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...committee was criticized after hiring the daughter of an Olympic Games board member, the wife of City Council President Marvin Arrington, and the sister of Mayor Maynard Jackson...
...have examined the evidence will disagree that Oakland is losing investments because of its image as a black-run city. In addition to its city manager, its mayor (Elihu Harris), the publisher of its leading newspaper (Robert Maynard), even the director of its symphony orchestra (Michael Morgan) are all black. Investors also shy away from Oakland because of its underground crack economy. Though drive-by shootings continue, there is evidence that the crack problem is waning, a fact overlooked by the national media. News organizations blame blacks for the drug problem and ignore the participation in the drug trade...
Precinct 1: Maynard School, Broadway and Windsor...
...Some people talk of taking a child from his culture," says Patricia Maynard, a Canadian mother of three adopted children, two of them from Korea. "There is no culture or pride in orphanages, only a brute form of survival." Those who agree argue that international adoption creates small safety valves in countries that have more people than they can feed and house, and even that the practice shrinks the global village and increases bonds of international community and understanding...
...Maynard, who retains control, stands to make some profits. Besides a vastly reduced debt load, he has obtained major concessions from employees...