From tnharter at aceweb.com  Sun Aug  1 00:17:42 2010
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:17:42 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Hike coming up next Saturday!
Message-ID: <4C551F96.7070503@aceweb.com>

Aug 7th I'm planning to go hiking. The likely route is Alum Rock Park.
Starts early afternoonish. Like twoish. We're looking for cowalkers!
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest addition: a writeup on this Union action at the Hyatt.
The green horn fair trade icon is now on an Ohio quarter.


From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Sun Aug  1 18:28:21 2010
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 18:28:21 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] ] Judgment at Nuremberg in Palo Alto Aug 4-6
In-Reply-To: <BAY140-W24FB0DBDD8EDB352C4EAAA9EAD0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY140-W24FB0DBDD8EDB352C4EAAA9EAD0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BAY140-W25BD7BFB5F2C70BC82F1379EAD0@phx.gbl>


http://www.stanfordtheatre.org/stf/calendars/Summer%202010.html


It's the 1961 movie about the Nuremberg war crimes trials, starring Spencer Tracy, 
Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell, Judy Garland, 
Werner Klemperer, William Shatner and Montgomery Clift.  It's an amazing leafleting 
opportunity. Can we get it together in time?   

B


 		 	   		  
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Mon Aug  2 11:00:34 2010
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:00:34 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Article on Afghanistan
Message-ID: <4C5707C2.4080404@earthlink.net>


An article by a journalist "embedded" with the US Army,
about her experience in Afghanistan.

"Here Be Dragons"
     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/02

Gerry




From tnharter at aceweb.com  Tue Aug  3 21:36:19 2010
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:36:19 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] I forgot to post this weeks meeting to the Peace
	Center calendar...
Message-ID: <4C58EE43.8010002@aceweb.com>

...and somebody beat us to the spot.

Any ideas on where to do our meeting?

Agenda ideas include talking about upcoming ballot initiatives
and candidates, plus the other usual stuff and whatever you want
to add.

BTW: I just submitted us for the rest of this year, so we should
have the spot back after this month. That's assuming we get approved.
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest addition: a writeup on this Union action at the Hyatt.
The green horn fair trade icon is now on a Louisiana quarter.


From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us  Wed Aug  4 10:13:35 2010
From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Date: Wed,  4 Aug 2010 10:13:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] I forgot to post this weeks meeting to the Peace
	Center calendar...
Message-ID: <20100804171335.963CF6A98D@truffula.sj.ca.us>


I propose we meet at the City Cafe at Santa Clara and 7th st.  They're
never very busy in the early evening.
And it's close enough that someone can run down and look for stragglers
at 48 S 7th.


-Cameron




From carolineyacoub at att.net  Wed Aug  4 10:21:38 2010
From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub)
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:21:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] I forgot to post this weeks meeting to the Peace
	Center calendar...
In-Reply-To: <20100804171335.963CF6A98D@truffula.sj.ca.us>
References: <20100804171335.963CF6A98D@truffula.sj.ca.us>
Message-ID: <31518.51815.qm@web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Do they have another event this evening? Has anybody talked to Merriam? She has 
a key, doesn't she?
Caroline




________________________________
From: Cameron L. Spitzer <cls at truffula.sj.ca.us>
To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org
Sent: Wed, August 4, 2010 10:13:35 AM
Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] I forgot to post this weeks meeting to the Peace 
Center calendar...


I propose we meet at the City Cafe at Santa Clara and 7th st.? They're
never very busy in the early evening.
And it's close enough that someone can run down and look for stragglers
at 48 S 7th.


-Cameron


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From cls at truffula.sj.ca.us  Wed Aug  4 10:36:12 2010
From: cls at truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Date: Wed,  4 Aug 2010 10:36:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] I forgot to post this weeks meeting to the Peace
	Center calendar...
Message-ID: <20100804173612.AE3386A98D@truffula.sj.ca.us>


I'll bring my keys this time.  Let's meet on the steps out front, and move to City Cafe
if necessary.

-Cameron



From andid at cagreens.org  Wed Aug  4 13:22:46 2010
From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey)
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 13:22:46 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Anaerobic Digestion at Palo Alto Council Meeting URGENT
Message-ID: <389893C8-213A-4170-8CDF-36C102C63508@cagreens.org>

Friends,

Four months ago we successfully convinced the Palo Alto City Council to commission a feasibility study for an anaerobic digestion facility at the City landfill.  We believe this study will find that such a technology would generate enough green energy for 1,400 homes, keep 20,000 tons of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere, and save the City more than $1 million per year - http://www.pagreenenergy.org

But now our victory is being threatened by our opponents who dread the thought of a thorough environmental and cost/benefits analysis.  They're attempting to use a vote to hire the consultant for the feasibility study to kill the process by convincing just one of our supporters to switch his/her vote (it was a 5-4 decision to support the study in April).  If they're successful, the process will be over.

The Council meeting is tomorrow night at 6pm, and the agenda is at http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=23604

Please take a moment ASAP to encourage Council to stay the course and approve the contract for the feasibility study.  You can email all the Council Members at once at city.council at cityofpaloalto.org

Also, if you're able to attend the meeting, it always helps to have supporters in the audience, and speakers are even better.

Thank you for weighing in.

-Peter

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Peter Drekmeier
pdrekmeier at earthlink.net
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From alexcathy at aol.com  Wed Aug  4 15:15:15 2010
From: alexcathy at aol.com (alexcathy at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:15:15 -0400
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] August 4th, Obama's Birthday
Message-ID: <8CD0239A66F19C6-1D04-4839@webmail-m082.sysops.aol.com>


 Dear Friends,

Today is U.S. President Barack Obama's birthday. See below a link to an essay by the diwtinguished African-Amercisnactivist and journalist Bruce Dixon the web site Black Agenda Report that expresses my view better than I could say it myself.Mr. Dixon refers to the listserv for SNCC veterans and supporters thst serveral of my old "Lefty" friends subscribe to.

The U.S.A. is in the gravest political and economic crisis of the last 70 years -- yes, greater than the crises of the1960s that our entire bipartisan elite is so hopelessly "stuck" in.  In this context I am so over the hype about Mr. Obamasbeing "The First Black President."

Alex Walker
Posted on The Black Agenda Report, July 21, 2010.
Tea Partyers, Fox News, "Negativity" Against the President? Are These Really Black America's Most Pressing Problems?
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon 

On July 19, an item popped up on the email listserv of SNCC veterans and supporters.

Like anything on these kinds of mailing lists, it was the opinion of whoever posted it, no more and no less. But it pretty much summed up the current strategic thinking of a lot of what passes for African American political leadership, our black intelligensia and a lot of self-identified activists. It was bright red and in bold typeface several times normal size, and before going out to the triple digit number of subscribers to the SNCC list, it had obviously been forwarded to hundreds more. It went like this, (only much larger):


We call on ALL who support President Obama to take action.  On August 4th, the President's birthday, we ask those who support him to wear any campaign item from the Presidential election as a demonstration of our ongoing support. Bring out your old campaign paraphernalia.

If you don't have caps, buttons or tee shirts, wear a red, white, and blue tri-color ribbon or clothing on August 4th.  If nothing else, this simple demonstration of support for our President will provide a counteraction to the negativity that spews forth daily.  We can do this.  YES WE CAN. YES WE WILL.


Mark Your Calendar for August 4th! Pass the word on...

As far as most of the black leadership class --- most of our pastors, politicians, professors and such tell it, those are our marching orders. On the president's birthday, we're all supposed to break out those old Obama stickers, shirts and hats, and like the citizens of Oz in The Wiz, we'll flaunt red, white and blue on the president's birthday. Thus we will show our united opposition to the flood of racist invective against the president. We will demonstrate that we are Thus black America will demonstrate that we are the president's millions strong shield against the torrents of ?negativity? that issue forth daily from the likes of Fox News and the tea party. That'll show 'em.

Am I the only one who thinks this is just plain dumb? Are the number one problems of black America really the insults and negativity directed at the president by a bunch of crazy people who are not even in power? Are these the times of Shakespeare's Richard III, when the only political yardstick that mattered was whether and how much you did or didn't love the king? Why should Fox News, the tea party, and insults and negativity directed at the president even rank among black America's top ten or twenty problems? And if black America is called upon to make some kind of united political statement in this season of unprecedented joblessness, homelessness, family debt, privatizations and mass incarceration, is flying the red, white and blue to support the president really the most useful thing we can do?

. . .


= = = = = = = =

About Bruce Dixon:

Bruce Dixon is managing editor at Black Agenda Report and based in Atlanta, and will not be wearing red white and blue any time soon. He's a member of the state committee of the GA Green Party. A habitual troublemaker and incorrigible activist, Bruce Dixon has been comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable since 1968.

As a rank and file member of the Black Panther Party in 1969-1970, a 1970s rank-and-file union activist in a string of factories, plants and workplaces, a 1980s community organizer in what were then some of the nation's poorest neighborhoods, to organizing and consulting through the 1990s Dixon has built an impressive record of service in and to the cause of human liberation.

In 2002 he began writing articles for Black Commentator, the predecessor of this publication, and broke the first accurate analyses of the phenomena around the election of Denise Majette over Cynthia McKinney in Georgia that year.As managing editor at BAR Dixon is chiefly responsible for maintaning this web site.  He currently resides in metro Atlanta.



Read the whole essay at:
http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/tea-partyers-fox-news-negativity-against-president-are-these-really-black-americas-most-pres


 


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From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Thu Aug  5 01:18:43 2010
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 01:18:43 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Why We Can't Have Torture Accountability
In-Reply-To: <BAY140-W485F28275D1A1DF45F40E9E900@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY140-W485F28275D1A1DF45F40E9E900@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BAY140-W1024D8181BADB3EABA10C79E900@phx.gbl>











An NBC News analysis says that "more than a quarter of all footnotes in the 
9/11 
Commission Report refer to controversial interrogation techniques," says Juan 
Gonzalez of Democracy Now. 

