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For Immediate  Release 
Mindy Pechenuk, candidate for Oakland Mayor 2025
Contact  Mindy at - www.electmindy.com
February 19, 2025

     Oakland Needs Elon Musk! 
Oakland doesn't have a budget crisis, it has bad leadership!


There is a great future for Oakland, which is why I am running to be your next Mayor. Oaklanders deserve a Mayor who has guts and principles. 

Oakland has been systematically destroyed over many decades of bad leadership. This leadership has indebted Oakland with speculation, bonds, and spending money hand over fist on NGOs and make shift programs that do nothing for the people of Oakland, except put them in more poverty, debt  and danger. Time for an Elon Musk Doge to Clean up the Oakland Disaster!  

As Mayor, I will clean out all this useless and destructive spending. We will rebuild with industry and small and medium businesses. Together we will rebuild our education system, our children are our future. I will work with President Trump to rid all Oakland streets of Fentanyl and other dangerous, destructive drugs. 

It is time for Oakland to become the great city it once was. We need a fundamental change back to known successful principles. We cannot do this with  baby steps. This is not about whether you are Democrat or Republican. We are American Citizens and our nation was created on Principles, not ideologies of a bunch of radical ideologues . 

 Barbara Lee OPENLY supported over $175 BILLION DOLLARS for WAR IN UKRAINE while doing NOTHING about the drugs and crime and destruction in Oakland. 

There are not just two candidates in this election, this is not an election just between Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor. You have a choice, I am the candidate who will bring Oakland into the 21 Century!

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 For Immediate Release; February 17, 2025 

Mindy Pechenuk, candidate for Oakland Mayor 2025
To Reach Mindy, contact www.electmindy.com
February 17, 2025
 
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Mindy Pechenuk Endorses Presidents Trump and Putin Plans For Peace Summit! 
 
Oaklanders deserve to know the full truth. We are living in a great moment in history. Why do I  say this?  For the last four years under Biden and Harris, all channels of communication between Russia and the United States were shut down. As a result,  our sons and daughters have been exposed to war and destruction. Billions of dollars that could and should have been used for urgent needs of the city of Oakland and others, have been totally wasted. It is estimated that the United States government  spent $175 billion dollars of your tax payer money in completely useless and wasted wars. 

Now, that is all about to change for the better.

Building on a February 12, 2025 telephone conversation between President Trump and President Putin of Russia a new channel of communications has been opened between Russia and the United States. Those in the press that claim that President Trump is a Putin agent and is selling us out, are dangerous fools and liars. Shame on you. I hope you come to your senses. 

Both the United States and Russia  have expressed a shared commitment to serious dialogue with the goal of ending the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. A peaceful and constructive dialogue between Russia and the United States will lead to freeing up the money to help rebuild and revitalize the City of Oakland. 

The Democratic parties' forever wars need to end now. I, Mindy Pechenuk, as the only candidate for Mayor of Oakland  who supports President Trump, will fully pursue  these peace dividends for Oakland. 

This is not about being a Democrat or a Republican. This is about the principles that founded our country. Our sons and daughters deserve a future free of war!. Throughout our history from George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, Franklin Delano Roosevelt,  John F. Kennedy , Martin Luther King, to the commitments of President Donald Trump, this has been why we have flourished in the past and why we can Make America Great Again.

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A TIME TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL!

We have a chance to do something that no one thinks is possible. The unique special election for Oakland Mayor on April 15, 2025 after the first time ever recall of a Democrat Mayor by a heavily Democrat electorate gives us a unique chance to crush the liberal Woke Democrats in one of their strongest home bases and would be a "shot heard round the nation and the world".  In addition, I was also one of the key activists via the California MAGA Project which helped to create through two years of organizing a huge increase in support for President Trump in the inner cities and in the whole state of California.  No other candidate  running is Mayor is qualified to solve the multiple problems facing Oakland and is more than ready to work directly with President Trump to make Oakland Great Again . 

