Mark Schwartz for Berkeley Mayor 2012

[A message from Mark Schwartz]

MARK SCHWARTZ is Your Candidate for Mayor of Berkeley

Program:

    • Affordable Housing for homeless, disabled, students and families.
    • Plaza for Telegraph Avenue between Bancroft and Dwight Way to reduce noise and air pollution, provide places for people to gather and talk, induce musicians and poets to perform, and aid merchants in their in their businesses.
    • Promote and High power Solar driven transportation system that will include Albany, Richmond, Oakland and Berkeley, with a ferry going to San Francisco from the Marina
    Tents in Ohlone, Willard and Provo Parks, so that homeless do not have to sleep on concrete sidewalks.


Experience & Background:

    • Graduate of Cornell University, with a degree in engineering.
    • Published poet.
    • Co-founder of the East Bay Caucus of the Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club, and a member of its current Political Action Committee.
    • Original member of the Occupy Movement, which started in San Francisco ( same time as Occupy Wall Street). Partook in Occupy Berkeley, Occupy Oakland, and Occupy Cal.
    Served on Occupy San Francisco Finance Working Committee on Legislation of California, KALX. and Livermore Conversion Project.
    • Volunteer for KPFA and Courage to Resist (Bradley Manning).
    • Attends county and state meetings of the Green Party. Supports the Peace and Freedom Party platform and program,and serves as an elector for the Rocky Anderson for President campaign.
    • Served as a temporary member of the Rules Committee of the Democratic National Convention, based on support for the ERA and being openly lesbian or gay.
    • Studied constitutional and environmental law at Cornell.
    • Member of the Social Justice Committee of the Fellowship of Unitarian -Universalists.
    Attends Quaker meetings and Congregation Sha'ar Zahar ( a LGBT synagogue).


On the Issues:

    • No on S (sit-lie). Arrested in San Francisco for sit/lie, and now doing community service for Mumia and Tenants Union. Civil liberties issue.
    • No on T. While I like the idea of technology for alternative fuel and medicine, we need a moratorium on genetic development, to prevent an "Andromeda Strain" possibility.  I don't want the community to suffer at the expense of development.
    • Yes on 30. Important to create tax money for education. Good compromise with Occupy's version of the initiative.
    • Yes on 34. Death penalty? The state should not be in any position to murder anyone.
    • Yes on 37. Label Genetically engineered food.

For peace and justice,

Mark Schwartz
http://www.sfheart.com/MarkSchwartz_Poet.html


    Please join Mark in his campaign to lead Berkeley as a model for the nation and world.
    Campaign contributions can be sent to:
    Mark Schwartz
    1731 10th St. #A
    Berkeley, CA. 94710

    or given to Mark directly. The campaign limit is $250, but every donation helps. Other help is accepted: house warmings, phone calling, email, facebook, twitter. His phone number is 510-292-3551, and his email is markschwartz4mayor@gmail.com