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Alameda County, CA May 17, 2005 Election
Smart Voter Additional Endorsements for Aimee Allison

Candidate for
Council Member; City of Oakland; District 2

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Government Officials & Candidates

  • Matt Gonzalez, former President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
  • Wilson Riles, former Oakland City Council member
  • Peter Camejo, Green Party Gubernatorial Candidate
  • David Cobb, Green Party Presidential Candidate
  • Stuart Flashman, former President - East Bay Municipal Utilities District (EBMUD)
  • Dan Hamburg, former U.S. Congressman
  • Chris Kavanagh, Berkeley Rent Board member
  • Pat LaMarche, Green Party Vice-Presidential Candidate 2004
  • Bruce Mast, former Mayor of Albany
  • Gayle McLaughlin, Richmond City Council member
  • Leonard McNeil, San Pablo City Council member
  • Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Supervisor, District 5
  • Enrique Palacios, former President - Alameda County Board of Education
  • John Selawsky, Berkeley School Board member
  • Dona Spring, Berkeley City Council member
  • Jesse Townley, Commissioner on the Berkeley Disaster Council
  • Lew Tremaine, Mayor of Fairfax (Marin County)

Organizations

  • The Sierra Club
  • Oakland Education Association (OEA)
  • Oakland Greens
  • Oakland Tenants Union
  • Green Party of Alameda County
  • Oakland Civil Liberties Alliance
  • San Francisco Green Party

Community Leaders*

  • Medea Benjamin, Founder of Global Exchange and Code Pink
  • Clarence Thomas, Executive Board member - I.L.W.U., Local 10; Co-chair - Million Worker March
  • George Johnson, National Board Member - Veterans for Peace
  • Nativo Lopez, President - Mexican American Political Association (MAPA)
  • Jan Arnold, Member (ret.) - AFGE Local 3172
  • Victoria Ashley, Board Secretary - Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute
  • Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Founder - Queers For Peace And Justice
  • Bill Balderston, Executive Board Member - Oakland Education Association (OEA); State Council Member - California Teachers Association (CTA)
  • Claudette Begin, Board member - CUE Local 3; former Board member - Oakland-East Bay N.O.W.
  • Steve Bloom, Member - Alameda County Recycling Board
  • Leslie Bonett, Green Party National Committee
  • Chris Cara, Youth Counselor - Filipinos for Affirmative Action
  • Wendy Carson, Development Program Coordinator - Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO)
  • Joe Crompton, Green Party Los Angeles County Council, Member 3rd Supervisorial District
  • Kirsten Cross, former Co-Director - East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE)
  • John DeMello, Ph.D., Clinical Social Worker, Member - SEIU Local 535
  • Max Diorio, Media Coordinator - Bay Area Not In Our Name
  • Kay Eisenhower, Chair - Vote Health
  • Karen Engel, Lake Merritt Neighbors Organized For Peace
  • Stephen Funk, First Conscientious Objector jailed for refusing to participate in Iraq War
  • Judith Grant, Member - CUE, Local 3
  • Burrill Hansen, Board Member - United Seniors
  • Judi Hirsch, Oakland Education Association, former Oakland Library Commission Member
  • Greg Jan, Alameda Green Party County Council member
  • Gretchen Mackler Lipow, former State Council Member - California Teachers Association (CTA); President - East Bay Coalition of Labor Union Women
  • Thomas Markham, member - Just Cause Oakland, member - Planet Drum
  • Rev. Bob Matthews, Minister in Covenant - Plymouth United Church of Christ
  • Betsy Merzenich, Community Network for Youth Development
  • Steve Morse, Coordinator - G.I. Rights Hotline
  • John Morton, Board Member - Burmese American Democratic Alliance
  • Jessie Muldoon, Site Representative - Oakland Education Association
  • Jeff Paterson, Member - Not In Out Name, former USMC Corporal
  • Juan Reardon, County Council Member - Contra Costa Green Party; Co-founder - East Bay Progressive Roundtable
  • Kevin Reilly, Board Member, Region 11, Alameda County - California Nurses Association (CNA)
  • John Rizzo, Chair - Sierra Club SF Bay Chapter
  • Michael Rubin, Asst. Regional Director - CA State Employees Assoc.- Bay Area Region
  • Michael-David Sasson, former President - CUE Local 3
  • Renee Saucedo, Director - San Francisco Day Laborer Program
  • Susan Schacher, Member - Oakland Tenants Union; Member - Peralta Federation of Teachers; Delegate - Alameda County Central Labor Council
  • Larry Shoup, Ph.D., author; Steering Committee Member - National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981; Delegate to the Central Labor Council of Alameda County
  • James Vann, A.I.A., Architect; Co-founder - Oakland Tenants Union
  • Kelly Virella, Teacher, Oakland Unified School District, member of Oakland Education Association
  • Laura Wells, Membership Coordinator - SEIU United Healthcare Workers, West

(*Organizations are listed for identification purposes only)

Neighbors and Friends

  • Ana Abrables, Oakland resident
  • Paula Althoff
  • Aaron Baluyot, Oakland resident
  • Marivel Baluyot, Business Professional, Berkeley resident.
  • David Barrows, Oakland resident
  • Paul Berman, Oakland resident
  • Armin Brott
  • Andrea Chandrasekher, Oakland resident
  • Madhav Chandrasekher, Oakland resident
  • Chris Collins, Oakland resident
  • Kathleen Colloton, Oakland resident
  • Josie Crepsac
  • Leslie Dahlgren Egashira, owner - East West Performing Arts
  • Maxine Daniel, Oakland resident
  • Jennifer Freitas, Oakland resident and community activist
  • Steve Garry
  • Valerie Garry
  • Donald Gerard
  • Micheas Herman
  • Forrest Hill, Ph.D., Marine Ecologist, Oakland resident
  • Fred Hosea, Oakland resident
  • Bob Huff, Oakland resident
  • Henry Hutchins, Oakland resident
  • Steven Jimenez, Oakland resident
  • Torger Johnson, Oakland resident
  • Tahan Jones, Oakland resident
  • Jeff Kross, Oakland resident
  • Patricia Kosharek
  • Jen MacDaniel
  • Jim MacDaniel
  • Brian Marr
  • Robert & Patti Marsh
  • Tracy Meersman
  • Diane Merzenich
  • Marghi Merzenich & Sean Nassiri, Oakland residents
  • Michael Merzenich, Ph.D., Scientist, UCSF
  • Kenny Mostern
  • Jonathan Nack, Oakland resident
  • Habib Ngom, Oakland resident
  • Aaron Reaven, Oakland resident
  • Zachary Running Wolf, Native American leader, Oakland resident
  • Marcila Sabin
  • Eunice Sambo-Jackson
  • Raghu Santhanam and Chand Gidwani, Oakland residents
  • Rajesh Shah, Oakland resident
  • Leila & Everett Shockley, Oakland residents
  • Joel Siegel
  • B. Soffer, member - John Muir Greens
  • Pamela Spevack, Oakland resident
  • Keith Stephenson
  • Tony Sweet, Oakland resident, community activist, business professional
  • Kate Tanaka, Oakland resident
  • Betty Ann Taylor, Oakland resident
  • Janine von Furst, high school special education teacher
  • Ronald Warren
  • Anne Butterfield Weills, Attorney, Oakland resident
  • Shannon Way
  • Darin Wright
  • Steve Wright, Oakland resident
  • Jen Wu

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