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  George Moscone Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ ArtQuilt.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Moscone was quickly rising through the ranks of the California Democratic Party and became closely associated with a loose alliance of progressive politicians in San Francisco led by the Burton brothers.
Moscone was an early proponent of gay rights, and in conjunction with his friend and ally in the Assembly, Willie Brown, Moscone managed to pass a bill repealing laws against sodomy.
Moscone's first year as Mayor was spent attempting to prevent the San Francisco Giants professional baseball team from moving to another city and attempting to pass a city-wide ballot proposition in favor of district election to the Board of Supervisors.
www.artquilt.com /encyclopedia/George_Moscone   (1805 words)

  
 George Moscone - dKosopedia
George Moscone (1929 - 1978) Mayor of San Francisco from 1976 to his assassination in 1978.
In 1977 Moscone was supported by the election of several new members of the city Board of Supervisors.
On Monday, November 27, 1978 Moscone was shot and killed by former Supervisor Dan White who then killed Harvey Milk as well.
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/George_Moscone   (178 words)

  
 JWA Presents "This Week in History"
On November 22, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated in City Hall by a former city supervisor, Dan White.
Dianne Feinstein, who was then the President of the San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, was the first to discover Harvey Milk’s body.
Feinstein who was the first female president of the Board of Supervisors was then sworn in as the first female mayor of San Francisco in Moscone’s stead.
www.jwa.org /this_week/week47.html   (1116 words)

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