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Richard Cochrane is trained in chemistry and metallurgy but is far more interested and practiced as a political and fund raising consultant, writer and amateur historian. He grew up in a Navy family and with his two younger brothers carried on its 500+ year tradition of naval service to Great Britain and the USA then enjoyed a career with one of the largest advertising and public relations agencies working with numerous Fortune 500 companies and many of America's premier educational institutions. He maintains friendships and acquaintanceships around the world. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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BERKELEY’S ‘NUMB NINE’?

February 13th, 2008 • Richard Cochrane

What were we thinking?Berkeley, California’s 9-member City Council were “sharply divided” at its February 12, 2008 meeting on whether they should apologize to Marine recruiters earlier deemed “unwelcomed intruders,” says Wednesday’s Sacramento Bee. According to the newspaper the mayor would not back down, and neither would most on the City Council despite attempts by some members to rescind the harsh and controversial language. The Council did vote 7-2 that it has no authority to evict the Marines before the meeting ended in the wee hours.

According to reports as many as 1,000 protesters ranted and raved in front of City Hall demanding the City Council stand its ground while across the street demonstrators roared that the “numb Nine” had crossed the line. One man drove there from Colorado.Two were arrested, both from out of the area, but the whole brouhaha was more sound and fury signifying little more than Berkeley’s continued peculiarity and perversity.

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