From rjgruska at pacbell.net  Sat Apr  2 17:43:45 2005
From: rjgruska at pacbell.net (Rhonda Anthony Gruska)
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 17:43:45 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Phil Angelides Event
Message-ID: <20050403014346.80529.qmail@web81106.mail.yahoo.com>

Please let me know if you plan to attend the Phil Angelides event on April 28th at the Rosenberg's house.  I am trying to get an idea of the number of attendees from the club. 
 
Best,
Tony


From rjgruska at pacbell.net  Sun Apr  3 14:17:14 2005
From: rjgruska at pacbell.net (Rhonda Anthony Gruska)
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 14:17:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Phil Angelides Event
In-Reply-To: 6667
Message-ID: <20050403211714.84426.qmail@web81108.mail.yahoo.com>


Angelides Fundraiser in Davis

 

Phil?s Fundraiser in Davis is on Thursday, April 28, 2005, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 1112 Westfield Terrace, Davis CA 95616. Now is the time to start getting really serious about inviting friends and neighbors to this event.  The donation is $100 per person for Phil?s campaign for Governor of California.   Please bring your check to the DDC club's April meeting or mail it to Lea Rosenberg at 1112 Westfield Terrace, Davis CA 95616.  All checks should be made payable to ?Angelides 2006?.  The ID number is 1253280.

 

Phil is really looking forward to the visit with his friends in Yolo County.

 

           

           


Claire Black Slotton <claire at iclaire.com> wrote:Do you have details on this event?

- C

At 06:43 PM 4/2/2005, you wrote:
Please let me know if you plan to attend the Phil Angelides event on April 28th at the Rosenberg's house.  I am trying to get an idea of the number of attendees from the club. 
 
Best,
Tony
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From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Mon Apr  4 04:56:19 2005
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Mon,  4 Apr 2005 04:56:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis Democrat Club board meeting on Tuesday,
	April 5th
Message-ID: <20050404115619.EDADB20023EC@mx.dcn.davis.ca.us>

Greetings Davis Democrat Club Boardmembers,

Note the meeting will be at:
Loction: Cranbrook Apartment Clubhouse
Address: 955 Cranbrook Court (One block south of J & Covell)

Items distributed at this meeting will be:
1) Finalized Agenda
2) Minutes from March Meeting
3) Copy of annotated By-Laws

The latest agenda is on the bottom of this e-mail.  This is a preliminary
agenda and it can change.  The President and other board members had input.
If this draft does not reflect those requests, please send the suggestions.  

Thank you for your attention,

Richard

        Davis Democratic Club Meeting Agenda 
                April 6th, 7 pm -  8 pm
     Loction: Cranbrook Apartment Clubhouse
Address: 955 Cranbrook Court (One block south of J & Covell)

I.    Introduction   (8 minutes)
        i.    Approval of Agenda
        ii.   Approval of Minutes for February meeting
        iii.  Comments and issues from the Public and general members
        iv.   Minutes and reports from other clubs and campus 
              Democrats

II.   Treasurer's Report     (4 minutes)

III.  May General Membership meeting  (7 minutes) 
        i.   Report from Chair of event
        ii.  Progress so far
             a. Date
             b. Location

IV.   Champagne Brunch  (7 minutes) 
        i.   Report from Chair of event
        ii.  Progress so far 
             a. Date
             b. Location (at the Cook's)

V.   4th of July Booth in the Park (6 minutes)
        i.   Last year's event results
        ii.  Selection of Chair for Event
        iii. This year's event focus.
          
VI.  Content of the Next Newsletter (6 minutes)
        i.   Update by newsletter committee
        ii.  Story ideas

VII. Presentation of the draft of the new by-laws  (12 minutes)
       (Members of subcommittee are:   John Chendo, Rich Petersen, Mike
         Syvanen, Arun Sen, Betty Weir, Richard Yamagata and Tony Gruska)

VIII.  New Business (15 minutes)
        i.   New items for discussion  
              a. SMUD resolution from Davis Democrat Club
              b. Cache Creek Wild and Scenic (Lois Wolk's bill AB1328)
        ii.   Announcements- upcoming events 
        iii. Items for next meeting  
        iv.  Next Meeting Time/Location
              a. May 4th 7:00 pm.    Blanchard Room 
              b. June 7th?
        v.   Meeting adjournment

Time:  65 minutes



From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Mon Apr  4 05:36:16 2005
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Mon,  4 Apr 2005 05:36:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis Democrat Club board meeting on Tuesday,
	April 5th
Message-ID: <20050404123616.0F1882000B8C@mx.dcn.davis.ca.us>

Greetings Davis Democrat Club Boardmembers,

I just saw that the meeting date on the agenda is incorrect.  The meeting is
on Tuesday, April 5th.