The "liberal establishment and their fake media talking heads are trying to sell the used up Congresswoman Barbara Lee to appease the rebellious inner city population with a known figure they think can "keep the natives quiet" This cannot be allowed to succeed.   This is a  great Revolutionary moment in history and we must  go forward with a great vision of the return to the greatness of the American System.  With President Trump in the White House moving swiftly and with bold measures we know we can and will  succeed. This is why I am taking bold action to make this election a rallying point for the success of President Trump. Support my campaign for Mayor of Oakland and  let us make history together. 
 
I am getting many people active, but to actually achieve a huge breakthrough of the type the nation needs,  I need to be able to reach a much  larger audience, which means buying media time and saturating the population with the message.
 
My campaign has calculated we would need in the range of  $50,000-$100,000.  I am reaching out to everyone who can contribute the legal maximum of $650. I am asking you to do that and spread the word to find others who can as well. 
 
If the full $650 is not possible, please contribute what you can. Time is of the essence. The early mail in ballots are mailed starting March 15, 2025 and Election Day is April 15, 2025. 
 
If you have any question or thoughts and want to be part of this  reach out to me. My phone number is 323-503-6198. If you would like discuss this in person, just let me know. We can make the time to do just that 
 
My website is electmindy.com and the link to donate is https://www.electmindy.com/contribute . Or, if you prefer to send a check to Pechenuk for Oakland Mayor 2025, call and  let me know  and I will happily give you the mailing  address. 
 
Thank you for everything and let us fight, fight, fight till Victory is Ours.  
Mindy Pechenuk, Candidate for Oakland Mayor, 2025 Special Election. 

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Mindy Pechenuk, candidate for Oakland Mayor 2025

January 25. 2025
 
Thank You President Trump!
You Are A Leader For All Americans!
 
Thank you President Trump and Melania for coming to California devastated fire areas. on Friday, January 25, 2025.

I ask all readers to think about what President Trump declared as real solutions at the roundtable discussion on Friday in California". 

  • President Trump declared a state of  Federal Emergency and will waive permit time, so residents can start immediately clearing their lots and rebuilding 
  • President Trump insisted that City and State officials immediately do the same
  • When LA Mayor Karen Bass waffled on the timing, President Trump told her she has the same emergency power that he has.
  • President Trump declared he would override the Coastal Commission and their antics.
  • President Trump ordered the water to start flowing.
  • President Trump put forth the idea of giving residents who lost their homes 10-15% Bonuses to rebuild even bigger and better homes than they lost.. 
  • President Trump called for "Good State Government" to fix it themselves, rather than the useless FEMA, which Congressman Brad Sherman was defending.
  • President Trump declared the residents must be able to get to work on their lots within 24 hours, not a week as Karen Bass was saying and not the 18 months it takes to get a state permit.
I ask you. don't you want President Trump's Federal help to rebuild Oakland? Without it we can not succeed. I am the only candidate running for the last few years that has stood proudly with President Donald J. Trump. People have told me " you can not get elected if you go with Trump". I say the opposite.

 Do you really think Barbara Lee and her gang will fix Oakland? What has Barbara Lee done for Oakland and California In the last 26 years she was in Congress. Do you really think the corrupted Bonta Dynasty and their gang are going to make Oakland better, after they spent decades destroying our city and California.

Join my campaign, I am the Candidate of Common Sense. Time to bring real leadership and Common Sense back to Oakland. 

Mindy Pechenuk, for Oakland Mayor2025

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 For Immediate Release ,Mindy Pechenuk, candidate for Oakland Mayor 2025

January 22, 2025

President  Donald J.Trump Cares About California!

On Friday, January 24, 2025 President Donald J. Trump will visit the horrible and devastating fires in the Los Angeles Area of California. Unlike his predecessor, former President Joe Biden and former President of Vice, Kamala Harris, who did not bother to come to California as the fires began and raged out of control, I welcome Trump's trip to California . 

