Puget Sound Liberals Weekly Newsletter #145
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Our Website Our Editor To Unsubscribe Table of Contents *Featured Articles Opportunities, Petitions and Feedback Don’t Forget to Vote. Commentaries from Our Members David Spring: My Campaign for 5th LD
Representative* Roger Yockey on the Importance
of Unions Juanita Doyon: Terry Bergeson
Refuses to Cooperate Craig Salins: An Example of
Special-Interest Influence Liberals and Democrats Links to the Beef John McCain Has No Good Cards Left* Obama’s End Game Advantage: Grass Roots Organizing Female Voters Outnumber Male Voters Drama-Seeking Media Downplay Obama’s Lead. Good. State and Local Links to the Beef Dick Burkhart on Light Rail from Renton to Bothell A Reconsideration of Proposition 1* Our Congress Members Fail to Express Values or
Vision Nation and World Links to the Beef White Men Began and End Our Conservative Era* Should We Eliminate 401(k) Retirement Plans? * Our Liberal Spirit Our Political Priorities ·
Fair Clean Elections and Open Government ·
Fair Taxes and Competent Spending ·
Investment for Productivity ·
Quality Health, Education, Jobs, Income ·
Environmental Protection and Energy ·
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 More
on Conservative opposition to our American Dream Washington State’s 4 Major Needs Federal Funding for Health
and Education ·
A
Progressive Income Tax ·
Replacing
Republican Legislators Quote of the Week Life is Unfair. Most of Us Are Better Off this Way. Dave
Thomas
King County Budget: Stable Revenue Sources Needed*
Calendar of Events
Friday, October 24 at 7 PM at
Keystone Congregational United
Saturday, October 25 at 6:30 at
Sunday, October 26 at 12:30 PM at
Monday October 27 at 5:30
(registration and cocktails), 6:30 (dinner) at the Westin (1900 Fifth Avenue,
Seattle) – 15th
Annual Warren G. Magnuson Awards Dinner & Awards Ceremony
with special guest speaker Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama's brother. Sponsored by
Thursday, October 30 at 6 PM at
Reuben and Arlene Powell’ home (
Friday, November 7 at 10:30 AM at
Saturday, November 8 at 6:30PM at Bill Bradburd’s home (1640 S Lane Street,
Seattle) – inSpire Potluck, Presentation and
Discussion –
Opportunities, Petitions and Feedback
Communication with Our Members and Feedback
I have compiled all of my
commentaries on our economy into one document which is posted on
our website. I believe one hour
spent reading them will make you better informed than the vast majority of
Americans, including many of our congress members. Without
understanding our economic crises, their causes and needed solutions, you are
unable to act responsibly to correct the situation which affects all of
us. Dave Thomas
Take
a crash course (2˝ hours) about our American economy (video).
Opportunities
Useful
Websites: contacts, maps, community organizing tools, and more.
Access
to jillions of political cartoons.
Download
Michael Moore’s latest movie ‘Slacker Uprising’ for free.
Sign up for a free
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Sightline Institute’s climate policy primer ‘Cap and Trade 101’. About
Sightline.
Petitions and Donations
Tell
our presidential candidates to address economic security, health care and
social security.
Sign a
petition supporting the Employee Free Choice Act.
Tell president Bush to
protect to marine reserves.
Commentaries From Our Members
David Spring: My Campaign Efforts Are Very Productive
It has been a very exhausting but productive week for all of us. With the
help of several volunteers, we have now placed over 1,0000 yard signs throughout the 5th District. That
is about 500 more than any other candidate and at least 700 more than my
opponent Glenn Anderson. So we have won the sign war. This should help greatly
in winning the votes of thousands of casual voters who select candidates based
on name recognition.
Prior to that, with the help of several volunteers, we were able to pass
out over 2,000 campaign flyers at the
Salmon Days parade and event on Saturday and Sunday. This was by far the
biggest direct voter contact weekend of the entire campaign.
Also, I have been getting very good press with articles in several papers.
Every major paper has now ran a story about me and Glenn and I have been
treated well in nearly all of them. In addition, Glenn and I will be appearing
on KUOW public radio from about 9:30 am
to 10 am this coming Monday morning. I hope you get the chance to listen
and call in asking Glenn to explain why raising the levy lid from 24% to 30% is
not a property tax increase because it sure looks like a property tax increase
to you.
In addition, I have now been endorsed by NARAL, Planned Parenthood, the
Washington Education Association (WEA), the Sierra Club, the Cascade Bicycle
Club, the Children’s
Also on the plus side, because of the huge turn out at the Beaver Creek
Lodge Event a couple of weeks ago, the State Democratic party will be doing three
mailings for me in the coming week at a total cost of just under $100,000.
There will be a “comparison” mailer sent by my campaign but paid for by the
HDCC, a “hit mailer” against Glenn Anderson sent out by an independent group,
and a Get out the Vote mailer sent to nearly everyone in the 5th LD
promoting me, Governor Gregoire, and Peter Goldmark for Lands Commissioner. Do
not ask me why Darcy Burner’s name was not included in this mailer, because I
do not know. Perhaps they felt Darcy had enough money to promote her own race.
I think the comparison mailer alone will get me thousands of extra voters among
those independent swing voters who actual research and compare the candidates.
The only negative news is I did not receive the Seattle Times endorsement.
But then neither did our Governor Chris Gregoire. In hindsight, I would not
want the endorsement of any group that would endorse Dino Rossi. But it was an
outrage that the Times would endorse a candidate (Glenn Anderson) who had
blatantly lied to them about several issues and was unable to answer any of
their questions. The Times claimed that Anderson was “well respected” by Democrats
and Republicans. This too is a lie. Glenn has failed to receive the support of
any Democrats for any of his major bills during the past 8 years. To the
contrary, most Democratic Legislators believe Glenn is the worst and least
effective legislator in Olympia.
This election between Glenn and I promises to be very close. So any votes any of you can get for me during the next few days may be the ones that make the difference!! I understand several of you will be out canvassing your precincts this weekend. Be sure to mention that Glenn wants to raise property taxes and I want to roll them back. The difference between us is about $1,000