Take care,

Ry
G Richard Yamagata  PhD
CEO/President   VME Inc.   http://www.vme.net/

G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of 
Directors, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, 
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the Board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis, and communications liason 
of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169.

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From rjgruska at pacbell.net  Tue Apr  5 16:06:46 2005
From: rjgruska at pacbell.net (Rhonda Anthony Gruska)
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 16:06:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Girl Scout Cookies!
Message-ID: <20050405230646.14393.qmail@web81102.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi,
 
I will have Girl Scout cookies for sale at tonight's meeting for $3.50 a box.  Proceeds benefit Girl Scout Outreach Programs for underserved girls.
 
Best,
Rhonda


From yamagata at virtual-markets.net  Wed Apr  6 16:54:55 2005
From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD)
Date: Wed,  6 Apr 2005 16:54:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis Democrat Club minutes for March 2nd Meeting
Message-ID: <20050406235455.1ADCA2001D4B@mx.dcn.davis.ca.us>

Greetings Davis Democrat Club Boardmembers,

Please find below the preliminary minutes for the MARCH 2ND meeting.  These
are not for last night's meeting on April 5th.  With last nights meeting
lasting 1 hour and 34 minutes, I have my work cut-out for me in organizing
those notes into minutes.  

On a totally different note, I am saddened by Joyce Wilson's resignation
from the board.  She was the person that inspired me to join the board and
fill in the position of recording secretary and complete the term of Judy
Vulliet.  Judy had to leave the board because of illness.  That was over 5
years ago.  

Susan Peter-Thompson should be dropped from the board if she does not show
up at a meeting by the June meeting.  The club needs Susan's participation
at the Champagne Brunch, so I hope that we hear from her.  Tanya Chalupa has
special status with the board and is excused from attending the board
meetings.  The current by-laws state that she is a board member.  There are
currently 22 board members on the active roster with the resignation of
Joyce Wilson.

Davis Democrat Club Meeting
March 2, 2005

This meeting was held at the Blanchard Room in the Yolo County Library. 
Present (12 members total) were:
President: Tony Gruska,
Vice President: Kingsley Melton
Treasurer: Betty Weir	
Recording Secretary: G Richard Yamagata
Acting Past President: Bob Bockwinkel
Newsletter Editor: Committee representative present 
Publicity: Absent
Special Adjunct Membership Chair: Rita Montes-Martin
Parlimentarian: Arun Sen
Board members:  Lyle Smith, Mike Syvanen, Julia Sanchez, Adrienne Kandell,
Jim Pollock

Absent from Meeting:  Special Liaison, Susan Peter-Thompson; Publicity,
Barbara Slemmons; Board Member Max Rothe; Board Member, Rick Vulliet; Board
Member, Pam Nieberg; Board Member, Joyce Wilson; Board Member, Mary Lou
Hernandez; Newsletter Editor, Tanya Chalupa; Board Member, Rhonda Gruska;
Board Member, Dan Kehew; Board Member, John Chendo

Guests:  There were six guests at this meeting.  Davis Democrat Club members
Jim Provenza and Yvonne Clinton were present.  Guests present included: Dan
Berman, Bob Milbrodt, Sheila Allen,  and Sally Parker.

Tony called the meeting to order at 7:09 PM. 

AGENDA:  The agenda was moved for approval by Kingsley Melton.  It was
seconded by Arun Sen.  The agenda passed with no objections.

MINUTES OF PAST MEETINGS: 
The minutes from the February 16th meeting were distributed.  The vote on
these minutes will take place at the April meeting.

OTHER MINUTES
Lyle Smith was able to report on the Woodland and Winters Democrat Clubs.
There were no representatives from the Campus Dems or Young Dems.  Bob
Bockwinkel was able to report about the High School Dems and Young Dems.
The Lamppost Pizza Fundraiser was a success.  There was a discussion on how
better publicity should be done for Davis High School Democrat Club events.
It was stated that the DDC is fortunate to have Barbara Slemmons, our
publicity officer.  Bob reported that Scott Lay met with the High School
Dems.  There were 20 members in attendance.  Bob reported on the debate
between John Munn and Tanya Chalupa that was sponsored by the Young Dems.
Bob also stated that the Young Dems will possibly be at the next party
convention and will be working there.  No Action was required nor taken.  

