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SF Supervisors Vote to Support Occupy SF

by D. Boyer
Supervisor John Avalos's resolution has passed.
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This resolution does not say much and is just another publicity stunt on the part of the Democrats who support it. Remember, Avalos, who is running for mayor as is fellow supervisor Chiu, and all the rest of the Board of Supervisors, all Democrats, support Proposition C, the destruction of city worker pensions. WHY ARE YOU GIVING PUBLICITY TO ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS DESTROYING WORKERS' PENSIONS?

Please vote for Terry Baum, the Green Party candidate for mayor, and No on all the propositions. Her website is http://terryjoanbaum.com/
Her statement from page 24 of the Voter Handbook:
My occupation is playwright/actress.

My qualifications are:
I am a pioneer lesbian playwright, a homeowner here since 1978 and an activist in progressive politics since 1970.

The way we do politics is unsustainable and unethical. San Francisco is run by a corrupt machine. Contracts go to the politically connected. Do you want to live in a city that gives a tax break to Twitter the same week that it approves an entrance fee for the Arboretum? Well, you do live in that city!

Make San Francisco green: Free buses every 10 minutes from 6 am to midnight, housing as a right, not a privilege; a moratorium on market-rate construction; Urban Artist Renewal (subsidies for galleries and theaters in blighted ares).

Revenue must come from: A municipal bank, public power, taxes that are fair (all pay something) and progressive (the rich pay more).

San Francisco cannot solve its own problems when our nation is spiralling downward in a frenzy of fear and greed. This country needs us to lead the way, as we so often have. Send a message that we will no longer settle for crumbs from the tables of the corporations, by making me your First Choice for Mayor.

TAX THE RICH!
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TERRY BAUM SHOULD BE YOUR ONLY CHOICE FOR MAYOR.

Propositions C&D are opposed by Peace & Freedom Party, the Green Party and the San Francisco Tenants Union.
Peace & Freedom Party had this to say on page 65 of the must read Voter's Handbook against Propositions C and D:
San Francisco employees didn't create this economic downturn, however both pension initiatves ask city employees to take home less money for the same benefits, as well as cutting the COLA. Tax the rich and their corporations!
For more on Peace & Freedom Party, see:
http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/

Again, the only solution to the alleged budget crisis is to INCREASE REVENUE BY TAXING THE RICH. In San Francisco, we can tax the profits of the large corporations, and we can find some way to tax the many millionaires and billionaires who live here. There are 750,000 millionaire households in California whose taxes should be raised with the progressive income tax and that increased tax revenue would benefit San Francisco.

Here is more on the 2 anti-city worker pension destruction propositions C&D:
See the below link for downloadable flyers for No on C & D:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/10/18692945.php
Here are the 2 pages in PDF format:
http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2011/10/10/no_on_c__no_on_d__-_page_1.pdf
http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2011/10/10/no_on_c__no_on_d__-_page_2.pdf
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