President Donald J. Trump warned Governor Newscum at the time of the Paradise Fires that major changes were needed to prevent these disasters.  Did Newscum listen, NO! 

INSTEAD, Newcum and others made no new improvements in water management, no brush control and MADE CUTS in fire departments and other necessary equipment. In fact, Newscum lied about the brush management he claimed was done!  

I welcome President Donald J. Trump to California, especially I welcome him to Oakland.  We have much to discuss and much to do. I call on all leaders and citizens of Oakland and  everyone who wants to rebuild our great state and enjoy the great freedoms of living in a productive sovereign nation to join me in this invitation.

 As the preamble of our U.S. Constitution says:

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.".

This is why I am running to become Oakland's Mayor. It is time to put aside party questions and ideologies. If Oakland is going to become safe and productive again, we need to return to the principles and policies that founded both our great nation and California. Otherwise, hold yourself accountable for the further destruction of our Oakland. I am running not for myself, I am running for you and our future children. 

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Mindy Pechenuk, Candidate for Oakland Mayor 2025

January 20, 2025

 Fires In Los Angeles, Fires In Oakland! A Lesson Not Learned!

Stop Sacrificing Oaklanders on the altar of the budget!

There is something to be said for not learning a lesson. In 1961, there was the tragic Bel Air fire which was declared the "most destructive fire" in California. In January 2025 we are experiencing the tragedy of the Southern California wildfires again. This is the sign of insanity and deliberate neglect by our political leaders over decades.

This must stop, if we can put men on the moon and rockets in space, we have the knowledge and technology to create fire safe homes, develop great water projects, remove brush, and more.  

To the point. The recent decision by the Oakland City Council and former Mayor, to close two Oakland Hill fire stations, number 25 and 28. If those stations were open, response time would be "four minutes or less" according to Seth Olyer, firefighters union chief. 

Not the case, on Thursday, Jan. 16th, when it took 10 minutes for fire trucks from another area to arrive. By then the house was in flames. If there had been bad winds, this would have turned into another tragic situation. https://www.kqed.org/news/12022420/when-an-oakland-hills-home-caught-fire-near-closed-station-the-response-was-slow 

In February, four more fire stations are slated to be closed, due to budget cuts.

You have a chance to stop this continued disregard for the lives of all Oaklanders. I am running to be your Mayor. People come first! Go to my website to find my solutions www.electmindy.com

Contact for more information: Gerald Pechenuk, cities12345678@gmail.com

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Mindy Pechenuk for Oakland Mayor 2025 
January 13, 2025
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Stop Fentanyl From Flooding Our Streets!

If you want to stop Fentanyl from killing and destroying  Oaklanders of all ages, do not vote for Barbara Lee. Her record speaks volumes.  For example, as recently as May 25, 2023, then Congresswoman  Barbara Lee disgraced herself and proved she is unfit to serve, along with 131 other Democrats, by voting against the passage of HR 467, Halt Fentanyl bill. 

I stand firm to stop Fentanyl, other narcotic drugs, and human trafficking. Barbara Lee wants to legalize drugs that are destroying us. As your next Mayor, I will increase the number of police, open our police academies. Barbara Lee is a long time supporter of Defunding the Police. 
Our Oakland police are already doing what they can to deal with these matters, but their hands are tied by the ordinances of our City Council and Federal Oversight Commission. This needs to be reversed immediately.  

To back up our Oakland Police Officers, I would work with incoming President Donald J. Trump to bring in Federal help, including shutting down the offshore drug money laundering centers, which are one of the main sources where the cartels and the bankers work together. Also, I would work with our other California officials, and to bring in the National Guard as needed.

Time to take big steps and humane steps.  As your Mayor we need to provide health and rehabilitation for the addicts. Simultaneously, I will fight to make Oakland productive again, because it is productive citizens that make for a good functioning city and great future for our youth. 

Barbara Lee is, a has been who never was. She is totally UNFIT TO SERVE AS A MAYOR OF OAKLAND.

