From tnharter at ispwest.com Mon May 1 23:29:33 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 23:29:33 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Smartvoter.org
Message-ID: <4456FC4D.806@ispwest.com>
Over the past week most of my creative energy that wasn't spent
working crowds went into the answers to the essay questions they
ask candidates at SmartVoter.org. You can see my answers here:
Click Here: Check out "Voter Information for Tian Harter. June 6, 2006
Election"
Probably of all the writing I do for this campaign, that will turn
out to be the most visible single peice. I would be extremely
grateful for any suggestions on how to make what I have there
better.
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures from Bush's vist to Santa Clara County.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue May 2 00:24:48 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 00:24:48 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Updated Proposed Agenda for County Meeting
Message-ID: <44570940.1090604@earthlink.net>
Proposed Agenda for County Meeting
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Location:
Banjara Indian Restaurant - http://banjarainc.com
407 Town & Country Village, Sunnyvale
Directions available at above web site
NOTE: Future meetings after May 2 will be at:
San Jose Peace Center
downtown San Jose
6:30 Socializing and Dinner - 7:30 Meeting
-- Preliminary Items --
Choose Facilitator(s), Note-Taker(s), Time Keeper, and
Vibes Watcher(s) (5)
Introductions and Short Announcements (5)
Revise and Affirm Agenda (5)
-- Main Part --
1. Treasurer's Report (5) Adam
2. State Party Business
Plenary Postponed (15) Gerry
3. Old Business
Tabling (15) (Jim Doyle)
Earth Day Events
Junior Statesmen
Gay Pride Parade
Fourth of July "weekend" (Su-Tu, 7/2-4)
Buttons
Mother's Day leaflet Warner?
Mother's Day Brunch @ Henry Coe Wes
Treasurer Replacement (3) Cameron
Regional Rep Election & Meeting (6) Gerry / Warner
Move meeting to San Jose Peace Center (5) Cameron
Press Release Authorization (10) Gerry / Jim Doyle / Wes
CNA public campaign financing initiative (15) Warner / Greg Miller
Fundraising Report (5) Warner?
4. New Business
Coalition for a San Jose downtown hospital (8) Jim Doyle
(Last minutes items)
Iran (5) Gerry
Permission for others to use Impeachment Resolution (3) Gerry
Wangari Maathai (5) Dana
Volunteers Available (3) Wes / Gerry
Get Copy of Registered Voters (5) Warner
(Total scheduled time: 2 hours, 3 minutes)
-- Future Events --
Next GPSCC meeting Tuesday, June 13, 2006 ?
(Postponed to the second Tuesday because the first Tuesday
is the primary election.)
(Unless some date change proposal passes)
(Cameron is suggesting the meetings be on the first Wednesday
of each month, which would be June 7.)
-- Disclaimer --
The items summarized above are agenda suggestions, only. The
actual meeting agenda is affirmed at the meeting by those who are
present. Additionally, the times allotted to agenda items may be
changed during the course of the meeting, and some items may not e
reached during the meeting because of time limits. Persons
receiving this email are invited to make additional suggestions or
corrections regarding potential agenda items, time estimates or
the agenda sequence. Please share this information with
individuals who do not have email.
From andid at cagreens.org Tue May 2 13:07:09 2006
From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey)
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 13:07:09 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Of Critical Concern for All Women!
Message-ID: <48F780AE-7F30-4019-AEED-8ABC84BC87CD@cagreens.org>
Pharmacist Pawns
Lynne K. Varner
May 01, 20
Lynne K. Varner's column appears regularly on editorial pages of The
Seattle Times. She can be reached at lvarner at seattletimes.com.
Fixated as we all are on the war in Iraq, our nervous economy and
soaring fuel prices, it is no wonder we didn't see the assault
brewing on a distant flank.
Now we can't miss the signs of battle as conservatives move to
criminalize abortion and restrict access to contraceptives.
A colleague once told me that President George W. Bush would be
stupid to pursue an anti-choice agenda when most of the country
supports abortion rights. Since then, Bush appointed two people
hostile to abortion rights to the U.S. Supreme Court. The move
emboldened South Dakota to institute the most-restrictive abortion
law since Roe v. Wade stopped states from doing just that. A cousin
to the South Dakota law is moving through the Mississippi legislature.
Wars are best fought on many levels, employing many strategies.
And so it is that the Washington State Pharmacy Board finds itself
holding public hearings statewide to decide whether pharmacists
deserve a "conscience clause" allowing them to withhold medications
in conflict with their convictions.
Seventeen other states are considering "conscience clauses." Pharmacy
boards in Wyoming, Nevada, North Carolina and Massachusetts did the
right thing and told pharmacists they deserved no such rights.
I agree. Call me a cynic, but I'm presuming pharmacists aren't
conflicted over dispensing, say, Viagra. This issue looks, smells and
quacks like a politically motivated debate over emergency
contraception, also known as Plan B. Peel back a few more layers of
the onion and catch a whiff of the lingering fumes from RU486, the
controversial pill designed to end unwanted pregnancies. It ought not
be confused with Plan B, which prevents fertilization of an egg and
prevents conception.
But enough of the science lesson. This war is political and
pharmacists have been pulled in much as scientists were during the
stem-cell debates. They ought to sit this one out. The average woman
spends 23 years using contraceptives to avoid pregnancies. That's not
a market share pharmacists should alienate.
With two-thirds of Americans supporting a woman's right to choose,
focusing on emergency contraceptives is one way the anti-abortion
movement has morphed in order to survive and fight another day.
"The abortion issue is a cover for a fundamentalist anti-
contraception and anti-sex movement," argues Cristina Page, author of
the aptly named tome, How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America .
Page is right. Opposition to abortion has broadened into an anti-
contraception movement. Imagine if pharmacists were free to refuse to
fill prescriptions. My fear would be standing before the strict
pharmacist and enduring a lecture on the evils of birth control.
Without contraception and legal abortion, sex would be fast-tracked
back to the days of being for procreation only.
Pharmacists cannot be allowed to wiggle out of their professional
responsibilities. My hunch is most probably don't want to. I'm
thinking there are more conscientious objector bills floating around
state Houses than pharmacists who want to object. This is less about
morals and more about politics.
The timing of all this is no coincidence. Those with an anti-abortion
agenda are emboldened by conservative appointments to key posts with
the Federal Drug Administration and the federal Health and Human
Services Department. They are encouraged by America's preoccupation
with a protracted war.
And they are ignorant of this central fact: We're going to need
contraceptives and other methods to prevent unwanted pregnancies. A
UNICEF study put America's teen pregnancy rate ? slowly falling ?
right between Thailand's and Rwanda's. Of the teen births happening
in wealthy countries, two-thirds occur here.
A startling fact stands out in Cristina Page's book on the pro-choice
movement: Seven in 10 American women are sexually active and do not
want to become pregnant. These women are at risk of becoming pregnant
should they or their partners fail to use a contraceptive or if the
contraceptive failed to work.
Some of these women will end up at their neighborhood pharmacy. They
ought to be assisted by pharmacists carrying out their professional
duties and not the political agenda of the anti-abortion movement.
Andrea Dorey
Santa Clara County Green Party
408-306-1900 (cell phone: short messages please)
Chinese Proverbs:
"Serving the powerful is like sleeping with a tiger."
and
"It is difficult to get off a tiger's back."
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
From WB4D23 at aol.com Wed May 3 09:11:38 2006
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 12:11:38 EDT
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd Msg: Mayoral candidates forum May 4
Message-ID: <2db.6c26eda.318a303a@aol.com>
Possibly of interest to San Jose residents --
>From the Japantown Neighborhood Association email list:
...there will be a mayoral candidates forum at
7 pm, Thursday, May 4, in the cafeteria at Burnett Academy (N. 2nd
St. between Mission and Hedding).
Scott Herhold from the San Jose Mercury News will be the moderator.
[The parking lot entrance is at 3rd St and Hedding. Warner]
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Wed May 3 21:23:24 2006
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 21:23:24 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] press releases
Message-ID: <445981BC.9040900@sbcglobal.net>
Here is a copy of my email notifying Wes Rolley of our
acceptance of his offer to issue press releases:
Hello Wes,
At last night's monthly meeting of the Green Party of Santa Clara County
the membership approved via consensus to accept your offer of
making the press releases for the Santa Clara County Green Party.
The mechanism is to have two people review the press release before it
is issued. Four people have agreed to do this task:
Andrea Dorey, Gerry Gras, Jim Doyle, and Mike Fischetti.
There may be one or two more at a later date.
Three very simple guidelines for reviewing the press releases were
established:
1) Did he stae it correctly? (includes grammar)
2) Does it align with the Green Party platform?
3) Is it clear?
With two approvals from any two of those who are reviewing the press
release,
the release made be made as long as there were not any critical no's.
So congratulations!
From wrolley at charter.net Wed May 3 22:22:56 2006
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 22:22:56 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] press releases
In-Reply-To: <445981BC.9040900@sbcglobal.net>
References: <445981BC.9040900@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <44598FB0.7010006@charter.net>
Thank you, Jim. Thanks everyone.
Now, I gotta put up or shut up.
Wes
>Here is a copy of my email notifying Wes Rolley of our
>acceptance of his offer to issue press releases:
>
>Hello Wes,
>At last night's monthly meeting of the Green Party of Santa Clara County
>the membership approved via consensus to accept your offer of
>making the press releases for the Santa Clara County Green Party.
>
>The mechanism is to have two people review the press release before it
>is issued. Four people have agreed to do this task:
>Andrea Dorey, Gerry Gras, Jim Doyle, and Mike Fischetti.
>There may be one or two more at a later date.
>
>Three very simple guidelines for reviewing the press releases were
>established:
>1) Did he stae it correctly? (includes grammar)
>2) Does it align with the Green Party platform?
>3) Is it clear?
>
>With two approvals from any two of those who are reviewing the press
>release,
>the release made be made as long as there were not any critical no's.
>
>So congratulations!
>
>_______________________________________________
>sosfbay-discuss mailing list
>sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org
>http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>
>
>
>
--
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente
Wes Rolley
17211 Quail Court, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
http://www.refpub.com/ -- Tel: 408.778.3024
From tnharter at ispwest.com Thu May 4 13:45:55 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 13:45:55 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Daniel Ellsberg,
Brigadier General Janice Karpinsky, & Ambassador Craig Murray
Message-ID: <445A6803.1020307@ispwest.com>
Last evening in the Valley Life Sciences Building in Berkeley
there was a series of speakers talking about the way things are
being done by the US Government right now. The first speaker
was Larry Everest, who played a news clip that was broadcast
on Channel 4 in England showing a crowd of people running
down a street being bombed by a US fighter under orders
from his superiors in April of '04. The story made it very clear that
the soldiers doing the killing were obeying orders from above.
The next speaker was former UK Ambassador Craig Murray, who
was in charge of their Embassy in Uzbekistan from '02 to '04.
He told of being shown pictures of a guy that had been tortured
and then boiled to death by the Uzbek authorities. Then he
explained how he found out that it wasn't an isolated case,
and that these interrogations were paid for by CIA sources.
Murray said these people were being asked to sign confessions
written by the authorities, which were then forwarded to Uncle
Sam as good intelligence. He explained that the names of the
torture victims were removed from the reports so that people
like Condoleeza Rice could read them without knowing how
the information was being gathered. The Ambassador was
convinced that the US is spending so much money in Uzbekistan
because oil and gas have recently been discovered there.
Former Brigadier General Janis Karpinski said that she had
gone to Iraq at about the time Bush had declared "Mission
Accomplished." She had been put in charge of 18 prison
facilities in Iraq, including Abu Ghraib. Because they wanted
to look different from Saddam's regime they had begun by
changing the name to "Baghdad Central Correctional Facility",
which the soldiers then called BCCF. This had changed when
a General Miller came along, who was put in charge of the
place to "Gitmoize it" by higher ups. She said General Miller
had $125 Million to spend, and very good connections to
Donald Rumsfeld. The guy had brought in interrogation
specialists from Guantanimo and other places to get information
out of people as quickly as possible. She was convinced that
contractors were brought in to do the dirty work because it
placed them outside the uniform code of military justice, and
apparently every other kind of legal controlling authority.
She explained that those famous Abu Ghraib photos were taken
to show prisoners, so interrogators could say "If you don't give
us information, this will be happening to you."
Karpinski found out about the contractors work two weeks
into the investigation of it. She told of being called into
General Sanchez's office to talk about it. She was
expecting to be bawled out and told to clean up the mess,
but instead she was ordered to remain silent about it.
Karpinski is convinced that she was made a scapegoat along
with the "seven bad apples on the night shift" to make it
look like the problem had been solved. Her attitude is
"those prisoners need a lot more company behind bars."
The final speaker was Daniel Ellsberg, of Pentagon Papers fame.
He said just about every US Administration had threatened to
use nuclear weapons, but the current administration is MUCH
more public about it. He said that yes, nuclear weapons are bad,
but much something much worse was done with conventional
fire bombing by the US during WW II. He told of the firebombing
of Tokyo during March 8th and 9th of 1945, when many more
people died than during Hiroshima or Nagasaki. He advised
Government employees who have knowledge of war crimes
and the like not to resign, but rather to leak documents and
other information "to get the story out". He also said "It's
disgraceful that current administration Architects like
John Yu at Bolt Hall School of Law aren't challenged on what
they say by other faculty members and protested by students."
The Ambassador and General Karpinski are doing a road show.
You can see them this evening at Stanford (7:30 PM at the
William Hewlett Teaching Center, Rm. 200), and later at other
venues. For more information please visit:
http://www.bushcommission.org/
--
Tian Harter
http://tianharter.org
I gave Ambassador Craig Murray a Nevada quarter after the event.
Tian Harter for Senate, P. O. Box 391854, Mountain View CA 94039-1854
From WB4D23 at aol.com Thu May 4 18:07:43 2006
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 21:07:43 EDT
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Help Table at the Berryessa Arts and Wine
Festival Saturday May 13th
Message-ID: <3e3.1937f88.318bff5f@aol.com>
In a message dated 5/4/06 6:05:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, WB4D23 writes:
The GPSCC is continuing its past practice of tabling at the Berryessa Arts
and Wine Festival Saturday May 12th (day before Mother's Day). This is held
in the park next to the Berryessa Community center up the hill from Capitol
Avenue. There is a "Community Row" that usually is near the bandstand where
the various childrens' bands and dance groups and other entertainment performs.
There are the usual crafts and stuff and food booths run by various
community groups. It is usually hot but pretty mellow vibes. Jim, Cameron, Warner
and Jodie volunteered to help with the tabling. Anybody else is invited to
come by for the fair or tabling.
Here is a blurb from one of the organizers:
>All proceeds will go to the children in the music
>programs of the Berryessa School District through the
>Berryessa Music Boosters. The festival committee and
>the music boosters are all volunteer run organizations
>so 100% of profits go to the children
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
From WB4D23 at aol.com Thu May 4 18:10:03 2006
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 21:10:03 EDT
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd Msg: Protect The Election,
and Get Paid (Working Assets re Poll Watchers)
Message-ID: <24d.b113319.318bffeb@aol.com>
In a message dated 5/4/06 5:49:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time, WSB3ATTYCA
writes:
In a message dated 5/4/06 11:48:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
workingassets at values.workingassets.com writes:
ACTFORCHANGE ACTIVISM UPDATE: May 4, 2006
You are receiving this newsletter because you have previously expressed
interest in progressive activism opportunities from Working Assets.
Support our Democracy -- and Get Paid!
Pollworkers are needed in most counties around the Bay Area. Click on the
appropriate link below to get more information:
Alameda County:
(http://values.workingassets.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/jmtC0NjSRx0TDL0BFxZ0Ek)
Contra Costa County:
(http://values.workingassets.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/jmtC0NjSRx0TDL0BFxa0Er)
San Joaquin County:
(http://values.workingassets.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/jmtC0NjSRx0TDL0BFxb0Es)
Santa Clara County:
(http://values.workingassets.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/jmtC0NjSRx0TDL0BFxc0Et)
Stand up for Election Integrity -- and Get Paid!
Every year, thousands of Californians help make it possible for citizens to
exercise one of their most fundamental rights -- the right to vote. This
year, confusion over ID requirements may result in problems at the polls. The
best way to ensure that every voter's rights are respected, is to be the person
in charge on Election Day.
Here in the Bay Area, nearly every county is reporting a shortage of poll
workers for the June 6th primary election. By signing up as a poll worker, you
can support our democratic system...and get paid at the same time!
In order to be a pollworker, you need to be a registered voter in the county
in which you live. Stipends range from from $75 to $120 for a day of work on
election day. Attendance at a training session prior to election day is
generally required, but a stipend is issued for this as well.
High school seniors age 16 and older are also eligible to work at the polls
and receive a stipend, even if they're not yet a registered voter. Click on
the links below for more information.
* Alameda County: _Click here for more information_
(http://values.workingassets.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/jmtC0NjSRx0TDL0BFxZ0Ek) , or give the office a
call at 510/272-6971.
* Contra Costa County: _Click here_
(http://values.workingassets.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/jmtC0NjSRx0TDL0BFxa0Er) and then choose the "Election Officers"
link at left, or call 925/646-4163.
* San Joaquin County: _Click here for more information_
(http://values.workingassets.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/jmtC0NjSRx0TDL0BFxb0Es) , or get in touch
with Stephanie at the San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters by calling
209/468-2892.
* Santa Clara County: _Click here_
(http://values.workingassets.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/jmtC0NjSRx0TDL0BFxc0Et) and then select the "Volunteer at the
Polls" link at left, or just call 408/299-7655. Students should call
408/282-3050, extension 7721.
_Mobilize Voters at the Stockton Farmers Market! _
(http://values.workingassets.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/jmtC0NjSRx0TDL0BFxF0EQ)
Our partners at the Clean Water Fund are continuing their strong voter
registration work out in the Central Valley Community of Stockton. This Friday,
May 5, they'll be at the downtown Farmers Market in the morning and early
afternoon; and then doing a neighborhood canvass for the rest of the afternoon.
_Click here to sign up for either event._
(http://values.workingassets.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/jmtC0NjSRx0TDL0BFxF0EQ) If you can't make it on Friday but are
interested in helping out at some future date, please drop a note to Brett
Richer, Outreach Director for Clean Water Fund, at _bricher at cleanwater.org_
(mailto:bricher at cleanwater.org) .
____________________________________
Please forward this email to all your friends, neighbors, favorite
webmasters or bloggers!!!
Thank you for working to build a better world.
Will Easton
Manager
_ActForChange.com_ (http://www.actforchange.com/) / _Working Assets_
(http://www.workingforchange.com/textlink.cfm?tcampid=46¬rkd=y)
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
From WB4D23 at aol.com Thu May 4 21:46:16 2006
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 00:46:16 EDT
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Return $8.75 Minimum Wage Initiative Petitions
Message-ID: <376.381eae2.318c3298@aol.com>
I am advised that the organizers of the $8.75 version of the Minimum Wage
Initiative have requested that petitions be turned in to the County coordinators
and that signature gathering should stop. Anyone who has Santa Clara
County signed petitions, please get them to me so I can report the number of
signatures. Warner
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
From wrolley at charter.net Fri May 5 08:14:32 2006
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 08:14:32 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Would you like to become a key part of YOUR Local
Government?
Message-ID: <445B6BD8.6000907@charter.net>
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri May 5 10:34:26 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 10:34:26 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Reclaiming Cinco de Mayo By Matt Gonzalez
Message-ID: <445B8CA2.3050903@ispwest.com>
http://meshsf.com//newpage/meshsf/article.php?id=330§ion_id=6
Reclaiming Cinco de Mayo
/By Matt Gonzalez/
Most Americans incorrectly believe Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexican
Independence from Spanish rule ? which is actually celebrated every
September 16th honoring the peasant rebellion led by Father Miguel
Hidalgo y Costilla that began on September 16, 1810 at a parish church
in Dolores. The uprising sparked events leading to Mexican Independence
11 years later.
Cinco de Mayo, on the other hand, commemorates one victorious battle in
a war the Mexicans lost to invading French forces 50 years later. Today,
the origins of the war with France are largely forgotten, yet they are
profoundly relevant to issues many nations grapple with today as they
confront the realities of world economic markets and global entities
like the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
The French invasion of Mexico in 1862, which replaced democratically
elected President Benito Juarez with Austrian Archduke Maximilian as
Emperor of Mexico, started as a dispute over Mexico's decision to
suspend foreign debt payments for two years. Juarez's decision, largely
compelled by Mexico's financial crisis after the Mexican-American War
and the ensuing civil war in Mexico, was a necessary move by a fledgling
nation to protect its own economy.
