If you've read AMP lately or you're local to his riding, you'll likely be aware that Jesse Townley, known to us as Jesse Luscious, is running for Berkley's City Council. Luscious has been a member of many punk bands including Blatz, The Gr'ups, The Criminals and currently The Frisk. The folks at PunkVoter summarized Jesse's career quite nicely:

No joke. Jesse is running a great campaign and has been a longtime activist! For over ten year's, Jesse's been the Secretary of 924 Gilman Street - Berkeley's legendary all ages venue - Jesse is also a dj and producer at UC Berkeley's KALX radio station, a member of the City of Berkeley's Disaster Council, and an active member of the American Civil Liberties Union. When not touring with Adeline Record's The Frisk (a Rock Against Bush Vol 1 artist), he helps out at Alternative Tentacles Records, owned by Jello Biafra.

On top of all that, you may have also noticed that Jesse is a regular participant here at the `Org. The Frisk, along with Fleshies and Shadowboxer, will be holding a fundraising show for Jesse's campaign on Saturday, September 11th at 924 Gilman Street. If you'd like to donate something to help his campaign you can do so online.