The e-board meeting for September has been delayed until 9/11. Our chair (and some members) are at the DNC in Charlotte watching the President talk tonight.
Aug 30
Environmental Health and Justice 11th Legislative District Candidate Town Hall
Environmental Health and Justice 11th Legislative District Candidate Town Hall
| What: | A community conversation around environmental health and justice issues with candidates for the State Legislature. |
| When: | Thursday, September 13, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. |
| Where: | The Landing Community Room in Renton – 828 N. 10th Place Renton, WA 98057 |
This election year, we know voters like you make climate change and clean energy a top priority at the ballot box. Candidates for office need to hear from you in order for these critical issues to be a top priority for them, too. On September 13, you have an opportunity to make your voice heard and to tell your elected officials and those running for office in your community that they need to take action on the issues that matter most to you.
This debate will feature question and answers, policy discussions, audience participation, and more!
Space is limited, please RSVP today!
Aug 20
Jay Inslee community fundraiser tonight (August 20th)
From Bob Hasegawa:
Jay Inslee will be at the Filipino Community Center, 7-9pm (5740 Martin Luther King Junior Way South Seattle, WA 98118). Since this is a fundraiser, there’s an entry fee. See the following for details:
Aug 17
Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan vision harks back to the days of Taft
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-days-of-taft-20120813,0,3544670.story
Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul D. Ryan should be running in 1912. (David Horsey / Los Angeles Times / August 13, 2012)
Aug 10
Newsletter – August 2012
The newsletter for August 2012 has been posted. Read it here: 2012-08-August
Also,there’s no monthly meeting in August, just the summer BBQ. We hope to see you there!
Aug 03
11th LD Endorsements
Since the Primary is upon us (and ballots are due by Tuesday, 8/7), I’m reposting a link to our endorsements:
https://www.11thlddems.org/2012/07/endorsements-2012/
Can’t think of who to vote for? Check out our endorsements.
Aug 03
Congressman Adam Smith’s Women’s Issues Roundtable Meeting – 8/21/2012
You’re Invited to Congressman Adam Smith’s
Women’s Issues Roundtable Meeting
Congressman Adam Smith will hold a Women’s Issues Roundtable meeting on Tuesday, August 21 at the Compass Veteran’s Center in Renton, WA. Adam welcomes the opportunity to answer questions and discuss current developments in Congress.
Congressman Adam Smith’s
Women’s Issues Roundtable Meeting
Tuesday, August 21
10:00-11:00am
Aug 03
Bob Hasegawa Election Night Party – 8/7/2012
Bob Hasegawa is having an election night party at his home on Beacon Hill on 8/7/2012:
Tuesday, August 7th from 6:30-9:30pm
3121 16th Ave S., Seattle
RSVP:
bobhasegawa2012@gmail.com
(206) 322-4804
From Bob
Aug 03
11th LD Summer Picnic – 8/18/2012
The 11th LD is having their annual picnic on Saturday, August 18th, 2012. Details are in the attachment below:
Aug 03
Bobby Virk Election Night Party – 8/7/2012
Bobby Virk’s campaign is hosting an election night party for the primary. Details are in the graphic below:
Aug 03
Accurately Summarizing Rob McKenna’s Lousy Month
From Publicola:
DC political site Politico says Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee won the month of July, accurately summarizing Rob McKenna’s lousy month: Tweetgate, Essex Portergate (or should we say gait), and the Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling, which went against cocky plaintiff McKenna and led to sometortured exchanges with the press.
Politico says the next test is who wins the August primary, which we say will most certainly go to McKenna. The low-turnout August vote favors the Republican and the candidate with statewide name ID. In both instances, that’s Attorney General McKenna.
Read more here: http://bit.ly/RjQq3P
Aug 03
Why Are Charter Schools Advocates Spending Heavily on a Candidate Who Says She Doesn’t Support Charter Schools?
From the SLOG:
We kinda liked Stephanie Bowman at our 11th Legislative District SECB interview, but gave our endorsement to Rob Holland for a number of reasons, not the least of which being our unease over Bowman’s endorsement by charter schools advocate Stand for Children. Bowman told us she opposed charter schools. But in politics, money tends to follow votes.
Well, since her SECB interview our suspicions have only been further confirmed by generous “independent” expenditures on Bowman’s behalf. Stand for Children has spent $18,749 supporting Bowman, and the pro-charter Education Voters PAC $19,269… both through media consultant Amplified Strategies. In fact, Bowman is by far the number one beneficiary of Stand for Children’s many independent expenditures this cycle on top of the maximum $1,800 they also contributed to her campaign.
Read more at the slog here: http://bit.ly/QkQ2F5
Aug 03
Bezos Family Funds Four PACs in Charter Schools Shell Game
At first it was a bit remarkable to see four separate charter school PACs—Stand for Children WA PAC, Democrats for Education Reform WA PAC, Revising the Status Quo PAC, and Education Voters Political Action Fund—all spending money in a handful of Seattle area legislative primaries. Remarkable, that is, until I peeked behind the PDC curtain and pretty much found one PAC masquerading as four.
Stand for Children, the best financed of the three, has raised $163,800 from just 17 contributors, with almost half its money coming from Jeff Bezos’ dad. Education Voters has raised $75,190 from just four contributors, almost all of it coming from Bezos’ parents. Democrats for Education Reform comes off as only slightly more democratic, raising $55,450 from 20 contributors, including $15,000 from Bezos’ parents. And Revising the Status Quo has raised $8,915 from 21 contributors, $6,000 of which came from Stand and Democrats for Education Reform.
Read more on The Slog: http://bit.ly/N6C4nn
Aug 02
E-board meeting reminder, 8/2/2012
Reminder:
Executive Board Meeting
This Thursday August 2nd 7:00pm
Renton Carpenters Hall
231 Burnett Ave N, Renton, WA 98057
Also, this pdf has info for our summer picnic: Picnic8112
