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Bay Area's Most Notorious and Destructive Corporations Support Newsom for Mayor
Who's the candidate of the Bechtel Corporation, ChevronTexaco and the Gap? Gavin Newsom, of course. A review of the 2003 contributions to the Newsom for Mayor committee (provided below) reveals heavy giving by each of these corporations and their executives to Gavin Newsom. Newsom talks about bringing more business to San Francisco. Are these the types of businesses he means?
Bechtel is a staunchly Republican corporation. It's current and past Board of Directors and chief executives read like a whose who of Republican power past and present. For example, current Bechtel director and former Republican Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, personally gave Gavin Newsom $500. Shultz is also among the executives at Bechtel who personally lobbied publicly for the invasion of Iraq. Bechtel continues to profit heavily off of the invasion with their $680 million reconstruction contract. Included in the contract is Iraq's water system. Bechtel is one of the leading water privatization companies in the world. After privatizing Cochabamba, Bolivia's water, Bechtel sent prices skyrocketing, ensuring that only the wealthiest Bolivians could afford water. Now, Bechtel is suing Bolivia for $25 million for lost profits after being kicked out of the country. Bechtel has also shown a long-standing interest in San Francisco's water system.
ChevronTexaco's former executives include current Republican National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice. They helped bring us into the war in Iraq and are profiting richly off of that war -- ChevronTexaco's profits have quadrupled over the last three month period to $1.6 billion dollars as a result of war-inflated oil prices. They are shipping Iraqi oil directly into the port of Oakland to be refined in their Richmond facility where they have blatantly flouted environmental standards for decades -- poisoning our air, water, land, and the lungs of Bay Area residents. ChevronTexaco also continues their relentless onslaught against the forests and indigenous communities of the amazon and around the world.
The Gap is notorious for its use of sweat shop labor involving extreme human rights abuses around the world. The Gap and its owners in the Fisher Family are also renowned for their continued destruction of California's ancient redwood forests using highly chemically intensive processes that are deadly to the surrounding environment and communities. The Gap destroys locally owned businesses the world-over while spreading its message of homogenization and multinational corporate dominance.
These are the corporations of war, death, global and local environmental and human rights atrocities, ancient forest destruction, sweat shop labor, water privatization for the rich, corporate globalization, and the list goes on and on. Matt Gonzalez, on the other hand, has not received a penny from any of these corporations nor their employees.
Let Bechtel, the Gap, the Fisher Family and ChevronTexaco know what you think about their corporate behavior and their candidate.
For more information on these corporations and on-going campaigns to fight them, please see the following websites: www.actagainstwar.org, www.amazonwatch.org, www.projectunderground.org, www.globalexchange.org, www.gapsucks.org.
| Transaction Date | Source/Recipient Name | City State | Employer/Occupation | Transaction Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bechtel | |||||
| 6/26/03 | Bruce Walker | San Francisco CA | Retired, Bechtel Civil, Inc. | 250 | |
| 6/27/03 | Bechtel Corporation | San Francisco CA | 500 | ||
| 8/18/03 | George Schultz | San Francisco CA | Boardmember, Bechtel Group, Inc. | 500 | |
| 9/1/03 | Balram Bhandari | Danville CA | Consultant, Bechtel | 500 | |
| 9/1/03 | Carolyn Bechtel | Ojai CA | Self Emp Biology Consultant, Same Name | 500 | |
| 9/16/03 | Richard Burt | San Francisco CA | Sr. VP, Dir,& Gen. Couns., Bechtel Group, Inc. | 500 | |
| 9/16/03 | Sandra Ogden | San Francisco CA | Attorney, Bechtel Corporation | 200 | |
| /7/03 | Charles Bowman | San Francisco CA | Tax Attorney, Bechtel Corp. | 100 | |
| 10/12/03 | Michael Bailey | Tiburan CA | General Counsel, Bechtel Enterpises,Inc. | 500 | |
| 4/10/03 | Stephen Bechtel | San Francisco CA | Chairman Emeritus, Fremont Group, LP | 500 | |