PUBLIC COMMENT
Bob Milbrodt stated that he would like the club to sponsor a monument for
Thomas Payne in the Davis Central Park.  President Tony Gruska stated that
he would speak to Bob after the meeting to discuss this.  

Dan Berman stated that he would like the Davis Democrat Club sponsor a
statement in support of SMUD annexation for the City of Davis.  It was
stated that the City of Woodland and the City of West Sacramento's Democrat
have already done this.  Dan presented data and study results.  He stated
that the average household in Davis would save $45/month.  He also presented
data and stated that SMUD is the third largest provider of "green" power in
the state.  He stated that the Sierra Club has endorsed SMUD annexation.  

Bob Milbrodt wanted the DDC Board to vote on this.  Kingsley Melton stated
that we need to formally agendize this item to vote on it.  He made a motion
that this item be placed on the April agenda for a vote.  There was a
substitute motion that the DDC Board vote on this item at the present
meeting and not wait until April.  The motion died for a want of second.
Kingsley's motion was agreed upon by concensus.  No vote was taken and this
item will be placed on the April agenda.

TREASURER'S REPORT
It was announced that $11,811.49 was in the club's treasury.   We currently
have 128 paid memberships.  

APRIL GENERAL MEETING
Lyle Smith presented his outline for the April general meeting as chair of
this event.  The meeting would be on April 9th at Cantina del Cabo.  It was
stated that we needed more time to plan for this event and that having it
the weekend before Picnic Day may pose a problem in terms of attendance.  It
was decided that a May date for this event at Cantina del Cabo was best.  It
gave us more time.  It was also proposed that this meeting have no cover
charge and that it be used as a membership drive.  

Lyle stated that the theme of the event would be to combat the Republican
grand scheme to kill our communities with their "Starve the Beast" campaign.
The possible speakers at this event would be Steve Ybarra of the Pacific
Region Hispanic Causus or John Garmendi or Jim Provenza or Lois Wolk or a
combination of these people.   This event would aim at getting 400 people to
attend that normally do not attend Davis Democrat Club meetings.
Fundraising would be through the sales of t-shirts, buttons or bumper
stickers.  We would at this event aim at building coalitions between the
other activist political groups in Yolo County.  Tony will try to get the
Yolo Beat Bush contact list to invite the close to 1000 people that
supported that organization to attend this general meeting.  The whole point
of this is to energize and expand the base of people to get them to
volunteer.  We know that the people are out there that selected Howard Dean
as National Party Chair.  We need to rebuild the party from the bottom up.

Bob Bockwinkel supported the idea of no cover charge at the door.  He stated
that we can get 50 to 100 people to a meeting like this.  Kingsley stated
that in planning this event, we need to look past it and plan for the
future.  We need the volunteers for the future campaigns and he is in
support of this idea.  Adrienne stated that she was impressed by Lyle's
planning and liked what she saw in Lyle's outline and supports his proposed
event.  Lyle added another statement that he saw two groups of people -
people that regularly come to Davis Democrat Club events and people that
normally do not come to the DDC events.  This general meeting is aimed at
the latter.  Lyle finished up by saying that if we can get new  people from
this latter group energized at this general meeting in May, we can expect
higher turnout for the Champagne Brunch in June and we can expect more new
DDC members.  

CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH
Betty stated that she wished to step down as chair of this event.  Betty
stated that she had yet to reach the Cooke's and confirm a date for this
event.  The Cooke's seem not to be home in Davis at this time.   Mike
Syvanen said that he would step up to chair, if he could get help.  Mike
will chair the food for this event.  Bob Bockwinkel stated that he will pick
up the champagne and champagne glasses for the event.  Kingsley stated that
he can help with the orange juice.  Kingsley also stated that he would ask
the people and the potential keynote speaker to speak at the event.  Lyle
also stated that as he plans for his general meeting in May, he will ask
people if they would come to the champagne brunch and speak at this event.
We still need to nail down the date.  The general information is that the
event will be held at the Cooke's.  It will be held on a Sunday at the end
of May or more likely the beginning of June.  The time will be from 11AM to
2PM.  The event will not be on Mother's Day or Father's Day.  

