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For your reference only:
Tom Jennings, 164 Shipley, 94107 882-9832 (out of town 23-27 Nov)
Duke Crestfield, Page St, 94117 863-7636
Hernan Cortez, 164 Shipley, 94107 882-7195
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{\it Dear BAR: The letter below is for the letters column. The�
stuff above is in case you want to verify this nonsense. Tom J.�
will be out 23 - 27 Nov; call Duke or Hernan during that�
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What happened at the ``No on 96/102'' march and rally at City�
Hall is somewhat different than reported by Cesar Cadabes and Jim�
Mangia in the 17 Nov. letters column.

The No on 96/102 Coalition hired Chuck of Coal (Hernan) to do the�
sound and lights for the rally on City Hall steps; Hernan asked�
the other two of us to help him. None of us were involved in any�
way with any other phase of the planning or execution of the�
event.

We had the equipment operating just as the march reached City�
Hall steps, a few minutes early. While the people who were to be�
speaking for the rally were being located, Dr. Fulani (who was�
not on any list of speakers that we ever saw) approached the�
microphone and started to speak on Props. 96 and 102, amidst�
applaud from the crowd. After only a few minutes however, she�
switched to the NAP political agenda, rather than the agreed upon�
issue of props. 96/102, and the applause turned to criticism and�
booing: ``Stick to the issue at hand!'' and other, less polite,�
things were yelled quite loudly.

When Dr. Fulani and her party refused to relinquish the�
microphone, Billy from ACT-UP took up a ``No on 96! No on 102!''�
chant using a microphone down at the soundboard; the next speaker�
was escorted to a second microphone up on the steps, that mike�
made active, cutting off Dr. Fulani mid-sentence, much to her�
dismay. The rest of the rally went without incident.

I suppose you could call it rude, but it was the minimum�
necessary to keep the rally on target and operating smoothly, and�
it was done without rancor. The other speakers had no trouble�
sticking to the subject at hand (as if that should need to be�
mentioned). Racism had nothing to do with the incident, and the�
claim of ``racism'' here is just diversionary bullshit. Cesars�
statement ``\dots I personally saw a number of people ripping�
down posters which listed the various speakers who had been�
invited'' implies that Dr. Fulani's name was on them; it was not,�
unless NAP people put them up in the first place. Jim's�
``Democratic party thugs'' is absurd -- at least one of us is an�
anarchist.

From what we saw, the rally was a sucess; the speakers (all�
applauded when introduced) spoke on a wide variety of views, the�
people who attended the rally got the message and were also told�
about the protest at the ``Midnight Caller'' episode filming that�
night (which also went very well.)

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Tom Jennings
Duke Crestfield
Shred of Dignity (info: 882-9973)
San Francisco CA
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Hernan Cortez
Chunk of Coal Productions (882-7195)
San Francisco CA

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