It is time to straighten up and fly right.  Any political leader involved in trafficking, protecting or promoting the use of destructive drugs should face jail time. 

Enough is Enough, human life is sacred. 

 
 
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Mindy Pechenuk, candidate for Oakland Mayor 2025
January 8, 2025
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FIRE, FIRE, FIRE!

It is outrageous that the Oakland City Council closed two Oakland fire stations in order to balance the budget. In my book this is putting our citizens in danger and many could die. Do these council members want the death of Oaklanders on their hands?

Right now, fires are raging in Southern California in three locations. Millions of lives are threatened, homes, business and other property destroyed. Yet, our Oakland City Council shuts down our fire stations! 

As reported Seth Olyer, Vice President of Fire Fighters IAF Local 55 said about the closures " Anywhere between thirty seconds and sixty seconds, a fire doubles in size". 

"Be aware that you'll be waiting a very long time for help regardless of your emergency. You will not have a fire engine at your doorstep in 4 minutes like you would've just yesterday. You will not quickly have paramedics to help you or your family and what could've been a small blaze or a small fire near your house will become a conflagration, leaving tragedy in its wake," he also said. https://www.yahoo.com/news/oakland-could-soon-7-fire-144758908.html

I say no more gambling with our fellow Oaklanders lives!

I will not stand by and let this go. I will do whatever it take and all of us must join together, human life comes first.  This is why I am running for Mayor, we never cut fire and our police. Oakland has been mismanaged for too long and I will always put Oaklanders first, and get rid of the debt burden on our backs and grow the real productive economy.

Barabara Lee helped to destroy Oakland, look at our streets with trash, homelessness, prostitution.

Do you want more fires, more cuts, more death? 

I am the first candidate for Mayor to file my petitions. First to file, first to lead. Oaklanders come first. Time for a change. 

Contact: Gerald Pechenuk, cities 12345678@gmail.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Mindy Pechenuk for Oakland Mayor  January 4, 2025- Contact: Gerald  for more at cities12345678@gmail.com
 Mindy Pechenuk, Candidate for Oakland Mayor Released the following statement, Saturday January 4, 2025

"I am calling  for Immediate EMERGENCY  REOPENING OF TWO FIRE STATIONS IN OAKLAND THAT WERE JUST SHUT DOWN BEFORE PEOPLE DIE!!!! "  

" FURTHERMORE I AM CALLING  ON ALL OTHER ANNOUNCED AND POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO JOIN THIS CALL TO STOP THESE DEATHS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN!! IF BARBARA LEE REALLY CARES ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF OAKLAND SHE WILL SPEAK OUT NOW!  

IF BARBARA LEE DOES NOT SPEAK OUT NOW TO STOP THESE CLOSURES, SHE WILL SHOW BY HER NON-ACTION THAT SHE IS NOT FIT FOR THE JOB OF OAKLAND MAYOR."     Mindy concluded, "It's as simple as that and you can quote me on this." 
Here are the details: SOURCEOAKLAND, Calif-KGOTV:

https://abc7news.com/post/oakland-fire-stations-25-28-close-6-months-effort-balance-citys-129-million-budget-deficit/15748203/#:~:text=Oakland%20fire%20stations%2025%20and,budget%20deficit%20%2D%20ABC7%20San%20Francisco

 2 Oakland fire stations closing to help balance city's $129 million budget deficit

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- As Oakland faces a crippling $129 million budget deficit, two firehouses are set to close next week to help close the gap and that could mean slower response times for some residents.

"There are no fire houses that we can afford to close. We need every firehouse we have and then some," said Oakland Fire Station 28 responded to 405 of those and fire station 25 responded to 834 calls. These are the two firehouses set to close

Fire Chief Damon Covington.

Covington said data led them to these stations, which are among the least busy.

According to the last published fire response report, Oakland firefighters responded to more than 54,000 calls in 2023.

