Manuel Jimenez For District 6 Supervisor: October 2006

Republicans are stupid on terrorism.

Watching "Frontline's" expose about the Bush Administration's utter incompetance in Iraq, one can only come to the conclusion that this collection of chicken-hawks should be impeached.

I'm going to vote "Yes" on Proposition "J" (put on the ballot by Supervisors Ammiaiano, Daly, McGoldrick and Mirkarimi's). I hope you will to.

Whoa!

Whoa! You know that the D6 candidates hold a wide diversity of perspectives when one candidate runs on the issue of "jobs," another on his record as a housing advocate, another as the well financed un-Daly, and one running as the candidate against terrorism (seems kind of presumptuous to assume, without proffering any evidence, that there are "Islamic extremeist cells in the Tenderloin Muslim Community," but that's what one candidate is doing (link below):

"WAKE UP CALL!
PROTECT OUR WAY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL SERVICES FROM ISLAMIC EXTREMIST CELLS IN THE TENDERLOIN MUSLIM COMMUNITY!
I pledge to support a program of prevention, intervention and enforcement against terrorist cells from another 911 disaster which will affect tourism (7 billion dollars per year) and essential services such as HIV/AIDS funding, mental social services."

Questions about running?

When I first thought about running for supervisor, I e-mailed a few people to trying to get some information about the process...for instance, I e-mailed Matt Gonzalez on June 6, 2005, asking for advice:

"By way of introduction, my name is Manuel Jimenez. I am a resident of San Francisco. I am thinking of running for the Board of Supervisors. Do you have any advice?"

Needless to say, he never e-mailed me back. Anyway, if you are thinking of running, and are not part of the San Francisco cultural class (you know...the one's that start off the conversation with "My family has been here for eight generations.") or are not part of the progressive caucus, nor part of the all cash, no class monied interests, and want some basic information about running, please feel free to contact me. I am not a political professional, but do have some basic information to get you started.

Manuel Jimenez

BeyondChron Blues

Here is a letter I wrote in response to an article in BeyondChron. They haven't posted it, so I thought I would:

Dear Editor (Paul Hogarth):

Looking at BeyondChron's mission statement (quoted in part below), I think you did a disservice to the site with your October 16, 2006 piece ["Daly and the Seven Dwarves"]. Not only did you offer insults to the candidates collectively (with the exception of Daly), but also to some of the candidates personally (" George Dias is "Dopey" because he looks a bit dopey."; "But with his diminutive stature, stocky build (he's a former boxer) and advanced age, Robert Jordan is clearly 'Doc.'"), you also seemed to misrepresent the what was said in the debate.

As a political puff piece, the article represents the kind of political piece Daly himself stated he denounced. For instance, you take out of context my statements, and basically conjured up your own quote when you write, "[Manuel said that] what the street needed was a real diversity of housing that will attract "young urban professionals." The insinuation is in direct contradiction with my statements that the diversity of district 6 is being sold out by having high end condos dominate new construction and that we need to bring working class and middle class families into San Francisco. I invite your readers to judge for them selves my positions, as articulated in a prior debate with the League of Women Voters available here: http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=51&clip_id=2590

Let me conclude that in EVERY debate I've had with the other candidates, without exception, green bead wearng Daly supporters have approached me and stated that they approved not only my presentation in the debates, but the content. I think the piece represents a kind of FOX news journalism ethic, which is not journalism at all. If I had not consistently stated that my campaign was a symbolic campaign, that I would not take contributions, nor seek endorsements, I would find insulting the comments you made, not only about me, but to your own stated Mission:

"Welcome to Beyond Chron, the Voice of the Rest. We provide coverage of political and cultural issues often distorted or ignored by the Bay Area's largest newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle...

[BeyondChron is a] daily internet newspaper will help restore some integrity to the news business in San Francisco..."

Independent Expenditures

As a candidate for the District 6 seat on the Board of Supervisors I am taking the position requested by the Democratic Party and the Incumbent Supervisor, and thereby DENOUNCING the independent expenditures (>$100,000) for negative/attack mailings against Supervisor Daly, or any future independent expenditures used to attack any candidate.

Week of Debates

October 13, 2006: Debate at Hastings College of the Law.

October 10, 2006: League of Women Voters District 6 Candidate Forum in partnership with Alliance for A Better District 6 will host a live panel discussion with Cheryl Jennings, KGO TV personality as moderator. This event will also be aired on SFGTV, Access SF, and EATV on a latter date. San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium. (Streaming Video Here)

TAC Forum, September 6th.

This is the first forum I participated in. It included all candidates. It was the TAC forums on September 6, 2006.

The San Francisco Chronicle did a story about it (link) which pretty much ignored all the candidates except Daly and Black. But, the last two paragraphs were good:

"Joseph Sierra, an artist who has lived in the Tenderloin for 10 years, listened to Daly and the other candidates for several hours. Afterward, he said he will vote for candidate Manuel Jimenez Jr., a lawyer running a low-budget, grassroots-style campaign, instead of Daly.

'I don't feel really that he understands the situation going on," Sierra said, saying that living conditions in his neighborhood four blocks from City Hall have gone from "bad to worse" in the past decade. "Nothing is being done.'"