A strong get-out-the-vote effort by the Richmond Progressive Alliance costing less than $200k defeated Chevron's $3 million campaign to put its handpicked candidates in office.
That's $72 per voter, about a tank-and-a-half of gas. Obscene amount of dough but a lot's at stake for Chevron. They are in a fight with the city after the 2012 refinery fire that sent more than a thousand to the hospital.
To the good people who labor at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, we are honored to have you work in our happy, unified little city. Just keep it safe please.
As a bonus, we kicked out Corky Booze, the homophobic Chevron-backed councilman responsible for the outrageous and shameful month-after-month public harassment of his lesbian co-council member.
Congratulations to Tom Butt, Gayle Mclaughlin, Jovanka Beckles, Eduardo Martinez and Jael Myrick.
What a great election night!
http://www.sfgate.com/...
9:08 PM PT: BTW, the Richmond Progressive Alliance cowtows to no one. Its candidates accepted not one red cent of corporate campaign money.