England, Spain, and France reacted severely to Juarez's action and sent
troops to Vera Cruz to collect on their debt. (After realizing the
French intended to replace Juarez's constitutional government with a
French- controlled monarchy, England and Spain signed agreements with
the Juarez government arranging for future payments and withdrew their
armies, wanting no part in the ensuing invasion.)
On May 5, 1862, en route to Mexico City, the French Army fought the
Mexicans near the city of Puebla. Aided by muddy fields (due to
rainstorms) and the ingenious use of hundreds of stampeding cattle, the
Mexican force (4, 000 men) led by General Ignacio Zaragoza, defeated an
army twice its size. This victory against Napoleon?s famed army, which
had won victories throughout Europe, gave rise to immense national pride
and Cinco de Mayo was solidified as a national day of celebration.
Though Zaragoza won the Battle of Puebla ? it can be said the Mexican
Army lost the war. In response to the humiliating Cinco de Mayo defeat,
Napoleon III immediately dispatched reinforcements and Mexico City fell
13 months later. Maximilian was installed as Emperor of Mexico. It would
take four years, once Napoleon lost interest in propping up Maximilian's
regime, before Juarez regained power.
Surprisingly, Cinco de Mayo celebrations in the United States are larger
than those in Mexico. The historical reasons for this are difficult to
ascertain yet an interesting theory has emerged. Once he gained control
of Mexico, Napoleon III was evidently interested in assisting the
Confederates in the American Civil War that was raging to the North. But
because of his defeat at Puebla, he was unable to divert his attention,
thus allowing the Union forces to win at Gettysburg 14 months later,
essentially turning the tide of the American conflict. After the
surrender at Appomattox, Union Gen. Philip Sheridan decommissioned
troops in Texas, provided they join the Mexicans in their efforts to
repel the French. Many soldiers elected to do so -- even fighting in
Mexico while wearing their American uniforms. After the monarchy was
toppled and Maximilian executed at Queretaro, subsequent victory parades
in Mexico City included a battalion of American soldiers. It is believed
that when these soldiers returned home, they formed the foundation of
North American celebrants of Cinco de Mayo.
The Mexicans of the 19th century fought against what many developing
nations face today -- mounting debt and IMF/World Bank policies that
overly constrain their ability to properly care for their citizens. As
these countries struggle to make payments on debt, or just cover
interest payments, their internal economic problems are exacerbated
rather than relieved.
Benito Juarez, a full-blooded Zapotec Indian, understood firsthand what
poverty in Mexico was. He suspended payments to foreign banks, electing
to reinvest these monies locally. His actions were met with aggression
by nations protecting their shared colonial interests.
In effect, the IMF/World Bank policies in existence today are just as
insidious -- certainly as economically dramatic -- forcing cuts in
government spending and promoting privatization of national resources as
a means of generating revenue to repay debt. Exploitative foreign loans,
coupled with foreign corporate activity, often only serves to deepen
poverty, not alleviate it. Recent examples of this include privatization
of water in Cochabamba, Bolivia; abolished tariff protections on
domestic rice in Haiti; and the forced sale of the Demerara forests in
Guyana -- all the consequence of IMF policies to repay international debt.
Sadly, Cinco de Mayo celebrations in the United States have lost their
political focus, degenerating into commercial efforts to drive up beer
consumption. (These efforts appear to be working. Cinco de Mayo rivals
St. Patrick's Day as the No. 1 alcohol consumption holiday in the United
States.) And except for a few "Mexican" trimmings, like mariachi music,
Margaritas, and salsa, the historical events underlying the holiday are
unknown to most celebrants.
More than anything, Cinco de Mayo commemorates a developing nation's
resistance to the lending practices of wealthier foreign nations. I
propose that anti-globalization activists reappropriate one of their
finest victories: When celebrating Cinco de Mayo, make a toast to the
radicals who fought so that Mexico could suspend unfair foreign debt
payments. Raise your glass to an early victory against globalization.
/First published in a shorter version in the San Francisco Chronicle,
May 5, 2003//
/
Gonzalez graduated from Columbia College in New York City in 1987 where
he studied Political Theory and Comparative Literature. In 1990 he
received his J.D. from Stanford Law School where he was an editor of the
Stanford Law Review and a member of the Stanford Environmental Law
Journal After 10 years as a public defender he became the first Green
elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. They then elected him
as the President of the Board. In 2005 he narrowly lost the mayor?s
election 53-47 to Gavin Newsom. He has started a progressive law firm
Gonzalez & Leigh with mostly Green Party colleagues.
www.mattgonzalez.com
From WB4D23 at aol.com Fri May 5 17:19:34 2006
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 20:19:34 EDT
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Info re $7.75 Minimum Wage Inititiative Petitions
Message-ID: <300.3fe6e8d.318d4596@aol.com>
Tim Smith emails that he will be collecting the petitions for the $7.75
Minimum Wage Initiative May 19th-26th, so it is ok to keep collecting signatures
for those petitions. Warner
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sat May 6 17:34:42 2006
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 17:34:42 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] american muslim voice
Message-ID: <445D40A2.8060309@sbcglobal.net>
A reminder*
*
*America Muslim Voice Annual Solidarity Open House: Justice for All ?
Palo Alto*
It is time to nurture the seeds of friendship
*Sunday May 7
1 to 4 p.m.
120 Park Avenue
Palo Alto
*
Last year hundreds of our old, new and future friends helped us sow the
seeds of friendship at AMV's open houses. We held these open houses at
many locations throughout our nation. Some people were surprised when
they realized that the open house was actually at our homes. AMV is very
serious about creating the atmosphere of acceptance, mutual respect,
understanding, kindness, peace, harmony and friendship and we need all
of you to nurture these seeds of friendship throughout the world.
Last year so many of you wanted to contribute towards food but I wanted
to do it as my great religion teaches me to be hospitable. So I said
maybe next year you can do that but I am having a hard time to do away
with my traditions and nature. So if you must contribute, you can do so
by donating to AMV or AMV-Foundation ( 501-C3).
Please RSVP by April 29, 2006 at samina_faheem at yahoo.com
, so we can serve you better.
At AMV we believe in the power of human connection and thought we can
sow the seeds of friendship even under the current political climate of
fear, hate, anger and division and we will call it "The Miracle
Movement." We are paving the path for this movement and need your help.
Please join us.
Phone: 650-387-1994 Website: www.amuslimvoice.org
From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sat May 6 17:48:03 2006
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 17:48:03 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] report on a central valley tour
Message-ID: <445D43C3.1050806@sbcglobal.net>
A report from one of the leaders of CHAM.
The report covers a lot of the issues that are a part of
Green Party key values and platform issues.
-----Original Message-----
*From:* PerrySandy at aol.com [mailto:PerrySandy at aol.com]
*Sent:* Friday, May 05, 2006 1:38 PM
*To:* PerrySandy at aol.com
*Subject:* JOURNEY FOR JUSTICE 2006
JOURNEY FOR JUSTICE 2006
This is a long report-back for those who are interested, feel free to
delete if you?re not!
On the evening of April 20, CHAM members returned from an exhilarating
Journey for Justice through the California Central Valley. When we
embarked on this caravan, we knew that the Valley was one of the poorest
areas in the state and the entire nation. We expected, and we found,
poverty, homelessness, denial of medical care, and horrendous abuse by
law enforcement and immigration agencies. But we also found, in every
town, a strong outpouring of hospitality and love. Above all, everywhere
we found community resistance to injustice, growing awareness, and
powerful spiritual leaders.
The Journey for Justice was co-sponsored by CHAM, Merced Labor Party,
California National Action Network, and California Poor Peoples Economic
Human Rights Campaign.
The journey opened with a drum circle blessing ceremony in Fresno by
Native American leaders. It affirmed the journey?s central message: that
all life is sacred, no matter how despised and disrespected by the
world. We need to align ourselves with the intention of our Creator, and
every thought, word, and action is a significant and powerful
opportunity to do that. As David Alvarez said, the horses haven?t
forgotten how to be horses, the ants haven?t forgotten how to be ants,
the trees haven?t forgotten how to be trees, but we human beings have
forgotten how to be human beings.
Sister Adrienne celebrated our unity in spirit with a song version of
the Lord?s Prayer.
We visited seven towns in the course of the week.
* Reedley April 14 ? After a torrential rainfall, we participated in
a meeting of about 100 people described by a local activist as
?historic? both for its diversity and intensity. It focused on
issues of health care, immigration, and law enforcement justice.
* Fresno April 15 ? We rallied at the Fulton Mall with a broad group
including California National Action Network, California Prison
Moratorium Project, Books Not Bars, Communications Workers of
America, immigration protestors, and the ESPINO Coalition. Lucia
Aguilar excelled as M.C.
* April 16 ? We attended Easter Sunday service at Fresno?s United
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a sister congregation to
First Christian Church in San Jose. Then we held an interfaith
Easter service and unity rally at Martin Luther King Middle School
in Madera, led by Pastor Scott Wagers, Rev. Floyd Harris of
Fresno, and CHAM Deacon Janel Martinez. The service included
testimony by Madera residents Melchor Torres, whose son was shot
to death by a police officer while handcuffed in back of a police
car, and Julia Hernandez. A diverse crowd of about 80 enjoyed a
simultaneous translation.
* Merced April 17 ? We participated in a powerful program of song,
youth dances, prayer, and testimony at Applegate Park. Peg Elwell
of the Low-Income Self-Help Center testified about San Jose?s
successful Congressional Hearing on health care. A Hmong gentleman
from Merced testified about community efforts to raise money for a
$30,000 surgery needed by one of his uninsured colleagues. That
evening a group of us watched the ?Learning As We Lead? DVD from
the University of the Poor, and discussed the process of moving
beyond single issue politics to a politics of economic human
rights and economic justice.
* Modesto April 18 ? We met at the Church of the Brethren with a
group of about 50 people from diverse groups addressing issues of
health care, environmental justice, education, and military
counter-recruitment. Dantley Curry, Daryl Miller, Monika Kessling,
Sandy Perry, Susan Mecartney, and Merced?s Dr. Sal Sandoval acted
in a skit exposing the evils of our unjust health care system, and
explaining the benefits of single payer universal care.
* Stockton April 19 ? We were hosted by Luis Magana and Cristina
Gonzalez at La Jamaica Mexican Community Center. We ate dinner
with about 60 people and exchanged testimonies on MediCal abuses,
immigrant struggles, and experiences battling to end poverty,
followed by folklorico dancing by local young people.
* Sacramento April 20 ? At the Capitol we met with Assemblywoman
Sally Lieber, who hosted us with bagels, coffee, and juice while
listening to our testimonies and tales of the journey. Unable to
complete our meeting, we left to speak at a diversity fair at
American River College and then a reception at Valley Hi Covenant
Church. Sally Lieber met with us for an additional two hours at
the church. She pledged her support and signed our Journey for
Justice banner and was honored with a Native American song as part
of our closing ceremony.
Throughout the Journey, especially toward the end, we held talking
circles led by David Alvarez to help clarify our goals, evaluate our
progress, connect with our Creator, and solve problems. As David
reiterated frequently, we can?t fight effectively for justice out there
in the world if we don?t have justice inside, in our hearts and in our
own community.
CHAM?s unique and most powerful contribution during the journey was to
model a diverse, multi-racial, multi-cultural ministry, moving beyond
the politics of race toward a politics of unity against all forms of
poverty and oppression. In addition, CHAM?s spiritual approach to the
battle for justice resonated strongly with most of the leaders we met
throughout the Valley. ?If it?s not a spiritual walk, we will not join
it,? said, David Alvarez, but it was spiritual ? every step of the way.
The journey?s gains were the dissemination of hope and good news to the
poor, the establishment of significant relationships, and a powerful
unity transcending the different towns, issues, and struggles.
Everywhere we went, people suggested doing it again and continuing it
annually. Rev. Ashiya Odeye of Sacramento related the time in 1968 he
joined a caravan of 50 people in Atlanta that grew to 4000 by the time
it reached New York City. The time for much larger actions is coming.
This year?s journey laid a powerful foundation.
Susanna Beauchan described in her journal one of the most emotional
moments of the journey. After staying at the night at New Hope Christian
Fellowship in Modesto, we met the next day with Chris, Jimmy, Mary and
other leaders of Modesto Youth With a Mission. ?We went with them to go
feed people at a motel on Ninth Street,? Susanna wrote. ?It turned out I
used to live there myself in 1998 when it was called the Modesto Breeze.
Now it was called the Sandhaven Inn. The rooms were $200 a month when I
lived there. Now they were up to $900 a month, and $300 a month more for
a refrigerator. The residents don?t know where to get this kind of
money. The landlord refuses to make repairs. There is mold everywhere in
the rooms, broken windows, rats, roaches, dripping faucets, and more.?
Susanna met an old friend of hers there, Esther Saldivar, who told us of
repeated visits by CPS to take away people?s kids from there. Another
resident in a wheelchair, Dean Ells, showed us photographs of the
horrendous bedsores he received while treated at a Turlock hospital.
More than any other stop, the visit to this motel clarified for us the
purpose and reason for the Journey for Justice ? to expose and abolish
these kinds of injustices. We documented the conditions there by asking
people to fill out economic human rights violation forms, and made
arrangements to stay in contact with them and with Youth With a Mission.
?We learned there are a lot of brothers and sisters in the same boat as
we are,? wrote Susanna in conclusion. ?We need to fight for our right to
housing, health care, education, and against police abuse and other
problems we are facing. We also learned a lot from people with other
cultural backgrounds and roots.?
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sat May 6 18:52:40 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 18:52:40 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Seeking Volunteers for 4 July tabling
Message-ID: <445D52E8.50107@earthlink.net>
At the last business meeting, we agreed to table at the
Fourth of July Event, but ONLY if we could get sufficient
commitments from volunteers. (The cost is $225). We were
not able to get sufficent commitments at the meeting.
So this is the request for volunteers.
Please let me know for what hours you are willing to table.
I would like to know
1) maximum number of hours you are willing to table
2) which time slots you are willing to table,
(and if you have preferences, you are welcome
to let me know that too.)
Jim Doyle has provided the essential information below.
Suggested time slots:
A - 7/2 - Noon to 4 PM
B - 7/2 - 4 PM to 8 PM
C - 7/3 - 4 PM to 8 PM
D - 7/4 - Noon to 4 PM
E - 7/4 - 4 PM to 8 PM
Also, because I don't have a vehicle other than my
bicycle, I can not transport the materials. So
please also indicate whether you can bring materials
to / from the event.
Thanks,
Gerry
-------- Original Message --------
From: Jim Doyle
Location: Discovery Meadow in or next to the Guadalupe River Park
Corner of West San Carlos and Woz Way
which is also the park area next to the Children's Discovery Museum
Sunday July 2-nd "Day on the meadow" noon to 10:30 pm
Monday July 3-rd "Summer Flick Picnic" 4 pm to 10:30 pm
Tuesday July 4-th "America Festival" noon to 10:30 pm
Fireworks at 9:30 pm on July 4-th
General practice of those with booths or canopies is to close down
when the crowd ebbs. So the planning could be to staff the booth
until 8 pm each day and whoever wants to stay longer may do so.
Jim Doyle
From wrolley at charter.net Sun May 7 22:12:42 2006
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 22:12:42 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Connections
Message-ID: <445ED34A.2090809@charter.net>
I spent a portion of the afternoon phone banking. Calling people in my
precinct to talk them into voting for Pete McCloskey rather than Richard
Pombo. The really gratifying thing was that so many thanked me for
taking the time to actually have a conversation to them. This included
on self-described "bed rock Conservative" Republican who wants to put a
big high voltage electric fence on the Mexican Border, and he still said
"Thank your, I will give McCloskey another look."
Maybe this indicates that there is a lack of personal connection in
politics. That we are so attuned to wholesale politics of sound bytes
and television ads that personal connection means something more.
--
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente
Wes Rolley
17211 Quail Court, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
http://www.refpub.com/ -- Tel: 408.778.3024
From tnharter at ispwest.com Sun May 7 23:05:48 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 23:05:48 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Connections
In-Reply-To: <445ED34A.2090809@charter.net>
References: <445ED34A.2090809@charter.net>
Message-ID: <445EDFBC.8040104@ispwest.com>
Wes Rolley wrote:
>I spent a portion of the afternoon phone banking. Calling people in my
>precinct to talk them into voting for Pete McCloskey rather than Richard
>Pombo. The really gratifying thing was that so many thanked me for
>taking the time to actually have a conversation to them. This included
>on self-described "bed rock Conservative" Republican who wants to put a
>big high voltage electric fence on the Mexican Border, and he still said
>"Thank your, I will give McCloskey another look."
>
>Maybe this indicates that there is a lack of personal connection in
>politics. That we are so attuned to wholesale politics of sound bytes
>and television ads that personal connection means something more.
>
>
>
I was really surprised by how many people I met in 1992 that told
me "You are the only politician I've ever met." People are clearly
more connected around here, but I still have that kind of experience.
After I thought about that kind of thing for a while I started realizing
how many ways people work of of specious reasoning strategies. It
wasn't until I talked to Fred Duperault that I learned a thing or two
about how to work with that. You have to take it for granted people
are going to do what they want to do after they walk away.
Nowadays I'm concerned about it from a totally different point of view.
I want "light a candle" in cyberspace. You can see it at:
http://tian.greens.org/CurrentState.html
The lit state of that candle is strictly a figment of our shared
imagination.
My prayer is that it burns in a nonviolent galaxy.
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures from Bush's vist to Santa Clara County.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon May 8 11:47:58 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 11:47:58 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Re: [GPCA-CC] #2 County poll proposal:
Impeachment Rsolution]
Message-ID: <445F925E.9040803@earthlink.net>
FYI,
Gerry
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [GPCA-CC] #2 County poll proposal: Impeachment Rsolution
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 21:37:43 -0700
From: Michael Borenstein
Reply-To: GPCA Coordinating Committee
To: coordinating committee
Dear CC,
This is #2 of two posts from Kent Smith, Navada County. They are long
but full of upbeat and interesting info on the impeachmnt issue.
We trust this helps the CC capitolize on this importance issue, and to
emphasize
how engaging and positive a county polling on this could be.
This post includes a 1342 word essay entitled:
"IMPEACHMENT: A Great Local Organizing Tool"
Pease use it, copy it as y'll see fit.
Thanks, Michael-- & Kent
-----------------------------
From: kent smith
Here's the Update for April from our Impeachement
Outreach project here in Nevada County, as I promised.
Then my full report on our 4 months of grassroots
local involvement follows. Please send these reports
including the April Update to the CC members. I
believe it makes a very strong case for the
Impeachment issue as a proven great local organizing
tool.
Kent in sunny spring Nevada City finally...
"APRIL UPDATE.
At the April 13 Green Party monthly meeting 21
people came and we continued pushing impeachment. The
updated Resolution was presented and copies of our
Letters sent to Congress (as called for in the
Resolution itself) were shared. We were cheered to
learn that the Santa Clara County GP had rallied
around their Resolution in a protest at their
Congresswoman?s office and used it for Green candidate
Carol Brouillet?s CD 14 campaign. We were also glad
to hear that the GP of El Dorado County also approved
our Resolution at their monthly meeting. Our own
recent media successes included 2 more KVMR
interviews, 2 more Letters to the Editor published
locally, and the 30-minute impeachment TV show cable
cast 4 times over 2 weeks. We also handed out copies
of the Resolution at a well-attended progressive
fundraiser. We also ordered little copies of the
Constitution to carry in our pockets and quote from in
our education work.
Our Impeach/Outreach efforts also continued when the
local Democratic Women?s Club adopted our Resolution
on April 1 on a 11-3 vote. Next it will go to the
Democratic Central Committee (DCC) of Nevada County
for presentation and predicted passage. Local
Democrats also promised to take the Resolution to
their State Convention in Sacramento at the end of
April. The Democratic Party of California is the
largest single political organization in the entire
country with about 7 million members. If it
officially takes an Impeachment position-- thus
joining 5 other State Democratic Parties (New Mexico,
Nevada, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and now Vermont--
it will be big news nationally!
