Your Black Muslim Bakery ordered to liquidate…Plus: Rep. Barbara Lee expresses regret; Rep. Ron Dellums leads pep rally, attacks media; black elite get a wake-up call
The SFChron reports:
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Your Black Muslim Bakery, a 40-year-old purveyor of all-natural desserts that has been linked to the slaying of an Oakland journalist, to liquidate its assets.
U.S. bankruptcy Judge Edward Jellen rejected a request by the troubled Oakland bakery to dismiss bankruptcy proceedings, saying the bakery’s management problems are getting worse, not better.
“I think every fact dictates in favor of Chapter 7,” he said. “The circumstances are the same or worse than they have been. Management problems are certainly no better.”
The business is more than $900,000 in debt to the IRS, individual creditors and Davis Mortgage Investment Fund of Oakland. Its assets are about $1.9 million, according to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in October.
The bakery’s chief executive, Yusuf Bey IV, 21, is in custody on kidnapping charges after his arrest Friday in a police raid on the bakery, which was shuttered.
Another bakery employee, handyman Devaughndre Broussard, 19, was later arrested and police say he confessed to last Thursday’s slaying of journalist Chauncey Bailey, editor of the weekly Oakland Post, who was investigating the bakery’s bankruptcy proceedings.
Jellen ordered the bakery to enter Chapter 7 in July.
Who’s owed what?
According to court documents and public records, Your Black Muslim Bakery owes about $200,000 to the IRS; $100,000 to a creditor, Richard Stovall; and $11,000 to another creditor, Patricia Hill. In 2005, the bakery borrowed $625,000 from an Oakland mortgage company, Davis Mortgage Investment Fund.
The bakery did not file W-2 forms to the IRS in 2005 or 2006, and other filings showed discrepancies in wages paid to employees, Patricia Montero, an IRS attorney, told the judge Thursday.
The bakery was closed Aug. 3 by the Alameda County Health Department for health code violations. It is also under investigation by the state Department of Fish and Game for allegedly allowing grease to leak into a storm drain.
A trustee has been appointed to take over the bakery.
Meanwhile, here’s another one for the “Too Little, Too Late” file from Democrat Rep. Barbara Lee:
“At the request of representatives of Your Black Muslim Bakery, my office provided a letter to a federal agency related to the bankruptcy,” Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, said in a statement issued Thursday. “Like many people, I historically supported the bakery because it has been an important institution in the community, but it is clear that is no longer the case.
“Knowing what we know now, we would not have provided such support, and we are reviewing our casework intake process in an effort to avoid any such circumstance in the future,” Lee said.
Lee’s office has refused to release the letter, citing the confidentiality of constituent casework; the Freedom of Information Act doesn’t apply to Congress.
“The casework our office provided was casework that we would provide to an constituent who came into our office,” the statement said. “Our mission has always been to serve all of our constituents equally and without preference. While this instance is an exception, we are in principle uncomfortable with the idea that federal offices should be in the habit of denying casework to anyone.”
Shameless Ron Dellums, longtime supporter of the Muslim bakery, has the gall to blame local media for being “cynical.” Read this:
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums lashed out today against what he described as “cynical” news reporters.
At a packed news conference at a city hall hearing room where he announced his agenda for reducing crime in Oakland, Dellums said reporters “have to move beyond ‘if it bleeds it leads.’”
Apparently referring to reporters, Dellums said, “Fear and cynicism can destroy a community” and called for reporters to participate in his multi-pronged plan to reduce violence, stating that everyone in the room should work together.
When a television reporter asked a question and said she didn’t want to be cynical, Dellums told her, “Your job is to be cynical.”
Although the gathering was billed as a news conference, it was more like a pep rally because Dellums’ Oakland City Hall supporters greatly outnumbered the reporters who attended.
The city employees cheered Dellums’ remarks about “cynical reporters” and muttered disapproval at some of the questions asked by reporters.
When Sanjiv Handa of the East Bay News Service, who has covered City Hall for many years, asked a question, a city employee in the back of the room turned to Dellums’s deputy chief of staff, Victor Ochoa, who was standing next to him, and said, “Can we just shoot him – that’s the cynic.”
Ochoa chuckled.
Over at the WaPo, there’s this: “For Some in Oakland, Editor’s Death Shows Subversion of Black Activism.”
