From: SF Bay View <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Our fight in San Francisco to stop the Citys eminent domain-powered ethnic
cleansing land grab will, we hope, inspire similar battles everywhere. All
over the country, the white flight generation and their offspring are
looking back longingly at the vibrant cities they left behind and they
want them back. But if their money muscle succeeds in pushing us out,
theyll be left alone in a city thats lost its soul. Everybody will lose.
Petition drive update: Only if we win, however, can we inspire others.
While were thrilled to be nearly halfway to our goal of 30,000 signatures
by the Aug. 21 deadline for the Redevelopment referendum petitions, we need
many more volunteer signature gatherers and much, much more financial support.
Very few dollars have come in so far, and, sadly, we had to let the paid
signature gatherers go many of them the very people who are the targets
of Redevelopments repeopling scam, who need the little money they were
making to keep from being homeless. Those of you who can, please send a
donation to: Defend Bayview Hunters Point, P.O. Box 470156, San Francisco
CA 94147.
SF Bay Views survival struggle: Were still here thanks to many of you
and still kicking. But the threat of extinction still looms. The wonderful,
anonymous challenge grant of $3,000 we told you about last week has been
met hallelujah! Thank you thank you thank you to all you angels whose
sacrifices saved the Bay View once again.
But advertising income is sporadic and never sufficient, and, much as we
hate to beg, we still desperately need your help. The solution is a loan
against the plentiful equity in our property so that we can hire a good
fundraiser, someone whos politically conscious and skilled at ad sales and
event organizing not a common combination.
Beside the usual redlining (lenders refusal to lend to people of color or
of limited means and their neighborhoods), our latest obstacle is good ol
IRS. When yet another loan application was rejected just last week, the
reason given was that IRS says we still owe a $15,000 lien from 1991 that's
now ballooned, with penalties and interest, to $700,000! Our brilliant and
fearless young attorney, Olumide Obayemi, will get it resolved if anyone
can. But meanwhile, you, our readers, are our best hope.
Hurricane Relief Information Network: Many of you have asked whether a
donation to HRIN helps save the Bay View newspaper. Yes! Bay View Editor CC
Campbell-Rock set it up and won 501(c)(3) status from IRS on the premise
that HRIN would support the Bay Views coverage of and for Katrina
survivors. Forgotten or ignored by the major media, they continue to face a
barrage of attacks that we believe add up to nothing short of attempted
genocide. We pledge to tell the world their story and encourage and empower
them to live to fight another day.
How you can help: So your donation to save the Bay View can be made either
of two ways:
* Directly to SF Bay View, 4917 Third St., San Francisco CA 94124, or
* Tax deductibly to HRIN, 4917 Third St., San Francisco CA 94124, EIN
20-4234012; well send you an IRS donor letter.
Either way, youll have our undying gratitude and that of countless
readers, including the prisoners who tell us they live for their weekly Bay
View to replenish their courage to stay strong in the struggle.
Huge kudos to Eliza Strickland and the SF Weekly: Have you seen this weeks
SF Weekly? When did one weekly newspaper give over its entire front page to
the publisher of another weekly in the same city? The amazing cover leads
to a sensational 5,015-word masterpiece of a story, The Bayview Battler,
by young Eliza Strickland, whose uncanny grasp of and knack at conveying
the Black experience has everyone gasping. Pick up a copy or, if youre not
in San Francisco, go to
<http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2006-07-05/news/feature_print.html>http://www.sfweekly.com/Issues/2006-07-05/news/feature_print.html.
The photos, too, by James Sanders, are a treat!
Last but not least, this weeks Bay View: With all our love to the worlds
most wonderful readers, here are this weeks stories.
The removal picks up speed: SF Redevelopment Agency watching and waiting
while all poor people of color are swept off the Hill by Kevyn Lutton,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/theremoval070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/theremoval070506.shtml
Ten months after Katrina: Gutting New Orleans by Bill Quigley,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/afterkatrina070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/afterkatrina070506.shtml
The modern day never ending story: post-Katrina long-term recovery by
Amber McZeal,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/neverendingstory070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/neverendingstory070506.shtml
Oliver Lefiti Big O murdered by SFPD by Francisco Da Costa,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/bigo070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/bigo070506.shtml
Election in Mexico: Stealing it in front of your eyes by Matt Pascarella in
Mexico City, Greg Palast in London,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/electioninmexico070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/electioninmexico070506.shtml
Government assassinations of cultural icons: an interview wit U.S.
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney by Minister of Information JR of the POCC,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/culturalicons070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/culturalicons070506.shtml,
with sidebar, Cynthia McKinney absolved by Bruce Dixon, editor, The Black
Commentator,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/culturalicons070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/culturalicons070506.shtml
Israeli Black Panthers support the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
by Reuven Abarjel, introduction by Jeffrey Blankfort,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/israeliblack070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/israeliblack070506.shtml
Black security officers march for freedom from poverty by Stand for
Security Coalition,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/blacksecurity070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/blacksecurity070506.shtml
Budget 4 Families Coalition rocks City Hall: Over 100 parents, young people
and advocates transformed City Hall, and moved even the most cynical to
tears by Coleman Advocates,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/budget4families070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/budget4families070506.shtml
History repeats itself: Who is terrorizing who? by George and Candy
Gonzalez,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/historyrepeats070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/historyrepeats070506.shtml
Families demand true juvenile justice: California can become a national
model instead of a national disgrace by Jakada Imani, director, Books Not
Bars,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/juvenilejustice070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/juvenilejustice070506.shtml
Haitis new president in Miami: The interim ambassador scorned, Aristide
praised,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/haitisnew070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/haitisnew070506.shtml
Obstacles by Stanley L. Huff,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/obstacles070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/obstacles070506.shtml
The age of the Oreo: The scary state of Black politics by Lloyd Williams,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/theoreo070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/theoreo070506.shtml
Drs. Nathan Hare and Raye Richardson to be honored at Black Psychologists
Annual Award Ceremony,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/blackpsychologists070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/blackpsychologists070506.shtml
SF Supervisors Budget Committee votes $480k to open branch libraries on
Sundays by Library Users Association,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/openbranch070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/openbranch070506.shtml
Mamas Letters Theater review by Jean Damu,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/mamasletters070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/mamasletters070506.shtml
Wandas picks by Wanda Sabir,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/wandaspicks070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/wandaspicks070506.shtml
Hurricane Information Relief Network: SF Bay View Campaign,
<http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/hirn070506.shtml>http://www.sfbayview.com/070506/hirn070506.shtml
Dont miss JRs classic front-page photo of Black Panther veterans reunited
on the Alameda County Courthouse steps
And a wealth of Block Reports for your listening edification.
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