| 6/27/03 | J P Covey | San Francisco CA | Senior Vice President, Bechtel Corporation | 500 | |
| 6/27/03 | Leeanne Lang | San Francisco | CA Communications Services Mang., Bechtel Corp. | 100 | |
| 9/1/03 | Ranji Bhandari | Danville CA | Consultant, Bechtel | 500 | |
| 9/16/03 | John A. MacDonald | Orinda CA | President, Bechtel Infrastructure Corp. | 500 | |
| 9/16/03 | Marcia Burkey | San Francisco CA | CFO, Bechtel Enterprises, Inc. | 300 | |
| 9/16/03 | Thomas Draeger | Walnut Creek CA | Business Line Ops. Manager, Bechtel Infrastructure Corp. | 250 | |
| Total: 6200 | |||||
| Committee on Jobs Government Reform Fund | 10/13/03 | Bechtel Corporation | San Francisco CA | 5000 | |
| The Gap | |||||
| 3/9/03 | Daniel Henkle | San Francisco CA | Vice President, Gap, Inc. | 500 | |
| /11/03 | Shelley Bransten | San Francisco CA | Marketing, The Gap, Inc. | 250 | |
| 5/5/03 | Alanna Klein | San Francisco CA | Retailer, The Gap | 100 | |
| 5/7/03 | Stacey Krum | Oakland CA | Manager, Gap, Inc. | 100 | |
| 5/11/03 | Kendra Reichenau | San Francisco CA | Merchant, Gap | 500 | |
| 6/10/03 | Paul Pressler | Pacific Palisades CA | President, Gap Inc. | 500 | |
| 8/4/03 | Emily Gould | San Francisco CA | Attorney, Gap, Inc. | 100 | |
| 10/3/03 | Marissa Walker | Berkeley CA | Distribution Dir., Gap Inc. | 250 | |
| 10/6/03 | Andrew Cummins | San Francisco CA | Manager, Gap | 500 | |
| 1/14/03 | William Fisher | San Anselmo CA | President, Gap, Inc. | 500 | |
| 4/9/03 | Ann Weldon Doyle | San Francisco CA | Buyer, The Gap | 100 | |
| 4/10/03 | Brian Banuelos | San Francisco CA | IT Manager, The Gap, Inc. | 125 | |
| total: 3525 | |||||
| Care Not Cash | 10/17/03 | Donald G. Fisher | San Francisco CA | Chairman, The Gap Inc. | 500 |
| Care Not Cash | 10/15/03 | Robert J. Fisher | San Francisco CA | Director, The Gap Inc. | 500 |
| Care Not Cash | 10/17/03 | Doris F. Fisher | San Francisco CA | Director, The Gap Inc. | 500 |
| total: 1500 | |||||
| DogPAC | 5/22/03 | Steven Shuck | San Francisco CA | Sr. Director, The Gap | 100 |
| SF SOS PAC | 6/24/03 | Don Fisher | San Francisco CA | Philanthropist, GAP, Inc. | 25000 |
| The Fisher Brothers | |||||
| 3/20/03 | M. Anthony Fisher | Englewood NJ | CEO, Fisher Brothers | 500 | |
| /20/03 | John Whalen | New York NY | General Manager, Fisher Brothers | 500 | |
| 3/26/03 | Audrey Fisher | New York NY | Owner, Fisher Brothers | 500 | |
| /26/03 | Jessica Fisher | New York NY | Owner, Fisher Brothers | 500 | |
| total: 2000 | |||||
| SF SOS PAC | 6/24/03 | Don Fisher | San Francisco CA | Philanthropist, GAP, Inc. | 25000 |
| 8/27/03 | Robert Fisher | San Francisco CA | Chairman, Fisher Development, Inc. | 500 | |
| 10/7/03 | Robert Fisher | San Francisco CA | Retired, None | 50 | |
| Chevron/Texaco | |||||
| 6/29/03 | Pacific Heights Chevron | San Francicisco CA | 250 | ||
| 8/18/03 | ChevronTexaco Corporation | Richmond CA | 500 | ||
| 9/15/03 | Mary Ann Barngrover | San Francisco CA | Ombudsman, ChevronTexaco | 500 | |
| 10/15/03 | Castro Street Chevron Service Center | San Francisco CA | 100 | ||
| Total: 1350 |
Source: San Francisco Ethics Committee 2003 Financial Disclosure Database ... Compiled by Antonia Juhasz
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Newsom gets money from Bechtal and Gap, which get rich by exploiting and destroying developing countries.
Gonzalez gets money from the RBA and Walter Wong who get rich by exploiting and destroying our neighborhoods.
Tom Ammiano was the only chance for a true progressive to win. Gonzalez has splinted us. Four years ago, we all united behind Tom. It was a revolution. I will never support Gonzalez for what he did to Tom and what he will do for O'Donohue and Walter Wong.
Tom was our only chance to beat Newsom. Gonzalez is doing everything he can to sell out like Newsom.
Gonzalez gets money from the RBA and Walter Wong who get rich by exploiting and destroying our neighborhoods.
Tom Ammiano was the only chance for a true progressive to win. Gonzalez has splinted us. Four years ago, we all united behind Tom. It was a revolution. I will never support Gonzalez for what he did to Tom and what he will do for O'Donohue and Walter Wong.
Tom was our only chance to beat Newsom. Gonzalez is doing everything he can to sell out like Newsom.
You've been reading too much of the Chronicle. Take a break, it's going to your head.
Matt has stood up to the largest corporate power mongers when Tom hasn't. Matt hasn't watered things down the way Tom has.
