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Obama, measure T, Prop 8

Obama
Well, it seems like the election was a long time past, but it’s only been a couple of weeks. We were thrilled on election night. McCain lost and Obama’s the new guy. Most people I know are totally in love with him, but I’m still waiting to see what he does. I do have a lot of hope, but little faith. My friend, Howard, sent me the following URL:   http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/barackobama/a/random_act.htm
Apparently, this is a confirmed urban legend. Let me know what you think. Is this the kind of guy we want for president?
Measure T
The other thing that was really positive about this election, was the passage of Measure T in the city of Richmond, where I live. This is the one that I put a lot of time into to try and get it passed. What it’s going to do, is raise Chevron’s city license fee from about $80,000 a year to about $27 million. What a shame. They can hardly afford it. A few other large manufacturers will be affected as well. The opposition (Chevron) claimed that it would hurt small business in our community. They spent about $350,000 spreading their lies, but they still lost. Hurray.
Proposition 8
The bad news, of course, was the passage of Proposition 8. The Mormon Church spent a bundle of money to pass this one and they succeeded. If you follow the news at all, then you know that this fight isn’t over. It’ll go to the courts and may be knocked down there. People are demonstrating all over the world over this and we’ll beat these narrow minded people yet. The photos below are from yesterday’s demonstration and rally at city hall in San Francisco. If you like these pictures, there are lots more at my Flickr site.

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