■ZM r. fe' -»i- ■- j GOV. BROWN AT A GAY PARTY WITH GOVERNOR BROVWM HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO, PROMISES & OOIWVIITMENTS. Details page 8 Photo GUY CORKY Continued from p«ce 2 PMC 3 The Art Commission was also MORE STREET VIOLENCE PM« 2 On Target victim, if it had not been for his thick denying any knowledge oL a sys­ Editorial coat. tem of “pay offs” worked Kiyt by C alifo rn ia Now that the election is over maybe The responding police officer filed persons in the Neighborhood Arts PERRY A. GEORGE City Hall and the police will find the a routine report, after sending the vic­ Programs whereby certain individuals time to do something about the vic­ THE ADAM CLAYTON POWELL POLITICAL AWARENESS AWARD GOES tim to the hospital. who are not actually qualified for NO CRUISING PLEASE ious attacks on gay men and lesbians TO THE ELECTORATE OF THE 5TH DISTRICT THE VOICE contacted Chief Charles any additional CETA money, actually in the streets. do get “ paid” CETA funds through a For all of you who arc too young or too unaware as to remember who Adam LONG BEACH, CA - X gay man On December 3, 1979 about 7:30 R. Gain, and found him deeply con­ Clayton Powell was, let me refresh your memory, way way back in the distant has been dismissed from his job with cerned. He promised to keep on the technique which has other names in the evening, at the comer of 24th used on the pay check as serrogates 1950’s one of the first black politicians to emerge was Adam Clayton Powell, as Princess Cruises because of “ques­ and Mission Streets, Michael Emrys case personally, but he leaves on Jan.- time went on and one seamy story after another emerged in the press about him, tionable sexual preference.’’ James 8th, 1980. for the ultimate receipent of the and a friend approached the bus stop funds. Once again, the charges are he treated the stories about his incompetence and dishonesty with total indif­ Estes has filed a 4.5 million dollar to wait for transportation to the mov­ This has not been an isolated incid­ alleged, and though not proven, do at ference He ran from Harlam and he always campaigned that the black com­ lawsuit. ies. ent, and the point has been made by munity couldn’t dare afford to lose the “black seat” in Congress. That was a//he Stanley B. McDonald, President of many that there are gangs out there, least raise questions which the Art Unknown to them, a gang of latino Commission could not answer. offered his electorate, and that is all they got. It took a very long time for serious Princess Cruises, which is the company youths had already planned to find well organized, organized enough to and worthwhile black politicians to be taken seriously in the wake of all the portrayed in the popular “ Love Boat” plan an attack and plan an escape. Credibility was added to the char­ and murder a “queer”. ges when some of those in the com­ damage done by the opportunist Powell. Let s hope the electorate of the 5th television series, wrote Edward Bas- The unprovoked attack which fol­ Since the gangs may be consider­ district has not just bought a gay version of, we hope a lesser version, of Adam kett, the dismissed man’s lawyer, that ed to be organized, Aen they must plaining group admitted that they had lowed was a group effort, obviously actually participated in the scheme Clayton Powell. Once the election is over, I doubt if Harry Britt will be havitig so Mr. Estes “was terminated for cause planned by a gang, a gang with memb­ represent “organized crime” worthy of many visions of St. Harvey Milk. This means 4 years of the (Castro) Village idiot completely unrelated to his sexu­ far more serious attention then fiiey themselves. ers who knew each other well enough Perhaps what characterized the left to his own devices and the manipulations of the most politically unwhole­ ality.” However, the lawyer has a to formulate plans for the attack. seem to get. some collection of friends since Cesare said “et tu Brute.” One person^ blessing copy of the memo written liy Mr. Jim The shooting of a criminal , in the mood of the complaining group more While shouting insults like, “fagot” thMi anything else was the abiding out of this election blunder, knowing the marvelous penchant Harry Britt has for McCarthy of Princess Cruises to Mr. and “queer” , Emrys and his friend commission of a crime, by an arrest­ sticking his foot in his mouth, I will have no shortage of copy for my future ON Olav Hansson, dated September 12, ing officer, gets far more attention seqse of frustration