LGBT Community Supports McCracken for Mayor

Posted on 03/10/2009 | Leave a comment
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(Community Matters) I’m reading this morning that ALGPC issued a dual endorsement of Brewster McCracken and Lee last night.

Brewster McCracken is the total rock star in our community. Brewster’s championed LGBT equality since before his first race for city council. He sponsored and organized repeal of the charter’s ban on domestic partner benefits.

Lee Leffingwell also certainly deserves support from our community.

Less than 25 voting members were at last night’s meeting. Regret that I had a conflict. We had 100+ at Brewster’s LGBT fundraiser last week – with many others contributing online even though they couldn’t attend. Lee’s hired good field organizers who know how to turn out volunteers and paid staff. Brewster’s staff fell behind on this one.

Brewster is well known, respected and enthusiastically supported by Austin’s LGBT community. My appreciation to all those who did attend the endorsement meetings last night. I’m confident Brewster is the overwhelming favorite among Austin’s LGBT community in the race for mayor.

Allan Baker was the co-chair of ALGPC for years. I was one of the founders of Stonewall (in fact, the founder and cajoled Stan Main into serving as our first co-chair). Allan Baker reports: I was at the ALGPC/Stonewall meeting last night and was quite disappointed with the turn-out. Perhaps 25 voting members at most and I saw NO ONE I had seen at Taylor’s event last week…well, except for Brewster. Brewster’s presentation was FAR more on point for our community and he was, by far, the better presenter and candidate. So, as a veteran of ten years of running these ALGPC endorsement meetings it just shows that, unless our community is willing to get involved in the nuts and bolts of politics and not just the fashionable meets and greets, we will fail our political friends and supporters.

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