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Mindy Pechenuk, candidate for Oakland Mayor 2025
Press Release, December 25, 2025

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A Great Vision For Oakland's Future!

The Door Will Be Open to Every Single Oakland Citizen!
 It is time for Oakland to make a major leap forward into the 21st century.


The Days of Pay to Play Are Done!

NO MORE BACK DOOR WHEELING AND DEALING! This is not a partisan issue, this is a time to "bring the citizens in" so we can unite the city  around a new leadership which is not part of the decades long corrupted and dysfunctional leaders. I welcome each and every Oakland Citizen to bring ideas forward and meet with me personally at City Hall to have that discussion.  

As our great President Abraham Lincoln said and did even as the US was in a Civil War:

 "I feel—though the tax on my time is heavy—that no hours of my day are                
better employed than those which thus bring me again within the direct contact and atmosphere of the average of our whole people."  
 
Today, as we celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah and a New Year, I want to share with you my vision for Oakland, which is to leap to the future and not pay back to the past.

The people of Oakland come first, this means wiping out the debt burden on the backs of every person in Oakland. Every religion, Christian, Jewish and Muslim calls for a jubilee against the debt.  As your Mayor, I will work to clean out the bloated debts by a financial reorganization and eliminating useless, wasteful and divisive NGOs and other such projects.

The working people, small and medium business owners need the backup of the "Office of Mayor".  Yes, this means stopping the horrendous rate of crime. I will increase the number of police officers, and work closely with them on tools and projects they need.  As well as working with the City Council to change the ordinances which are preventing  our police from doing their duty. The oversight commissions have outlived their usefulness. We need to undo the damage done in recent years, including  the latest budget cuts that shut down the police academies and fire stations.

I will go one step further-my vision is to make the Port of Oakland once again a great PORT OF EXPORT. This requires working with other Bay cities and Northern California. Image the Port of Oakland shipping agricultural products, manufacturing and industrial goods . How many new jobs would this create for Oaklanders?

Oakland could work with other cities to produce cheap quantities of natural gas and nuclear plants. At the same time we could bring some of these industries into Oakland.

No more drugs, prostitution and homelessness on our streets.
I will work with President Donald J. Trump to bring in the Federal help to solve all these problems, and they are solvable.

Join my campaign for Oakland Mayor 2025!
Have your voice, come and talk, you will be heard!

For more information contact: Gerald Pechenuk, cities12345678@gmail.com
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Mindy Pechenuk, candidate for Oakland Mayor 2025

December 26, 2024

I fully endorse this statement written by Hunter Cobb.

Time To Bring Down Oakland’s Energy Costs!

Over the past fifteen years, the electricity bill for the average Oaklander has more than doubled. While Oakland prides itself for pioneering avant-garde  green technologies such as electric and hydrogen trucks at the Port, the typical working citizen is struggling to pay the bills. Even worse, our older residents remember when Oakland was a bustling industrial city, with canneries, auto plants, and associated machine shops, etc. High school grads could get good-paying jobs in factories and plan on having families. For today’s youngster’s that’s all ancient history. Their reality is an Oakland of people struggling to survive amidst drugs and crime and poverty, and a political elite that seems more concerned about greenhouse gases than how people can make a living. 

Right now, as our electricity prices are zooming, PG&E is spending billions building battery storage facilities here in Oakland, in Monterey and other parts of the state, because solar and wind are intermittent and need backup power that is reliable. The green agenda crowd plans to expand this massively over the next decade. What a waste! Consider one case. The Oakland Power Plant owned by Vistra Corp. was a 165 MW plant powered by jet fuel. It was shut down and is being replaced by Lithium-Ion batteries with a capacity of 36 MW. Is this a good trade? We need to grow our economy, not shrink it! And are lithium batteries really that good for the environment? 