Message body
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/7/the_9_11_commission_torture_how


Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights, offered this opinion:

"Here you have a report that?s supposed to tell us what actually happened
 in its 
key chapters on the planning of 9/11, what actually happened 
when the people 
came into the country, and you look at those footnotes, 
and they?re based on 
torture. What it has to tell you is to be very, 
very skeptical about a number of 
the conclusions in that report. You 
just can?t rely on evidence of torture. We all 
know that."

Michael Windrem, the NBC news author of the analysis said:

"At least four of them said indeed that they had provided information 
only as a 
result of being tortured. And they used the word ?torture.? 
They did not use 
?enhanced interrogation techniques.? They said 
?torture.? And two of them, as I 
recall, said that they recanted what 
they had said during those interrogations, 
because it was not the truth.
 And Abu Zubaydah, in particular, went into detail 
as to what he had 
said under torture and what he was now recanting."

So there you have it.  An investigation into Bush-era torture can not happen,
because it will destroy the 9/11 Commission Report.  






  		 	   		  

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From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Thu Aug  5 13:59:10 2010
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 13:59:10 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] FW: SB 810 Action Alert
In-Reply-To: <538494014.164444469@wfc.wfcDB.mail.democracyinaction.com>
References: <538494014.164444469@wfc.wfcDB.mail.democracyinaction.com>
Message-ID: <BAY140-W133D8AF9FBA30CD8B7B7C79E900@phx.gbl>



Calling all health care fans.  


Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 16:57:00 -0400
From: dbechler at value.net
To: snug.bug at hotmail.com
Subject: SB 810 Action Alert


    


        Message body
    
    
        
        
            
                
                    
                
                
                    
                    SB 810 Action Alert

                    Please Contact 3 Assembly Members Today
                    On Wednesday, August 4, SB 810, the California Universal Healthcare Act, moved closer to an Assembly floor vote.
                    The Assembly Appropriations Committee voted to move SB 810 into the suspense file  This is a good thing. By Friday, August 13, Assembly leaders must decide to move SB 810 from the suspense file to a floor vote in the Assembly.
                    We need everyone to contact 3 Assembly Members.
                    Please contact the Chair of the Appropriations Committee Felipe Fuentes, Assembly Speaker John Perez, and your Assembly Member. You can find your Assembly Member here.
                    Please encourage legislators to pass SB 810, the California Universal Healthcare Act.
                    SB 810 would deliver comprehensive healthcare to everyone and it would save Californians tens of billions of dollars. It will do what the national health plan does not - cover everyone and contain health care costs.  It will set the standard for the rest of the nation.
                    You can send a letter to various legislators to

                    Their name

                    State Capitol

                    Sacramento, CA 95814
                    Assembly Speaker John Perez can be called at 916-319-2046.

                    Assembly Member Fuentes can be called at 916-319-2039 or emailed at Assemblymember.Fuentes at assembly.ca.gov

                    Your Assembly Member can be contacted by going here.
                    We encourage you to forward this message. And if you can, we will accept your financial contribution to support the campaign for universal healthcare.
                    Please let us know if you have contacted the legislators.
                    
                    ___ Yes, I have encouraged the Assembly Member to support SB 810.  My Assembly Member is ________________________

                    ___ I have forwarded this message.

                    ___ I can help call our phone tree to alert our activists who do not have email. I will send you names and a script.  Send me __ 10 names, __ 25 names, or more ____

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                    Thank you,

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                    Chair - Single Payer Now

                    www.singlepayernow.net

                    415-695-7891
                    

                    Single Payer Now and California Alliance for Retired Americans returning from lobbying for SB 810 on August 4.
                    
                
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
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From tnharter at aceweb.com  Thu Aug  5 23:44:42 2010
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:44:42 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: [GPCA Official Notice] Very time sensitive re:
	County Polling]
Message-ID: <4C5BAF5A.3030307@aceweb.com>

Should we have a County Council meeting to talk about this?

Or maybe a special session?

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [GPCA Official Notice] Very time sensitive   re:  County Polling
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:22:47 -0700
From: County Contacts <contacts2006 at cagreens.org>
Reply-To: contacts2006 at cagreens.org
To: County Contacts <Contacts2006 at cagreens.org>

GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS 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
stated in the email.





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*_INSTRUCTIONS FOR GPCA STATEWIDE POLL OF COUNTIES_*

The GPCA uses a poll of all recognized County Green Parties to determine
GPCA positions on ballot measures as an alternative to making those
decisions at a state meeting. Ten measures have been put on the ballot
by the State Legislature for consideration of the voters as part of the
November2, 2010 General Election. Please be sure that your county
participates by submitting votes by Saturday, August 28, 2010

*_THE POLL:_*

This poll contains a list of Legislative ballot measures that will be
voted on as part of the November2, 2010 General Election. Reports on
these measures written by volunteers from the Green Party grassroots who
have reviewed the measures follow below.

These reports can be found here:

http://www.cagreens.org/plenary/packet.html


Of course, counties are free to agree or disagree with the recommended
positions. The full text of the initiatives can be located by going to
the webpage for the California Secretary of State
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures.htm
and following the applicable links.

*_PROCESS:_*

Please provide both Poll Coordinators (Richard Gomez and Tian Harter)
with vote results from your county in the following form for each ballot
measure:

*"Yes" -for the GPCA to support the measure*

*"No" -for the GPCA to oppose the measure*

*"No Position" -for the GPCA to deliberately remain neutral on the measure*

*Votes may also be cast as "Abstain" if they do not wish to participate
in the poll. Abstentions will be counted toward quorum.*

Vote on each ballot measure itself, not the recommendation. For example,
if the report has recommended a position of "No," and your county wishes
to agree and vote "No" on the initiative, then your county should vote
"No" on the initiative, and not "Yes" on the recommended "No" position.

*PLEASE SUBMIT VOTES IN THE AMOUNT ALLOTED TO YOUR COUNTY FOR THE PLENARY.*

That list is published in the agenda packet for that state meeting to be
held SEPTEMBER 11-12, 2010. For example, if your county has 2 delegates,
you would submit 2 votes in any combination of positions. (Votes from
counties with more than one delegate vote need not be unanimous and
?half votes? may be reported.) If you have any questions about the total
number of votes that can be cast for any measure, contact the GPCA
Coordinating Committee member(s) who represent your region. Your county
should rely on its own internal processes to arrive at its positions.
The poll has an 80% threshold and requires at least 50% or active
California County Green Parties to participate. The default where the
threshold or quorum is not met is ?No Position?. VOTES MUST BE REPORTED
BY A COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER.

*_TIMELINE:_*

The voting period begins on AUGUST 1, 2010, and ends on AUGUST 28, 2010
(11:59 PM PST). Votes received after the closing date and time will not
be counted. There will not be an extension of this voting period because
the Plenary convenes FOURTEEN days later. Submit all votes to BOTH the
Poll co-ordinators at the following email addresses:

Richard Gomez: nate136_66 at yahoo.com <mailto:nate136_66 at yahoo.com>

Tian Harter: tnharter at greens.org <mailto:tnharter at greens.org>

Please submit any questions about the process of the poll to the same
email addresses. The full text of each of these measures can be found by
going to the California Secretary of State website
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures.htm
clicking the Ballot Measures link, then the Qualified for 2010 General
link, and then each individual ballot measure.



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-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Insurance is three years of firewood and a good crop of potatoes.
The green horn fair trade icon is now on an Indiana quarter.


From tnharter at aceweb.com  Fri Aug  6 14:29:12 2010
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:29:12 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] I'm hosting an activist movie night and party on Sat.
	August 21st!
Message-ID: <4C5C7EA8.60808@aceweb.com>

You're invited!

http://events.ran.org/hotaugustnights/events/show/11904
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Insurance is three years of firewood and a good crop of potatoes.
The green horn fair trade icon is now on an Indiana quarter.


From tnharter at aceweb.com  Sun Aug  8 00:48:22 2010
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:48:22 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Want a bread making machine?
Message-ID: <4C5E6146.7090105@aceweb.com>

I was walking in East San Jose and I came across a garage sale.
The woman wanted $8 for this bread making machine. When I looked at it
she assured me it worked. I gave her my money and brought it home.
Since then my breathing has deteriorated dramatically. I finally figured
out that the problem was that cats sat on the bread machine or something
like that. I put it outside and since then my health has stabilized and
is starting to get better.

Now I don't want the thing. Anybody up for a like new (but cheap brand)
bread making machine?
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Insurance is three years of firewood and a good crop of potatoes.
The green horn fair trade icon is now on a Maine quarter.


From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Mon Aug  9 15:56:10 2010
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:56:10 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] The "New Normal"
Message-ID: <BAY140-W282438049C44530ACDCAFA9E940@phx.gbl>



    Obama
Risks Establishing Bush's Worst Policies as "New Normal",
Says ACLU Report

The Obama administration is in danger of enshrining
permanently into law some of the most egregious Bush-era policies,
continuing military commissions and indefinite detention and creating
a troubling "new normal", says a new ACLU report.  Obama
has also employed the "state secrets" doctrine to block
lawsuits brought by torture survivors, reasserted broad surveillance
powers and expanded Bush's "targeted killing" program to
kill terrorism suspects, including American citizens, wherever they
are located, without due process. 


"We strongly urge the president to shift course,"
said Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU, "and
renew his commitment to the fundamental values that are the very
foundation of our nation's strength and security."  The report
finds a pattern of positive steps followed by setbacks:  torture
memos were released, but the photos of prisoner abuse were not; the
decision to close Guant?namo was followed by the reassertion of the
authority for indefinite detentions without charge or trial;
declarations prohibiting torture were followed by failure to hold top
Bush officials accountable.

Obama should "discourage any
legislation that would institutionalize policies that were widely
regarded as unlawful under President Bush," said Laura W.
Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. "It
is not too late for President Obama to build a legacy of justice and
fairness."  Entrenchment of the Bush 'global war' framework 
presents "a profound threat to human rights and the rule of
law," said Jameel Jaffer, ACLU Deputy Legal Director. 
"President Obama should not make 'global war' the new normal."


