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

Tue Nov 16 11:28:37 PST 2010

..at least I hope I'll be able to speak, I'm sure it will be crowded.

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 11:27 AM, rich stone <zentropical at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>>> https://list.sfgreens.org/mailman/listinfo/transpo
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sincerely,
>> Ann Garrison
>> Independent Journalist,
>> 415-287-4259
>> cell: 415-240-2761
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