From: MagnusNews@aol.com Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:23:19 EST Subject: Survey: Must Achtenberg donors also give to Ammiano? December 1, 1999 Dear friends, Magnus News is conducting an informal web survey, which we hope you'll participate in. If you wish your views to be included, please only hit the reply button to this email address, Magnusnews@aol.com. Do NOT hit "reply to all." San Francisco Ethics Commission records show the following gay, lesbian and AIDS leaders donated rather substantially to openly lesbian Roberta Achtenberg's bid in 1995 to become SF's mayor. Achtenberg was challenging incumbent Frank Jordan and then-CA Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. Donors were not allowed to give more than $500 for the general election. The question we are posing is should these leaders also donate money to gay Supervisor Tom Ammiano's run-off campaign to unseat Willie Brown on December 14? So far, these folks have not donated to Ammiano, according to the SF Ethics Commission web site. Some local politicos believe these folks should donate the maximum to Ammiano allowed by SF for a run-off election, $250, if they primarily supported Achtenberg in her race against Brown because she was a qualified lesbian candidate. Other pundits think Achtenberg's gay, lesbian and AIDS donors should write checks to Brown since Achtenberg has endorsed him over Ammiano. What say you? Yes, these contributors should send a check to Ammiano for Mayor, 3583 - 16th Street, SF, CA 94114. No, the following donors shouldn't feel compelled to donated to Ammiano. We look forward to your replies. Michael Petrelis Co-Editor Magnus Magnus - Gay and Lesbian News, Opinions and C... ------------------------ [All donations were made in calendar year 1995. Some of the ID information for donors has been updated from what was listed in 1995. For example, for Evan Wolfson, Lambda Legal staff attorney, we felt it wasn't enough to simply inform people that is a lawyer, as listed on Achtenberg's forms, but works for a gay advocacy organization. --MP] Diane Abbitt and Roberta Bennett, former HRC board members $500 Randy Allgaier, HRC board of governors, $500 Thomas Ammiano, SF Supervisor, $500 Eunice Azzani, SF AIDS Foundation board member, $500 Gwen Baba, HRC board member, $500 Andrew Barrer, former White House AIDS policy advisor, $500 Alvin Baum, SF AIDS Foundation board member, $500 Terry Bean, HRC board member, $500 John Berendt, writer, $500 Betty Berzon, psychologist, author, $250 Elizabeth Birch, HRC executive director, $500 Eileen Blumenthal, attorney, SF AIDS Foundation, $500 Timothy Boggs, HRC board member, $500 Mary Breslauer, HRC board member, $200 Richard Burns, NYC gay center executive director, $350 Karen S. Burstein, NYC based consultant, $500 Kevin M. Cathcart, executive director, Lambda Legal, $125 Debra Chasnoff, filmmaker, $500 Pat Christen, Director, SF AIDS Foundation, $100 Kate Clinton, comic, $500 Edith Dee Cofrin, HRC board member, $500 Matthew A. Coles, ACLU attorney, $350 Laurence A. Colton, SF AIDS Foundation board member, $250 Melissa Etheridge, musician, $500 Chai Feldblum, HRC consultant, $500 Harvey F. Fierstein, entertainer, $100 Julia P. Fitz-Randolph, HRC board member, $500 Charles Forester, HRC board of governors, $500 Barney Frank, US Congressman, $250 David Geffen, entertainment mogul, $500 Allan Gilmour, retired gay executive, Ford Motor Co., $500 Dean Hamer, scientist, $500 Ruth Harlow, ACLU attorney, $100 R. Scott Hitt, chair, Clinton AIDS Commission, $250 Fred Hochberg, former HRC board member, $500 Charles M. Holmes, HRC board member, $500 James Hormel, investor, $500 Nan D. Hunter, attorney, Health & Human Services, $500 Lorri L. Jean, former director LA gay center, $500 J. Richard Jennings, Hollywood Supports, $100 Ayse Kenmore, HRC board member, $500 Larry Kramer, writer, $500 Sheila Kuehl, Assembly Member, $250 Tony Kushner, playwright, $500 Bruce Lehman, former Clinton appointee, $500 Mark Leno, SF Supervisor, $200 Arthur S. Leonard, attorney, $175 Eric Marcus, writer, $500 Timothy McFeeley, former HRC director, $500 David Mixner, political consultant, $500 Tom Nolan, director, Project Open Hand, $350 Ann Northrop, writer, $500 Torie Osborn, consultant, $150 Stosh Ostrow, former HRC board member, $250 Judith Peabody, GMHC board member, $300 Jennifer C. Pizer, attorney, Lambda Legal, $500 Tina M. Podlodowski, former HRC board member, $500 Hilary Rosen, HRC board member, $500 Worth Ross, HRC board member, $250 William B. Rubenstein, professor, Stanford Law School, $500 Catherine G. Saalfield, filmmaker, $500 Jeffrey E. Sachse, HRC board member, $250 Vivian Shapiro, former HRC board member, $250 Ingrid B. Sischy, editor, Interview Magazine, $250 Richard Socarides, former White House staffer, $350 Jeff Soref, consultant, $500 Ron Stall, UCSF CAPS program, $250 Vivian Stephenson, SF AIDS Foundation board member, $450 Andre Tobias, HRC board member, $500 Joy A. Tomchin, Victory Fund board member, $500 Urvashi Vaid, NGLTF advisor, $500 Henry van Ameringen, investor, $500 Paul Volberding, AIDS physician, $250 Terrance K. Watanbe, former HRC board member, $500 William Waybourn, former Victory Fund director, $500 Evan Wolfson, attorney, Lambda Legal, $150 Kriss Worthington, gay member, Berkeley City Council, $150