CLUB NEWSLETTER
The March newsletter was dropped off at Betty's house and is ready to be
mailed.  Tony stated that the club still needs articles and photos for
future issues.  If you have club news, political issues or pictures to
contribute, please contact Tanya or Tony.  Betty had some concerns about the
newsletter not leading on the front page with club news.  Jim Pollock also
was concerned about the misspelling of his name. 

More seriously, it was discussed that we need to spend money on disposable
cameras to take pictures at events for the newsletter.  It was discussed
that we should just make sure that designated photographers are at the club
events.  Among the board members, there are 3 digital photographers (people
with digital camera's) that could supply pictures at no cost to the club at
events that they attend.  It was further stated that a 4th photographer,
Corky Brown could be asked to supply photos from club events that he attends.

Mary Lou stated again that we should be helping Tonya in submitting more
articles.  

BY-LAWS COMMITTEE
John Chendo, chair of the by-laws committee, did not make this meeting.  The
committee is still meetings and will be meeting a couple of more times
before the next meeting.  In the absence of John Chendo, Mike Syvanen spoke
on this issue.  

Before changes are made a copy of the revised by-laws will go to the board
for discussion and then a vote on whether or not to submit the revised
by-laws at a general meeting for ratification.

The By-Laws Committee was formed with the mandate to re-write the by-laws to
conform what is happening at the club meetings and club activities.  At the
last meeting, what happened is that the committee tried to rewrite and make
new changes to the by-laws, which would make the selection process of board
members more democratic, requiring elections to take place every year on a
rotating basis where board members would serve 3 year terms.  There were
other radical new changes proposed for these revised by-laws.  These
proposed changes go beyond the mandate given to the committee by the board.
Mike Syvanen therefore made the motion to suspend the committee and hold no
more meetings of the committee, until the chair of the committee could
attend a board meeting and a vote taken to reform the committee and give it
a new mandate.  

It was further stated that Mike Syvanen was the only member to have attended
all 4 of the committee meetings to date.  Mike was the person that made the
changes to the by-laws at each meeting and made is such that the revised and
annotated by-laws were distributed at each of the meetings.  The committee
has made substantial progress towards the goal of creating by-laws that
reflect the current operation of the club.  

Kingsley stated that to take such an action as suspending the committee was
not something that he could support without hearing from the chair of the
committee.  

Adrienne stated that she would like to see the new proposals.

Richard Yamagata stated that he was unhappy with the meetings being called
or changed on short notice.  Tony Gruska outlined the history of the past
meetings and how the times and date were decided by the chair.

The substitute motion submitted by Bob Bockwinkel was that John Chendo
should write up a majority and minority report on the by-laws, presenting
the updated by-laws and the by-laws with new rules.  It was stated that the
committee is evenly divided on this issue. 

Neither motion received a second and therefore no action was taken.  The
committee will meet at its next scheduled meeting time at 7:30PM on March
15th at Betty Weir's house.  

NEXT CLUB MEETING
The next club meeting will be on April 6th in the smaller conference room of
the Davis Branch of the Yolo County Library at 7PM.  The May meeting will be
on May 4th at 7PM. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jim Provenza announced his event on March 5, 2005 at 5:00 Pm to 8:00 Pm.
The event will be at the home of Holly and Matt Bishop located at 1237
Drummond  in South Davis, CA 95616

Tony announced that he had received the City of Davis solicitation for the
4th of July booth participation.  This will appear on the agenda next month.
It was discussed and generally agreed that the booth should be educating
people about the issues and we should be trying to increase the membership
of the club.

Adrienne reported that she is working on the letter to be sent to Lois Wolk,
the Davis Enterprise and others about the club support for paper back-up of
electronically registered votes.  The letter will be from the Davis Democrat
Club executive board.  

ADJOURNMENT
Kingsley made the motion for adjournment of the meeting.  Arun Sen seconded
and the motion passed without dissent.  The meeting ended at 8:12PM.
G Richard Yamagata  PhD
CEO/President   VME Inc.   http://www.vme.net/

G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of 
Directors, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, 
President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Vice President of 
the Board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis, and communications liason 
of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169.

