[Sustain] Emergency Alert! Serious Danger Of Losing Progressive SF Board This Friday

[Eric Brooks]

Hi all,

SF Board president David Chiu is apparently on the verge of making a 
deal with Newsom to vote for Newsom's pick for interim mayor (his own 
City Administrator Ed Lee).

If Chiu has made a deal to vote for Lee and give up his Supervisor post 
to be appointed as District Attorney (or another post) by Newsom, then 
Newsom or Ed Lee will appoint a conservative to replace Chiu as 
Supervisor of District 3. If that happens, we are in deep shit for at 
least the next decade.

There is also the complication that even some of the progressive 
supervisors may cave in and swing to Lee in the final vote (this Friday 
at 3pm) if we don't make it absolutely clear to them that we will -not- 
under any circumstances accept them appointing Newsom's pick for the 
next mayor.

Everyone on this list with any influence whatsoever on Chiu needs to 
contact him immediately and make sure he knows his political career is 
-over- if he sides with the mayor; especially if he leaves his 
supervisor seat.

Also contact Mirkarimi, Avalos, Campos, and Mar, and make sure they know 
that Ed Lee is absolutely unacceptable and that they should get move 
HARD to get Chiu back in line -immediately- and before the Friday vote.

It would also help to contact Duty and Maxwell and tell them we will not 
accept Lee as interim Mayor.

in solidarity

Eric B