[Sustain] [SFGP-A] BART board endorsements

[rich stone]

There will actually be more discussion/endorsement on the earthquake
retrofit bond (prop 1) as well..

rich

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:46 PM, <barry at hermansons.com> wrote:

> The SFGP made decisions on almost all of the ballot measures at our July
> membership meeting.  The August 25th meeting will be devoted primarily to
> candidates.  Any candidate that returns a completed questionnaire will have
> an opportunity to speak at that meeting.
>
> Barry
>
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> Subject: [SFGP-A] BART board endorsements
> From: Sue Vaughan <selizabethvaughan at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, August 07, 2010 10:46 am
> To: Eric Brooks <brookse32 at aim.com>
> Cc: GPSF Sustainability Working Group <sustainability at sfgreens.org>,
> Green Active list <active at sfgreens.org>, Transportation WG
> <transpo at sfgreens.org>
>
> I'll be creating a BART questionnaire as there are
> At least 3 BART candidates.  When will the candidate
> Endorsement be?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 6, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Eric Brooks <brookse32 at aim.com> wrote:
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>  Google is about to cut a deal with Verizon that would end the Internet as
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> creators are willing to pay for the privilege."
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