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Call SF Board of Supervisors to retain Sheriff Mirkarimi; Stop Election Fraud Mayor Lee
The 70,000 people who voted for Sheriff Mirkarimi and everyone who opposes election frauding Democrat Mayor Lee’s thwarting of the voter’s will in favor of his election fraud and his supporters, the real estate interests who are promoting evictions and foreclosures need to call all 11 San Francisco Supervisors this week to retain Sheriff Mirkarimi and help end the fascist election-frauding Democratic Party machine in San Francisco.
Sheriff Mirkarimi appears before the Ethics Commission at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 23, 2012 at City Hall, Room 400, San Francisco. Your attendance in support of Sheriff Mirkarimi is needed. For more information, see
http://www.sfethics.org/ethics/2012/04/official-misconduct-hearing.html
Election frauding Democrat Mayor Lee is actually trying to force Sheriff Mirkarimi’s former campaign manager to testify and produce her cell phone records. Her attorney, civil rights attorney Eric Safire, was quoted in the 4/21/12 San Francisco Chronicle stating “For the mayor to try to compel someone to come to the city attorney’s office to be debriefed, in my experience, is unheard of. They’re asking for phone records and information that we believe is outside the scope of what the mayor is entitled to.”
The Ethics Commission’s hearings can take weeks or months and only produce a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. It is the Board of Supervisors that decides whether or not to retain Sheriff Mirkarimi. YOU MUST ALL CALL 11 AS THEY ARE ALL GOING TO BE PRESSURED AS THEY ARE ALL DEMOCRATS AND NEED CAMPAIGN MONEY.
The Green Party of San Francisco, of which Sheriff Mirkarimi was a founder, although unfortunately he is now a Democrat, has come out in support of Sheriff Mirkarimi. See
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/issues/37-statement-on-sheriff-mirkarimi
Here are reasons 3 and 4:
3. We Must Continue the Sheriff's Strong Defense of Undocumented
Citizens, People of Color, Constitutional Rights, and the Right to
Public Protest, Against Unconstitutional Interventions by the Federal
Government
Sheriff Michael Hennessey set an outstanding precedent in the
Sheriff's Department by refusing to the greatest extent possible to
participate in unconstitutional federal 'law enforcement' actions by
the Departments of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, and the FBI, in order to protect undocumented citizens,
people of color, protesters, and our fundamental democratic civil
rights and privacy.
Recently we have witnessed extremely alarming national trends toward
demonizing and disenfranchising undocumented citizens and people of
color, and violently cracking down on public protests like those of
the Occupy movement at the behest of corporate interests. Even more
alarming are recent revelations that the FBI and the San Francisco
Police Department have engaged in secret agreements to
unconstitutionally spy on and investigate people of Arab descent
and/or Islamic faith, peace activists, and others in the name of
'national security.'
It is imperative that we have the strongest, most progressive champion
of civil rights possible in charge of the Sheriff's Department, in
order to ensure that the legacy established by Sheriff Hennessey
continues uninterrupted. It is clear that the public elected Sheriff
Mirkarimi, based on his proven ability to build on his predecessor's
legacy in the face of national political pressure.
4. We Must Not Enable Political Gamesmanship in Our City Government
A misdemeanor conviction in a family conflict case, which the court
itself has decided will be best resolved by family counseling and
education, clearly does not constitute sufficient reason to remove an
effective and dedicated public servant from office.
We can only conclude that members of the Downtown political machine
and its media allies have cynically seized upon this case as a means
of removing the one progressive citywide elected executive in San
Francisco from his position, in order to advance a more reactionary
and corporate-oriented control over our local government and our
community.
Progressives on the Board of Supervisors know well the recent
manipulations by Downtown forces, which have led to retreat from the
progressive accomplishments that we have achieved in San Francisco
over the past decade.
The recent FBI scandal noted above and the Mayor's subsequent veto of
good legislation that would have corrected this problem, as well as
other reactionary policies encroaching in San Francisco, such as the
Sit-Lie Law and the Mayor's use of it to expel Occupy organizers, are
red flags warning us that progressives need to draw a line in the sand
and not allow Downtown to further erode progressive gains in San
Francisco.
We call on the progressives of the Board of Supervisors to therefore
not only do what is right, but also do what is politically wise, and
not allow corporate interests in City Hall to further entrench
themselves by undermining the will of the voters and appointing a
Sheriff who would be far more in line with the interests of the 1%,
than the interests that we as progressives support.
