Hi all, Final Hearing! New Mayor Now! This Tuesday Tell Supes Unite On Nominee & Appoint! AND Ask Tom Ammiano Today To Step Forward As A Nominee! See petition at http://tinyurl.com/23r7pul TURN OUT! This Tue Dec 7, 3pm, Rm 250, SF City Hall - On Both Polk & Van Ness between Grove & McAllister (from Civic Center BART/Muni cross United Nations Plaza to City Hall) Public Comment will be taken at this hearing! This Tue Dec 7, 3pm is our moment! This is our chance to demand that our elected Board of Supervisors (the peoples' body) avoid back room political games, unite around one mayoral nominee who reflects the progressive goals and values of the majority of San Franciscans; and to appoint that nominee NOW so that our new mayor has as much time as possible to prepare for office and face San Francisco's unprecedented budget and economic crises. It is also vital that you tell the supervisors what San Francisco needs in the person that they will choose, and what programs you insist that our new mayor support in these tight budget times. RECRUIT TOM AMMIANO! Most of us know well that one of the best proposed candidates to become the new mayor and support the most crucial programs, aspirations and values of San Franciscans is Assemblymember (and former Board of Supervisors President) Tom Ammiano. SIGN THE PETITION ASKING TOM TO STEP FORWARD AT: http://www.change.org/petitions/view/san_francisco_needs_tom_ammiano_to_be_o... SPREAD THE WORD! Forward this email! AND: See/Share this event on FaceBook at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175743379122054#!/event.php?eid=175743... and on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/OurCitySF Background- 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. But Downtown big business and real estate developer interests allied with the current mayor, are maneuvering behind the scenes in private meetings with 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. 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 new mayor can begin working right now to assure the best possible budget deal for the upcoming year. We cannot afford a full month delay during which secret backroom politics, influenced by corporations and developers, will determine how our mayor is chosen. To avoid this very bad outcome, Supervisors John Avalos, Chris Daly, and others have put forward a motion that the Board of Supervisors select the new mayor this Tue, Dec 7, in an open hearing at 3pm, during which the public will be able to speak. The motion will make sure that the Board makes a choice for mayor immediately and in front of the people of San Francisco. So turn out Tuesday Dec 7, City Hall, Rm 250 (main chamber) 3pm to support this motion and to tell the supervisors the type of mayor that San Franciscans need to face the deep challenges facing the City.