From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Mon Jul 3 15:54:19 2006 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 15:54:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Tomorrow - 4th of July Booth in the Park Message-ID: <200607032254.k63Ms9kT029809@afes.com> Democrat Club Presents Booth in the Park selling: Lemonade, soda, water and baked goods. Date: Tuesday, July, 2006 Time: Noon to 9PM Davis Community Park Under the Solar Heating Panels [On Covell, F Street and behind 14th Street] Davis, CA 95616 Set-up of the booth is at Noon. Volunteers are welcome. We will also be selling baked goods. Volunteers to bring baked goods are needed. We will sell anything anyone wants to bring from cookies to cakes to pies. If you bring cookies, more than likely, the volunteers will buy and eat them! Come see us at the booth. You can even sign in at the booth; say hello and enjoy the music from 3PM until 9PM. The Fireworks traditionally start at 9PM. Take care, Richard 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, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169. ========================== The Virtual Markets ============================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Rochester, NY - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Mon Jul 3 18:15:18 2006 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 18:15:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Next week - General Meeting with Potluck July 11th Message-ID: <200607040115.k641F8kT048568@afes.com> Democrat Club Presents Davis Coops and Non-profits. Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2006 Time: 6PM to 6:40PM -- Potluck Time: 6:41 PM -- Various Davis and Yolo County Cooperatives and non-profit organizations will present and talk about themselves and how they help fill in the needs of Davis and Yolo County. Place: Blanchard Room of the Davis Branch, Yolo County Library< Location: 315 East 14th Street Davis, CA 95616 Come share food and break bread with the Democrats of Davis. There will be a potluck on Tuesday, July 11th sponsored by the Davis Democrat Club starting at 6 PM. People are encouraged to pass out information or articles about their coop or non-profit to the membership. Please bring your favorite food you like to cook or prepare or purchase, either a main dish, salad or dessert to share with 4 to 6 to 8 people. The Club will provide coffee, cups, forks and spoons and chocolate candies. The suggested donation at the door will be $5. Potluck suggested breakdown of alphabet for food to bring to event. If your last name starts with: A-I Bring a salad dish (green, macaroni, or potato or other) J-N Bring a dessert O-Z Bring a main dish G Richard Yamagata PhD CEO/President VME Inc. http://www.vme.net/ G Richard Yamagata is a member of the Davis Community Network Board of Directors, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169. ========================== The Virtual Markets ============================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Rochester, NY - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF. From mmyamada at pacbell.net Mon Jul 3 22:43:14 2006 From: mmyamada at pacbell.net (mmyamada) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 22:43:14 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Next week - General Meeting with Potluck July 11th In-Reply-To: <200607040115.k641F8kT048568@afes.com> Message-ID: <002f01c69f2c$bf150100$0800a8c0@hpa1200y> Dear Fellow Dems: Sorry I cannot join you for the July 11th meeting. I will be attending the Yolo County Farm Bureau meeting in Woodland the same night and time to address their current OPPOSE position on SMUD service expansion into Yolo County. They are opposing it because they would like the entire County to be annexed. We would, too, but we have start somewhere! Together with my colleague, Supervisor Duane Chamberlain, who supports the annexation even though a major portion of his district will not yet be included, we hope to at least change their minds to remain neutral. If they oppose annexation now, there will likely never be another opportunity to expand into the rest of the county;. Thanks and have fun at the potluck! Mariko Yamada -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.8/381 - Release Date: 7/3/2006 From jac07 at dcn.org Tue Jul 4 22:59:52 2006 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2006 22:59:52 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Reclaim our Democracy this 4th of July In-Reply-To: <20060704210527.34998.qmail@qs926.pair.com> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: PDA Board Date: 4 Jul 2006 21:05:27 -0000 To: Subject: Reclaim our Democracy this 4th of July Dear Progressive Democrats of America activists, As we celebrate our freedoms and our Democracy today, we must continue to remember that the core of our Democracy is under attack. Our voting system must be reformed and protected to enfranchise voters, have all votes counted, and counted as cast. We at PDA make a guarantee that this fight will continue to be our fight. Today is a day to reclaim our democracy. With our current system when a Registrar violates election law, officials look the other way. Few grasp the technical issues. Most sympathize with their registrars' claims that they lack money and staff to follow new security procedures to protect vulnerable e-voting machines. Counties are cash-strapped to protect democracy because we?re fighting a trillion-dollar war. PDA goes into action. Because election fraud brought us that war. Florida 2000 insured it and Ohio 2004 perpetuated it. PDA has always made that connection. We talk to our neighbors. We're organized nationwide . We know that change is here, across the political spectrum. But it won?t show up until the ballot box is unrigged and voters have equal access to honest voting. PDA will stand up and fight ? loudly and clearly ? for legitimate elections . Period. PDA issued a ?No Confidence ? statement in the Busby-Bilbray machine tally, because the machine count can?t guarantee a show of voter intent when machines were sent home with pollworkers in violation of state and federal security provisions. Secure chain-of-custody, of the machines and their memory cards, was breached by the Registrar?s disregard of new state and federal regulations. It had been common practice, in jurisdictions across the nation, to send voting machines home with volunteer pollworkers. Before computer voting, the risk was low to the final result. Now, with trade-secret software, as the Brennan Institute reported, and the Washington Post headlined, "One Person Can Swing An Election." In December, 2005, computer programmer Harri Hursti hacked into a Diebold opti-scanner and reversed the vote tally, changing the electronic results and the election outcome without a trace. Only the paper ballots told the truth. He later discovered even more startling vulnerabilities in the Diebold touch-screen DRE system. His ?hack? involved memory cards that can program and insert information as well as extract ? and change -- the vote tally. Both types of Diebold machine were used in the San Diego election. Both types can be hacked in just two minutes of unsupervised time ? no password necessary. Both types were sent home with volunteer pollworkers days and weeks before election day. On March 22, 2006, Sandra J. Steinbach, Chair of the National Association of State Elections Directors (NASED) issued new regulations developed to cover the alarming Diebold security hole. The first new regulation was this: > Throughout the life of the voting system, the election official shall maintain > control of all memory cards and keep a perpetual chain of custody record for > all of the memory cards used with the system. Programmed memory cards shall be > stored securely at all times with logged accesses and transfers. Fraud does not have to be charged or proven in San Diego to prove the election was run on illegal voting machines. NASED's letter is clear: > Failure to comply with this addendum negates the voting system's status as