New charges of coercion in S.F. election - (SLUG) Workers say they had to campaign for Brown in '99

SFGate.com ^ | 1/23/04 | Anastasia Hendrix - SF Chronicle

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The city-funded San Francisco nonprofit group accused of pressuring workers to vote and campaign for Gavin Newsom for mayor also pushed its employees to work to re-elect former Mayor Willie Brown in 1999, according to interviews.

Three former employees of the nonprofit San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners, or SLUG, told The Chronicle that they were ordered to walk precincts, attend rallies and debates and work a phone bank promoting Brown's candidacy.

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Election Fraud Probe

	New probe into vote allegations (1/17/04) Mayor says he wants full probe of allegations by city workers (1/16/04) City workers: We were told to vote, work for Newsom (1/15/04)

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"A lot of people feel like they got stepped on," he said. "Unfortunately, the small people like us have to be the cogs in the wheel to make things work."

Yes, that's the Decocratic machine at work.