Puget Sound Liberals Weekly Newsletter #93

Enhancing Freedom, Opportunity and Cooperation in Puget Sound and Beyond

Through informing and networking Liberals and Liberal Organizations.

Our vision is hundreds of thousands of well-informed Puget Sound Liberals working together.

October 26, 2007

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Recommendations

· Endorsements by King County Democrats

· by Progressive Majority - WA

· by King Co. Labor Council

· By League of Women Voters

· by Washington Conservation Voters

· By Sierra Club, Cascade Chapter

· By NARAL Pro-Choice Washington

· Yes on R 67 To Enforce Insurer Responsibility

· Yes on EHJR 4204: Simple Majority for Schools

· Bill Sherman – King County Prosecutor

· Scott Noble – King County Assessor

· King County Parks Levies #1 and #2

· Alec Fisken – Seattle Port Commission

· Gael Tarleton – Seattle Port Commission

· Write in Brad Larssen for King Co. Council #6

· Keri Andrews – Bellevue City Council #7

· Charlene Rawson – Everett City Council #4

· Jackie Minchew – Everett City Council #7

· Ramona Fonseca – Granger Mayor

· Josh Schaer – Issaquah City Council #4

· Dana Stober – Kent City Council #3.

· Both Jessica Greenway and Penny Sweet

– Kirkland City Council #4

· Maureen Judge – Mercer Island City Council #3

· Meta Hogan – Olympia Mayor

· Jeanne Marie Thomas – Olympia City Council #3

· Brian Conlin – Redmond City Council #3

· Richard Cole – Redmond City Council #5

· Kathy Keolker – Renton Mayor

· Shirley Gaunt-Smith – Renton City Council #3

· Joe Szwaja – Seattle City Council #1

· Bruce Harrell and Venus Velazquez

– Seattle City Council #3

· Maria Ramirez – Seattle School Director #6

· Ken Mann – Whatcom County Council

· Save Our Renton-Snohomish Rail Line

Stop Funding to Keep Troops in Iraq

Impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney

In 2008, Darcy Burner for U.S. Congress, 8^th CD

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Table of Contents * featured articles

Puget Sound Liberals

About Puget Sound Liberals

Opportunities and Petitions

Commentaries from Our Members

Joe Lane: Gore for President, not Vice President

Dennis Gerlitz: Support Simple Majority for Schools

Two Differing Bellevue School Board Recommendations

Elsie Simon: We Need Publicly Financed Elections

Liberals and Democrats

Get Mad at Democrats, or Elect More, or Both?

A Liberal Awakening

Do You Have Bi-Partisan View of Drunken Misbehavior?

State and Local

Since Few are Politically Active, You Can Be Influential

How Labor Helped Produce a Democratic Majority

Nation and World Links

Stagflation

New Orleans and Southern California Respond Differently

Our Liberal Spirit

Reborn Liberals

Recommended Books

Lake Hills Liberals

Quote of the Week

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. Ecclesiastes 10:13

Calendar of Events and Petitions à next page

Our Political Priorities

· Fair Clean Elections and Open Government

· Fair Taxes and Competent Spending

· Investment for Productivity

· Quality Health, Education, Jobs, Income and Retirement

· Environmental Protection and Energy Independence

· Personal Security and Equal Rights

· Justice and Peace Everywhere

· International Cooperation and Leadership

Conservatives oppose all of these.

Let’s End Our National Nightmare

Let’s Restore Our American Dream

Calendar of Events

King County Democrats - Legislative District Meetings

Thurston County Progressive Net Calendar

Alliance for Democracy – Upcoming Events and Action Alerts

Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation – Upcoming Events

Washington Public Campaigns Calendar

Sierra Club Cascade Chapter Calendar

Schedule of Liberal films on PBS

Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice – Friday Night at the Movies

Democratic Underground.Com

Friday, October 26 at 6:30 PM at Rick Hegdahl’s home (104 - 165th Avenue NE) – Lake Hills Liberals Salon, including Light Buffet and presentation and discussion led by Jack Greenlaw concerning Changing Attitudes toward Gays and Our Role. Bring beverage, fruit, cheese, crackers, etc.

Friday, October 26 at 7 PM and Saturday at Town Hall (1119 – 8^th Avenue, Seattle) – Dr. David Suzuki and Panel Discussion about Climate Issues. For more.

Sunday, October 28 at 3 PM at Sahalee Country Club, Sammamish – Democratic Women of East King County Silent Auction Fundraiser. $25. For information and tickets.

Saturday, November 3 at 2-4 PM at Horizon House Performance Hall (900 University Street, First Hill, Seattle) – Washington’s Path to Universal Health Coverage, sponsored by Health Care for All - Washington

Tuesday, November 6 at 12 Noon at Washington State Trade Center 4^th Floor, Seattle – Luncheon with Governor Chris Gregoire, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, and Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius. Tickets $100 and up. For more

Friday, November 9-11 at KWA Community Services Center, Tacoma – Northwest Women of Color and Allies Summit. For more

Friday, November 9 at 6 PM at Washington State Convention Center, Seattle – Heroes in Our Own Backyard, a Washington Environmental celebration. Tickets $100. For more.

Opportunities and Petitions

Activist Job Opportunities

MoveOn’s current campaigns. You can join them

NRDC asks you to email your Congress members to support clean energy bill

Wilderness Society asks you to ask Bush administration not to allow oil drilling in another Alaska area

Petition President Bush to take specific steps to stop genocide in Darfur

Commentaries From Our Members</