I worked for Tom too, when he first ran, and then the more I heard about his voting record, the more disturbing it was to see him caving on important issues.
He has good intentions, is a good person. But Matt is doing well and has proven that he can take out Newsom.
What will work for the city right now? You're free to vote for Newsom, if that's what you want.
Matt has stood up to the largest corporate power mongers when Tom hasn't. Matt hasn't watered things down the way Tom has.
I worked for Tom too, when he first ran, and then the more I heard about his voting record, the more disturbing it was to see him caving on important issues.
He has good intentions, is a good person. But Matt is doing well and has proven that he can take out Newsom.
What will work for the city right now? You're free to vote for Newsom, if that's what you want.
Matt may fight globalization, but what about gentrification. The RBA built 90% of the live-work lofts that tore up our neighborhoods. Gonzalez puts their boss on stage. Walter Wong represents everything evil with the developers in San Francisco and Gonzalez puts him up on stage.
Matt will never have my vote.
P.S. Can you name anyone who has done more gentrifing in the last decade than Joe O'Donohue?
P.P.S. Once Gonzalez loses, Ammiano will step in and re-unite the left behind somebody honest.
Matt will never have my vote.
P.S. Can you name anyone who has done more gentrifing in the last decade than Joe O'Donohue?
P.P.S. Once Gonzalez loses, Ammiano will step in and re-unite the left behind somebody honest.
>>Tom Ammiano will step in and reunite the left...?
Hmmm. Maybe you missed the results of the last election, but Tom Ammiano's days are over. I'm not saying I am happy or sad about that, just pointing out that Tom's career in politics has plateaued and is probably near its end.
Thanks for the memories Tom. It's time (and LONG overdue) for you to move aside and welcome the next generation of progressive leaders to the stage with open arms.
And what exactly did Matt do to Tom, as you put it? He pointed out that Tom was running a losing campaign and that he had made a slew of bad decisions at the Board of Supervisors. Pretty fair game as I see it.
Hmmm. Maybe you missed the results of the last election, but Tom Ammiano's days are over. I'm not saying I am happy or sad about that, just pointing out that Tom's career in politics has plateaued and is probably near its end.
Thanks for the memories Tom. It's time (and LONG overdue) for you to move aside and welcome the next generation of progressive leaders to the stage with open arms.
And what exactly did Matt do to Tom, as you put it? He pointed out that Tom was running a losing campaign and that he had made a slew of bad decisions at the Board of Supervisors. Pretty fair game as I see it.
Certain realities must be acknowledged by all of us:
a. San Francisco must develop an economic policy which has at its heart the creation and retention of jobs, held by San Franciscans, which pay enough to afford the cost of living in San Francisco;
b. the City cannot rely simply on business to set the economic agenda but must itself define the economic needs of its residents;
c. the retention of existing businesses which employ San Franciscans is as much a priority as the attraction of new businesses;
d. San Franciscans must realize that it is business and employed San Franciscans which pay the local taxes necessary to maintain the level of public services needed for a vibrant and human urban life;
e. you cannot have a viable urban economy that is not consistent with environmental realities of sustainability;
f. true economic development sustains communities- strengthens public education, neighborhood serving retail, the arts, community based development initiatives, enhanced local employment opportunities-, existing communities are not destroyed for “economic development”.
We simply cannot leave this vital civic necessity to the whims of hot shot developers and business consultants.
http://www.mattgonzalez.com/article.php?id=100
Plus, Matt supports community land trusts, which is a fairly important issue, as well as public power, another hugely important issue.
a. San Francisco must develop an economic policy which has at its heart the creation and retention of jobs, held by San Franciscans, which pay enough to afford the cost of living in San Francisco;
b. the City cannot rely simply on business to set the economic agenda but must itself define the economic needs of its residents;
c. the retention of existing businesses which employ San Franciscans is as much a priority as the attraction of new businesses;
d. San Franciscans must realize that it is business and employed San Franciscans which pay the local taxes necessary to maintain the level of public services needed for a vibrant and human urban life;
e. you cannot have a viable urban economy that is not consistent with environmental realities of sustainability;
f. true economic development sustains communities- strengthens public education, neighborhood serving retail, the arts, community based development initiatives, enhanced local employment opportunities-, existing communities are not destroyed for “economic development”.
We simply cannot leave this vital civic necessity to the whims of hot shot developers and business consultants.
http://www.mattgonzalez.com/article.php?id=100
Plus, Matt supports community land trusts, which is a fairly important issue, as well as public power, another hugely important issue.
"P.S. Can you name anyone who has done more gentrifing in the last decade than Joe O'Donohue?"
Don Fisher is worse.
It's more subtle, the control of the city, and he has a larger reach, but in the end it's a lot.
Don Fisher is worse.
It's more subtle, the control of the city, and he has a larger reach, but in the end it's a lot.
