Rally Again for Ocean Beach Library and for All Libraries – Sat. Nov. 22nd Noon
OCEAN BEACH, CA. Ocean Beach residents who have organized recently to save the Ocean Beach Library from closure, have called…
Author: Frank Gormlie
A former lawyer and current grassroots activist, I have been editing the Rag since Patty Jones and I launched it in Oct 2007. Way back during the Dinosaurs in 1970, I founded the original Ocean Beach People’s Rag - OB’s famous underground newspaper -, and then later during the early Eighties, published The Whole Damn Pie Shop, a progressive alternative to the Reader.
Posted in: Civil Rights, Economy, Education, Ocean Beach, Organizing, San Diego
Attend the City Council Hearing Today – Over 1,000 Have Signed Petitions to Keep Ocean Beach Library Open
Frank Gormlie November 19, 2008 0 Comments on Attend the City Council Hearing Today – Over 1,000 Have Signed Petitions to Keep Ocean Beach Library Open
OCEAN BEACH, CA. The organizers of the resistance to the proposed closure of the Ocean Beach Library have counted 1,000…
Posted in: Economy, Ocean Beach, San Diego
Battle Over Library Closures Looms – Over 600 Have Signed Petition to Keep the Ocean Beach Library Open
Frank Gormlie November 18, 2008 6 Comments on Battle Over Library Closures Looms – Over 600 Have Signed Petition to Keep the Ocean Beach Library Open
OCEAN BEACH, CA. Over 600 Ocean Beach residents and supporters of the OB branch library have signed petitions demanding that…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Economy, Education, Ocean Beach, Organizing, San Diego
Tagged: budget, Mayor Jerry Sanders, OB Library
Is This a Memorial to the Ocean Beach Library?
OCEAN BEACH, CA. Went down to the Ocean Beach Library today, the old building at the corner of Sunset Cliffs…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Economy, Education, Media, Ocean Beach, Organizing
Tagged: budget, library
Rally to Save the Ocean Beach Library November 15th
OCEAN BEACH, CA. Local Ocean Beach residents are rallying to save the Ocean Beach branch of the San Diego library…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Economy, Education, Ocean Beach, Organizing
City Council & Residents Question Mayor’s Budget Cuts & Sanders Snarls Back
Frank Gormlie November 12, 2008 2 Comments on City Council & Residents Question Mayor’s Budget Cuts & Sanders Snarls Back
Ocean Beach Library & 6 Others Plus Rec Centers On Mayor Sander’s Chopping Block OCEAN BEACH, CA. Mayor Jerry Sanders…
Posted in: Economy
Save the O.B. Library ! – Save ’em all !
Rally In Front of OB Library – Saturday Nov. 15th Being Planned OCEAN BEACH, CA. Opposition to the closure of…
Posted in: Economy, Education, Ocean Beach
Tagged: budget, Mayor Jerry Sanders, OB Library
Scheduled Closing of Ocean Beach & Other Libraries Causing Stir – Library Commissioners Vote to Oppose Closures
Frank Gormlie November 7, 2008 6 Comments on Scheduled Closing of Ocean Beach & Other Libraries Causing Stir – Library Commissioners Vote to Oppose Closures
SAN DIEGO, CA. Mayor Jerry Sander’s announcement on Wednesday, November 5th, that for budgetary reasons, he was set to close…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Economy, Education, Ocean Beach, Organizing
Ocean Beach Library Slated to Be Closed, Says Mayor Sanders
Frank Gormlie November 6, 2008 13 Comments on Ocean Beach Library Slated to Be Closed, Says Mayor Sanders
SEE UPDATES – GO HERE AND HERE. OCEAN BEACH, CA. On Wednesday, November 5, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced…
Posted in: Economy, Ocean Beach, Organizing, San Diego
Tagged: budget, library, Mayor Jerry Sanders
Posted in: Election
Election Night – One Million Obama Supporters Pour Into Grant Park in Chicago
Frank Gormlie November 4, 2008 2 Comments on Election Night – One Million Obama Supporters Pour Into Grant Park in Chicago
Editor: On the West Coast, we’re watching on televsion as thousands of people pour into Grant Park in Chicago to…
Posted in: Election
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