CHristine, my remarks are below your paragraphs which are between the <>. You could post this to the staff list also. Micheas Herman is on the staff list. SUe <Hi, Fellow Transpo Folks! First - does anyone know about the "Social Strike" that Mark is talking about on the staff list? Did I nod off at a Transpo meeting? I don't remember him asking the transpo group about it - but I might have missed something. I'm not even really clear on what it is - is it MUNI workers striking or MUNI riders striking. If it's either of these options, I really don't see how it would be effective - the people with the option will just drive and the rest of us might just be screwed. But this might not be the case at all... can someone clarify?> Hi CHristine, No, the transit strike didn't come up at our last meeting in that our last meeting was held before the last COalition for Transit Justiec meeting in which the strike was discussed. Marc Salomon has asked that the social strike be agendized for the next meeting (which already has a very full schedule). THe Coalition for Transit Justice is abstaining from a YES endorsement or a NO endorsement of the strike because we are a coalition and there isn't time to get all our endorsing organizations to go to their boards and endorse the strike and then tell us. As to the Green Party, I have already heard objections to endorsing the strike. I'm on the fence and will not be at the next CC or the next GM. <Also, I really want to do something about the Blue Angels. Namely, I want them to go away. To do this, though, I know I need to do research, but I have no idea where to start. Does anyone know how I would go about finding out about the contract the city has with them? Specifically - how long is this contract? I remember reading something last year about it when they decided to bring them back. How much is the city getting out of this, and why is it so essential that they fly over the actual city? I'd also like to see the contract to see what it has in there about the practice that they do that week before. Mostly I think there three reasons that we could/should get them out of San Francisco 1) The waste of gas, fuel, energy in general 2) The unnessecary danger to the city 3) The militarism of the event. I know that the defense is the old "It bring additional revenue into the city" - but does it really? And to whom does this go? At the very least, why aren't they doing these little tricks out over the ocean where they can't hurt the population?> Talk to Micheas Herman. He says that Matt's office dod a lot of work on trying to get rid of the Blue Angels while Matt was in office and were not successful. It's basically up to Feinstein and Pelosi. <Ok - so seriously - any help is greatly appreciated. I really don't know where to start, but I really think they need to go. On a related note - is there any way to find out if any San Jose greens are working to get rid of the Grand Prix ridiculousness that's going on now and for the next five years?> As to the Grand Prix, I would talk to Dave Snyder and people in the Bike Coalition to find out if they are supporters of having the Grand Prix here and if so, why. My main objection to the Grand Prix is the reduced fees for city services that they have finagled. Sue Thanks! Christine _______________________________________________ Transpo mailing list Transpo@sfgreens.org https://list.sfgreens.org/mailman/listinfo/transpo