Sean Sullivan, who once ran for Oakland City Council, is one of the leaders of a movement to block the reappointment of Lorenzo Hoopes as a member of the Paramount Theater Board of Directors.

"I think it's outrageous that we would appoint anyone who calls for discrimination and works hard to see discrimination written into California's constitution representing all of Oakland on the Paramount board," said Sullivan, a West Oakland resident and a founding board member of Oakland's Rainbow Chamber of Commerce.

Hoopes was the leader of Oakland's "Yes on Prop 8" effort. He also was Oakland's largest donor and fundraiser to this discriminatory proposition. It is unfortunate that Hoopes' nomination is moving forward as the Prop 8 trial is happening across the bay in San Francisco.

Tonight: Tell City Council what you think! Sullivan is asking Oaklanders to attend the Jan 19 Oakland City Council to ask that Council only approve board members who don't discriminate against any of our citizens. (Sullivan's Facebook event listing says the meeting is 7 pm, but the City Council web site says 6 pm.)

To follow this issue, join Sullivan's Facebook group: The Paramount -- No Place for Homophobia.

TODAY'S MEETINGS. Jan 19 listings from the Oakland Local community calendar

Oakland City Council Meeting: 6 pm, Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. Here's the agenda:

100119 Oakland City Council Meeting Agenda

Alma Avenue Safety Discussion. 6-7 pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, 650 Alma Avenue, Oakland (Basement Social Hall)

UPDATE: OAKLAND AID TO HAITI

Oakland is still collecting aid for Haiti. We're happy that locals residents Walter Riley (father of Boots Riley) and his wife Barbara Rhine are safe at home after surviving the Haitian earthquake. (They'd been there for charitable work.)

"I saw no official aid, no official vehicle, no officials doing help with the rescue. I saw no police. I saw no UN people helping,' Walter Riley told the Contra Costa Times. "All we had was soap and water and alcohol and peroxide and bandages. The first night we had some electricity because we had a generator, but then the generator had no more gas."

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