"Don Fisher is worse"
What are you talking about. I hate that there is a Gap on Haight and Ashbury, but that comes nowhere near the havoc caused by dot com boom and O'Donohue's lofts and Walter Wong's fasttracking.
Did you even live in San Francisco when the RBA was exploiting our neighborhoods?
Fisher has not done more gentrifing than O'Donohue. In fact, nobody has. And now he's Gonzalez's new best friend.
Gonzalez sold his soul and will NOT be getting my vote!
STOP THE GENTRIFING!
What are you talking about. I hate that there is a Gap on Haight and Ashbury, but that comes nowhere near the havoc caused by dot com boom and O'Donohue's lofts and Walter Wong's fasttracking.
Did you even live in San Francisco when the RBA was exploiting our neighborhoods?
Fisher has not done more gentrifing than O'Donohue. In fact, nobody has. And now he's Gonzalez's new best friend.
Gonzalez sold his soul and will NOT be getting my vote!
STOP THE GENTRIFING!
matt gonzalez on housing: SELLOUT
I almost can't believe the o'donahue connection. Matt as progressive, my ass!
matt gonzalez on education: LACKING
Did anyone read the school manifesto that Gonzalez and his school district board leftist buddies came up with? Too little too late, Matt. There's nothing specific in that platform other than the $15million for a freaking art school.
Free MUNI for K-12 is not enough. It's only $0.35 for them to hop on, IF the MUNI driver even bothers to charge them. How about listening to parents who want their children at nearby schools, Matt?
And why did he vote against Tom Ammiano's education proposal as a supervisor? It's no wonder Ammiano hasn't endorsed him. All the teachers wanted it, all the parents are in favor of it. I guess it wasn't good enough for Matt, and he decided to be one of two supervisors who voted against it. Gladly it's now up to the people of SF to vote for it in March.
So far Matt hasn't met nor worked with the community involved with the local school district. Everything is all talk and rhetoric.
How about City College? Matt hasn't even said a word about it.
Vote against Newsom NOT for Gonzalez.
I almost can't believe the o'donahue connection. Matt as progressive, my ass!
matt gonzalez on education: LACKING
Did anyone read the school manifesto that Gonzalez and his school district board leftist buddies came up with? Too little too late, Matt. There's nothing specific in that platform other than the $15million for a freaking art school.
Free MUNI for K-12 is not enough. It's only $0.35 for them to hop on, IF the MUNI driver even bothers to charge them. How about listening to parents who want their children at nearby schools, Matt?
And why did he vote against Tom Ammiano's education proposal as a supervisor? It's no wonder Ammiano hasn't endorsed him. All the teachers wanted it, all the parents are in favor of it. I guess it wasn't good enough for Matt, and he decided to be one of two supervisors who voted against it. Gladly it's now up to the people of SF to vote for it in March.
So far Matt hasn't met nor worked with the community involved with the local school district. Everything is all talk and rhetoric.
How about City College? Matt hasn't even said a word about it.
Vote against Newsom NOT for Gonzalez.
...spoken like a true Newsomite.
you can criticize the left. but no one can criticize gonzalez without being labeled right-wing or pro-Newsom! of course.
funny how they decide not to respond to the facts about gonzalez.
must be more convenient to be a fluffy oblivious sf liberal sitting back and waiting for the next gonzalez party, and accusing everything outside of that bubble as "newsomite", than to actually flex a brain wrinkle or two to think about these issues.
funny how they decide not to respond to the facts about gonzalez.
must be more convenient to be a fluffy oblivious sf liberal sitting back and waiting for the next gonzalez party, and accusing everything outside of that bubble as "newsomite", than to actually flex a brain wrinkle or two to think about these issues.
Show some proof. You don't seem to know anything about Don Fisher and yet you make all these accusations.
What's your opinion on patronage and Andrew Lee?
I never said anything about Andrew Lee, so why should I need to defend anything about him?
I brought up Don Fisher.
If you have information people should be aware of on Andrew Lee then you should post it.
I brought up Don Fisher.
If you have information people should be aware of on Andrew Lee then you should post it.
http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2003-11-19/smith.html/1/index.html
http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2003-11-05/smith.html/1/index.html
http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2002-08-28/smith.html/1/index.html
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If and when Newsom steals this election, you can rest assured Julie Lee and Clan will be lining up for more patronage positions they are not qualified to fill.
http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2003-11-05/smith.html/1/index.html
http://www.sfweekly.com/issues/2002-08-28/smith.html/1/index.html
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If and when Newsom steals this election, you can rest assured Julie Lee and Clan will be lining up for more patronage positions they are not qualified to fill.
All this does is show that Brown's sick deals are even more sick then most realize, and that we all know that Newsom is part of that machine.
One more reason to jettison Newsom.
So what's new?
