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EVER FORI AND of COURSE WE REFER TO REASONS WE ADMITTEDLY MISTAKES HAVE BEEN THE SORT Of "RISK-TAKING" WHICH By Burt Dragin This was a staggering loss to MADE—BUT THAT'S ALL BEHIND DOES Not LEAD TO THE NEAR- US NOW! COLLAPSE of THE ENTIRE FINANCIAL the community, the clients, and DO NOT NEED OPINION The “too big to fail” system; heh heh; the employees. We agreed to con¬ OBAMA’S rationale is a mystery to citizens tinue the battle for funds. I sug¬ forced to fund these billion-dollar PROPOSED gested renaming the building the . ventures. CONSUMER Chauncey Bailey Center, to which Suppose an entity is not too FINANCIAL Peggy readily agreed. It would big but “too vital to fail”? Which be Bailey’s perfect legacy (not to PROTECTION power broker bestows standing to mention the irony). even ask for a bailout? I started A week later the Oakland BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR GOOD thinking about “too vital to fail” FRIENDS IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY Tribune ran the center’s obit. I was when two seemingly unrelated amazed at just how vital this place incidents intersected in my con¬ 3) INNOVATION WILL BE STIFLED! H) IT IS AN INSULT TO CON¬ 5) AN INJURY TO CREDIT CARD COM¬ was. “The nonprofit ... provided SUMERS! PANIES IS AN INJURY TO ALL! sciousness, one a tragedy, the critical support, case manage¬ THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T THINK AS LONG AS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS other simply heart-breaking. YOU'RE SMART ENOUGH TO SUCH AS OURS SUFFER THE INJUS¬ ment, mental health counseling, SORT THROUGH OUR SCAMS ON TICE of NEEDLESS REGULATORY The first incident happened in YOUR OWN! OVERSIGHT— hot meals, and much more in one Oakland, eight blocks from where location to low-income and home¬ I teach journalism. A local edi¬ less clients with HIV and AIDS,” tor was gunned down in a brazen the article said. In fact, the center daytime assassination. Chauncey was saving Alameda County mil¬ Bailey was supposedly about to lions of dollars since it prevented publish a story in the Oakland Post AIDS- and HIV-infected people on the financial misdeeds of the from going to a hospital emergen¬ local Your Black Muslim Bakery. cy room, which cost the county Bay Area journalists (includ¬ $10,000 a day. ing the Guardian) formed the My first crack at fundrais¬ Chauncey Bailey Project, a group ing led me to a celebratory video effort to dig up facts of the kill¬ health care law — involved serious made when the center opened last ing and keep the story prominent. Newsom’s leak legal issues, and it’s almost certain September. Local politicians were that Herrera formally warned the Two years after Bailey’s slaying — on hand, smiling radiantly and supervisors and the miyor that with the shooter agreeing to tes¬ EDITORIAL At the heart of the But Mayor Gavin Newsom, not welcoming this wonderful addi¬ going ahead could lead to lawsuits.