We?re riding the Impeachment dragon now and it?s
lots of fun."
---------------------------====
And here is the main report summarizing 4 months' of
political organizing around Impeachment here in Nevada
County:
"IMPEACHMENT: A Great Local Organizing Tool
Here in Nevada County Greens have been using
Impeachment as an organizing tool for three months --
and the results are impressive. A strong local
Impeachment campaign can inspire current Greens,
reactivate old Greens, add new members, and
passionately reenergize the local Green Party.
IMPEACH ON THE AGENDA. Starting early in January,
2006. we formally put ?IMPEACHMENT? on the agenda for
the monthly meeting. We sent out the Agenda to our
e-mail list of active Greens and progressives. We
sent out press releases about our Impeachment meeting
to local print media. We also had two interviews
about Impeachment over KVMR, the local community radio
station. We publicly invited everyone to attend, not
just Greens. We also posted flyers in Nevada City
created by a local Green artist with ?IMPEACH BUSH?
prominently displayed.
The result? Instead of the normal 5-6 at the local
library, we had 16 people, triple the average!
Expanding beyond the usually core, we welcomed old
Greens, frustrated Democrats, peace activists, and
independents.
THE FORMAL RESOLUTION. At the first meeting we had
a long and lively discussion about Impeachment itself,
its mechanics, and its political implications.
Several people said they were tired ranting about Bush
at home and welcomed the opportunity to join others in
actually doing something about it. It became clear
right away that everyone in the room wanted to remove
Bush from office. So we easily came to a general
consensus on the concept of Impeachment itself. But
different ideas emerged on the specific content of our
Resolution. We collected the various suggestions
concerning Who to impeach, What for, When, and What
next to do. It was clear the large group could not
draft language acceptable to all in such a short time.
So we created a special ad hoc ?Task Force? to meet
separately and come up with a collective draft. We
left the meeting feeling empowered and energized: an
official ballot-status political party local had gone
on the record supporting Impeachment.
The new 10-person Impeachment Task Force met at a
well-known coffee shop two weeks later. Personal
phone calls and e-mails reminded the volunteers to
attend. This newly created subgroup of writers agreed
on certain principles: we would use the Resolution
format so we could bring it before city councils, we
wanted to focus on ?Constitutional-level? crimes (not
policy issues or incompetence issues), we wanted to
reference specific crimes and the specific laws
violated, and we wanted it short and clear all on one
page for easy reading.
We came up with a short list of top ?high Crimes.?
Everyone at the meeting submitted drafts of specific
crimes, violations, and legal citations. Another
meeting was set to iron out the final draft. Using
previous drafts from the Arcata City Council and
former Attorney-General Ramsey Clark from Impeachbush.
com, we came up with a strong and compelling
Resolution.
We promoted Impeachment heavily to build interest
and attendance at the next monthly meeting in
February. We used our e-mail and phone lists again
and the local media, print and radio. 30 people
showed up, more than we?ve had in years. We had
placed the draft Resolution on our web site ahead of
time so people could read it
(www.nevadacountygreens.org). We also passed out
photocopies for everyone present. After vigorous
discussion and debate, we had a specific draft
Resolution we all consensed to. We also agreed to
incorporate a few other ?friendly? amendments into the
final text. We all celebrated. We had all taken a
strong stand together and it felt good.
IMPEACH/OUTREACH EFFORTS. The special Task force
decided to meet again between the monthly Party
meetings to perfect the text. The 10 volunteers also
started to brainstorm about how to expand media
coverage for our Impeachment position and how to get
other groups ( like the local Peace Center,
progressive groups, and other political parties like
the Libertarians, the Democrats etc. ) involved in a
coordinated way. Once we had a list of possible
actions, individual volunteers took on specific
assignments. We agreed to carry out our tasks and to
report back our results at the next monthly Green
Party meeting in March.
* Our Impeach/Outreach efforts took 3 major
directions. First, we wanted to involve other Green
Party groups. We notified the State Party
spokespersons and the State Media Committee about our
Resolution. Sara Amir vetted our news and passed it
on to our Media folks. IT Coordinator Jim Stauffer
sent out our call for other counties to join us on his
1600-contact ?Updates? e-mail list. And Michael
Borenstein carried our resolution to GROW and to the
CC for cosponsorship as an Agenda Proposal for the
next April State Plenary in Ventura.
* Secondly, we pushed for expanded media coverage of
our Impeachment position. State Press Advisor Cres
Vellucci in Sacramento crafted a press release and
sent it out to his 2,000+ media outlets. He also
notified the GP National Media operation in
Washington, D.C. We had 3 more interviews over
regional and internet radio station KVMR. We also
proposed a community town hall meeting and debate on
Impeachment live and on the radio. We also moved to
produce a 30-minute Impeachment show on local
community access Nevada County Television (NCTV). Our
local group of Green writers has recently published
several Letters to the Editor on the Impeachment
issue. We also created new Impeach flyers and
gathered Impeach buttons and bumper stickers.
* Thirdly, we started contacting other political
organizations in our community to share our Resolution
and request that they take an official stand too.
Stand up now when it counts. The Nevada County Peace
Center and the local chapters of Veterans for Peace
were the first to sign on. These pro-Impeach groups
will form the nucleus for a broad-based local
coalition for Impeachment in the future. We were
rolling.
In March we again publicized the monthly GP meeting
widely. Then, on a dark and snowy winter night, we
had 21 people show up. A dozen people reported on
their projects and what had happened. There was lots
of ?good news? to share. We felt fulfilled and
empowered. We passed around a sign-up sheet and
invited others to join us. Several new people agreed
to join our Impeachment Task Force and meet again in
two weeks at the coffee shop. It?s amazing what an
empowered and dedicated small group can accomplish
with a good cause.
After more e-mails and another radio interview, the
group expanded to 15 at the next special meeting at
the Cafe Mekka. We shared ?good news? including the
national Impeachment movement and our own local
actions. Our media efforts were expanding and several
local groups decided to formally support Impeachment.
We also agreed to set up our first table and speak
publicly at the local Peace Vigil and Rally March 18
in Nevada City. We brainstormed new ideas on
expanding our Impeach/ Outreach. Members volunteered
for some new tasks. We agreed to undertake our
individual missions and to meet again at the next
Green Party monthly meeting in mid-April. The group
was energized and we felt we were moving forward
successfully.
APRIL UPDATE. At the April 13 Green Party monthly
meeting 21 people came and we continued pushing
impeachment. The updated Resolution was presented and
copies of our Letters sent to Congress (as called for
in the resolution itself) were shared. We were
cheered to learn that the Santa Clara County GP had
rallied around their Resolution in a protest at their
Congresswoman?s office and used it for Green candidate
Carol Brouillet?s CD 14 campaign. We were also glad
to hear that the GP of El Dorado County also approved
our Resolution at their monthly meeting. Our own
recent media successes included 2 more KVMR
interviews, 2 more Letters to the Editor published
locally, and the 30-minute impeachment TV show cable
cast 4 times over 2 weeks. We also handed out copies
of the Resolution at a well-attended progressive
fundraiser. We also ordered little copies of the
Constitution to carry in our pockets and quote from in
our education work.
Our Impeach/Outreach efforts also continued when the
local Democratic Women?s Club adopted our Resolution
on April 1 on a 11-3 vote. Next it will go to the
Democratic Central Committee (DCC) of Nevada County
for presentation and predicted passage. Local
Democrats also promised to take the Resolution to
their State Convention in Sacramento at the end of
April. The Democratic Party of California is the
largest single political organization in the entire
country with about 7 million members. If it
officially takes an Impeachment position-- thus
joining 5 other State Democratic Parties (New Mexico,
Nevada, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and now Vermont--
it will be big news nationally!
We?re riding the Impeachment dragon now and it?s
lots of fun.
CONCLUSIONS: Impeachment is a great local grassroots
democracy organizing tool. Used skillfully, it can
revitalize a Green local, reenergizing current Greens,
reactivating old Greens, and adding new activist
members. But it is much more than a Green issue.
Activists who belong to other third parties,
Democrats, independents, and political neophytes are
also strongly attracted to the common cause of
removing our corrupt rulers and restoring our
Constitution. Just passing an impeachment resolution
at an ordinary Party meeting means very little. Using
the issue creatively by publicizing meetings
extensively beforehand, inviting everyone to come,
involving them all freely in the decision-making and
in the followup actions, and publicizing the results
widely brings us all together into an expanded and
powerful political community. Impeachment, I believe,
more than almost any other issue, has the proven
potential to make this happen in cities and counties
throughout California and across the entire country.
Kent Smith (1342 words)
__________________________________________________
_______________________________________________
gpca-cc mailing list
gpca-cc at marla.cagreens.org
http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-cc
From baalavi at yahoo.com Mon May 8 12:29:18 2006
From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi)
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 12:29:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Re: [GPCA-CC] #2 County poll proposal:
Impeachment Rsolution]
In-Reply-To: <445F925E.9040803@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20060508192918.69185.qmail@web52109.mail.yahoo.com>
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/ccr/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2702
taken from New York Center for Constitutional Rights which is fairly active in putting together a comprehensive Impeachment gameplan.
( http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/home.asp )
Gerry Gras wrote:
FYI,
Gerry
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [GPCA-CC] #2 County poll proposal: Impeachment Rsolution
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 21:37:43 -0700
From: Michael Borenstein
Reply-To: GPCA Coordinating Committee
To: coordinating committee
Dear CC,
This is #2 of two posts from Kent Smith, Navada County. They are long
but full of upbeat and interesting info on the impeachmnt issue.
We trust this helps the CC capitolize on this importance issue, and to
emphasize
how engaging and positive a county polling on this could be.
This post includes a 1342 word essay entitled:
"IMPEACHMENT: A Great Local Organizing Tool"
Pease use it, copy it as y'll see fit.
Thanks, Michael-- & Kent
-----------------------------
From: kent smith
Here's the Update for April from our Impeachement
Outreach project here in Nevada County, as I promised.
Then my full report on our 4 months of grassroots
local involvement follows. Please send these reports
including the April Update to the CC members. I
believe it makes a very strong case for the
Impeachment issue as a proven great local organizing
tool.
Kent in sunny spring Nevada City finally...
"APRIL UPDATE.
At the April 13 Green Party monthly meeting 21
people came and we continued pushing impeachment. The
updated Resolution was presented and copies of our
Letters sent to Congress (as called for in the
Resolution itself) were shared. We were cheered to
learn that the Santa Clara County GP had rallied
around their Resolution in a protest at their
Congresswoman?s office and used it for Green candidate
Carol Brouillet?s CD 14 campaign. We were also glad
to hear that the GP of El Dorado County also approved
our Resolution at their monthly meeting. Our own
recent media successes included 2 more KVMR
interviews, 2 more Letters to the Editor published
locally, and the 30-minute impeachment TV show cable
cast 4 times over 2 weeks. We also handed out copies
of the Resolution at a well-attended progressive
fundraiser. We also ordered little copies of the
Constitution to carry in our pockets and quote from in
our education work.
Our Impeach/Outreach efforts also continued when the
local Democratic Women?s Club adopted our Resolution
on April 1 on a 11-3 vote. Next it will go to the
Democratic Central Committee (DCC) of Nevada County
for presentation and predicted passage. Local
Democrats also promised to take the Resolution to
their State Convention in Sacramento at the end of
April. The Democratic Party of California is the
largest single political organization in the entire
country with about 7 million members. If it
officially takes an Impeachment position-- thus
joining 5 other State Democratic Parties (New Mexico,
Nevada, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and now Vermont--
it will be big news nationally!
We?re riding the Impeachment dragon now and it?s
lots of fun."
---------------------------====
And here is the main report summarizing 4 months' of
political organizing around Impeachment here in Nevada
County:
"IMPEACHMENT: A Great Local Organizing Tool
Here in Nevada County Greens have been using
Impeachment as an organizing tool for three months --
and the results are impressive. A strong local
Impeachment campaign can inspire current Greens,
reactivate old Greens, add new members, and
passionately reenergize the local Green Party.
IMPEACH ON THE AGENDA. Starting early in January,
2006. we formally put ?IMPEACHMENT? on the agenda for
the monthly meeting. We sent out the Agenda to our
e-mail list of active Greens and progressives. We
sent out press releases about our Impeachment meeting
to local print media. We also had two interviews
about Impeachment over KVMR, the local community radio
station. We publicly invited everyone to attend, not
just Greens. We also posted flyers in Nevada City
created by a local Green artist with ?IMPEACH BUSH?
prominently displayed.
The result? Instead of the normal 5-6 at the local
library, we had 16 people, triple the average!
Expanding beyond the usually core, we welcomed old
Greens, frustrated Democrats, peace activists, and
independents.
THE FORMAL RESOLUTION. At the first meeting we had
a long and lively discussion about Impeachment itself,
its mechanics, and its political implications.
Several people said they were tired ranting about Bush
at home and welcomed the opportunity to join others in
actually doing something about it. It became clear
right away that everyone in the room wanted to remove
Bush from office. So we easily came to a general
consensus on the concept of Impeachment itself. But
different ideas emerged on the specific content of our
Resolution. We collected the various suggestions
concerning Who to impeach, What for, When, and What
next to do. It was clear the large group could not
draft language acceptable to all in such a short time.
So we created a special ad hoc ?Task Force? to meet
separately and come up with a collective draft. We
left the meeting feeling empowered and energized: an
official ballot-status political party local had gone
on the record supporting Impeachment.
The new 10-person Impeachment Task Force met at a
well-known coffee shop two weeks later. Personal
phone calls and e-mails reminded the volunteers to
attend. This newly created subgroup of writers agreed
on certain principles: we would use the Resolution
format so we could bring it before city councils, we
wanted to focus on ?Constitutional-level? crimes (not
policy issues or incompetence issues), we wanted to
reference specific crimes and the specific laws
violated, and we wanted it short and clear all on one
page for easy reading.
We came up with a short list of top ?high Crimes.?
Everyone at the meeting submitted drafts of specific
crimes, violations, and legal citations. Another
meeting was set to iron out the final draft. Using
previous drafts from the Arcata City Council and
former Attorney-General Ramsey Clark from Impeachbush.
com, we came up with a strong and compelling
Resolution.
We promoted Impeachment heavily to build interest
and attendance at the next monthly meeting in
February. We used our e-mail and phone lists again
and the local media, print and radio. 30 people
showed up, more than we?ve had in years. We had
placed the draft Resolution on our web site ahead of
time so people could read it
(www.nevadacountygreens.org). We also passed out
photocopies for everyone present. After vigorous
discussion and debate, we had a specific draft
Resolution we all consensed to. We also agreed to
incorporate a few other ?friendly? amendments into the
final text. We all celebrated. We had all taken a
strong stand together and it felt good.
IMPEACH/OUTREACH EFFORTS. The special Task force
decided to meet again between the monthly Party
meetings to perfect the text. The 10 volunteers also
started to brainstorm about how to expand media
coverage for our Impeachment position and how to get
other groups ( like the local Peace Center,
progressive groups, and other political parties like
the Libertarians, the Democrats etc. ) involved in a
coordinated way. Once we had a list of possible
actions, individual volunteers took on specific
assignments. We agreed to carry out our tasks and to
report back our results at the next monthly Green
Party meeting in March.
* Our Impeach/Outreach efforts took 3 major
directions. First, we wanted to involve other Green
Party groups. We notified the State Party
spokespersons and the State Media Committee about our
Resolution. Sara Amir vetted our news and passed it
on to our Media folks. IT Coordinator Jim Stauffer
sent out our call for other counties to join us on his
1600-contact ?Updates? e-mail list. And Michael
Borenstein carried our resolution to GROW and to the
CC for cosponsorship as an Agenda Proposal for the
next April State Plenary in Ventura.
* Secondly, we pushed for expanded media coverage of
our Impeachment position. State Press Advisor Cres
Vellucci in Sacramento crafted a press release and
sent it out to his 2,000+ media outlets. He also
notified the GP National Media operation in
Washington, D.C. We had 3 more interviews over
regional and internet radio station KVMR. We also
proposed a community town hall meeting and debate on
Impeachment live and on the radio. We also moved to
produce a 30-minute Impeachment show on local
community access Nevada County Television (NCTV). Our
local group of Green writers has recently published
several Letters to the Editor on the Impeachment
issue. We also created new Impeach flyers and
gathered Impeach buttons and bumper stickers.
* Thirdly, we started contacting other political
organizations in our community to share our Resolution
and request that they take an official stand too.
Stand up now when it counts. The Nevada County Peace
Center and the local chapters of Veterans for Peace
were the first to sign on. These pro-Impeach groups
will form the nucleus for a broad-based local
coalition for Impeachment in the future. We were
rolling.
In March we again publicized the monthly GP meeting
widely. Then, on a dark and snowy winter night, we
had 21 people show up. A dozen people reported on
their projects and what had happened. There was lots
of ?good news? to share. We felt fulfilled and
empowered. We passed around a sign-up sheet and
invited others to join us. Several new people agreed
to join our Impeachment Task Force and meet again in
two weeks at the coffee shop. It?s amazing what an
empowered and dedicated small group can accomplish
with a good cause.
After more e-mails and another radio interview, the
group expanded to 15 at the next special meeting at
the Cafe Mekka. We shared ?good news? including the
national Impeachment movement and our own local
actions. Our media efforts were expanding and several
local groups decided to formally support Impeachment.
We also agreed to set up our first table and speak
publicly at the local Peace Vigil and Rally March 18
in Nevada City. We brainstormed new ideas on
expanding our Impeach/ Outreach. Members volunteered
for some new tasks. We agreed to undertake our
individual missions and to meet again at the next
Green Party monthly meeting in mid-April. The group
was energized and we felt we were moving forward
successfully.
APRIL UPDATE. At the April 13 Green Party monthly
meeting 21 people came and we continued pushing
impeachment. The updated Resolution was presented and
copies of our Letters sent to Congress (as called for
in the resolution itself) were shared. We were
cheered to learn that the Santa Clara County GP had
rallied around their Resolution in a protest at their
Congresswoman?s office and used it for Green candidate
Carol Brouillet?s CD 14 campaign. We were also glad
to hear that the GP of El Dorado County also approved
our Resolution at their monthly meeting. Our own
recent media successes included 2 more KVMR
interviews, 2 more Letters to the Editor published
locally, and the 30-minute impeachment TV show cable
cast 4 times over 2 weeks. We also handed out copies
of the Resolution at a well-attended progressive
fundraiser. We also ordered little copies of the
Constitution to carry in our pockets and quote from in
our education work.
Our Impeach/Outreach efforts also continued when the
local Democratic Women?s Club adopted our Resolution
on April 1 on a 11-3 vote. Next it will go to the
Democratic Central Committee (DCC) of Nevada County
for presentation and predicted passage. Local
Democrats also promised to take the Resolution to
their State Convention in Sacramento at the end of
April. The Democratic Party of California is the
largest single political organization in the entire
country with about 7 million members. If it
officially takes an Impeachment position-- thus
joining 5 other State Democratic Parties (New Mexico,
Nevada, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and now Vermont--
it will be big news nationally!
We?re riding the Impeachment dragon now and it?s
lots of fun.
CONCLUSIONS: Impeachment is a great local grassroots
democracy organizing tool. Used skillfully, it can
revitalize a Green local, reenergizing current Greens,
reactivating old Greens, and adding new activist
members. But it is much more than a Green issue.
Activists who belong to other third parties,
Democrats, independents, and political neophytes are
also strongly attracted to the common cause of
removing our corrupt rulers and restoring our
Constitution. Just passing an impeachment resolution
at an ordinary Party meeting means very little. Using
the issue creatively by publicizing meetings
extensively beforehand, inviting everyone to come,
involving them all freely in the decision-making and
in the followup actions, and publicizing the results
widely brings us all together into an expanded and
powerful political community. Impeachment, I believe,
more than almost any other issue, has the proven
potential to make this happen in cities and counties
throughout California and across the entire country.
Kent Smith (1342 words)
__________________________________________________
_______________________________________________
gpca-cc mailing list
gpca-cc at marla.cagreens.org
http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-cc
_______________________________________________
sosfbay-discuss mailing list
sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org
http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
---------------------------------
Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2?/min or less.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon May 8 12:48:33 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 12:48:33 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Re: [GPCA-CC] #2 County poll proposal:
Impeachment Rsolution]
References: <20060508192918.69185.qmail@web52109.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <445FA091.102@earthlink.net>
I see that they are offering to send books to our reps for only $5 each.