The report, "Establishing a New Normal" is available
online at: www.aclu.org/national-security/establishing-new-normal




 		 	   		  
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From fredd at freeshell.org  Mon Aug  9 16:43:58 2010
From: fredd at freeshell.org (fred)
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:43:58 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Want a bread making machine?
In-Reply-To: <4C5E6146.7090105@aceweb.com>
References: <4C5E6146.7090105@aceweb.com>
Message-ID: <4C6092BE.9060905@freeshell.org>

Tian.

If I made bread I'd soak the machine in Decatting Solution or submerge 
it in some Anti-Feline Dust Oil, both available at Goodwill, the 
Salvation Army or the nearest dog and cat kennel.

Fred

On 8/8/10 12:48 AM, Tian Harter wrote:
> I was walking in East San Jose and I came across a garage sale.
> The woman wanted $8 for this bread making machine. When I looked at it
> she assured me it worked. I gave her my money and brought it home.
> Since then my breathing has deteriorated dramatically. I finally figured
> out that the problem was that cats sat on the bread machine or something
> like that. I put it outside and since then my health has stabilized and
> is starting to get better.
>
> Now I don't want the thing. Anybody up for a like new (but cheap brand)
> bread making machine?
>    



From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Tue Aug 10 13:13:00 2010
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:13:00 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] ACLU Privacy Quiz
Message-ID: <4C61B2CC.4000706@earthlink.net>


Hi,

ACLU has a privacy quiz that may or may not provide
new insight into privacy issues in the US:

     http://www.aclu.org/privacyquiz/

Gerry

P.S. Hmm, should I have taken the quiz at the library
instead of at home?



From andid at cagreens.org  Wed Aug 11 15:49:59 2010
From: andid at cagreens.org (Andrea Dorey)
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:49:59 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat]
 =?windows-1252?q?Anaerobic_Digestion_at_Palo_Alto_Co?=
 =?windows-1252?q?uncil_Meeting=97Issue_Won_Support!!!?=
In-Reply-To: <29058.68541.qm@web81207.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <389893C8-213A-4170-8CDF-36C102C63508@cagreens.org>
	<29058.68541.qm@web81207.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <958D0DD4-AA3C-42A7-8302-450CFBBDD988@cagreens.org>

I did too, Caroline, and the proposal was confirmed!

Peter Drekmeier was delighted with the support we gave this meeting.
The letters from so many of us made a difference, and the councilors that voted for it the last time, did again.

Thanks to all!
Andrea

On Aug 5, 2010, at 6:48 PM, Caroline Yacoub wrote:

> I sent them a letter.
> 
> From: Andrea Dorey <andid at cagreens.org>
> To: sosfbay-discuss <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
> Sent: Wed, August 4, 2010 1:22:46 PM
> Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Anaerobic Digestion at Palo Alto Council Meeting URGENT
> 
> Friends,
> 
> Four months ago we successfully convinced the Palo Alto City Council to commission a feasibility study for an anaerobic digestion facility at the City landfill.  We believe this study will find that such a technology would generate enough green energy for 1,400 homes, keep 20,000 tons of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere, and save the City more than $1 million per year - http://www.pagreenenergy.org/
> 
> But now our victory is being threatened by our opponents who dread the thought of a thorough environmental and cost/benefits analysis.  They're attempting to use a vote to hire the consultant for the feasibility study to kill the process by convincing just one of our supporters to switch his/her vote (it was a 5-4 decision to support the study in April).  If they're successful, the process will be over.
> 
> The Council meeting is tomorrow night at 6pm, and the agenda is at http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=23604
> 
> Please take a moment ASAP to encourage Council to stay the course and approve the contract for the feasibility study.  You can email all the Council Members at once at city.council at cityofpaloalto.org
> 
> Also, if you're able to attend the meeting, it always helps to have supporters in the audience, and speakers are even better.
> 
> Thank you for weighing in.
> 
> -Peter
> 
> -----------------------------------
> Peter Drekmeier
> pdrekmeier at earthlink.net
> (650) 223-3333
> 
> 

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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Aug 12 13:07:52 2010
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:07:52 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] general assembly packet ready
Message-ID: <4C645498.1040502@sbcglobal.net>

GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS 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
stated in the email.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The proposal agenda packet for the September 11-12 General Assembly in 
Fullerton,
Orange County is now available for downloading from the plenary web site:

http://www.cagreens.org/plenary/

This packet contains proposals, meeting schedule and county delegate 
allocation.
Please read it ASAP. If you have concerns about any proposal, please 
send them
to the people listed as the contact persons and/or sponsors *before* the 
meeting begins.

You will need the common password for access to the proposal packet. 
Please contact
your County Council or Regional Representative if you don't have it.

The logistics packet will be available within two weeks.

The logistics packet contains information on the meeting site, housing, 
registration and host contacts.

Online registration and delegate pages will open when the logistics 
packet is released.

Contact the Agenda Team (agenda-team at cagreens.org) with any questions.

Counties are required to submit their list of General Assembly delegates 
online.
Use the Delegates link on the plenary page cited above.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
IMPORTANT:  All delegate names must be submitted online before the meeting.
Due to past problems, the Accreditation Committee will no longer accept 
delegate name
 submissions at the meeting.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Online registration and delegate submission pages will close on 
Wednesday Sept. 8.

You may participate in this important event in a number of ways:

At the General Assembly
-- as a delegate or a observer in the decision-making plenary sessions 
and/or
=- as participant in working group, standing committee and/or caucus 
meetings

Before the General Assembly
-- with a working group or standing committee that is generating a proposal
-- discussing the agenda proposals in your county and on-line.

We hope to see you in Fullerton!
_______________________________________________
Contacts2006 mailing list
Contacts2006 at cagreens.org
http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/contacts2006


From tnharter at aceweb.com  Thu Aug 12 17:07:53 2010
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:07:53 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Stanford Solar Car Project
Message-ID: <4C648CD9.5080803@aceweb.com>

>
> Tuesday August 10th at 11:45 AM
>
> Nathan Hall-Snyder
>                                                               *
> Stanford Solar Car Project
>
> Founded in 1989, the Stanford Solar Car Project is an entirely
> student-run, non-profit organization fueled by its members? passion
> for environmentally sustainable technology. Since its founding,
> the Project has built 9 generations of solar cars ranging from the
> SunSurfer to the most recent car, the Apogee. The Project provides
> a unique opportunity for Stanford students to gain valuable hands-on
> engineering and business experience while raising community
> awareness of clean energy vehicles.
>
> Earlier this summer, the car and its team completed the 2010 American
> Solar Challenge, a competition to design, build and race solar-powered
> cars in a four-stage cross-continental race from Oklahoma to Illinois,
> winning the final stage and coming in 4th overall.  Apogee was built
> with a fairly aggressive stance towards innovation and includes more
> homemade electronics and more refined mechanical systems than any
> previous Stanford car.
>
> Nathan Hall-Snyder, the current Apogee team lead and mechanical
> wizard, will describe what technologies go into a solar car, the major
> design challenges of high-efficiency vehicles, and how an automotive
> industry open to the potential of solar power could help our ailing
> planet in the future.

Nathan began by showing us pictures of a variety of solar race cars from
history. It's been 20 years since the first Solar car race, so there has
been quite a bit of evolution in the designs. For one thing, the early
cars had a beetle shaped quality, whereas the modern ones are more like
rectangular pancakes. The most expensive single one was Honda's
$25,000,000 beauty. He said that one "blew away the competition."

Then he showed us some stats on Stanford's new three wheeled car with
Sun Power solar cells. Things like 0 to 60 in 13 seconds, top speed of
75 MPH, total weight of 420 lbs. It has such features as an organic LED
display that uses much less power than the kind of display found in
laptop computers. He couldn't show us the machine itself because it's
currently not in drivable shape.

Then he compared a solar race car with a prius. The solar car weighs
about 10% of the prius. The solar car has much more efficient wheel
motors. The rolling resistance of the wheels is also much lower.
All the weight and creature comfort enhancing features in a prius mean
that all the power the prius could collect in a day if its body was
covered with solar cells would move it 5 miles. The solar race car goes
300 miles on the same amount of charge.

Looking forward, Nathan expects his team to have a car in two races next
year. One race crosses Australia from northern end to southern end, and
the other goes up the middle of the USA. Looking for a new way to get
an edge, they are investigating a new three wheeled steering algorithm
to align the body of the car with the wind flow on the road in real
time. He would like to see the Stanford team winning! They are looking
for sponsors to help make that happen.

During Q&A the following came up:

Solar teams annual budgets range from $40,000 to $2,000,000. Stanford's
team spends about $100,000 and gets another $100,000 or so worth of
parts and services donated to the cause. By far the biggest line item
in the budget is the fiberglass molds for the body parts.

One of the challenges in these races is staying awake while driving down
long straight roads through the middle of nowhere. Many teams have
drivers that have fallen asleep at the wheel. The challenge is to have a
car that recovers from such accidents.

Stanford's solar car racing team is an all volunteer group, so it's a
challenge to get everybody on the same page and moving forward together.
Just scheduling meetings is tough.

There are about 80 solar car racing teams that compete in these challenges.

The team would love to do some wind tunnel testing, but they can't
afford to pay for it. Lockheed wants $100,000 per day to use theirs,
so that's not an option. Instead they do computer simulations, which
Stanford has good access to.

If you would like to schedule a tour or ask questions, please email
contactsolarcar at stanford.edu.

-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: added something about a direct democracy conference.
The green horn fair trade icon is now on a Missouri quarter.


From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Aug 12 17:13:38 2010
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:13:38 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] latino get out the vote
Message-ID: <4C648E32.1070102@sbcglobal.net>

Coming to San Jose Tuesday August 17-th.
* Tuesday, August 17th at 11:30 AM*
San Jose-
Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church-
2040 Nassau Dr, San Jose

map *http://tinyurl.com/2eylgx4*

*Labor and Latino Community Leaders Announce Kick-Off of
?Por Nuestras Familias - ?Todos a Votar!? Campaign**
**/9-City /**/California/**/ Tour Under Way to Register Latino 
Constituents and /*

*/Boost November Voter Turnout/*

/ /*(**Los Angeles**, **CA* ) ? The Service Employees International 
Union (SEIU) California,
the California Teachers Association (CTA) and Latino leaders today 
announced a major
statewide campaign, ?Por Nuestras Familias - ?Todos a Votar!,? aiming to 
register
thousands of new Latino voters and boost November?s Latino election 
turnout by signing up
Latinos as new, permanent absentee (PAV) voters.

