"Charlie, that old dog's nickname is 'Bay Area Hound,'" he said, "He's a local's dog and when it doesn't involve the local's interests, he will listen to me."
"But as soon as something involves the interests of the locals, he reverts to that faithful dog, circling at his master's feet and barking wildly at us."
"We don't have our own enforcement power, so we've always been in a passive position, just like during the big strike that year and the events that followed!"
He was referring to the major strike that happened shortly after the construction of New Port Pier began five years ago, following an "accidental" injury of a worker who then demanded at least twenty thousand dollars in compensation from the investors.
To calm the workers' sentiments, they paid the money, only to have a second worker injured, then a third, and many more.
