[Sustain] [SFGP-A] Psst.... (SF Green Party) Tomorrow 4pm City Hall Rm 250 SPEAK Demand New Mayor Choice Now

[rich stone]

I will be there to speak, perhaps I can meet up w/ one or some of you..

Peace,
Rich

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Susan King <funking at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I guess I am not sure why waiting is worse than having the old board vote
> for Interim Mayor. Of the 4 new Supervisors- 2 (likely Mark Farrell) 6 (Jane
> Kim), 8 (Scott Weiner) and 10 (likely Malia Cohen), the composition of
> progressive to moderate is about the same.
> It is hard to imagine anyone worse than Alioto Pier in 2, so even if Mark
> Farrell is moderate to conservative his vote would not be significantly
> different than Michaela's. Jane Kim in D 6 is progressive, replacing
> progressive Daly; Scott Weiner in D 8 is a moderate replacing moderate Bevan
> Dufty, and Malia Cohen- a mayor's person- replaces Maxwell in D 10, who was
> never a solid progressive vote and allowed Lennar and PG &E to run roughshod
> over Bayview residents.
> Add to the mix that at least four of our Supervisors (Ross, Chui, Campos,
> Dufty) on the current board- 3 of whom remain next year- will be looking for
> an Interim Mayor that will not compete with their bid for the office in
> November of  2011.
> That leaves the very likely scenario that no one on the board will garner
> the 6 votes (since they cannot vote for themselves) either now or when the
> new board is seated.
> Of the names bandied about as a 'seat warmer Mayor', only Steve Kawa,
> Newsom's right hand man (and likely the person who has actually been running
> the City) is the downtown guy, and no progressive Supervisor will vote for
> him under any scenario. If the other progressive would-be-Mayor Supervisors
> put their own ambitions before the needs of the City then we could end up
> with someone like Ed Harrington or Sherriff Hennessy, since they have both
> explicitly stated they have no intention to run for Mayor. The bad news here
> is that we need someone to lead, not just keep the seat warm.
> To that end, I am promoting my boss, Livable City Executive Director and
> BART Board Member Tom Radulovich for interim Mayor. He's smart, knows how
> the City works- and how it doesn't- has electoral experience and a solid
> progressive voting record. He would not run in November, but would accept
> the post until the new Mayor takes the helm and would leave our City in much
> better shape than any of the other possible mentions.
> Spread the word: Tom Radulovich for Interim Mayor!
> peace,
> susan
> On Nov 15, 2010, at 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> 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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