Those Friends of the JROTC have certainly been active lately. Watch San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom stand up for the program here, via KTVU’s Paul Chambers. And FOX News has a few thoughts on the matter as well.
Steve Rhodes via Flickr (Like MasterCard, Mr Rhodes is everywhere you want to be.)
Are all those 13,600 signatures to Save JROTC going to pass muster?
San Francisco 49ERS Family Day 2008 went off today without a hitch. But yesterday, the Niners had a few things to say about another annual off-season event:
Each year the San Francisco 49ers and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce host a kick-off luncheon to celebrate the new season with all of our players and coaches. Last year, the event became a forum for the politicians to pitch a stadium plan, rather than a show of support for the players and coaches. Although the team continues to be active members of the Chamber, we announced in March that we will not be organizing the same event this year. Instead, the team will be hosting 49ers Family Day at Candlestick Park this Saturday from 10 – 2 pm.
The politicians in question could possibly be San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and call-and-response orator Senator Dianne Feinstein (and they might not have been too happy with feisty senator Carole Migden and her old Senate Bill 49 either). The problem with this “team statement” is that it suggests that Family Day is a substitute for the Chamber luncheon, but that’s not the case since FD is an annual thing itself.
Oh well, on with the show. Junior Gold Rush cheer clinic:
Coach Mike Nolan taking questions from the crowd:
“Do YOU come with the car?”:
See you next year!