Election Section
The Berkeley Election in the Planet: Past Issues
Are you confused about the upcoming election? Below you'll be able to find all the articles about the November 2012 election that have appeared to date in the Planet, with editorial endorsements at the top of the stack.
Editorial Endorsement:
Berkeley Heats Up For the Fall Election Season 08-29-2012ENDORSEMENT SPECIAL: Yes on Berkeley Measures U, V, N, O. No on Berkeley Measure M. 09-28-2012
ENDORSEMENT SPECIAL: Measure T is a Trojan Horse 09-21-2012
ENDORSEMENT SPECIAL: Sitting Down Should not be Banned in Berkeley 09-14-2012
ENDORSEMENT SPECIAL: Berkeley Mayor and City Council 09-05-2012
ENDORSEMENT SPECIAL: Avoid R, and the Rest of the Story 10-04-2012
Following the Money Behind Berkeley Ballot Measures 10-12-2012
Myth-Busting 101: Street-Sitting Ban Does NOT Work for Santa Cruz Either 10-12-2012
Berkeley Can Be Better, but Some Voters Missed the Memo 10-19-2012
News and Opinion
Religious Leaders Speak Out Against Berkeley’s Measure S By Sally Hindman and 52 Signers 10-19-2012
Complaint Filed with Berkeley’s Fair Campaign Practices Commission Regarding Yes on T’s Illegal/Fraudulent Endorsements By Zelda Bronstein 10-22-2012
Berkeley's Asinine Sitting Ban Measure By Michael T. Pachovas 10-19-2012
Press Release: Solution to Berkeley's Homeless Problem: Number the Homeless (A Modest Proposal) From Karen Able 10-19-2012
Jody London, Sankofa Academy and the Mysteries of the Oakland Unified School District, and a BILLION (Yes a Billion!) in Assessment Tax Bond Money from B and now J By Robert Brokl 10-22-2012
Berkeley Measure T's Misleading Ads By Christopher Adams 10-19-2012
Monsanto & Dupont Spend Big Money to Defeat Prop 37 By Glen Kohler 10-19-2012
Oakland’s Knowland Park Worth Saving: Vote NO on Measure A1 By Jane Molnar 10-18-2012
Lies in Political Campaign Material By Tree Fitzpatrick 10-19-2012
Flash: Planet Endorsements Now Available Online 10-25-2012
New: Rent Board Slate Group Charged with Violating Berkeley Campaign Finance Laws (News Analysis) By Rob Wrenn 10-25-2012
New Complaint Filed about Yes on T Campaign in Berkeley By Zelda Bronstein 10-24-2012
Meeting Attendance an Issue in Rent Board Race By Rob Wrenn 10-19-2012
Berkeley Mayoral Candidates Star in Neighborhood Forums By Ted Friedman 10-19-2012
Election News Elsewhere: New York Times Takes Up Sitting Ban 10-20-2012
Updated: Who's Endorsing Whom and What in Berkeley and Elsewhere By Linda Franklin 10-21-2012
Election News Elsewhere: Fraud Complaint Filed against Yes on Berkeley Measure T 10-19-2012
Who's Financing Berkeley Campaigns? A Easy Way to Find Out By Thomas Lord 10-19-2012
Watch the Berkeley Election on Video 10-19-2012
Measure T’s Deceptive Mailers Falsely Claim Union Endorsement, Funds for Community Benefits (News Analysis) By Rob Wrenn 10-17-2012
Measure M: Investing in Streets and Green infrastructure - Providing Multiple Benefits Now and Saving Money in the Future By Larry Henry, Past Chairperson and current Vice-Chairperson of the Berkeley Public Works Commission 10-12-2012
Can We Elect A President Who Will Help Us All? By Romila Knanna 10-12-2012 By J. Muir 10-12-2012
Creative Protests Blanket Berkeley By Carol Denney 10-12-2012
A Curmudgeonly Potpourri by The Occasional Curmudgeon 10-12-2012
Mayoral & District 3 Candidates’ Night Sponsored by LeConte & Williard Neighborhood Associations 10-12-2012
New: Yes,the Fiscal Sky May Be Falling: Moody's is Examining Berkeley for a Rating Downgrade By Barbara Gilbert 10-09-2012
Quakers Oppose Berkeley Measure S By Berkeley Society of Friends 10-04-2012
Vote Yes on A1 By Dr. Joel Parrott, Veterinarian and Executive Director, Oakland Zoo 10-04-2012
New: Who's Spending on Berkeley Ballot Measures? The First Filing of Expenditures, and More By Thomas Lord 10-09-2012
New: Santa Monica has a Plan for Growth and It’s Better than Berkeley’s (News Analysis) By Toni Mester 10-06-2012
Hometown Online Resources for Berkeley Voters
from The Berkeley Almanac By Thomas Lord 10-04-2012
Election Stories in Back Issues of the Planet 10-05-2012
SENIOR POWER: A Senior Moment By Helen Rippier Wheeler 10-04-2012
NEBA Holds Two Berkeley Election Fairs and Forums 10-05-2012
Berkeley's Measure U: $1 million for sunshine? That’s a stretch! And it would still be a bargain! By Richard Knee 09-28-2012
Measure R: The Name of the Game is POWER by Former Berkeley Mayor Shirley Dean 09-28-2012
No on Berkeley Measure T By Sam Greyson 09-28-2012
Is Three-Term Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates Vulnerable? By Ted Friedman 09-28-2012
Ranked Choice Voting Comes to Berkeley: How It Works, How to Do It By Lydia Gans 09-28-2012
Press Release: Cal Berkeley Democrats Endorse 2012 Local Candidates Worthington, Anderson, and Progressive Rent Board Candidates From Sofie Karasek 09-28-2012
