From yamagata at virtual-markets.net Tue Jul 3 06:17:22 2012 From: yamagata at virtual-markets.net (yamagata) Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:17:22 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] Davis Democratic Club Board meeting tonight Message-ID: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Davis Democratic Club Board meeting tonight Date: 03.07.2012 06:11 From: yamagata To: Reply-To: There will be a Board Meeting of the Davis Democratic Club. The meeting will be at the Davis Branch of the Yolo County Library. It will start at 7PM. The Davis Democratic Club is once again in search of a treasurer. If you wish to become treasurer, please contact our President, Arun Sen at bubusen at hotmail.com This is our usual 7PM meeting held on Tuesday night. I am unsure as to whether or not the meeting will be held in the Blanchard Room or the small confernce room. If you show up at the library, I am sure that someone will be able to direct you to the meeting place. I will not be able to attend, because of emergency medical reasons. I have not been in contact with the President and cannot get the agenda out for this meeting. Take care, Richard [Sent remotely from webmail] From jac07 at dcn.org Thu Jul 12 06:50:15 2012 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:50:15 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] voluntary action opportunity: from Christine Pelosi-Affordable Health Care References: <85282add6786b686596040e1cd4e09a5@bounce.bluestatedigital.com> Message-ID: <0B25C83E-6EAD-4C96-BC73-E20655DDCAA2@dcn.org> Republicans in control of the House since 2010 have never voted to approve a jobs bill. Their obstructionist attitude toward a black in the White House has been consistent with the "massive resistance" in the 1950s-1960s by bigots against blacks in schoolhouses ,after the Brown v. Board of Education unanimous desegregation decision in 1954. Begin forwarded message: > From: Nancy Pelosi > Date: July 11, 2012 2:02:44 PM PDT > To: jay Chendo > Subject: BREAKING: Health Care Repeal > Reply-To: dccc at dccc.org > > Jay -- > > > Moments ago, House Republicans voted to repeal President Obama?s health care law. > > It?s the 31st time -- yes, the 31st time -- that they?ve tried to strike down reform. > > If you?ve had enough of Speaker Boehner, Eric Cantor, and Tea Party Republicans? relentless campaign to tear down President Obama and progress for the American people, then send them a message today. > > Stand with President Obama: Donate right now to defeat Tea Party Republicans >> > > Thank you, > > Nancy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Paid for by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee | 430 South Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC 20003 > (202) 863-1500 | www.dccc.org | Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. > > This message was sent to: jac07 at dcn.org | To unsubscribe, click here: http://dccc.org/optout. > Change or update your email address and contact information by clicking here. > > > From jac07 at dcn.org Fri Jul 13 12:42:28 2012 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:42:28 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] voluntary action opportunity: Prop 34-SAFE California Act-Pulitzer Prize investigative reporter Message-ID: <1D5151F6-7A60-4C01-890A-821C2C78A217@dcn.org> The Democratic Party has not taken a position on this November 2012 ballot initiative,Prop 34. But to be present at a dinner and awards ceremony featuring the leading thinkers and speakers on the subject of the death penalty is a truly great opportunity for our county: a) Don Heller, the lawyer who wrote the 1978 Briggs initiative, which was passed by voters 34 years ago to become the current California Death Penalty Law b)Jeanne Woodford , retired San Quentin warden who carried out 4 executions, now director of Death Penalty Focus, on the board with actor Mike Farrell, who played Dr.B.J. Hunnicutt on the TV series M*A*S*H c)Maurice Possley, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, covering criminal justice issues for 36 years, particularly the operation of the death penalty in Illinois d)Ellen Eggers, California State Public Defender e)Franky Carrillo, who lived 19 years on Death Row for a murder he did not commit. Endorsers of Prop 34 who will not be speaking are former Los Angeles DA Gil Garcetti and Ms. Carmona Sandoval, whose son was a homicide victim. This huge criminal justice ceremony is a benefit of the People's Vanguard of Davis, a journalism team headed by investigative reporter David Greenwald, with a crew of dedicated college student interns, who publish an online website to serve Yolo County. Visit the secure website, www.davisvanguard.org. You may purchase tickets and/or sponsor the event over the secure website directly or by phone, 530-400-2511. Basic ticket per individual, including dinner by Ciocolat of Davis, is $35. Date: Thursday, July 26, beginning at 5:30pm with silent auction and no host bar, with dinner being served at 6:30pm. Place: Heidrick AG History Center, 1962 Hays Lane, Woodland,CA. All citizens register: Please remember to be registered to vote by October 22 for the Nov. 6,2012 Tuesday election. If you want to vote by mail, the deadline is Oct.29 at 4p.m. by faxing your signed request to fax #530-666-8123, Yolo County Clerk, whose office is physically located at 625 Court St.-Room B-05. If you have changed your place of residence, you should fill out a new registration form indicating the new address by October 22. For information from the County Clerk's Office, phone 666-8133. From jac07 at dcn.org Sat Jul 14 06:25:02 2012 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 06:25:02 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] voluntary act op: insurance corporation, acting like an unregulated person, trying to buy election vs. Garamendi References: <838C478D-CFBD-42E8-A92D-BF1E59F57314@dcn.org> Message-ID: Dear Democratic friends: John Garamendi was elected California Insurance Commissioner,1991-5 and again 2002-6, where he worked hard and effectively to protect consumers by doing his job of regulating the insurance corporations. Check out his brilliant record of achievement on his website,www.garamendi.org, or on wikipedia. Now these insurance corporations are acting as if they have a carte blanche to spend their profits (which they collect from consumers) to defeat his re-election to Congress. Please do what you can to keep John Garamendi working for the people in our congressional district. He fights for the true needs of the common person for fairness and equal opportunity under law. Begin forwarded message: > From: John Chendo > Date: July 14, 2012 5:38:51 AM PDT > To: John Chendo > Subject: voluntary act op: insurance corporation,acting like an unregulated person, trying to buy election vs. Garamendi > > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "John Garamendi " >> Date: July 13, 2012 1:56:17 PM PDT >> To: JAC07 at dcn.org >> Subject: Bombshell Report >> Reply-To: info at garamendi.org >> >> >> >> >> >> Hello John, >> >> >> They?re at it again! The Sacramento Bee released a bombshell report this week. Insurance industry giant Aetna has put at least $3.3 million into a shadowy SuperPAC that?s attacking me with ads for being a strong advocate for the Patient?s Bill of Rights. Can you help counteract these insurance company attacks by donating $25, $50 or $100? >> >> This isn?t the first time that the insurance industry has targeted me. In the election for California?s Insurance Commissioner, the insurance companies spent millions trying to defeat me. They knew then and they know now that I would fight for consumer rights. We beat the insurance companies then, and with your help, we can do it again. >> >> Can you help us with an urgent gift today of $25, $50, $100 or more? >> >> The National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) is following Aetna?s lead, launching a website of their own attacking me and nine other Democrats for supporting the Affordable Healthcare Act. According to their website, The NRCC will match every single dollar they receive, with a contribution of up to $5,000 to my opponents campaign. I am being attacked from all angles, and I need the resources to fight back. Their TV ads and the website are running now. I need your help now. Please consider contributing $25, $50, or $100 today. >> >> Thank you for standing with me, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Congressman John Garamendi >> >> www.Garamendi.org >> >> >> Paid for by Garamendi for Congress >> >> >> (916) 863-6881 >> P.O. Box 440 >> Walnut Grove, CA 95690 >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, click here >> Powered by NGP VAN, Inc. > From jac07 at dcn.org Sun Jul 22 00:47:32 2012 From: jac07 at dcn.org (John Chendo) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:47:32 -0700 Subject: [Davis Democrats] URGENT:voluntary act opp: Prop 34-SAFE California Act-Pulitzer Prize investigative reporter References: Message-ID: Begin forwarded message: > From: John Chendo > Date: July 21, 2012 3:22:49 PM PDT > > Subject: URGENT:voluntary act opp: Prop 34-SAFE California Act-Pulitzer Prize investigative reporter > > This November 2012 ballot initiative,Prop 34, would abolish the death penalty in the state of California and replace it with a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole. The Democratic Party has taken no position on Prop 34. > > Endorsers include: California Catholic Conference of Bishops and retired bishop of Sacramento Francis A. Quinn; California Council of Churches' Impact; Friends Committee on Legislation of California; American Civil Liberties Union; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Southern Poverty Law Center; Mr. Herman Gallegos, a founder of the National Council of La Raza; The Hon. Cruz Reynoso; Ms. Carmona Sandoval, whose son was a murder victim; Gil Garcetti, former DA of Los Angeles County; Kamala Harris, California Attorney General (Democrat); Don Heller, Esq., the lawyer who wrote the 1978 Briggs Initiative, which voters passed 34 years ago to become the current California Death Penalty law ; Jeanne Woodford, retired San Quentin warden who carried out 4 executions; Mike Farrell, a founder of Death Penalty Focus, the actor who played Hunnicutt,MD, on the nine-year TV series M*A*S*H*. > > 3 major aspects of Prop 34 are: 1) Instead of the process of death penalty trials, waiting on death row appeals, and irrecoverable taking of life--substitute prison for life without possibility of parole. 2) Require these inmates to work and to put their earnings into a restorative justice fund to go to the victims to provide restitution. 3)Use the money saved by the state government to go toward local law enforcement agencies to solve the crimes that are so difficult to solve. > > Death penalty trials cost an average of twenty times as much as analogous trials without the penalty of death; average length of appeals is twenty years; more than 100 death row convicts in the USA have been proven innocent by DNA testing, of which some of those were executed; almost half of death row prisoners are black; almost all were indigent before trial. > > A Dinner and Awards ceremony featuring the leading thinkers and speakers on the subject of the death penalty is a truly great opportunity for our county: > > a) Don Heller, the lawyer who wrote the 1978 Briggs initiative, > b)Jeanne Woodford , retired San Quentin warden , now director of Death Penalty Focus > c)Maurice Possley, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, covering criminal justice issues for 36 years, particularly the operation of the death penalty in Illinois > d)Ellen Eggers, California State Public Defender > e)Franky Carrillo, who lived 19 years on Death Row for a murder he did not commit. > > > > This huge criminal justice ceremony is a benefit of the People's Vanguard of Davis, a journalism team headed by investigative reporter David Greenwald, with a crew of dedicated college student interns, who publish an online website to serve Yolo County. Visit the secure website, www.davisvanguard.org. > > You may purchase tickets and/or sponsor the event over the secure website directly or by phone, 530-400-2511. Basic ticket per individual, including dinner by Ciocolat of Davis, is $35. > > Date: This Thursday evening , July 26, beginning at 5:30pm with silent auction and no host bar, with dinner being served at 6:30pm. > Place: Heidrick AG History Center, 1962 Hays Lane, Woodland,CA. > > > > > > P.S. Make sure to re- register to vote in November if your address has changed. Also young people who will be 18 years old by election day may register now, and must register by October 22. > > >