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AsahinaKimi

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Wed Jun 6, 2012, 04:36 PM Jun 2012

Obama SF stop to include sports, political stars



Giants legend Willie Mays, Gov. Jerry Brown and Mayor Ed Lee are all scheduled to be on hand when President Obama blows into San Francisco on Wednesday for a pair of sold-out fundraisers.

Obama's visit comes less than two weeks after his last Bay Area cash catch. One party co-host explained that the president was heading to L.A. anyway for another star-studded fundraiser, so why not make a quick detour and pick up an additional $1.5 million for his re-election fight?

The big stop will be at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in Clint Reilly's historic Merchants Exchange Building, where 275 supporters will pay $5,000 apiece to have lunch with Obama.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/06/05/BA4R1OT8B1.DTL#ixzz1x30f5H5a
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Obama SF stop to include sports, political stars (Original Post) AsahinaKimi Jun 2012 OP
Willy Mays is like a god to me. The good old days of baseball. virgogal Jun 2012 #1
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