[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: [occupy-san-jose] Re: February 9: San Jose 2012 State of the City Address

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, All:


       1.  What specifically is the status of instant-runoff voting 
(IRV) in San José and / or Santa Clara County?  I remember having heard 
some discussion of this at Green Party meetings.  I think we should 
suggest it to Occupy San José.  I believe they could easily be persuaded 
to embrace it.  (There is a Wikipedia on IRV.  The article looks pretty 
good to me, but if you say any way it could be improved and would like 
to discuss changes, please let me know.  I'm an occasional Wikipedian 
and could help you understand their rules and perhaps make the changes 
you suggest if they also seem sensible to me.)


       2.  What other issues do we have with the City of San José?  I'd 
like to push them to switch from Wells Fargo to a local-only bank or 
Credit Union.  (I've heard that California state law requires 
municipalities to use major banks, but I don't know the law on that.  If 
you do, I'd like to know.  I think we can get Occupy San José behind a 
move to change this.)


       3.  I'd like to encourage everyone to sign up to attend the 
MoveOn event on Monday, Jan. 9 at the San José City Hall Rotunda and 
maybe also Mayor Reed's State of the City address, Feb. 9;  see below.  
Comments?


       Thanks,
       Spencer


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [occupy-san-jose] Re: February 9: San Jose 2012 State of 
the City Address
Date: 	Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:33:42 -0800
From: 	Tim Bonnemann <planspark at gmail.com>
Reply-To: 	occupy-san-jose at googlegroups.com
To: 	occupy-san-jose at googlegroups.com



Well,

It would be nice to come out with our own "State of the City" address, 
maybe the day before the mayor's:

List the Occupy issues and how they apply locally. Dig through City 
Council minutes to show what if anything they have done in 2011 to 
address these issues. Mention the "innovative" ways the City treats 
concerned citizens/protesters and the damage (time, energy, money, lost 
income, reputation etc.) they've caused with their misguided eviction 
policy, citations and arrests. Compare current City Council priorities 
with what would be ours. That kind of thing.

This might be a little project we could run over a few weeks leading up 
to February 9. Maybe involve a broader public (via blog, social media 
etc.), too. Like that original "We are the 99 percent" Tumblr, a "What's 
the state of (y)our city?" to capture some of the voices that likely 
won't be represented at the Feb 9 event.

Mayor Reed's past SOTC speeches are here (with video): 
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/mayor/news/videos/videos_SOTC.asp

Tim


On Dec 28, 2011, at 11:59 PM, Andrew Fitz wrote:

> You gonna mic-check chuckie?

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