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Backpacks for Kids
Saturday, May 17, 2008 ::
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Dotty has been working hard on the Backpacks for Kids event. We have landed some great sponsors and continue on. Dotty has mailed out hundreds of sponsorship letters over the past week. Thank you to all the people that have responded.
The goal is to get 1,000 backpacks this year for local kids.
The website is rocking. My favorite pictures are Reisig and Pinmentel in the dunk tank. They signed up to come to the event last year, actually showed up, and then got in the tank. We need the Jim Smith picture to be there too. This year we will be at Gibson House and I will be in the tank -- as well as several others.
If you can help -- please do. Dotty and Dave Flory worked to set up a completely seperate non-profit this year for tax purposes. Now that we are in the second year of this event -- it should have a lasting presence in Woodland.
Below is the committee working on this. They are doing great work.
Dotty Huber
Dave Flory
De Bathe
Bill Bathe
 Leona Jull
Mimi Rose
Robb Wallace
Julliana Shon
Tonia Burns
Bob Huber
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Court on Monday
Saturday, May 17, 2008 ::
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The Historic Nelson Ranch, Brenda Cedarblade, and Ted Wilson continue their assault against Clark Pacific on Monday in Yolo County Superior Court. They are using the California Environmental Quality Act as their hammer to try and frustrate the efforts of Clark Pacific to some to Woodland.
So far Brenda and her husband have lost the public relations battle with the vast majority of people in this community supporting Clark Pacific and they have lost the battle in the elected bodies of area with unanimous votes by the Board of Supervisors and the Woodland City Council.
On Monday I hope this legal terrorism ends. This is nothing more than using CEQA as a tool to shake down the owners of Clark Pacific for personal benefit to Cedarblade and her husband. It has absolutely nothing to do with the critters.
Meanwhile, back at the Historic Nelson Ranch Scandal blogspot site -- Charles Shaw is back from vacation or whatever.
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Fall Mail
Friday, May 16, 2008 ::
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I almost forgot about a piece of mail I got yesterday from Judge Fall. It is very nice.
I am told an automated call from Dave Flory has gone out in support of Martie Dote yesterday.
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Sieferman IE
Thursday, May 15, 2008 ::
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Interesting time in the mailbox today.
I got a piece from the California Taxpayer Protection Committee did an Independent Expenditure in support of Frank Sieferman. The guy that runs this organization is California Republican Assembly President Mike Spence.
Politics makes strange bed fellows.
Right now this group has funding from the insurance industry. I will be checking the filings to try and see where the money is coming from.
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Sieferman in the mailbox
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 ::
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I got a flyer from Frank Sieferman today.
It is an 8.5x11 piece that has some of the photos from our Supervisor campaign.
It was addressed to the Rexroad Family and arrived today even though Jenn and I are both Permanent Absentee voters.
Some of the copy is interesting....
"Putting Woodland First" is the cover. That is interesting.
On the back it says "As your Supervisor, Frank's leadership preserved Woodland's farmland from development". That is an interesting one. I honestly have no idea what he did as a Supervisor to accomplish this.
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The Wilma Rule Award
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 ::
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This past weekend I was awarded the Wilma Rule Award by Californians for Electoral Reform.
I was not present at the ceremony in Davis but am honored they liked my blogging.
Here is the certificate.
Wilma Rule was an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University
of Nevada, Reno. She was the author or editor of at least four books:
Russian Women in Politics and Society, The U.S. House of
Representatives: Reform or Rebuild?, United States Electoral Systems:
Their Impact on Women and Minorities, and Electoral Systems in
Comparative Perspective: Their Impact on Women and Minorities, as well
as numerous articles, both scholarly and popular.
She was one of the earliest members, active on our Board I believe from
the very beginning, and active with the organization as long as her
health allowed. She died on January 15, 2004.
Wilma Rule was a longtime champion of women's representation. Her
research challenged conventional notions about the reasons for women's
lack of political representation in the United States, much lower than
in other countries. Many advocates for women's representation hold
the view that if more women simply ran for office, or if women
candidates had more campaign financing, then far more women would be
elected. But Professor Rule's research of electoral methods and women's
representation around the world demonstrates the deficiency of that
viewpoint. Her research and that of others showed unequivocally that
if you want more women elected to your legislatures, the single most
important change is to get rid of our 18th-century winner-take-all
electoral system in favor of more modern "full representation"
electoral methods.
As a strong believer in proportional representation, Wilma was
concerned that our growing interest in IRV would distract us from our
primary mission of PR. We owe it to her to not let that happen, and in
her memory we have created the Wilma Rule Memorial Award, awarded to
that person or persons who have done the most to advance the cause of
proportional representation in California during the preceding CfER
year.
--Steve Chessin
President, Californians for Electoral Reform
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Yolo County 101 -- maxed out.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 ::
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If everyone shows up for Yolo County 101 tomorrow that signed up -- we are maxed out.
Great response. Thank you to the Daily Democrat for publishing information on it.
Unfortunately, I am not even going to be there tomorrow night. Sharon Jensen and Dotty will be doing the introductions.
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Predictions Three Weeks Out
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 ::
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Woodland City Council
Art, Jeff, Sieferman (Martie a close fourth), Fred Lopez, Bobby Harris
Yolo County Supervisor
Chamberlain gets 70%
Assembly
Cabaldon 55%
Prop 98/99
Both fail (under 45%)
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