Thank You
Dear Editor,
After this year’s election, we have a lot to celebrate. We passed Proposition 30, defeated Proposition 32, and elected Dave Roberts as the first Democrat, first openly LGBT member and first new member of the County Board of Supervisors in decades. We elected Scott Peters and defeated Brian Bilbray, and of course, we elected Bob Filner to be San Diego’s next mayor!
For myself and the thousands of working families who will finally have a voice in the mayor’s office: thank you.
Thank you for the campaign work knocking on doors, making phone calls and getting voters out to the polls. Thank you for holding our candidates accountable and making sure the truth about Carl DeMaio was exposed and shared with voters across San Diego. Thank you for showing what San Diego’s progressive movement is capable of, and for taking such an important role in building a coalition that can dramatically change San Diego for the better.
Whether it’s Harvey Milk and Teamsters working together to boycott Coors, the battle for fair health benefits and equal treatment in the workplace, Labor has worked closely with the LGBT community for decades. This election was no different. When the future of San Diego was on the line and we faced the toughest fight many of us can remember, the LGBT community mobilized and came through for the sake of our city.
I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished together already, and look forward to the victories to come.
LORENA GONZALEZ
Secretary-Treasurer
San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO
