Chicken John has placed the following full-page ad (here’s a larger version) on page 19 of the August 8th edition of the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Chicken, who is running for Mayor of San Francisco, needs to raise $5000 by 5pm this Friday, August 10th in order to be on the ballot.
In the ad, Chicken is asking our current mayor, Gavin Newsom, to help contribute to his campaign, so that Gavin will have an opponent in the election (Chicken promises not to win). Do you think Gavin will go for it?
Here’s Chicken’s write-up on his fundraising efforts, including his awesome recommendations for donation amounts.
To drive the point home, I’ve been writing some random things. I’ll include a few here. These are some ideas on why or how you should nudge some greenbacks my way:
If you had a friend that had to move away from SF because it was too expensive, send me $20 per friend.
If you are an artist and never considered that the Arts Commission of SF represents you, send me $10.
If you or someone you know lost a car to being towed and you owed too many parking tickets send me $25 per lost car.
If you or someone you know was involved in an art space that was shut down by the city send me $37.
If you would like to make a few busses run on gasified coffee grinds send me 10 bucks.
If you don’t like that bow and arrow bullshit on the embarkadero send me 10 cents. (that’ll be a few hundred thousand dollars.)
If you think that our mayor needs to be challenged on issues involving the arts, too many cars and being intolerant to inovation and new ideas send me $20.
If you feel like you are disenfranchised and unrepresented send me $40.
If you feel like the green campaign that the city is force feeding SF is actually greenwashing, send me $10.
If you want to help Chicken with his campaign to become Mayor of San Francisco, you can donate online via PayPal.
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If your an artist who had suffered a fire and then was invited into Chicken’s former bar, The Odeon, by one of his senior staff (Flash) that night, then kicked out of the bar by Chicken himself due to a long standing rivalry, then tell Chicken to go fuck himself.
For artists, huh?
Dan
Do you think Chicken John really believes that his truck runs with zero emissions?
NIce place to grind your ax, Dan. Way to reduce the art issue down to 2 unreasonable people.
My truck is actually carbon positive as it takes CO2 out of the atmosphere. Yup. Dig it, tread lightly you woulnd’t be the first person I’ve made a fool out of. I’d be happy to demonstrate it for you, please visit http://www.caferacercrew.com to see when the next show is. Likely, September.
CAESAR Chavez
…it will always be Army Street to me…
First, it wouldn’t be in Chicken’s ‘voice’ if it didn’t have at least one typo.
Two, it was 1:00am when we actually started making the ad, it’s a miracle there aren’t more mistakes.
grin — and it’s CESAR Chavez, you dorks :*
(but it’ll always be Army to me too, Chicken)
xo, Sister Mable
Hi all,
Not sure why that pingback link above is an error, but you can read some of our analysis ( and more coming) on the Chicken vs. Josh debate at:
http://www.xlterrestrials.org/plog
here’s an exceprt:
Initially when we heard that Chicken and Josh were going to take on the system in this year’s mayoral primetime election sitcom episode we thought: this is going to suck, this has no teeth, this has no radical attack, this is only going to bounce right off the Election Spectacle like a rubber vomit prop without ever aligning with and voicing the very real political crises from homelessness to gentrification to cronyism to labor issues to healthcare to the filthy rich getting filthier…, etc etc.
BUT after experiencing the debate the other night, just hearing such authentic voices (and sharp humor) coming from extremely opposite worlds than professional politicians will, when up against a big business-bidding puppet, make for extraordinary comedy at the very least …and perhaps at best a glorious surrealist train wreck.
This might seem like a real stretch, but perhaps similar to what La Otra Campagna (The Other Campaign) is accomplishing in Mexico, they have the potential to catalyze and cultivate the hunger for, and actual activity towards, something detached from the sham democracy and self-serving govt. system, something the people themselves construct as alternative functioning communities, which in any number of pragmatic forms just ignores the adversary and proceeds with better ideas.
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to be cont.
I’m sorry, how is it possible to respond to this posting without being abusive and breaking the rules?
I’ve tried, and I just can’t seem to do it.
This chicken guy is an (abusive) right-wing (abusive) and you, sir, are an (abusive) lackey for even promoting him on your blog.
