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PHDC Endorsements
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US President/Vice President
BARACK OBAMA
JOSEPH BIDENUnited States Senator
DIANNE FEINSTEIN US Representative, Dist12
NANCY PELOSI State Senate, District 11
MARK LENO State Assembly, District 17
TOM AMMIANO SF Board of Education
SANDRA LEE FEWER MATT HANEY SF Community College Board
AMY BACHARACH RAFAEL MANDELMAN BART Directors, Dist 7 & 9
No position California Propositions 30 - YES Temporary taxes for education, local public safety 31 - NO State budget changes, with 2 bad ideas
32 - NO!! Special Exemption Act to destroy unions' voices
33 - NO Auto insurance prices based on history of coverage
34 - YES Repeal of death penalty
35 - No position Human trafficking, expansion of definition and penalties
36 - YES!! Amending Three Strikes Law
37- YES Labeling genetically engineered foods
38 - No position Tax to fund education and early childhood programs
39 - YES Closing tax loopholes for multistate businesses; clean energy and energy efficiency funding
40 - YES Reaffirming new State Senate districts (!! = unanimous)
San Francisco Propositions
A - YES City College parcel tax
B - NO Neighborhood
parks bond
C - No position Housing Trust Fund
D - YES Consolidating odd-year municipal elections
E - YES Gross receipts tax
F - NO Water and environment plan
G - YES Policy opposing corporate personhood
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Issue: #47
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October 16, 2012
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Greetings!
To the PHDC endorsement list on the left, I have added links to (most) campaigns. In many cases, the big money is on the "wrong" side - surprise, surprise - so please go to the web sites you especially care about and help out in any way you can. Thanks.
Did you vote yet? Early voting has begun. Have you gotten on the phone to a swing state? or better yet - are you traveling to one? 21 days till the election.
Joni Eisen, President
Potrero Hill Democratic Club
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23rd ANNUAL POTRERO HILL FESTIVAL
This Saturday, October 20th
| | | PHDC is a sponsor - come to our table
We have a great space this year - first table at the start of the festival, on the south side of 20th St near Missouri. The Festival benefits our beloved Neighborhood House, site of most PHDC meetings. We'll be doing last-chance voter registration, club outreach, candidate and issue advocacy, and 94107 t-shirt selling.
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HANGIN' in the 'HOOD
| |  Precinct-walking: Oct 13-14 done, Oct 27-28 coming up
What's the only piece of campaign literature for which those who deliver it consistently get thanked? Why, it's PHDC's famous blue door-hanger! "Decided democratically, delivered voluntarily" - without asking endorsed candidates or campaigns for money. Thank you Rebecca Shearin for once again designing and putting together the artwork for one of the season's best-looking campaign pieces. Thanks again to all who participated in this past weekend's successful walks - we covered all of Potrero Hill and Dogpatch. For Oct 27-28, there are still just a few unclaimed precincts. Please click here to see the map and what's available. |
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| | Debate Watch at the Yankee - good for PHDC anyway
We had fun at our October 3rd meeting & Debate Watch party, not sure about our man up there on the screen though. A couple of the door prize winners of the Oct 20 Festival brunch tickets haven't contacted us yet to confirm. Please do. You know who you are, but I don't! Anyway, Joe Biden sure fired us up during the VP debate. Tonight, Oct 16: Obama vs. Romney Round 2 Debate Watch Parties. The debate itself is 6pm to 7:30pm. - SF Democrats at The Mix, 4086 18th Street (Castro & Noe). Doors open 5:30pm. Suggested donation $10 but no one turned away. info@sfdemocrats.org
- Technology for Obama at Temple Bar, 540 Howard @ 1st, Doors open 5pm. 7:30 - 8:30pm - Speakers, Special Guests & Merriment. Multiple screens on two levels, drink specials, and opportunities to get involved with President Obama's campaign.
- Energy and Environmentalists for Obama at One Kearny Club, Rooftop Lounge, 1 Kearny Street. 5:30 to 9:00pm. Come enjoy great food and cocktails while watching the Presidential Debate on a large screen. Info: jbrennan@barackobama.com
The last debate will be Oct 22 (foreign policy). |
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NOTES FROM THE CAMPAIGNS
| | Prop A, Save City College Weekly Day of Action. Each week we gather in a different location in the city to do door-to-door canvassing to get the word out about YES on A and how important it is for the survival of City College. Here's the flyer with the information for where and when each one is taking place. We also have phone banks every night for Yes on 30, No on 32, and Yes on A at the SEIU office at 350 Rhode Island St every Monday - Thursday evening from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.
Contact Sarah at any time at 415-562-7993 or email her at protectourcitycollege@gmail.com.
Prop 37, Label GMOs
Final fundraising event in Berkeley this Thursday, October 18th from 5:30 - 7:30, sponsored by Nutiva, Frey Vineyards, Lundberg Family Farms along with Food Democracy Action!. Latest on the initiative from experts on genetic engineering and the Yes on 37 campaign including Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of Center for Food Safety, Ignacio Chapela, professor at UC Berkeley, Bob Meadow, Yes on 37 consultant and Dave Murphy, founder and executive director of Food Democracy Now! and co-chair of the California Right to Know campaign. Wine from Frey Vineyard and food by Back to Earth will be served. A silent auction with items from Nativa, Nature's Path, Frey Vineyards, Dr. Bronner's and others will be held.
Tickets for general support and VIP packages are available at Brown Paper Tickets. Get your $37 ticket here.
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