Dear Ron,
Once again, thank you for your immense positiveness and spirit of
cooperation...and for so quickly morphing the initiative into a
petition.
It would seem to me that starting with a petition, which does not
call for our committing to raise $8,000 by May or June, seems more
appropriate for us, given our current peoplepower.
I like the petition as is. But you can guess what my suggestion
would be: remove "lack of concern", and substitute with something
like "It has become necessary for the People of the City and County
of San Francisco to communicate to the Mayor, the Board of
Supervisors......(etc) the People's need to see our Police Department
re-delploy its resources to concentrate on major crimes......etc.
I am wondering if there is interest to have by the next meeting a
list of places to go and people to meet, as well as a time line to
accomplish the events. I realize we do not have a formal committee
in place yet, but I personally see no reason why any and all of us
could not start offering suggestions. I am thinking that we might
want to use election time, coming up pretty soon in June, when people
are attuned to politics to do some petitioning.
Marcy
--- In lpsf-activists@yahoogroups.com, Ron Getty <tradergroupe@...>
wrote:
>
> Dear Everyone;
>
> At yesterdays LPSF meeting due to a variety of factors it was
determined that the Police Initiative should be re-born as a Police
Petition.
>
> Some of the factors involved:
>
> Money. As at its most basic needs it would require at least
$6,000 and with the now required translation in two additional
languages possibly another $1,000.
>
> Gathering at least 16,000 signatures.
>
> Meeting all the legal standards to qualify the Initiative for the
ballot.
>
> Definitively being able to obtain co-operation of the other major
parties and community groups to assist in funding and petition
circulating.
>
> Having LPSF members who could do the necessary work in
introducing the proposed initiative to the other parties and
community groups.
>
> The Police Initiative by law could not be binding and would only
be a non-binding public policy statement. It could not be an
administrative initiative which would specifically direct the
activities of police personnel by law.
>
> Therefore it was voted to make the Police Initiative a Police
Petition. All activities and further discussion on this to be done at
the May 13 LPSF meeting.
>
> I have attached a copy of a sample of what could be said which
could then be presented as a petition. I have also included a partial
list of the activities which would be required of LPSF members to
gather enough signatures as a Petition.
>
> The Petition is for discussion purposes it is not definitive. The
LPSF would have to concur as a group to approve doing the petition
process with an appointed select committee to formulate the petition
and make it happen.
>
> Some of the activities to be considered which would require
participation would include:
>
> Presenting to other political parties and community groups for
their support and the circulation of the petitions.
>
> Publicity campaigns in newspapers or radio newstalk shows. Doing
mailers - postcards - newsletters - telephone campaigns - fund
raising and any other activity which would garner support and
signatures.
>
> Once enough signatures had been gathered say at least 10,000 -
15,000 then presenting to the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors and
Chief of Police and Police Commission etc etc etc.
>
> Ron Getty
> SF Libertarian
>
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