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textHow to increase attendance at Friday SF mayoral candidates' debates by voter
[ practical suggestions for the Candidates' Collaborative]...
Posted: Sun, Aug 19, 2007 12:17pm PDT
textQuestions for SF Green Party by $
Now that the Green Party has betrayed the tenants who depend on rent control by refusing to run a candidate for mayor this year against anti-rent control Democrat Newsom, we have some other questions for the San Francisco Green Party....
Posted: Sun, Aug 19, 2007 9:34am PDT
image2008 Presidential Candidate Frank Moore’s Campaign Speech Thursday Night In Oakland
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by C. Nicholl
Last night, 2008 Presidential candidate Frank Moore delivered a campaign speech to an enthusiastic crowd of seniors, staffers and youth at the Claremont House retirement community in Oakland, CA. The text of his speech follows. Moore’s campaign has gained increasing popularity and media attention over the summer. He is considered one of the most interesting alternative candidates for President, and was just interviewed by London's The Independent for this very reason....
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2007 6:26pm PDT
imageFrank Moore's Presidential Campaign Speech Last Night
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by C. Nicholl
Last night, 2008 Presidential candidate Frank Moore delivered a campaign speech to an enthusiastic crowd of seniors, staffers and youth at the Claremont House retirement community in Oakland, CA. The text of his speech follows. Moore’s campaign has gained increasing popularity and media attention over the summer. He is considered one of the most interesting alternative candidates for President, and was just interviewed by London's The Independent for this very reason....
Posted: Fri, Aug 17, 2007 10:55pm PDT
textCalif. "stealth" initiative could grab White House for GOP by Marilyn Bechtel via PWW
Friday, August 17, 2007 : Under the guise of “electoral reform,” California Republicans are preparing to launch a deceptively-named ballot initiative which could seriously distort the results of next year’s presidential election. In mid-July, Thomas W. Hiltachk, acting on behalf of an entity called Californians for Equal Representation, submitted to the state attorney general’s office the so-called Presidential Election Reform Act to eliminate the current system of awarding the state’s 55 el...
Posted: Fri, Aug 17, 2007 6:42am PDT
textFri. Noon, Oakland City Hall - Demand the city count the signatures! by repost
A year has passed; lawsuits have been filed; money spent but the people of Oakland are no better off. The land remains undeveloped. The signers of the petition remain unheard....
Posted: Thu, Aug 16, 2007 10:33pm PDT
image2008 Presidential Candidate Frank Moore to deliver speech in Oakland tonight
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by Corey Nicholl
2008 Presidential candidate Frank Moore, a local (Berkeley) performance artist and shaman is giving a presidential campaign speech in Oakland today 8/16. Moore has been running for President for a year now. Please see his campaign website for more information and press links: http://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com/ He is considered one of the most interesting alternative candidates for President, and was just interviewed by London's The Independent for this very reason. Moore fou...
Posted: Thu, Aug 16, 2007 1:39pm PDT
textAhimsa Sumchai Porter. MD. A Mayor for the People of San Francisco by Pat Monk
August 14th, 2007 at 7:25 am AHIMSA SUMCHAI PORTER. MD. A MAYOR FOR THE PEOPLE. GET ON BOARD Y'ALL! SHE'S THE ONLY WAY TO FLY....
Posted: Wed, Aug 15, 2007 4:12pm PDT
textNavy's Blue Death & Mayor's Race by $
Democrat Newsom, the illegal election fraud "mayor" who sits in office with election fraud, has stated that he supports the illegal low flights over heavily populated San Francisco of the Navy's Blue Death during Columbus Genocide week, wasting tax dollars and oil, making terrible nerve shattering ear splitting noise, all to glorify war. We need to hear from all other mayoral candidates on this litmus test issue. You should also register to vote now....
Posted: Wed, Aug 15, 2007 6:07am PDT
textCoalition representing public workers calls Pension Initiative "mean spirited and unfair" by RYAN RAUZON
Coalition representing public workers calls Pension Initiative "mean spirited and unfair;" New proposal slashes Retirement for nurses, teachers, firefighters and peace officers up to 60%...