Bailey’s death has shaken Oakland’s black elite. Bailey was a member of their fraternity and, like them, had promoted Oakland’s transition from 1970s crucible of black power to African American establishment showcase.
“This was sort of the Oakland version of a fatwa,” said Ishmael Reed, the poet and author of two books on Oakland. “This will wake up the African American elite, because they could be next. They feel very vulnerable now, after hundreds of people have been killed in the streets.”
More than 700 people turned out on Wednesday for Bailey’s funeral, which doubled as a collective action against the fact that nine out of 10 black murder victims are slain by other blacks. “Stop Black on Black Violence,” read a sign held by one mourner.
“What’s happening nowadays is kind of startling to the whole city,” said Phil Baker, 60, who wore the black leather vest of the East Bay Dragons motorcycle club, a mainstream civic group in Oakland. At the pulpit, Mayor Ron Dellums summoned state help to patrol streets where seven more men were killed in the two days after Bailey was slain.
“It’s breathtaking what’s happening here,” Baker said.
“Breathtaking.”
Life-taking.
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Isn’t it clear that these politicians are manipulated by Black Muslims? That they in fact are afraid of them? That in some fashion they agree with their anti-white, anti-Christian, and anti-American agenda? Duh!
Exactly like Dellums to attack the media. And yes, I agree with the above, the power elite in Oakland are very afraid of the Black Muslims in their coummunity.
How can one be bankrupt when their assets total more than their debt?
“…Knowing what we know now…”
Is this the New DNC Mantra?
To little to late, and this is California of course….Where criminals and illegals have more rights than the citizens.
Dhimi or Free-Choose one!
I can’t believe that there wasn’t some sort of backlash when he said this. I mean, a journalist was just murdered. I think this was a threat to all journalist to keep them from investigating these people further.
Like the reporter who was shot and killed by one of your buddies down at the bakery??
Seriously, I hope people express their anger over the contrast between this speech, and whatever BS he spouted at the Funeral.
Who the hell let him speak anyways? Can the family of the reporter sue this SOB?
We are all forgetting that democraps are above the law.
Mr. Victor Ochoa, that wasn’t funny. And I am sure if that statement were directed at you the grievance mongers that you associate with would be filling the streets in protest, rioting, looting etc. etc. etc. Mr. Ochoa, you should resign immediately.
“…stop black on black violence.” OK, I hope I know what they mean but I’d like it better if they just said “black violence”.
Jeanie, you know better than that…
It’s perfectly fine to have black-on-white violence.
After all, we deserve it…
or, “Just Stop the Violence”
” It is also under investigation by the state Department of Fish and Game for allegedly allowing grease to leak into a storm drain.”
Uh-oh – NOW they’ve done it…..
“Although the gathering was billed as a news conference, it was more like a pep rally because Dellums’ Oakland City Hall supporters greatly outnumbered the reporters who attended.
The city employees cheered Dellums’ remarks about “cynical reporters” and muttered disapproval at some of the questions asked by reporters.”
Can you imagine the play THIS would get if, say, White House staffers did this in a press briefing?
Can we just shoot Dellums??
No.
That would be a Hate Crime, I’m sure…
Right. I do hate him. He’s a socialist who has always been sympathetic to the communists and has expressed his admiration for Fidel Castro while constantly being against American efforts to build an arsenal to fight the communist threat, like the MX missle and the Stealth bomber.
How he continuously gets voted is beyond me.
Calls to end black-on-black violence are calls for people of color to unite in what should be a common goal: equality. Blacks are a shrinking minority that have higher prison rates, lower levels of education, and make less money. Instead of attacking each other, there should be total unity to fight for their survival as prosperous Americans.
It does not mean that they should focus on attacking whites because, as swj719AWG so moronically put it, “we deserve it.”
And saying “Can we just shoot Dellums?” is exactly the kind of thing people freak out over when a moron liberal says it about Bush. It’s out-of-bounds.
*pats rusty on the head*
It’s ok Rusty… Some day you’ll come to understand sarcasm and cynicism…
I believe in you…
Rusty,
It’s freedom of speech. I can say whatever I want, right?
Now, in all actuality, it was saracasm. I will make a note next time I am being sarcastic, but it will certainly take away some of the zing.