If we were to send the book to our 2 Senators and 4 Reps, that would be
only $30.
Gerry
Bob Alavi wrote:
> http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/ccr/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2702
>
>
>
> taken from New York Center for Constitutional Rights which is fairly
> active in putting together a comprehensive Impeachment gameplan.
>
> ( http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/home.asp )
>
> Gerry Gras wrote:
>
>
> FYI,
>
> Gerry
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [GPCA-CC] #2 County poll proposal: Impeachment Rsolution
> Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 21:37:43 -0700
> From: Michael Borenstein
> Reply-To: GPCA Coordinating Committee
> To: coordinating committee
>
> Dear CC,
>
> This is #2 of two posts from Kent Smith, Navada County. They are long
> but full of upbeat and interesting info on the impeachmnt issue.
>
> We trust this helps the CC capitolize on this importance issue, and to
> emphasize
> how engaging and positive a county polling on this could be.
>
> This post includes a 1342 word essay entitled:
> "IMPEACHMENT: A Great Local Organizing Tool"
> Pease use it, copy it as y'll see fit.
>
> Thanks, Michael-- & Kent
> -----------------------------
>
> From: kent smith
>
> Here's the Update for April from our Impeachement
> Outreach project here in Nevada County, as I promised.
> Then my full report on our 4 months of grassroots
> local involvement follows. Please send these reports
> including the April Update to the CC members. I
> believe it makes a very strong case for the
> Impeachment issue as a proven great local organizing
> tool.
> Kent in sunny spring Nevada City finally...
>
> "APRIL UPDATE.
> At the April 13 Green Party monthly meeting 21
> people came and we continued pushing impeachment. The
> updated Resolution was presented and copies of our
> Letters sent to Congress (as called for in the
> Resolution itself) were shared. We were cheered to
> learn that the Santa Clara County GP had rallied
> around their Resolution in a protest at their
> Congresswoman?s office and used it for Green candidate
> Carol Brouillet?s CD 14 campaign. We were also glad
> to hear that the GP of El Dorado County also approved
> our Resolution at their monthly meeting. Our own
> recent media successes included 2 more KVMR
> interviews, 2 more Letters to the Editor published
> locally, and the 30-minute impeachment TV show cable
> cast 4 times over 2 weeks. We also handed out copies
> of the Resolution at a well-attended progressive
> fundraiser. We also ordered little copies of the
> Constitution to carry in our pockets and quote from in
> our education work.
> Our Impeach/Outreach efforts also continued when the
> local Democratic Women?s Club adopted our Resolution
> on April 1 on a 11-3 vote. Next it will go to the
> Democratic Central Committee (DCC) of Nevada County
> for presentation and predicted passage. Local
> Democrats also promised to take the Resolution to
> their State Convention in Sacramento at the end of
> April. The Democratic Party of California is the
> largest single political organization in the entire
> country with about 7 million members. If it
> officially takes an Impeachment position-- thus
> joining 5 other State Democratic Parties (New Mexico,
> Nevada, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and now Vermont--
> it will be big news nationally!
> We?re riding the Impeachment dragon now and it?s
> lots of fun."
> ---------------------------====
>
> And here is the main report summarizing 4 months' of
> political organizing around Impeachment here in Nevada
> County:
>
> "IMPEACHMENT: A Great Local Organizing Tool
>
> Here in Nevada County Greens have been using
> Impeachment as an organizing tool for three months --
> and the results are impressive. A strong local
> Impeachment campaign can inspire current Greens,
> reactivate old Greens, add new members, and
> passionately reenergize the local Green Party.
> IMPEACH ON THE AGENDA. Starting early in January,
> 2006. we formally put ?IMPEACHMENT? on the agenda for
> the monthly meeting. We sent out the Agenda to our
> e-mail list of active Greens and progressives. We
> sent out press releases about our Impeachment meeting
> to local print media. We also had two interviews
> about Impeachment over KVMR, the local community radio
> station. We publicly invited everyone to attend, not
> just Greens. We also posted flyers in Nevada City
> created by a local Green artist with ?IMPEACH BUSH?
> prominently displayed.
> The result? Instead of the normal 5-6 at the local
> library, we had 16 people, triple the average!
> Expanding beyond the usually core, we welcomed old
> Greens, frustrated Democrats, peace activists, and
> independents.
> THE FORMAL RESOLUTION. At the first meeting we had
> a long and lively discussion about Impeachment itself,
> its mechanics, and its political implications.
> Several people said they were tired ranting about Bush
> at home and welcomed the opportunity to join others in
> actually doing something about it. It became clear
> right away that everyone in the room wanted to remove
> Bush from office. So we easily came to a general
> consensus on the concept of Impeachment itself. But
> different ideas emerged on the specific content of our
> Resolution. We collected the various suggestions
> concerning Who to impeach, What for, When, and What
> next to do. It was clear the large group could not
> draft language acceptable to all in such a short time.
> So we created a special ad hoc ?Task Force? to meet
> separately and come up with a collective draft. We
> left the meeting feeling empowered and energized: an
> official ballot-status political party local had gone
> on the record supporting Impeachment.
> The new 10-person Impeachment Task Force met at a
> well-known coffee shop two weeks later. Personal
> phone calls and e-mails reminded the volunteers to
> attend. This newly created subgroup of writers agreed
> on certain principles: we would use the Resolution
> format so we could bring it before city councils, we
> wanted to focus on ?Constitutional-level? crimes (not
> policy issues or incompetence issues), we wanted to
> reference specific crimes and the specific laws
> violated, and we wanted it short and clear all on one
> page for easy reading.
> We came up with a short list of top ?high Crimes.?
> Everyone at the meeting submitted drafts of specific
> crimes, violations, and legal citations. Another
> meeting was set to iron out the final draft. Using
> previous drafts from the Arcata City Council and
> former Attorney-General Ramsey Clark from Impeachbush.
> com, we came up with a strong and compelling
> Resolution.
> We promoted Impeachment heavily to build interest
> and attendance at the next monthly meeting in
> February. We used our e-mail and phone lists again
> and the local media, print and radio. 30 people
> showed up, more than we?ve had in years. We had
> placed the draft Resolution on our web site ahead of
> time so people could read it
> (www.nevadacountygreens.org). We also passed out
> photocopies for everyone present. After vigorous
> discussion and debate, we had a specific draft
> Resolution we all consensed to. We also agreed to
> incorporate a few other ?friendly? amendments into the
> final text. We all celebrated. We had all taken a
> strong stand together and it felt good.
> IMPEACH/OUTREACH EFFORTS. The special Task force
> decided to meet again between the monthly Party
> meetings to perfect the text. The 10 volunteers also
> started to brainstorm about how to expand media
> coverage for our Impeachment position and how to get
> other groups ( like the local Peace Center,
> progressive groups, and other political parties like
> the Libertarians, the Democrats etc. ) involved in a
> coordinated way. Once we had a list of possible
> actions, individual volunteers took on specific
> assignments. We agreed to carry out our tasks and to
> report back our results at the next monthly Green
> Party meeting in March.
> * Our Impeach/Outreach efforts took 3 major
> directions. First, we wanted to involve other Green
> Party groups. We notified the State Party
> spokespersons and the State Media Committee about our
> Resolution. Sara Amir vetted our news and passed it
> on to our Media folks. IT Coordinator Jim Stauffer
> sent out our call for other counties to join us on his
> 1600-contact ?Updates? e-mail list. And Michael
> Borenstein carried our resolution to GROW and to the
> CC for cosponsorship as an Agenda Proposal for the
> next April State Plenary in Ventura.
> * Secondly, we pushed for expanded media coverage of
> our Impeachment position. State Press Advisor Cres
> Vellucci in Sacramento crafted a press release and
> sent it out to his 2,000+ media outlets. He also
> notified the GP National Media operation in
> Washington, D.C. We had 3 more interviews over
> regional and internet radio station KVMR. We also
> proposed a community town hall meeting and debate on
> Impeachment live and on the radio. We also moved to
> produce a 30-minute Impeachment show on local
> community access Nevada County Television (NCTV). Our
> local group of Green writers has recently published
> several Letters to the Editor on the Impeachment
> issue. We also created new Impeach flyers and
> gathered Impeach buttons and bumper stickers.
> * Thirdly, we started contacting other political
> organizations in our community to share our Resolution
> and request that they take an official stand too.
> Stand up now when it counts. The Nevada County Peace
> Center and the local chapters of Veterans for Peace
> were the first to sign on. These pro-Impeach groups
> will form the nucleus for a broad-based local
> coalition for Impeachment in the future. We were
> rolling.
> In March we again publicized the monthly GP meeting
> widely. Then, on a dark and snowy winter night, we
> had 21 people show up. A dozen people reported on
> their projects and what had happened. There was lots
> of ?good news? to share. We felt fulfilled and
> empowered. We passed around a sign-up sheet and
> invited others to join us. Several new people agreed
> to join our Impeachment Task Force and meet again in
> two weeks at the coffee shop. It?s amazing what an
> empowered and dedicated small group can accomplish
> with a good cause.
> After more e-mails and another radio interview, the
> group expanded to 15 at the next special meeting at
> the Cafe Mekka. We shared ?good news? including the
> national Impeachment movement and our own local
> actions. Our media efforts were expanding and several
> local groups decided to formally support Impeachment.
> We also agreed to set up our first table and speak
> publicly at the local Peace Vigil and Rally March 18
> in Nevada City. We brainstormed new ideas on
> expanding our Impeach/ Outreach. Members volunteered
> for some new tasks. We agreed to undertake our
> individual missions and to meet again at the next
> Green Party monthly meeting in mid-April. The group
> was energized and we felt we were moving forward
> successfully.
> APRIL UPDATE. At the April 13 Green Party monthly
> meeting 21 people came and we continued pushing
> impeachment. The updated Resolution was presented and
> copies of our Letters sent to Congress (as called for
> in the resolution itself) were shared. We were
> cheered to learn that the Santa Clara County GP had
> rallied around their Resolution in a protest at their
> Congresswoman?s office and used it for Green candidate
> Carol Brouillet?s CD 14 campaign. We were also glad
> to hear that the GP of El Dorado County also approved
> our Resolution at their monthly meeting. Our own
> recent media successes included 2 more KVMR
> interviews, 2 more Letters to the Editor published
> locally, and the 30-minute impeachment TV show cable
> cast 4 times over 2 weeks. We also handed out copies
> of the Resolution at a well-attended progressive
> fundraiser. We also ordered little copies of the
> Constitution to carry in our pockets and quote from in
> our education work.
> Our Impeach/Outreach efforts also continued when the
> local Democratic Women?s Club adopted our Resolution
> on April 1 on a 11-3 vote. Next it will go to the
> Democratic Central Committee (DCC) of Nevada County
> for presentation and predicted passage. Local
> Democrats also promised to take the Resolution to
> their State Convention in Sacramento at the end of
> April. The Democratic Party of California is the
> largest single political organization in the entire
> country with about 7 million members. If it
> officially takes an Impeachment position-- thus
> joining 5 other State Democratic Parties (New Mexico,
> Nevada, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and now Vermont--
> it will be big news nationally!
> We?re riding the Impeachment dragon now and it?s
> lots of fun.
> CONCLUSIONS: Impeachment is a great local grassroots
> democracy organizing tool. Used skillfully, it can
> revitalize a Green local, reenergizing current Greens,
> reactivating old Greens, and adding new activist
> members. But it is much more than a Green issue.
> Activists who belong to other third parties,
> Democrats, independents, and political neophytes are
> also strongly attracted to the common cause of
> removing our corrupt rulers and restoring our
> Constitution. Just passing an impeachment resolution
> at an ordinary Party meeting means very little. Using
> the issue creatively by publicizing meetings
> extensively beforehand, inviting everyone to come,
> involving them all freely in the decision-making and
> in the followup actions, and publicizing the results
> widely brings us all together into an expanded and
> powerful political community. Impeachment, I believe,
> more than almost any other issue, has the proven
> potential to make this happen in cities and counties
> throughout California and across the entire country.
> Kent Smith (1342 words)
> __________________________________________________
> _______________________________________________
> gpca-cc mailing list
> gpca-cc at marla.cagreens.org
> http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/gpca-cc
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org
> http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls
>
> to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2?/min or less.
From cbrouillet at igc.org Mon May 8 16:14:19 2006
From: cbrouillet at igc.org (Carol Brouillet)
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 16:14:19 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fw: AJR 39 - Impeachment
Message-ID: <7.0.0.16.2.20060508160510.05e7c790@igc.org>
Subject: AJR 39 - Impeachment
This may be worth a shot. Of course, that's what Cheney said just
before going hunting.
Please read this Legislation Proposed to the Assembly of the State of
California and in immediate need of SUPPORT, which is attached.
This is the Impeachment Proceedings Legislation to begin the justice
process towards President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney.
The action by a state to request impeachment proceedings is a clause
set into the Constitution by Thomas Jefferson and bypasses the House
of Representatives in the event, as is now, that the House and Senate
are ruled by one dominant party.
The State of Illinois has passed such legislation, Vermont is now in
the process of the same legislation.
The important point here is to CONTACT the ASSEMBLY SPEAKER Fabian
Nunez, by telephone, email, FAX or any other means and INSIST THAT
THIS LEGISLATION (in the attached document) BE SENT TO THE CALIFORNIA
ASSEMBLY FOR A VOTE. THE SPEAKER IS NOT ACTING ON THIS BILL BECAUSE
HE IS LOOKING AT THE CALIFORNIA BUDGET THAT WILL COME UP FOR A VOTE
SOON AND HE NEEDS A FEW REPUBLICAN VOTES TO PASS IT. HE WILL HOLD
THE IMPEACHMENT BILL UNTIL IT DIES SO HE CAN GET A BUDGET FOR
CALIFORNIA PASSED QUICKLY. CONTACT FABIAN NUNEZ AND TELL HIM TO SEND
AJR39 IMPEACHMENT LEGISLATION TO THE ASSEMBLY FOR A VOTE NOW!
OUR STATE AND THE ENTIRE WORLD WILL MATTER LITTLE IF THE NEO CON
LOONIES START A NUCLEAR WAR IN IRAN USING THE SAME LIES THEY DID WITH IRAQ!
BEGIN TO RECYCLE OUR GOVERNMENT NOW! IMPEACH GEORGE W. BUSH AND
RICHARD CHENEY.
TO CONTACT SPEAKER FABIAN NUNEZ -
The website to the Speaker of the Assembly is at
http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a46/mainpage.htm
and Assemblyman Fabian Nunez may be reached by telephone at:
Capitol Office
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0046
(916) 319-2046
District Office
320 West 4th Street
Room 1050
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 620-4646
CALL NOW TO BRING THE REGIME TO JUSTICE !
SEND THIS TO EVERY PROGRESSIVE GROUP OR PERSON YOU KNOW AND HELP
BRING JUSTICE TO AMERICANS AND THE WORLD THAT SUFFERS UNDER THE BUSH
- CHENEY REGIME!
Assemblyman Paul Koretz' web page may be found at:
http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a42/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: AJR39Impeachmentlanguage.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 21789 bytes
Desc: not available
URL:
From jims at greens.org Mon May 8 19:33:16 2006
From: jims at greens.org (Jim Stauffer)
Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 19:33:16 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] 5/2 Meeting Notes
Message-ID: <445FFF6C.3234534D@greens.org>
GREEN PARTY of SANTA CLARA COUNTY
Meeting Notes May 2, 2006
Treasurer's Report
Treasurer not present.
Cameron confirmed by consensus as new treasurer when Adam's term expires in
June.
--------------------------
GPCA General Assembly
April meeting postponed. New date not yet determined.
-------------------------
Local Press Release Authorization
Wes Rolley has offered to write releases. County council has approved, and has
written release content criteria. Releases will be reviewed by a group of 4 or
5 reviewers. At least two must respond before release can be sent.
Need to document this process and store in an online archive for future
reference.
Approved by consensus.
------------------------
Proposal to join San Jose Downtown Hospital coalition.
Approved by consensus.
------------------------
Tabling
Upcoming tabling events discussed/planned.
July 4th event is costly and volunteers are few. Consensus to proceed anyway.
-------------------------
Buttons
Stock is low. Button making party planned.
-------------------------
Regional Rep Election
Will set up regional meeting to discuss with San Mateo.
------------------------
Proposal to move GPSCC Meeting to San Jose Peace Center.
Includes changing the meeting day.
Beginning in June, the GPSCC will meet on the first Thursday of the month at
the PeaceCenter at 48 S. 1st St.
Approved by consensus.
------------------------
Fundraising
Need to collect stats on costs and revenues from last winter's fundraiser
letter.
--------------------------
Resolution to Oppose Invasion of Iran
Discussed.
--------------------------
Impeachment Resolution
Question raised as to whether or not permission is needed for others to
reproduce and use the resolution. Concluded that no permission is needed.
--------------------------
Voter List
Decided that we should obtain the latest list from the Registrar for each
election cycle.
--------------------------
Planning Meeting
Plans to organize a GPSCC strategy/planning meeting. Will discuss again next
month.
---------------------------
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue May 9 00:32:19 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 00:32:19 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Ray McGovern on "My Meeting With Rumsfeld"
Message-ID: <44604583.20006@earthlink.net>
An interesting and sometimes amusing article by Ray McGovern
on his Q & A part with Rumsfeld in Atlanta, and the aftermath.
My Meeting With Rumsfeld
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0508-30.htm
Gerry
From alexcathy at aol.com Tue May 9 07:04:27 2006
From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 10:04:27 -0400
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Again, The Awful DIANE FEINSTEIN
Message-ID: <8C841889EA81107-1364-5683@mblk-d25.sysops.aol.com>
Dear Green Friends,
Once again, California's Democratic Sen. DIANE FEINSTEIN, has shown
herself to be to the Right of some mainstream Republicans.
Some of you may have noted this Associated Press story about President
Bush's nomination of Gen. Michael Hayden as CIA chief
published today:
= = = = = = = = = = = = = =
GENERAL NAMED CIA NOMINEE
By Katherine Shrader
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Bush's nomination of Gen. Michael Hayden as CIA
chief ignited a confirmation fight Monday over the intelligence
veteran's ties to the controversial eavesdropping program and his
ability to be independent from the military establishment.
With Hayden at his side, Bush urged senators to promptly approve the
former National Security Agency head, who one year ago was confirmed
unanimously to be the nation's first deputy director of national
intelligence.
CIA Director Porter Goss announced his resignation last week after
tussling with Hayden and his boss, National Intelligence Director John
Negroponte, about the agency's autonomy and direction.
Even before Hayden's nomination became official, lawmakers began
questioning whether he was the right choice to head the spy agency.
Senate Intelligence Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., stopped short of
endorsing Hayden on Monday: ''While I am not opposed to his nomination,
senators -- including myself -- will have important questions which
they will want addressed.''
Hayden is credited with designing the NSA's warrantless surveillance
program. Disclosure of the program late last year sparked an intense
debate over whether the president can order the monitoring of
international calls and e-mails in the United States without court
warrants.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., has said that he would
use a Hayden nomination to raise questions about the legality of the
eavesdropping program.
Hayden is not without supporters. He won an early endorsement from
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., one of the most vocal critics of
Bush's eavesdropping program.
"We need to get the CIA house in order. The most important thing is
that the individual be a competent, qualified intelligence
professional. And Mike Hayden is all of those things,'' Feinstein told
CNN.
. . .
= = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Tell me again why I should give up on the Green Party and devote
money, time, and energy to helping the Democrats?
Many of my progressive friends outside of California have no idea how
really awful Feinstein is. Moreover, she was elected in the so-called
"Year of the Woman" in 1992 and so some people think that just because
the senator is female Democrat from San Francisco, then she must be
okay. In fact, except for the narrow question of abortion, Feinstein is
also pretty terrible on women's rights.
It is 2006 and the senior Democratic U.S. Senator from California is
*STILL* sucking up to the Bushies.
Unbelievable!
Alex Walker
From baalavi at yahoo.com Tue May 9 07:45:15 2006
From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi)
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 07:45:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Again, The Awful DIANE FEINSTEIN
In-Reply-To: <8C841889EA81107-1364-5683@mblk-d25.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <20060509144515.81542.qmail@web52101.mail.yahoo.com>
http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/zodiac/Monkey.htm
(regarding the last comment ... 1992 was the year of SNAKE :))))
That Figures!
ba
Dear Green Friends,
Once again, California's Democratic Sen. DIANE FEINSTEIN, has shown
herself to be to the Right of some mainstream Republicans.