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From rjgruska at pacbell.net  Sat Apr  9 20:28:53 2005
From: rjgruska at pacbell.net (Rhonda Anthony Gruska)
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 20:28:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Special Meeting
Message-ID: <20050410032853.38928.qmail@web81105.mail.yahoo.com>

DDC Special Meeting
Tuesday, April 12th
7pm - 8pm (at the latest)
Betty Weir's house/ 887 Linden Lane
Agenda items 
Cache Creek Wild legislation
May General Meeting
 



From jac07 at dcn.org  Sun Apr 10 14:33:54 2005
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: 10 Apr 2005 21:33:54 -0000
Subject: [Davis Democrats] The Governor is Playing Politics with Your Tax
	Dollars - Take Action Today!
Message-ID: <20050410213354.16423.374.qmail@web10.getactive.com>

Dear Friend,

Did you know that Governor Schwarzenegger wants to hold a
special election that will cost California taxpayers $70 million
this year? 

That's right, Arnold is planning to call a special election to
pass so-called reforms that will do nothing to balance the
budget, invest in transportation, or increase educational
opportunities - and he wants to use our tax dollars to pay for
it! 

I just found a great way to tell Arnold that I don't want him to
spend $70 million on a special election. Will you join me and
send Arnold a message?

Take Action! 
Click here to tell Arnold to call off his plans for a special
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Instead of doing the job he was elected to do and submitting a
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divert attention away from the real issues. 

According to the Los Angeles Times: 

The empty rhetoric and posturing are bad enough, but a special
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From jac07 at dcn.org  Tue Apr 12 19:19:29 2005
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:19:29 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Action Alert! Stop Arnold's Arrogance - 4/13
	rally at Capitol
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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:52:03 -0700
To: "JOHN CHENDO" <JAC07 at DCN.ORG>
Subject: Action Alert! Stop Arnold's Arrogance - Join us...


...Tommorrow in Unity against his Costly $70 million Special Election

When: Wednesday April 13th, 10:30 AM
Where:?The State Capital, West Steps

Arnold and some of his media hungry friends are having a love fest rally
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Arnold's arrogant agenda hurting working families, teachers, nurses,
firefighters, poice officers, public servants and students. Bring signs,
blow horns and cow bells to show your opposition to Arnold's wrong direction
agenda. Lets continue to push back Arnold's arrogant agenda. We are winning
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From lyleasmith at yahoo.com  Thu Apr 14 16:29:09 2005
From: lyleasmith at yahoo.com (Lyle Smith)
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:29:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Fwd: Code Pink Davis April 15th Event Reminder
Message-ID: <20050414232909.66170.qmail@web30305.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Fellow Democrats:

If you get a chance, check out this event that a
couple of progressive allies, Code Pink and the Yolo
County ACLU are putting on Friday evening. 

I hear that the University of Texas has an outstanding
journalism school. This guy should put on a good
presentation.

I hope to see you there!

Lyle Smith
530.759.9921
530.902.3205


Note: forwarded message attached.


Keep hope alive!

Lyle Smith
530-795-9921 hm
530-902-3205 cell

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From lyleasmith at yahoo.com  Thu Apr 14 17:28:26 2005
From: lyleasmith at yahoo.com (Lyle Smith)
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:28:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] ACLU/Code Pink Event
Message-ID: <20050415002826.81592.qmail@web30305.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

 Fellow Davis Democratic Club Members:
 
Here is the information for tomorrow night's event:

Yolo County groups host FREE Speaker Event - Professor Robert Jensen Friday, April 15th, 7pm at 345 L Street, Davis



DAVIS- - Professor, Journalist and Activist Robert Jensen will be in Davis to speak about ???How Media Fails in the time of War??? on April 15th, 7 p.m. at 345 L Street.  



Robert Jensen was a professional journalist for a decade, received his MA in Journalism and Public Affairs and Ph.D. in Media law and ethics.   Currently a faculty member of the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism, Jensen teaches both at the undergraduate and graduate level on the topics of critical issues and thinking, media law, ethics, and politics.  

Jensen on having solid factual supporting evidence for your opinions, ???I press these points because we live in a culture in which the skills of intellectual and political engagement are atrophying. Students often equate ???argument??? with the inane shouting matches of pundits on television talk shows, rather than with the careful defense of a position and response to challenges.???

April 15th, 7 p.m. at 345 L Street, the Yolo County ACLU and Code Pink will host a free event with guest speaker Robert Jensen discussing ???How the media fails in times of war???.  For more information contact the Yolo County ACLU at 530-756-1900.