* * * * * * * *
It was obvious from the beginning that this case was a COMPLETE FRAME-UP and Sheriff Mirkarimi’s details given to the press this past week verify that fact. It is clear there was no domestic violence perpetrated by him on 12/31/11; that he and his wife had a 15 minute dispute over his wife’s latest proposed trip to Venezuela with the baby, after she had been there just 6 months earlier for 2.5 months, and many times before; that the bruise on the videotape was caused by bumping into a seat, not by being hit by Sheriff Mirkarimi; that his wife was never imprisoned in any way and went grocery shopping alone after the incident; that he only pled guilty to the vague charge of false imprisonment to end the very expensive criminal case which should never have been brought, the false imprisonment being that he turned the car around, which only a political frame-up would allow to stand as false imprisonment. You can and should read more details at:
"This was such a wipeout psychologically": Mirkarimi tells the story Lee didn't want to hear” by Steven T. Jones and Tim Redmond, SF Bay Guardian, 4/19/12 at
http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/04/19/mirkarimi-tells-story-lee-didnt-want-hear
You should also read about the record on domestic violence cases of district attorney, Cuban anti-communist gusano Republican who changed to Democrat to run for DA, George Gascon, at
“DA GASCON DROPPED HUNDREDS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES, denies records exist” by Larry Bush, 2/8/12 at
http://www.citireport.com/2012/02/da-gascon-dropped-hundreds-of-domestic-violence-cases-denies-records-exist/
Please note that when the victim refuses to testify, these cases are usually dropped, but not in the political frame-up of Sheriff Mirkarimi.
Sheriff Mirkarimi, as Supervisor Mirkarimi, had serious disputes with district attorney Gascon, as more fully described at
“Judge denies Mirkarimi motions; city process begins Monday” by Steven T. Jones, 4/20/12 SF Bay Guardian at:
http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/04/20/judge-denies-mirkarimi-motions-city-process-begins-monday
First, it states:
“On the salary question, Deputy City Attorney Sherri Kaiser said Mirkarimi would be entitled to full back pay from his suspension period if the supervisors vote to keep him in office, arguing that he isn't being harmed.”
MIRKARIMI’S WIFE AND CHILD ARE IN VENEZUELA INDEFINITELY BECAUSE HE CANNOT FEED HIS FAMILY AND YET THE CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE CLAIMS SHERIFF MIRKARIMI IS NOT BEING HARMED. And he was forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on attorneys’ fees to defend himself against false criminal charges. This is the stinking, rotten Democratic Party.
Further:
"But Mirkarimi shot back at Gascón today, noting that the two men “have had some very high-“profile disagreements” when Gascón was police chief and Mirkarimi chaired the Board of Supervisors Public Safety Committee. They had high-profile clashes over requiring police to do foot patrols, the crime lab controversy, budget issues (including Mirkarimi's unsuccessful efforts to find out how much Mayor Gavin Newsom's police security detail was costing the city as he ran for governor), and Gascón's controversial public statement equating people of Middle Eastern descent (such as Mirkarimi, who is Persian) with terrorists.“It sometimes bubbles up in the course of these proceedings,” Mirkarimi said of Gascón's alleged personal or political animosity toward him.”
Ross Mirkarimi is the son of an Iranian Moslem father and Russian Jewish mother.
WE NEED EVERYONE TO STOP THIS FRAME-UP AND TO RESTORE SHERIFF MIRKARIMI TO HIS POSITION AS SHERIFF. Please call all 11 members of the Board of Supervisors. They all have voice mail so you can leave a message at any time. They are all Democrats.
From:
http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=1616
John Avalos
District 11
(415) 554-6975 - Voice
(415) 554-6979 - Fax
John.Avalos [at] sfgov.org
David Campos
District 9
(415) 554-5144 - voice
(415) 554-6255 - fax
David.Campos [at] sfgov.org
David Chiu
District 3
(415) 554-7450 - Voice
(415) 554-7454 - Fax
David.Chiu [at] sfgov.org
Carmen Chu
District 4
(415) 554-7460 - Voice
(415) 554-7432 - Fax
Carmen.Chu [at] sfgov.org
Malia Cohen
District 10
(415) 554-7670 - Voice
(415) 554-7674 - Fax
Malia.Cohen [at] sfgov.org
Sean Elsbernd
District 7
(415) 554-6516 - Voice
(415) 554-6546 - Fax
Sean.Elsbernd [at] sfgov.org
Mark Farrell
District 2
(415) 554-7752 - Voice
(415) 554-7843 - Fax
Mark.Farrell [at] sfgov.org
Jane Kim
District 6
(415) 554-7970 - Voice
(415) 554-7974 - Fax
Jane.Kim [at] sfgov.org
Eric Mar
District 1
(415) 554-7410 - Voice
(415) 554-7415 - Fax
Eric.L.Mar [at] sfgov.org
Christina Olague
District 5
(415) 554-7630 - Voice
(415) 554-7634 - Fax
Christina.Olague [at] sfgov.org
Scott Wiener
District 8
(415) 554-6968 - Voice
(415) 554-6909 - Fax
Scott.Wiener [at] sfgov.org
http://www.sfethics.org/ethics/2012/04/official-misconduct-hearing.html
Election frauding Democrat Mayor Lee is actually trying to force Sheriff Mirkarimi’s former campaign manager to testify and produce her cell phone records. Her attorney, civil rights attorney Eric Safire, was quoted in the 4/21/12 San Francisco Chronicle stating “For the mayor to try to compel someone to come to the city attorney’s office to be debriefed, in my experience, is unheard of. They’re asking for phone records and information that we believe is outside the scope of what the mayor is entitled to.”