Some of you may have noted this Associated Press story about President
Bush's nomination of Gen. Michael Hayden as CIA chief
published today:
= = = = = = = = = = = = = =
GENERAL NAMED CIA NOMINEE
By Katherine Shrader
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - President Bush's nomination of Gen. Michael Hayden as CIA
chief ignited a confirmation fight Monday over the intelligence
veteran's ties to the controversial eavesdropping program and his
ability to be independent from the military establishment.
With Hayden at his side, Bush urged senators to promptly approve the
former National Security Agency head, who one year ago was confirmed
unanimously to be the nation's first deputy director of national
intelligence.
CIA Director Porter Goss announced his resignation last week after
tussling with Hayden and his boss, National Intelligence Director John
Negroponte, about the agency's autonomy and direction.
Even before Hayden's nomination became official, lawmakers began
questioning whether he was the right choice to head the spy agency.
Senate Intelligence Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., stopped short of
endorsing Hayden on Monday: ''While I am not opposed to his nomination,
senators -- including myself -- will have important questions which
they will want addressed.''
Hayden is credited with designing the NSA's warrantless surveillance
program. Disclosure of the program late last year sparked an intense
debate over whether the president can order the monitoring of
international calls and e-mails in the United States without court
warrants.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., has said that he would
use a Hayden nomination to raise questions about the legality of the
eavesdropping program.
Hayden is not without supporters. He won an early endorsement from
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., one of the most vocal critics of
Bush's eavesdropping program.
"We need to get the CIA house in order. The most important thing is
that the individual be a competent, qualified intelligence
professional. And Mike Hayden is all of those things,'' Feinstein told
CNN.
. . .
= = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Tell me again why I should give up on the Green Party and devote
money, time, and energy to helping the Democrats?
Many of my progressive friends outside of California have no idea how
really awful Feinstein is. Moreover, she was elected in the so-called
"Year of the Woman" in 1992 and so some people think that just because
the senator is female Democrat from San Francisco, then she must be
okay. In fact, except for the narrow question of abortion, Feinstein is
also pretty terrible on women's rights.
---------------------------------
Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
From wrolley at charter.net Tue May 9 08:45:33 2006
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 08:45:33 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Presentation and Discussion about
immigration, Wed. May 10th]
Message-ID: <4460B91D.3050001@charter.net>
--
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente
Wes Rolley
17211 Quail Court, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
http://www.refpub.com/ -- Tel: 408.778.3024
-------------- next part --------------
An embedded message was scrubbed...
From: San Benito County Green Party
Subject: Presentation and Discussion about immigration, Wed. May 10th
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 07:05:13 -0700 (PDT)
Size: 3152
URL:
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue May 9 10:22:40 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 10:22:40 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] ATTENTION PLEASE,
(was Re: Seeking Volunteers for 4 July tabling)
References: <445D52E8.50107@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <4460CFE0.608@earthlink.net>
I am now quite confused as to how much interest there really
is regarding the July 4th tabling.
At the meeting, three people expressed some interest in tabling.
So far I have had one email response to the email below.
I will NOT commit $225 of GPSCC money to this event until
I know that I have at least 2 people tabling at all times
during the event. That means 10 slots to fill.
The deadline for the application is coming up fast, (sometime
this month, I don't know the day.)
If you are willing to do some tabling, please read the email
below and respond ASAP.
Thank you,
Gerry
Gerry Gras wrote:
> At the last business meeting, we agreed to table at the
> Fourth of July Event, but ONLY if we could get sufficient
> commitments from volunteers. (The cost is $225). We were
> not able to get sufficent commitments at the meeting.
> So this is the request for volunteers.
>
> Please let me know for what hours you are willing to table.
> I would like to know
> 1) maximum number of hours you are willing to table
> 2) which time slots you are willing to table,
> (and if you have preferences, you are welcome
> to let me know that too.)
>
> Jim Doyle has provided the essential information below.
>
> Suggested time slots:
> A - 7/2 - Noon to 4 PM
> B - 7/2 - 4 PM to 8 PM
> C - 7/3 - 4 PM to 8 PM
> D - 7/4 - Noon to 4 PM
> E - 7/4 - 4 PM to 8 PM
>
> Also, because I don't have a vehicle other than my
> bicycle, I can not transport the materials. So
> please also indicate whether you can bring materials
> to / from the event.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gerry
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> From: Jim Doyle
>
>
> Location: Discovery Meadow in or next to the Guadalupe River Park
> Corner of West San Carlos and Woz Way
> which is also the park area next to the Children's Discovery Museum
>
> Sunday July 2-nd "Day on the meadow" noon to 10:30 pm
> Monday July 3-rd "Summer Flick Picnic" 4 pm to 10:30 pm
> Tuesday July 4-th "America Festival" noon to 10:30 pm
> Fireworks at 9:30 pm on July 4-th
>
> General practice of those with booths or canopies is to close down
> when the crowd ebbs. So the planning could be to staff the booth
> until 8 pm each day and whoever wants to stay longer may do so.
>
> Jim Doyle
>
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org
> http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>
>
From tnharter at ispwest.com Tue May 9 12:50:52 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 12:50:52 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Again, The Awful DIANE FEINSTEIN
In-Reply-To: <20060509144515.81542.qmail@web52101.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20060509144515.81542.qmail@web52101.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <4460F29C.1050902@ispwest.com>
The only time I can remember seeing Diane Feinstein live with my own
eyes was late in October of 1992. She attended a rally in Sacramento,
where I was just another face in the crowd.
I'm wondering if running against her will give me a chance to meet her....
Bob Alavi wrote:
> http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/zodiac/Monkey.htm
>
> (regarding the last comment ... 1992 was the year of SNAKE :))))
>
> That Figures!
> ba
>
> Dear Green Friends,
>
> Once again, California's Democratic Sen. DIANE FEINSTEIN, has shown
> herself to be to the Right of some mainstream Republicans.
>
> Some of you may have noted this Associated Press story about
> President
> Bush's nomination of Gen. Michael Hayden as CIA chief
> published today:
>
> = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
> GENERAL NAMED CIA NOMINEE
> By Katherine Shrader
> Associated Press
>
> WASHINGTON - President Bush's nomination of Gen. Michael Hayden as
> CIA
> chief ignited a confirmation fight Monday over the intelligence
> veteran's ties to the controversial eavesdropping program and his
> ability to be independent from the military establishment.
>
> With Hayden at his side, Bush urged senators to promptly approve the
> former National Security Agency head, who one year ago was confirmed
> unanimously to be the nation's first deputy director of national
> intelligence.
>
> CIA Director Porter Goss announced his resignation last week after
> tussling with Hayden and his boss, National Intelligence Director
> John
> Negroponte, about the agency's autonomy and direction.
>
> Even before Hayden's nomination became official, lawmakers began
> questioning whether he was the right choice to head the spy agency.
>
> Senate Intelligence Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., stopped short of
> endorsing Hayden on Monday: ''While I am not opposed to his
> nomination,
> senators -- including myself -- will have important questions which
> they will want addressed.''
>
> Hayden is credited with designing the NSA's warrantless surveillance
> program. Disclosure of the program late last year sparked an intense
> debate over whether the president can order the monitoring of
> international calls and e-mails in the United States without court
> warrants.
>
> Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., has said that he
> would
> use a Hayden nomination to raise questions about the legality of the
> eavesdropping program.
>
> Hayden is not without supporters. He won an early endorsement from
> Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., one of the most vocal critics of
> Bush's eavesdropping program.
>
> "We need to get the CIA house in order. The most important thing is
> that the individual be a competent, qualified intelligence
> professional. And Mike Hayden is all of those things,'' Feinstein
> told
> CNN.
>
> . . .
>
> = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>
>
> Tell me again why I should give up on the Green Party and devote
> money, time, and energy to helping the Democrats?
>
> Many of my progressive friends outside of California have no idea how
> really awful Feinstein is. Moreover, she was elected in the so-called
> "Year of the Woman" in 1992 and so some people think that just
> because
> the senator is female Democrat from San Francisco, then she must be
> okay. In fact, except for the narrow question of abortion,
> Feinstein is
> also pretty terrible on women's rights.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone
> .
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>_______________________________________________
>sosfbay-discuss mailing list
>sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org
>http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>
>
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures from Bush's vist to Santa Clara County.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From wrolley at charter.net Tue May 9 12:51:40 2006
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 12:51:40 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [G-C-F] Fw: [SCFs] Deadline Looms on
Opportunity to Save the South Central Farm]
Message-ID: <4460F2CC.3070209@charter.net>
For those who are concerned about BAREC.
--
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente
Wes Rolley
17211 Quail Court, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
http://www.refpub.com/ -- Tel: 408.778.3024
-------------- next part --------------
An embedded message was scrubbed...
From: Linda Piera-Avila
Subject: [G-C-F] Fw: [SCFs] Deadline Looms on Opportunity to Save the South Central Farm
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 12:21:24 -0700
Size: 69358
URL:
From andid at cagreens.org Tue May 9 14:58:30 2006
From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey)
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 14:58:30 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] ATTENTION PLEASE,
(was Re: Seeking Volunteers for 4 July tabling)
In-Reply-To: <4460CFE0.608@earthlink.net>
References: <445D52E8.50107@earthlink.net> <4460CFE0.608@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <949E5D46-BD15-4ACE-88A0-FBEA57AE0151@cagreens.org>
I think that July 4th is a holiday and many of us are going to be
away. Let it go this year.
Andrea
On May 9, 2006, at 10:22 AM, Gerry Gras wrote:
>
> I am now quite confused as to how much interest there really
> is regarding the July 4th tabling.
>
> At the meeting, three people expressed some interest in tabling.
>
> So far I have had one email response to the email below.
>
> I will NOT commit $225 of GPSCC money to this event until
> I know that I have at least 2 people tabling at all times
> during the event. That means 10 slots to fill.
>
> The deadline for the application is coming up fast, (sometime
> this month, I don't know the day.)
>
> If you are willing to do some tabling, please read the email
> below and respond ASAP.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Gerry
>
>
>
> Gerry Gras wrote:
>
>> At the last business meeting, we agreed to table at the
>> Fourth of July Event, but ONLY if we could get sufficient
>> commitments from volunteers. (The cost is $225). We were
>> not able to get sufficent commitments at the meeting.
>> So this is the request for volunteers.
>>
>> Please let me know for what hours you are willing to table.
>> I would like to know
>> 1) maximum number of hours you are willing to table
>> 2) which time slots you are willing to table,
>> (and if you have preferences, you are welcome
>> to let me know that too.)
>>
>> Jim Doyle has provided the essential information below.
>>
>> Suggested time slots:
>> A - 7/2 - Noon to 4 PM
>> B - 7/2 - 4 PM to 8 PM
>> C - 7/3 - 4 PM to 8 PM
>> D - 7/4 - Noon to 4 PM
>> E - 7/4 - 4 PM to 8 PM
>>
>> Also, because I don't have a vehicle other than my
>> bicycle, I can not transport the materials. So
>> please also indicate whether you can bring materials
>> to / from the event.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gerry
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>>
>> From: Jim Doyle
>>
>>
>> Location: Discovery Meadow in or next to the Guadalupe River Park
>> Corner of West San Carlos and Woz Way
>> which is also the park area next to the Children's Discovery
>> Museum
>>
>> Sunday July 2-nd "Day on the meadow" noon to 10:30 pm
>> Monday July 3-rd "Summer Flick Picnic" 4 pm to 10:30 pm
>> Tuesday July 4-th "America Festival" noon to 10:30 pm
>> Fireworks at 9:30 pm on July 4-th
>>
>> General practice of those with booths or canopies is to close down
>> when the crowd ebbs. So the planning could be to staff the booth
>> until 8 pm each day and whoever wants to stay longer may do so.
>>
>> Jim Doyle
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
>> sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org
>> http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>>
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org
> http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>
From andid at cagreens.org Tue May 9 14:59:39 2006
From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey)
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 14:59:39 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Again, The Awful DIANE FEINSTEIN
In-Reply-To: <8C841889EA81107-1364-5683@mblk-d25.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8C841889EA81107-1364-5683@mblk-d25.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <17F232F5-E75B-4E96-A5CB-471E1D32009D@cagreens.org>
Just when you think she can't outdo herself, she does.
Andrea
On May 9, 2006, at 7:04 AM, alexcathy at aol.com wrote:
> Dear Green Friends,
>
> Once again, California's Democratic Sen. DIANE FEINSTEIN, has shown
> herself to be to the Right of some mainstream Republicans.
>
> Some of you may have noted this Associated Press story about
> President
> Bush's nomination of Gen. Michael Hayden as CIA chief
> published today:
>
> = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
> GENERAL NAMED CIA NOMINEE
> By Katherine Shrader
> Associated Press
>
> WASHINGTON - President Bush's nomination of Gen. Michael Hayden
> as CIA
> chief ignited a confirmation fight Monday over the intelligence
> veteran's ties to the controversial eavesdropping program and his
> ability to be independent from the military establishment.
>
> With Hayden at his side, Bush urged senators to promptly approve the
> former National Security Agency head, who one year ago was confirmed
> unanimously to be the nation's first deputy director of national
> intelligence.
>
> CIA Director Porter Goss announced his resignation last week after
> tussling with Hayden and his boss, National Intelligence Director John
> Negroponte, about the agency's autonomy and direction.
>
> Even before Hayden's nomination became official, lawmakers began
> questioning whether he was the right choice to head the spy agency.
>
> Senate Intelligence Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., stopped short of
> endorsing Hayden on Monday: ''While I am not opposed to his
> nomination,
> senators -- including myself -- will have important questions which
> they will want addressed.''
>
> Hayden is credited with designing the NSA's warrantless surveillance
> program. Disclosure of the program late last year sparked an intense
> debate over whether the president can order the monitoring of
> international calls and e-mails in the United States without court
> warrants.
>
> Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., has said that he
> would
> use a Hayden nomination to raise questions about the legality of the
> eavesdropping program.
>
> Hayden is not without supporters. He won an early endorsement from
> Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., one of the most vocal critics of
> Bush's eavesdropping program.
>
> "We need to get the CIA house in order. The most important thing is
> that the individual be a competent, qualified intelligence
> professional. And Mike Hayden is all of those things,'' Feinstein told
> CNN.
>
> . . .
>
> = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
>
>
> Tell me again why I should give up on the Green Party and devote
> money, time, and energy to helping the Democrats?
>
> Many of my progressive friends outside of California have no idea
> how
> really awful Feinstein is. Moreover, she was elected in the so-called
> "Year of the Woman" in 1992 and so some people think that just because
> the senator is female Democrat from San Francisco, then she must be
> okay. In fact, except for the narrow question of abortion,
> Feinstein is
> also pretty terrible on women's rights.
>
> It is 2006 and the senior Democratic U.S. Senator from California is
> *STILL* sucking up to the Bushies.
>
> Unbelievable!
>
>
> Alex Walker
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org
> http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>
From wrolley at charter.net Tue May 9 17:18:55 2006
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 17:18:55 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Immigration discussion CANCELLED]
Message-ID: <4461316F.7050708@charter.net>
--
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente
Wes Rolley
17211 Quail Court, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
http://www.refpub.com/ -- Tel: 408.778.3024
-------------- next part --------------
An embedded message was scrubbed...
From: San Benito County Green Party
Subject: Immigration discussion CANCELLED
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 16:04:47 -0700 (PDT)
Size: 3438
URL:
From tnharter at ispwest.com Wed May 10 17:40:10 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 17:40:10 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] PLAN Submits signatures
Message-ID: <446287EA.1040805@ispwest.com>
Monday PLAN submitted about 60,000 sigs at the Registrars office.
You can see the ceremony by visiting:
http://tian.greens.org/SanJose/PLANSubmitsSigs/index.html
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures from Bush's vist to Santa Clara County.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From wrolley at charter.net Thu May 11 08:09:22 2006
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 08:09:22 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Congressman Richard Pombo
Message-ID: <446353A2.4010309@charter.net>
Many members of this list have sent me material about my congressman,
Richard Pombo. I really appreciate the gesture, though very little has
been new news for me. I get regular news alerts based on just Pombo's
name and that brings almost everything to my inbasket. I also have
contacts into all of the opposition campaigns and they all feed me stuff.
It does appear that the tide is turning and Pombo's time may be waning.
The story is in today's Stockton Record
.
This means that the campaign is likely to get very dirty very quickly.
Just some additional comments:
- the role of the blogosphere is probably limited. I will note that my
PomboWatch is visited from approximately 1,500 different IP addresses
each month. I also know that one regular reader is the Communications
Director of the House Committee on Resources and a very often quoted
Pombo stand-in, Brian Kennedy. (And I do enjoy taking a jab at
him...especially when he goofs in a Press Release.)
- the most meaningful thing that I have done is to develop an ongoing
dialog with several influential newspaper writers, both of new stories
and editorials. The key here is that they are busy and I have to be
willing to spend a little time helping them do their job better, for
which they are willing to put up with my partisan comments and even my
critique of their reporting. As a result, I even get asked to supply
research into their stories, even though they know that my take will
have some bias. As opposed to other blogs, I consider that press to be
my most important readership.
- the result of this is that I have built up a very good background
knowledge of who is doing, saying, what as well as the stories on Jack
Abramoff, Pombo's fight against the Endangered Species Act, whaling
(Pombo is for it), National Park Service Management Plan, etc. Then, I
could quickly connect a Resources Committee (Pombo Chairman) staffer to
the "National ESA Reform Coalition" and the lobby firm of Van Ness
Feldman. (shared phone numbers, common principles, money transfers, etc.).
I have been at this for over 2 years. However, the result is that by now
most of the people in the district view Pombo as being more interested
in supporting his corporate backers than in doing good for his constituency.
We have less than a month to go before the primary and Pete McCloskey is
picking up endorsement every day.
--
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente
Wes Rolley
17211 Quail Court, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
http://www.refpub.com/ -- Tel: 408.778.3024
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu May 11 11:55:36 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 11:55:36 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] NSA Phone Call Database
Message-ID: <446388A8.9080104@earthlink.net>
NSA has accumulated a massive database of U.S. phone calls,
from all the major telephone companies except Qwest. It
does not show the contents of the calls. I guess it does
show who's calling whom.
Qwest said it would not turn over the date without approval
from FISA, and NSA refused to go to FISA.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0511-09.htm
Gerry
From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu May 11 16:18:49 2006
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 16:18:49 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] PACT hosts a mayoral forum
Message-ID: <4463C659.1010008@sbcglobal.net>
PACT has developed a list of local priorities.
**_5.) PACT Mayoral Forum ? Sunday, May 21st_**
Come see San Jose history in the making ? PACT?S Mayoral Forum!
Date: Sunday, May 21,
Time: 2:45PM
Place: Parkside Hall in downtown San Jose at 180 Park Ave, directly
behind the Tech Museum
Translation provided.
Members of PACT from all over the city will present the five major
mayoral candidates with a vision for the future of San Jose in the form
of a covenant with the people. The candidates will be asked to sign
their commitment to each of the six key issues listed as part of the
covenant:
1). Finding a new source of revenue to keep our community centers open
and our parks safe
2). Building 6,000 units of affordable housing, 2,000 of these
accessible to working families
3). Changing the City?s policy to specify that 30% of the City?s
affordable housing funding goes to build housing for those in the
extremely low income category (example: Family of four earning
$31,000/yr or less)
4). Opening an Office of Public School Choice, which would support the
opening of new schools of choice in San Jose, including
district-sponsored small autonomous schools and charter schools.
5). Piloting an extended school day program in three of the City?s
lowest performing districts.
6). Making San Jose a ?sanctuary city?, where local law enforcement does
not act as immigration agents.
Bring your family and show your support for PACT?s covenant with the
people! Let?s make sure our next mayor is keeping his or her priorities
focused on the needs of families in San Jose. This event is for
educational purposes only. PACT does not endorse candidates.
