Gonzalez SF Mayoral Race, Part 1
December 2, 2003
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I went to SF yesterday to work on Matt Gonzalez' Green for Mayor campaign. I was a SF city employee for two decades starting with Joe Alioto, thru DiFi, Moscone, Agnos, Jordan and Willie. Hopefully Matt will win and preserve our pensions and health care! Check out his website. I was impressed with the campaign. One HQ is centrally located and has a wheelchair ramp a half block long. They even had organic food for the volunteers! ;-D
Newsom (the rich Dem) had egg on his face all week. First Angela Alioto met Matt for lunch and made some demands for a job, then Newsom courted her and she claims offered her a job as VICE mayor! (A joke for SF!) Newsom had to "distance" himself from her, then Willie Brown called Matt a racist for not supporting his cronie appointments, and then Newton had to distance again. Yesterday massive emails were circulated calling for a Green demo against Al Gore who comes Tue. The Greens did not organize it, and after investigation traced the origin to a computer in Newsom's HQ! And Newsom's rich friends could only give $250 apiece. Those who gave more didn't even try to get their wives and grandchildren to send separate checks. If Newsom distances himself any more, he'll be in Hawaii by Tue!
Matt is ahead in the polls, and EVERYONE is talking about it, even here in Santa Cruz! I plan to attend the victory party on Tue. Stay tuned for that one.
Go Greens Go!
Barri
Barri Boone is a former Hoosier who now resides in Santa Cruz, CA.St. Joe Valley Greens, South Bend, IN