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Newsom Veto Undermines Black’s Campaign Message At 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 3, after most people had left for the weekend, Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoed the police foot-patrol legislation. Sponsored by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, and co-sponsored by Chris Daly, the ordinance passed the Board by an 8-3 vote at their October 17th meeting. While it is unusual for the Mayor to veto a bill that passed by a veto-proof majority, Newsom’s stated reason for the veto carries an ironic twist – according to the Mayor, Supervisors shouldn’t tell the po...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 7:06pm PST
Election Predictions, November 2006 Despite political polls, correctly predicting election results is not easy. On the eve of the Republican’s 1994 national sweep, few predicted that Democrats would lose the House, and most foresaw only slight Republican gains. Nor could anyone predicting Democrats’ electoral disaster nationally and in California (where Republicans won control of the Assembly) foresee that San Francisco’s 1994 election would be the most progressive in history. Tom Ammiano was first elected to the Board of Super...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 7:05pm PST
GREEN VOTER CARD for Alameda County and Beyond . . . The Full Alameda County Green Party Voter Guide 2006 (PDF) is available at http://www.acgreens.org/...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 5:45pm PST
Radio Stations Forced to Air Political Ad as Part of Emergency Broadcast System Test At 10:02 this morning, ), an unknown number of stations in the Sacramento area were electronically forced to broadcast a paid advertisement for the Richard “Dick” Mountjoy senate campaign. This message, along with an advertisement for HMS Capital Loans, was transmitted using the Federal Emergency Alert System (EAS). Audio of the broadcast can be heard at http://funkterminal.com/EAS%20transmission%2011-6-06.mp3 (around 1 min)....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 3:13pm PST
Vote for Your Future Stand up for equality. Protect your rights. Vote on Election Day, November 7.
Starting on November 8, California's newly-elected and re-elected political leaders will have
the power to decide your future rights. Let them know you stand for equality and justice for the
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community by voting on November 7....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 3:07pm PST
Guard your Vote (i think i found the right link to the case, see the end of the post...i am pretty sure that i never got this from the aclu list that i am on)...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 2:46pm PST
Proposition 90 is NOT leading in the polls; Proposition 87 IS leading. Proposition 90 is NOT leading in the polls.
Proposition 87 IS. . ....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 1:01pm PST
Proposition 90: The Destroy California Initiative Proposition 90 is being marketed as a way to stop Big Brother from taking your home. It might actually destroy everything that makes California livable...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 6:42am PST
Why are San Francisco Supes Meeting on Election Day? Tomorrow is Election Day – when many critical decisions affecting us over the next two years will be made. Polls open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m., but it’s advisable that you vote earlier in the day to avoid long lines. But many people will have to wait after 5:00 p.m. because they have jobs. With all the national, state and city holidays that we have during the year, it’s incredible that Election Day is not a holiday. What’s even more absurd is that the San Francisco Board of Supervi...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 6:38am PST
Mike R's Anti-Campaign 
We're not associated with any parties and don't advocate any candidates. Honestly, we don't even advocate voting. But IF you vote, for fuck sake don't vote for Mike....
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2006 7:50pm PST
No on Measure G Campaign for Low Wages! When we hear reports on raising the minimum wage in Santa Cruz to $9.25/hr, the opponents (such as Bookshop Santa Cruz, Goodwill Industries, the Seaside Company) claim it will "close businesses" "force business owners to cut health care benefits" and "hurt family-owned businesses." But has this happened in the cities where the minimum wage HAS been raised? What about the fate of workers who must try to pay for rent, food, and transportation in one of the most expensive counties in the count...
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2006 12:07pm PST
Measure H will fund Police 4x more than fixing roads This 1/4 cent sales tax increase proposal is hawked as a measure to repair potholes and damaged roads. But only 9% is earmarked for Public Works while 37% will go to the best-paid department in the City of Santa Cruz: the police...
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2006 11:57am PST
The District 10 Community Speaks with its Candidates 
Poverty Scholars and residents of District 10 meet and question their candidates at POOR Magazine's Community Newsroom...
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2006 11:10am PST
Viet American Votes May Swing San Jose Election Ten days before the runoff election for mayor in San Jose, between Vice Mayor Cindy Chavez and Councilmember Chuck Reed, both registered democrats, the race is too close to call....
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2006 10:01am PST
Is it Possible to have Fair and Accurate Elections in Fresno? 
Some insights into electronic voting and the voting process in Fresno County....
Posted: Sat, Nov 4, 2006 6:59pm PST
SF: Vote this Weekend at City Hall; P&F & Green are peace parties Openly anti-abortion, pro-war Democrats are being proudly supported by the Democratic Party in this year's congressional elections, guaranteeing no change if the Democrats become the majority in Congress. That is why it is always best to vote your conscience, either Red or Green, if you want peace, abortion rights, no death penalty and much more....
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 11:42pm PST
Green Party Election Recommendations! Here are the Green Party of Alameda County recommendations for the election. (For the S.F. Green Party local recommendations, please see: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem )...
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 5:10pm PST
Crashing the Party 
Congressional Candidate Carol Brouillet describes the challenges she and other 9-11 Truth, Impeachment, Peace candidates experience trying to get their message out to the public....
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 9:54am PST
Webb, Tester and Angelides: The Best and Worst Campaigns of 2006 Thanks to dailykos.com, mydd.com, and youtube.com, political junkies can now closely assess the campaign strategies of key state and national races. When Virginia Senator George Allen uses a racial slur, or his staff assaults a Webb campaign volunteer, the event can be seen on the Internet within hours. These and other sites also enable us to get activists’ up to the minute campaign reports, rather than having news about breaking campaign events filtered and distorted by the media. Based on m...
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 7:00am PST
Berkeley Against ELECTION LIES from Chamber of Commerce (save Kriss and Dona...) PHOTOS 
Outrageous election lies funded by Berkeley's Chamber of Commerce were protested Wednesday, November 2, 2006 in front of old City Hall in Berkeley, CA at Noon.
The Chamber has put forth numerous well-funded hit pieces for developer-friendly candidates, in an effort to unseat two of the nation's most progressive city council candidates. The agenda of the Chamber, based on what this reporter has learned, appears to be at the very least: evictions for development; police abuses for cultura...
Posted: Thu, Nov 2, 2006 6:36pm PST
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