Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao had quite a week last week. First she learned that an effort to recall her had made the ballot. The very next morning, the FBI showed up at her house as part of some investigation involving the city’s recycling contractor. That was Thursday morning. For the next several days, Thao seemed to have disappeared.
Many Oakland residents and advocates are asking: where is Mayor Sheng Thao?
It’s been four days since the mayor was seen in public, following an FBI raid on her home and other locations in Oakland Thursday…
“She’s got to be open. She’s a public figure. She’s got to let us voters know too. That’s why she’s in office,” said Larry Sosa.
A group had a small rally Sunday night to call on the mayor to step down.
The group stood behind a fake photoshopped mugshot of Thao dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit and held posters that depicted the mayor on a milk…