We are looking forward to an axciting program that has food and music in 
addition
to engaging speakers.


From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Thu Aug 12 17:20:30 2010
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:20:30 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] san fernando valley Greens event
Message-ID: <4C648FCE.4050801@sbcglobal.net>

Please help spread the word on this fantastic event!

We are on the verge of a breakthrough here in the San Fernando Valley!
 
The San Fernando Valley Greens are hosting a "Rally in the Valley" for 
Green Party candidates. 
Laura Wells will be our featured guest speaker and other candidates at 
state level will be speaking as well.
 
There will be a vegetarian buffet, cash bar, door prizes, and most 
importantly...the 10 Key Values
and our Green Party candidates.
 
We would love to have you, or a representative from the California State 
Green Party speak at the Rally. 
We can give you 5 minutes. 
 
We would love to have as many Greens from the State Level 
organization to attend as possible, so please
spread the word.
 
The Rally is taking place on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 6th at 12:30 pm at 
the Mayflower Club which is
 located within 5 minutes of the Burbank/Bob Hope Airport, the Metro 
Link Train Station and the
Metro Red Line North Hollywood subway stop.
 
There is also free parking for those arriving by auto.  Attached is a 
flyer that gives details. .[docx format]
 
We want Greens from /all over the state/ to attend this event and the 
proceeds are going to support
Laura Wells and our other Green Party candidates.  We have sold enough 
tickets already to be
near the break-even point for our expenses, so every ticket we sell at 
this point will be icing on the
cake for our candidates.
 
Could you please help us with this effort, Kendra?  Could you please 
notify your lists of our
"Rally in the Valley" and ask them to support our effort at Green Party 
candidates grassroots
fundraising?  (Flyer attached...)
 
We hope to raise $2,000-$4,000 for our candidates and have committed 
to at least $1,000
towards Laura's campaign...no matter what the outcome...(but we are 
getting ahead as of now...).
 
Thank you, Kendra, for everything that you are doing. 
  
We would be very grateful if you could let the Greens on your lists know 
about the "Rally in the Valley!"
 
Laura will be there and several other candidates have confirmed their 
participation. 
 
We know this Rally will be a success and we are hoping that you will 
support our efforts to
 publicize Laura's campaign and to raise funds for her efforts and the 
Green Party candidates
at the state level.
 
We hope to see you at the Rally in the Valley!
 
Thank you so much!

In your service, 

Michael Mc Cue
Board Member, Studio City Neighborhood Council
Event Co-Coordinator, SFV Greens
818-762-4595
 



From WB4D23 at aol.com  Fri Aug 13 17:03:58 2010
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:03:58 EDT
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Santa Teresa Commiunity Fest
Message-ID: <47cf5.53377d89.3997376e@aol.com>

Yom Kippur
 
 
In a message dated 7/29/2010 5:13:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net writes:

CommunityFest
Saturday, September 18, 2010
George Page  Park
Santa Teresa Blvd. @ Miyuki Drive
11:00 am -- 5:00  pm
www.CommunityFest.com  <http://www.communityfest.com/>


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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Sat Aug 14 11:35:44 2010
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:35:44 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Green Party Snate Condidate
Message-ID: <4C66E200.5080405@earthlink.net>


An article about the Green Party candidate for the
U.S. Senate in South Carolina.

     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/14

Gerry



From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Tue Aug 17 20:57:38 2010
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:57:38 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] San Mateo request
Message-ID: <4C6B5A32.6090105@sbcglobal.net>

Here is an email I received from Sanda Everett.
She is asking for help with Green Focus pickup
at the next general assembly.

Dear Santa Clara Greens,
I went to the Alameda Greens event.  It was quite pleasant and inspiring 
for
somebody being dragged down by the infighting of the National Committee. 

I did "video" Laura and put it on YouTube.  Do we still call it video 
when it is all digital....
and in this case taken with my iPhone.  I put it up on our San Mateo 
website,
which I have taken over the responsibility for updating.  Feedback?
http://www.cagreens.org/sanmateo/

I wonder which of you are planning to attend the plenary in Fullerton 
next month? 
Any of you driving?  If so, could you bring back a couple of bundles of 
Green Focus for us. 
I will pay for them.  I am not planning to drive.

-- 
Sanda Everette, cochair GPCA delegation to GPUS

It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than
to vote for what you don't want and get it.

Eugene V. Debs



From tnharter at aceweb.com  Wed Aug 18 21:57:07 2010
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:57:07 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] How many Ashevilleans does it take to screw in a light
	bulb?
Message-ID: <4C6CB9A3.8070409@aceweb.com>

I can't take credit for this. I found it on facebook.
The Asheville they are talking about is in western North Carolina.
>
> If it's a city job, you'll have to file a form LIT-9655:A down at 605
> Charlotte Street and await approval from the department commission
> that meets bi-monthly, provided there's no power outage nor flood, nor
> pestilence upon the land. A team... of eight city technicians will be
> dispatched to fix said bulb.
>
> If it's a County job, you'll have to call the county 3-1-1 hotline,
> state your name, address, and service you need done. Or fax in your
> request. It will be handled on the third Thursday of a month with an R
> in its name.
>
> If it's a group of concerned citizens for a better Asheville, it'll
> take a rally, a band, a brewer, photographers from the AC-T and
> Mountain XPress, someone from a "local publisher" to try and take
> credit for the idea, a "flier team" from Greenlife, a couple of
> interpretive dancers, and a meeting down at the local Universalist's
> Church to identify the deficient bulb in question and take notes on
> possible solutions to the crisis.
>
> After the Changing, there will be a candlelight vigil in Pack Square
> for all who are concerned for the light bulb that got screwed.
>
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Bats are photonically challenged.
The green horn fair trade icon is on a Florida quarter (25c USA coin).


From tnharter at aceweb.com  Fri Aug 20 02:03:10 2010
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:03:10 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Party at Tian's on Saturday Evening, 7 PM!
Message-ID: <4C6E44CE.1080704@aceweb.com>

You're invited! For details, please visit this page:

http://events.ran.org/hotaugustnights/events/show/11904

If you want to bring something to share, that would be great.
I'm bringing some beer, fresh fruit, and chips and bean dip.
Maybe something else to, depending on what I see at the Farmers Market
in Sunnyvale Saturday morning.
-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Bats are photonically challenged.
The green horn fair trade icon is on a Texas quarter (25c USA coin).


From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Fri Aug 20 09:50:17 2010
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:50:17 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Obama has Disrupted and Divided the Left
Message-ID: <BAY140-W6C2F20D49382EA9BDD0FA9E9F0@phx.gbl>


   A message from the founder of the DemocraticUnderground forum (DU) about its current state
provides a microcosmic view.

  He says that when Bush was president, even though we disagreed bitterly about impeachment,
9/11, and the (lack of integrity) of Democratic leaders, we united on the basics.

  Now the DU community is split between those who want to celebrate and defend Obama, and 
those who regard him as part of the problem.  Each side considers themselves the proper 
inheritors of the forum, and considers the other side to have betrayed the movement.  The 
current fundraising effort is failing.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8981504


 		 	   		  
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Fri Aug 20 10:27:22 2010
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:27:22 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] My Response to Robert Gibbs
Message-ID: <4C6EBAFA.4040303@earthlink.net>


About 10 days ago, Robert Gibbs (Obama's Press Secretary)
expressed frustration with the "Professional Left" in an
interview with "The Hill".

I took advantage of it to write a comprehensive and much
longer than normal email to my 4 Reps.  Anyone who wants
a copy can have one just by asking for it.

It basically lists the many reasons why I am unhappy
with the Ds.

Gerry



From WB4D23 at aol.com  Fri Aug 20 16:23:37 2010
From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:23:37 EDT
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] November ballot propositions / Warner's picks
Message-ID: <14dff5.836a87f.39a06879@aol.com>

FWIW, here are my picks on the ballot measures appearing on  the November 
General Election ballot.  Warner
 
 
 
Proposition  19  Legalization of Marijuana in California GPCA pre-endorsed 
this measure in March  2010 before it was certified.  Yes
 
