Political Junkie: Scheduling Conflicts
Chris Daly's super excited about his Progressive Convention on Saturday June 2, right? He's telling everyone! He even crashed Gavin Newsom's party last Saturday to tell him! June 2! June 2! They're going to nominate a progressive mayoral candidate on June 2!
Soooooo.... guess who else is having a mayoral event that very same day????
In order to qualify Mayor Gavin Newsom for the ballot this coming November, we need your help. We are going to start collecting signatures from San Franciscans on June 2nd. We want to show the City's widespread support of our Mayor and his vision for San Francisco.We're hosting a volunteer mobilization on June 2nd at 12:30 at our campaign headquarters. Please come join the Mayor and other enthusiastic campaign volunteers as we hit the streets to let people know what this campaign is all about.
Oh no! Scheduling another party on the very same day as your rival's! That is COLD. They're going to have a rally for Newsom on Chris Daly's birthday next!
After the jump: we actually talked to both Chris Daly and the Newsom campaign about this -- plus, all your info for your jam-packed June 2nd schedule.
We talked to Chris Daly about it, and he said, "Gavin's already stolen our platform on marriage equality, tidal energy, health care, and gun control. Why not take June 2nd too?"
To be fair, we also talked to Eric Jaye, the Newsom 07 campaign manager. Jaye says they've been planning to gather signatures on June 2 for months, since the signature-gathering kickoff date is June 1, and he notes that DA Kamala Harris is having an event on June 2 too. He says, "It should be an interesting day.... but I don¹t think too many of our folks are considering going to the Chris Daly show and probably the same could be said in reverse for his supporters."
But what about us folks on the fence? How is SFist going to get awesome pictures of all of this on June the second? We've got some elaborate party-hopping to plan!
Here's your info -- pick your party!
--Progressive Convention: 10-5 p.m., Tenderloin Elem. School, 627 Turk (x Van Ness).
--Newsom volunteer rally: 12:30 p.m., Newsom HQ, 1320 Sutter (x Van Ness, a mere five blocks up the street from the Progressive Convention). RSVP required.
--Kamala Harris kickoff event: Women's Building (18th Street, x Guerrero), 10:30 a.m.-noon.