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The key is that four departing supervisors are more likely to follow
their own conscience, whereas four newbies will be keeping their
heads down trying not to make anybody mad. This means these newbies
will almost certainly appoint a centrist or even moderate instead of
a progressive. With the current board, we have a chance to do better
and we should go for it. If we succeed it could change San
Francisco.<br>
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On 11/16/2010 10:50 AM, Susan King wrote:
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<div>Hi all,</div>
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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.
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Spread the word: Tom Radulovich for Interim Mayor!</div>
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<div>peace,</div>
<div>susan</div>
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<div>On Nov 15, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Ann Garrison wrote:</div>
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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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<div><span><strong>KPFA News: San Francisco Supes Meet Re
Who Will Be Mayor, 4:00 P.M. Tuesday, City Hall</strong></span></div>
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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>On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Eric Brooks <span><<a
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<blockquote> 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>
<br>
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>
<br>
415-554-7450<br>
<br>
WITH THE MESSAGE:<br>
<br>
"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>
<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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