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Hi, Mike: <br>
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Heather Bass, elected as a "Trustee" to the Gilroy Unified
School Board, indicated she is Green; see below. <br>
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QUESTION: I plan to announce this to the local
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org">sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org</a> list. If you want me to do more,
please let me know. <br>
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I found 2 other candidates, both of which were elected, with
names matching Green entries in the list of registered voters I got
2014-07-29. Unfortunately, neither is Green. One has the same name
as another registered Green in that district. The other is "No
Party Preference", was unaware that the Registrar of Voters said,
"Green", and did NOT want to be portrayed as Green. <br>
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There are over 4,000 registered Greens in Santa Clara County.
A paper listing of the names with phone numbers might contain 50
names per page. If so, that would run 80 pages. That makes a
manual search laborious. I now have software that should make the
search easier the next time. Part of the problem is writing code
that knows that "Raúl" and "Raul" are probably the same name, as are
"Mike" and "Michael". Unfortunately, the software automates a
reasonable portion of the task but still requires some programming
effort with 251 candidates in the general election and perhaps
double that in the primary. Fortunately, enough of the task is now
automated, I should be able to do it relatively easily early enough
to be useful for the 2016 primary. <br>
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Best Wishes, <br>
Spencer Graves<br>
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<td>Heather Bass <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:heather.bass@gilroyunified.org"><heather.bass@gilroyunified.org></a></td>
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<pre>Good Evening, Spencer Graves,
Yes, I am a Green Party member and I would be interested in attending a
meeting. As a new board member, much of December is filled. I will look at
my schedule for January and get back to you. Thank you for the information.
*Heather Bass*
*Gilroy Unified School Board Trustee*
*Gilroy Unified School District*
*7810 Arroyo Circle, Gilroy CA 95020*
*Phone: (408) 489-5559 *
heather.bass@g <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gina.coffman@gusd.k12.ca.us"><gina.coffman@gusd.k12.ca.us></a>ilroyunified.org
On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Spencer Graves <
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org">spencer.graves@effectivedefense.org</a>> wrote:
> 1. Congratulations on winning a seat on the Gilroy Unified School Board.
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> 2. Are you registered Green? A Heather Ruth Bass from Gilroy was
> registered Green, at least according to a list of the registered voters in
> Santa Clara County from July 29, 2014. If yes, might you be interested in
> talking with the local Green party some time? We are meeting Th., Dec. 18,
> and Fr., Dec. 26 at 7 PM. January through October, we meet the fourth
> Thursdays of each month at 7 PM. Please let me know.
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> Thanks -- and Congratulations, again. Spencer Graves, County Council,
> Green Party of Santa Clara County.
> Sent from IP Address: 162.228.222.255
> This message was submitted from your website contact form:
> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.heatherbass4schoolboard.com/contact-us.html">http://www.heatherbass4schoolboard.com/contact-us.html</a>
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