And it’s sarcasm when liberals say it too. Well, most of the time. Doesn’t make it right.
As for understanding sarcasm and cynicism… Careful, those are right up my wheelhouse.
He actually just barely eeked by in the last election with a little over 50% of the vote.
And I have to disagree with you about the sarcasm thing. Don’t get me wrong, I read and understood your comment as sarcasm. But Rusty is right – these are the same kind of comments that O’Reilly likes to take completely out of context and use to smear liberals.
I honestly don’t think they are sarcastic on places like DailyKos…
I mean, did you READ them? Holy crap people…
Your point is taken, but what about those scumbags who draw pictures of Bush beheaded? Those on the left take it much further than us on the right.
Perhaps a burning in effigy is more acceptable? Seems to be to the left when they do so to mock-ups of Bush / Cheney / US Soldiers…..
These people elected him and are getting exactly what they want. Hope they look forward to becoming the murder and crime capital of the US.
If the assets are illiquid (like real estate or a building) it’s possible you could have substantial assets yet still not be able to pay your bills. Bankruptcy protection would allow you to keep the assets.
Happily, in this case, the judge nixed that idea and is forcing them to liquidate the assets and pay the debt.
CHP to walk the streets with Oakland police
You can read the whole article, Mayor Dellums and the city of Oakland can’t seem to control their city so they need the State to come in now.
Hear one American’s side:
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/id/2988893762
I beleive they have had that ‘honor’ a few times in the past.
Rusty- get a copy of “Black on Black Violence” by Dr. Amos Wilson. Then, you might have something more insightful to say about “calls to end black-on-black violence.”
You see, Rusty, the calls are just that. Calls. And the phone isn’t ringing anywhere except in the dens and living rooms of comfortable political elites.
Final note: it is less about “equality” for us minorities, and more about “equity”. Think of it this way: equality refers to everybody having a pair of shoes- equity refers to everybody having a pair of shoes that fits them.
Now that is not to say that everybody is *entitled* to a pair of shoes for free, is it.
Like I’ve said before…I think this city may already be a lost cause.
As long as Oaklanders embrace the “don’t snitch” mentality by continually undermining the OPD, nothing will ever change.
I lived in Oakland for 15 years (2 blocks off Lake Merritt) and can tell you that black apathy is the root of the problem.
You don’t need federal, state or city funds to pick up trash, start a neighborhood watch or report a crime. Actions speak louder than words.
For gawd’s sake, don’t wait for the government to do it for you….do it for yourselves!
…and another thing…
Knowing his past history, the voters of Oakland collectively decided it would be a swell idea to have a socialist congressman serve as the mayor….so I’m finding it extremely hard to garner any sympathy towards their situation.
What was it Malcolm X said about “chickens coming home to roost”?……
Note to bear1909:
Seriously, bear, could we all have a copy of your brain? Or at least a “link” to it?
/tongue in cheek (but really admire you!)
There isn’t enough popcorn on the planet to get you through it!
Thanks, Leepro. You are too kind!
Ugly American makes a valid point about how nothing will change as long as Oakland residents “embrace” a no-snitch mentality.
I see it less as an embrace and more as a means of survival. This point of view is rooted in my personal history and my grasp of what prison and youth detention does to the incarcerated citizen of the United States.
The no-snitch mentality is a learned behavior among the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated.
The more of our fellow citizens who commit crimes and go to prison/youth authority detention centers, the more who learn to “embrace” the no-snitch mentality. For many, their survival depends on it.
The number of parolees in Oakland is staggering. The revolving door back to prison and detention is staggering. The “Bakery” simply fishes in that endless stream of affected families.
Is it abhorrent? Yes. And I share in that revulsion. I share in the clarity of right and wrong. But I also share part of that history of deprivation, degradation, perversion, and horror places like the “Bakery” procreate inside the young who get exposed to it, and become enslaved in it.
I am no social missionary or “compassionate” type. I am a man with a history.
By the grace of God and intelligent parents who left the barrio in Old Sacramento California,in the late 1950s, I escaped it. To those in my clan, on both sides, who stayed there- out of 1136 of us who were alive then, over one third did prison time for any or all of the following: a) drug smuggling, b) gun running, c) prostitution, d) pimping, e) criminal assault, f) armed robbery, g) sexual assault and rape, h) kidnapping, i) extortion, j) racketeering, and k) murder. The statistics for surviving grandchildren and great grandchildren of that generational era, the stats are proportionally double.