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri May 12 09:50:58 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 09:50:58 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Coordinating Volunteer Orgs
Message-ID: <4464BCF2.2000704@earthlink.net>
A pertinent article about what to do and what not to do:
"Building Our Capacity, Growing Our Movements"
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0511-23.htm
Gerry
From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri May 12 11:50:38 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 11:50:38 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Mailing Party at Tian's
Message-ID: <4464D8FE.5060402@ispwest.com>
I don't know if it will be starting next week or Monday the 22nd,
but once I have the peices together, there will be a big mailing party
at my house! It will run every evening until we finish putting out
about 12,000 postcards saying "DON'T BE FUELISH. VOTE FOR TIAN!"
I'll provide pizza, everyone is invited!
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures from PLAN's vist to the Registrar.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From tnharter at ispwest.com Fri May 12 13:19:15 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 13:19:15 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Postcard to voters
Message-ID: <4464EDC3.5080307@ispwest.com>
Next week I plan to do the biggest mailing of my campaign for the Green
Party nomination to U. S. Senator. It will be postcards, the front of
which will be the "Don't be fuelish. Vote for Tian!" logo I've been
spreading around to the left of a mailing label with the voter's address
and a butterfly stamp. The back will have the following message:
>Dear Green Voter,
>
> I'm running in the Green Party Primary because I think the
>biggest problem facing our country is oil addiction. The litany
>of problems it causes include climate change, oil wars,
>pollution, our trade deficit and poor health. Peak oil is another
>reason we need to stop voting for oil companies at the gas
>pump. Since the changes needed to make this happen are
>structual and epic, they have to make sense at every level from
>the grass roots up. Your vote for Tian Harter in the June 6th
>Primary will help me get nominee status, which I will use to
>spend the summer and fall working to make breaking our oil
>addiction a front burner issue for Califoria.
>
> Please, vote for Tian Harter in the U. S. Senate Race!
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Tian Harter
> For more information please visit TianHarter.org
>
Any suggestions on how to make my message more effective
would be greatly appreciated. Donations that would help me
reach more than the 12,000 voters I can currently afford would
be great to!
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures from PLAN's vist to the Registrar.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From baalavi at yahoo.com Sat May 13 08:38:58 2006
From: baalavi at yahoo.com (Bob Alavi)
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 08:38:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] More on impeachment & Democrat's position
In-Reply-To: <446388A8.9080104@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20060513153900.33450.qmail@web52101.mail.yahoo.com>
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/05/13/MNG94IRGOO1.DTL
Pathetic.
---------------------------------
Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2?/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sat May 13 11:06:11 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 11:06:11 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Plenary Date
Message-ID: <44662013.30400@earthlink.net>
FYI, the next plenary will be on June 24, 25.
In Ventura County. (Moorpark?)
I expect there will be an official announcement within a few days.
Gerry
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sat May 13 13:06:38 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 13:06:38 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] More on impeachment & Democrat's position
References: <20060513153900.33450.qmail@web52101.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <44663C4E.7010604@earthlink.net>
Bob Alavi wrote:
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/05/13/MNG94IRGOO1.DTL
>
>
>
> Pathetic.
>
I agree, it is pathetic.
Here is a response to Pelosi:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=taxonomy/term/17
I want to keep trying to talk to my Reps about why impeachment
is a good idea. And to do that it would help to know what
they are thinking, what their reasons are for not taking
action. So I am going to do a little speculation here.
Feedback would be appreciated.
If you don't want to read all this, then at least skip to the
end and follow the link to a relevant article from Herbert.
...
I have heard before that the Republicans do think that it would
be helpful to them if the country believed that the Democrats
were planning to impeach Bush after taking back Congress.
Apparently they think that many Republicans would campaign harder
for Congressional Reps if they were afraid of impeachment.
So it might be that the Democrats are afraid that if they talk
too much about impeachment, then they won't do as well in
November. They might think that if they talk about impeachment,
then they won't take back Congress, and then they won't have a
chance to impeach him. So there is no point in talking about it.
In other words there could be some logic to their thinking.
1) They don't think that the Bush Administration has committed
impeachable offenses.
In that cas they should get some legal advice. I believe
there is plenty of existing advice to show that there are
impeachable offenses. And at the very least, they should
do an Impeachment Inquiry, which is what Conyers resolution
is about, with only about 35 Democrats supporting it.
NOTE: Zoe Lofgren is the only person who signed and then
unsigned.
2) Otherwise they do think that the Bush Administration has
committed impeachable offenses.
I think they should review their oath of office and realize
that they are in dereliction of duty.
So why might they not act?
2a) They might think that the offenses are not serious.
That possibility is hard for me to comprehend. I don't
know what to say other than they are clueless.
2b) They don't believe that impeachment is possible
because the voters don't care, and Bush has too much support.
I disagree, and I'll give an example of why not:
- in June 1972, the Watergate breakin at the Democratic
National Committee's office happened
- in November 1972, Nixon won 49 states, everything but
Massachusetts and D.C.
- in August 1974, Nixon resigned in order to avoid being
impeached.
2c) They don't believe that impeachment is possible
because Bush has too much support, and the media won't
tell the truth. (I did hear Anna Eshoo complain about
the media at one of her town hall meetings.)
2c) They think that the best strategy is to be quiet until
November, win back Congress, and then impeach. This
would mean continuing the same old strategy that has
worked so well for the last 10 years (NOT).
2d) They are intimidated by the Republicans.
Then the question is why are they intimidated and
... what good are they? aren't they just useless?
2e) They are intimidated by the DLC (Democratic
Leadership Council?).
They may be worried about not getting enough campaign
money if they don't cooperate with the DLC. And again,
what good are they? aren't they just useless?
2f,g,...) Other?
I know Mike Honda is one of the 30+ cosponsors of an
Impeachment Inquiry. I know Zoe Lofgren agreed pretty
early to be a cosponsor and later changed her mind.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HE00635:@@@P
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_to_impeach_George_W._Bush
I assume everyone knows enough about Pombo that I don't
need to say anything about him. Anna Eshoo says that
any impeachment attempt will go nowhere.
Someone I know is not very concerned about what is going on
because he believes that we are reliving the 50's and soon
we will be reliving the 60's. I hope he is right.
Here is an appropriate article from Bob Herbert of the
New York Times:
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0511-20.htm
Gerry Gras
From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Mon May 15 21:12:18 2006
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 21:12:18 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] earth day
Message-ID: <44695122.9000409@sbcglobal.net>
Dear Friend:
The Environmental Resource Center (ERC) at San Jose State University
would like to extend its heartfelt thanks for your participation in our
2006 Earth Day Celebration. All of us here at ERC feel that your
presence helped make the Earth Day Event the best, most well attended
event to date.
It is important to promote environmental awareness and stewardship in
our community. We feel your attendance at the ERC's Earth Day event
helped get that information out in a fun yet educational manner.
Once again, thanks for attending our event and please be sure to extend
our thanks to all those members in your group who helped to make it
possible for you to join us.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Sarmiento, Amanda Barker a nd the ERC Earth Day team
From wrolley at charter.net Tue May 16 11:26:00 2006
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 11:26:00 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [G-C-F] [Fwd: Cal HCN Meeting 5/18]]
Message-ID: <446A1938.6040002@charter.net>
--
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente
Wes Rolley
17211 Quail Court, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
http://www.refpub.com/ -- Tel: 408.778.3024
-------------- next part --------------
An embedded message was scrubbed...
From: Ken Smith
Subject: [G-C-F] [Fwd: Cal HCN Meeting 5/18]
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 09:25:29 -0700
Size: 5063
URL:
From tnharter at ispwest.com Tue May 16 14:59:29 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 14:59:29 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Postcard to voters
In-Reply-To: <4464EDC3.5080307@ispwest.com>
References: <4464EDC3.5080307@ispwest.com>
Message-ID: <446A4B41.3080604@ispwest.com>
It looks like all the peices will be here this evening. If anybody
wants to help out I would be very grateful! I'm sure we will be
working on it today, tomorrow, and maybe longer. Let me know
if you need directions or anything like that. I'll be buying pizza!
Tian Harter wrote:
>Next week I plan to do the biggest mailing of my campaign for the Green
>Party nomination to U. S. Senator. It will be postcards, the front of
>which will be the "Don't be fuelish. Vote for Tian!" logo I've been
>spreading around to the left of a mailing label with the voter's address
>and a butterfly stamp. The back will have the following message:
>
> >Dear Green Voter,
> >
> > I'm running in the Green Party Primary because I think the
> >biggest problem facing our country is oil addiction. The litany
> >of problems it causes include climate change, oil wars,
> >pollution, our trade deficit and poor health. Peak oil is another
> >reason we need to stop voting for oil companies at the gas
> >pump. Since the changes needed to make this happen are
> >structual and epic, they have to make sense at every level from
> >the grass roots up. Your vote for Tian Harter in the June 6th
> >Primary will help me get nominee status, which I will use to
> >spend the summer and fall working to make breaking our oil
> >addiction a front burner issue for California.
> >
> > Please, vote for Tian Harter in the U. S. Senate Race!
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Tian Harter
> > For more information please visit TianHarter.org
> >
>
>Any suggestions on how to make my message more effective
>would be greatly appreciated. Donations that would help me
>reach more than the 12,000 voters I can currently afford would
>be great to!
>
>
>
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures from PLAN's vist to the Registrar.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From cbrouillet at igc.org Tue May 16 15:03:54 2006
From: cbrouillet at igc.org (Carol Brouillet)
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 15:03:54 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] NBC interviews Carol Brouillet on 9/11 Pentagon
video
Message-ID: <7.0.0.16.2.20060516150256.05598528@igc.org>
NBC drove down to Palo Alto and interviewed me for a good 40 minutes.
Unfortunately, they called me when I was in the middle of baking
cookies for my weekly Listening Project, and I burnt two batches
while trying to gather talking points, and hang banners on the tree
in front of my house. They arrived early, and I wasn't fully
prepared for them- didn't have time to grab Ken's card, books, dvds,
the usual props.
The guy who interviewed me gave me his card, and seemed very nice
(they generally are- no matter which side they are working on), I
just pray it is not a hit piece. I've done 3 interviews before with
NBC- usually they edit out anything I say about 9-11, but they did a
fairly decent job on our rally demanding Pre-Emptive Impeachment in
January 2003.
Carol Brouillet
From WB4D23 at aol.com Tue May 16 20:36:02 2006
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 23:36:02 EDT
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd Msg [GPCA Official Notice] Next Plenary
Announcement -- June 24-25
Message-ID: <2fc.56053cd.319bf422@aol.com>
This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List. For more information,
or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do not hit reply.
Follow the contact directions listed at the end of the email.
Greens,
The next Green Party of California General Assembly
meeting was scheduled and approved at the May 8th
meeting of the Coordinating Committee. It will be in
Ventura, on June 24-25.
Please notify your county councils and other local
Greens to proceed with the delegate selection process.
We expect to make the agenda packet
available for everyone's review by May 19th.
For the latest updates, check on-line at
http://cagreens.org/plenary/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed May 17 10:29:33 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 10:29:33 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [GPCA Official Notice] Next Plenary Announcement
Message-ID: <446B5D7D.20907@earthlink.net>
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Sclara-cc] [GPCA Official Notice] Next Plenary Announcement
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 18:45:02 -0700
This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List. For more
information, or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do
not hit reply. Follow the contact directions listed at the end of the
email.
Greens,
The next Green Party of California General Assembly
meeting was scheduled and approved at the May 8th
meeting of the Coordinating Committee. It will be in
Ventura, on June 24-25.
Please notify your county councils and other local
Greens to proceed with the delegate selection process.
We expect to make the agenda packet
available for everyone's review by May 19th.
For the latest updates, check on-line at
http://cagreens.org/plenary/
From tnharter at ispwest.com Wed May 17 15:17:00 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 15:17:00 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Postcard to voters
In-Reply-To: <446A4B41.3080604@ispwest.com>
References: <4464EDC3.5080307@ispwest.com> <446A4B41.3080604@ispwest.com>
Message-ID: <446BA0DC.7060704@ispwest.com>
Thanks to Gerry, Dana, Valerie, and Fred we have put 2000 postcards
in the mail so far. The next mailing session is this evening, starting
around 6 PM. Come on down!
Tian
P.S. After this the next mailing party will be on Saturday, due to
me being very involved with Bike To Work Day tomorrow.
Tian Harter wrote:
>It looks like all the peices will be here this evening. If anybody
>wants to help out I would be very grateful! I'm sure we will be
>working on it today, tomorrow, and maybe longer. Let me know
>if you need directions or anything like that. I'll be buying pizza!
>
>Tian Harter wrote:
>
>
>
>>Next week I plan to do the biggest mailing of my campaign for the Green
>>Party nomination to U. S. Senator. It will be postcards, the front of
>>which will be the "Don't be fuelish. Vote for Tian!" logo I've been
>>spreading around to the left of a mailing label with the voter's address
>>and a butterfly stamp. The back will have the following message:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Dear Green Voter,
>>>
>>> I'm running in the Green Party Primary because I think the
>>>biggest problem facing our country is oil addiction. The litany
>>>of problems it causes include climate change, oil wars,
>>>pollution, our trade deficit and poor health. Peak oil is another
>>>reason we need to stop voting for oil companies at the gas
>>>pump. Since the changes needed to make this happen are
>>>structual and epic, they have to make sense at every level from
>>>the grass roots up. Your vote for Tian Harter in the June 6th
>>>Primary will help me get nominee status, which I will use to
>>>spend the summer and fall working to make breaking our oil
>>>addiction a front burner issue for California.
>>>
>>> Please, vote for Tian Harter in the U. S. Senate Race!
>>>
>>>Sincerely,
>>>
>>>Tian Harter
>>> For more information please visit TianHarter.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Any suggestions on how to make my message more effective
>>would be greatly appreciated. Donations that would help me
>>reach more than the 12,000 voters I can currently afford would
>>be great to!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures from PLAN's vist to the Registrar.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu May 18 12:50:27 2006
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 12:50:27 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Invitation from an Earth Day Participant
Message-ID: <446CD003.4070604@sbcglobal.net>
Another tabling opportunity.
Jim Doyle
It was great to be a part of this event (Earth Day at SJSU).
FYI - I am organizing a Harvest Fair and Exposition at Prusch Farm Park on
Saturday October 7. (www.pruschfarmpark.org
) -
we are looking for vendors (nonprofits are free) and for groups that are
interested in making some much needed cash for your nonprofit selling
food. We also need entertainment - so if any of you are interested or
know of a group or organization that might want to meet up to 5000
people from an under represented area, please get in touch.
Sharon McCray
Daytime telephone: 408-264-9654
FAX: 408-264-3014
From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu May 18 12:54:53 2006
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 12:54:53 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Affordable Housing / Coyote Valley
Message-ID: <446CD10D.5010600@sbcglobal.net>
The city of San Jose is conducting studies and discussions of various
topics for the Coyote Valley.
Here is the notice of next Monday's meeting.
Jim Doyle
Coyote Valley Specific Plan Stakeholders and Interested Parties:
FYI - The next Coyote Valley Specific Plan (CVSP) Task Force Meeting will be
held on Monday, May 22, 2006, in San Jose City Hall, at 200 East Santa Clara
Street, in the Council Wing rooms W118, W119 and W120, from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. The agenda and meeting materials are attached for your review. The
main agenda item is the discussion of the Updated Affordable Housing Program
for Coyote Valley.
Parking is available in the parking garage in the new City Hall. The
entrance to the parking garage is on the 6th Street side of City Hall, just
south of Santa Clara Street. Please enter the parking garage and follow the
directional signs to the Green Parking Areas F and G. Take the elevator up
to the meeting rooms 118, 119 and 120. Parking will be validated at the
meeting.
From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu May 18 13:02:06 2006
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 13:02:06 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] affordable Housing / Coyote Valley (2)
Message-ID: <446CD2BE.3030505@sbcglobal.net>
Oops. Here are links to more info.
Agenda:
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/coyotevalley/agendas/agenda_05-22-06.pdf
Program/Summary Worksheet:
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/coyotevalley/docs/05-22-06_AffordableHousingProgramSummary.pdf
Program Narrative:
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/coyotevalley/docs/05-22-06_AffordableHousingProgramNarrative.pdf
Main page:
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/coyotevalley/
From tnharter at ispwest.com Thu May 18 14:51:42 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 14:51:42 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Postcard to voters
In-Reply-To: <446BA0DC.7060704@ispwest.com>
References: <4464EDC3.5080307@ispwest.com> <446A4B41.3080604@ispwest.com>
<446BA0DC.7060704@ispwest.com>
Message-ID: <446CEC6E.2070100@ispwest.com>
Thanks to Susan, Pam, Julie, Cameron, and Bob we put another
1900 postcards in the mail late last night. Everyone is invited to
drop by and help on Saturday, sometime between 11 AM and
when we are done, which will be late, if we manage to get it done.
I'm buying lunch, if that helps you decide...
Tian
Tian Harter wrote:
>Thanks to Gerry, Dana, Valerie, and Fred we have put 2000 postcards
>in the mail so far. The next mailing session is this evening, starting
>around 6 PM. Come on down!
>
>Tian
>P.S. After this the next mailing party will be on Saturday, due to
>me being very involved with Bike To Work Day tomorrow.
>
>Tian Harter wrote:
>
>
>
>>It looks like all the peices will be here this evening. If anybody
>>wants to help out I would be very grateful! I'm sure we will be
>>working on it today, tomorrow, and maybe longer. Let me know
>>if you need directions or anything like that. I'll be buying pizza!
>>
>>Tian Harter wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Next week I plan to do the biggest mailing of my campaign for the Green
>>>Party nomination to U. S. Senator. It will be postcards, the front of
>>>which will be the "Don't be fuelish. Vote for Tian!" logo I've been
>>>spreading around to the left of a mailing label with the voter's address
>>>and a butterfly stamp. The back will have the following message:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dear Green Voter,
>>>>
>>>> I'm running in the Green Party Primary because I think the
>>>>biggest problem facing our country is oil addiction. The litany
>>>>of problems it causes include climate change, oil wars,
>>>>pollution, our trade deficit and poor health. Peak oil is another
>>>>reason we need to stop voting for oil companies at the gas
>>>>pump. Since the changes needed to make this happen are
>>>>structual and epic, they have to make sense at every level from
>>>>the grass roots up. Your vote for Tian Harter in the June 6th
>>>>Primary will help me get nominee status, which I will use to
>>>>spend the summer and fall working to make breaking our oil
>>>>addiction a front burner issue for California.
>>>>
>>>> Please, vote for Tian Harter in the U. S. Senate Race!
>>>>
>>>>Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>>Tian Harter
>>>> For more information please visit TianHarter.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Any suggestions on how to make my message more effective
>>>would be greatly appreciated. Donations that would help me
>>>reach more than the 12,000 voters I can currently afford would
>>>be great to!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures from PLAN's vist to the Registrar.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri May 19 12:06:20 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 12:06:20 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] [GPCA Official Notice] GPCA County poll:
Impeachment Resolution
Message-ID: <446E172C.1050009@earthlink.net>
The state is polling the counties on a proposed impeachment
resolution. It is similar, but not the same, as the one we
passed.
Gerry
-------- Original Message --------
This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List. For more
information, or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do
not hit reply. Follow the contact directions listed at the end of the
email.
GPCA active counties,
This polling of GPCA's active counties is to determine if the GPCA
can take a positive stance on the attached Impeachment Resolution.
This email contains 3 sections:
1. Purpose and background of this poll
2. Polling instructions
3. The proposal: Impeachment Resolution
SUBJECT
GPCA polling of the counties on the Resolution to proceed with the
Impeachment of George W. Bush, President of the United States, and
designated members of his cabinet and administration.
PURPOSE
-To initiate GPCA action on the impeachment issue while it's at the
top of the national agenda, rather than to act 'after the fact'.
-To bring this proposal directly to a wider grass roots audience of
Green county organizations, limiting the need for extensive floor time
at the next General Assembly.
BACKGROUND
-This issue has demonstrated support as evidenced by 5 GPCA counties
independently endorsing similar impeachment resolution[s].
-The GPCA has the opportunity to act in a relevant and timely
fashion. Other organizations, including other state Green Parties,
the Peace and Freedom Party, have passed impeachment resolutions,
attracting valuable publicity to themselves. Prompt considerations
help to amplify GPCA's presence and news worthiness during this
election cycle
- Other progressive entities are considering weaker statements. It
is important for the GPCA to establish itself as the preeminent
alternative party in CA with a clear stand on this issue. It is
important to demand an even higher standard of governmental
accountability at a time when the impeachment issue is gaining in
national prominence.
