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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.<br>
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On 11/15/2010 4:18 PM, Ann Garrison wrote:
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<div>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.</div>
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News: San Francisco Supes Meet Re Who Will Be Mayor, 4:00
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<div>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.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Eric
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Hi all,<br>
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TURN OUT TOMORROW 4PM CITY HALL<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
If you absolutely can't make it, call Board President
David Chiu TODAY!<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
CALL David Chiu at:<br>
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415-554-7450<br>
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WITH THE MESSAGE:<br>
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"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!"<br>
<br>
If you are calling after hours, or get a recording, leave
your message as voice mail.<br>
<br>
If you get a busy signal, call David Chiu's staff at
either:<br>
<br>
415-554-7451 or 415-554-7453<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
Ann Garrison<br>
Independent Journalist,<br>
415-287-4259<br>
cell: 415-240-2761<br>
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