San Francisco Supervisors David Campos, David Chiu, John Avalos and Eric Mar all addressed members of the Harvey Milk Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club the other night at the LGBT Center on Market Street.
The freshmen emphasised the importance of adding progressive women to their group, and they just might get that from Districts 6 and 10 after the November elections next year.
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Linda Post was there - read about her take over at San Francisco FYI net.
Our 2007 Civic Center Christmas / Holiday tree had a big Star of Bethlehem on top all the way through the season.
Our 2008 tree had a star that came and went.
And now, our 2009 tree has no star at all. Oh well. Looks a little plain now, huh?
Maybe they’re still working on it. Click to expand
Speaking of plain, take note of the Great Gravel Plain of Civic Center – it’s what we get this year instead of grass or a Victory Garden the way we had last year.
Oh well.
If you like holiday trees, head to City Hall, where Rita Moreno (ask about her Grammy, Oscar, Emmy,and Tony) will star at the Rainbow World Fund Tree of Hope 2009 lighting celebration.
“Come to the tree lighting celebrationat City Hall with Mayor Gavin Newsom. Join us as we gather wishes and hopes for the future of our global community and give them wings. The event takes place on the rotunda inside San Francisco City Hall and features a concert by the San Francisco Boys Chous, Veronica Klaus and more. Free beverages and light refreshments.
Send a wish to the Rainbow World Fund and they’ll turn it into an origami crane which they’ll add to the tree.
See you there.
There will be a ceremony and candlelight march to honor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone tonight at the intersection of 17th Street and Market. See the Harvey Milk Club’s website for the latest.
From club president Rafael Mandelman:
“Hope you had an excellent Thanksgiving. Just wanted to remind you that today is the 31st anniversary of the assassinations of Harvey Milk and George Moscone. Please join us tonight at 6 PM at the Castro Muni Stop for a ceremony to commemorate their lives and legacies, followed by a candlelit march.”
It’ll be ‘neath the largest gay pride flag in the world, right here:
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See you there.
San Francisco’s Harvey Milk Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Democratic Club had an endorsement election down at the Women’s Building in the Mission District last night. Here’s the upshot, via the Twitter:
“Harvey Milk Dems have endorsed Mandelman in D8, Walker in D6 and Goldstein for College Board. Many thanks to all of you who turned out!”
Get up to speed on the elections next month and next year over at the Usual Suspects.
And oh look, Rafael just made the Hot 40 Under 20 Hot 20 Under 40 list at 7×7 magazine. As seen in Duboce Park:
Well it’s here. The Bay Area blog from the New York Times is finally here, along with a new Bay Area Edition for the newspaper. And, like some other famous New Yorkites (such as Harvey Milk, Bill Graham and Senator Carole Migden), the NYT has offended the locals of San Francisco upon arrival. Oh well.
Let’s welcome this new blog with open arms. Give us More I say. Hang those who talk of less.
Meet your New Writers here. They include:
Felicity Barringer
Jesse McKinley
Gerry Shih
Michelle Quinn
Malia Wollan
All right. Expect good things.
Bon courage, TBA!
Now I say famous because, apparently, I’m the last person in town to see this thing. (And actually, I thought it was a Barack Obama kite at first, so oh well.)
Irregardless, it was an arresting sight.
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And here’s the pilot in front of City Hall, right where they filmed that Sean Penn movie:
Sail on Harvey, sail on…
That’s what they’re saying at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago. Here’s what they’re pointing to:
“Pat – Don’t say or do anything. I’ve been turned in by Johnny Teynel and Marty ‘Kid’ (illegible) and a third party – Harvey“
Is this proof positive?
You Make The Call.
The Harvey Milk Recreational Arts Building at 50 Scott Street in Duboce Park had quite the grand opening kickoff yesterday morning. Read all about it at Linda Post’s SF FYI.NET.
“City Parks general manager Jared Blumenfeld thought the late supervisor Harvey Milk would be very proud of the voter-approved two-year project. ‘It’s got recording studios, it’s got darkrooms. Just beautiful, light spaces, community rooms,’ Blumenfeld said. ‘It’s really architecturally stunning.’”
“The American Dream starts with the neighborhoods” - as recorded by Laura Spanjian, Assistant General Manager for External Affairs for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
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San Francisco District 8 Supervisor Bevan Dufty, Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services liaison to District 8 Alex Randolph, and Jared Blumenfeld
Milk speechwriter Frank Robinson:
Now that the ribbon’s been cut, let’s take a look inside:
That’ll do.
See you there!
It was democracy in action last night at the Harvey Milk Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club annual election in San Francisco’s Women’s Building (“A Home of Our Own”) on 3543 18th Street in the Mission district.
A large turnout with the line of voters spilling downstairs. Click to expand:
After a bit of requisite contentiousnousness involving President Rafael Mandleman’s expected milk run for District 8 Supervisor next year, the 2009 election results for the Harvey Milk Club are:
Rafael Mandelman, President
Donna Linden, Vice President for Internal Affairs
Hale Thompson, Vice President for External Affairs
Bobbi Lopez, Vice President for Political Affairs
Michael Lee, Eboard Internal
Kimberly Alvarenga, Eboard Political
Catherine Cusic, Eboard Events and Fundraising
Kirby Ramstad, Eboard Organizing
Margot Reed, Eboard Outreach
Patricia West, Eboard Outreach
Stephany Ashley, Recorder
Paul Hogarth, Correspondent
Bruce Wolfe, Treasurer
Congratulations!
