The Emeryville Government Accountability Project
Citizen Access
As part of the on-going effort to strengthen democratic institutions and citizen
involvement in Emeryville, the Tattler will publish the telephone numbers of
elected officials as they become known.
For decades here politicians made their phone numbers public and would take
calls from constituents. Sadly, this tradition has been waning, and citizen access
has eroded. Meanwhile, developers and other corporate interests who would feed
at the public trough routinely meet with the politicians and city staff in closed door
sessions.
We are dismayed to see this weakening of citizen access to the levers of power
even while corporate access has never been stronger. Accordingly, we now
add the telephone number of newly appointed School Board member,
John Affeldt to the list of numbers of Emeryville's elected officials. Mr Affeldt, it
should be noted, willingly provided this, his home telephone number to the Tattler.
involvement in Emeryville, the Tattler will publish the telephone numbers of
elected officials as they become known.
For decades here politicians made their phone numbers public and would take
calls from constituents. Sadly, this tradition has been waning, and citizen access
has eroded. Meanwhile, developers and other corporate interests who would feed
at the public trough routinely meet with the politicians and city staff in closed door
sessions.
We are dismayed to see this weakening of citizen access to the levers of power
even while corporate access has never been stronger. Accordingly, we now
add the telephone number of newly appointed School Board member,
John Affeldt to the list of numbers of Emeryville's elected officials. Mr Affeldt, it
should be noted, willingly provided this, his home telephone number to the Tattler.
Future would be politicians should take warning: If you win office and try to
keep your telephone number confidential, the Tattler will publish it if we can find it.
keep your telephone number confidential, the Tattler will publish it if we can find it.
Here then is the newest contact-
John Affeldt, School Board Member:
(510) 547-7757*
Here is the list so far:
City Council
Nora Davis - (510) 652-2199
Kurt Brinkman - (510) 774-1551*
Jennifer West - (510) 420-5795
Ruth Atkin - (510) 915-0167*
Jac Asher - (510) 333-8437
School Board
Josh Simon - (510) 601-1480
Melodi Dice - Unlisted
Joy Kent - (510) 922-1714
Miguel Dwin - (510) 381-2023*
*unlisted but obtained by the Tattler
No comments:
Post a Comment