Proposition 19
Initiative Statute
1377.  (09-0024. Amdt. #1S) - _Final Random Sample Update - 03/24/10_ 
(http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/pend_sig/init-sample-1377-032410.pdf)     
Changes California Law to Legalize Marijuana and Allow It to Be Regulated and  
Taxed.Qualified: 03/24/10 Proponents: Richard  Seib Lee and Jeffrey Wayne Jones 
(510) 208-4554 
Allows people 21 years old or older to possess, cultivate, or transport  
marijuana for personal use. Permits local governments to regulate and tax  
commercial production and sale of marijuana to people 21 years old or older.  
Prohibits people from possessing marijuana on school grounds, using it in  
public, smoking it while minors are present, or providing it to anyone under 
21  years old. Maintains current prohibitions against driving while impaired. 
 Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of 
fiscal  impact on state and local governments: Savings of up to several tens of 
millions  of dollars annually to state and local governments on the costs of 
incarcerating  and supervising certain marijuana offenders. Unknown but 
potentially major tax,  fee, and benefit assessment revenues to state and local 
government related to  the production and sale of marijuana products. 
(09-0024.) _(Full  Text)_ 
(http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i821_initiative_09-0024_amdt_1-s.pdf) 
Proposition  20  Adds congressional districts to being drawn by the 
reapportionment commission  approved by the voters to draw lines for State Senate 
and State Assembly  Districts.  Corrects the biggest flaw of the ballot 
initiative previously  approved by California voters.  Yes!!!
Proposition 20
Initiative Constitutional Amendment
1380. (09-0027) - _Final Random Sample Update -  05/05/10_ 
(http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/pend_sig/init-sample-1380-050510.pdf)  Redistricting of 
Congressional Districts.Qualified: 05/05/10 Proponent: Charles T. Munger, Jr.  
_votersfirstactforcongress at gmail.com_ 
(mailto:votersfirstactforcongress at gmail.com)  
Removes elected representatives from the process of establishing  
congressional districts and transfers that authority to the recently-authorized  
14-member redistricting commission. Redistricting commission is comprised of  
five Democrats, five Republicans, and four voters registered with neither 
party.  Requires that any newly-proposed district lines be approved by nine  
commissioners including three Democrats, three Republicans, and three from  
neither party. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of  
Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Probably no significant  
change in state redistricting costs. (09-0027.) _(Full  Text)_ 
(http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i825_initiative_09-0027.pdf) 
Proposition  21   $18 vehicle fee to fund state parks; California vehicles 
get free entry to state  parks.  Yes.
Proposition 21 Initiative Statute 1421.  (09-0072) - _Final Random Sample 
Update -  06/10/10_ 
(http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/pend_sig/init-sample-1421-061010.pdf)  Establishes $18 Annual Vehicle License Surcharge to  Help 
Fund State Parks and Wildlife Programs and Grants Free Admission to All  State 
Parks to Surcharged Vehicles.Qualified: 06/10/10 Proponent: Joseph L. Caves 
(916) 558-1516 
Establishes an $18 annual state vehicle license surcharge and grants free  
admission to all state parks to surcharged vehicles. Requires deposit of  
surcharge revenue in a new trust fund. Requires that trust funds be used 
solely  to operate, maintain and repair the state park system, and to protect 
wildlife  and natural resources. Exempts commercial vehicles, trailers and 
trailer coaches  from the surcharge. Requires annual independent audit and 
review by citizen's  oversight committee. Summary of estimate by Legislative 
Analyst and Director of  Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: 
Increased state revenues  of about $500 million annually from the 
imposition of a surcharge on the VLF to  be used mainly to fund state parks and 
wildlife conservation programs. Potential  state savings of up to approximately 
$200 million annually to the extent that  the VLF surcharge revenues were 
used to reduce support from the General Fund and  other special funds for parks 
and wildlife conservation programs. Reduction of  about $50 million 
annually in state and local revenues from state park day-use  fees. These revenue 
losses could potentially be offset by increases in other  types of state park 
user fees and revenues. (09-0072.) _(Full  Text)_ 
(http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i869_initiative_09-0072.pdf)  
Proposition  22   This is another of a series of initiatives attempting to 
prevent the state  government from claiming what otherwise would be local 
government revenue.   If passed, it will make the state budget even worse, but 
is needed to help  protect the ability of local governments to provide 
services at that  level.  Yes.
Proposition 22 Initiative Constitutional  Amendment.
1414. (09-0063, Amdt.#1NS) - Final Random Sample Update - 06/22/10  
Prohibits the State from Taking Funds Used for Transportation or Local  Government 
Projects and Services. Qualified: 06/22/10 Proponents: Joshua Shaw, 
Christopher K. McKenzie, and James N. Earp 
Prohibits the State from shifting, taking, borrowing, or restricting the 
use  of tax revenues dedicated by law to fund local government services, 
community  redevelopment projects, or transportation projects and services. 
Prohibits the  State from delaying the distribution of tax revenues for these 
purposes even  when the Governor deems it necessary due to a severe state 
fiscal hardship.  Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of 
Finance of fiscal  impact on state and local government: Significant constraints 
on state authority  over city, county, special district, and redevelopment 
agency funds. As a  result, higher and more stable local resources, 
potentially affecting billions  of dollars in some years. Commensurate reductions in 
state resources, resulting  in major decreases in state spending and/or 
increases in state revenues.  (09-0063.) _(Full  Text)_ 
(http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i860_initiative_09-0063_amdt_1-ns.pdf)  
Proposition  23   This the oil companies promoted initiative to suspend the 
California reduce  greenhouse gases legislation.  Among other effects, 
would hurt clean energy  industries by cancelling incentives included in that 
legislation.  No!!!
Proposition 23 Initiative Statute 1454. (09-0104) - _Final Random Sample 
Update -  06/22/10_ 
(http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/pend_sig/init-sample-1454-062210.pdf)  Suspends Air Pollution Control Laws Requiring Major  Polluters 
to Report and Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions That Cause Global  Warming 
Until Unemployment Drops Below Specified Level for Full Year. Qualified: 
06/22/10 Proponent: Thomas W. Hiltachk  (916) 442-7757 
Suspends State laws requiring reduced greenhouse gas emissions that cause  
global warming, until California's unemployment rate drops to 5.5 percent or 
 less for four consecutive quarters. Requires State to abandon 
implementation of  comprehensive greenhouse-gas-reduction program that includes 
increased renewable  energy and cleaner fuel requirements, and mandatory emission 
reporting and fee  requirements for major polluters such as power plants and 
oil refineries, until  suspension is lifted. Summary of estimate by 
Legislative Analyst and Director of  Finance of fiscal impact on state and local 
government: Potential positive, short-term impacts on state and local  
government revenues from the suspension of regulatory activity, with uncertain  
longer-run impacts. Potential foregone state revenues from the auctioning of  
emission allowances by state government, by suspending the future 
implementation  of cap-and-trade regulations. (09-0104.) _(Full  Text)_ 
(http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i902_initiative_09-0104.pdf)  
Proposition  24   Repeals legislation that would give businesses, 
particularly corporations  different tax treatment that "normally" exists -- e.g., 
the legislation would  allow tax deductions for business losses in current 
years to be applied to past  years retroactively lowering taxes owed from the 
previous years.  The thing  to remember is that this is a referendum to 
repeal bad laws.  So...   Yes!
Proposition 24 Initiative Statute. 1412.  (09-0058, #1NS) - _Final Random 
Sample Update -  06/24/10_ 
(http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/pend_sig/init-sample-1412-062410-5pm.pdf)  Repeals Recent Legislation That Would Allow 
Businesses  to Carry Back Losses, Share Tax Credits, and Use a Sales-Based Income  
Calculation to Lower Taxable Income.Qualified:  06/24/10 Proponents: Robin 
Johansen and Karen Getman (510) 346-6200 
Repeals recent legislation that would allow businesses to shift operating  
losses to prior tax years and that would extend the period permitted to 
shift  operating losses to future tax years. Repeals recent legislation that 
would  allow corporations to share tax credits with affiliated corporations. 
Repeals  recent legislation that would allow multistate businesses to use a 
sales-based  income calculation, rather than a combination property-, payroll- 
and  sales-based income calculation. Summary of estimate by Legislative 
Analyst and  Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local 
government: Annual state  revenue increase from business taxes of about $1.7 billion 
when fully phased in,  beginning in 2011-12. (09-0058.) _(Full  Text)_ 
(http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i855_initiative_09-0058_amdt_1-n
s.pdf)  
Proposition  25   Democrats claim this will only effect how many votes it 
will take to pass a  budget from 2/3ds to "simple majority"; Republicans 
argue the language could  apply to tax increases, also.  My view is that the 
supermajority  requirement is part of what allows deals like Prop 14 and allows 
majority  political parties to duck accountability.  So...  Yes
Proposition 25 Initiative Constitutional Amendment.1408. (09-0057) - _Final 
Random Sample Update -  06/24/10_ 
(http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/pend_sig/init-sample-1408-062410-5pm.pdf)  Changes Legislative Vote Requirement to 
Pass a Budget  from Two-Thirds to a Simple Majority. Retains Two-Thirds Vote 
Requirement for  Taxes. Qualified: 06/24/10 Proponents: James C.  Harrison 
and Thomas A. Willis (510) 346-6200 
Changes the legislative vote requirement necessary to pass the state budget 
 from two-thirds to a simple majority. Provides that if the Legislature 
fails to  pass a budget bill by June 15, all members of the Legislature will 
permanently  forfeit any reimbursement for salary and expenses for every day 
until the day  the Legislature passes a budget bill. Summary of estimate by 
Legislative Analyst  and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and 
local government: Unknown  changes in the content of the state budget from 
lowering the legislative vote  requirement for passage. Fiscal impact would 
depend on the composition and  actions of future Legislatures. Minor reduction 
in state costs related to  compensation of legislators in years when the 
budget bill is passed after June  15. (09-0057.) _(Full  Text)_ 
(http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i854_initiative_09-0057.pdf)  
Proposition  26   This is the reverse of Prop 25.  This is an attempt to 
increase  the votes needed to pass "fees" for specific purposes and users from 
 "simple majority" to 2/3rds.  If passed, this would make it much more  
difficult for partially patching the budget or legislating clean environment  
fees.  Vote No!
Proposition 26 Initiative Constitutional Amendment 1441. (09-0093) - _Final 
Random Sample Update -  06/24/10_ 
(http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/pend_sig/init-sample-1441-062410-5pm.pdf)  Increases Legislative Vote Requirement to 
Two-Thirds  for State Levies and Charges. Imposes Additional Requirement 
for Voters to  Approve Local Levies and Charges with Limited 
Exceptions.Qualified: 06/24/10 Proponent: Allan Zaremberg c/o  Steve Lucas (916) 446-6752 
Increases legislative vote requirement to two-thirds for state levies and  
charges, with limited exceptions, and for certain taxes currently subject to 
 majority vote. Changes Constitution to require voters to approve, either 
by  two-thirds or majority, local levies and charges with limited exceptions. 
 Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of 
fiscal  impact on state and local government: Potentially major  decrease in 
state and local revenues and spending, depending upon future actions  of the 
Legislature, local governing bodies, and local voters. (09-0093.)  _(Full  
Text)_ 
(http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i891_initiative_09-0093.pdf)  
Proposition  27   This is the reverse of Prop 20.  If passed, it would send 
California to the  bad old days of legislative gerrymandering.  Would not 
even require votes  by the full membership of the State Senate and State 
Assembly.   No!
Proposition 27 Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. 1451. 
(09-0107) - _Final Random Sample Update -  06/24/10_ 
(http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/pend_sig/init-sample-1451-062410-final.pdf)  Eliminates State 
Commission on Redistricting.  Consolidates Authority for Redistricting with Elected 
Representatives. Qualified: 06/24/10 Proponent: Daniel Lowenstein c/o  
Fredric D. Woocher (310) 576-1233 
Eliminates 14-member redistricting commission selected from applicant pool  
picked by government auditors. Consolidates authority for establishing 
state  Assembly, Senate, and Board of Equalization district boundaries with 
elected  state representatives responsible for drawing congressional districts. 
Reduces  budget, and imposes limit on amount Legislature may spend, for 
redistricting.  Provides that voters will have the authority to reject district 
boundary maps  approved by the Legislature. Requires populations of all 
districts for the same  office to be exactly the same. Summary of estimate by 
Legislative Analyst and  Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and 
local government: Likely decrease in state redistricting costs totaling several 
 million dollars every ten years. (09-0107.) _(Full  Text)_ 
(http://ag.ca.gov/cms_attachments/initiatives/pdfs/i905_initiative_09-0107.pdf) 




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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Fri Aug 20 19:07:07 2010
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:07:07 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Please Vote in the KPFA Local Station Board
	Election!
Message-ID: <4C6F34CB.408@earthlink.net>


 From Greg Jan (GP Alameda County):

===========================


Dear Fellow Greens,

Those of you who are members of KPFA will be receiving the ballot for 
the KPFA Local Station Board elections in the mail within the next few days.

