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Transportation, Land Use and the Environment: Election Forum 2008 (Berkeley, Mayor) (video/quicktime 31.2MB) Fourteen environmental groups active in Berkeley and the East Bay sponsored an election forum on Transportation, Land Use and the Environment for candidates for Berkeley City Council and Mayor. This is the first (Mayoral) forum....
Posted: Mon, Oct 13, 2008 1:42am PDT
SF Youth Commission hears about Prop 6 - the public votes against Proposition 6. The SF Youth Commission were given a presentation on Prop 6 - by a City Official with another City Attorney present making a statement that the presentation would be neutral - and that the SF Youth Commission could not take sides. After the drab Prop. 6 Presentation - most of the those that spoke during Public Comment - spoke against Proposition 6. The presentation was held at the SF Main Library and attend by some few concerned youth and adults....
Posted: Sat, Oct 11, 2008 5:27am PDT
District 3 Race Most Expensive—But Soft Money Will Flourish in D1 and D11 Thursday, October 9, 2008 : Candidates for the SF Board of Supervisors filed their statements last week—and there’s no doubt which race is the most expensive (at least in direct contributions.) The top four candidates in District 3 raised over $275,000 this quarter—compared with $106,000 for District 11, $67,500 for District 1 and $55,000 for District 9....
Posted: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 7:39am PDT
Don’t Forget the School Board Election Thursday, October 9, 2008 : In the midst of what may be one of the most important presidential elections in recent memory, it can be hard to pay attention to much else. That may be why the crowd was thin this past Tuesday at a panel discussion of candidates for the Board of Education (BOE) of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFSUD)....
Posted: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 7:38am PDT
Labor, Community Protest Palin Fundraiser in Burlingame 
Several hundred protestors greeted Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin when she visited the San Francisco Bay Area to raise funds for the sagging McCain-Palin campaign Sunday, October 5 in Burlingame.
+ More photos from rally......
Posted: Thu, Oct 9, 2008 4:00pm PDT
New California Law Leads to Increased Underground Actions For Immediate Release
October 9, 2008...
Posted: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 10:54pm PDT
Prop V a Soft-Money Conduit to Attack Progressives Wednesday, October 8, 2008 : If you wonder why a non-binding resolution on the ballot is generating so much attention, look at the recent campaign finance reports. With unlimited contributions to ballot measure campaigns (mandated by the courts), Proposition V has become an end-run to influence races for the Board of Supervisors....
Posted: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 7:18am PDT
No on Proposition 6 Wednesday, October 8, 2008 : Rarely are California’s voters presented with such a poignant example of the corrupt nature of the state’s political system than that of Proposition 6, an initiative that will appear on the November 2008 ballot. Cynically dubbed the “Safe Neighborhoods Act” by its sponsors Republican Senator George Runner, indicted billionaire Henry Nicholas, and a small circle of Sacramento lobbyists, the initiative is a special-interest raid on the state treasury....
Posted: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 7:14am PDT
Cindy Sheehan on Labor, The War And The Economy This is an edited segment of a presentation that Cindy Sheehan made about her labor platform and the war....
Posted: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 5:20am PDT
SC City Council May Reverse State Pesticide Rules Next Santa Cruz City Council meeting
Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008 at 3 pm...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 11:35pm PDT
More Drum Circle Melodrama Wednesday? Be There at 3:30 PM to Keep Public Space Public. For the last two weeks, uniformed police haven't stalked Parking Lot #4, where drummers have drummed for 10 years next to the Farmer's Market. Still the city, apparently at the instigation of the police have regularly erected plastic green mesh enclosures on stakes pounded into the ground around the area where the public normally assembles. And the community, regularly, takes them down and reclaims the public space. Will the city spacesnatchers wise up this Wednesday? Come on down and he...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 6:43pm PDT
Fraud and Deception: The CDFA LBAM Eradication Program 
A Detailed Description of Management Strategy Fraud
Prepared For The People by Professor Glen Chase
Glen Chase, a Professor of Systems Management, has released a third report detailing the methodical fraud that the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Management perpetrated to attempt to create a bogus emergency eradication program for the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM). This third report demonstrates the fraud and deception within the program strategy that CDFA Management...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 4:14pm PDT
California Proposition 7: Redefining Renewable Energy to Concentrate Power 
The control of scarce resources is a time-tested method of concentrating wealth and power. Although renewable energy resources are not scarce, the paradigm shift in public understanding about the fundamental differences between renewables and fossil fuels is only beginning. By subsidizing the building massive permanent infrastructure to control the collection and distribution of renewable energy, Proposition 7 will starve investment in distributed renewables needed to democratize the energy e...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 11:57am PDT
The City of Oakland Needs a Bailout Monday, October 6, 2008 : Replete with a three horn band, umbrella toting union protesters wore wide brim black church hats in a New Orleans style funeral to mourn the death of City Services at the City of Oakland last Tuesday. The several hundred person procession lead by SEIU Local 1021 moved in and around Oakland City hall and carried signs that read “Save Our City” “Save Our Services.”...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 7:13am PDT
OEA Presidents Statement In Support Of Sheehan On World Teachers Day On World Teachers Day, OEA President Betty Olson-Jones issued a statement in support of Cindy Sheehan and in defense of teachers against privatization and war...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 5:45am PDT
Geographically Challenged Palin Screws Up in Burlingame, CA 
Palin began her remarks at an appearance in San Mateo County, California by saying she was glad to be in Marin County. Her winks and waves have inspired San Franciscans and surrounding area residents to roast her with costumes and look-alike contests.
Top Photo:
Left: "Silver Lincoln" rode his bike in front of demo in Burlingame Oct 5, but is reportedly a Republican.
Right: Palin look-alike Eve Moran....
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 8:08pm PDT
Three Little-Known City Council Candidate Forums Coming Up Fast + a Copwatch Confab Not featured or even mentioned in the Sentinel or by the City Council staff, Santa Cruz City Council candidates have been invited to at least three more forums, according to candidate Jay Cabrera. I've posted the info he's given me and added some more of my own. For more details contact him at 332-2486....
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 5:46pm PDT
Palin Protesters in Burlingame 
Board the Strange McCain Bus for a ride along Bayshore Hwy in Burlingame CA and see some of the people who protested outside the Hyatt-Regency when Palin spoke to Republicans, took their money, and ran off to the airport!...
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 3:35pm PDT
Cynthia McKinney Gets The Hip Hop Vote, Green Party Growing (video/x-ms-wmv 21.6MB) Independent Bay Area group, Some of All Parts, bridges the Green Party message with urban music, through their debut song "Run"...
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 12:10pm PDT
Caifornia Props. 6 & 9 Bad Deals say LA Activists Originally From New America Media
Monday, October 6, 2008 : If passed into law, two new propositions, Propositions 6 and 9, could impose stiff new penalties that could adversely affect disadvantaged members of the community, according to activists at the grassroots based Community Coalition....
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 7:27am PDT
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