Matt will stay Matt, as much as anyone can through this sort of thing. There's nothing to seriously attack him on in what he's done so far, and my guess is there'll be little to attack him on in the future.
One more reason to jettison Newsom.
So what's new?
Matt will stay Matt, as much as anyone can through this sort of thing. There's nothing to seriously attack him on in what he's done so far, and my guess is there'll be little to attack him on in the future.
People get over it. Time to kick out the jams. Insert slogan here.
What do you want to wake up to / know immediately? (thanks computer "voting")
"San Francisco Elects Green Mayor"
"BUSINESS as usual - Getty-lawyers-son billionaire wins$$$"
make your choice. Don't concentrate on the negative. Return to your usual advertised ideas.
What do you want to wake up to / know immediately? (thanks computer "voting")
"San Francisco Elects Green Mayor"
"BUSINESS as usual - Getty-lawyers-son billionaire wins$$$"
make your choice. Don't concentrate on the negative. Return to your usual advertised ideas.
I'm sorry to inform all you privileged idiots that the mayor's position is really important to the community. We cannot vote for Matt just because he does the talk. We need him to do the walk. So far he makes decisions based out of his green party rhetoric, not the community's input. For this he is no different than Gavin Newsom. The rhetoric and leftist ideals can only go so far without accountability to the community, and this he doesn't have and hasn't shown.
Stop acting like 21st century Stalinists. We reserve the right to criticize.
Stop acting like 21st century Stalinists. We reserve the right to criticize.
Did you read the links on Brown's appointments?
Did you know that Newsom, like Brown, owes the Lee clan handily for getting Sunset voters?
Do you realize the importance of having *qualified* people serve on the PUC instead of some patronage hacks?
Did you know that Newsom, like Brown, owes the Lee clan handily for getting Sunset voters?
Do you realize the importance of having *qualified* people serve on the PUC instead of some patronage hacks?
"mission resident & worker"
Hum? "Mission resident" aka Yuppie middle-class loft-dweller and "worker" aka lawyer, accountant, or some other mindless, greedy, self-centered professional.
Yawn. Move back to upstate New York, scab.
DEFEAT NEWSOM!
Hum? "Mission resident" aka Yuppie middle-class loft-dweller and "worker" aka lawyer, accountant, or some other mindless, greedy, self-centered professional.
Yawn. Move back to upstate New York, scab.
DEFEAT NEWSOM!
Sadly for your stupid ass, i am working class and an immigrant. You're the yuppie scumbag who doesn't like to hear criticism. Uh, oh, maybe you're not yuppie, maybe you're just a Stalinist piece of shit. So shut the hell up with your stupid ass green party gulahg rhetoric, and open your ears dumbass!
I guess you've got O'Donahue lined up for some new housing projects in the mission now: gulahgs.
Don't forget Free Speech.
You never got back to us about the Lee's...
go away and spout off elsewhere. you have no valid arguments to make and are only trying to take up people's time.
go away.
go away.
newso,
what about lee? are you talking to me or the other person, why don't you specify? what does he have to do with gonzalez?
green,
fuck you. just because i criticize your idol boy matt doesn't mean i'm right wing or that i shouldn't even make commentaries on this or other imc threads, you fucking stalinist imbecile. get your head out of your green ass and stop being such an ignorant.
what about lee? are you talking to me or the other person, why don't you specify? what does he have to do with gonzalez?
green,
fuck you. just because i criticize your idol boy matt doesn't mean i'm right wing or that i shouldn't even make commentaries on this or other imc threads, you fucking stalinist imbecile. get your head out of your green ass and stop being such an ignorant.
thanks.
so what are you, a fucking bushist imbecile?
so what are you, a fucking bushist imbecile?
...nothing really to do with Matt, but EVERYTHING to do with Gavin. Read the links AND consider this - Newsom's Sunset HQ was donated to him by the Lee's, whose connections with the Brown regime (case in point: the recent PUC "scandal") are well documented.
If you don't know about the Lee's, you know less about Newsom than you care to admit.
If you don't know about the Lee's, you know less about Newsom than you care to admit.
what was the point of saying newsom and lee are bad? we're all very well aware of that in this thread. i certainly don't suupport the newsome campaign or his connections.
stop associating anyone who criticizes gonzalez with the newsom people. this is so ridiculous. live with the fact that matt isn't perfect.
welcome to free speech and democracy at work.
stop associating anyone who criticizes gonzalez with the newsom people. this is so ridiculous. live with the fact that matt isn't perfect.
welcome to free speech and democracy at work.
...Newsom is an extension of Brown. Do you deny this? It sure sounds like you do.
Yes, vote AGAINST Newsom.
Yes, vote FOR Gonzalez. No more crony bullshit.
Yes, vote FOR Gonzalez. No more crony bullshit.