Instead of pioneering expensive hydrogen fuel cell trucks at the port, why didn’t the city planners do something really forward-looking and build the country’s first urban small modular nuclear reactor on the Power Plant site?  This is a technology that is really taking off. Plus, Oakland should not just be building one plant for use here. It could become a major manufacturing center for mass producing them!  Both for domestic use and for export.  Aalo Atomics in Austin, TX is already building a factory to do exactly that. This kind of industry would make the world take notice and would create the kind of skilled employment that could help reverse the decay we see in Oakland today.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Mindy Pechenuk, candidate for Mayor of Oakland 2025, member of Alameda Republican Party Central Committee, Delegate to CA GOP State Convention 2022-2026m Co-Founder California MAGA Project 

December 23, 2024- 
  
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Today, Monday, December 23, 2024 ON THE VERY FIRST DAY I COULD, I filed my papers to run for Mayor of Oakland and let me tell you I am fighting mad and will not rest till the insane idea of cutting 25 million dollars from police overtime is reversed, plus we need to increase our police patrols, and change the city ordinances so that our police can do their job! 

It is time to take on Oakland Experts!

Yes, I am talking about the 25 civic and union experts who have recommended Barbara Lee to be "selected" and "crowned"  as the next Mayor. Why?  Because these experts say so. 

 How Stupid  do "These "Experts" Think We are?

 Since Barbara Lee has been a long time supporter of "defunding the police" SHE IS NOT QUALIFIED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OF FORM"  to Become Mayor. 

 BARBARA LEE IS PART OF THE PROBLEM NOT THE SOLUTION!          

After reading the article below, and checking the reports on this weekend's crime scenes,  I knew I had to respond. Everyone knows that crime is off the charts in Oakland, as witnessed by multiple cars ramming through the doors and windows of  business, in order to steal. Enough is Enough. On top of this, many crimes are not even reported since nothing is being done about it. I also hold the Oakland City Council totally responsible for  these  crimes. Why? Because. The police have been undermined, short handed and restricted from carrying out their duties, directly due to the stupidity of the Oakland City Council;  

As your Mayor, and with your support I will fight the insane Oakland City Council BUDGET CUTS AND THE  Ordinances that prohibit our Oakland Police from pursuing criminals who are destroying our small and medium businesses. 

Our Oakland Police are definitely not the problem, it is time for everyone to recognize that the Ordinances passed by the Oakland City Council are the problem, along with their budget cutting and defunding our police.

I ask you, if you have at best 35 police on patrol per shift because of the defunding. In a city the size of Oakland, with the rate of crime, this does not go very far.  We need to increase our police patrols, we need to change our ordinances and oversight. 
 
I have done multiple ride-alongs with our Oakland police, especially in East Oakland. They are great officers, and doing their best under these horrendous conditions. 

With these changes we can begin to address the rise of crime in our beloved city. 

Oakland needs to be safe and productive again. We need to develop our youth with a moral mission, and not drugs and gangs. Our small and medium businesses need to be freed from crime, to serve the community and their families. 
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Press Release, Mindy Pechenuk for Oakland Mayor 2025
December 17, 2024

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 Enough is Enough!  Why All Budget Cutting Plans Coming Out of the City Council  Are Doomed to Fail! 

If you are wondering why Oakland can not get out of debt and is increasingly becoming a city of drugs, homelessness and bankruptcy, here is the reason. 

In simple terms if you keep piling more debt on debt, with no intention of actually solving the underlying problem by growing your economy with skilled jobs, industry, energy development, and expanding the export base of our great Port, you will have failed to reverse the underlying reason of what is causing us to have a bankrupt city.

There is an old expression "You can put lipstick on a pig BUT it is still a pig".

 For example, go back to  what happened in 1997, when Oakland issued a 15 year holiday from paying the old Police and Fire pension fund.  Instead Oakland GAMBLED that they would get a better  interest rate to pay the pension fund later.  Well, things didn't work out, Wall Street crashed and Oakland ended up losing big time.

What did the City Council end up doing? They then issued another bond holiday to cover the debt. And then they made another bet with Wall Street and lost again!

