Puget Sound Liberals Weekly Newsletter #94

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.

 

November 2, 2007

 

 

Vote by Mail or on Nov. 6th

Or lose your Puget Sound Liberals membership

 

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 FiskenSeattle Port Commission

·       Gael TarletonSeattle Port Commission

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

 

·       Keri AndrewsBellevue City Council #7

·       Charlene Rawson – Everett City Council #4

·       Jackie Minchew – Everett City Council #7

·       Ramona Fonseca – Granger Mayor

·       Josh SchaerIssaquah City Council #4

·       Dana StoberKent 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 ThomasOlympia City Council #3

·       Brian ConlinRedmond City Council #3

·       Richard ColeRedmond City Council #5

·       Kathy Keolker – Renton Mayor

·       Shirley Gaunt-SmithRenton City Council #3

·       Joe SzwajaSeattle City Council #1

·       Bruce Harrell and Venus Velazquez

     Seattle City Council #3

·       Maria RamirezSeattle 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, 8th CD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Website                                                                            Our  Editor   

 

                        Table of Contents   * featured articles

 

Puget Sound Liberals

About Puget Sound Liberals

Opportunities and Petitions

 

Commentaries from Our Members

Dave Thomas: Dino Rossi – Missing in Action

Mike O’Brien: Proposition 1 Is Wrong Tax

 

Liberals and Democrats

Comparing Liberals and European Social Democrats

Frontrunner Clinton Draws Criticism

 

State and Local

Washington State’s Global Status

Many Family Support Organizations in Our Eastside

 

Nation and World  Links

Do You Understand Our International Treaties?

Is Bush Commander in Chief of Our Nation?

 

Our Liberal Spirit

Should We Americans Deserve Special Privileges?

 

Recommended Books

 

Lake Hills Liberals

 

Quote of the Week

The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.  Thomas Paine

 

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

 

Saturday, November 3, Join a Step It Up 2007 event to rally against global warming

 

Saturday, November 3 at 1-4 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 4th 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, TacomaNorthwest 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.

 

Saturday, November 17 at 7:30 PM at Kane Hall, UW campus, SeattleForum: Public Financing of Campaigns for Cities and Local Jurisdictions by Washington Public Campaigns (Reception at 6 PM)

 

Opportunities and Petitions

 

Activist Job Opportunities

 

MoveOn’s current campaigns.  You can join them

 

Send Hillary Clinton a Happy Birthday Card

 

Ask Bureau of Land Management to protect Yellowstone area by stopping drilling