I am Mike Parker

Candidate for Mayor

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Mike Parker for Mayor

P.O. Box 5514 Richmond, CA 94805

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Eduardo Martinez for City Council

Mike Parker for Mayor

Gayle McLaughlin for City Council

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“ Mike cares about working people.He knows what it means to work hard for a living. He understands that work-ing people need to organize in both the work place and the community to win justice.” — Nathaniel Arnold, Recording Secretary ATU 192,

Vice Chair of Genesis of California*

“ Mike believes in true democracy. He believes in public participation in the political process and he listens to what people say. He’ll work on the issues that matter most to the community and he’ll integrate different perspectives into good decisions.”

— Vice Mayor Jovanka Beckles

“ Mike is smart. I’ve watched Mike master complicated sub-jects like the campaign to win UCB/LBNL and the Chevron Modernization Project Environmental Impact Report. I have every confidence that, as mayor, he will be an advocate for both wise policies and efficiency in government.”

— Dr. Jeff Ritterman, Cardiologist and former Richmond City Councilmember

“ Mike is real. He cares about Richmond and wants to solve real problems that real people have in Richmond. He supports small business and defends homeowners.”

— Raul Ramirez, Richmond Chamber of Commerce, Director*; Hispanic Chamber of Commerce*

“ Mike is great. I found no other instructor like him. I was one of three women in an ETEC-Electrical program class of 30 where I enrolled after a 25 years absence from college. He is an incredibly insightful person. He used his real world experiences in the workplace to teach his students about integrity and accountability. He is a great supporter of those of us willing to re-train for better jobs as well as those who are just starting out.”

— Patricia Coad, former student

“ Mike has great values and great community spirit. We’ve worked together to stop a gambling casino coming to Richmond, on the expansion of re-entry services, getting a higher minimum wage, and many other issues. Mike takes positions based on the facts, works tirelessly and organizes others — he’ll find ways to use the office of mayor to help the city prosper. Mike Parker as Mayor is the best wish I have for Richmond.”

— Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin

*organizations for identification purposes only

All my life, beginning with the civil rights movement

of the 60s, I have fought for social and economic

justice and to strengthen and democratize unions.

I believe they are crucial to achieving economic

justice and the rights of working people—the 99%.

My message to you, the Richmond voter.

1. The educational system is failing our children and their teachers.

The quality of the schools helps define the quality of a city, and it is the teachers who make the schools. It will take the strength and connections of the City to support the teachers and the learning process in the classrooms. Our local schools should also become true community centers and all-day learning cen-ters for children and adults involving parents, grandparents, and retirees.

2. Job training programs — the path to jobs. The key to attracting good paying jobs to Richmond is to have a trained workforce ready. Good job training will enable Richmond residents to get the jobs that will come here. We can strengthen and link City programs, high schools, adult education, and the community colleges to provide the kind of training that will produce more jobs for Richmond residents.

3. Protect our communities. Richmond is a diverse city. Speculators and market forces are driving Richmond residents out of their homes. Now is the time to put in place plans that will help homeowners keep their homes, keep rents affordable, and communities livable.

4. Keep Doctors Medical Center Open. We must make sure the County takes responsibility for keeping DMC open. All our residents must have access to nearby medical care. Area hospitals should share the costs. Corporations that compromise and threaten our health must support medical facilities in the area.

5. Strengthen community, union, and social justice orga-nizations in their efforts to bring positive change. Whether the initiatives involve playlots, stopping violence, stopping discrimination against immi-grants, or supporting re-entry programs, they require an active partnership between people and their elected officials.

6. Deal with the many issues that the refinery presents. n Pollution continues to be the biggest problem. n Every year Chevron pours 500 tons of deadly particulates into our air. n Its initial “modernization” proposal actually increases 61 out of 88 Toxic

Air Contaminants.n Chevron does the bare minimum and only in response to community

pressure. n Chevron can do better. It could reduce pollution. Chevron is a big part of

Richmond for the foreseeable future. We need it to truly modernize to be cleaner and safer.

Here are six areas I believe need special attention:

Working together in Richmond we’ve made a lot of progress over the last ten years. There is still more to be done. Our values of equality, democracy, respect, and integrity will lead the way.