I would vote for a guy named chicken john simply on principle. Now I just need to move to SF.
hey bloggers, geeks and media peeps, spread the word on these campaigns !! Can you even imagine the political paralysis IF THESE 2 DON’T GET INTO THE RACE??! Oh the horror/boredom, the boredom/horror !
If we are old enough to vote that really should mean we are old enough to not act like children in laughing squid comments.
You may not like Chicken John and thats fine but whats the point in making yourself look like an ass for all of us to see?
The use of “Army Street” is still legal. Go ahead, check out Google Maps. The road is labeled both “Army” and “Cesar Chavez”. Not convinced? Go to USPS.com and get the ZIP code for 3359 Army in San Francisco, CA. It’s a valid address in the government’s eyes.
um…hey here’s an idea…10-15 burning man people could voluntarily give up buying those $200-400 tickets and give the money to chicken lip to “run” for mayor.
or maybe if each burning man person gave a dollar, ol’ chicken wing could have 50,000 bucks.
oh but that would mean people would have to give up partying for a real life cause. hmm.
chicken boy, keep rattling the cup maybe the corporate sponsors of burning man will give you money for your “campaign.”
oh and i love how this guy is against voting rights. yeah that makes sense. what a joke.
hola,
updates:
indymedia picks up the story,
http://www.indybay.org/government/
And in case anyone was looking for a more “radical” candidate, and one less white guy doing all the talking…
btw, you all should invite her to the next round of debates !!
Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai
put out her press release on july 25th
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/07/25/18437193.php
Hey did you ever notice, that the level of intelligence in the LS crowd is frighteningly LOW!
Someone like Chicken does something brilliant and very few poeple pick up on it ?? much less ACT on it !
Then ya post a story about a &^%$#! COMPUTER BAG, ( 30 &*%$! comments) or iphone wallpaper, or the latest con$umer gizmo, and people kinda of swoop on it like flies to shit…
it’s depressing !
[ note: this is provocation ! ]
I just wanted to chime in for a moment and say that I was wrongly quoted as saying that I don’t believe in voting rights. That’s not what I said. Or what I meant. I say, clearly, that I’m not a voting advocate. And I’ve said this a thousand times. It’s a complex equation, but the Libertarian slant is one of an intellectual exorcise. It’s not meant to be an actual way to run an actual government. It’s a luxury that we indulge. It’s coffee talk. The real world doesn’t run like that. Flow like that. Libertarian ideals are interesting. Fascinating. I’m convinced that they are correct thinking. But when it comes to action, I don’t know that they are a master key to solving real world problems today. I’m not a voting advocate. I don’t think that voting is a solution for everything. I think, as do most Libertarians, that we should solve as many problems as we can without the help of government. To the end that maybe there is need of very few laws. Or politicians. This idealist thinking lead me down the path to state the I don’t advocate voting, but I’m certainly not agaisnt it. I just don’t see it as the end all solution. That’s what that means. And if your interested in other Libertarian ideas, visit http://www.lp.org and see if you can’t find something there to burn your toast.
And to those of you who underestimate me: don’t. I’m silly, sure. But if you think I can’t walk the talk you may be quite suprised when I slice you into little chunks and serve you on a platter with a side of fries. My candidacy for Mayor is relevant, astute and interesting. I will bring color, debate, candor and whimsey to the elections process. But I will also push my points. Some of which are amazing ideas (that are not mine) whose time has come.
My platform is Arts and Innovations. My stategy using IRV (instant runoff voting) is unconventional (I’m running for second place.) My arguments are solid. My fundraising is working. I’m a viaable candidate.
I thank you for your time and appreciate your support. Scott’s one of my oldest friends here in SF and without his help I wouldn’t have done this. So thanks to you too, Scott. I paid my fees today, and will be on the ballot come Nov 6th.
Lets fuck ‘em up.
chicken john
You should know there’s something vastly better and simpler than IRV – Range Voting.
http://RangeVoting.org/CFERlet.html
http://RangeVoting.org/IRV.html
Clay Shentrup
clay@electopia.org
415.240.1973