Overheard in Fog City

Luke Thomas
FCJ Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
Photo by Adam Aufdencamp

By Luke Thomas

November 20, 2007, 11:43 a.m.

Harvey Milk Club Kumbaya - Get ready for a mini-election scramble

And they're off…

After much ballyhoo over an early candidate endorsement in the hotly contested District 3 Senate race, Harvey Milk Club executive board members agreed last night - by almost unanimous consent - to hold a final candidate endorsement vote on December 11.

Club president Brian Basinger, we're told, abstained from the vote.

The candidate who receives a 60 percent majority of votes from eligible club members at the December meeting, will receive the club's early endorsement.

Based on previous club votes gone awry - the last candidate endorsement vote descending into bedlam - former Milk club president Carole Migden is expected to win the coveted club endorsement. Challenger Mark Leno, who is perceived to be a pinch right of progressive, has garnered the early endorsement of the moderate-leaning Alice B. Toklas club.

Assemblymember Mark Leno

District 3 Senator Carole Migden

From the looks of things, last night's fireside kumbaya helped to heal some some bad feelings between club members, and suggests the LGBT community is ready to accept the fairest of possible endorsement outcomes.

Leno gets Toklas, Migden gets Milk. A well-earned draw, and no blood spilt.

Harvey Milk Club executive board members Debra Walker and Rafael Mandelman
with club president Brian Basinger.

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