a > NASED-qualified voting system. State certification depends on federal qualification. It is illegal to hold an election on uncertified machinery in California. The Registrar says car and garage storage is secure. The CA Secretary of State is silent. CA?s Attorney General is ?looking into it.? PDA-endorsed candidate Jeeni Criscenzo (CA-49th) called a Town Hall meeting with PDA chapters , allies, and investigative journalist/ blogger Brad Friedman of Bradblog.com, to publicize the problem and seek legal remedy. CNN?s Lou Dobbs picked up and reported the story as articles appeared in the mainstream media on the perils of e-voting: Washington Post, USA Today, San Diego Chronicle. PDA led on this issue in the aftermath of 2004. Board Member John Conyers held historic hearings on Ohio's massive voter suppression and machine irregularities . PDA Board Member John Bonifaz testified and Executive Director Tim Carpenter and Political Director Kevin Spidel helped Rainbow/PUSH Coalition bring voters' testimony to Capitol Hill . Bonifaz is now running for Secretary of State in Massachusetts . PDA is helping him lead the nation's elections officials to election integrity. California's PDA chapters are blowing the whistle on Registrars who won?t protect the vote, who refuse to follow requirements for the e-voting transition. This is not about the Busby-Bilbray race. This is about November. This is about the legitimate transfer of power in the House and Senate. Because California is in the GOP's sights. The LA Times reported Sunday, June 23, that GOP ?activists poured into San Diego" after a D.C. meeting of "Republican strategists? four days before the bellwether election that would predict GOP strength in November. In one weekend, the ?activists? supposedly netted 10,000 new GOP absentee ballots! 3000 a day! This miracle was attributed to the 'high-tech edge' of the GOP's database, called 'Voter Vault.' In 2002, Jeeni Criscenzo?s current opponent, GOP Congressman Darrell Issa, friend of Tom DeLay, spent personal millions to recall California?s Democratic Governor and elect Arnold Schwarzenegger in time for Bush/Cheney 2004. Our Democratic Secretary of State, who refused to certify Diebold, was next on the chopping-block; he was hounded from office by allegations that were never prosecuted or proven. His GOP successor certified Diebold, insuring the mess in San Diego County. California?s House races will be decided late in the day in November. PDA activists, with partners and allies like DFA, are forming the thin blue line against fraud in vulnerable counties across the nation. In California, we have already responded to a shocking purge of first-time voters by getting the Secretary of State to allow other data to keep voters on the rolls if they fail exact-match ID with DMV records. State-by-state, PDA activists do similar work. PDA Board Member Greg Moore, formerly of the NAACP and now head of the DNC?s Voting Rights Institute, has convinced Howard Dean to form a concerted strategy to protect Democratic voters from fraud in November. That's a major step forward and we are greatful! But pollwatchers can?t see inside computers. And lawyers won?t do much good if established precedent gives Registrars latitude to decide which laws and regulations they?ll follow and which they won?t. 2006 requires new election protection strategies, and PDA is in the forefront. We need your donation today. Your federal election dollars spent with PDA will protect progressive voters, activists, officials and candidates. You?ll speak for peace and strike at fraud at the same time. PDA inspires voters to the polls ? and makes sure, once they?re there, that their votes aren?t lost, shifted, prevented, or stolen! Become a PDA sustainer or make a generous one-time donation at https://www.pdamerica.org/donate.php. Give as much as you can, because we?re fighting the fraud other organizations won?t even face. Join our new Election Protection Working Group by emailing electionprotection at pdamerica.org. You?ll be contacted to help with our first task: producing a Pollworkers? Manual that spells out federal elections law so that pollworkers, asked to violate election law and ignore legal procedures will know what to do. We?ll continue demanding that votes be cast, counted - and counted as cast by fighting machine fraud on many fronts, and mitigating their peril on Election Day. PDA pollworkers will demand ungamed random manual audits (in states that have them); will challenge questionable tallies and vote spoilage; will blow the whistle on security violations. Strike at fraud; speak for peace. Help PDA make November safe for the progressive vote. Peace, Mimi Kennedy PDA Board Chair Stephen Shaff, PDA Board Vice-Chair Medea Benjamin PDA Board Member John C. Bonifaz PDA Board Member Steve Cobble PDA Board Member William Rivers Pitt, PDA Editorial Director Joel Segal PDA Board Member David Swanson PDA Board Member Rev. Lennox Yearwood PDA Board Member Authorized and Paid for by Progressive Democrats of America. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. To unsubscribe from this list visit this link To update your preferences visit this link Invite friends to subscribe: http://pdamerica.org/join-ind.php powered by phplist v 2.8.12, ? tincan ltd ------ End of Forwarded Message From jac07 at dcn.org Thu Jul 6 19:30:05 2006 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:30:05 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] FW: Davis Dem Club at State Fair booth--Aug. 29, Tuesday, and Aug.30, Wednesday--please sign up for a shift and get a free admission In-Reply-To: <20060706220611.71320200763B@mx.dcn.davis.ca.us> Message-ID: Dear Dems: Please sign up for a shift on Tuesday Aug. 29 or Wednesday Aug. 30. The shifts are: 12-4, 4-7, or 7-10. You will get a free entrance ticket to the State Fair in the mail . To sign up, phone Tiffany Brown at 916-419-4064 or email her at: tcbwriter at sac.sticare.com with your address, phone number, date of birth, and Calif. Driver?s license number. See you there! Hi John - Just a reminder that I need your members to contact me with their shift choice, Megan's Law data, mailing address & phone number. (See message below) Please ask them to email me as soon as possible. All the best, Tiffany -------------------------------------------------- Town & Country Democratic Club is organizing the 2006 California State Fair Democratic booth on behalf of the Sacramento County Democratic Central Committee and we're looking for volunteers to man the booth. As you know, the booth is staffed with volunteers, many of whom represent one of the various Democratic organizations throughout the region. Those who have volunteered over the years have found it to be a fun and rewarding experience. This election year is sure to offer additional excitement as we promote Democratic values, register voters and provide a platform for the many Democratic candidates running in the November general election. The State Fair runs from 8/11 - 9/ 4 . It will be closed Mondays - except for Labor Day, 9/ 4 The Democratic booth shifts are as follows: Fri, Sat, Sun & Labor Day - 10-:00-2:00; 2:00-6:00; 6:00-10:00 Tues - Thurs - 12:00-4:00; 4:00-7:00; 7:00-10:00. The following dates have been chosen by Democratic organizations. If you are a member of that club, you are encouraged to sign up for a shift on that day. If you are a member of a club that has not chosen a date, you may work any other day the fair is open. If your club is not listed, you might consider asking them to participate. Friday 8/11/06 - JFK Club Saturday 8/12 & Sunday 8/13 - Sacramento for Democracy Thursday 8/17 - Democratic Club of South Placer Saturday 8/19 & Sunday 8/20 - Town & Country Democratic Club Friday 8/23 - Auburn Democratic Club Friday 8/25 & Sunday 8/27 - WDSC Saturday 8/26 - 5th Assembly District Committee Tuesday 8/29 & Wednesday 8/30 - Davis Democratic Club Friday 9/1 - Folsom Democratic Club Volunteers will receive tickets to the State Fair for the day of their shift and are encouraged to enjoy the fair before and/or after