PROCESS
Please provide the Poll Coordinators with vote results, on or before
deadline (6/20 AT 10:00pm), from your county in the following form.
"Yes," "No," or "Abstain"
PLEASE SUBMIT VOTES IN THE AMOUNT ALLOTTED TO YOUR COUNTY AT THE LAST
PLENARY. For example, if your county had 2 delegates to the Yolo
General Assembly, you would submit 2 votes in any combination of
positions on the proposal. Votes from counties with more than one
delegate vote need not be unanimous. Counties with only one delegate
will be allowed to split their single vote, but such counties are
encouraged to attempt to cast a whole number vote if possible.
Your county should rely on it's own internal processes to determine its
vote(s). To find out how many delegate votes your county has, please
check the last page of the Yolo plenary packet at this address:
http://www.cagreens.org/plenary/archives/minutes/delegates_0512.html
Any county activated after the 'Yolo delegate list' was published, does
receive
its delegate vote(s). Those delegates are added as:
Delegate/vote #101, #102, etc. Reference GPCA bylaw 4-2.2d).
This poll utilizes GPCA's standard initiative polling process which
calls for a 50% quorum of active counties participating (16 of 38),
and a threshold of 80% for passage.
TIMELINE
THE VOTING PERIOD BEGINS ON: Sunday 5/21/06 AT 10:00 P.M.,
AND ENDS ON: Tuesday 6/20/06- 30 full days] AT 10:00 P.M.
Votes received after the closing date and time will be noted
in the results, but not counted.
Submit all votes to both the following email addresses:
Matthew Leslie
mrl at greens.org
714.401.0168
Michael Borenstein
thebor at greens.org
530.620.6659
++++++++++++++++++++++
Appended proposal
++++++++++++++++++++++
IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION PROPOSAL-
Sponsor: GPCA-CC, as amended from the GROW/GP Nevada County proposal.
Contact information:
Michael Borenstein, 530.620.6659,
Kent Smith, PH# on request, kentwsmith at yahoo.com
Subject:
Impeachment of President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense,
Attorney General.
Background and purpose:
The governance of our country has entered an era where it has become
debilitating to:
-The worldwide reputation of its citizenry,
-Hopeful prospects of building world peace,
-Prospects of material and social resources worldwide being used equally
for the
betterment of all lives of all living things on earth.
Whereas goals and values of Green Parties worldwide yearn to reverse these
debilitating factors within governments and social structures. We purpose to
energize this reversal through the legal means of impeaching those
facilitating these debilitating factors. The GPCA may join this
worldwide effort
by endorsing this proposal, attached language and actions.
Proposal:
To forward this resolution (included at bottom) through any and all
proper GPCA
channels to proper government and media entities that the GPCA's
opinion is:
That our President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense and Attorney
General have committed high crimes and misdemeanors, and
Therefore, the Green Party of California demands the impeachment and
consequent
removal from office of:
President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary
of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Be it further resolved that the Green Party of California petitions the
House of
Representatives of the U.S. Congress to initiate Impeachment proceedings
against
all four identified officials under the authority given them by
Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution and the duty given them by
their
constitutional oath to ?preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.?
Be it further resolved that copies of this Resolution be sent to our
Congressional representatives and to all members of the House Judiciary
Committee.
Timeline:
Immediately, and/or as soon as proper letters, releases and
notifications can be most accurately drafted an delivered.
Resources:
GROW, GPCA-CC, Media SC volunteer time, Between $100 and $300 for
printing and postage.
+++++++ RESOLUTION +++++++
A RESOLUTION OF THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA in defense of the
Constitution of
the United States, demanding the impeachment of George W. Bush,
Richard B. Cheney, and two complicit associates.
Whereas the Declaration of Independence declares securing ?unalienable Rights?
including ?Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness? to be the
purpose of government, and
Whereas the Constitution of the United States establishes the firm
foundation
for our rule of law, and its Bill of Rights provides for the precious
individual
rights and freedoms guaranteed to all American citizens, and
Whereas, in the conduct of their offices, President George W. Bush,
Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld,
and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, in violation of their
constitutional oaths to ?preserve, protect and defend the Constitution? and to
?take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,? have committed any or all of
the following ?high Crimes and Misdemeanors?:
I. WARRANTLESS SEARCHES:
Ordering the National Security Agency to conduct secret, warrantless
searches
and seizures of the private personal communications of American citizens,
without oversight by the legislative or judicial branches of the
government, in
violation of the 4th Amendment of the Constitution and the Foreign
Intelligence
Surveillance Act of the Congress (FISA 1978);
II. TORTURE:
Authorizing and permitting torture against human beings, in violation of the
Geneva Conventions (1864-1949) and the United Nations? Convention against
Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
(1985);
III. INDEFINITE DETENTION:
Depriving both American citizens and non- citizens of their constitutionally
guaranteed rights regarding unjust imprisonment and speedy and public
trial, in
violation of their rights to guaranteed liberty and due process of law
in the
5th and 6th Amendments;
IV. WAR OF AGGRESSION:
Launching an illegal, unjust, and undeclared war against the sovereign
state of
Iraq, in violation of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution and
Chapters 1,
6, and 7 of the Charter of the United Nations (1945);
V. USE OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS:
Authorizing the use of illegal chemical and radioactive weapons in military
campaigns, notably white phosphorous and depleted uranium in Iraq, in
violation
of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948);
VI. DELIBERATE DECEPTIONS:
Repeatedly, consciously, and with forethought, lying to the American
people and
the U.S. Congress by providing false and deceptive rationales for an
unjustified
and illegal war in Iraq; covering up the truth about the 9-11 attacks,
namely,
that the Bush administration, at a minimum, had foreknowledge of the
attacks and
intentionally failed to prevent them, and at worst, were complicit in the
attacks themselves, creating the myth of Al Qaeda as a pretext for
starting a
war "that will not end in our lifetimes", the so-called "War on Terror";
VII. ATTACKING CIVILIANS:
Authorizing, ordering, and condoning direct military attacks on
civilians and
civilian homes and communities, thereby causing massive death, maiming, and
destruction in Iraq, in violation of Article 3 of the Universal
Declaration of
Human Rights;
VIII. VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL TREATIES:
Violating and unilaterally abrogating lawful signatory treaties, such as the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972) between the United States and
Russia, the
Treaty of Rome (1950) establishing the International Criminal Court,
and the
Geneva Conventions providing for humane treatment of combatants and
civilians,
in violation of Article VI of the Constitution acknowledging these
treaties to
be ?the Supreme Law of the Land.?
IX. TREASON:
Betrayal and disclosure of identifying information of a CIA agent and
the
operational cover by White House officials caused significant damage to
U.S. national security thereby giving aid and comfort to the enemy in
violation of USC Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 37 ? 793 , ? 794, and the
Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982.
_______________________________________________
contacts2 mailing list
contacts2 at marla.cagreens.org
http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/contacts2
_______________________________________________
Sclara-cc mailing list
Sclara-cc at marla.cagreens.org
http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sclara-cc
From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Fri May 19 23:07:21 2006
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 23:07:21 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] monthly meeting
Message-ID: <446EB219.2020403@sbcglobal.net>
Special Notice
We are changing the date and place of our monthly meeting.
Effective June 1, 2006 we will meet on the first Thursday of the month
at the San Jose Peace Center at 7:30 pm with informal discussions at
6:30 pm.
The San Jose Peace Center is at 48 South 7-th Street in San Jose between
Santa Clara and San Fernando Streets.
Bus Routes 22, 64,81, 522 serve Santa Clara Street and bus route 65 ends
on 7-th Street diagonally across form the Peace Center.
There is free parking after 6 pm in the parking garage at the corner of
4-th and San Fernando.
Thus our next monthly meeting will be Thursday June 1-st.
From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sat May 20 10:19:29 2006
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 10:19:29 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Moffett Field Cleanup
Message-ID: <446F4FA1.2040905@sbcglobal.net>
The US Navy is hosting a pulic meeting on the Engineering Evaluation
Cost Analysis (EE/CA) for Moffett Field Hangar 1
Tuesday May 23
with an open house from 5 to 6:45 pm
and the public meeting from 7 to 9 pm.
Oral and written comments will be accepted at the open meeting..
Location: Former NAS Moffett Field
Building 943 (just before the main gate on Nasa Parkway)
From Moffett Boulevard, turn right onto Nasa Parkway
(which puts you in front of Building 943)
and almost immediately another right to the parking area.
The "EE/CA" is available at the Mountain View Public Library.
From tnharter at ispwest.com Sat May 20 11:01:02 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 11:01:02 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Come on down to the Mailing Party at Tians!
Message-ID: <446F595E.3010106@ispwest.com>
There are so many units to this mailing that all help is appreciated.
If whatever you were going to do today (Saturday) is rained out,
come help me with my campaign mailing. Please.
Call me if you have any questions. 650 964-6481
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
The conductor said CalTrain can take 1200 people the 80 miles from
Gilroy to San Francisco on 200 gallons of fuel. That's 480 passenger
miles per gallon. The best I remember geting from a car is 160 PMPG.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From tnharter at ispwest.com Sun May 21 01:46:56 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 01:46:56 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Postcard to voters
In-Reply-To: <446CEC6E.2070100@ispwest.com>
References: <4464EDC3.5080307@ispwest.com>
<446A4B41.3080604@ispwest.com> <446BA0DC.7060704@ispwest.com>
<446CEC6E.2070100@ispwest.com>
Message-ID: <44702900.8070009@ispwest.com>
Thanks to Jean, Bob, and Valerie we put another 2600 postcards
in the mail this evening. Anyone that has time this afternoon
(Starting around 2 PM) and would like to help is invited to drop by!
Tian
Tian Harter wrote:
>Thanks to Susan, Pam, Julie, Cameron, and Bob we put another
>1900 postcards in the mail late last night. Everyone is invited to
>drop by and help on Saturday, sometime between 11 AM and
>when we are done, which will be late, if we manage to get it done.
>
>I'm buying lunch, if that helps you decide...
>
>Tian
>
>Tian Harter wrote:
>
>
>
>>Thanks to Gerry, Dana, Valerie, and Fred we have put 2000 postcards
>>in the mail so far. The next mailing session is this evening, starting
>>around 6 PM. Come on down!
>>
>>Tian
>>P.S. After this the next mailing party will be on Saturday, due to
>>me being very involved with Bike To Work Day tomorrow.
>>
>>Tian Harter wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>It looks like all the peices will be here this evening. If anybody
>>>wants to help out I would be very grateful! I'm sure we will be
>>>working on it today, tomorrow, and maybe longer. Let me know
>>>if you need directions or anything like that. I'll be buying pizza!
>>>
>>>Tian Harter wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Next week I plan to do the biggest mailing of my campaign for the Green
>>>>Party nomination to U. S. Senator. It will be postcards, the front of
>>>>which will be the "Don't be fuelish. Vote for Tian!" logo I've been
>>>>spreading around to the left of a mailing label with the voter's address
>>>>and a butterfly stamp. The back will have the following message:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Dear Green Voter,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm running in the Green Party Primary because I think the
>>>>>biggest problem facing our country is oil addiction. The litany
>>>>>of problems it causes include climate change, oil wars,
>>>>>pollution, our trade deficit and poor health. Peak oil is another
>>>>>reason we need to stop voting for oil companies at the gas
>>>>>pump. Since the changes needed to make this happen are
>>>>>structual and epic, they have to make sense at every level from
>>>>>the grass roots up. Your vote for Tian Harter in the June 6th
>>>>>Primary will help me get nominee status, which I will use to
>>>>>spend the summer and fall working to make breaking our oil
>>>>>addiction a front burner issue for California.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please, vote for Tian Harter in the U. S. Senate Race!
>>>>>
>>>>>Sincerely,
>>>>>
>>>>>Tian Harter
>>>>> For more information please visit TianHarter.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Any suggestions on how to make my message more effective
>>>>would be greatly appreciated. Donations that would help me
>>>>reach more than the 12,000 voters I can currently afford would
>>>>be great to!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
The conductor said CalTrain can take 1200 people the 80 miles from
Gilroy to San Francisco on 200 gallons of fuel. That's 480 passenger
miles per gallon. The best I remember geting from a car is 160 PMPG.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From tnharter at ispwest.com Mon May 22 00:09:40 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 00:09:40 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Postcard to voters
In-Reply-To: <44702900.8070009@ispwest.com>
References: <4464EDC3.5080307@ispwest.com> <446A4B41.3080604@ispwest.com> <446BA0DC.7060704@ispwest.com> <446CEC6E.2070100@ispwest.com>
<44702900.8070009@ispwest.com>
Message-ID: <447163B4.6080308@ispwest.com>
Thanks to Vi and Valerie we put another 2400 postcards in the
mail this evening. At the moment there are 1900 stamps left.
It would be great to put them all in the mail on Tuesday evening.
I can't work on this project tomorrow evening...
The next (and hopefully last) mailing party will be Tuesday evening...
Tian
Tian Harter wrote:
>Thanks to Jean, Bob, and Valerie we put another 2600 postcards
>in the mail this evening. Anyone that has time this afternoon
>(Starting around 2 PM) and would like to help is invited to drop by!
>
>Tian
>
>Tian Harter wrote:
>
>
>
>>Thanks to Susan, Pam, Julie, Cameron, and Bob we put another
>>1900 postcards in the mail late last night. Everyone is invited to
>>drop by and help on Saturday, sometime between 11 AM and
>>when we are done, which will be late, if we manage to get it done.
>>
>>I'm buying lunch, if that helps you decide...
>>
>>Tian
>>
>>Tian Harter wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Thanks to Gerry, Dana, Valerie, and Fred we have put 2000 postcards
>>>in the mail so far. The next mailing session is this evening, starting
>>>around 6 PM. Come on down!
>>>
>>>Tian
>>>P.S. After this the next mailing party will be on Saturday, due to
>>>me being very involved with Bike To Work Day tomorrow.
>>>
>>>Tian Harter wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>It looks like all the peices will be here this evening. If anybody
>>>>wants to help out I would be very grateful! I'm sure we will be
>>>>working on it today, tomorrow, and maybe longer. Let me know
>>>>if you need directions or anything like that. I'll be buying pizza!
>>>>
>>>>Tian Harter wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Next week I plan to do the biggest mailing of my campaign for the Green
>>>>>Party nomination to U. S. Senator. It will be postcards, the front of
>>>>>which will be the "Don't be fuelish. Vote for Tian!" logo I've been
>>>>>spreading around to the left of a mailing label with the voter's address
>>>>>and a butterfly stamp. The back will have the following message:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Dear Green Voter,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm running in the Green Party Primary because I think the
>>>>>>biggest problem facing our country is oil addiction. The litany
>>>>>>of problems it causes include climate change, oil wars,
>>>>>>pollution, our trade deficit and poor health. Peak oil is another
>>>>>>reason we need to stop voting for oil companies at the gas
>>>>>>pump. Since the changes needed to make this happen are
>>>>>>structual and epic, they have to make sense at every level from
>>>>>>the grass roots up. Your vote for Tian Harter in the June 6th
>>>>>>Primary will help me get nominee status, which I will use to
>>>>>>spend the summer and fall working to make breaking our oil
>>>>>>addiction a front burner issue for California.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Please, vote for Tian Harter in the U. S. Senate Race!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Sincerely,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Tian Harter
>>>>>> For more information please visit TianHarter.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>Any suggestions on how to make my message more effective
>>>>>would be greatly appreciated. Donations that would help me
>>>>>reach more than the 12,000 voters I can currently afford would
>>>>>be great to!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
The conductor said CalTrain can take 1200 people the 80 miles from
Gilroy to San Francisco on 200 gallons of fuel. That's 480 passenger
miles per gallon. The best I remember geting from a car is 160 PMPG.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From wrolley at charter.net Mon May 22 14:23:39 2006
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 14:23:39 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Pounding Pomob to a Pulp.
Message-ID: <44722BDB.8020109@charter.net>
Sorry for the Subject Line. I forgot about the non-violence in our 10 KV.
But, after reading this, I hope you all know why I have been working so
hard against Pomob and why the impeachment resolution for Dick Cheney is
so important.
What I do not understand is how the religious right can still allow
themselves to be used by this coven of devils. If there were ever a
group of people who should be stood up in front of the Church house and
pilloried, this is it.
I know one of the people who did the basic research behind these
accusations and I can attest to the fact that the vetting was thorough.
Wes
__
May 22, 2006
To: The Press
From: Pete McCloskey, Republican Candidate for Congress
Dear Journalist,
Enclosed are some questions I hope you will address to the Vice
President and Richard Pombo on Monday, May 22nd.
I will hold a press conference at 2 PM on May 22nd at the Hunter Plaza
in Downtown Stockton on East Main Street, at which time I will furnish
you with an indexed set of documents and evidence supporting many of
these questions.
Thank you for your service to the public.
Sincerely,
Pete McCloskey
For information contact:
Rob Caughlan
209.463.1200
*Request to the Press from Pete McCloskey
Republican Candidate for the 11th District of California*
In view of Vice President Cheney's visit to Stockton tomorrow (May 22nd)
for the fund raising affair hosted by Alex Grupe, Alexander Spanos and
other developers for Congressman Pombo, I hope you will consider
directing the attached questions to the principals involved.
During the current campaign for Congress in the 11th District, you have
noted Mr. Pombo's unwillingness to participate in a head-to-head debate
with me and his refusal to answer pointed questions at the single forum
where he appeared with me and his other Republican opponent a week ago
in his home town of Tracy.
I believe that the reason for his refusal to debate is the danger he
would have to answer questions about his relationships with the three
men who have recently pled guilty to conspiracy to bribe Members of
Congress. These men are Jack Abramoff, Tony Rudy, and Neil Volz, all
three of whom have given money to Pombo, as has John Doolittle's former
staffer Kevin Ring. Ring has taken the 5th Amendment rather than answer
questions from Senator John McCain about his relationship with Abramoff.
I will hold a press conference at the Hunter Plaza in Downtown Stockton
on Monday, May 22nd, at 2:00 p.m. to provide you with a great deal of
new information which has come to light, particularly with respect to
Pombo's willful inaction in regard to the continued forced abortions,
prostitution and the exploitation of young women in the Marianas Islands
as discussed in the recent issue of Ms. Magazine.
In the spirit of the New York Times courage in 1971 in publishing the
Pentagon Papers under threat of federal prosecution, followed by the
courage of Washington Post reporters Woodward and Bernstein in
challenging President Nixon's attempted coverup of the Watergate
break-in, I suggest the press ask following questions of Mr. Pombo, and
Mr.Cheney.
*Questions to Congressman Richard Pombo:*
1. When did you first become aware of the forced abortions, prostitution
and exploitation of young women from the Philippines, China and other
Pacific Rim nations in the Marianas Islands?
2. Why have you done nothing to investigate and address the Marianas'
problems with forced abortions as described to the Senate by Secretary
of Interior Babbitt in l998?
3. Have you ever discussed the Marianas situation with any of the men
(Jack Abramoff, Neil Volz and Tony Rudy) who have now pled guilty of
bribing or conspiring to bribe Members of Congress?
4. Were you ever asked by Mr. Abramoff or former majority leader Tom
DeLay to hold up or block the passage of any legislation which would
apply US labor and immigration laws to the Marianas? Have you ever
assisted in helping to secure "earmarks" for any project in the Marianas?
5. Have you ever discussed the Marianas or Indian gaming issues with
Kevin Ring?
6. Can you explain why you have declined to hold investigative hearings
about Jack Abramoff's lobbying efforts with respect to Indian gaming or
the forced abortions, prostitution and exploitation of women in the
Marianas?
7. Do you feel that your constituents are entitled to full and fair
answers to the foregoing questions, particularly prior to an election in
which you seek to retain your seat in Congress?
8. Why did you vote for the rule excluding from a "yes" or "no" vote on
the Shays Amendment providing for an independent House ethics agency?
*Questions To Vice President Cheney:*
Regarding the House of Representatives
1. As a former Member of the House of Representatives, are you concerned
about the failure of the Republican leadership in the House to pass a
meaningful lobbying reform bill earlier this month?
2. Are you concerned over the failure of the House Ethics Committee
during the past 16 months to investigate any of the alleged ethics
violations by Members of the House who received moneys from the three
men (Abramoff, Rudy and Volz) who now have pled guilty to conspiracy to
bribe Members of the House?
