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DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Post Office Defense et al will be holding a rally/concert/teach-in 
 on the steps of the Berkeley Post Office.\n\nCome learn about the latest 
 news in the struggle to save the Berkeley Post Office and prevent the 
 privatization of Post Offices across the country. Enjoy the music and use 
 the public commons as it should be!\n\nSpecial Guest Speaker:\n\n\nPeter 
 Byrne, author of Going Postal: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein's husband 
 sells post offices to his friends, cheap..\n\nNational award-winning 
 investigative journalist Peter Byrne reports that the husband of U.S. 
 Senator Dianne Feinstein of California has been selling post offices at 
 bargain basement prices—often to his own business partners. Richard C. 
 Blum is the chairman of CBRE Group Inc., the largest commercial real estate 
 firm in the world. In 2011, the Postal Service awarded Blum's company an 
 exclusive contract to sell off postal real estate in cities and towns 
 across America. Byrne's in-depth investigation details the many apparent 
 conflicts of interests driving the CBRE deals. It brings to light a 
 scathing government audit of Blum's contract that is being ignored by the 
 Obama administration. \n\nThe investigation reveals how Senator Feinstein 
 pressured the Postmaster General to stop a postal construction project, and 
 to favor the interests of a developer working with her husband's firm. 
 Byrne explains why the Post Office is not really broke and how powerful 
 forces on Capitol Hill are angling to franchise the U.S. Mail monopoly. We 
 learn that the post office executives in charge of Blum's contract have 
 been up to a financial shenanigans of their own. This is first class 
 investigative reporting on a vital issue of the day that you will not find 
 anywhere else.\n\nMusic by the Funky Nixons, Hali Hammer and Dave 
 Welsh.\n\nA Quick Update on the status of the proposed zoning ordinance for 
 the Historic District which includes the Berkeley Post Office may be 
 provided by Berkeley City Councilperson Jesse 
 Arreguin.\n\nFood!\n\n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/09/23/18743713.php
SUMMARY:Rally to Save the Berkeley Post Office featuring Peter Byrne
LOCATION:On the steps of the Downtown Berkeley Post Office\n2000 Allston Way, 
 Berkeley, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/09/23/18743713.php
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