This year, 4 Greens are running on the Independents for Community Radio 
slate: Kate Tanaka, Cynthia Johnson, Janet Kobren and Tracy Rosenberg.


The Independents for Community Radio won a slight majority last year and 
the struggle is to keep KPFA a progressive community radio station and 
prevent it from becoming a mainstream media outlet like National Public 
Radio. With our slight majority the popular Program Council was 
reinstated this year which will allow programming decisions and 
evaluations to be done in a fair and collaborative manner.

We all can make a real difference to help keep KPFA a progressive 
community voice, so please vote for the candidates endorsed by the 
Independents for Community Radio:

Kate Tanaka- Green Party of Alameda County, involved with land-use 
(Oak-to-Ninth) and anti-corporate activities

Cynthia Johnson - Chair, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalist 
Social Justice Committee

Janet Kobren ? Retired teacher and information technologist, Gaza 
Freedom Flotilla survivor

Tracy Rosenberg - Executive Director, Media Alliance

Stephen Astourian- Professor of History UC Berkeley

Hyun-Mi Kim ? An anti-war, anti-rape feminist activist

Gina Szeto - Director of Worker?s Rights Clinic, Boalt School of Law

Monadel Herzallah- President of the Arab American Union Members Council

Georgia Frazer- Public Policy, UC Berkeley; former Vice Chair of 
American Women in Radio and Television

Naeem Deskins- Western Regional President of the Association for the 
Study of Classical Civilizations.



Visit www.voteindyradio.org to find out more about the candidates and 
the issues.



Note:

There are 27 candidates running for 9 seats on the board:

Independents for Community Radio has endorsed 10 candidates,

SaveKPFA (formerly the Concerned Listeners) has 10 candidates,

Voice for Justice Radio (Steve Zeltzer?s slate) has 4 candidates,

and 3 unaffiliated candidates.



* Please vote and mail in your ballot so it will arrive at the station 
by September 30!

* Please rank-vote for the ten Independents for Community Radio 
candidates first, then, if possible, please rank the seven other 
candidates who are Not part of the "SaveKPFA" slate.

* (The Green Party of Alameda County, who originated this message, has 
formally endorsed the Independents for Community Radio candidates, and 
they are also recommending that they be ranked first, followed by the 7 
candidates who are not part of the 'SaveKPFA' slate).



* Please forward this email and post it on Facebook to tell your 
friends, organizations, and networks!





Thank you!,



Greg Jan

Green Party of Alameda County






From eameece at sfo.com  Fri Aug 20 21:20:16 2010
From: eameece at sfo.com (Eric A. Meece)
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:20:16 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] November ballot propositions / Warner's picks
In-Reply-To: <14dff5.836a87f.39a06879@aol.com>
References: <14dff5.836a87f.39a06879@aol.com>
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Thanks Warner; good picks.
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From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Sat Aug 21 15:31:16 2010
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:31:16 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] McKinney Breaks Bread with Militiamen Who Voted for
	Obama
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(But won't vote for him again.)

As of Day 24 they're at Monarch Pass, 11,000 feet, on US 50 in Colorado.


http://blogs.city.com/longisland/cynthia-mckinney-bike4peace-days-18-%E2%80%93-24/







 		 	   		  
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Sat Aug 21 16:40:54 2010
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:40:54 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] McKinney Breaks Bread with Militiamen Who Voted
 for	Obama
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As a GP member, and a cross country bike rider (1984),
I found this VERY interesting.

Gerry


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From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Sun Aug 22 21:45:21 2010
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:45:21 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] proposition polling
Message-ID: <4C71FCE1.2040204@sbcglobal.net>

GREEN PARTY COUNTY CONTACTS 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 stated in the email.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The deadline to submit your county's poll on the November Propositions
to our polling coordinators has been extended to Wed, Sept 8th.
Please email your results to:

Richard Gomez <nate136_66 at yahoo.com>;
Tian Harter <tnharter at greens.org>;

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*_INSTRUCTIONS FOR GPCA STATEWIDE POLL OF COUNTIES_*

The GPCA uses a poll of all recognized County Green Parties to determine
GPCA positions on ballot measures as an alternative to making those
decisions at a state meeting. Ten measures have been put on the ballot
by the State Legislature for consideration of the voters as part of the
November2, 2010 General Election. Please be sure that your county
participates by submitting votes by Saturday, August 28, 2010

*_THE POLL:_*

This poll contains a list of Legislative ballot measures that will be
voted on as part of the November2, 2010 General Election. Reports on
these measures written by volunteers from the Green Party grassroots who
have reviewed the measures follow below.

These reports can be found here:

http://www.cagreens.org/plenary/packet.html


Of course, counties are free to agree or disagree with the recommended
positions. The full text of the initiatives can be located by going to
the webpage for the California Secretary of State
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures.htm 

and following the applicable links.

*_PROCESS:_*

Please provide both Poll Coordinators (Richard Gomez and Tian Harter)
with vote results from your county in the following form for each ballot
measure:

*"Yes" -for the GPCA to support the measure*

*"No" -for the GPCA to oppose the measure*

*"No Position" -for the GPCA to deliberately remain neutral on the measure*

*Votes may also be cast as "Abstain" if they do not wish to participate
in the poll. Abstentions will be counted toward quorum.*

Vote on each ballot measure itself, not the recommendation. For example,
if the report has recommended a position of "No," and your county wishes
to agree and vote "No" on the initiative, then your county should vote
"No" on the initiative, and not "Yes" on the recommended "No" position.

*PLEASE SUBMIT VOTES IN THE AMOUNT ALLOTED
TO YOUR COUNTY FOR THE PLENARY.*

That list is published in the agenda packet for that state meeting to be
held SEPTEMBER 11-12, 2010. For example, if your county has 2 delegates,
you would submit 2 votes in any combination of positions. (Votes from
counties with more than one delegate vote need not be unanimous and
?half votes? may be reported.) If you have any questions about the total
number of votes that can be cast for any measure, contact the GPCA
Coordinating Committee member(s) who represent your region. Your county
should rely on its own internal processes to arrive at its positions.
The poll has an 80% threshold and requires at least 50% or active
California County Green Parties to participate. The default where the
threshold or quorum is not met is ?No Position?. VOTES MUST BE REPORTED
BY A COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER.

*_TIMELINE:_*

The voting period begins on AUGUST 1, 2010, and ends on AUGUST 28, 2010
(11:59 PM PST). Votes received after the closing date and time will not
be counted. There will not be an extension of this voting period because
the Plenary convenes FOURTEEN days later. Submit all votes to BOTH the
Poll co-ordinators at the following email addresses:

Richard Gomez: nate136_66 at yahoo.com <mailto:nate136_66 at yahoo.com>

Tian Harter: tnharter at greens.org <mailto:tnharter at greens.org>


Please submit any questions about the process of the poll to the same
email addresses. The full text of each of these measures can be found by
going to the California Secretary of State website
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures.htm 

clicking the Ballot Measures link, then the Qualified for 2010 General
link, and then each individual ballot measure.

_______________________________________________
Contacts2006 mailing list
Contacts2006 at cagreens.org
http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/contacts2006


From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net  Mon Aug 23 20:19:18 2010
From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle)
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:19:18 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Pat LaMarche at plenary
Message-ID: <4C733A36.1070408@sbcglobal.net>

Hello Fellow Greens!

Please forward this announcement to your lists - I will be posting to 
the CC,
CCWG, GROW, Media, RegisterGreen, Cal-Forum, all of our candidates,
and County Contacts. Thank you!

********************************************
At the Plenary on Sept 11th in Fullerton (registration link coming soon)
 we are thrilled to have a number of Green Candidates participate in a Press
 Conference at noon, a Candidate Forum at 12:55 where we will hear from our
candidates about their campaigns, and then a strategy session at 1:55 
where we
 can have an exchange of ideas with them. The candidates that have 
RSVP'd so far are:

Linda Piera-Avila (Assembly 41st Distr.), Lisa Green (Assembly 53rd 
Distr.),
Jack Lindblad (39th Distr.), Jane Rands (Assembly 72nd Distr.),
Duane Roberts (US Senate), Kit Crittenden (State Treasurer),
and Laura Wells (Governor).

Please view our latest Elections update on the website home page!. 
www.cagreens.org <http://www.cagreens.org>

Additionally, we will have a special Key-Note Speaker - Pat LaMarche -
for the Saturday evening festivities. See the information below. Thank you!


Why We Object, Why We Run, Why We Care
by Pat LaMarche on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 3:18pm

National Green Party activist Pat LaMarche to address California Greens!

We cordially invite all California Greens and active progressives to be 
part of
Green Party history! This is to personally invite you to attend upcoming 
California
Green Party Plenary, held in Fullerton, September 10-12.

California Greens will be there; delegates, to perform mundane yet 
significant state
 Green Party business; candidates, to seek your vital support for local, 
state and federal
political campaigns; activists, to promote important issues; and local 
citizens from all over
California, to actively work to achieve California Green Party mission 
of ecological sustainability,
 non-violence, social justice and grassroots democracy.

