Aside from the concerns that you mentioned ("Put Oak to Ninth on hold"), the Oak to Ninth Avenue Project proposes to transfer public tidelands to a the private developer and build ridiculously high buildings that will significantly block views of the Oakland Estuary from many locations. The final plan also cut in half the amount of park/open space that was supposed to be included.

The transfer of tidelands to a private party is likely in violation of the CA Constitution and might successfully be challenged in court. Unless there is a very large and clear public benefit, all sales of public lands to private parties should be vigorously opposed.

There seems to be a disconnection between the community connection the Guardian is quick to say it has, but when someone contacts the paper about a community issue, the receptionist is as rude as a person can be. I tried calling you today regarding the new policy of the warfied and filmore to no longer use volunteer ushers. Apparently a new Clear Channel directive. Is this worth writing about? I don't know, it was totally impossible to get your receptionist to be anything but rude to your readers when they call in. Also, the link on your site for contacts is not working, so there doesn't seem to be anyway to contact the appropriate contact there.

This may be off topic, but it is related to the monoply of media issue. The lack of discussion of the voting machine issue, the real terror. We have about 90 days before the elections, we still have these machines to terrorize our democracy. The law suits coming, but the machines are still there. Time is running out, how can we scrap these technological terrors before it's too late? Here's a link to my cartoon on the subject, don't expect funny, cause this problem is not funny at all.
http://www.whatnowtoons.com/#034