Occupy Sacramento running for supervisors seats
Sandy Sheedy is out, but Occupy Sacramento is in.
SN&R has learned that local attorney Jeff Kravitz will run for Sacramento County Board of Supervisors’ 3rd District seat against incumbent Susan Peters. And Rio Americano High School teacher and former Center Unified School District Board Member Gary Blenner will vie for former chairwoman Roberta MacGlashan’s 4th District seat.
Both candidates released a joint statement saying they will be running “for the 99 percent, no corporations.” It’s unsure whether they’ll have huge electoral coffers or public support.
Big surprise, they’d likely draw big ire, including from city Mayor Kevin Johnson.
“We will not support a sell-off of public property to pay for millionaire and billionaire arenas,” both candidates stated. (Nick Miller)
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