The Ethics Commission’s hearings can take weeks or months and only produce a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. It is the Board of Supervisors that decides whether or not to retain Sheriff Mirkarimi. YOU MUST ALL CALL 11 AS THEY ARE ALL GOING TO BE PRESSURED AS THEY ARE ALL DEMOCRATS AND NEED CAMPAIGN MONEY.
The Green Party of San Francisco, of which Sheriff Mirkarimi was a founder, although unfortunately he is now a Democrat, has come out in support of Sheriff Mirkarimi. See
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/issues/37-statement-on-sheriff-mirkarimi
Here are reasons 3 and 4:
3. We Must Continue the Sheriff's Strong Defense of Undocumented
Citizens, People of Color, Constitutional Rights, and the Right to
Public Protest, Against Unconstitutional Interventions by the Federal
Government
Sheriff Michael Hennessey set an outstanding precedent in the
Sheriff's Department by refusing to the greatest extent possible to
participate in unconstitutional federal 'law enforcement' actions by
the Departments of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, and the FBI, in order to protect undocumented citizens,
people of color, protesters, and our fundamental democratic civil
rights and privacy.
Recently we have witnessed extremely alarming national trends toward
demonizing and disenfranchising undocumented citizens and people of
color, and violently cracking down on public protests like those of
the Occupy movement at the behest of corporate interests. Even more
alarming are recent revelations that the FBI and the San Francisco
Police Department have engaged in secret agreements to
unconstitutionally spy on and investigate people of Arab descent
and/or Islamic faith, peace activists, and others in the name of
'national security.'
It is imperative that we have the strongest, most progressive champion
of civil rights possible in charge of the Sheriff's Department, in
order to ensure that the legacy established by Sheriff Hennessey
continues uninterrupted. It is clear that the public elected Sheriff
Mirkarimi, based on his proven ability to build on his predecessor's
legacy in the face of national political pressure.
4. We Must Not Enable Political Gamesmanship in Our City Government
A misdemeanor conviction in a family conflict case, which the court
itself has decided will be best resolved by family counseling and
education, clearly does not constitute sufficient reason to remove an
effective and dedicated public servant from office.
We can only conclude that members of the Downtown political machine
and its media allies have cynically seized upon this case as a means
of removing the one progressive citywide elected executive in San
Francisco from his position, in order to advance a more reactionary
and corporate-oriented control over our local government and our
community.
Progressives on the Board of Supervisors know well the recent
manipulations by Downtown forces, which have led to retreat from the
progressive accomplishments that we have achieved in San Francisco
over the past decade.
The recent FBI scandal noted above and the Mayor's subsequent veto of
good legislation that would have corrected this problem, as well as
other reactionary policies encroaching in San Francisco, such as the
Sit-Lie Law and the Mayor's use of it to expel Occupy organizers, are
red flags warning us that progressives need to draw a line in the sand
and not allow Downtown to further erode progressive gains in San
Francisco.
We call on the progressives of the Board of Supervisors to therefore
not only do what is right, but also do what is politically wise, and
not allow corporate interests in City Hall to further entrench
themselves by undermining the will of the voters and appointing a
Sheriff who would be far more in line with the interests of the 1%,
than the interests that we as progressives support.