their shifts. Parking costs are not covered Also, due to Megan's Law requirements, all volunteers need to contact me directly to arrange their shift times and provide their personal information. For Megan's Law, I need your date of birth, CA drivers license # and residential zip code. In addition, I need an address to which your State Fair tickets should be mailed and a phone number where you can be reached in case we need to get in touch with you at the last minute. Please contact me via email at tcbwriter at sac.sticare.com mailto:tcbwriter at sac.sticare.com> . If you do not have access to email, you may contact me by phone at 916-419-4064. I look forward to working with all of you to create another successful Democratic State Fair booth! Tiffany Craig Brown, Chair California State Fair Democratic Booth > > > > Your club is welcome to disburse literature or other materials to visitors, > however State Fair regulations forbid the distribution or sale of stickers > (including bumper stickers) . Thus, we ask that you discourage volunteers > from bringing them to the fair grounds. > > Also, due to Meagan's Law requirements, we need all volunteers to contact me > directly to arrange their shift times and provide their personal > information. > > If you have any questions about the booth, please contact me at 916-419-4064 > or tcbwriter at sac.sticare.com . > > I look forward to working with all of you to create another successful > Democratic State Fair booth! > > Tiffany Craig Brown, Chair > California State Fair Booth, Sacramento County Democratic Central Committee > > President > Town & Country Democratic Club > 916-419-4064 > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Mon Jul 10 15:51:57 2006 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:51:57 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Tomorrow - General Meeting with Potluck July 11th Message-ID: <200607102251.k6AMpobt050734@afes.com> Democrat Club Presents Davis Coops and Non-profits. A 24 Hour Reminder... Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2006 Time: 6PM to 6:40PM -- Potluck Time: 6:41 PM -- Various Davis and Yolo County Cooperatives and non-profit organizations will present and talk about themselves and how they help fill in the needs of Davis and Yolo County. Place: Blanchard Room of the Davis Branch, Yolo County Library< Location: 315 East 14th Street Davis, CA 95616 Come share food and break bread with the Democrats of Davis. There will be a potluck on Tuesday, July 11th sponsored by the Davis Democrat Club starting at 6 PM. People are encouraged to pass out information or articles about their coop or non-profit to the membership. Please bring your favorite food you like to cook or prepare or purchase, either a main dish, salad or dessert to share with 4 to 6 to 8 people. The Club will provide coffee, cups, forks and spoons and chocolate candies. The suggested donation at the door will be $5. Potluck suggested breakdown of alphabet for food to bring to event. 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, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169. ========================== The Virtual Markets ============================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Rochester, NY - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF. From jac07 at dcn.org Tue Jul 11 13:19:12 2006 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:19:12 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Voting Rights Act renewal- Congress needs to hear from you! In-Reply-To: <20060711162407.2453.2101.qmail@omail5.getactive.com> Message-ID: Davis Dem Club monthly meeting tonight, Tuesday, at the Davis Library?Blanchard Room?potluck starting at 6pm, followed by program of speakers from community action groups. ------ Forwarded Message From: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Reply-To: Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:24:07 GMT To: john chendo Subject: This week is critical - Congress needs to hear from you! Dear john, Momentum Resumes for the Fight to Renew the Voting Rights Act - House Vote Expected this Week Call House Leaders and Your Representative Toll-Free to Urge Clean Passage of H.R. 9 July 11, 2006 ? Congress has now returned to Washington after the July 4th recess and, thanks in part to the urging of constituents and community leaders like you, bipartisan supporters have resumed their efforts to pass the VRA bill (H.R. 9 / S. 2703). House leaders have said that they will bring H.R. 9 to the floor for a vote as soon as Thursday. Also on Thursday, it is expected that the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin its "mark up" (or consideration) of S. 2703. This may be one of the most critical weeks in the campaign to renew and restore the Voting Rights Act, and it will be vital that Congress hear from YOU at key times over the course of the week! The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) is providing a toll-free number (1-866-808-0065) that you can use throughout the week to contact Congress with your support for VRA renewal, and we encourage you to watch your email and visit www.RenewtheVRA.org for updates and action opportunities. WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY: Because the House is poised to vote on H.R. 9, House leaders and your representative must hear from you today about the importance of passing H.R. 9 without amendment. While the VRA bill does enjoy bipartisan support, the fact remains that a small handful of extremist representatives who oppose key protections provided by the Act have previously tried to derail the bill's passage. We must ensure that these renegade members do not further stall renewal of the Voting Rights Act or attach to H.R. 9 any harmful amendments that would weaken the Act's protections! Call your representative today at 1-866-808-0065 to urge that s/he fully support H.R. 9 and oppose any amendemtns. Then use the same toll-free number to call Speaker Hastert, Majority Leader Boehner, and Minority Leader Pelosi to urge them to use their positions of leadership to ensure that H.R. 9 passes quickly without any amendments. Once you?ve made your toll-free calls, use the ?Tell-A-Friend? feature at the bottom of this message to urge others to do the same. And be sure to visit www.RenewtheVRA.org throughout the week to find the latest news and updates on legislative activity. Haven?t yet signed the Pledge to Protect Voting Rights? Click here to add your name and indicate your support for renewing and restoring the Voting Rights Act. Click the link below to encourage your friends to make toll-free calls to protect voting rights! Tell-a-friend! If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for The Civilrights.org Network . This message was sent to jac07 at dcn.org. Visit your subscription management page to modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile. To stop ALL email from The Civilrights.org Network, click to remove yourself from our lists (or reply via email with "remove" in the subject line). ------ End of Forwarded Message From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Tue Jul 11 22:21:14 2006 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:21:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Minutes for the General Meeting with Potluck July 11th Message-ID: <20060712052114.4295E2000B66@mx.dcn.davis.ca.us> Democrat Club Presents Davis Coops and Non-profits. Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2006 Time: 6PM to 6:40PM -- Potluck Time: 6:41 PM -- Various Davis and Yolo County Cooperatives and non-profit organizations will present and talk about themselves and how they help fill in the needs of Davis and Yolo County. Place: Blanchard Room of the Davis Branch, Yolo County Library Location: 315 East 14th Street Davis, CA 95616 The Potluck began at 6PM and there was plenty of food with a wide variety of main course food items, including a huge pork loin, various salads and gourmet desserts, and of course, pizza. There were 39 people that attended the meeting at various periods of time. There were at least three political figures that attended in support, including Davis Councilman-elect Lamar Heystek, Ken Wagstaff Former Davis Mayor, and Pat Lenzi Assistant District Attorney. There were 11 Davis Democrat Club board present, including President Arun Sen, Vice President John Chendo Past President Bob Bockwinkel, Treasurer Betty Weir, Corresponding Secretary Julia Sanchez, Recording Secretary G Richard Yamagata, Acting Publicity Chair Barbara Slemmons, Mary Lou Hernandez, Joyce Wilson, Mike Syvanen, and Pam Nieberg. Just a note, the choice of this program topic was supported by the Davis Democrat Club board and former board members, including Rick Vuliet. The goal was to show the club and community the good things that our members are doing in the community and give an opportunity for club members to volunteer and help these organizations and non-profits to thrive. The meeting started at 7:02PM by being called to order by President Arun Sen and his grandson. Arun asked for a minute of silence for Davis Democrat Club Board Member Max Rothe, who very recently passed away. Arun announced that the funeral services will be this Saturday at the Davis Methodist Church. Please consult the Davis Enterprise for details about the funeral or e-mail me and I will try to track them down for you. The Davis Democrat Club is going to send flowers to the funeral service as a small token of appreciation for his long service to the Davis Democrat Club Board. There were 5 organizations that spoke and 2 that dropped off materials, one of which was unable to stay to speak. Each of the speakers told what their organizations did to improve the quality of life in the City of Davis and the County of Yolo and explained how each of us could help. The speakers were: STEAC Tom Martens, Executive Director of STEAC -- Short Term Emergency Aid Committee (of Yolo County) Form more information visit: http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/steac/ Phone 758-8435 Citizens Who Care Ken Wagstaff, Executive Director of Citizens Who Care (of Yolo County) For more information visit: http://citizenswhocare.org SMUD Tom Berman, volunteer with Sacramento Municipal Utility District For more information contact: bermfam at gmail.com or Phone 757-6609 Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Ashley Hamidi, Director (Board of Directors) Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence of Yolo County For mor information visit: http://www.sadvc.org/ Tree Davis Ruth Williams, Executive Director of Tree Davis For more information visit: http://treedavis.org Davis Community Meals Janet Lane, Director (Board of Directors) and Secretary For more information call Phone 530-756-4008 530-753-9204 An organization that came and dropped off material and did not speak was the Yolo County Housing Protection Agency, a division of Legal Services of Northern California. (This person had to leave at 7:15PM.) Call Monday through Friday 8:30AM to 12PM and 1PM to 5PM -- 530-662-1065 or 916-447-5798 Another organization that dropped off material and did not make a presentation was Putah Creek Council. Visit: http://putahcreekcouncil.org or call 757-2776 Additional Announcements: Mike Syvanen announced that Sue Greenwald was being installed as Mayor of Davis on Tuesday, July 18 next week. A City of Davis sponsored reception will follow. This is open to the public. Mike also announced that Sue Greenwald is having a party to celebrate with her supporters at the home of Norma Turner on the following Friday evening, July 21. All members of the Davis Democrat Club are invited to this event. Details will be forth coming as the event gets closer. John Chendo announced that support is needed for the Voting Rights Act. Call 1-866-808-0065 to support this House Bill that protects the voting rights of minorities in this country. Or you can call our House Representative Mike Thompson and voice your support to HR #9. Pat Lenzi address the club, thanking all of its members for its support of her campaign for Yolo County District Attorney. She discussed this and other related topics on how we need to elect those that represent our values to represent us in local and non-local government. Her words and thoughts were warmly received. John Chendo finished the meeting by calling for volunteers to sign up to help Phil Angelides, Deborah Bowen, John Garamendi, and Charlie Brown. Contact John Chendo for details or to sign up to help. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM. These minutes are respectively submitted by: G Richard Yamagata Recording Secretary Davis Democrat Club 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, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169. ========================== The Virtual Markets ============================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Rochester, NY - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF. From jac07 at dcn.org Thu Jul 13 08:01:55 2006 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:01:55 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Democratic National Committee-Hispanic Leadership Wire In-Reply-To: <4tln74$psesfu@mailer.democrats.org> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: "Albert Morales, Democratic Party" Reply-To: Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:35:31 -0500 To: john chendo Subject: Hispanic Leadership Wire Dear john, The midterm elections are fast approaching. Whether you are interested in learning more about our 50-state strategy or would like to know more about the latest news surrounding the immigration debate, the DNC would like to continue providing you with the most recent updates from our national headquarters. If there is local news you wish to highlight thru our newsletter, please feel free to submit it for consideration to the Hispanic Leadership Wire at Hispanicleadershipwire at dnc.org . SAVE THE DATE!! It is our pleasure to announce that on the evening of September 29, the DNC will be kicking off its 4th Hispanic Leadership Summit. We encourage you to save the date on your calendar. This year's summit will occur during Hispanic Heritage Month and is timed to coincide with other events in Washington, D.C., where the summit will take place September 29 thru October 1, 2006. Logistical information about the summit will be forthcoming in the following weeks. Click here for a flyer for the event DNC Program Update Immigration Next Steps Pushing ahead on immigration reform this week, the DNC unveiled a new Spanish language radio ad campaign that calls on Republicans in Washington to stop delaying border security and comprehensive immigration reform. The ad points out that the hearings are meant to scapegoat immigrants for political gain and that we can't trust Republicans with our border security. In the radio ad entitled "Border Security," Democratic Congressman Silvestre Reyes, a 26 year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol, calls on Republicans to stop blocking Democratic efforts to improve America's border security and join Democrats in working to keep America safe by securing our borders and passing comprehensive immigration reform. The new ad will air in targeted markets in Texas, California, and other markets in which Republicans are organizing sham immigration hearings. Click here to learn more about the ad. Protecting the Right to Vote The DNC Voting Rights Institute and National Lawyers Council recently convened an Election Protection Summit to discuss comprehensive strategies to advance fair election practices. Participants included representatives from labor, non-partisan groups, activists, state parties, other democratic committees, congressional staff, chapters of the Lawyers Council and Democratic Law Student Council. Speakers included commissioners of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission who are responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Help America Vote Act, several members of Congress, including Leader Nancy Pelosi, Representative Rush Holt (NJ), Representative Bobby Scott (VA) and Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH), ASDC President Mark Brewer; and Governor Dean. The three areas of major focus were the proliferation of photo identification requirements, the HAVA-mandated statewide registration databases and concerns around voting machines. If you are an attorney and wish to get involved with the DNC National Lawyers Council, email Anna Martinez at martineza at dnc.org Gearing Up for the Democratic Reunion The Political Department and the DNC State Party Partnership are continuing the effort to mobilize volunteers and voters to increase Democratic turnout and voter performance this fall. Kicking off on July 29th, 100 days from the November elections, the DNC and state and local parties nationwide will host The "Democratic Reunion 100 Days 100 Voters 100 Actions." Democrats will gather in communities across the country and commit to contact 100 voters before Election Day November 7, 2006. State parties, working with local parties and elected officials, candidates and the DNC will work to provide lists of 100 voters for each volunteer to "adopt." Volunteers will have various options for contact (i.e. canvasses, mail and phone banks), and in addition to any local materials, the DNC will provide "Democratic Vision" literature and post cards to help assist with contacting voters. Like the April 29th canvass, bilingual materials will be available. The volunteers will also seek to recruit at least 10 volunteers to commit to work on Election Day and attend the upcoming September 30 Election Day training. Volunteers to host events and participate in this important voter contact effort are needed! Please begin educating your political and personal networks about this opportunity to "adopt" voters and get them to the polls for Democrats. Volunteers will also seek to recruit Election Day volunteers to attend a "Get out the Vote" training later this fall. Each of you could set a personal goal to recruit two individuals to participate as volunteers - people who are not already involved in partisan activity but want to bring change to our country on Election Day! For more information, please contact Jason Le?n, LeonJ at dnc.org , our Deputy Political Director overseeing Grassroots organizing in the field. News From the Hill The DNC Intergovernmental Department has been working hard to ensure the leadership on Capitol Hill and the DNC maintain the strongest possible relationship by working together on crafting the democratic message around tough issues like comprehensive immigration reform. As you know, Republican leadership under George W. Bush has opted for a divisive strategy that focuses on sham hearings to scapegoat immigrants. They do so because they have a record of failures and of blocking democratic efforts to strengthen border security. Be sure to send our leadership on Capitol Hill a message thanking them for their hard work and standing up for the values you care about. And From Our Friends And Allies The NDN Political Fund has embarked on a ground-breaking Spanish-language branding campaign called "Mas que un Partido," which highlights Democrats' desire to engage Hispanics in the political process. This is part of a broader effort to bring progressive values, opportunity, responsibility, fair-play and the notion that we're all in this together - to life through the passion and power of the world's most popular sport, soccer. The slogan "Mas que un Partido" means two things in Spanish: "More than a Game" which works with the soccer metaphor, and "More than a Political Party," which works for the political message. In a year when Hispanics have reason to wonder whether this country's governing party is on their side, this branding effort makes a firm statement that Democrats welcome Latinos and want them on the Democratic team. The campaign, which is being conducted under the NDN Political Fund's Hispanic brand "Democratas Unidos," began Friday, June 9th and will continue for five months, on television, radio and the Internet. The radio campaign is national, reaching all regions and 70 markets, and is currently complemented by an extensive television campaign on the World Cup, focused on 6 states and 9 major markets - Albuquerque, Colorado Springs, Denver, El Paso, Las Vegas, Orlando, Phoenix, Tampa and Tucson. The television campaign will continue after the World Cup, with ads running during various soccer tournaments including Cops Sudamerica and Copa Libertadores, enabling the campaign to be active throughout the fall. To view the adds and learn about the campaign, please visit http://www.ndnfutbol.org . On the Road With Governor Dean NALEO Governor Dean was recently in Dallas to speak before a crowd of over 1,000 Hispanic elected officials. NALEO was the first Latino conference since the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives debated and passed very different immigration bills. Governor Dean's remarks focused on the importance of acting quickly to fix our nation's immigration laws and the key elements Democrats believe reform proposal must include. As a Party we did not wait until immigration was front page news. In fact we fought to make it front page news. A little over a year ago Governor Dean stood before NALEO San Juan, Puerto Rico and denounced how the Republican Party was gearing up to use immigrants and Hispanics as scapegoats to win the 2006 elections, just as they did with gays in 2004 and African Americans in 2002. Click here to read about Gov. Dean's speech. LULAC Last week Governor Dean addressed LULAC's National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A packed ballroom of over 1,000 activists gave the governor a standing ovation after having delivered a speech highlighting the stark differences between the Democratic Party and the Bush administration. LULAC also awarded the governor a leadership award following his speech. To read more about the governor's visit to Milwaukee you can click here . FROM THE STATES The great state of Wisconsin made news in the Democratic Party by launching its very own Hispanic Democratic Caucus just last week! Governor Dean was on hand to join Wisconsin Democrats to make the caucus official. Congratulations to the Wisconsin Democratic Party for recognizing the contributions Hispanics in Wisconsin are making to the Democratic Party and are working to make sure Hispanics are at the table and eventually on the ticket. Please contact Albert Morales at the DNC at moralesa at dnc.org if you are interested in helping your state party launch its own Hispanic Caucus or if you care to get further involved with your state party in its efforts to lead democrats to victory this upcoming November. BLOG Hispanic Democrats can find a lot of new developments on the Democratic Party website. First, the site is undergoing a minor face-lift and we expect to debut a new and improved Hispanic Community page soon. Hispanic Democrats may also find a host of coverage of the developments in the debate over immigration reform on the DNC's blog and through the 'Immigration Update' section. Also on the blog we will profile several Hispanic candidates running for office this month. http://www.democrats.org/blog_esp.html Paid for and authorized by the Democratic National Committee, www.democrats.org . This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Democratic National Committee, 430 S. Capitol St. SE, Washington, DC 20003 ------ End of Forwarded Message From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Fri Jul 14 18:07:30 2006 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:07:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Corrected Minutes for the General Meeting with Potluck July 11th Message-ID: <200607150107.k6F17Eph061290@afes.com> Greetings All, I would like to thank those that are sending in corrections to the minutes. I try to get these done right after the General Meetings, to get them out of the way and for those that want to know what happened at the general meetings. Some times, there are people that are concerned about the outcome of a resolution vote at the general meeting, so I try to make sure that everyone knows what happened The Night Of The Meeting. The phone numbers are as accurate as I can determine, because I telephoned them right after the meeting and talked to one person and connected to answering machines for the others. There have been three corrections to these minutes, so far. Please send more corrections as needed. These minutes need to be accepted by the board at the next meeting. Democrat Club Presents Davis Coops and Non-profits. Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 [originally read May 11, 2006] Time: 6PM to 6:40PM -- Potluck Time: 6:41 PM -- Various Davis and Yolo County Cooperatives and non-profit organizations will present and talk about themselves and how they help fill in the needs of Davis and Yolo County. Place: Blanchard Room of the Davis Branch, Yolo County Library Location: 315 East 14th Street Davis, CA 95616 The Potluck began at 6PM and there was plenty of food with a wide variety of main course food items, including a huge pork loin, various salads and gourmet desserts, and of course, pizza. There were 39 people that attended the meeting at various periods of time. There were at least three political figures that attended in support, including Davis Councilman-elect Lamar Heystek, Ken Wagstaff Former Davis Mayor, and Pat Lenzi Assistant District Attorney. There were 11 Davis Democrat Club board present, including President Arun Sen, Vice President John Chendo Past President Bob Bockwinkel, Treasurer Betty Weir, Corresponding Secretary Julia Sanchez, Recording Secretary G Richard Yamagata, Acting Publicity Chair Barbara Slemmons, Mary Lou Hernandez, Joyce Wilson, Mike Syvanen, and Pam Nieberg. Just a note, the choice of this program topic was supported by the Davis Democrat Club board and former board members, including Rick Vuliet. The goal was to show the club and community the good things that our members are doing in the community and give an opportunity for club members to volunteer and help these organizations and non-profits to thrive. The meeting started at 7:02PM by being called to order by President Arun Sen and his grandson. Arun asked for a minute of silence for Davis Democrat Club Board Member Max Rothe, who very recently passed away. Arun announced that the funeral services will be this Saturday at the Davis Methodist Church. Please consult the Davis Enterprise for details about the funeral or e-mail me and I will try to track them down for you. The Davis Democrat Club is going to send flowers to the funeral service as a small token of appreciation for his long service to the Davis Democrat Club Board. There were 6 [originally read 5] organizations that spoke and 2 that dropped off materials, one of which was unable to stay to speak. Each of the speakers told what their organizations did to improve the quality of life in the City of Davis and the County of Yolo and explained how each of us could help. The speakers were: STEAC Tom Martens, Executive Director of STEAC -- Short Term Emergency Aid Committee (of Yolo County) Form more information visit: http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/steac/ Phone 758-8435 Citizens Who Care Ken Wagstaff, Executive Director of Citizens Who Care (of Yolo County) For more information visit: http://citizenswhocare.org SMUD Dan Berman, [originally read "Tom"--apologies to Dan, whom I know and had just spoken to, just 15 minutes after the meeting via telephone. I even own an autographed copy of his book, "Who Owns The Sun" given to me by Elisabeth Sherwin.] volunteer with Sacramento Municipal Utility District For more information contact: bermfam at gmail.com or Phone 757-6609 Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Ashley Hamidi, Director (Board of Directors) Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence of Yolo County For mor information visit: http://www.sadvc.org/ Tree Davis Ruth Williams, Executive Director of Tree Davis For more information visit: http://treedavis.org Davis Community Meals Janet Lane, Director (Board of Directors) and Secretary For more information call Phone 530-756-4008 530-753-9204 An organization that came and dropped off material and did not speak was the Yolo County Housing Protection Agency, a division of Legal Services of Northern California. (This person had to leave at 7:15PM.) Call Monday through Friday 8:30AM to 12PM and 1PM to 5PM -- 530-662-1065 or 916-447-5798 Another organization that dropped off material and did not make a presentation was Putah Creek Council. Visit: http://putahcreekcouncil.org or call 757-2776 Additional Announcements: Mike Syvanen announced that Sue Greenwald was being installed as Mayor of Davis on Tuesday, July 18 next week. A City of Davis sponsored reception will follow. This is open to the public. Mike also announced that Sue Greenwald is having a party to celebrate with her supporters at the home of Norma Turner on the following Friday evening, July 21. All members of the Davis Democrat Club are invited to this event. Details will be forth coming as the event gets closer. John Chendo announced that support is needed for the Voting Rights Act. Call 1-866-808-0065 to support this House Bill that protects the voting rights of minorities in this country. Or you can call our House Representative Mike Thompson and voice your support to HR #9. Pat Lenzi addressed the club, thanking all of its members for its support of her campaign for Yolo County District Attorney. She discussed this and other related topics on how we need to elect those that represent our values to represent us in local and non-local government. Her words and thoughts were warmly received. John Chendo finished the meeting by calling for volunteers to sign up to help Phil Angelides, Deborah Bowen, John Garamendi, and Charlie Brown. Contact John Chendo for details or to sign up to help. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM. These minutes are respectively submitted by: G Richard Yamagata Recording Secretary Davis Democrat Club 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, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169. ========================== The Virtual Markets ============================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Rochester, NY - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Sun Jul 16 18:14:30 2006 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:14:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] Save the Date-- 9/10/06-- "Back to School Blues" Friends of Jim Provenza Annual Event Message-ID: <200607170114.k6H1EKpk033914@afes.com> >From the Desk of Jim Provenza: Dear Friends, I am writing to invite you to attend the "Back to School Blues" , featuring the Rick Donaldson Blues Band. It will be an evening of music, fine food, and fun. The event will held on Sunday September 10 from 4-7 PM at the home of Holly and Matt Bishop: 1237 Drummond South in Davis (See attached invitation). Tickets are $25 per person ($15 seniors, students and low income). Tickets can be ordered by mailing a check to Friends of Jim Provenza, 3043 Bollate Lane, Davis, CA 95618. If possible, please also consider being a sponsor of the event.The following sponsorships are available: Honor Roll ($100- $249) Merit Scholar ($250-$499) and Valedictorian ($500 or more). All sponsors will be listed on the official invitation and program and will receive 2 tickets to the event. I will likely be president of the Davis School Board next year. I will continue to work hard to promote greater opportunities for disadvantaged students while maintaining the high level of excellence in our academic programs. Your continuing support is sincerely appreciated and will enable me to continue to serve our community. Please e-mail or call me at 530-554-7331 if you need additional information. See you on September 10! Sincerely, Jim Provenza Vice-President Davis School Board Dear Friends,

I am writing to invite you to attend the "Back to School Blues" , featuring the Rick Donaldson Blues Band. It will be an evening of music, fine food, and fun.

