Articles Posted in the Politics Category

  • The Real Enemies of the US

    The Real Enemies of the US

    The enemy is people we know very well and people we can identify. The enemy is a system that wages war when it’s profitable. The enemy is the CEOs who lay us off our jobs when it’s profitable; it’s the insurance companies who deny us health care when it’s profitable; it’s the banks who take away our homes when it’s profitable. Our enemies are not 5000 miles away, they are right here at home. If we organize and fight with our sisters and brothers, we can stop this war, we can stop this government, and we can create a better world.

  • Daly Announces District 6 Symposium

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    Daly Announces District 6 Symposium

    Daly forwarded to FCJ today what appears to be a postcard mailer that we are presuming he will send to all registered District 6 voters.

  • U.S. Supreme Court Denies Legal Challenge to Ammiano Healthcare Program

    U.S. Supreme Court Denies Legal Challenge
    to Ammiano Healthcare Program

    The high court’s action today ends a four-year legal challenge by the Golden Gate Restaurant Association.

  • Gonzalez Challenges Paulson to Debate Pension Reform Measure

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    Gonzalez Challenges Paulson
    to Debate Pension Reform Measure

    “I would love to have a debate with Paulson,” Gonzalez told FCJ on Saturday following a signature drive kickoff event for the measure. “If he wants to sit down and debate this issue publicly, or any issue in the City, I’ll do it.”

  • Kim Campaign Kickoff Draws Two Former SF Mayors

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    Kim Campaign Kickoff Draws Two Former SF Mayors

    The campaign launch drew as many as 300 hundred supporters to the event held at 111 Minna Gallery in the heart of Downtown San Francisco, far exceeding the attendances of previous kickoff events held by Kim’s closest competitors in the race.

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    SF Young Dems D6 Debate Format Best Ever

    Credit a lively format that included candidates firing questions at each other and Melissa Griffin’s artful and entertaining moderating that combined to keep a well-attended audience engaged and on the edge of their seats. Mathew Drake, Glendon “Anna Conda” Hyde, James Keys, Jane Kim, Jim Meko, Theresa Sparks, Debra Walker and Elaine Zamora were the only candidates invited to participate in the debate. Zamora chose not to participate.

  • Meko Qualifies for Public Campaign Financing

    Meko joins Jane Kim, Debra Walker and Elaine Zamora as the only D6 candidates to date to be authorized eligible to receive public campaign funds.