[SFGP] SF Green Party Weekly
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Fri Jan 6 20:43:55 PST 2006
SF GREEN PARTY WEEKLY 1/8/05 - 1/15/05
NEWS:
- 12/27: Austria's Green Party Denounces Schwarzenegger's Actions in
Tookie Williams Case
- 12/28: Willie Brown the "Payola Kingpin" on Progressive Radio: Matt
Smith Discusses
- 12/28: Pro-Public Financing Editorial in San Francisco Bay Guardian
- 12/30: Ten Good Things about Another Bad Year: Medea Benjamin
Elaborates
- 01/06: Mirkarimi Joins Community in Calling on Board of Ed, SFUSD to
Halt Further
EVENTS:
- 1/09: Campaigns and Issues Working Group
- 1/10: Housing and Land Use Working Group
- 1/10: Meeting with San Francisco Board of Education to Consider
Proposed Sunshine Package
- 1/11: County Council Meeting
- 1/13: Feminist Issues Working Group (changed from Jan 5)
- 1/16: Protest the Execution of Clarence Ray Allen!
- 1/19: Animal Advocacy Working Group (changed from Jan 5)
- 1/21: Join the Green Party in Standing Up for Reproductive Rights!
- 1/26: SAVE THE DATE: A Green Party for Peace (see
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437 for
details)
ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS:
- Public Financing for the Mayor's Race: We Need Your Help!
- Earn A Living Making San Francisco A More Green and Progressive City!
- How to Run For the SF Green Party County Council
- Become a Green Party Sustainer!
JOKE OF THE WEEK:
- Justin's Father's Job
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NEWS:
12/27: Austria's Green Party Denounces Schwarzenegger's Actions in
Tookie Williams Case
-
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/12/27/
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The Austrian Green Party called for Schwarzenegger to be stripped of
his Austrian citizenship...
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12/28: Willie Brown the "Payola Kingpin" on Progressive Radio: Matt
Smith Discusses
- http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1427
Matt Smith thinks Willie Brown, who is co-hosting KQKE talk show
"Keeping It Real" with comedian Will Durst, should be the show's Bill
O'Reilly.
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12/28: Pro-Public Financing Editorial in San Francisco Bay Guardian
- http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1430
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12/30: 12/30: Ten Good Things about Another Bad Year: Medea Benjamin
Elaborates
- http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1428
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01/06: Mirkarimi Joins Community in Calling on Board of Ed, SFUSD to
Halt Further
- http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1432
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EVENTS:
1/9: Campaigns and Issues Working Group
WHEN:
Monday, January 9
7:00PM-9:00PM
WHERE:
San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St.
and 7th St.), San Francisco
DETAILS:
Monthly meeting of the Candidates and Campaigns Working Group, a forum
for reviewing candidates, ballot initiatives and measures and
generating recommendations for endorsement to the General Membership;
identifyng and recommending "key" campaigns and how to allocate SFGP
resources accordingly; and recruiting Green candidates to run for local
elected office.
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1/10: Housing and Land Use Working Group
WHEN:
Tuesday, January 10
7:00PM-9:00PM
WHERE:
San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and
7th St.), San Francisco
DETAILS:
This month's agenda includes a presentation by Sarah Dennis of the SF
Planning Department about a current project to
determine the nexus impact of high-end housing in San Francisco and
proposed developer mitigation fees. She'll also discuss Supervisors
Daly's and McGoldrick's proposals to make changes to the currrent
inclusionary housing ordinace. We'll also talk about the 2006
agenda to become more active in legislation issues, and we'll
revisit proposed seminars for the upcoming year.
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1/10: Meeting with San Francisco Board of Education to Consider
Proposed Sunshine Package
WHEN:
Tuesday, January 10
Meeting is scheduled to start at 7:00PM
WHERE:
School District headquarters, 555 Franklin, San Francisco
DETAILS:
The San Francisco Board of Education is due at this meeting to consider
a series of Recommendations for an Open Government Policy.
As fellow Green Kim Knox pointed out in her excellent article in the
Bay Guardian, adoption of the package (Resolution No. 511-15A1) would
be a step forward but it has some major shortcomings, including lack of
a provision to penalize those who violate sunshine laws, and a period
of 30 SCHOOL days (which could mean up to three calendar months,
depending on the time of year) for the school district to respond to
appeals by citizens denied access to district records.
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1/11: County Council Meeting
WHEN:
Wednesday, January 11
7:00PM-9:00PM
WHERE:
San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and
7th St.), San Francisco
DETAILS:
This is the regularly scheduled meeting of the Green Party's County
Council. We discuss business items and draft the agenda for the
following week's General Membership meeting.
This month we will discuss the lease for our office, which is up in
March of 2006, revising our Active Membership list and General
Membership agenda items including:
- County Council elections
- Working group protocol regarding endorsements
- Upcoming fundraiser on Jan 26 at Z Gallery
- Working Group reports and activities
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1/13: Feminist Issues Working Group
WHEN:
Friday, January 13
7:00PM-9:00PM
WHERE:
San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St. and
7th St.), San Francisco
DETAILS:
Monthly meeting of the Feminist Issues Group, which strives to define
why feminism is important to Greens and to promote Green feminism in
all realms of Green Party activities and in our lives.
