- September 11th 2:00pm to 5:00pm
- Sierra 2 Community Center Garden Room
2791 24th St. Sacramento
Please join us to meet the Democratic candidates for local office. This is your opportunity to hear them speak and ask them questions before the clubs and the DPSC endorse. Get your knowledge on!
Refreshments!!---Door Prizes!!--Information!!!
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Submitted by Tjadendevries on Sun, 06/06/2010 - 1:21pm
Just a couple links to give you info on the props for Tuesday. Pretty much the consensus of the progressive websites is in the first link below. I agree with most of it, especially voting NO against the corporate power grabs in Props 16 and 17. Prop 14 is designed to kill and smother lesser known parties like Green, Peace & Freedom, American Independent ...etc. So Prop 14 is a No. I'm definitely voting Yes on Prop 15. And I'm kind of wary about 13; it sounds like a good idea but here's what the Cal Voter Foundation says
A YES vote on this measure means: Earthquake safety improvements made to unreinforced masonry (such as brick) buildings would not result in higher property taxes until the building is sold.
A NO vote on this measure means: Earthquake safety improvements made to unreinforced masonry buildings would continue to be excluded from property taxes but for only up to 15 year
Something about that says corporate tax loophole to me, because that's how corporations get away with shifting assets between subsidiaries to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. I'm voting No on Prop 13. Anyway, the first link below is a progressive voter guide and the 2nd is more of a generalized non-partisan guide. These are only suggestions; vote however you want
Proposition 13, the Earthquake Retrofit Property Tax initiative: No position. Proposition 14, the "Kill the Parties Initiative": NO Proposition 15, the "End Corporate Financed Elections Initiative": YES Proposition 16, the "PGE Initiative": NO Proposition 17, the "Mercury Insurance Initiative": NO
Wellstone's monthly 'Meeting of the Minds' is next Wednesday the 3rd at the Colonial Heights Library. We hope you will join us!
This weeks special guests are candidates from AD5, and City Council District 7. Their questionnaires are attached (send an email to . Please read them if you can before the next meeting. You will have an opportunity after each presentation to ask a few questions.
To vote in the Wellstone Endorsement election, or in Club endorsement votes, you must be a Wellstone member in good standing. In order to be in "Good Standing" , you must have paid your yearly Wellstone Club dues which are due each year in January, and been recorded as having attended Wellstone meetings in the past. If you have not yet renewed your membership for 2010, you can do so at this month's meeting. $25 per person/$10 low-income Bring your Checkbooks!
Wellstone Progressive Democrats of Sacramento
Monthly Meeting February 3rd 7-9pm
Colonial Heights Library
4977 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento 95820
Hello Everyone!
It's time to get back to business with Wellstone's regularly scheduled monthly club meetings! We've had a wild ride over the last 2 months with our Progressive Platform Workshop, the Holidays, and our FANTASTIC WINTER SOCIAL- Wellstone's first Annual Spaghetti Feed!
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Director Bill Slaton announced today he is dropping his bid to challenge Republican Rep. Dan Lungren and endorsing fellow Democrat Dr. Ami Bera in the 3rd Congressional District race.
"The more I have spoken to people about what I can contribute to public policy and the more I have listened to their concerns, the clearer it has become that my best opportunity for service lies right here at home," he wrote in an e-mail to supporters, adding that he plans to focus his energy on developing "green" jobs in California.
Slaton's departure leaves Bera, a political newcomer who hails from Elk Grove, as the Democrats' top candidate to unseat Lungren, who won the re-election with 49.5 percent of the vote in 2008.
VOTE NO ON PROPOSITION 1A -- Restrictions on State Budget Process
Prop 1A is touted by its proponents as the way to bring stability to the state budget process. However, it would actually make it more difficult for future governors and legislatures to enact budgets that meet California’s needs and address state priorities. It would amend the state Constitution to dictate restrictions on the use of funds put into the reserve and limit how “unanticipated†revenues can be used in good years. It could lock in a reduced level of public services by not taking proper account of the state’s changing demographics and actual growth in costs. Prop 1A would also give future governors new power to make budget cuts without legislative oversight. Like the other propositions opposed by the League on this ballot, Prop 1A came from a deeply flawed process that resulted in measures written in haste and without public input or analysis. The League would support real budget reform, but we regretfully conclude that this measure would only make things worse. Most of its provisions would not take effect for two years; we should spend that time working on real budget reform.
NEUTRAL ON PROPOSITION 1B -- Education Funding. Payment Plan
This measure requires the state to make $9.3 billion in supplemental payments to K-14 education over approximately five to six years beginning in 2011-12. This funding is intended to address uncertainty about what the Proposition 98 school funding guarantee requires. The League supports full funding of public education and believes that making up for the devastating cuts of recent years must be a priority. Prop 1B is not needed, however, and even if passed by the voters, it would take effect only if Prop 1A is also passed. The legislature has the power to restore funding to education in a more straightforward way that is not tied to Prop 1A.
So Prop 14 is a No. I'm definitely voting Yes on Prop 15. And I'm kind of wary about 13; it sounds like a good idea but 
Chris Parker for Board of Equalization, District 2 in 2010
