Hello, The San Francisco Green Party has been busy making endorsement decisions for the November 6, 2007 election in San Francisco. Please join us for our final endorsement meeting, which will be held at our office at 1028 A Howard Street on Wednesday, August 29 at 7 PM. We will be deciding on the following ballot propositions: Proposition A: MUNI charter reform Proposition C: Requiring public hearings for proposed ballot measures Proposition D: Renewing library preservation fund Proposition G: Establishing Golden Gate Park stables matching fund Proposition I: Establishing Office of Small Business as city departement and creating a Small Business Assistance Center The San Francisco Green Party has already made endorsements on the other ballot propositions. They are as follows: YES on Proposition B, Limiting hold-over service on charter-created Boards and Commissions YES on Proposition E, Requiring Mayor to appear monthly at a Board of Supervisors meeting NO on Proposition F, Authorizing Board of Supervisors to amend contract for retirement benefits for police department employees who were airport police officers NO on Proposition H, Regulating parking spaces NO on Proposition J, Adopting a policy to offer free city-wide wireless high-speed Internet network YES on Proposition K, Adopting a policy to restrict advertising on street furniture and city buildings Please note that the language used above to describe each initiative is as provided by the San Francisco Department of Elections, and is often incomplete and/or misleading in terms of what the initiative actually says. The Green Party is working on our own summary of each initiative that will explain our positions. We have also issued a ranked endorsed for Sheriff. Incumbent Michael Hennessey is our number one choice, and David Wong is our number two choice. We are recommending the following candidates for mayor: Lonnie Holmes http://campaignwindow.com/lonnieholmesforsfmayor/ Quintin Mecke http://www.qformayor.com/ Ahimsa Porter Sumchai http://www.ahimsa4mayor.com/ Josh Wolf http://joshwolf.net/JoshWolf4Mayor/ For more information about the upcoming election, visit the web site for the Department of Elections http://www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour