Dave Williamson Agrees: "Bekka Mackeggie is a Moron"

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In her letter last week, Former City Council Candidate described Alameda author Beka Mackeggie as a "moron." Ms. Mackeggie asserts that Alameda "is not devoid of humor anymore than Berkeley or Albany are." But one measurement of "humor" is the number of comedy clubs per square mile (CCPSM) relative to the nearest large city with skyscrapers and a subway system, in our case San Francisco.

As the chart below shows, Alameda ranks well behind both Berkeley and Albany, in terms of CCPSM (except in the case of Albany, which is far funnier than its CCPSM alone implies), and far, far behind San Francisco. While Alameda has higher humor levels than, say, Livermore or Fremont (which, despite scoring the same CCPSM, are inherently unfunny), the numbers don't bear out Ms. Mackeggie's assertions. Former City Council Candidate was right.

Dave Williamson

City	Land Area in Square Miles	Comedy Clubs	Comedy Clubs per Square Mile (CCPSM)
San Francisco	46.69	8	0.1713
Berkeley	10.46	1	0.09560
Albany	1.7	0	0.0000
Oakland	56.06	1	0.01784
Alameda	10.8	0	0.0000
Livermore	23.92	0	0.0000
Fremont	76.69	0	0.0000
Pleasanton	21.67	1	0.04615