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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4">I met some nice people I'd like to see again, saw some faces I've seen elsewhere but couldn't quite place.</font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4">It was great to see some young people who seem enthusiastic about the Greens.</font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4">I'll suppose that most of the CC members who voted for Mike's coup were there. It seemed the consensus</font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4">was that expediency trumped legality--which much disappointed me because I've seen the Republicans </font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4">and</font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"> </font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4">the Democrats both corrupted by that ethic since 9/11.</font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4">What's occurring to me now is who didn't show up. None of the NorCal celebrities showed up except Sanda</font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"> </font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4">and Marnie. Barry Hermanson did a cameo teach-in about signature-gathering strategies at a Campaigns </font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4">working group. Nancy Mancias appeared in the "bar room" and soon left. Marnie didn't <br>stay long. Richmond, Fairfax, and Humboldt </font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4">County appear to have been no-shows. </font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4">Brian </font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"><br></font><br> </div></body>
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