3. Do you believe that Congressman Pombo's use of the franking privilege
to send out mailers just before the 2004 election promoting the Bush
policy on snowmobiles in national parks was a breach of ethics?
4. Do you believe Congressman Pombo's charging to the public a vacation
trip with his family to four National Parks in 2003 was breach of ethics?
5. Do you agree with the House Republican leadership's position in
refusing to allow a vote on the Shays amendment to create an independent
House ethics committee?
Regarding Valerie Plame
6. In view of the evidence recently disclosed of your contemporaneous
handwritten notes on the New York Times article written by Ambassador
Wilson on the Niger yellowcake matter, do you now feel your office
should have immediately gone public with a rebuttal to the Ambassador's
views rather than surreptitiously leaking to the press the covert CIA
status of his wife Valeria Plame?
With Respect to Jack Abramoff
(Jack Abramoff was a Pioneer in 2000, raising over $l00,000 for
President Bush's campaign.)
7. Billing records obtained under a FOIA request showed Jack Abramoff
billed for 200 meetings between himself or his associates and Bush
Administration officials on matters concerning the Marianas Island
during your first ten months in office in 2001. Can you describe in
general terms what Mr. Abramoff was seeking to achieve? Did you
personally ever meet with Mr. Abramoff, or any of his other clients
engaged in business there, to discuss labor conditions, immigration
laws, or providing financial assistance to the Marianas Islands?
8. Could you please describe for us the role, if any, that Ms. Susan
Ralston, a White House employee and former associate of Mr. Abramoff,
played in any interactions between the White House, Mr. Abramoff's
lobbying team, and the Office of Insular Affairs at the US Department of
the Interior specifically related to Mr. Abramoff's Marianas Islands
clients?
9. Were the Marianas Islands and the problems of the Saipan Garment
Manufacturers Association discussed at the meeting between President
Bush and Jack Abramoff that reportedly occurred on August 9th 2003, at a
fund-raiser held at the Broken Spoke Ranch near the Bush compound in
Crawford Texas?
10. Why has the Bush Administration refused to appoint an independent
Special Prosecutor to investigate Abramoff's bribing and lobbying
efforts with Members of Congress and high officials such as David Safavian?
--
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente
Wes Rolley
17211 Quail Court, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
http://www.refpub.com/ -- Tel: 408.778.3024
From tnharter at ispwest.com Wed May 24 00:25:49 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 00:25:49 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Postcard to voters
In-Reply-To: <447163B4.6080308@ispwest.com>
References: <4464EDC3.5080307@ispwest.com> <446A4B41.3080604@ispwest.com> <446BA0DC.7060704@ispwest.com> <446CEC6E.2070100@ispwest.com> <44702900.8070009@ispwest.com>
<447163B4.6080308@ispwest.com>
Message-ID: <44740A7D.8090400@ispwest.com>
Thanks to Brian Valerie, Bob, and I the last of the postcards
have been put in the mail. Thanks to everyone that helped!
Tian
Tian Harter wrote:
>Thanks to Vi and Valerie we put another 2400 postcards in the
>mail this evening. At the moment there are 1900 stamps left.
>It would be great to put them all in the mail on Tuesday evening.
>I can't work on this project tomorrow evening...
>
>The next (and hopefully last) mailing party will be Tuesday evening...
>
>Tian
>
>Tian Harter wrote:
>
>
>
>>Thanks to Jean, Bob, and Valerie we put another 2600 postcards
>>in the mail this evening. Anyone that has time this afternoon
>>(Starting around 2 PM) and would like to help is invited to drop by!
>>
>>Tian
>>
>>Tian Harter wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Thanks to Susan, Pam, Julie, Cameron, and Bob we put another
>>>1900 postcards in the mail late last night. Everyone is invited to
>>>drop by and help on Saturday, sometime between 11 AM and
>>>when we are done, which will be late, if we manage to get it done.
>>>
>>>I'm buying lunch, if that helps you decide...
>>>
>>>Tian
>>>
>>>Tian Harter wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Thanks to Gerry, Dana, Valerie, and Fred we have put 2000 postcards
>>>>in the mail so far. The next mailing session is this evening, starting
>>>>around 6 PM. Come on down!
>>>>
>>>>Tian
>>>>P.S. After this the next mailing party will be on Saturday, due to
>>>>me being very involved with Bike To Work Day tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>>Tian Harter wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>It looks like all the peices will be here this evening. If anybody
>>>>>wants to help out I would be very grateful! I'm sure we will be
>>>>>working on it today, tomorrow, and maybe longer. Let me know
>>>>>if you need directions or anything like that. I'll be buying pizza!
>>>>>
>>>>>Tian Harter wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Next week I plan to do the biggest mailing of my campaign for the Green
>>>>>>Party nomination to U. S. Senator. It will be postcards, the front of
>>>>>>which will be the "Don't be fuelish. Vote for Tian!" logo I've been
>>>>>>spreading around to the left of a mailing label with the voter's address
>>>>>>and a butterfly stamp. The back will have the following message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Dear Green Voter,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I'm running in the Green Party Primary because I think the
>>>>>>>biggest problem facing our country is oil addiction. The litany
>>>>>>>of problems it causes include climate change, oil wars,
>>>>>>>pollution, our trade deficit and poor health. Peak oil is another
>>>>>>>reason we need to stop voting for oil companies at the gas
>>>>>>>pump. Since the changes needed to make this happen are
>>>>>>>structual and epic, they have to make sense at every level from
>>>>>>>the grass roots up. Your vote for Tian Harter in the June 6th
>>>>>>>Primary will help me get nominee status, which I will use to
>>>>>>>spend the summer and fall working to make breaking our oil
>>>>>>>addiction a front burner issue for California.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Please, vote for Tian Harter in the U. S. Senate Race!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Sincerely,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Tian Harter
>>>>>>> For more information please visit TianHarter.org
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any suggestions on how to make my message more effective
>>>>>>would be greatly appreciated. Donations that would help me
>>>>>>reach more than the 12,000 voters I can currently afford would
>>>>>>be great to!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
The conductor said CalTrain can take 1200 people the 80 miles from
Gilroy to San Francisco on 200 gallons of fuel. That's 480 passenger
miles per gallon. The best I remember geting from a car is 160 PMPG.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed May 24 12:02:24 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 12:02:24 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Request for Agenda Items
Message-ID: <4474ADC0.3090605@earthlink.net>
Please submit your agenda items for Thursday June 1st's meeting.
Deadline for submissions is Sunday 5/28.
I would appreciate it if you would include time estimate(s)
and presenter(s).
Thanks,
Gerry
From wrolley at charter.net Sat May 27 08:25:32 2006
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 08:25:32 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Plenary
Message-ID: <44786F6C.5030303@charter.net>
Through the hard work of the IT Committee, including especially Cameron
(that I know of), there is a new "experimental discussion space" set up
for the plenary. It has a copy of the agenda, a listing of all of the
proposals before the plenary for decisions. And, it has the space where
all of us can giver input and express our opinions on the proposals
before the plenary takes place.
You can find this at http://spr06ga.cagreens.org/ A direct link to the
forums is http://spr06ga.cagreens.org/?q=forum
The presentation of material here is much easier to deal with than at
http://www.cagreens.org/plenary/packet/
On a few of the proposals, there is now some substantive discussion on
the proposal and even the nuances of wording in the proposals, in
particular those that would change the bylaws of the GPCA.
I hope that everyone can join in here, at least to read the material.
This is one way that we can *all* be involved in shaping the future of
our party, of California, of this nation.
If you don't join in now, you don't get to whine later.
--
"Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" Roberto Clemente
Wes Rolley
17211 Quail Court, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
http://www.refpub.com/ -- Tel: 408.778.3024
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
From patgray.green at sbcglobal.net Sat May 27 09:48:36 2006
From: patgray.green at sbcglobal.net (Pat Gray)
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 09:48:36 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Regional meeting June 10
Message-ID: <019201c681ad$69ead200$4001a8c0@Patsputer>
At your monthly meeting will you please discuss an agenda for our regional meeting? San Mateo County would like to discuss the job specs for our Regional Representative and alternate. We would like to discuss how to hold the election for these positions to maximize grassroots democracy. We would also like to write out our informal agreements to have the alternate be from the county that doesn't have the Rep. We are also concerned about gender balance.
Jean and Arlen Comfort are offer their home in Menlo Park on Saturday afternoon June 10.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sat May 27 17:11:16 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 17:11:16 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Regional meeting June 10
References: <019201c681ad$69ead200$4001a8c0@Patsputer>
Message-ID: <4478EAA4.5070907@earthlink.net>
Pat Gray wrote:
> At your monthly meeting will you please discuss an agenda for our
> regional meeting? San Mateo County would like to discuss the job specs
> for our Regional Representative and alternate. We would like to discuss
> how to hold the election for these positions to maximize grassroots
> democracy. We would also like to write out our informal agreements to
> have the alternate be from the county that doesn't have the Rep. We are
> also concerned about gender balance.
>
>
>
> Jean and Arlen Comfort are offer their home in Menlo Park on Saturday
> afternoon June 10.
>
I will put it on the agenda.
You are welcome to attend the meeting. It will be on June 1.
NOTE: we are moving our meetings to the San Jose Peace Center.
Cameron, can you provide the address and directions?
Gerry
From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Sat May 27 18:18:04 2006
From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 18:18:04 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Plenary
Message-ID:
>Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 08:25:32 -0700
>From: Wes Rolley
>User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716)
>To: Green Discuss
>Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Plenary
>Through the hard work of the IT Committee, including especially Cameron
>(that I know of), there is a new "experimental discussion space" set up
>for the plenary. It has a copy of the agenda, a listing of all of the
>proposals before the plenary for decisions. And, it has the space where
>all of us can giver input and express our opinions on the proposals
>before the plenary takes place.
>You can find this at http://spr06ga.cagreens.org/ A direct link to the
>forums is http://spr06ga.cagreens.org/?q=forum
>
Actually, spr06ga.cagreens.org is hosted on Hugh Esco's
computer on a cable TV connection in British Columbia.
It's a test Drupal installation. I'm working with Hugh
on other projects, but that one was a contract
let to him by the LA Greens. I didn't charge any time to it.
Hugh and I are going to try to pay part of our rent with
these contracts. Kind of a strange start-up.
Cameron
From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Sun May 28 12:10:26 2006
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 12:10:26 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] directions to meeting
Message-ID: <4479F5A2.9020407@sbcglobal.net>
from
http://www.cagreens.org/sclara/
Special Notice
We are changing the date and place of our monthly meeting.
Effective June 1, 2006 we will meet on the first Thursday of the month
at the San Jose Peace Center at 7:30 pm with informal discussions at
6:30 pm.
The San Jose Peace Center is at 48 South 7-th Street in San Jose between
Santa Clara and San Fernando Streets.
Bus Routes 22, 64,81, 522 serve Santa Clara Street and bus route 65 ends
on 7-th Street diagonally across form the Peace Center.
There is free parking after 6 pm in the parking garage at the corner of
4-th and San Fernando.
Thus our next monthly meeting will be Thursday June 1-st.
From andid at cagreens.org Sun May 28 15:54:22 2006
From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey)
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 15:54:22 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Invitation from an Earth Day Participant
In-Reply-To: <446CD003.4070604@sbcglobal.net>
References: <446CD003.4070604@sbcglobal.net>
Message-ID: <7FE1CD7B-BEBA-46E4-AC75-C61CB8EEEC53@cagreens.org>
Jim,
Sharon McCray is a wonderful organic Master Gardener who is at Emma
Prusch Farm Park often. I've interviewed her on grafting trees and
roses and found her to be a caring organic gardener.
I think that this would be a wonderful play to be on October 7th. If
I am still ambulatory and not in pain, I would enjoy tabling there.
Andrea
On May 18, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Jim Doyle wrote:
> Another tabling opportunity.
> Jim Doyle
>
> It was great to be a part of this event (Earth Day at SJSU).
>
> FYI - I am organizing a Harvest Fair and Exposition at Prusch Farm
> Park on
> Saturday October 7. (www.pruschfarmpark.org
> ) -
> we are looking for vendors (nonprofits are free) and for groups
> that are
> interested in making some much needed cash for your nonprofit selling
> food. We also need entertainment - so if any of you are interested or
> know of a group or organization that might want to meet up to 5000
> people from an under represented area, please get in touch.
>
> Sharon McCray
> Daytime telephone: 408-264-9654
> FAX: 408-264-3014
>
> _______________________________________________
> sosfbay-discuss mailing list
> sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org
> http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
>
From WB4D23 at aol.com Sun May 28 17:59:57 2006
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 20:59:57 EDT
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: [GPCA Official Notice] GREEN PARTY: Moorpark
Plenary -- Proposals Packet
Message-ID: <4a4.38cd17.31aba18d@aol.com>
In a message dated 5/28/06 2:02:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
contacts2 at marla.cagreens.org writes:
This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List. For more information,
or questions related to the topic of the posting, please do not hit reply.
Follow the contact directions listed at the end of the email.
Visit http://www.cagreens.org/plenary for the latest information.
Hi, GPCA Greens!
The Proposal Packet and Schedule for our upcoming Plenary at Moorpark
College in Ventura is now online. Please join us in Ventura on June
24-25, 2006.
This Proposal Packet contains the decision and discussion items for
consideration by the General Assembly.
COMING SOON: The Meetings/Logistics Packet. That's where you'll find
the schedule, plus information on the venue, lodging and transportation.
Please watch your e-mail! You can also check out
http://www.cagreens.org/plenary/packet.html .
Please download both the Proposal and Meeting/Logistics Packets at your
earliest convenience so you can gather input from your locals and
prepare your delegates for this important event.
The site is password protected. Please contact your County Council for
site access information.
QUESTIONS? Please contact the Agenda Committee at
agenda-team at cagreens.org .
See you in Ventura!
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
-------------- next part --------------
An embedded message was scrubbed...
From: WSB3ATTYCA at aol.com
Subject: Fwd: [GPCA Official Notice] GREEN PARTY: Moorpark Plenary -- Proposals Packet
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 20:47:06 EDT
Size: 8608
URL:
From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us Sun May 28 20:09:28 2006
From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 20:09:28 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Regional meeting June 10
Message-ID:
Thursday June 1. San Jose Peace Center is at 48 South Seventh Street
between East Santa Clara St and East San Fernando St.
There's a light rail stop southbound on Second.
There are a few parking spaces in back of the Peace Center
but that's always full when there's a meeting.
You can lock your bike back there though.
The 22 bus stops at 7th and Santa Clara.
There may be parking between that bus stop and the Peace Center.
It's a "strip mall" with a noodle house, Vietnamese sandwich shop,
and soon a Mexican market.
There's a parking garage at Fourth and San Fernando,
free after 6 pm. Otherwise you're next to San Jose State so
don't expect to find much on-street parking.
There's an interesting Vietnamese place at 348 E Santa Clara
(between 8th and 9th, short blocks), Quang Da.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/TDl9r6B8c7ZQ7UiZ15kMSA
More vegetarian fare than the typical beef noodle shop.
I propose gathering there before the business meeting, around 6:30.
There's also a Good Karma Vegan House at 322 E Santa Clara
which I haven't tried yet.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/lhh0RQP0SRd1YTKwkEKZCg
I usually bike down there or meander down "surface streets"
from 17th and Hedding. Perhaps someone who drives to
east of downtown regularly could give some clever
fuelish directions.
Cameron
>Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 17:11:16 -0700
>From: Gerry Gras
>User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-US;
> rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011126 Netscape6/6.2.1
>To: Pat Gray
>Cc: sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org
>Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Regional meeting June 10
>You are welcome to attend the meeting. It will be on June 1.
>NOTE: we are moving our meetings to the San Jose Peace Center.
>Cameron, can you provide the address and directions?
>Gerry
>_______________________________________________
>sosfbay-discuss mailing list
>sosfbay-discuss at marla.cagreens.org
>http://marla.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss
From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Mon May 29 14:29:44 2006
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 14:29:44 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] directions to peace center
Message-ID: <447B67C8.9060603@sbcglobal.net>
fuelish ways:
280 exit 10-th / 11-th
if from the north, left on 11-th to Santa Clara
if from the south, right on 11-th to Santa Clara
left on Santa Clara
left on 7-th
Caution: do not exit onto 7-th, it doesn't go through.
San Jose State Campus is in the way.
From tnharter at ispwest.com Mon May 29 21:33:54 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 21:33:54 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Want to volunteer to make calls for my campaign?
Message-ID: <447BCB32.4090806@ispwest.com>
There is a week to go before the June 6th election. Friends have
suggested the following script to share with Green voters for my campaign:
>Hi _____, I'm a Green Party volunteer asking you to vote for Tian Harter
>for U.S. Senate in the June 6th primary. Our oil addiction causes global
>warming, wars, pollution, trade deficits, and ill health. Tian says
>"Don't be Fuelish!" Visit T-i-a-n-H-a-r-t-e-r.org (spell out) for more
>information. Thank you for your support!
If you have time and want to do something for my campaign, please
share it with people in your rolodex. If you want a list of names to
call in your zip code, email it to me and I'll dig one up for you.
I'm grateful for all the help I can get. This is a contested primary, and
your support could put me over the top!
Thank you,
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
The conductor said CalTrain can take 1200 people the 80 miles from
Gilroy to San Francisco on 200 gallons of fuel. That's 480 passenger
miles per gallon. The best I remember geting from a car is 160 PMPG.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From tnharter at ispwest.com Tue May 30 11:36:07 2006
From: tnharter at ispwest.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 11:36:07 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Last Saturday in South Central Los Angeles...
Message-ID: <447C9097.10107@ispwest.com>
There was a great time being had during the nearest thing to an all-star
tree sit I've ever seen, with a supporting cast of hundreds.
You can see my pictures of the event at:
http://tian.greens.org/LosAngeles/SouthCentralFarm/index.html
BTW: Fundraising has been going much better than I expected,
so there will be one last mailing party for my campaign Wednesday
evening at my place. It all needs to be in the mail Thursday or
too many postcards won't get there in time. If you are local and you
have time, please consider helping out.
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest addition: Pictures from Julia Butterfly Hill's latest tree sit.
Tian Harter for Senate, P.O. Box 391854, Mtn View CA 94039-1854
http://www.actgreen.com/ <-- Page worth visiting at least once.
From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue May 30 15:27:58 2006
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 15:27:58 -0700
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Proposed Agenda for County Meeting
Message-ID: <447CC6EE.5000608@earthlink.net>
NOTE: New location.
==============================================
Proposed Agenda for County Meeting
Thursday, June 1, 2006
Location:
San Jose Peace Center
48 South 7th Street
(between Santa Clara and San Fernando)
downtown San Jose
http://www.sanjosepeace.org/
6:30 Socializing and Dinner - 7:30 Meeting
(dinner is not provided by the Peace Center,
so bring your own or get it from one of the
nearby restaurants)
-- Preliminary Items --
Choose Facilitator(s), Note-Taker(s), Time Keeper, and
Vibes Watcher(s) (5)
Introductions and Short Announcements (5)
Revise and Affirm Agenda (5)
-- Main Part --
1. Treasurer's Report (5) Adam
2. State Party Business
Plenary Preparation (30)
Plenary is June 24-25
Regional Meeting (June 10) Agenda (Pat Gray)
Regional Rep Election
Delegate Selection
schedule Proposals Discussion Meeting
(Packet available now)
3. Old Business
Tabling (15) (Jim Doyle)
Junior Statesmen
Gay Pride Parade
Fourth of July "weekend" (Su-Tu, 7/2-4)
Buttons
Berryessa Arts and Wine Festival
Fundraising Report (5) Warner?
Get Copy of Registered Voters? (5?) Warner?
Planning Meeting? (5?) Jim D.?
Primary (5?)
4. New Business
Opportunities (5)
Boards and Commissions
other
??
(Total scheduled time: 1 hour, 30 minutes)
-- Future Events --
Next GPSCC meeting Thursday, July 6, 2006
-- Disclaimer --
The items summarized above are agenda suggestions, only. The
actual meeting agenda is affirmed at the meeting by those who are
present. Additionally, the times allotted to agenda items may be
changed during the course of the meeting, and some items may not e
reached during the meeting because of time limits. Persons
receiving this email are invited to make additional suggestions or
corrections regarding potential agenda items, time estimates or
the agenda sequence. Please share this information with
individuals who do not have email.