<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Thanks Deep! But as a San Francisco photographer, I would like to offer an opinion on Prop C <font size="3"><span class="UIStory_Message">(a cut and paste from my Facebook message)<br>Please vote NO on Prop C! Although the
intentions may be right, it restructures the Film Commission to a
similar formula that makes up the Entertainment Commission and we all
know that is not working. Please help San Francisco become more film
friendly rather than less! No on Prop C!</span></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: garamond;">J e s s i c a T a n z e r</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: garamond;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.conroytanzer.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67);">http://www.conroytanzer.com</span></a></span><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://jessicatanzer.blogspot.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: garamond;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67);">jessicatanzer.blogspot.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67);"> </span><br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 6/8/10, Amandeep Jawa <i><deep@deeptrouble.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Amandeep Jawa
<deep@deeptrouble.com><br>Subject: SOCIAL: DETAILS: 'Deep Slate June 2010: VOTE TODAY<br>To: "Social Social" <social@deeptrouble.com>, occ@deeptrouble.com<br>Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010, 7:12 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1039387415"><div>Hi folks!</div><div><br></div><div>Please go vote today! For many seats this is a primary election - which actually matters - but there are also numerous important ballot measures, both on the state level (HELL NO ON 16) and locally PROP G: HELL YES!)</div><div>-----------------</div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch:
; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">(my apologies if you get this multiple times & if you don’t want to get this type of stuff from me, just let me know)</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">These are the details of my 'Deep Slate endorsements, to see it in simple list form see the other email entitled: "LIST:...".</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ;
-x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">Thanks again to the number of folks who have asked me for my opinions. I know I say it every time but it is quite true: I really am honored. Any questions or flames can, of course, be addressed to me....</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height:
14px;">Ok - so to figure out how to value (or devalue :-)) my opinions you should know the following:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">• My opinions come from my experience in local politics over the past 13 years & the tons of candidate interviews I've done with the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters & the SF Bicycle Coalition & all the lobbying I've done at City Hall, etc etc.... As you know I don't get a dime for this, I'm a software engineer by day, and a political activist in my spare
time.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">• The 3 biggest "norths" of my political compass are environmentalism, social justice issues & good government (reform type) issues.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">• I'm President of the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters & on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. While my views are definitely shaped by my activities in these organizations, my endorsements do NOT represent their views.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">• I'm basically an idealist, an optimist, and a humanist.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">• In some of these races it is a matter of picking between flawed options....</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">• Ballot measures are REALLY a bad way to govern. Most of the things done in ballot measures SHOULD be done in the normal legislature, where they are easier to fix if they turn out
wrong. Another problem is that you have to boil complex issues down to yes/no votes - which rarely is a good idea. But this is what we have, so keep in mind that some good ideas make bad ballot propositions & a lot bad ideas can be made to be sound like good sense in ballot initiative form because the devil is often in the details. And also note that often, these measures are grey - there is often a lot of balancing going on.....</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">• 90% of my experience & knowledge is about local issues - so understand that state issues are a little greyer for me unless I say otherwise. Thus, some of the endorsements (as marked) below are taken from compiling what the California League of Conservation Voters,
the SF Bay Guardian, and the Sierra Club have had to say.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">The key is as follows:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;
font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">• the more UPPERCASE - the more strongly I feel</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">• exclamation = don't get me started!</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font: none; min-height: 14px;">• * = I don't know a lot about it & went with the Guardian or California League of Conservation Voters</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: ; -x-system-font:
none; min-height: 14px;">-------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">Senate: <b>BARBARA BOXER:</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Boxer has been a good progressive voice on most issues in the Senate and has been a champion on Climate Change stuff - YES!</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Congress: Pelosi</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Pelosi has been decent (not great but decent) as a legislator, and has been quite good as a leader of the Dems in the House - yes.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Governor: Jerry Brown</div><div style="margin: 0px;">The best option going as far as I know.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Lieutenant Governor: Janice Hahn*</div><div style="margin: 0px;">I don't know much about Hahn, but I'm in the anyone-but-Newsom camp. The Guardian says Hahn & she don't look like
Gavin to me. Gavin has been all press release, no policy. He talks a good game and then does very little - I'm tired of it & don't want to see more of the same in Sacto.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Secretary of State: Debra Bowen*</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Controller: John Chiang*</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Treasurer: Bill Lockyer*</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Attorney General: Kamala Harris*</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Insurance Commissioner Member: Dave Jones*</div><div style="margin: 0px;">State Board of Equalization: Betty Yee*</div><div style="margin: 0px;">i don't know much of these people - this list is combined from Guardian & the California League of Conservation Voters</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;">Judge of the Superior Court (6): Linda Colfax*</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Judge of the Superior Court (15): Michael Nava*</div><div
style="margin: 0px;">State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson*</div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">State Senator: um. leland yee - I can't bring myself to endorse Leland Yee - he was a horrible vote as a Supervisor for anything environmental</div><div style="margin: 0px;">State Assembly: ma - she has been good on High Speed Rail issues - but I still remember how bad she was as a supe....</div><div style="margin: 0px;">State Assembly: <b>Tom Ammiano</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Tom has been a leader here for a long time & his short tenure at the Assembly has already been dramatic for numerous good reasons (Medical Marijuana anyone?)</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;">Democratic County Central Committee:</div><div><br></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;">These DCC races are where I know the most
