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| A week after riot, Oakland Auto Row still trashed |
| 2015-05-11 |
| What if they gave a riot and no one reported on it? I just read about this riot, which originally was s'posed to be a protest about police brutality. The windows are still boarded up, the car windshields are still smashed in, and the tempers are still boiling over. One week after the May Day riots left Broadway Auto Row in Oakland an avenue of broken glass and dented metal, the proprietors who are still wondering why they were targeted are still awaiting some help from somebody. The city held a meeting Thursday and offered vague promises of low-interest loans. But to Erich Horat, the owner of the Precision Motors repair shop, that means he still has to pay for something he didn’t do and something Oakland police didn’t prevent. Reportage on the riot from SF Gate and Breitbart Let me guess: when Horat decides "screw this" and closes his facility permanently, the city will blame him and the rioters will threaten more mayhem if he doesn't re-open. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #13 Democrats, Liberals and Poverty Pimps have been running Oakland for a while now. This is the consequence. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-05-11 22:38 |
| #12 IIRC Jerry Brown was Mayor of Oakland...destruction in his wake |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-05-11 21:05 |
| #11 The problem is Oakland. It is another dem controlled ghetto like Detroit, parts of LA, etc. The only thing that you can do is vote with your feet and leave the mess to others. It is now Oakland's problem. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-05-11 20:26 |
| #10 That would be the force majeure clause. The name is Latin for Acts of Clods. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-05-11 14:38 |
| #9 May Day = Communists. Send a bill to whoever agitated for protests and marches. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-05-11 14:32 |
| #8 Unfortunately, insurance policies don't usually cover riot damage. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2015-05-11 14:28 |
| #7 If I was the owner, I would collect the insurance money and leave to a more business friendly state. As I understand it, Darth, people been doing this for decades. Of course, I also understand, they keep voting Democrat in their new states. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-05-11 12:51 |
| #6 Collect the insurance money, move out of state and leave the wreckage and debris for the voter/rioters to clean up, or the remainder Californians can just learn to live with it. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-05-11 11:41 |
| #5 Exactly AP. If I was the owner, I would collect the insurance money and leave to a more business friendly state. CA has proven time and time again it doesn't care about small businesses and can be downright hostile to them. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-05-11 10:54 |
| #4 Businesses need to shut down and leave the state. They have no protection against mobs. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-05-11 10:15 |
| #3 Merchants making emergency repairs to damaged storefronts would not need to buy permits first They can pay for them later. But their repairs had better comply with permit requirements or they'll have to do them over. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-05-11 09:30 |
| #2 a spokeswoman for Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, said the city was “focused on doing as much as possible” for vandalized merchants. Merchants making emergency repairs to damaged storefronts would not need to buy permits first Nice. |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-05-11 08:56 |
| #1 'Bad Luck' |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-05-11 07:01 |