Re: Oakland council bans coal
Author: The ex-mayor of Oakland
Date: 06-28-2016 - 08:08
Ken Shattock (KRK) Wrote:
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> You must NOT be an Oakland native like I am..
> There use to be coal all over the place.
> There were outlets that would sell it to you or
> even truck it to your house. A lot of folks
> burned fireplace coal in their fireplaces besides
> wood.
> Just TWO coal distribitors in East Oakland alone
> that come to mind are Robert's at High Street and
> MacArthur Blvd and also Spangord's on East 12th
> Street at about 18th Avenue.
> Spangord's would bring big sacks of coal to our
> house on 38th Avenue and dump them in the "coal
> bin" my grandfather had constructed.
>
> KRK
OK I wasn't clear. I'm not taking about coal use in Oakland. I'm taking about export coal. I don't ever remember the port exporting coal in the last 40 years. I don't think they did. That's all. It's as if the media and protesters thought they did.