Re: Oakland council bans coal
Author: Ken Shattock (KRK)
Date: 06-28-2016 - 09:00
The ex-mayor of Oakland Wrote:
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> Ken Shattock (KRK) Wrote:
> --
> >
> > 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.
OK--cool..
KRK