* * * * * * * *
It was obvious from the beginning that this case was a COMPLETE FRAME-UP and Sheriff Mirkarimi’s details given to the press this past week verify that fact. It is clear there was no domestic violence perpetrated by him on 12/31/11; that he and his wife had a 15 minute dispute over his wife’s latest proposed trip to Venezuela with the baby, after she had been there just 6 months earlier for 2.5 months, and many times before; that the bruise on the videotape was caused by bumping into a seat, not by being hit by Sheriff Mirkarimi; that his wife was never imprisoned in any way and went grocery shopping alone after the incident; that he only pled guilty to the vague charge of false imprisonment to end the very expensive criminal case which should never have been brought, the false imprisonment being that he turned the car around, which only a political frame-up would allow to stand as false imprisonment. You can and should read more details at:
"This was such a wipeout psychologically": Mirkarimi tells the story Lee didn't want to hear” by Steven T. Jones and Tim Redmond, SF Bay Guardian, 4/19/12 at
http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/04/19/mirkarimi-tells-story-lee-didnt-want-hear
You should also read about the record on domestic violence cases of district attorney, Cuban anti-communist gusano Republican who changed to Democrat to run for DA, George Gascon, at
“DA GASCON DROPPED HUNDREDS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES, denies records exist” by Larry Bush, 2/8/12 at
http://www.citireport.com/2012/02/da-gascon-dropped-hundreds-of-domestic-violence-cases-denies-records-exist/
Please note that when the victim refuses to testify, these cases are usually dropped, but not in the political frame-up of Sheriff Mirkarimi.
Sheriff Mirkarimi, as Supervisor Mirkarimi, had serious disputes with district attorney Gascon, as more fully described at
“Judge denies Mirkarimi motions; city process begins Monday” by Steven T. Jones, 4/20/12 SF Bay Guardian at:
http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2012/04/20/judge-denies-mirkarimi-motions-city-process-begins-monday
First, it states:
“On the salary question, Deputy City Attorney Sherri Kaiser said Mirkarimi would be entitled to full back pay from his suspension period if the supervisors vote to keep him in office, arguing that he isn't being harmed.”
MIRKARIMI’S WIFE AND CHILD ARE IN VENEZUELA INDEFINITELY BECAUSE HE CANNOT FEED HIS FAMILY AND YET THE CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE CLAIMS SHERIFF MIRKARIMI IS NOT BEING HARMED. And he was forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on attorneys’ fees to defend himself against false criminal charges. This is the stinking, rotten Democratic Party.
Further:
"But Mirkarimi shot back at Gascón today, noting that the two men “have had some very high-“profile disagreements” when Gascón was police chief and Mirkarimi chaired the Board of Supervisors Public Safety Committee. They had high-profile clashes over requiring police to do foot patrols, the crime lab controversy, budget issues (including Mirkarimi's unsuccessful efforts to find out how much Mayor Gavin Newsom's police security detail was costing the city as he ran for governor), and Gascón's controversial public statement equating people of Middle Eastern descent (such as Mirkarimi, who is Persian) with terrorists.“It sometimes bubbles up in the course of these proceedings,” Mirkarimi said of Gascón's alleged personal or political animosity toward him.”
Ross Mirkarimi is the son of an Iranian Moslem father and Russian Jewish mother.
WE NEED EVERYONE TO STOP THIS FRAME-UP AND TO RESTORE SHERIFF MIRKARIMI TO HIS POSITION AS SHERIFF. Please call all 11 members of the Board of Supervisors. They all have voice mail so you can leave a message at any time. They are all Democrats.
From:
http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=1616
John Avalos
District 11
(415) 554-6975 - Voice
(415) 554-6979 - Fax
John.Avalos [at] sfgov.org
David Campos
District 9
(415) 554-5144 - voice
(415) 554-6255 - fax
David.Campos [at] sfgov.org
David Chiu
District 3
(415) 554-7450 - Voice
(415) 554-7454 - Fax
David.Chiu [at] sfgov.org
Carmen Chu
District 4
(415) 554-7460 - Voice
(415) 554-7432 - Fax
Carmen.Chu [at] sfgov.org
Malia Cohen
District 10
(415) 554-7670 - Voice
(415) 554-7674 - Fax
Malia.Cohen [at] sfgov.org
Sean Elsbernd
District 7
(415) 554-6516 - Voice
(415) 554-6546 - Fax
Sean.Elsbernd [at] sfgov.org
Mark Farrell
District 2
(415) 554-7752 - Voice
(415) 554-7843 - Fax
Mark.Farrell [at] sfgov.org
Jane Kim
District 6
(415) 554-7970 - Voice
(415) 554-7974 - Fax
Jane.Kim [at] sfgov.org
Eric Mar
District 1
(415) 554-7410 - Voice
(415) 554-7415 - Fax
Eric.L.Mar [at] sfgov.org
Christina Olague
District 5
(415) 554-7630 - Voice
(415) 554-7634 - Fax
Christina.Olague [at] sfgov.org
Scott Wiener
District 8
(415) 554-6968 - Voice
(415) 554-6909 - Fax
Scott.Wiener [at] sfgov.org
For more information:
http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=1616
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