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 3:41pm PDT
textMedia Blames Black Mayors - Not Bush - for Rising Homicides by Randy Shaw via Beyond Chron
Tuesday, August 14, 2007 : As federal budget priorities starve urban America, the outcome has been predictable: rising murder rates from Newark, New Jersey to Oakland, California, with virtually no low-income African-American or Latino neighborhood spared the violence. Who is to blame for this problem? According to the media, it is the nation’s black mayors....
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 9:53am PDT
textMayoral Candidates to Debate by Josh Wolf
Beginning this Friday and continuing until the election, the mayoral candidates will be gathering in front of City hall at 5:00PM for a debate and to create an opportunity for the people of San Francisco to get to know the people running and inquire about the issues most important to them. The debate is being organized the by the Mayoral Candidates Collaborative of 2007....
Posted: Mon, Aug 13, 2007 12:08pm PDT
textOn Newsom's Endorsement Of Clinton by Randy Shaw via Beyond Chron
Political Payback, Not “Issues,” Fuels Clinton Endorsement Monday, August 13, 2007 : "I like Barack (Obama) and admire him ... and (John) Edwards as well ... but I never was able to have a discussion of the issues with the same depth, the same understanding, that I have had with Hillary Clinton." --- Mayor Newsom, August 11 SF Chronicle If the notion that Mayor Newsom endorsed Hillary Clinton due to her greater grasp of issues seems fanciful, it is....
Posted: Mon, Aug 13, 2007 7:06am PDT
videoAhimsa Sumchai announces for Mayor of San Francisco (video/quicktime 42.9MB) by Bill Carpenter
Dr. Sumchai is one of a group of 14 candidates standing for the Nov. 6th election. Three-minute QT movie. 43MB....
Posted: Sun, Aug 12, 2007 6:51am PDT
textDr. Sumchai of Bayview v. Newsom-Pelosi-Lennar Gang in Mayor's Race by $
The workingclass of San Francisco finally have an outstanding, articulate, serious and informed candidate for mayor, an African American female medical doctor, Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, M.D., best known for her exposes of the Newsom-Pelosi-Lennar Corporation's poisoning of her neighborhood, Bayview Hunters Point in the National Black Newspaper of the Year, the San Francisco Bayview, as their Health and Environemental Science Editor....
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 11:21am PDT
imageBlack Farmers celebrate our contribution to the Gold Rush Era and today's 2007 Farm Bill
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by Khubaka, Michael Harris
The Capitol of the Golden State of California will host a free event, complete with cobblestone roads, horse-drawn wagons and Wild West shoot-outs that will take international visitors and local residents back in time to the 1850’s. Costumed Living History characters will stroll through the streets of Old Sacramento reenacting the Gold Rush era....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 10:03am PDT
imageCalifornia Black Farmers Enjoy Senator Obama in our State Capitol
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by Khubaka, Michael Harris
Senator Obama has lunch in the State Capitol of the #1 Agricultural Region of the World, Sacramento, California. The African Founding Father of California, Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. has a complimentary story of the creation of California Agricultura export. Obama is a nationwide leader supporting all U.S. Family Farmers. Historic Route 66 links Chicago and Los Angeles and the fortunes of Senator Obama Presidential bid. It is very clear of Senator Obama support for Black...
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 11:02am PDT
text3 days to get on the ballot for mayor of SF...Can we do it? by Josh Wolf
I have three more days to raise the additional $3,000 needed to get on the ballot. Please consider helping my campaign....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 11:50am PDT
textMedia Gives Schwarzenegger Pass on Budget Impasse by Randy Shaw via Beyond Chron
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 : Remember when former California Governor Gray Davis was lambasted up and down the state for the legislature’s failure to pass a timely budget? The media framed the impasse as demonstrating Davis’ lack of leadership skills, even though those holding up the budget were Republicans who were not under his control....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:37am PDT
textNewsom vs. Daly: Teflon vs. Real Values by Tommi Avicolli-Mecca via Beyond Chron
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 : There wouldn’t be a dull moment if District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly took the plunge and ran against incumbent San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. The SF Chronicle reported yesterday morning that Daly is considering declaring before the August 10th deadline. I confirmed with Daly that the Chron story was basically true, he is talking to folks about his options, but he hasn't decided anything yet....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:37am PDT
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