The event will held  on Sunday September 10 from 4-7 PM at the home of Holly and Matt Bishop: 1237 Drummond South in Davis. Tickets are $25 per person ($15 seniors, students and low income). Tickets can be ordered by mailing a check to Friends of Jim Provenza, 3043 Bollate Lane, Davis, CA 95618.

If possible, please also consider being a sponsor of the event.The following sponsorships are available: Honor Roll ($100- $249) Merit Scholar ($250-$499) and Valedictorian ($500 or more). All sponsors will be listed on the official invitation and program and will receive 2 tickets to the event.

I will likely be president of the Davis School Board next year. I will continue to work hard to promote greater opportunities for disadvantaged students while maintaining the high level of excellence in our academic programs. Your continuing support is sincerely appreciated and will enable me to continue to serve our community.
 
Please e-mail or call me at 530-554-7331 if you need additional information.

See you on September 10!

Sincerely,

Jim Provenza
Vice-President
Davis School Board
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, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169. ========================== The Virtual Markets ============================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Rochester, NY - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF. From jac07 at dcn.org Mon Jul 17 16:26:07 2006 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:26:07 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Our Congressman Mike Thompson-on HR9-Voting Rights Act In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Passed in the House. Senate has yet to vote on it. John c ------ Forwarded Message From: Congressman Mike Thompson Dear Mr. Chendo: Thank you for contacting me regarding the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks and Correta Scott Kin Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 (HR 9). I appreciate you taking the time to contact me on this important matter. I agree with you. The right to vote is one of the most important rights guaranteed to every American. On May 2, 2006, Representative James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI) introduced HR 9 to strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This bipartisan legislation would extend the protections of the original Voting Rights Act, as well as update the requirements for assigning election examiners and observers to monitor voting stations and ballot counting offices. Additional provisions would extend bilingual election requirements and prohibit any tampering with voting procedures that denies an individual their right to vote. Every American has the right to vote, regardless of race, religion or background. I believe that Congress must act to ensure that every American has an equal opportunity to exercise their right. You should know that I support this legislation in its current form. Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. Please continue to contact me regarding matters of importance to you and to our district. Sincerely, MIKE THOMPSON Member of Congress http://www.mikethompson.house.gov You cannot reply to this email. If you would like to email me, please visit http://www.house.gov/writerep ------ End of Forwarded Message From jac07 at dcn.org Wed Jul 19 11:43:28 2006 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: 19 Jul 2006 18:43:28 -0000 Subject: [Davis Democrats] BREAKING: George Bush has vetoed stem cell legislation Message-ID: <20060719184328.25028.1439.qmail@web8.getactive.com> Hi there, Have you heard the news? President Bush has just vetoed stem cell legislation. With the first veto of his Presidency, he has sold out to the religious right and dashed hope for millions of Americans suffering from diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis, cancer and diabetes. Contact your U.S. senators and congresspersons to override by 2/3 vote. I am fighting back. I just sent a letter to my Representative asking them to act to override the President's veto of the Stem Cell Resarch Enhancement Act. I hope you will join me. The health of people you love may depend on this vital legislation. This legislation could enable scientists to find a cure for Alzheimer's, juvenile diabetes, Parkinson's, and other crippling and deadly diseases. Take action now. Time is of the essence, click here: http://ga3.org/campaign/stem_cell_override?rk=P1NBNh919RvhW *************************************** Powered by GetActive Software, Inc. Member Relationship Management Solutions That Recruit, Engage, and Retain (tm) http://www.getactive.com *************************************** From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Thu Jul 27 22:19:15 2006 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:19:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] 1 Month Reminder for Ice Cream Social Message-ID: <200607280519.k6S5HtMf086081@afes.com> Greetings All, This is a 1 month reminder for the Emily and Jerry's Ice Cream Social. This annual event is held at the home of Jerry and Teresa Kaneko and their cat, Emily (Emily's List). Event Address: 556 Reed Drive Davis, CA The cost is suggested $10 donation at the door. This is a Thursday evening event, scheduled for 6PM. The Soapbox will open at 6:30PM. Come for ice cream at an event perfectly timed for after dinner dessert. Come hear all the Yolo County electeds and political pundits speak at the club's annual soapbox event. All club members are invited and can address the group from the Soapbox. Voice your political statements to all assembled. Expected guests that will speak include: Former Davis City Councilman Jerry Kaneko (MC of the soapbox); All of the Davis City Councilmembers including active Davis Democrat Club members, Sue Greenwald (Mayor Pro-tem), Don Saylor; our State Assembly representative, Lois Wolk; and Yolo County Supervisor, Mariko Yamada and Yolo County Supervisor Frank Seiferman Jr. Also expected to attend and speak are a number of the Davis School Boardmembers, including Jim Provenza. Take care, Richard 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, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169. ========================== The Virtual Markets ============================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Rochester, NY - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF. From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Fri Jul 28 02:33:46 2006 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (G Richard Yamagata PhD) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:33:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Davis Democrats] The Date for 1 Month Reminder for Ice Cream Social Message-ID: <200607280933.k6S9XXMl021369@afes.com> Greetings All, This is a 1 month reminder for the Emily and Jerry's Ice Cream Social. The date for this event is Thursday, August 31. There will be another reminder sent out the week of the event as it gets closer. This annual event is held at the home of Jerry and Teresa Kaneko and their cat, Emily (Emily's List). Event Address: 556 Reed Drive Davis, CA The cost is suggested $10 donation at the door. This is a Thursday evening event, scheduled for 6PM. The Soapbox will open at 6:30PM. Come for ice cream at an event perfectly timed for after dinner dessert. Come hear all the