Press Release: Berkeley No on S Campaign Grabs Three Democratic Club Endorsements "Clean Sweep" of 3 Berkeley Democratic Clubs Marks Growing No on S Momentum
By Christopher Cook, No on S coalition 09-28-2012
Berkeley Mayor and Council Candidates Debate on Sundays From Nigel Guest 09-28-2012
CENA Candidates' Night is Monday 09-28-2012
Berkeley For All Candidates' Forum
McGee Avenue Baptist Church in Berkeley, Thursday 09-28-2012
Measure S is a Hate Crime By Carol Denney 09-21-2012
New: Grey Panthers Host Berkeley Mayor Candidates in Forum By Helen Rippier Wheeler 09-26-2012
New: Vote No on Alameda County Measure A1 (Opinion) By Laura Baker,East Bay Chapter of the California Native Plant Society 09-26-2012
Press Release: Bookmark and Share Curb-Sit and Kiss-In Protest Against Anti-Sitting Law-- Re-Creation Of Barack And Michelle Obama's First Kiss While Sitting On The Sidewalk By B Sofer 09-26-2012
Press Release: Celebratory “Sitting Olympics” To Highlight Measure S Concerns
Berkeley celebs headline Sept. 30 “Starry Plough Olympiad 2012” From Christopher Cook 09-26-2012
Election Information 09-21-2012
MapLight's Voter's Edge: A Graphic Guide to Election Information 09-24-2012
THE PUBLIC EYE:Campaign 2012: Playing the Israel Card By Bob Burnett 09-21-2012
But of Course, It Could Never Happen in Berkeley--or Could It? By Osha Neumann 09-14-2012
Letter to Berkeley Mayor and City Council Regarding Brown Act Violations in Placing Measure S on the November Ballot By Michael T. Risher, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Northern California 09-13-2012
Romney Follows His Own Rules By Bruce Joffee 09-14-2012
"The Fight for Berkeley's Soul" Sunday Downtown By Ted Friedman 09-17-2012
Walk will Reveal Problems of Berkeley’s Aquatic Park By Toni Mester 09-14-2012
Press Release: Berkeley Standing Up Coalition Kicks Off Campaign to Defeat “Sit-Lie” Measure S From Christopher Cook 09-16-2012
Community Campaign Center Opening 09-14-2012
Election Information 09-14-2012
Press Release: BCA Endorsement Meeting Results From Linda Godzi 09-16-2012
THE PUBLIC EYE: Welcome to Romneyland By Bob Burnett 09-14-2012
ECLECTIC RANT: Making it Harder For Some to Vote: Restrictive Voting Laws By Ralph E. Stone 09-14-2012
Odd Bodkins: The Terrorist (Cartoon) By Dan O'Neill 09-08-2012
Whatever Happened To "Republican Women for Choice"? By Ron Lowe 09-08-2012
An Open Letter to Jacquelyn McCormick and Adolpho Cabral; By Norma J F Harrison 09-08-2012
Where in the World is West Berkeley? (News Analysis) By Toni Mester 09-07-2012
New: Unfunded Liabilities And The New Berkeley Police Contract (News Analysis) By Shannon Brown 09-08-2012
Planning Commission Special Workshop On MUP Community Benefits to Be Held on Wednesday From WEBAIC 09-07-2012
Election Update 09-07-2012
THE PUBLIC EYE:Obama vs. Romney: The Popularity Contest By Bob Burnett 09-07-2012
Odd Bodkins: Fred for Prez (Cartoon) By Dan O'Neill 08-28-2012
Romney's Vision for the Future: An Uninhabitable Earth By Jack Bragen 08-29-2012
Press Release: Bates and Berkeley Council Violated Brown Act in Measure S Process, Says ACLU in Letter From Bob Offer-Westort, Berkeley Standing Up for the Right to Sit Down; Michael T. Risher, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Northern California: 415 621 2493 09-06-2012
There's Something About Tom Bates (News Analysis) By Ted Friedman 09-01-2012
Got Free Speech in Berkeley’s Constitution Square? (First Person) By Carol Denney 08-29-2012
New: Berkeley Election News in Other Media 09-04-2012
Profiles of the Candidates for Berkeley Office in the November Election From the Berkeley City Clerk 08-28-2012
Election Information: 2012 Berkeley Ballot Measures 08-29-2012
Berkeley's General Election Calendar From the Berkeley City Clerk 08-29-2012
Jacquelyn McCormick for Mayor (Opinion) By Martha Nicoloff 08-29-2012
THE PUBLIC EYE: Mitt Romney: The Great White Hope 08-31-2012
AGAINST FORGETTING: Voter Suppression: The "Schurick Doctrine" and the Unravelling of American Democracy By Ruth Rosen 08-29-2012
ECLECTIC RANT: The GOP and the John Galt Factor By Ralph E. Stone 08-29-2012
New: Complaint Filed with Berkeley’s Fair Campaign Practices Commission Regarding Yes on T’s Illegal/Fraudulent Endorsements By Zelda Bronstein 10-17-2012
Measure M: Investing in Streets and Green infrastructure - Providing Multiple Benefits Now and Saving Money in the Future By Larry Henry, Past Chairperson and current Vice-Chairperson of the Berkeley Public Works Commission 10-12-2012
Creative Protests Blanket Berkeley By Carol Denney 10-12-2012
New: Puppets Come to Council Meeting By Carol Denney 10-17-2012
A Curmudgeonly Potpourri by The Occasional Curmudgeon 10-12-2012
New: Sunday Streets Proves Sitting and Business Go Together By Carol Denney 10-16-2012
THE PUBLIC EYE: Obama vs. Romney: Jobs By Bob Burnett 10-12-2012