Mayoral race
Seth David Schoen (schoen@uclink4.Berkeley.EDU)
2 Feb 1998 09:45:42 GMT
The _Daily Cal_ says today (excerpted):
Don Jelinek formally announced his bid for mayor last night at the
Shattuck Hotel, emphasizing the need for the Progressive Party to take
over the city.
Jelinek then quickly proceeded to describe 10 planks that he said he
would tout until the November election. He called for free AC Transit
bus service "within the borders of Berkeley" and said he intends to
give small businesses and neighborhoods precedence over big
businesses.
Jelinek cautioned that when Berkeley citizens lose their welfare
money, the city has to provide some kind of assistance. He also vowed
to preserve Berkeley's architectural heritage.
But the owners of the neighboring 379-car parking garage, Hink's
Garage, who have been upset about the Progressive Party's bid to
demolish the garage to make way for the next Alameda County
Courthouse, decided to close the garage for three hours yesterday so
that downtown customers and Jelinek supporters could feel the "pinch"
of looking for parking in the congested downtown area.
It sounds like, unless there's a Libertarian running, Mayor Dean will be
the logical recipient of Cal Libertarians support -- unless we want to
advocate NOTA...
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Seth David Schoen L&S '01 (undeclared) / schoen@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Magna dis immortalibus habenda est atque huic ipsi Iovi Statori, antiquissimo
custodi huius urbis, gratia, quod hanc tam taetram, tam horribilem tamque
infestam rei publicae pestem totiens iam effugimus. -- Cicero, in Catilinam I