Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums is reconsidering his nomination of Lorenzo Hoopes to the Paramount Theatre board of directors in the wake of complaints by gay-rights activists concerning Hoopes’ financial support of Prop. 8 last year, the Trib reports. Hoopes, 96, a longtime member of the Paramount board, was Oakland’s leading contributor to the anti-gay marriage initiative in 2009, donating $26,000.
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