Dear Lars;
The non-validity of the argument of voting for Matt Gonzalez as a
third party candidate still stands. San Francisco is a one-party
town. The Democrats hold sway by vast numbers. The last time
Republicans were elected to any office was the earlier version of
district elections. This is when Lee Dolson and Ed Lawson were
elected as Supervisors.
People will vote for Matt Gonzalez because of who he is and what he
stands for. It does not have any measurable impact for Libertarians
if he is a third party candidate getting elected in a major city.
Why? The vast majority of San Francisco voters do not have a clue
about who or what Libertarians are and what they stand and do not
stand for. San Francisco voters at least have something of a clue
about what the Green Party is and what Greens stand for. They just
think of Ralph Nader and how he " stole votes from Gore so Bush
won ".
Matt Gonzalez getting elected Mayor will not benefit third party
Libertarian candidates who will run next year in San Francisco for
Assembly - State Senate - US Congress - Supervisor.
Ron Getty
SF Libertarian
Nobody is saying that Gonzalez is Libertarian, or anywhere close
to
it. The argument is that electing a non Republicrat as mayor in a
major city will serve to undermine the two party system and make
the
thought of voting for third party candidates slightly less absurd
to
a lot of people in general, as well as serve to break up the one
party system in SF in particular. Both those things are good for
the
LP.
I'm not in a position to tell how big this effect might be, but
let's
>Dear Christopher; (and really Tom Janci );
>
>If Matt Gonzalez will work to repeal the payroll taxes will he go
>down on the record to immediately repeal Prop L - Minimum Wage?
>Will he go down on the record to immediately repeal the 30 year
>Transit Tax under Prop K? Will he go down on the record to
repeal
>the Prop G - Rainy Day Fund? Will he go down on the record to not
>issue the new School Bond approved? What will he not do anything
to
>fund Prop I - Child Care for Low Income Families? Will he not do
>anything to fund Prop J - Separate Facilities for Seniors
Families
>and Disabled?
>
>If Matt Gonzalez is such a great fiscal conservative will he
either
>repeal or not fund the above approved propositions?
>
>For Tom Janci and any other Libertarians who would pose the same
>argument please read the following.
>
>Any arguments regarding getting a third party candidate elected
in
>San Francisco being beneficial to all other third party
candidates
>is entirely specious, fallacious and disingenuous if the
candidate
>elected is not a LIBERTARIAN!!!!!
>
>You either support the Libertarian movement or you don't. Green
>Party candidates are not an alternative to a Libertarian
candidiate.
>Read the Green Party platform and listen to Ralph Nader if you
have
>any doubts about where the Greens are coming from and how they
are
>not Libertarians.
>
>Ron Getty
>SF Libertarian
>
>
>"Christopher R. Maden" <crism@m...> wrote:
>
>Tom Janci, author of today's pro-Gonzalez letter to the
_Chronicle_, is
>unable to attend tomorrow's meeting. However, he sent the
following
>argument in favor of a recommendation for Gonzalez in the runoff.
>
>Summary: Gonzalez supports a payroll tax repeal, and his election
will
>further third-party causes in general.
>
>[It is worth noting that a payroll tax repeal wasn't really on
the table
>until Mike Denny brought it up.]
>
>~Chris
>
>November 7, 2003
>
>Re: Endorsement of Matt Gonzalez (G) for Mayor of San Francisco
>
>I am writing in support of Matt Gonzalez for Mayor of San
Francisco in the
>upcoming run-off election taking place December 9, 2003. While
there are
>fundamental differences between our respective platforms, we
Libertarians
>should endorse Mr. Gonzalez based on two key points: a) the
repeal of ! the
>payroll tax, and b) to further the advancement of third party
candidates in
>major elections.
>
>Mr. Gonzalez is an outspoken proponent of eliminating the payroll
tax. I
>work for a large printing company who has vendor relationships
with three
>major banks in San Francisco and our entire product offering is
geared
>towards small business. As a sales representative, I meet with
more than
>400 new small business customers a year. The majority of new
jobs created
>in San Francisco in the next few years will be created by small
>business. Many of the small business owners I work with want to
hire their
>first employee, but frankly, the thought of paying sky-high
payroll taxes
>scares them to death. I don't blame them! Small business drives
this
>economy; it always has and always will. Eliminating the payroll
tax will
>not only encourage growth of existing small businesses, but will
also
>attr! act new businesses to San Francisco.
>
>In terms of the bigger political picture, this election affords
us the
>opportunity as supporters of third-party candidates to further
all of our
>causes by putting San Francisco back on the progressive political
map. We
>need new ideas on ways to tackle homelessness, ways to stop the
failed war
>on drugs, ways to protect our civil liberties and a woman's right
to
>choose, just to name a few. The major party candidates all use
the same
>rhetoric and nothing gets accomplished other than favors to the
special
>interests that put them in office. I'm tired of the Willie Brown
brand of
>politics. I don't want another Alioto in office. We need a fresh
>perspective because the status quo simply doesn't work anymore.
While our
>platforms may differ, we share a common goal: open the doors of
major
>political offices to third party candidates. San Francisco can
set the
>p! ace for the rest of the country and this is the election to do
it in.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Thomas A. Janci, Jr.
>1927 Funston Avenue
>San Francisco, CA 94116
>(415) 531-7840
>tom@t...
>
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