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DESCRIPTION: Occupy Oakland to Debate Mayoral Endorsement.  \nShould Occupy Oakland 
 endorse Dan Siegel, Einstein, or no one?\nWhen:    Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, 
 starting at 4:00 PM\nWhere:	The amphitheater of Oscar Grant Plaza, Oakland, 
 CA 94612\nWhy:      Occupy Oakland has received two proposals for mayoral 
 candidate endorsements.  Quorum participation at the next General Assembly 
 could proclaim the radical choice for Mayor.\nOakland, CA – Occupy 
 Oakland organizers have received a proposal that OO endorse Dan Siegel for 
 Mayor, which raises the question: should OO get involved in electoral 
 politics by encouraging its members to vote for any creature – even if 
 it’s our lovably outspoken canine comrade Einstein, who is also running 
 in the Mayor’s race?\n\nIn response to the proposed endorsement of Dan 
 Siegel, a member of the Committee to Elect Einstein has submitted a 
 counter-proposal that Occupy Oakland could consider a write-in vote for 
 Einstein as a vote against executive political power and for direct 
 democracy.  As Einstein’s platform states: “Without a fallible human in 
 the Mayor’s Office, we must all play our parts in determining the route 
 Oakland will take into the future. No longer will we ask what the City 
 Government can do for us.  Instead, we will see the way clear to changing 
 the City ourselves, to expanding the power of residents of modest income, 
 to shrinking the power of the rich by establishing a larger and more 
 representative City Council.  No longer will we have a single individual to 
 blame for our problems.  After all, how can a very good dog like Einstein 
 cause social problems?”\n\nDan Siegel has provided a great deal of 
 support for Occupy Oakland comrades and has fought long-and-hard for social 
 justice, but this proposal of OO’s endorsement of his campaign for Mayor 
 (not submitted by his campaign) calls for a discussion of the role Occupy 
 Oakland can play in our City’s politics.\n\nThe two proposals below will 
 be on the agenda of the Occupy Oakland General Assembly for Sunday, 
 November 2, which will be held at Oscar Grant Plaza at 4:00PM.  If a quorum 
 of 70 people is reached, then either of these proposals could become OO 
 resolutions.  No matter what your feelings are about these proposed 
 endorsements, your judgment will have an effect on whatever consensus is 
 resolved.\n\nThe two endorsement proposals are not necessarily mutually 
 exclusive. With Oakland’s Ranked Choice Voting System it is possible to 
 write in Einstein AND vote for Dan Siegel (or someone else, or no one).  
 Voters’ ballots will not be voided with a vote for Einstein; all choices 
 will count.\n\nTo view the two proposals for Occupy Oakland 
 resolution:\nhttps://occupyoakland.org/2014/10/occupy-oakland-endorse-human-dog-one-mayor-ga-proposals/\n\nDan 
 Siegel for Mayor:\nhttp://siegelforoakland.org/\n\nEinstein for 
 Mayor:\nhttp://einsteinforoakland.org/\n#      #      #\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/10/28/18763414.php
SUMMARY:Occupy Oakland to Debate Mayoral Endorsement
LOCATION:Oscar Grant Plaza Amphitheater, 14th St. and Broadway, Oakland, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/10/28/18763414.php
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