I get a sense that you're really listening and hearing, and I commend you on that.

Durham is a great place to live. I need to hear it more than when I call the city office.

I feel safe. But that's not what this paper and chart are telling me the rest of the community does.

An early sign of damaged hearing is temporary deafness after listening to loud music. This is known as the threshold shift and means you have damaged the cochlea in your ear so that your hearing takes time to revert to normal.

"If we are not listening to our heart, it's time to get our hearing checked." ~ Tom Baker

(Dellums') name alone carries tremendous weight. What it's going to come down to is listening to the candidates and hearing what they have in mind for Oakland. That is what's going to spell the difference.