The Goodnews Is … By Paul Cobb’s Elections Blog For Oakland News Now By Paul CobbPosted on October 31, 2018Posted in California, California Politics, National News, News, Oakland - Oakland News Now - OaklandNewsSide, Oakland Community, Oakland News, Oakland Politics, Oakland Post, Oakland Pride, Politics, U.S. NewsTagged desley brooks, libby schaaf, Oakland, Oakland Elections, Paul Cobb, Zennie Abraham The Measure AA campaign is a sugar-coated pander to taxpayers, and as a former member of the Oakland Board of Education, I can recognize “political panhandling.”