[Sustain] [Transpo] CRITICAL! Tomorrow 4pm City Hall Rm 250 SPEAK Demand New Mayor Choice Now

[Eric Brooks]

If we push hard enough, Chiu might well back down. He will lose a lot of 
progressive support if he delays this vote for his own benefit at the 
behest of developers.

On 11/15/2010 4:18 PM, Ann Garrison wrote:
> Seems pretty clear that, should the Board insist on voting, Chiu wants 
> them to do so in January, rather than this December, for obvious reasons.
>
> *KPFA News: San Francisco Supes Meet Re Who Will Be Mayor, 4:00 P.M. 
> Tuesday, City Hall*
> http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/11/15/18664255.php
>
> And BTY, once again, this is some of the only news produced AT KPFA 
> rather than ABOUT KPFA that's going to appear in a web search FOR KPFA 
> now, or before now, for that matter.  The others that appear are my 
> Weekend News segments, mostly about East/Central Africa, but news at 
> least, is just a couple steps away from getting this done.  They have 
> the transcripts; they have the mp3s; they have the host's summary 
> intros.  They just need to get them up on the appropriate KPFA pages, 
> with discreet URLS, tags, and headlines, which would make it possible 
> to find them by subject search, in a Web browser, and without 
> listening to the whole newscast.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Eric Brooks <brookse32 at aim.com 
> <mailto:brookse32 at aim.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     TURN OUT TOMORROW 4PM CITY HALL
>
>     Turn out tomorrow Tuesday Nov 16, City Hall, Rm 250 (main chamber)
>     4pm to support John Avalos' legislation triggering the Board of
>     Supervisors to choose a new mayor now, not in January.
>
>     Because San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has won the Lieutenant
>     Governor's race, and will take that office in early January, the
>     Board of Supervisors must appoint his replacement.
>
>     But there is a -big- problem. Downtown big business and real
>     estate developer interests allied with Newsom, are maneuvering
>     behind the scenes in private meetings with our City supervisors,
>     to convince them to back down, not make this choice, and instead
>     delay the decision so that it will be made by the far less
>     experienced newly elected Board of Supervisors in January.
>
>     This is extremely alarming. San Francisco is in the midst of one
>     of the worst budget crises in its history, and it is vital that
>     the current Board of Supervisors make a choice this month for
>     Mayor Newsom's replacement, so that the Board and new Mayor can
>     begin working together right now to assure the best possible
>     budget deal for the upcoming year. We cannot afford a two month
>     delay during which secret backroom politics, influenced by
>     corporations and developers, will determine how our Mayor is
>     chosen. The budget deeply impacts every issue that we are working
>     on as organizers.
>
>     To avoid this very bad outcome, Supervisor John Avalos and others
>     have put forward a measure to be voted on by the Board of
>     Supervisors tomorrow, Tue, Nov 16, in an open hearing at 4pm,
>     during which we will be able to speak on that item. Supervisor
>     Avalos' measure will make sure that the Board makes a choice for
>     Mayor right away and in front of the people of San Francisco.
>
>     So turn out tomorrow Tuesday Nov 16, City Hall, Rm 250 (main
>     chamber) 4pm to support John Avalos' legislation triggering the
>     Board of Supervisors to choose a new mayor now, not in January.
>
>     If you absolutely can't make it, call Board President David Chiu
>     TODAY!
>
>     The President of the Board of Supervisors, David Chiu, will be the
>     key swing vote on this measure and may hesitate to support it
>     because he is experiencing high lobbying pressure from downtown
>     elites.
>
>     It is vital that we flood Board President Chiu's office with phone
>     calls -today- insisting that he take a stand for the public good
>     and vote in favor of the current Board choosing our new Mayor
>     right away, in an open public process.
>
>     CALL David Chiu at:
>
>     415-554-7450
>
>     WITH THE MESSAGE:
>
>     "Please vote in favor of Supervisor Avalos' measure to convene the
>     current Board of Supervisors, in a public hearing, to choose the
>     new Mayor of San Francisco this month!"
>
>     If you are calling after hours, or get a recording, leave your
>     message as voice mail.
>
>     If you get a busy signal, call David Chiu's staff at either:
>
>     415-554-7451 or 415-554-7453
>
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>
>
> -- 
> Sincerely,
> Ann Garrison
> Independent Journalist,
> 415-287-4259
> cell: 415-240-2761
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