Mayoral Debate on Friday
Josh
meeting tomorrow at 7:00 PM at Cafe Du Soleil which is located at the
corner of Waller and Filmore. Friday is the Candidates debate, and
I've attached the press release as well.
Hope to see you tomorrow and maybe Friday too.
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Mayoral Candidates to Debate Friday
Contact: Josh Wolf (415)794-2401
ma...@joshwolf.net
August 15, 2007
For immediate release:
SAN FRANCISCO - On Friday, August 17th at 5:00PM the San Francisc
mayoral candidates will gather on the lawn in front of City Hall for
the first of many debates this election season. Twelve of the fourteen
candidates have confirmed that they will participate in the forum. The
debates will continue every Friday until the election and are being
organized by the 2007 Mayoral Candidates Collaborative.
The origins of the Candidates Collaborative can be traced back to the
2004 District Five Board of Supervisors race when "Diamond Dave"
Whitaker envisioned a forum through which candidates could unite
around the issues they share, build alliances, and provide a forum for
all the candidates. With the help of Julian Davis' leadership the
first Candidates Collaborative proved an amazing success and nearly
all of the 22 candidates participated including Supervisor Ross
Mirkarimi.
Organized by H. Brown and Josh Wolf, Friday's debate is intended to
revitalize the Candidates Collaborative for the 2007 mayoral race.
Several candidates have expressed an interest in working together to
ensure that everyone's voice is heard, and the collaborative is
expected to expand its plans in the near future.
The debate will start at 5:00PM and run until 6:30PM. The candidates
will be provided with three minutes to introduce themselves and
explain why they are running. Following introductions, the candidates
will be granted an opportunity to ask a question to another candidate
and he or she will have one minute to respond. The debate will
conclude with the moderator taking questions from the audience. A
different media outlet will moderate each debate; Luke Thomas of Fog
City Journal has been asked to facilitate the first in the series.
The following candidates have confirmed that they will participate in
Friday's debate: H. Brown, George Davis, Tony Hall, Lonnie Holmes,
Grasshopper Kaplan, Quintin Mecke, Wilma Pang, Michael Powers, Ahimsa
Porter Sumchai, Billy Bob Whitmer, and Josh Wolf. The Mayor's Office
has not yet confirmed whether Gavin Newsom would be able to attend.