Hi Starchild,
Great about the speakers. Thank you. I understand why you had to
invite both Brian and Maxine/Jeannine at the same time due to the
short time for signature collection. I suggest that Justin, as our
group's facilitator/moderator, set a iron-clad schedule so that all
speakers get fair speaking time!! And, yes, maybe we at the LPSF can
get some ideas on how these speakers are planning to promote their
initiative.
Marcy
--- In lpsf-activists@yahoogroups.com, Starchild <sfdreamer@...>
wrote:
Marcy
I've tentatively invited *two* different speakers for our
July
meeting, under the plan adopted at our last meeting. I think we
discussed scheduling our first speaker for August, but I hope there
will be no objections to starting with these two in July, because
each
speaker is behind a currently circulating petition for which I
believe
the deadline may have passed by the time we meet in August.
Sex worker activist Maxine Doogan is attempting to qualify a
petition
to make prostitution the lowest SFPD enforcement priority and
defund
city programs that focus on prostitution, as Lady Aster (aka
Jeanine
Ring) discussed briefly at the end of our last meeting.
And Brian O'Flynn, the victim in the North Beach eminent
domain/park
scandal*, is making a push to overturn the Supervisors' vote to
allow
redevelopment in the Bayview/Hunter's Point neighborhood with a
citizen
referendum. I believe the deadlines for both are before August, and
I
think they are both initiatives we can wholeheartedly support.
It would be nice to have a vote to back each initiative when
Maxine
and Brian are present, so they can know we're behind them. I also
think
it would do them both good to hear more about each others' issues.
But most importantly, I think we need to hear how these two
individuals are going about spearheading their respective petition
drives so that we can all see and believe that the obstacles are
not
insurmountable for a group like ourselves.
Yours in liberty,
<<< starchild >>>
*Actually there is some good news on that score -- although the
Board
voted to take his land, which he still owns as of now, Brian is
currently defending against a city lawsuit that is apparently part
of
the eminent domain process, and he says he has a good lawyer,
estimating his chances of prevailing in court at around fifty-fifty.
> Dear Ron,
>
> Speaking of initiatives, I have cut and pasted below the text of
the
> newsletter I received today from the Neighborhoods Parks
Council.
> Their newsletters are quite attractive, and I enjoy getting
them. The
> text might give us an idea of what is needed to carry out an
> initiative, resolution, petition, etc. Besides money, there
seems to
> be also an incredible amount of PR needed. We could start with
an
> e-mail newsletter (like the Constant Contact program I suggested
last
> year) to help the outreach? Just some thoughts...
>
> Regards,
>
> Marcy
>
>
>
> "Imagine the Way
> Saturday, June 24
> India Basin Shoreline Park
> 11AM - 4PM
>
> We are just days away until the official launch of the Blue
Greenway:
> our 'Imagine the Way' event being held this Saturday, June 24,
from
> 11:00am - 4:00, at India Basin Shoreline Park (located at the end
of
> Evans St. off 3rd St.). Please join Mayor Gavin Newsom,
Supervisor
> Sophie Maxwell, the Livable City Initiative, and the Neighborhood
> Parks Council for this free community celebration to launch the
Blue
> Greenway, a 13-mile greenway /waterway network along San
Francisco's
> southern waterfront.
> The event will include a free barbecue; music performances by the
> African Outlet Drummers, the Senior Strutters, and Marimba
Pacifica;
> the unveiling of the first phase of the Blue Greenway Public Art
> Trail; free kayak tours, free birding tours; and special guest
> appearance by members of the San Francisco 49ers and Goldrush
> Cheerleaders. Special thanks to the Bicycle Coalition for
organizing a
> bike tour along the Blue Greenway to the event starting at 10:30
from
> China Basin Park (where you can view the whale boat/ kayak/dragon
boat
> rally organized by the Port of San Francisco).
> We are pleased to announce that we will be able to celebrate
several
> improvements along the southern waterfront that are a direct
result of
> Mayor Newsom's Blue Greenway Task Force, a 6-month process made
up of
> a myriad of stakeholders with the goal of drafting a unified
vision
> for the southern waterfront. In addition, we are thrilled to mark
the
> opening of the Blue Greenway Public Art Trail. We will be
showcasing
> pieces by renowned artist Pepe Ozan and famed sculptor William
Wareham
> in time for the event.
> We want to thank the members of the Blue Greenway Task Force for
their
> hard work and determination to make large strides for our
southern
> waterfront in an extremely tight time frame. It was a
collaborative
> effort spanning a myriad of city departments, elected officials,
> concerned residents, neighborhood associations, non-profit
> organizations, private developers/firms. Your time and input are
> greatly appreciated. The next phase will include an extensive
outreach
> effort to bring these ideas to the public to continue the
dialogue,
> obtain feedback and ideas, and finalize a vision for the Blue
> Greenway. For more info about the initiative, the event, or a
sneak