Pat LaMarche has graciously agreed to come to California Green Party 
Plenary! Pat is 2004
Vice Presidential running mate with California's David Cobb, unable to 
attend, due to a work
commitment in Texas. Twice Green Party Maine Governor candidate and 
local activist,
Pat LaMarche writes a political column for Bangor News, which is heard 
all over America.

Pat LaMarche directs Safe Harbour of Cumberland County, one of 
Pennsylvania's largest
 homeless shelters. She's expressed Green Party activism in work, 
writings, at the polls, and
across many kitchen tables. Poster child for Green Party advocacy, Pat 
LaMarche wants to
talk with you!

California Green Party leadership runs business of Fullerton Plenary, 
and Orange County Greens
 are pleased to be hosts, to which all Greens and active progressives 
are invited. Pat LaMarche
will speak at a special Saturday event. But she'll make herself 
available to all, during entire Plenary;
to talk, listen, and seek your active involvement in Green Party's future!

Saturday Evening event will be held at famed Fullerton Ballroom
 http://www.fullertonballroom.com/, site of California Green Party State 
Assembly.
Pat LaMarche will speak on Green activism--at the polls, in the 
workplace, in our homes.
As a single mother, Pat can also speak to critical importance of Green 
Party message of
Feminism and youth rights. Event is planned as follows:

1. 6:30pm video presentation; "On the Edge", applauded, pre-release 
documentary on homelessness.

2. 8:00pm Pat LaMarche, selected Green Party candidates to speak.

3. 9:30pm Equality dance in the Imperial Ballroom.

Suggested donation is $20 for all three, $10 for one or two events. 
Noone will be turned
away at the door for lack of funds. Downtown Fullerton has rich variety 
of restaurants and
coffee bistros, a great destination for evening of activism, dining, 
entertainment and fun!
Downtown Fullerton is mass transit available from everywhere in California!

With recent untimely Prop. 14 passage, Big Money election campaigns, 
declining party
membership, there's much about which California Green Party members can 
complain.
But as we'll hear Pat LaMarche and other California Greens proclaim, 
there're many reasons
to be excited, optimistic, and forward thinking. Come join the action, 
and be part of California
Green Party activist solution!

We look forward to see you at California Green Party Fullerton Plenary!

Best,

Sandy Stiassni

Host Committee member

Orange County Greens

714-269-7225

-- 
Sanda Everette, cochair GPCA delegation to GPUS

It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for 
what you don't want and get it.
Eugene V. Debs



From tnharter at aceweb.com  Wed Aug 25 13:31:11 2010
From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter)
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:31:11 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Make Big Oil Pay, August 29-30!
Message-ID: <4C757D8F.4030201@aceweb.com>

 Bay Localize: For a Livable and Resilient Bay Area

8/29-30: Make Big Oil Pay for Green Solutions in Oakland and SF!
SAVE THE DATE! 10/14 4th Annual Ella Awards - "From Seed to Root to Vision"

Dear friends,

Make Big Oil Pay, August 29-30!
On the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Bay Localize and the
Mobilization for Climate Justice stand together in solidarity with Gulf
Coast communities hit hard by the BP oil catastrophe. It's time to Make
Big Oil Pay!

On August 29-30, join thousands of friends and neighbors for creative
actions, workshops, and popular demos to Make Big Oil Pay for rebuilding
our communities, and funding clean energy and transit solutions.

WHAT: 	Teach-In: Big Oil, Community Resilience and Nonviolent Direct
Action  	March and Nonviolent Direct Action
WHEN: 	Sunday, August 29, 1-4 pm 	Monday, August 30, 11:30 am
WHERE: 	Frank Ogawa Plaza, 14th St. & Broadway (near 12th St. BART),
Oakland 	Justin Herman Plaza (near Embarcadero BART), SF

MAKE BIG OIL PAY! Our coalition demands:

        * Moratorium on New Offshore Drilling. No Use of Dispersants.
Full Access to Media and Civil Society.
        * Big Oil corporations pay their debt to all impacted
communities - Gulf Coast to Richmond, CA and around the world.
        * Big Oil pay for community livelihood and ecosystem
restoration, clean energy, public transportation, and healthcare for
impacted communities.
        * Big Oil Out of Politics!


EVENT DETAILS:

DAY ONE: Sunday, August 29, 1-4 pm
Teach-In:Big Oil, Community Resilience and Creative Nonviolent Direct
Action
Frank Ogawa Plaza, near 14th Street & Broadway (12th St BART), Oakland
* Brief Teach-In on BP: Big Oil and local impacts, positive solutions,
and what we can do. Followed by:
* Nonviolent Direct Action Training: a public preparation for the
campaign on nonviolent direct action against big oil and for climate
justice. This will prepare participants to join the nonviolent direct
action part of the following day's demonstration, or just learn about
what's involved. Please come on time and stay for the whole time.
* Community Resilience Skills: Movement Generation and Bay Localize will
offer a workshop to understand the importance of meeting our own basic
needs to prepare our communities to weather economic, ecological and
social instability. Learn to evaluate our community's relative strengths
and vulnerabilities, and learn concrete skills to build self-reliance
and resilience. It covers the topics of: Resilient communities as part
of resisting oppression; Food, Water & Energy; Transportation & Housing;
Jobs & Economy; Civic Preparedness & Social Service

DAY TWO: Monday, August 30, 11:30 am
March and Nonviolent Direct Action
Justin Herman Plaza (Embarcadero BART), SF

Join us for a march on BP and Big Oil's SF locations and those who
choose to will risk arrest taking nonviolent direct action. We'll be
targeting the offices of BP and Chevron for their roles in environmental
and community destruction in the Gulf, in the Bay Area, and around the
world.  We'll also target the U.S. EPA to demand an end to the use of
toxic dispersants, to follow the Clean Air Act that mandates they
regulate the greenhouse gas pollution that causes climate change and
stand up to industry pressure to expand drilling and prevent action to
stop climate change.

Speakers include:

    * Jonathan Henderson, who leads the BP drilling disaster field
operations in the Gulf of Mexico for the Gulf Restoration Network
    * Rev. Kenneth Davis, Civil Rights veteran and community leader from
North Richmond)
    * Antonia Juhasz, author of the Tyranny of Oil, just back from
meeting with impacted communities in the Gulf.
    * Rebecca Solnit, author and activist who has written on Katrina and
the current Gulf disaster.
    * Carla P?rez, Movement Generation
    * Dave Room, Bay Localize

For more details, please visit http://west.actforclimatejustice.org/


Save the Date - October 14!

2010 Ella Baker Center Annual Event and Awards

This year, we have inspiring leaders to honor and so many achievements
to commemorate. Please join the us at the 4th Annual Ella Awards dinner:

Thursday, October 14, 2010
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Drive
Oakland, CA

Buy Tickets Now

The Annual Ella Awards honors social change leaders in our movement
whose inspiring and ground-breaking achievements plant the seeds of
peace, opportunity and justice in our communities.

Eva Jefferson Paterson
President and founder of Equal Justice Society

Mandela Foods Cooperative
West Oakland's first locally-owned full-service grocery store

Nicole Lee
Founder and Executive Director of Urban Peace Movement

We are also pleased to introduce Deandre Lewis as the first recipient of
the Van Jones Scholarship.

A limited number of early bird tickets available until 9/14. (Save $20!)

Buy yours today!
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
www.ellabakercenter.org | 510.428.3939
344 40th Street | Oakland, CA | 94609

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  Tel: (510) 834-0420
  Web: http://www.baylocalize.org

  Support our efforts! Go to:
https://www.earthislandprojects.org/bayLocalize/donate.html



-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures from and about my GREEN showing.
The green horn fair trade icon is on a Iowa quarter (25c USA coin).


From eameece at sfo.com  Wed Aug 25 14:32:16 2010
From: eameece at sfo.com (Eric A. Meece)
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:32:16 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Make Big Oil Pay, August 29-30!
In-Reply-To: <4C757D8F.4030201@aceweb.com>
References: <4C757D8F.4030201@aceweb.com>
Message-ID: <sig.58539a3ece.B458A7895FD8454196A5E587830ABD6D@eameecePC>

How about Big Oil switch from making oil to making green energy?
How about congress and the president make sure that we switch energy 
sources, and if BP doesn't switch to green energy, put them out of business?
Eric

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tian Harter" <tnharter at aceweb.com>
To: "Post South SF Bay discus" <sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 1:31 PM
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Make Big Oil Pay, August 29-30!


Bay Localize: For a Livable and Resilient Bay Area

8/29-30: Make Big Oil Pay for Green Solutions in Oakland and SF!
SAVE THE DATE! 10/14 4th Annual Ella Awards - "From Seed to Root to Vision"

Dear friends,

Make Big Oil Pay, August 29-30!
On the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Bay Localize and the
Mobilization for Climate Justice stand together in solidarity with Gulf
Coast communities hit hard by the BP oil catastrophe. It's time to Make
Big Oil Pay!

On August 29-30, join thousands of friends and neighbors for creative
actions, workshops, and popular demos to Make Big Oil Pay for rebuilding
our communities, and funding clean energy and transit solutions.

WHAT: Teach-In: Big Oil, Community Resilience and Nonviolent Direct
Action  March and Nonviolent Direct Action
WHEN: Sunday, August 29, 1-4 pm Monday, August 30, 11:30 am
WHERE: Frank Ogawa Plaza, 14th St. & Broadway (near 12th St. BART),
Oakland Justin Herman Plaza (near Embarcadero BART), SF

MAKE BIG OIL PAY! Our coalition demands:

        * Moratorium on New Offshore Drilling. No Use of Dispersants.
Full Access to Media and Civil Society.
        * Big Oil corporations pay their debt to all impacted
communities - Gulf Coast to Richmond, CA and around the world.
        * Big Oil pay for community livelihood and ecosystem
restoration, clean energy, public transportation, and healthcare for
impacted communities.
        * Big Oil Out of Politics!