As your Mayor of Oakland, this gambling with people's lives and bail out practice will stop.

Time to face the music Oakland is bankrupt!

 We need to do a bankruptcy reorganization, and I refuse to throw good money after bad on all this worthless debt that is destroying our people. We need to do a full audit and get rid of all the wasteful agencies that have been set up, as well as NGOs. 

 I will re-start up the process of  restoring the real physical economy and tax revenue base by building new industries, energy plants, and skilled jobs that will provide a vibrant future for our great city. 

I guarantee that  necessary city services, such as police, fire, ambulance, health services are fully funded and no cuts to these essential services that Oaklanders need will be touched as the present proposals by the City Council will do. 

I will work with President Donald J. Trump and get federal help to get rid of the Fentanyl on our streets. Also, we will shut down the illegal Cannabis warehouses in Oakland. 

Finally, I want to immediately  meet with the leaders of the Port of Oakland, Fire, Police, Education, Cultural programs Now to establish priorities for my new administration! 

And I hereby take a solemn pledge to all of you, If I don't change Oakland in my first term in Office, you have my word I will not run again. 

Oakland deserves Better. Together we can ensure that Oakland will no longer be the Poster Child of Failure!

Contact: Gerald Pechenuk at cities12345678@gmail.com

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Mindy Pechenuk: “It time to stop all the chatter that the problem of the Oakland budget is the Overtime of the Oakland Police"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Press Release from the desk of Mindy Pechenuk, candidate for Mayor of Oakland, 2025 
December 6, 2024

"My track record on these questions is solid gold" 

As one of the first announced candidates for Oakland Mayor, and as the only announced candidate who actively and publicly supported the Recall of Sheng Thao and Soros D.A. Pamela Price, I can assure everyone that the voters of Oakland will in no way, shape or form go along with the budget cuts in the police department as implicitly/explicitly proposed by Oakland Budget Administrator Bradley Johnson at a late November City Council meeting. 

The voters called for GREATER POLICE DEPLOYMENT AND PROTECTION AGAINST CRIMES OF ALL SORTS. As far as Johnson or anyone else's comments calling for budget cuts against police and fire protection, all I can ask is " Whose interests are Johnson and his gang paying homage to"? It is not the needs of the people of Oakland. 

I agree 100% with Sergeant Huy Nguyen, President of Oakland Police Officers Association correctly observed, "An UNDERSTAFFED police department and the demand for service is the biggest driver of overtime" 

I am calling on my fellow Oaklanders to join me and state unequivocally:

“It time to stop all the chatter that the problem of the Oakland budget is the Overtime of the Oakland Police"


"The real problem has been the systemic mismanagement of Oakland over many decades. If we do not face this, the problem will never be solved"

Oakland, like many cities in the 1990's, bought into the Wall Street speculative schemes, instead of building industrial, manufacturing and other productive activities. Over many decades activities compounded with other bad decisions, like Sheng Thao mismanagement of letting go Oakland sports teams, and the city council's insane ordinances restricting our police department to spending hours in reports, and not allowing them to do their job. 

Do the math! When you constantly cut your police, fewer officers have to do more. This means overtime and more crime. If we increase our police force, with qualified officers, remove the ordinances and the oversight. We will have a safe and productive city. Also, simply raising taxes will not fix the problem, but make it worse. 

So, let us clear the air and look at the real solutions!

Time to get back to what works, having real jobs, industry, small and medium business. You need to have real growth to make your city vibrant and a life for everyone. 

One more thing, time to realize we will have a real President in the White House, Donald J. Trump. With President Trump we have a friend who will federally help Oakland. 

Your choice either go bankrupt with the bond holders and the courts running Oakland or go with my campaign and solutions for Oakland's next Mayor. 

In simple terms, more destruction, inflation and crime or a healthy future for all and our children. 

VOTE MINDY PECHENUK for MAYOR OF OAKLAND 2025. 
For more information: Gerald Pechenuk, cities12345678@gmail.com
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