		
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From rjgruska at pacbell.net  Mon Apr 25 07:42:09 2005
From: rjgruska at pacbell.net (Rhonda Anthony Gruska)
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:42:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Phil Angelisdes Event Reminder
Message-ID: <20050425144209.9563.qmail@web81104.mail.yahoo.com>


Please RSVP for Phil Angelides Event if you have not already done so!

When: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28, 2005

Where:  The Home of Lea Rosenberg

?The Wild Rose House? 1112 Westfield Terrace, Davis

Why: Fundraiser for his campaign for Governor

?Angelides 2006? $100 Donation per person

Attire: Business casual and comfortable

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Angelides 2006 is a committee formed to support Phil Angelides? campaign for Governor of California.  Under State law, Angelides 2006 may accept contributions of up to $22,300 per election for the primary and general elections from individuals, businesses, corporations, unions, PACs and small contributor committees.  Contributions from foreign nationals are prohibited, unless an individual is lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.  Contributions to Angelides 2006 are not tax deductible for federal income tax purposes.



From jac07 at dcn.org  Thu Apr 21 11:30:11 2005
From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo)
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:30:11 -0700
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Don't Forget November 2nd-election reform
In-Reply-To: <01ef162b81fd4fa194d912c8eeed1a11@mail0.kintera.com>
Message-ID: <BE8D3F43.68A9%jac07@dcn.org>


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From: "Chellie Pingree, CEO Common Cause" <CauseNet at commoncause.org>
Reply-To: <CauseNet at commoncause.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:44:11 -0700
To: "john chendo" <jac07 at dcn.org>
Subject: Don't Forget November 2nd


Dear?john, 

Here's what I said to the members of the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal
Election Reform <http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M68363126706939213796965>
at their first meeting on Monday: "Voting is the one tangible link that most
Americans have with their government. They may never speak to an elected
representative or visit our nation's capital. Yet, in November, they invoke
a solemn agreement between the people and their government. It is crucial
that the singular act of voting be worthy of the people's trust."

This is why, for the sake of our democracy, we cannot forget what happened
last November.? I want to share with you today a short documentary film
<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M68363156706939213796965> , which was
produced by two award-winning documentary?filmmakers from Los Angeles, Erin
and Conrad Stanley. They used actual footage from Election Day 2004 to
create a two-minute video clip to help us keep the story fresh in our minds:
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Click on the link to view this video clip and share it with everyone you
know who is concerned about our flawed election systems.

We hope the powerful images depicting the problems with our elections will
inspire you to?join Erin and Conrad and thousands of other Common Cause
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supporters to work for election reform or renew your commitment to fix the
problems with our election systems today. Join us in letting the Congress
know that it's time to fix our broken system:

http://www.commoncause.org/SaveOurElections
<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M68363436706939213796965>

We have been working relentlessly at the state and federal level
<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M68363386706939213796965>  to make sure
that the voting errors and problems that occurred during the past two
presidential elections would never be repeated. Your participation in this
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If we can't trust that our election system is fair, open, and accurate, then
the whole basis of our democracy is in peril. Please act today.

Thanks for everything you do to help us hold power accountable.

Sincerely, 

Chellie Pingree
President & CEO, Common Cause

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From jac07 at hotmail.com  Thu Apr 14 21:24:36 2005
From: jac07 at hotmail.com (John cC)
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 04:24:36 +0000
Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Protest the Cover-Up of the Shooting of
	Giuliana Sgrena
Message-ID: <BAY104-F124B2E4354D8CC18C4D74DA0360@phx.gbl>





with liberty for justice for all


From: Danny Schechter <mediachannel at democracyinaction.org>
Reply-To: mediachannel at democracyinaction.org
To: jac07 at hotmail.com
Subject: Protest the Cover-Up of the Shooting of Giuliana Sgrena
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 23:06:19 -0500 (CDT)
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Dear Media for Democracy Member,

When Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena's car was fired upon near the 
Baghdad airport by U.S. soldiers, resulting in her wounding and the death of 
intelligence agent Nicola Calipari, press freedom groups demanded an 
impartial and independent international investigation. The Pentagon rebuffed 
the call.

Instead, the United States military investigated itself -- amidst reports 
that an Italian invited to join the probe was denied access to the vehicle 
that was involved in the incident. This is consistent with earlier U.S. 
responses to demands by Reuters and the International Federation of 
Journalists for independent inquires into earlier shootings of journalists. 
In every case, the Pentagon rejected outsiders from the process.