EVENT DETAILS:

DAY ONE: Sunday, August 29, 1-4 pm
Teach-In:Big Oil, Community Resilience and Creative Nonviolent Direct
Action
Frank Ogawa Plaza, near 14th Street & Broadway (12th St BART), Oakland
* Brief Teach-In on BP: Big Oil and local impacts, positive solutions,
and what we can do. Followed by:
* Nonviolent Direct Action Training: a public preparation for the
campaign on nonviolent direct action against big oil and for climate
justice. This will prepare participants to join the nonviolent direct
action part of the following day's demonstration, or just learn about
what's involved. Please come on time and stay for the whole time.
* Community Resilience Skills: Movement Generation and Bay Localize will
offer a workshop to understand the importance of meeting our own basic
needs to prepare our communities to weather economic, ecological and
social instability. Learn to evaluate our community's relative strengths
and vulnerabilities, and learn concrete skills to build self-reliance
and resilience. It covers the topics of: Resilient communities as part
of resisting oppression; Food, Water & Energy; Transportation & Housing;
Jobs & Economy; Civic Preparedness & Social Service

DAY TWO: Monday, August 30, 11:30 am
March and Nonviolent Direct Action
Justin Herman Plaza (Embarcadero BART), SF

Join us for a march on BP and Big Oil's SF locations and those who
choose to will risk arrest taking nonviolent direct action. We'll be
targeting the offices of BP and Chevron for their roles in environmental
and community destruction in the Gulf, in the Bay Area, and around the
world.  We'll also target the U.S. EPA to demand an end to the use of
toxic dispersants, to follow the Clean Air Act that mandates they
regulate the greenhouse gas pollution that causes climate change and
stand up to industry pressure to expand drilling and prevent action to
stop climate change.

Speakers include:

    * Jonathan Henderson, who leads the BP drilling disaster field
operations in the Gulf of Mexico for the Gulf Restoration Network
    * Rev. Kenneth Davis, Civil Rights veteran and community leader from
North Richmond)
    * Antonia Juhasz, author of the Tyranny of Oil, just back from
meeting with impacted communities in the Gulf.
    * Rebecca Solnit, author and activist who has written on Katrina and
the current Gulf disaster.
    * Carla P?rez, Movement Generation
    * Dave Room, Bay Localize

For more details, please visit http://west.actforclimatejustice.org/


Save the Date - October 14!

2010 Ella Baker Center Annual Event and Awards

This year, we have inspiring leaders to honor and so many achievements
to commemorate. Please join the us at the 4th Annual Ella Awards dinner:

Thursday, October 14, 2010
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Drive
Oakland, CA

Buy Tickets Now

The Annual Ella Awards honors social change leaders in our movement
whose inspiring and ground-breaking achievements plant the seeds of
peace, opportunity and justice in our communities.

Eva Jefferson Paterson
President and founder of Equal Justice Society

Mandela Foods Cooperative
West Oakland's first locally-owned full-service grocery store

Nicole Lee
Founder and Executive Director of Urban Peace Movement

We are also pleased to introduce Deandre Lewis as the first recipient of
the Van Jones Scholarship.

A limited number of early bird tickets available until 9/14. (Save $20!)

Buy yours today!
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
www.ellabakercenter.org | 510.428.3939
344 40th Street | Oakland, CA | 94609

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Contact Us:

  Bay Localize
  436 14th Street, Suite 1216
  Oakland, CA 94612 USA
  Tel: (510) 834-0420
  Web: http://www.baylocalize.org

  Support our efforts! Go to:
https://www.earthislandprojects.org/bayLocalize/donate.html



-- 
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures from and about my GREEN showing.
The green horn fair trade icon is on a Iowa quarter (25c USA coin).
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Thu Aug 26 15:00:48 2010
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:00:48 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] SF Mime Troupe Tommorow & Saturday
Message-ID: <4C76E410.3010601@earthlink.net>


FYI,

The San Francisco Mime Troupe will be at Mitchell Park
in Palo Alto tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday.

=================
Mitchell Park, South Field
Fri, Aug 27th @ 7:00 PM (Music 6:30)
Sat, Aug 28th @ 4:00 PM (Music 3:30)
600 East Meadow Drive, Palo Alto
Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
=================

Link to map at:
     http://www.sfmt.org/schedule/index.php

For more info:
     http://www.sfmt.org

Gerry



From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Fri Aug 27 04:20:47 2010
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:20:47 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] TIME Magazine to initiate new adult version
Message-ID: <BAY140-W19BE432874334D43FBBEED9E860@phx.gbl>


Onion News reports that TIME intends to supplement the familiar kid version.


http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/08/25/time/index.html

Yow! Wouldn't it be luverly?  





 		 	   		  
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From gerrygras at earthlink.net  Fri Aug 27 13:00:16 2010
From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras)
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:00:16 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] SF Rally
Message-ID: <4C781950.8060706@earthlink.net>


Hi,

I have received an "invitation to all Bay Area political
organizations".  It is for an event with John Dennis (the
Republican candidate running against Pelosi), Ron Paul,
and Matt Gonzalez.  But this email is much larger than
our limit.

If you want to know more:

     http://www.johndennis2010.com/pop

Gerry

P.S. Here is the text part of the invitation:

============================================
We are sending this invitation to all Bay Area political organizations. 
  We would appreciate if you would forward this if this appropriate for 
your membership.  Our apology if not appropriate.

Areas have been set aside for information tables? Hope you can join us?
============================================

The non text part is basically the same as what you
get by following the link.




From wrolley at charter.net  Fri Aug 27 13:37:47 2010
From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley)
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:37:47 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Latest Green Talk column now in MH Times.
Message-ID: <4C78221B.7050600@charter.net>

  http://www.morganhilltimes.com/opinion/default.asp?s=4293


From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Sat Aug 28 11:09:50 2010
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:09:50 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Mime Troupe in Palo Alto, 3:30 Sunday
Message-ID: <BAY140-W17534E110A28B4B03386509E870@phx.gbl>



   I saw about half of it last night in a chilly wind; it should be warmer this afternoon.

   Don't go if your New-Agey sensibilities are going to be offended by a hilarious
sendup of hip capitalists.  I laughed 'til the tears streamed.   The script is very
clever, with deft invocation of scenes from soap opera on TV and instant
flashbacks to Buenos Aires.  Production is excellent--all cast members have
wireless microphones.

   The story about workers taking over their failing factory is stirring.  Maybe it's 
too easy to scoff that industrial Marxism is anachronistic, that seizing a failed 
business model is as useless as Obama's presidency.  Whatevuh.  Enjoy a 
spirited and well-produced show.  From what I saw, much recommended.

Mitchell Park (East Meadow Drive just toward the mountains from Middlefield Rd).
Music starts at 3:30 (a versatile, skilled, and humorous band), show at 4:00.

Here's the Examiner's take:  


http://www.sfexaminer.com/lifestyle/Workers-take-over-in-Mime-Troupe-show-97915954.html



  


 		 	   		  
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From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Sat Aug 28 11:12:08 2010
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:12:08 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Mime Troupe in Palo Alto, 3:30 SATURDAY
In-Reply-To: <BAY140-W17534E110A28B4B03386509E870@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY140-W17534E110A28B4B03386509E870@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BAY140-W5D11D6D4FD145DDF82EEA9E870@phx.gbl>



SATURDAY SATURDAY SATURDAY.  (Sorry I was multitasking)








   I saw about half of it last night in a chilly wind; it should be warmer this afternoon.

   Don't go if your New-Agey sensibilities are going to be offended by a hilarious
sendup of hip capitalists.  I laughed 'til the tears streamed.   The script is very
clever, with deft invocation of scenes from soap opera on TV and instant
flashbacks to Buenos Aires.  Production is excellent--all cast members have
wireless microphones.

   The story about workers taking over their failing factory is stirring.  Maybe it's 
too easy to scoff that industrial Marxism is anachronistic, that seizing a failed 
business model is as useless as Obama's presidency.  Whatevuh.  Enjoy a 
spirited and well-produced show.  From what I saw, much recommended.

Mitchell Park (East Meadow Drive just toward the mountains from Middlefield Rd).
Music starts at 3:30 (a versatile, skilled, and humorous band), show at 4:00.

Here's the Examiner's take:  

Message body
http://www.sfexaminer.com/lifestyle/Workers-take-over-in-Mime-Troupe-show-97915954.html



  


 		 	   		  
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From snug.bug at hotmail.com  Sat Aug 28 11:34:36 2010
From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian Good)
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:34:36 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] MIME TROUPE is SATURDAY
Message-ID: <BAY140-W19DFC2661414C0413DABC69E870@phx.gbl>



  They say a falsehood gets half way around the world before truth can get its pants on,
so why my erroneous 11:09 notice takes fifteen minutes and my 11:12 correction is
published instantly so when the erroneous one finally appears at 11:24 it looks like a 
correction to the correction I don't know.

  The Mime Troupe is Saturday, today.  



 		 	   		  
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From green at bionictoad.com  Tue Aug 31 23:37:46 2010
From: green at bionictoad.com (Ray Tobey)
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:37:46 -0700
Subject: [GPSCC-chat] SF Bike Coalition selecting endorsements - Vote for
	Jane Kim!
Message-ID: <4C7DF4BA.3050209@bionictoad.com>

Hi everybody,

Living on the Peninsula, I've been a member of both the Silicon Valley 
and San Francisco Bike Coalitions. Right now, the SFBC is selecting the 
candidates they'll endorse for the November ballot. This page describes 
the process:

    http://www.sfbike.org/vote

Regardless of where you live, if you're a member you can vote. I'm a 
volunteer for Jane Kim, who is running for District 6 Supervisor. She's 
a former Green Party member, and I'd love it if you would vote for her:

    http://wwww.sfbike.org/vote2010/

In her work for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, she recently 
argued before the Charter Review Committee of San Mateo that we change 
from at large to district elections for County Supervisors. This change 
would make a huge difference to San Mateo by reducing the necessity to 
run widespread, expensive campaigns in order to be elected. Details are 
here:

    
http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/Attachments/bos/pdfs/Charter%20Review%20Committee/CommitteeAgenda_20100421.pdf

This is an example of her work that's relevant outside of SF. If you're 
engaged in San Francisco politics, I can offer other reasons to vote for 
her. Send me an email if you're interested.

If you do cast a ballot for Jane, I'd love to hear it. Thanks,
- Ray