One fourth of my clans have died from complications due to alcoholism and drug addiction, which include diabetes, stroke, heart disease, syphllitic insanity, mental illness and psychosis, and suicide.
I have survived so far. My children have survived.
But there is still a connection between me and the “Bakery”: I recognize the hold that place has in the lives of people who are captive to it still. There are “Bakeries” all over the US in every major city. Some are bars. Some are Gentleman’s clubs. Some are “that house on the corner”. Some are “Card Clubs”. The patrons have a history with the police, most which is not good. Most have a guest list that is familiar with many of the penal institutions That guest list includes elders, offspring, and their offspring’s offspring.
California Indian reservations- no different. Behind the façade of casino prosperity are the same afflictions. I was fortunate, my Indian elders two generations back fled our homeland when the government moved to intensify the reservation system. The first grandkids from that era grew up semi-urban, living part time in Los Angeles (winter) and posing as Mexican migrant labor during the spring, summer, and fall (wasn’t quite cricket to be an “Injun”).
If anyone is still reading, for me this entire “Bakery” thing reminds me of how my own family survived, what it took to “get out” and “get away”, what it took to make something of ourselves, to participate as a set of fully functioning set of adults.
The role of the police and elected officials had very little to do with that.
So how do these stories get told? How do people living on that “inside” zone hear what my own parents heard?
What are we willing to do as dedicated Americans about the malignancies our politicians are too impotent to address?
IMAGE: Bear1909 getting out the family album.8)
The more of our fellow citizens who commit crimes and go to prison/youth authority detention centers, the more who learn to “embrace” the no-snitch mentality. For many, their survival depends on it.
The number of parolees in Oakland is staggering. The revolving door back to prison and detention is staggering. The “Bakery” simply fishes in that endless stream of affected families.
Is it abhorrent? Yes. And I share in that revulsion. I share in the clarity of right and wrong. But I also share part of that history of deprivation, degradation, perversion, and horror places like the “Bakery” procreate inside the young who get exposed to it, and become enslaved in it.
I am no social missionary or “compassionate” type. I am a man with a history.
By the grace of God and intelligent parents who left the barrio in Old Sacramento California,in the late 1950s, I escaped it. To those in my clan, on both sides, who stayed there- out of 1136 of us who were alive then, over one third did prison time for any or all of the following: a) drug smuggling, b) gun running, c) prostitution, d) pimping, e) criminal assault, f) armed robbery, g) sexual assault and rape, h) kidnapping, i) extortion, j) racketeering, and k) murder. The statistics for surviving grandchildren and great grandchildren of that generational era, the stats are proportionally double.
One fourth of my clans have died from complications due to alcoholism and drug addiction, which include diabetes, stroke, heart disease, syphllitic insanity, mental illness and psychosis, and suicide.
I have survived so far. My children have survived.
But there is still a connection between me and the “Bakery”: I recognize the hold that place has in the lives of people who are captive to it still. There are “Bakeries” all over the US in every major city. Some are bars. Some are Gentleman’s clubs. Some are “that house on the corner”. Some are “Card Clubs”. The patrons have a history with the police, most which is not good. Most have a guest list that is familiar with many of the penal institutions That guest list includes elders, offspring, and their offspring’s offspring.
California Indian reservations- no different. Behind the façade of casino prosperity are the same afflictions. I was fortunate, my Indian elders two generations back fled our homeland when the government moved to intensify the reservation system. The first grandkids from that era grew up semi-urban, living part time in Los Angeles (winter) and posing as Mexican migrant labor during the spring, summer, and fall (wasn’t quite cricket to be an “Injun”).
If anyone is still reading, for me this entire “Bakery” thing reminds me of how my own family survived, what it took to “get out” and “get away”, took make something of ourselves, what it took to participate as a set of fully functioning set of adults.
The role of the police and elected officials had very little to do with that.
So how do these stories get told? How do people living on that “inside” zone hear what my own parents heard?
What are we willing to do as dedicated Americans about the malignancies our politicians are too impotent to address?
IMAGE: Bear1909 getting out the family album.8)
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Sorry for the double posting…..