Robert Kangas

I'm the volunteer webmaster for the 11th LD Democrats. I'm a software engineer by day, photographer by night.

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  1. Endorsements 2012 — 3 comments
  2. General Meeting – Food — 2 comments
  3. 11th LD Summer Picnic – 8/18/2012 — 1 comments
  4. Top Democrats refuse to schedule votes on Family and Medical Leave, Sick Days — 1 comments
  5. Newsletter – March 2013 — 1 comments

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Phonebanking for Kate Kruller

The Teamsters are hosting a phonebank session for Kate Kruller’s campaign for Tukwila City Council. We need all the help we can get. We will be calling all Union members in Tukwila from the Union’s list. Even if it’s only for an hour, please help. The Teamsters are providing the training, phones, scripts. No experience …

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The Future of Transportation by Jim Flynn

People born during WW II have seen rapid response to changes in technology.  For example, electric clothes dryers, television, transistors, Programmable Controllers, Mobile Phones, Robotics, CDs, PCs, Flash Drives, iPads, BioMed and a plethora of hardware and

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Alene Brede

From Martha: I am very sorry to announce the passing of our former webmaster Alene Brede, who has been struggling with breast cancer for a couple of years.  Information about her memorial will be posted on our website.  I first met Alene when I joined the 11th LD Democrats in 2003.  We were assigned the …

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King County Democrats October Newsletter

King County Democrats just posted their newsletter.  It has a pretty big list of events and their endorsements list.  Most of them occur outside of the 11th LD boundaries, but you may be interested in some.  You can view both here:  newsletter

Events list upgrade

I just updated a component of our website (good), but the update process flushed our list of events out of the calendar (bad), but I imported our old events (good).  If you notice anything missing, feel free to contact me:  webmaster@11thlddems.org.

Biofuels resolution

A resolution on biofuels will be discussed at the October general meeting:  2011-7 Biofuels resolution

Newsletter – October 2011

The October 2011 newsletter can be found here: 2011_10-October

Budget Cuts Rapid Response Team

From Anne Martens: We are putting together a media rapid response team to focus on state budget cuts and revenue options. We will create a new email list and will ask people who opt-in to help us respond to news articles and blog posts by writing comments online and writing letters to the editor.

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Phonebanks to defeat Tim Eyman’s I-1125

Fuse is organizing phonebanks to defeat Tim Eyman’s I-1125. As you may have heard, 1125 is Eyman’s latest scheme to paralyze public services and wreck government. It would block Sound Transit’s voter approved light rail project and jeopardize the completion of the new SR 520 bridge and other projects. We need your help to educate …

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It Isn’t Written by Jim Flynn

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) described a process of reading text called deconstruction.  Part of the procedure maintains, what the wording doesn’t say reveals more about its meaning than what is written.  Jacques’ critics maintain that his philosophy weakens the division between truth and falsehood. When modern journalism is taken into consideration, that distinction between truth and

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Paradigm Shift Needed in WA State Tax Structure by Jim Flynn

Republicans and Democrats agree on one thing, we need a paradigm shift in our state tax structure to avoid the revenue shortfall and budget cuts to education and the social safety net funding disaster we experienced this year.  Still, the electorate is in the dark about sources of revenue for Washington.

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Phonebank opportunities for No on 1183

From the No on 1183 campaign: Because your legislative district or organization has endorsed the No on 1183 campaign (or is considering endorsing), I wanted to let you know about the plans we have to get the word out about Costco’s latest liquor privatization initiative and most importantly, how you can help! As you know, …

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Redistricting for the 11th Legislative District by Jim Flynn

 If you are going to try to make sense of redistricting then you are in for a wild ride.  You can find all the information, including maps at the Redistricting Commission web site: http://www.redistricting.wa.gov/maps.asp

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Fiestas Patrias 2011 Parade Photos

Photos from the Fiestas Patrias Parade (2011) are here:

Washington State Redistricting Commission draft plans

The Washington State Redistricting Commission has posted their draft plans for redistricting.  Details & maps can be found here: http://www.redistricting.wa.gov/maps.asp

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