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Aug 16
Where to Go to Party on Election Night
The Slog posted some good info if you want to schmooze with the candidates tonight:
Tunnel Referendum/Proposition 1
Protect Seattle Now (Reject): Havana, 6:00 PM
Let’s Move Forward (Approve): Miners Landing, 6:00 PM
City Council Position 1
Jean Godden: Fare Start, 7:00 PM
Bobby Forch: Rob Roy, 7:00 PM
Maurice Classen: Great Nabob, 6:00 PM
Michael Taylor-Judd: Attending Protect Seattle Now’s party at Havana.
City Council Position 9
Sally Clark: Doing whatever everyone else is doing.
King County Council District 8
Joe McDermott: Beveridge Place Pub, 8:00 PM
King County Council District 6
Jane Hague: didn’t return our calls, as usual.
Patsy Bonincontri: Party pooper.
Richard Mitchell: Crossroads Grill, 7:30 PM
John Creighton: George’s Place, 7:00 PM
Aug 16
Election Day Reminder
Reposted from the Beacon Hill Blog:
Today is Primary Election Day. Ballots must be postmarked today to be counted. If you prefer not to use the mail, you can drop off your ballot by 8 p.m. at one of the official drop boxes.
You may also vote in person at one of the accessible voting centers, which are open to all voters. This is what you need to do if you’ve lost or damaged your ballot.
Need to refresh your memory about the issues and candidates? You can see a copy of the voter’s pamphlet for statewide races here. Local races can be found at the King County Elections website instead.
King County Democrats Endorsements are here: http://www.kcdems.org/node/9
11th LD Democrats Endorsements are in our newsletter archive (Sorry, I’ll make it easier for the general election): http://11thlddems.org/blog/category/newsletters/
Aug 14
Zack Hudgins bundle of joy
Zack Hudgins and his wife just had a baby boy, Sebastian Quintana, yesterday. Born yesterday at 6:31am, weighing in at 6 lbs 14 oz, 19 inches. Congrats you two!
Aug 14
Donating to aid organizations in Somolia
Thinking about donating to an aid organization in Somolia? Read this, from Abshir Mahamed:
There are many aid organizations, but the vast majority have bloated administration and overhead which reduce the actually dollar amount of aid reaching the individual in need of food aid. Some estimates go as far as saying that “only 25 to 27 cents of every dollar reach the refugee” Iman- UNICEF Ambassador. I would recommend donating to the local aid organization in Mogadishu. One example is SAACID, a organization founded in Mogadishu in 1990 by local Somali Women. They are a 501 c-3 Non profit and are well know ( recently aired on Al-Jazeera). there website is saacid.org.
I would also recommend donating directly to UNICEF and bypassing the ngo’s all together.
Aug 12
Online donations
Yay! We now have the ability to accept online donations. You can give a one-time donation or set up a recurring monthly donation. Please donate to the 11th LD Democrats here: https://co.clickandpledge.com/Default.aspx?WID=45071
Aug 09
Redistricting Meeting summary
It was pretty amazing to see the large crowd at the State Redistricting meeting on Tuesday. The turnout was great and the number of average citizens testifying before the Redistricting Committee was awe-inspiring. I’m glad to see the average citizen being interested in the political process.
Photo of the meeting. Our vice-chair, Marvin Rosete is testifying. Of the 11th, Martha Koester (our chair) and Robert Kangas (webmaster) testified as well. There were plenty of elected officials and candidates there too.
One America was there in force, proposing that we adopt the “Unity Map” proposal to try to get a Minority-Majority congressional district. https://www.weareoneamerica.org/sites/weareoneamerica.org/files/UnityMap.pdf. I’m sure there’ll be a lot more discussion about this in the near-future.
Aug 03
Bob Hasegawa & Redistricting
From Bob Hasegawa:
Friends,
I am asking for your help in retaining the seat in the legislature you elected me to. I am in jeopardy of losing the seat, not by election, but by a decision of the four person Redistricting Commission.
Jul 21
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
From the Obama Campaign: This morning, a group of public servants showed up to work at a brand-new agency created to protect everyday Americans from the abuses of Wall Street.
They’re the folks of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and they’ll be the cops on the beat protecting consumers from predatory credit card and mortgage lenders, bait-and-switch creditors, and anyone trying to make a quick buck by deceiving or manipulating Americans who are just trying to secure their financial future.
Many Americans don’t know it, but this bureau is just one part of a sweeping Wall Street reform law — the most pro-consumer and pro-taxpayer reform of our financial system since the Great Depression — that President Obama signed a year ago today.
Watch this video to get a quick overview of the law, and a briefing on the special interests trying to undermine it:
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Jul 20
Statement on the Gang of Six Plan by Center for Economic and Policy Research
Please write to your senators and congresspeople!
Statement on the Gang of Six Plan aby Center for Economic and Policy Research
Tax cuts for the wealthy, and Social Security cuts for ordinary workers
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Tax cuts for the wealthy, and Social Security cuts for ordinary workers
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Jul 13
Newsletter – July 2011 – Correction
The newsletter for July has been updated with a correction. Tim Burgess was endorsed by our organization. 2011_07-July
Jul 13
Homeowner’s resource center information
Link to Washington Homeownership Resource Center: http://www.homeownership-wa.org/contact.htm.
Email us at info@homeownership-wa.org
Email us at info@homeownership-wa.org
Call us toll-free on our Homeownership Hotline at (877) 894-4663
Local in Seattle, our number is (206) 542-1243
Local in Seattle, our number is (206) 542-1243
Office hours: 8 am to 5 pm PST, Monday – Friday
Jul 13
Teabaggers like Bachmann are dangerous for our country
From Horse’s Ass:
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) tells the Republicans to stop acting like children because otherwise real people are going to get hurt:
“The possibility that seniors could be denied Social Security benefits is frightening,” Murray said. “Rather than accuse the President of scare tactics, my Republican colleagues should tell the extreme voices in their own party that it is time to act responsibly.”
[…]“Senate Republicans have put us in this position by walking away from every attempt at finding a long-term solution to our national debt….They continue to deny that their irresponsible actions will have real consequences for the American people. This is not about bumper sticker politics. This is about real people, who could be hurt if Republicans fail to act reasonably and responsibly.”
Read the rest here: http://horsesass.org/?p=35794
