That's what Chicago's Mayor Daley found out from his ethnic supporters who left Chicago for the suburbs. They liked their old neighborhood but couldn't send their kids to the local schools. Oakland's problem is a school system that is a joke, a tragic joke. Their foray into Ebonics is not erasable in the short term. It reminded me of skits from the Amos and Andy skits show with Andy and Kingfish plotting some Knights of the Mystic Sea hustle.
Mayors ought to take more responsibility for the schools.
The economic viability of their area depends on the public school system. And since our kids make up such a large percent of students in low performing schools, we ought to be concerned too.