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Election Results

Once the votes the votes start coming in, visit the Alameda County’s Official Website for the results.

Letters to the Editor Regarding Tom Bates

Jane Stillwater’s letter -10.24.06 Daily Planet
Nicola Bourne’s letter - 10.24.06 Daily Planet
Bill Kristy’s letter - 10.20.06 Daily Planet
Gus Lee’s letter - 10.20.06 Daily Planet 

Response to Christian Pecaut’s Candidate Statement

Read John Parman’s Letter to the Editor responding to Christian’s statement in the 10.20.06 Planet.

Short Summary of Last Thursday’s Mayoral Debate

Participants included Mayor Tom Bates, Zelda Bronstein, and Zachary RunningWolf.  Read about it in the 10.24.06 Planet.

Fresh Statements from all Four Mayoral Candidates

Taken from the 10.20.06 Berkeley Daily Planet:

Tom Bates
Christian Pecaut
Zachary RunningWolf
Zelda Bronstein

The Battle for District 1

Merrilie Mitchell and Linda Maio are both vying for the District 1 council seat.  Read a little more about them in the 10.20.06 Planet.  For more direct info, read Linda’s and Merrilie’s personal statements in the 10.24.06 Planet.

Berkeley candidates are using the net in new ways

One of these is through Facebook.  Read more about it the 10.10.06 Daily Planet.

Berkeley Mayoral Candidates

Read Martin Snapp’s comparison of the candidates in the Contra Costa Times.

A letter to the Daily Planet Editors from Zelda Bronstein

The letter is a rebuttal to Randy Shaw’s letter from BeyondChron.

Commentary on Berkeley’s Mayoral Race

….from Randy Shaw in the Beyond Chron online daily.

Get to know the Candidates…

If you’d like to learn more about who is running and what their platforms are, plan on attending some of candidate interviews/discussions. Today’s Planet has a long list of scheduled events.

More mayoral commentary from Tom Bates

Read all about it in today’s Daily Planet.  Or click here to read his previous Planet commentary dated May 12, 2006.

A Challenger for Linda Maio’s District 1 Council Seat

Up until last week, incumbent Linda Maio was the only candidate running for the District 1 seat. Now she has an opponent, Merrilie Mitchell. Read more about the new candidate in today’s Daily Planet.  Also in today’s Planet, you can read a letter to the editor (second letter down from top) from Merrilie herself.

More Commentary from Christian Pecaut

Read it here in today’s Daily Planet.

Commentary from mayoral candidate Zachary Running Wolf

Read all about it in the Daily Planet.

Zelda Bronstein clarifies her role in regards to the new Bowl

Read Zelda’s clarifications, most made in response to some of Tom Bates comments, in today’s Daily Planet Commentary.

Shirley Dean decides not to run for Mayor

She still plans to be involved in making Berkeley a better place, just not in the form of Mayor. Read about her reasoning in the Daily Planet.  In her own words here or in an article by Judith Scherr.

Raising money for the campaign

Candidates for Mayor and City Council are working on raising money for their campaigns. Read more about the process in today’s Daily Planet.

Another candidate for mayor…..?

If the her supporters have their way, Shirley Dean may be entering the race.  She’s still on the fence about running, but she’ll have to make up her mind pretty quick, the nomination period ends Aug. 11, 2006.  Read all about it in today’s Planet.

Feel like running for office?

Well, there’s no time like the present.  The nomination period runs from July 17 thru August 11.  To find out more about what’s involved in the process, see the City’s press release, or visit the City Clerk’s website.

Letters to the Editor in support of mayoral candidate Bronstein

Read John Curl’s letter and John Felix’s letter in today’s Daily Planet.

One Berkeley resident’s response to Pecaut

David Altschul gives us his take on some of Pecaut’s claims and the Paradigm. Read his letter to the editor in today’s Daily Planet.

Continuing dialogue with Zelda Bronstein

This past Wednesday’s Planet had some letters to the editor from Ken Stein and Harry Pollack that were critical of Zelda. She responds to Harry’s missive here. Also in the same issue, a letter from Tom Case on a similar topic.

Commentary from mayoral candidate Christian Pecaut

Read all about Christian and the Paradigm in the Planet.

More Commentary from mayoral candidate Zelda Bronstein

Read what Zelda has to say in the second commentary she’s submitted to the Planet to date. For more info on Zelda, you can also visit her website, www.zeldaformayor.org.

*Read all the commentaries submitted to the Planet from 3 of the 5 candidates right here.

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