Andres Abarra, Tarnel Abbott, Anthony Allen, Liza Allen, Ann Arbogast, Nathaniel Arnold, Rebecca Auerbach, Diane Bailey, Douglas Bakke, Jenny Balisle, Marcos Banales, Dale Banducci, Frank Bardacke, Maureen Barnato, Rita Barouch, Joan Bartulovich, Donald Bastin, Debbie Bayer, Jovanka Beckles, Michael Beer, Cindy Beitmen, Steve Birnbaum, Liz Bittner, Gretchen Blais, Adam Boisvert, H. Abigail Bok, Joseph Botkin, Richard Boyd, Lois Boyle, Richard Brabham, Porschea Brown, Helene Burgess, Nancy Burke, Ran Bush, Randolph Bush, Patsy Byers, Olga Byrd, Ramon Cardona, Teresa Carlstrom, Mary Carr, Rose Castro, Miguel Cavalin, Miguel Cavalin, Michelle Chan, Ben Choi, Dr. Henry Clark, Millie Cleveland, Rosemary Corbin, Moni-ca Cross, Mike Daley, Chris Darling, Susie Davis, Priscilla de Mesa, Joe Diamond, Diane Dickey, Kathryn Dienst, Whitney Dotson, Renee Dreyfus, Alexandra Early, Frank Egger, Melissa Ehman, Michael Eichenholtz, Gail Eierweiss, Kimberly Ellis, Jomar Enciso, Toni Favila, Tony Feng, Mary Flanagan, Roberta Flores, Julie Frasier, James Fuller, Jr., Sherry Fusezy, Rosa Garcia, David Gessinger, Dorothy Gilbert, Beryl Golden, Alison Goodsill, Daniel Goodwin, Suzanne Gordon, Elizabeth Gore, David Gottlieb, Ramazan Gozel, Queen Graham, Gretchen Grani, Michael Gravelle, Jerarde Gutierrez, John Halcomb, Sharon Halpern, Devorah Harden, Greg Harden, Leslie Harden, Virginia Harrison, Janice Haugan, Janice Haugan, Tom Hayden, Matthew Heberg-er, Dr. J.G. Heinsheimer, Stephanie Hervey, Lars Hewlett, Amahra Hicks, J.Gabriella Hinsheimer, Terri Hinte, Jim Hite, Jim Hogan, Dayna Holz, Sylvia Hopkins, Michael Horse, Emily Hradec, Vivian Huang, Kathleen Jackson, Dr. Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Janet Scoll Johnson, Nick Jones, Margaret Jordan, Alexandros Kalofonos, Bruce Kaplan, Michael Kaufman, Joyce Keller, Jeff Kilbreth, Paul Kilkenny, Jeanne Kortz, Earl Koteen, Stephen Krank, Harry Kunze, Tim Laidman, Mirko Lamonte, Antoinette Landis, Ann Langille, Marilyn Langlois, Denny Larson, Paul Larudee, Michael Leedie, Maggie Leigh, Nelson Lichtenstein, Kristen Lobos, Ann Longille, Marsha Lulii, Mark Luong, Gershon Luria, Camille Mansala-Garnett, Richard Marens, Dr. Joan Margaret, Barbara Martin, George Martin, Eduardo Martinez, Sarah McCroskey, Michele McGeoy, Gayle McLaughlin, Scott McLean, Leonard McNeil, Mike Meagher, Senya Means, Antonio Medrano, John Meyer, Sybil Meyer, Pat Miles, Erica Milsom, Jessica Montiel, David Moore, Victor Morales, Manuel Moran, Ray Muhammad, Iqbal Murad, Saramurad Murad, Rebecca Newburn, Linda Newton, Bang Nguyen, Dixie Nicholson, Torm Nompraseurt, Hulda Nystrom, Fletcher Oakes, Deborah O-Brien, Lee Olivier, Lynne Olivier, John Ozenberger, Missy Peebles, Craig Peterson, Bill Pinkham, Judith Piper, Pennie Opal Plant, Susan Pomeroy, George Porter, Thomas Prather, Joe Puleo, Tania Pulido, Kristin Pursley, Raul Ramirez, Juan Reardon, Juan Alberto Reardon, Jr., Roberto Reyes, Anne Marie Richard, Daniel Rikleen, Jeff Ritterman, Jose Rivera, Lisette Rivera, Jeff Robb, Megan Roberts, Victoria Roberts, Ken Ryan, Sandy Saeteurn, Shukuru Sanders, Linda Schneider, Denise Scholz, Bill Schwimmer, Janet Scoll-Johnson, Frank Scott, Patrick Secor, Karen Seneferu, Zina Sharokhi, Toula Siacotos, Kate Sibley, Jane Slaughter, Andres Soto, Sue Sparks-Hodges, Barbara Speed, Barbara Stauss, Pam Stello, David Stevens, Victoria Stewart, Harvey Tai, Polly Tai Kam, Jacqueline Thalberg, Soheila Vahdati, Javier Valdovinos, Anne Marie van Amson, Christian Velasquez, Cres Vellucci, David Vincent, Laura Wagner, Rhonda Walker, Deanna Wallis, Kay Wallis, Richard Ward, Sharon Ward, Liz Watts, Jessie West, Pamela Wiget, Sharon Williams, Melvin Willis, Kathleen Wimer, Andres Ybarra, Jim Zahradka, Kathleen Zahradka, Suzanne Zeman, Lesli Zephyr, Jim Zolkowski.

Endorsements from Richmond NeighborsAdd your name by emailing MikeParkerForRichmond@gmail.comA Different Kind of Politics

The Team Richmond campaign is aboutempowering people. Our campaign depends on volunteers and candidates going door-to-door to lis-ten to our neighbors and to explain what we stand for.

Our opponents end up with obligations to Big Money interests by relying on them for their mailings and media. We don’t take corporate contributions so we can represent the people of Richmond.

The domination of the super-rich in politics is leading to ever increasing inequality and poverty and an unliv-able world. We can be part of reversing this trend by making Richmond a more caring and livable city.

I worked 30 years as an electrician in the auto industry in Detroit. I teach electrical and instrumentation courses in the Contra Costa Community College system. I am on the City Workforce Investment Board and am passionate about job training.

My wife and I have been together for more than

40 years. Margaret has long family roots in

Richmond. Her father’s business has been in

Richmond for over 60 years. Both her parents were

active in the community. Margaret has been a

Richmond school teacher and psychologist. She is

a neighborhood council president. Our daughter

Johanna is a Spanish interpreter and works at

Stanford Medical Center.

I value good schools, parks, vibrant neighborhoods,

libraries, urban greenspace and gardening, playlots,

bike paths, full service grocery stores, farmers’

markets, the arts, music, and a pride in city history.

In addition to creating a good quality of life for our

residents, all of these attract new businesses with

the jobs that come with them. Zoe & Harley

I believe strongly that real change comes when a community organizes and acts on its own behalf. In the last seven years, I have been a leader of the Richmond Progressive Alliance. I have worked closely with Mayor McLaughlin and Vice Mayor Beckles in defining programs and building the support that resulted in much needed and positive change in Richmond.

Every week, my hiking group goes to a different part of the Bay Area. I want to protect our hills and shoreline for us and future generations.

For more about me, see MikeParkerForRichmond.net