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July 20 - July 26, 2000
San Francisco’s district elections are as much an opportunity as they are a threat to San Francisco’s nearly 300,000 Asian Americans seeking representation from City Hall. Potentially, the system could maximize representation in seven of the 11 supervisor districts, where APIs make up at least one-quarter of the population. However, in these strongholds, not all of the residents vote. As a result, the 13 Asian American candidates, including three incumbents Leland Yee, Mabel Teng and Michael Yaki will be limited to less than 60,000 API “likely” voters this November. In one swoop this fall, we could end up with no API representation for the first time since Tom Hsieh was appointed to the board in 1986. Quiet Storm Says Goodbye to the Cannery Get Wireless or Get Out: Wireless E-commerce and APIs
Lead Editorial: S.F.’s District Elections
Norman Mineta Confirmed as Commerce Secretary
(in National News)
(in Bay Area News)
(in Business)
Also In This Section
Public life used to mean “politics.” You know, “running for office.” Now “public life” means auditioning for the cast of shows like Survivor and Big Brother. I confess. This week I watched “those shows” again. Both of them. The campaign? Even with the Republican convention just a few weeks away, not much is happening. Not compared with the new “public life” of reality TV. And therein may lie a solution to our societal dilemma. Letters to the Editor:
Emil Amok: The Big Brother Treatment
Voices: The View from West 43rd Street:
Richard Rodriguez wonders why the New York Times keeps forgetting about us Asian- and Latin-Americans.
Election 2000’s Lesser of Two Evils; Reaching Out to APIs; Masaoka Deserves Recognition.
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