Last night on CBS's "60 Minutes Two," Sgrena denied the official story and 
accused the United States military of lying about the details.

(http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/12/60II/main687555.shtml)

Sgrena says she was less than a half-mile from the airport, when the 
shooting began:

"Seven hundred meters more, and we are in the airport, and we will be safe 
and we will be in the airport. And in the same moment, started the 
shooting."

Sgrena says that as the car rounded a turn, driving no faster than 30 miles 
an hour, it was hit by gunfire and at the same time, a bright light. She and 
Calipari were in the back seat. "He [Calipari] pushed me down and with this, 
the body, covered me," says Sgrena. "He pushed me down in the car. And I was 
asking, 'Why?' Nicola doesn't say, he doesn't speak it, doesn't say 
nothing."

Other reports based on earlier interviews and another eyewitness account 
insisted: They lied about the checkpoint, speeding, hand and arm signals, 
warning shots, etc. There was no "checkpoint" where the shooting incident 
took place. The car was not "speeding", there were no "hand and arm 
signals", there were no "warning shots", and there were no "engine block" 
shots. The shooters ambushed the car from behind. There were earlier reports 
that an "elite combat unit," a CIA contingency of personal body guards for 
new national intelligence chief John Negroponte, may have been involved.

These are serious charges, yet a military-led investigation is poised to 
exonerate the soldiers and dismiss the critics once again. The pro-war 
Murdoch-owned New York Post reports today:

"April 14, 2005 -- U.S. soldiers reportedly have been cleared of wrongdoing 
in the shooting of an Italian journalist and an intelligence agent last 
month in Baghdad.

"U.S. military officials told NBC News that a joint American-Italian 
investigation found the soldiers acted properly in firing on a car bearing a 
just-freed hostage, journalist Giuliana Sgrena, and an intelligence officer, 
Nicola Calipari.

"The car was about 130 yards from a checkpoint when the soldiers flashed 
their lights to get it to stop. They fired warning shots when the car was 
within 90 yards of the checkpoint, but at 65 yards, they used deadly force. 
Calipari was killed and Sgrena wounded."

http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/23237.htm

Media for Democracy is calling on its members and supporters as well as 
media colleagues to join us in protesting this latest outrage and cover-up. 
Support press freedom -- denounce the suspicious killings and harassment of 
journalists in Iraq. Since the invasion in March 2003, more than a dozen 
journalists and media staff have been killed in Iraq by U.S. troops. Tell 
the Pentagon and the White House that the United States needs to act to 
defend its traditions of liberty and justice by addressing the concerns of 
journalists and citizens around the world over the failure to conduct 
credible investigations into the deaths of journalists and media staff in 
Iraq.

** George W. Bush
President, United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Tel.: +1 202-456-2461
Email: president at whitehouse.gov

** Donald H. Rumsfeld
Secretary of Defense, United States of America
1000 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-100-
Email: www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html

** Peter Vangjel
Brigadier General, United States Army
1000 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-1000
Email: www.defenselink.mil/faq/comment.html

We Demand the Truth. Please speak up and speak out.

Sincerely,
Danny Schechter
Editor, MediaChannel.org
Director, "WMD (Weapons of Mass Deception)"
http://www.wmdthefilm.com


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From rjgruska at pacbell.net  Thu Apr 28 21:19:52 2005
From: rjgruska at pacbell.net (Rhonda Anthony Gruska)
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:19:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Davis Democrats] Building the Future
Message-ID: <20050429041952.20655.qmail@web81105.mail.yahoo.com>

Please distribute widely.
 
You are invited to attend a party building event hosted by the Davis Democratic Club
 
Building the Future  
Featuring:

?          Grantland Johnson former CA Health and Human Services Secretary, worked for the Clinton Administration, and is currently focusing on defeating Arnold?s initiatives in a special election. 



?          Kristine Lang McDonald won two counties that the Republicans considered safe in her recent California State Senate race. 



?          Steve Ybarra has won campaigns for Democratic candidates in ?red states? in the west and the south.   

  Saturday, May 7, 2005

3:00 ? 6:00 PM

Cantina del Cabo

 139 G Street, Davis

Free Admission 

Network and set up a table for your club/progressive group

RSVP: Lyle Smith at 759-9921  lyleasmith at yahoo.com  or Rhonda Gruska at rjgruska at pacbell.net