Anyone want to elect a progressive Green to the Oakland City Council?

Former Gulf War conscientious objector Aimee Allison, who is now running for a seat on the Oakland City Council, has picked up key endorsements from the Oakland Education Association (the teacher's union), the Sierra Club, and the Oakland Tenants Union this past week. Allison has also received endorsements from Matt Gonzalez, former President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; Wilson Riles, former Oakland City Council Member, Dona Spring; Berkeley City Council Member; Enrique Palacios, former President, Alameda County Board of Education; Clarence Thomas, Executive Board member, I.L.W.U., Local 10; Renee Saucedo, Director, San Francisco Day Laborer Program; Nativo Lopez, President, Mexican American Political Association (MAPA); Peter Camejo, Green Party Gubernatorial Candidate; Medea Benjamin, Founder of Global Exchange and Code Pink; George Johnson, National Board Member, Veterans for Peace; Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Founder, Queers for Peace; Kay Eisenhower, Chair, Vote Health; Gayle McLaughlin, Richmond City Council Member; Steve Morse, Coordinator, G.I. Rights Hotline; Stephen Funk, First Conscientious Objector jailed for refusing to participate in Iraq War; and over 100 others. (For details, see: http://aimeeallison.org/endorsements.php and http://aimeeallison.org/press.php ).

The voters can cast their ballots between April 19 and May 17 in this special vote-by-mail election. Volunteers are needed now to help make phone calls and deliver literature via precinct-walking! It's time for East Bay voters to elect a progressive Green Party member to the Oakland City Council !! To help out, please come by the campaign office at 3242 Grand Ave., Oakland (1/2 block up Grand from the Grand Lake theater), send an email to: volunteer4aimee [at] earthlink.net and/or call (510) 594-7772.

For more details, please see Aimee Allison's website at: http://www.AimeeAllison.org (Also, you might want to read the message posted on this website about 6 weeks ago at: http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/02/1724277.php ).

Let's start shaking up politics in Oakland by now getting Aimee Allison elected to the City Council !!

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