From kirsten at infothecary.org Sat Mar 13 09:52:39 1999
i'm sure he's hoping for their support if oakland gets out of
hand.
Heh. One thing to consider is that there's a nice big payoff for Oakland in all of this: something like $300k of port fees for the landings and an estimated $650k of solidiers spending money on liberty over the course of the week.
I heard a (perhaps apocryphal) story that on the night of the innauguration, Jerry approached Gray Davis and said "The first thing I'm going to do as Mayor of Oakland is seceed from California!" and Davis replied "Just tell me where to sign, Jerry!"
/jordan