El Rio: No on Prop 98, Ammiano, Sandoval, Prop F progressive free-for-allAmanda Witherell calls in to report:
There's about 200 hundred people milling about optimistically at El Rio, for a party that's basically a catchall progressive fest for No on Prop 98, Yes on 99, Tom Ammiano, Gerardo Sandoval, Yes on F, No on G, and David Campos for DCCC.
Currently and unfortunately, 98 is failing swimmingly in SF but seems to be winning statewide (Ed Note -- this looks to have changed since I got Amanda's call). F is also failing in absentees. And despite the fact that Sandoval (running for judge) looks to be down right now against his opponent, Mellon, he's in a chipper mood: "I'm fully expecting to win," he says with a grin.
No balloons, but Ammiano's working the floor with some trademark comedy schtick -- he's at 97 percent, but he ran unopposed. Campos is also doing quite well, and is exuberant.
The crowd is surprisingly and inspiringly young -- many folks from the League of Pissed Off Voters. Legendary prankster/jester h. Brown has set up a table and is interviewing people, while a folk singer strums away in a corner.
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