SAVE THE SENATE  

Phone Banking Training & Calling

Sun. September 28, 2 pm, Pleasant Hill Co-housing Community Room
 

We must keep the Senate blue!  Join our � hour training followed by an hour or more calling voters in 4 borderline states.  The phone banking is fast, state of the art and you'll only be calling Democrats and Independents who did not vote in the last election.   You won't reach scads of answering machines  You'll also gain the confidence to phone bank from home.  YES, FROM HOME.  We'll have future trainings and group phone banking in the near future.

RSVP's are appreciated. Call Madeline Moran, phone banking coordinator, at 925-639-9048 or email her at madandbuster@yahoo.com.

Directions- From 680 South, turn right onto Monument Blvd. From 680 North, turn left onto Monument. After the first stoplight, turn right before the "76" gas station onto Marcia. Immediately turn left onto Lisa Lane. Go to the end of Lisa Lane, cross the Iron Horse Trail, and park in the small area at right or the larger gravel lot at the left. Pleasant Hill Cohousing Community Room is the mango colored, blue roofed building directly opposite the school. There is a small amount of visitor parking in our lot. Total parking in these areas is 20 - 25 cars, so carpooling helps. If you get lost, or can't find a parking space, call 925 864 9361 or 925 686 6330. The Pleasant Hill Co-housing Community Room is at 2200 Lisa Lane in Pleasant Hill.

Where's the Money?
Review & Discuss Thomas Piketty's
"Capital in the 21st Century"

Are you concerned about the inequality of wealth? Join presenter Ramsay Thomas, a retired AP History and AP Comparative Government and Economics teacher from the Acalanes High School District who will summarize Piketty's core explanations, views, and insights.  Why does the value of capital almost always grow faster than the economy? - What have been wealth trends during the last two centuries? - Why did the wealth gap drop so dramatically from 1914 to the 1970s? - Why is the growing wealth gap a problem? - What policies would reduce the widening wealth gap?   Refreshments offered.  A $5 donation is appreciated.

Vote No to Reconfirm Supreme Ct. Justices Lieu and Weidegar.

In the remarks from Justice Liu, one of the most troubling is his comment that if we have Prop 49 on the ballot, and the court later determines that it should not have been on the ballot. There will be significant harm to the petitioners (Howard Jarvis group) because the Legislature would know what the people think, and you could not then take that knowledge away from the legislature.   Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye does not see that as significant harm, and I don't think most voters would either.