I was not angry. I was glad that this load was released from her, and it answered a number of questions at the back of your mind that never seemed to be fully resolved.

We used a telephone and a scratch pad.

There was no discussion. It never came up. We hardly ever saw a black person.

We're excited to finally take ownership of Oak Knoll, and continue working with local residents and city officials to plan a community here that will benefit the entire Oakland area.

That's how things get done in the business world.

This tax is really another example, and a particularly silly one, of a tax on telecommunication service that once created, never goes away.