at the mishandl­ were stmek. A sharp blade was thrust ing of funds for the arts locally. They TARGET columns 1978. It reads as follows: deep into his back within inches of than do the assults on gay men and GETTING SCREWED WITHOUT BEING KISSED ... AGAIN! “It has come to my attention death. He would have been a murder lesbians in the streets by homophobes^ co n tin u ed on pee* 26 that James is of questionable Well, the election is over and Dianne Feinstein is now really our Mayor and sexual preference. This is totally The 19th century cartoon above seems to have captured the spirit of the recent David Scott is standing in the wings rubbing his hands together anxioudy await- elections here in San Francisco, dirty, rough but very democratic. unacceptable behaviour and I ing his “ thirty pieces of silver” in payment for selling the gay community down should have your total cooper­ ■ ?>■ the stream of personal gain. 1 think it is significant to note that all his demands on ation in having this remedied no his “ shopping list” were only for David Scott and NONE of them were for the gay later than is workable, in such community as a whole. Dianne is in a wonderful position. Both David Scott arid case, no later than October 15, PAUL D. HARDMAN the Mayor claimed no deals were made, Quinten Kopp blew the whistle on David 1978. Let us act as soon as Scott asking for the police commission president’s job and now she could hardly possible.” HEADQUARTERS To speak of corruption and to hear rumors of corruption about city prbgrams is deliver as then the public would then believe Kopp to be right. Vm sure she will After almost a full year, Estes’ common, proving it is quite another thing. In fairness to those involved m-romois probably give him the bond analyst job he asked for as that way he is beholden to lawyer has found that there is abso­ it is necessary to approach the question carefully. The facts related here are based her for his paycheck and he will cease to generate any future resistMce to her. To lutely nothing that can be done on alegations, however, there are enough alegations to raise the issues and bung all the people who worked for, voted for, and helped finance David Scott s cam- about “ this overt act of bigotry in a the matter to the attention of the public and public officials. pagin, you all deserve a huge kiss for the screwing you’ve jost gotten. court of law.” Even with the recent and black artists made the otter pos- California Supreme Court decisions, SCANDALCHARGED TO sible. The meeting was-successful- ’ to MAYBE PEOPLE DO GET THE GOVERNMENT THEY DESERVE “there is still no real protection for ART COMMISSION the extent that it gave> those with real In spite of the ardent efforts of all three of the major gay papers (and we those who work, in private enterprise. On December 3, 1979, a group of grievences an opportunity to discuss rarely all agree on anything) the electorate, and a good many of the gay elec­ Unhappily, the recent law adopted by people associated with the Western the problems and the frsutrations they torate 1 have talked to, decided that just being stylish and slick was enough, the City of Los Angeles would prob­ Addition Cultural Center were re­ were feeling, and try to seek solutions. they’ve elected her for a full term. It is no secret that Dianne Feinstein will make ably be superceded in court by state fused an opportunity to meet with According to Debra Cambell, who some stooge of the P.O.A. (Police Officers Association) the new chief of police, statutes. In other words, the progress members of the San Francisco Art acted as spokesperson for the group, and it is no secret what the rank and file of the P.O.A. think about how high a that has been made is still simply not Commission to discuss grievances there is a scandal involving the handl­ priority violence against gay men and Lesbian women will receive, it is just a mat­ good enough.” against the Neighborhood Arts Pro­ ing of WACC money and in the use of ter of time before the Robert Hillsborough murder will be repeated again and Lawyer Baskett has urged a de­ irTfem erifina CETA funds, and CETA employees. again. Remember Chief Gain will be gone January 8th and we will be open season nunciation, with dignity and profes­ gram, its Director Mark Denton and -"i i John Doyle who was hired to operate “We, the concerned community to unpersued violence. THE VOICE is not going to sit quietly by trying to court sionalism of Princess Cruises, their the WACC facilities on Fulton Street.