Yolo County electeds and political pundits speak at the club's annual soapbox event. All club members are invited and can address the group from the Soapbox. Voice your political statements to all assembled. Expected guests that will speak include: Former Davis City Councilman Jerry Kaneko (MC of the soapbox); All of the Davis City Councilmembers including active Davis Democrat Club members, Mayor Sue Greenwald, Don Saylor; our State Assembly representative, Lois Wolk; and Yolo County Supervisor, Mariko Yamada and Yolo County Supervisor Frank Seiferman Jr. Also expected to attend and speak are a number of the Davis School Boardmembers, including Jim Provenza. Take care, Richard 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, a member of the board of the Business Link of Woodland and Davis, Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Davis Democrat Club, President of the board of Virtual Market Enterprises, Inc, Secretary-Treasurer of the board of the Davis Progressive Business Exchange and communications liason of the Independent Order of Oddfellows Chapter 169. ========================== The Virtual Markets ============================= Visit The Woodland Opera House at: http://www.vme.net/opera/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Davis Virtual Market - http://virtual-markets.net/vme/ Fresno - http://vme.net/fvm/ Rochester, NY - http://vme.net/rvm/ Sacramento - http://virtual-markets.com/svm/ Vacaville - http://vme.net/vvm/ Woodland - http://vme.net/wvm/ "Pet, Vets, You, and Dr.Sue - http://vme.net/dvm/DrSue/ The thoughts expressed are my own and do not reflect the policies or opinions of DVM, FVM, GVM, RVM, WVM, VVM, VME Inc, DCN, DDC, BLWD, DPBE, or IOOF. From jac07 at dcn.org Fri Jul 28 07:45:02 2006 From: jac07 at dcn.org (jac07 at dcn.org) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:45:02 -0400 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Programmer who alleged plot to steal Florida election runs for Congress Message-ID: To Republicans, Clint Curtis is a traitor; a back-stabbing liar with an imagination that rivaled Jack Abramoff's influence over Congress. To liberal Democrats, Curtis is a hero; a stand up guy who blew the whistle on computer voting fraud, testifying before a group of U.S. House Committee Judiciary Democrats after the 2004 presidential election. And to the man himself, the Republican-turned-Democrat is nothing but a computer geek who purports to have found himself smack in the middle of a brazen political plot to tamper with elections in Florida, where fact can be stranger than fiction and politics as shady as swampy underbrush. After .. http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Programmer_who_alleged_plot_to_steal_0324.html Clint Curtis, computer expert on election fraud in Florida, is running as a Democrat in Florida's CD24. He is running against the Republican incumbent who allegedly employed Curtis to fix a previous election, according to Curtis's testimony before a government committee. From jac07 at dcn.org Mon Jul 31 17:35:51 2006 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:35:51 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] From Dem. Candidate Debra Bowen-Calif. Secretary of State-Election integrity hearings today! In-Reply-To: <20060731200127.7500.4084.qmail@omail4.getactive.com> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: Debra Bowen Reply-To: Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:01:27 GMT To: john chendo Subject: Election integrity hearings start today! Dear john , You helped us win the Primary, now help us win the General Election. Contribute today! Over the past few weeks since winning the June 6th Democratic primary, our campaign has been diligently laying the groundwork for a general election victory in November. We're working hard to map out our media strategy, secure new endorsements, and finance the kind of statewide operation we'll need to win. And I'm continuing to travel across the state, meeting voters and speaking out about what I will do to clean-up our elections system as California's next Secretary of State. But we still have a lot of work to do. Spreading our message across California will take thousands of volunteers and millions of dollars. You can give us the early boost we need -- right now -- to fuel our campaign heading into the dog days of summer. Help me build a statewide campaign that will win in November -- please contribute today! California's elections system still faces serious problems -- and don't let anyone tell you any differently. Unfortunately, our current Republican Secretary of State has not done what it takes to fix those problems. Last week, computer scientists David Dill, Doug Jones, and Barbara Simons -- three experts in electronic voting systems -- wrote an op-ed describing yet another serious security flaw in the software used to run Diebold voting machines, a flaw that Michael Shamos, a voting system examiner in Pennsylvania, called ?the most severe security flaw ever discovered in a voting system.? According to Dill, Jones, and Simons: > > Diebold included a "back door" in its software, allowing anyone to change or > modify the software. There are no technical safeguards in place to ensure that > only authorized people can make changes. A malicious individual with access > to a voting machine could rig the software without being detected. What's more, according to Dill, Jones, and Simons, Diebold has known about this problem for at least two years. Yet despite many serious security flaws, Diebold machines are still being used in more than 20 California counties. And apparently our Schwarzenegger-appointed Secretary of State Bruce McPherson doesn't see any problem with this. I believe California deserves better. We deserve an elections system that is safe, accurate, and secure. And as California's next Secretary of State, that's what I'll deliver. Help me clean up California's elections system -- please contribute to my campaign today! Starting today, I'm chairing a series of hearings to investigate the voting problems experienced in California during the June 6th primary election. I'm looking forward to learning more about these election problems first-hand, starting today in Bakersfield -- and I'm looking forward even more to fixing them! That's what I'll do as California's next Secretary of State. But I can't get there without your help. Please contribute $25, $50, $100, or whatever you can afford today -- give our campaign a boost heading into these last 100 days before Election Day! Thanks so much for your continued support. On to victory! Sincerely, Debra Bowen California State Senator P.S. Please forward this message along to 5 friends who share our commitment to safe, accurate, and secure elections in California! Contribute Today! Paid for by Debra Bowen for Secretary of State 578 Washington Blvd. #409, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 (c) 2006 Debra Bowen for Secretary of State, ID #1271345 Invite your friends and family to join Debra Bowen's campaign for Secretary of State today! Tell-a-friend! If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for Debra Bowen For Secretary of State . This message was sent to jac07 at dcn.org. Visit your subscription management page to modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile. 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