SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 11/8/06-11/14/06 NEWS: - Green Party Congratulates Candidates (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1542) - A Walk with Aimee Allison (http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=qi7TuuDNXYQ&eurl=) - Third Party Candidates Fight to be Heard (http:// www.pasadenastarnews.com/opinions/ci_4608062) - Mayor Newsom Vetoes Ross Mirkarimi's Foot Patrol Legislation (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/03/ BAGIEM5V755.DTL) - Wonder Woman: Krissy Keefer (http://www.babwnews.com/article.php? id=744) - Pelosi Challengers Debate (http://www.fogcityjournal.com/ news_in_brief/court_jesterings_061102.shtml) - District 4 Deception (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem- start.gem?idx=1541) - Greens hope anger over war opens doors (http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1540) - Guest Editorial: Why Aimee Allison Matters (http:// www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1539) EVENTS: This week: - 11/14: Energy Working Group Meeting - 11/15: SF Green Party General Meeting; Post Election Discussion ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: - IRV in Oakland/Measure O under attack! Please help - Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan IN EVERY ISSUE: - Discuss Instant Runoff Voting in Green Party Activist Jim Dorenkott's Blog (http://www.dailykos.com/user/jim%20d) - Take Action! - Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! - Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer JOKE OF THE WEEK: - Compose your own Bush Speech (http://www.actofme.co.uk/bush_speech/ bushspeechwriter.html) ************************************************************ EVENTS: 11/14: Energy Working Group Meeting WHEN: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 7:30PM-9:00PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: The Energy Working Group has canceled our Oct meeting so people can focus on campaigns. The next meeting will be Tue, Nov 14, and we will discuss broadening the name and scope of the group beyond simple energy issues, potentially into the whole panorama of social ecology; i.e. looking at the environment, energy use, social systems and social justice in a more comprehensive holistic way that views the city as a full social/environmental ecosystem. Any who are interested in this new direction, please make plans show up on Nov 14 to help us bring forward good proposal to the County Council and GM. --------- 11/15: SF Green Party General Meeting; Post Election Discussion WHEN: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:30PM-9:30PM WHERE: San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and 7th St.), San Francisco DETAILS: If you are interested in the party, have a question about how the local Green Party operates, want to get involved, please attend. This is also a chance for us to convene and discuss the November 2006 election. What worked, what did not and why; what did we learn? We can discuss how and why we made the endorsements we did, and factors we can include moving forward. ============================== ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS: IRV in Oakland/Measure O under attack! Please help From: Steven Hill Dear Friends and Colleagues, The campaign for Instant Runoff Voting in Oakland (known as Measure O) needs your URGENT help to buy radio ads to respond to negative attacks against Measure O from sleazy political consultants who are opposed to reforming our broken democracy. Allow me to explain. We have been making great strides towards winning on November 7, having secured most of the top endorsements in the city, and waging a vigorous voter contact/outreach campaign (see details below). However, Measure O is now suddenly under attack. Political consutants have created a fake Democratic Party slate card and mailed it to thousands of Oakland voters saying vote NO on Measure O -- even though the Democratic Party has endorsed Measure O (the fake slate card also says vote No on Prop 89, the statewide measure for public financing of campaigns, even though the local Democratic Party has endorsed 89 and the state Dems are neutral). The fake slate card lists the originator as a shadowy independent expenditure committee called "Voter Information Guide" located in southern California. A Google and FPPC search reveals that this is one of those sleazy, for-profit, slate cards where they sell themselves to the highest bidder, and then pose as if it's coming from the Democratic Party. On the front side, which is in tri-color, are large letters saying "Voter Information Guide for Democrats." That is next to a fairly large photo of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and just above a photo of a bald eagle's head. It also says on the front side, "Evaluations and Recommendations by the Democratic Party." In fact, the San Diego Union Tribune did an article exposing this slate card, which during the June primary was mailed all over San Diego. If you're interested, you can read the article about that here: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20060605-9999-1n5slates.html WE MUST RESPOND TO THIS ATTACK. Oakland voters may see