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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>SF Politics did an interview with Green Party member and Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A href="http://www.sfpolitics.com/"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.sfpolitics.com/</FONT></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Ross is busy pursuing a 'Marshall Plan' to stem the tide of violence in District 5.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A href="http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/</FONT></A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Ross is also developing plans to regulate pot clubs in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:place></st1:City>.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/25/WBGJ0BETJ41.DTL"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/25/WBGJ0BETJ41.DTL</FONT></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Green Party member Pat Driscoll, who is running in a special election to replace the late Rep. Matsui in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:place></st1:City>, has been getting some good press coverage. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A href="http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/12451840p-13308042c.html"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/12451840p-13308042c.html</FONT></A></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A href="http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/12462324p-13318413c.html"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/12462324p-13318413c.html</FONT></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Green Party County Council member Marc Salomon wrote about the Ethics Commission in BeyondChron.org.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A href="http://www.beyondchron.org/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=110&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=1553&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.beyondchron.org/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=110&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=1553&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>=</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Green Party candidate for Oakland City Council Aimee Allison has been profiled in the Oakland Tribune.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/searchresults/ci_2578247"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.insidebayarea.com/searchresults/ci_2578247</FONT></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The Berkeley Daily Planet has published an editorial about the Green Party, "Steady but quiet, Greens…"</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><A title=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?issue=02-22-05&storyID=20796 href="http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?issue=02-22-05&storyID=20796"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?issue=02-22-05&storyID=20796</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>KQED-FM's Forum program hosted special guest Green Party leader <SPAN class=subhd2>Wangari Maathai,</SPAN> who recently won the Nobel Peace Prize. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A title=http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R503020900 href="http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R503020900"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R503020900</FONT></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">For a trip down memory lane, check out the California Report, a radio segment that airs on California NPR affiliates.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They did a story on the 2003 Mayor's Race in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City></st1:place>, focusing on the Democrat vs. Green sub text.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A title=http://www.californiareport.org/domains/californiareport/archive.jsp?date=20031130 href="http://www.californiareport.org/domains/californiareport/archive.jsp?date=20031130"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.californiareport.org/domains/californiareport/archive.jsp?date=20031130</FONT></A></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>CALENDAR:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in -1in 0pt 0in"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">FRIDAY, MARCH 4<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHAT: Green Party candidate for Oakland City Council Aimee Allison debates her fellow candidates</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHEN: Friday, March 4 at 6 PM </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHERE: Oakland City Hall Hearing Room 1</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>DESCRIPTION: Aimee Allison is a Green who is running for Oakland City Council.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information, please call the campaign hotline 510-594-7772 or visit http://</FONT><A href="http://www.aimeeallison.org/"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>www.AimeeAllison.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>SATURDAY, MARCH 5</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHAT: Press Conference in protest of gun show adjacent to crime-ridden neighborhood<BR>WHEN: Saturday, March 5 at 11 AM<BR>WHERE: 2145 Santo at <st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City> (directly across from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cow</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Palace</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>DESCRIPTION: The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Community</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Leadership</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Academy</st1:PlaceType> and Emergency Response Program (C.L.A.E.R.) and Brothers Against Guns host a press conference denouncing the sighting of a gun show adjacent to the crime-ridden neighborhood of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Visitacion</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The San Francisco Green Party has signed on as an endorser of the press conference.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Green Party member Dr. Paul Quick, among others, will be speaking.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Members of the community are welcome to attend this press conference.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>TUESDAY, MARCH 8</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHAT: International Women's Day Global Women's Strike</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHEN: Tuesday, March 8 at 3 PM </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">WHERE: Gather at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City Hall</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">DESCRIPTION:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Come and support payment for caring work including the justice work of mothers, daughters, partners; pay equity; implementation of City resolution prioritizing the protection of sex workers over prosecution and jail; shutting down Bechtel; refusing the military as an alternative to prison or destitution<I>.</I> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">March to San Francisco City Jail for a rally at 4 PM.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Speak out and make noise against the criminalization of survival</SPAN></SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black">: </SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">locking up women for crimes of poverty where they lose child custody; rape and other torture in jails and prisons, prison sweat shop labor; unfair trials and uncaring lawyers; the death penalty; the use of ‘nuisance’ laws to arrest those who work and survive on the street, sex workers, homeless people, youth; ticketing and fines with no recourse to justice.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHAT: San Francisco Green Party County Council Meeting<BR>WHEN: Wednesday, March 9 from 7 – 9 PM<BR>WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, located at 1028 A Howard Street, between 6<SUP>th</SUP> and 7<SUP>th</SUP> Streets<BR>DESCRIPTION:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is our official monthly County Council meeting for the San Francisco Green Party.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The County Council will be setting the agenda for the General Meeting the following week, as is standard procedure.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Anyone wishing to put an item on the General Meeting agenda is encouraged to attend this meeting.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHAT: San Francisco Green Party Office Working Group meeting </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHEN Wednesday March 9, 6 PM sharp! </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, located at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1028 A Howard Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, between 6<SUP>th</SUP> and 7<SUP>th</SUP> Streets</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>DESCRIPTION: This meeting will precede the County Council meeting. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The agenda will focus on office rearrangement, decoration, cleaning, and computer networking training and access. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information or if you have ideas about the office, please contact Dave Snyder at </FONT><A title=mailto:dave@livablecity.org href="mailto:dave@livablecity.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>dave@livablecity.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>SUNDAY, MARCH 13</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHAT: Meeting to discuss "Local Control" (tax/revenue) issues</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHEN: Sunday, March 13 at 7 PM</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHERE: Atlas Cafe, located at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">20<SUP>th</SUP> Street</st1:address></st1:Street> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Alabama</st1:State></st1:place>. </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>DESCRIPTION: Everyone who is interested in joining or has an opinion or thoughts to share is encouraged to attend this meeting of a newly forming working group.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information, contact Vicki at </FONT><A title=mailto:vleidner@rcn.com href="mailto:vleidner@rcn.com"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>vleidner@rcn.com</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>.</FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>MONDAY, MARCH 14</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHAT: Campaigns and Issues Working Group Meeting</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHEN: Monday, March 14 from 7 – 9 PM<BR>WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, located at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1028 A Howard Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, between 6<SUP>th</SUP> and 7<SUP>th</SUP> Streets<BR>DESCRIPTION: There will be a discussion of our work plan for the year and proposals for the political strategy for the party.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHAT: San Francisco Green Party General Membership meeting<BR>WHEN: Wednesday, March 16 from 7:30 - 9:30 PM<BR>WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, located at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1028 A Howard Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, between 6<SUP>th</SUP> and 7<SUP>th</SUP> Streets<BR>DESCRIPTION:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is the San Francisco Green Party's monthly meeting.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All members are welcome.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please send suggested agenda items to funking@mindspring.com. We request a written proposal in advance of the County Council meeting on March 9 for decision items.</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>MONDAY, MARCH 21</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHAT: Panel with women Green Party members who have run for office</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHEN: Monday, March 21 at 6:30 PM</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>WHERE: San Francisco Green Party Office, located at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1028 A Howard Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, between 6<SUP>th</SUP> and 7<SUP>th</SUP> Streets </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>DESCRIPTION:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Join us for refreshments and a panel discussion on women running for elected office.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sarah Lipson has been confirmed as moderator, and the panelists are Susan King, Lisa Feldstein, Renee Saucedo and Jane Kim. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Thanks to all of our members for your continued support!</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Warm Regards,</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Erika McDonald</FONT></P>
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