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1/16: Protest the Execution of Clarence Ray Allen!
WHEN:
Monday, January 16
8:00PM
WHERE:
San Quentin State Prison. How to get there: You can park on Francisco
Blvd. E. but expect to walk 1-2 Miles to get to the East Gate of San
Quentin.
DETAILS:
Join Greens and anti-death penalty activists as we continue our
struggle against the racist death penalty. Sadly, this execution has
been scheduled on the birthday of Martin Luther King. This vigil honors
Dr. King's memory as we protest yet another state sponsored execution.
The Green Party opposes the Death Penalty under all circumstances.
Dress warmly and bring a flashlight.
Contact: stefanie at deathpenalty.org or 415-243-0143
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1/19: Animal Advocacy Working Group
WHEN:
Thursday, January 19 (changed from Jan 5)
7:00PM-9:00PM
WHERE:
San Francisco Green Party office, 1028 A Howard St (between 6th St.
and 7th St.), San Francisco
DETAILS:
Monthly meeting of the Animal Working Group. We will discuss animal
issues in San Francisco. For more information, email Rosalind Lord at
rclord at seaserpent.com
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1/21: Join the Green Party in Standing Up for Reproductive Rights!
WHEN:
Saturday, January 21
11:00 AM
WHERE:
Assemble at Pier #1, Embarcadero and Market Streets, San Francisco
WHAT: Demonstration to support reproductive rights. This effort is a
response to the second annual anti-choice march organized and sponsored
by the San Francisco and
Oakland Archdiocese.
WHO: Green Party, BACORR (Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive
Rights), Code Pink, Raging Grannies
WHY: The Green Party proudly supports a position of "no interference"
in a woman's right to control her own body! The Green Party is working
to expand women's basic reproductive rights!
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1/26: SAVE THE DATE: A Green Party for Peace
WHEN:
Thursday, January 26
8:00PM until closing
WHERE:
Studio Z, 314 11th Street at Folsom, San Francisco
DETAILS:
- http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1437
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ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACTION ALERTS:
Public Financing for the Mayor's Race: We Need Your Help!
On Tuesday October 25, Green Party Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi,
representing a broad-based coalition, introduced legislation that
could forever change the way politics is done in San Francisco:
With public financing, the public helps fund the campaigns of
candidates who can demonstrate a wide base of community support by
collecting a large number of small donations. In exchange candidates
agree to a strict spending cap, and to limit their private
fundraising.
The idea is to make politicians accountable only to the public, rather
than private campaign donors, and to ensure that all serious
candidates, regardless of access to money, have enough resources to
get their message out to the voters.
To make this legislation happen, please do two things:
1. Write or call the Supervisors to encourage their support (they need
hear this from as many people as possible); and
2. Ask your friends to do the same.
Sample letters and contact information for the Supervisors can be
found at http://www.voterownedelections.org/contact_supervisors.html
To learn more about the campaign visit www.voterownedelections.org or
call 415-596-5808.
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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 at our-city.org
For more information, see our web site at http://our-city.org
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How to Run For the SF Green Party County Council
County Council Candidates will be elected in June of 2006. For details
on how to run, see
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/events-itemfromhome.gem?idx=1435
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Become a Green Party Sustainer!
As you may know, the SFGP is supported by our wonderful sustaining
donors -- 175 and growing. In the next 12 months we hope to double
that figure, and you can help us achieve our goal by signing up to make
a regular contribution to the Green Party.
Our sustainer program nearly pays all of our basic monthly operating
expenses, including rent and utilities on the office, and drastically
reduces the amount of work needed to raise money. Our sustainers free
us up to do what we're really here for - to pursue Green values through
the democratic system. Sustainers also ensure that we are able to keep
our office, which has hosted numerous campaigns' headquarters including
the successful Prop A, Instant Runoff Voting initiative.
Becoming a Green Party sustainer is easy, fun, and secure!
For more information, see
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html
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JOKE OF THE WEEK:
Justin's Father's Job
One day a fourth-grade teacher asked the children what their fathers
did for a living.
All the typical answers came up: fireman, mechanic, businessman,
salesman, doctor, lawyer, and so forth.
But little Justin was being uncharacteristically quiet, so when the
teacher prodded him about his father, he replied, "My father's an
exotic dancer in a gay cabaret and takes off all his clothes in front
of other men and they put money in his underwear. Sometimes, if the
offer is really good, he will go home with some guy and make love with
him for money."
The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the
other children to work on some exercises and then took little Justin
aside to ask him, "Is that really true about your father?"
"No," the boy said, "He works for the Republican National Committee and
helped re-elect George Bush, but I was too embarrassed to say that in
front of the other kids."
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