Newsom is the same crowd as Brown, no doubt, no denial (why would you even assume I'd deny it?). But not many in SF are going as far as claiming Newsom is a replica of Brown, not me. Newsom isn't coming off as antigonistic and as old-school politician/semi-conservative as Brown. Businesswise, it's all the same though.
So what does Matt represent? The left's hope? Luckily he isn't claiming that, although his primarily-white and liberal supporters have been doing so for some months now. I happen to work with and know plenty leftist and community folk here in the MIssion who hardly knew who Matt Gonzalez was before the election.
Yea, vote for Gonzalez, but know what you're getting. Don't fall for his supporters' over-hype because he has no record to back that up with.
So what does Matt represent? The left's hope? Luckily he isn't claiming that, although his primarily-white and liberal supporters have been doing so for some months now. I happen to work with and know plenty leftist and community folk here in the MIssion who hardly knew who Matt Gonzalez was before the election.
Yea, vote for Gonzalez, but know what you're getting. Don't fall for his supporters' over-hype because he has no record to back that up with.
...which is all the more reason to vote against the Brown machine, of which Newsom is an integral part.
"he has no record to back that up with"
show some evidence. what key issues did Matt not support? Two important issues for me were Public Power and keeping the corporations in check - Matt went to bat on both those issues. There are many other issues, and it looks like you think Matt didn't support something that was important to you. What was that?
show some evidence. what key issues did Matt not support? Two important issues for me were Public Power and keeping the corporations in check - Matt went to bat on both those issues. There are many other issues, and it looks like you think Matt didn't support something that was important to you. What was that?
Correction, 2_bee, the question is what has he done? Show me a record of someone ready to take charge of a city and work with the community, outside of just voting for progressive issues. Anyone can do that. In fact, most of the Board of Supe's does that. Not to undervalue it, but what has Matt actually organized or lead?
Don't even throw Prop L, that was in the works for a long time, and plenty of progressive supe's supported it very highly.
But if you're solely gonna base your argument on his voting record as a supe, then why did Alioto just back out of endorsing him? He happened to have voted for some housing proposition that only the likes of Newsom and the machine would've backed. Read the Chronicle from yesterday, it's in there. But how about Ammiano's proposal to better the school system and add more money? (Scroll up and see what else I said about Matt on education, where he is seriously lacking.)
Public power and keeping corporations in check is wonderful, but it's more pertinent to Green Party politics than the numerous issues the community needs resolved from City Government. Candidates Leal and Ammiano have a better record of organizing and supporting the organizing of the community on local issues and efforts than Gonzalez has shown.
That's my take. But I'm hearing he will now be meeting with some more grassroots folks (and I don't mean the white hippie liberal fools from the Haight Ashbury), let's hope it isn't the last time, especially if he wins the election. This is the first good step I've seen him take in his campaign. Everything else has been rhetoric that many don't particularly find amusing.
Don't even throw Prop L, that was in the works for a long time, and plenty of progressive supe's supported it very highly.
But if you're solely gonna base your argument on his voting record as a supe, then why did Alioto just back out of endorsing him? He happened to have voted for some housing proposition that only the likes of Newsom and the machine would've backed. Read the Chronicle from yesterday, it's in there. But how about Ammiano's proposal to better the school system and add more money? (Scroll up and see what else I said about Matt on education, where he is seriously lacking.)
Public power and keeping corporations in check is wonderful, but it's more pertinent to Green Party politics than the numerous issues the community needs resolved from City Government. Candidates Leal and Ammiano have a better record of organizing and supporting the organizing of the community on local issues and efforts than Gonzalez has shown.
That's my take. But I'm hearing he will now be meeting with some more grassroots folks (and I don't mean the white hippie liberal fools from the Haight Ashbury), let's hope it isn't the last time, especially if he wins the election. This is the first good step I've seen him take in his campaign. Everything else has been rhetoric that many don't particularly find amusing.
"Read the Chronicle from yesterday"
If I were you I wouldn't be using the Chronicle as a reference - they'll basically do anything it takes right now to sink Matt. You'll be seeing more and more headlines trying frantically to expose the most inane bullshit imaginable to take Matt down with, and not a word of anything negative about Newsom. This week alone they were referring to Newsom as 'unfazed' when Matt was criticizing him - so of course Matt doesn't get to be considered unfazed when Newsom criticizes him - and then said that Matt was "desperate' for the Alioto endorsement, but meanwhile, Newsom apparently has no such 'deperation.' Newsom is painted as a saint, with an invisible voting record (much less discussion about any community organizing).
That paper is practically a propaganda work of art. It's sickening what they actually print. Last week they printed Willie saying that "Blacks just don't fit in with the progressive agenda." No response was described, just a statement, as though non-progressive Blacks are the only Blacks there are. It's absurd.