more hit pieces like this during the final week. So we are trying to raise money to counter this. Primarily that means buying radio ads, e-mail outreach lists, and possibly automated phone calls, since there is no time to design, print and mail another mail piece. Radio ads will begin tomorrow, featuring a well-known local officeholder plugging Measure O. We have not even raised the money yet for these radio ads, but we are contracting for services anyway. We are going out on a limb because we just can't stand by and watch our victory snatched away. So we are going on faith -- our faith in YOU. We need your donation -- urgently -- today. We are hoping we can rely on you! Fortunately, we already have raised $50,000 and spent that on targeted mail pieces to various selected pools of voters all over the city of Oakland. We also have bought newspaper ads, been doing precinct walking and phone banking. We really have an excellent chance of winning -- we have most of the biggest endorsements in Oakland -- if only we can prevent this kind of sleazy mudslinging from changing the momentum during this final seven days. PLEASE DON'T DELAY -- MAKE AN ONLINE DONATION TODAY! Many of you have responded to my call before, and I hope you will again. This Nov. 7, we have an excellent chance of passing IRV not only in Oakland but also in Minneapolis, Pierce County (WA) and Davis (CA) where it is also on the ballot. That will go along with San Francisco, which is about to hold its third election using IRV, Burlington (VT) which elected its mayor using IRV, and other cities around the country that have passed it. This is a slowly growing national movement, and we all are a part of it. So we can't let these sleazy political consultants snatch victory away from us during these final seven days. Whatever you can donate to help nail down this victory for IRV in Oakland will be greatly appreciated. We couldn't do this without people such as yourselves, all across the country. We are all on the same team, so let's bring this victory home on November 7. Here's how to donate, either online or by sending a check (our preference would be that you donate online, since there are so few days left and we need the money or at least your pledge right away). For online donations, visit www.oaklandirv.org/donate.html and follow the instructions. Or mail a check made out to "IRV for Oakland" to: IRV for Oakland P.O. Box 3730 Oakland, CA 94609 Friends, please help us make history in Oakland by securing this victory for Measure O. You can do that by making a donation immediately. And if you don't mind, please forward this e-mail to your own e-mail lists and encourage people to support this important campaign. Sorry in advance if you receive this email more than once. All best, Steven Hill --------- Car-Free Talk with Green Party Activist Sue Vaughan Keep an eye out for "Car-Free Talk" on San Francisco's public access tv station, Channel 29. In the next show, David Fridley, staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley and member of San Francisco Oil Awareness, discusses the myth of biofuels. Date and time to be announced. ============================== IN EVERY ISSUE: Take Action! Find out about opportunities to help our elected Greens (writing letters, attending hearings, etc) -- subscribe to the SF Green Party Action list! The Action list is a low-traffic list (approximately one message per week in addition to our newsletter) telling you what you can do to help: https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ action --------- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City! Two years ago, former organizers for the Matt Gonzalez for Mayor campaign decided it was time to stop getting 'close but not close enough' to progressive victories like public power and Matt as Mayor, and to begin a city wide, year round, grassroots campaign that would start helping us win such victories! So in January 2004, the organization Our City was born. Since then we have helped to: - Pass the ban on old polluting diesel buses - Pass Matt Gonzalez's anti chain store law - Get the downtown hotel workers back on the job, and - Get the Police and Planning Commissions put back on SF Government TV after the City tried to pull them off. Now we are campaigning to get rid of PG&E's monopoly on our electricity service, and start running the City on renewable energy like solar and wind power instead! We have just begun hiring and training new grassroots campaigners to help us win this fight. No experience necessary. Earn $280 to $400 each four day work week learning to be a strong progressive organizer. To apply, call Eric at 415-756-8844 from noon to 2pm any weekday, or send an email to jobs@our-city.org For more information, see our web site at http://our-city.org --------- Support the San Francisco Green Party by Becoming a Sustainer The San Francisco Green Party needs donations for rent on the office, mailings, signs, and many other expenditures in order to wage effective political campaigns. We are especially interested in building up our base of "sustaining members," those who agree to contribute a certain amount each month by credit card. 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