& have met with the most candidates at one time or another. THE BOLD are people who I think very highly of! <b>Please do vote for DCCC this is sneakily important stuff. The DCCC controls what ballot measure & candidates get the Democratic Party endorsement & thus go a long ways to what wins in local elections.</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">----- 12 -------</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Chris Gembinski</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Connie O'Connor</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>MICHAEL BORNSTEIN</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;">John Avalos</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Hene Kelly</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Melanie Nutter</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Sandra Lee Fewer</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>ERIC MAR</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>MILTON MARKS</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>JANE MORRISON</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Jake McGoldrick</div><div
style="margin: 0px;"><b>ELBERT HILL</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">-----13-----</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>DEBRA WALKER</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>AARON PESKIN</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>ERIC QUEZADA</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Joe Julian</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>ALIX ROSENTHAL</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Michael Goldstein</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>DAVID CAMPOS</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>DAVID CHIU</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>RAFAEL MANDELMAN</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Kim-Shree Maufas</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Carole Migden</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>ROBERT HAALAND</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;">-- State Propositions --</div><div><br></div></div><div style="margin:
0px;">13:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Simplify Property Tax Assessment Laws with regards to Seismic Retrofitting of Existing Buildings*</div><div style="margin: 0px;">yes</div><div style="margin: 0px;">This one does seem like just a simplification of existing seismic retrofit support in the face of the great evil that is the historic Prop. 13</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">14:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Open Primaries</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>NO NO</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>This measure would allow Republicans and independents to vote in Democratic Primaries and vice versa. NO NO NO. This would just force candidates to the middle and allow for sabotage of good candidates.</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b><br></b></div><div style="margin: 0px;">15:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Rudimentary
Steps to Public Financing of Elections</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>YES</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>Public financing is the best known way of taking the influence of money out of politics. Period. This measure removes a historic ban on public financing & uses public financing in elections for Secretary of State.</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">16:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>PG&E LAMENESS</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>NO NO NO NO</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b> </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>The Guardian lays it out perfectly here: "T deceptively titled "Taxpayer's Right to Vote Act" was dreamed up and funded entirely by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., the monopolistic utility that is worried it could face actual competition here in San Francisco
(and elsewhere) from municipal electricity programs that would offer customers a greener energy mix and more accountability than PG&E executives will ever demonstrate. Rather than accept some healthy competition, this sleazy corporation has opted to spend some $35 million to exterminate all possibilities of municipal electricity programs cropping up anywhere in the state in a bid to preserve its octopus-like grip on the energy market in Northern California. Prop. 16 would require a two-thirds majority vote at the ballot before any community choice aggregation (CCA) program — or any attempt at creating or expanding a public-power system — could move forward. That's an extreme hurdle — -and PG&E knows it."</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;">17:<span
class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Auto insurance Industry $$$ grab</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;">no</div><div style="margin: 0px;">A cynical bill put on by Mercury Insurance to tweak auto insurance rules in it's favor & make more $$$.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;">-- San Francisco Propositions --</div><div><br></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;">A:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Continue Existing School Facilities Special Tax</div><div style="margin: 0px;">YES - This measure renews an existing property tax that funds seismic and saftey related building improvements at City schools. Pretty easy yes.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">B:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response Bond</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Yes - funds needed
seismic work on emergency preparedness infrastructure & replaces some city emergency facilities at the Hall of Justice. </div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">C:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Film Commission</div><div style="margin: 0px;">yes - A reasonable measure in terms of the fact that we continue to need a Film Commission - and this makes some of the appointments go to the Board of Supes rather than all to the Mayor, and makes there be actual requirements for serving on the commission.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">D:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Retirement Benefit Costs</div><div style="margin: 0px;">yes - a step to reigning in our ballooning City pension costs.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">E:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Budget Line Item
for Police Department Security for City Officials and Dignitaries</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Yes - transparency in the City's spending on protecting dignitaries - in line with other law enforcement type agencies.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">F:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Renters' Financial Hardship Applications</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Yes - better protections for renters in tough economic times.</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>G:</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><b> </b></span><b>Transbay Transit Center</b></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><b>YES</b></div><div><b>A simple measure affirming City policy to bring High Speed Rail to a newly rebuild transit hub a the site of the Transbay Terminal rather than a less well connected hub a few blocks away.</b></div></div></div><div style=""><div><div
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