"white hippie liberal fools from the Haight Ashbury"
Now you wouldn't happen to be a . . . . naw, I won't stoop so low. I lived in the Haight for years and there's all types there. If you think white people who live in that area are 'hippies' and 'fools,' it only shows you have little regard for the worth in each person, regardless of their color or hair length, that all people are worthy and that all of us are each someone, someone who has something to give in the world and something that we need. We are all capable of the same things, good and bad.
So we aren't just whites, or hippies, or defined by where we live. Sure, lots of people around the Haight are assholes. And lot's have been through hell in 20 different ways. And some are wonderful.
Hippies - by the way - are excellent drummers at the marches - if you've ever been. It's a wonderful thing to experience.
If I were you I wouldn't be using the Chronicle as a reference - they'll basically do anything it takes right now to sink Matt. You'll be seeing more and more headlines trying frantically to expose the most inane bullshit imaginable to take Matt down with, and not a word of anything negative about Newsom. This week alone they were referring to Newsom as 'unfazed' when Matt was criticizing him - so of course Matt doesn't get to be considered unfazed when Newsom criticizes him - and then said that Matt was "desperate' for the Alioto endorsement, but meanwhile, Newsom apparently has no such 'deperation.' Newsom is painted as a saint, with an invisible voting record (much less discussion about any community organizing).
That paper is practically a propaganda work of art. It's sickening what they actually print. Last week they printed Willie saying that "Blacks just don't fit in with the progressive agenda." No response was described, just a statement, as though non-progressive Blacks are the only Blacks there are. It's absurd.
"white hippie liberal fools from the Haight Ashbury"
Now you wouldn't happen to be a . . . . naw, I won't stoop so low. I lived in the Haight for years and there's all types there. If you think white people who live in that area are 'hippies' and 'fools,' it only shows you have little regard for the worth in each person, regardless of their color or hair length, that all people are worthy and that all of us are each someone, someone who has something to give in the world and something that we need. We are all capable of the same things, good and bad.
So we aren't just whites, or hippies, or defined by where we live. Sure, lots of people around the Haight are assholes. And lot's have been through hell in 20 different ways. And some are wonderful.
Hippies - by the way - are excellent drummers at the marches - if you've ever been. It's a wonderful thing to experience.
Newsom is worse.
The Alioto article last week was not a negative article against Gonzalez. The only thing i took from it is what Alioto herself is quoted as saying and as part of her reason to cancel her endorsement of gonzalez last week. Alioto pretty much knows what Newsom's game is, but she was startled finding out Gonzalez voted very unprogressively on some issues. But her major reason for sticking to Newsom is only because of the party line, that is pretty obvious if you read the article. She says some positive things about Gonzalez for mayor, but nothing is said about Newsom other than being a Democrat.
I haven't seen too many articles painting Newsom as a Saint. Mostly I've read in the Chronicle about what he's up to, not whether it's good or bad. Same has gone for Gonzalez.
The Chron reporting stupid shit like Brown's statements about blacks, which is only one black man's opinion, is common of just about every mainstream media. They don't have to take a particular analytical approach to everything they report. And they love to print things like that, it creates hype and attention.
Sorry about the "fools" statement. It's not to be taken literally. But I take it back, in respect to those in the H-A. It's a cultural thing that whites do not always relate to.
White hippies drumming circles is seen as cultural appropriation by many people of color--especially those with traditional drumming circles in their cultures. I think this as well. What does Matt think? How radical about ethnicity is he, anyways?
I haven't seen too many articles painting Newsom as a Saint. Mostly I've read in the Chronicle about what he's up to, not whether it's good or bad. Same has gone for Gonzalez.
The Chron reporting stupid shit like Brown's statements about blacks, which is only one black man's opinion, is common of just about every mainstream media. They don't have to take a particular analytical approach to everything they report. And they love to print things like that, it creates hype and attention.
Sorry about the "fools" statement. It's not to be taken literally. But I take it back, in respect to those in the H-A. It's a cultural thing that whites do not always relate to.
White hippies drumming circles is seen as cultural appropriation by many people of color--especially those with traditional drumming circles in their cultures. I think this as well. What does Matt think? How radical about ethnicity is he, anyways?
"The Alioto article last week was not a negative article against Gonzalez"
The headline certainly was, and the article described Matt as 'desperate.' Newsom apparently has no desperation. And the reality is, the candidate who is polling AHEAD (Matt) is not the desperate one. Angela's voters have spoken - there is no reason for Matt or anyone else to be desperate.
"Mostly I've read in the Chronicle about what he's up to"
Okay, this is test. Show me one article in the past month that examines Newsom's voting record or looks into his financial situation or patronage connected to him. Every couple of days brings attacks on Gonzalez or his staff, with no such behavior towards Newsom.
"only one black man's opinion"
A LOT of blacks in SF believe in and love Willie. They are tremendously loyal to him. He won two elections with these people. Now they can believe that they are not welcome in the progressive agenda. This is Willie's continuing attack on the left.
