Total professionals. #ClassActs
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    Aug 12, 2021
    Got my CA recall election ballot guide today. Very telling that folks who want to recall Gov. Newsom made no mention of vaccines, masks, lockdowns or anything COVID related in their official argument. No mention of French Laundry either. What are they most mad about? Immigration
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    Mar 31, 2018
    Replying to @RobertGammon
    Finally, this is not an April Fool’s prank. I’m doing this for real. Wish me/us luck. End/
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    Robert Gammon
    @RobertGammon
    Jul 3, 2018
    Dear East Bay progressives, This is how gentrification really happens: When wealthy folks in single-family neighborhoods (looking at you, Rockridge and North Berkeley) refuse to allow new housing in their areas and insist that newcomers and new housing go in low-income zones.
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    Brier Dudley
    @BrierDudley
    Jun 21, 2018
    Replying to @joyofnapping and @vox
    Don’t blame NIMBYs. Seattle has more than enough capacity, with no upzones, for all anticipated growth. Issue is not lack of supply of developable land, it’s pressure to cram more into higher profit areas that are full