I'm glad for the hippie drum circles because they're so enjoyable - I wish the native people were out there drumming too, for peace, for community. People would love that, to see them out there as a force against the fascism too. I know they are there, but not with their drums. Not yet. But actually the drum circles are all sorts of people, mostly white hippies, but also blacks, latinos, etc. One guy - not drumming, but dancing - was blowing fire out of his mouth at one of the circles as it was getting dark. Pretty soon there was a really huge plume of fire and smoke and then the police came over and he dissapeared into the crowd. It was pretty funny, sort of out of control, but still funny to see the cops rummaging around in the ashes with their sticks and looking around. No one would say where he went.
I don't know about Matt and ethnicity. I know that some local organizers in the Mission love him, the same way some of them love and are excited by Peter. I watch the look on their face when they see him, and it's filled with hope and admiration, excitement, pride. It feels good. These are good people who work for change for those who have nothing, and I when I see their excitement - it's still something I'm on the outside of, since I'm not a part of the Mission community - but I know that we are all working together, in our different communities, for the same things. What a feeling. That's when I think we can win this thing, and I know that we will.
The headline certainly was, and the article described Matt as 'desperate.' Newsom apparently has no desperation. And the reality is, the candidate who is polling AHEAD (Matt) is not the desperate one. Angela's voters have spoken - there is no reason for Matt or anyone else to be desperate.
"Mostly I've read in the Chronicle about what he's up to"
Okay, this is test. Show me one article in the past month that examines Newsom's voting record or looks into his financial situation or patronage connected to him. Every couple of days brings attacks on Gonzalez or his staff, with no such behavior towards Newsom.
"only one black man's opinion"
A LOT of blacks in SF believe in and love Willie. They are tremendously loyal to him. He won two elections with these people. Now they can believe that they are not welcome in the progressive agenda. This is Willie's continuing attack on the left.
I'm glad for the hippie drum circles because they're so enjoyable - I wish the native people were out there drumming too, for peace, for community. People would love that, to see them out there as a force against the fascism too. I know they are there, but not with their drums. Not yet. But actually the drum circles are all sorts of people, mostly white hippies, but also blacks, latinos, etc. One guy - not drumming, but dancing - was blowing fire out of his mouth at one of the circles as it was getting dark. Pretty soon there was a really huge plume of fire and smoke and then the police came over and he dissapeared into the crowd. It was pretty funny, sort of out of control, but still funny to see the cops rummaging around in the ashes with their sticks and looking around. No one would say where he went.
I don't know about Matt and ethnicity. I know that some local organizers in the Mission love him, the same way some of them love and are excited by Peter. I watch the look on their face when they see him, and it's filled with hope and admiration, excitement, pride. It feels good. These are good people who work for change for those who have nothing, and I when I see their excitement - it's still something I'm on the outside of, since I'm not a part of the Mission community - but I know that we are all working together, in our different communities, for the same things. What a feeling. That's when I think we can win this thing, and I know that we will.
Crew of Newsom Volunteers come up to some Gonzalez Volunteers in the street... The Newsom volunteers ask, 'so, how much are you making ? '
;-)
Gonzalez up, 52 to 45
;-)
Gonzalez up, 52 to 45
Matt Gonzo is now being supported by 2 of the most violent anti-poor real estate developers this side of the Peco Mtns.
1) Walker Wong is a rich fat cat RE developer who evicts poor people. See the link:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/07/MN228222.DTL
2. Gonzalez is also supported by Real Estate LOFT developer, Joe O Donohue, who has been forcing poor Mexican immigrants out of the Mission.
Matt has sold out. Will he be another Audie Bock and leave the Green Party once he gets into power??
1) Walker Wong is a rich fat cat RE developer who evicts poor people. See the link:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/07/MN228222.DTL
2. Gonzalez is also supported by Real Estate LOFT developer, Joe O Donohue, who has been forcing poor Mexican immigrants out of the Mission.
Matt has sold out. Will he be another Audie Bock and leave the Green Party once he gets into power??
So what's your point?
Big rich Pacific Heights Real Estate developers Walter Wong and Joe O Donohue have a long history of displacing poor people in the Mission.
So why is Matt Gonzalez using Walter Wong's building as his campaign headquarters?
Why is Matt embracing both Joe O Donohue (greedy developer) and Walter Wong (notorious violator)??
Somehow, i dont think this is kosher with the Green Party Values.
So why is Matt Gonzalez using Walter Wong's building as his campaign headquarters?
Why is Matt embracing both Joe O Donohue (greedy developer) and Walter Wong (notorious violator)??
Somehow, i dont think this is kosher with the Green Party Values.
Vote for Getty or vote for O'Donohue.
show some proof, evidence. otherwise it's just gossip and bs.
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