<div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">San Francisco Green Party Newsletter for August 29, 2007<br></div><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Events:</span><br>1. Wednesday, August 29<br>7:30 to 9:30 p.m., <span style="font-weight: bold;">Special General Membership meeting</span>. We will consider Propositions A (transit charter reform), C (requiring public hearings for mayoral and supervisor ballot measures), D (library preservation Renewal fund), G (establishing Golden Gate Park stables matching fund), and I (establishing an office of Small Business and creating a small business assistance center).<br><br>2. Thursday, August 30<br>6:30PM-9:00PM, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Army of None Book Launch</span>: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End the War, and Build a Better World by Aimee Allison and David Solnit<br><br>BOOK RELEASE & PROJECT KICK-OFF CELEBRATION Join Army vet Aimee Allison and global justice
organizer and puppeteer David Solnit in celebrating their book release and launching a 40-city tour to support local counter recruitment and antiwar efforts.<br><br>Club Oasis<br>135 12th St., @ Madison, Oakland<br>(6 blocks E. of Broadway/12th St. BART)<br>6. Sunday, September 8<br>Power to the Peaceful<br>Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park. Please join us under the big SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY banner.<br><br>3. Saturday, September 8<br>10 a.m. to 5 p.m., <span style="font-weight: bold;">Power to the Peaceful</span> in Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park. If you want to participate in tabling, contact Sue at susan_e_vaughan@yahoo.com or call (415) 668-3119 or (415) 601-9297. Or just look for us under the big San Francisco Green Party Banner.<br><br>4. Saturday, September 15<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beach Impeach Flashmob</span> at Crissy Field, before 2 p.m., time yet to be determined. For more info, go
to:<br><br>http://volunteerforchange.org/go/signup/7886+c5f2d829fa1caa414f703f6228d3423e58bc6536+7901<br><br><br>8. Saturday, September 22<br><span style="font-weight: bold;">SOMAFEST</span> 2007 in South of Market. More details to come.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">In the News:</span><br><br>Democratic Part Budget Sell-Out<br>http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1600<br><br>S.F. public housing cameras no help in homicide arrests<br>http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/14/MNIPRHRPE.DTL<br><br>PAC raises money for the benefit of fundraisers<br>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/12/AR2007081201371.html?hpid= topnews<br><br>Newsom lacks serious challengers, but lineup is full of characters<br>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/11/MNVVRFQM6.DTL<br><br>Feds will check on Bayview asbestos<br>Neighbors' complaints prompt examination of airborne
dust<br>http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/03/BA01RC80O2.DTL<br>Camelot came, now Lost? Newsom fundraising is down http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/lynn_070804.shtml; <br><br>They're Back: Ethics Resumes Meltdowns<br>http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/lynn_070807.shtml<br><br>Part II: An Insider’s Evaluation of the Players<br>http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/lynn_070808.shtml<br><br>Harm Reduction in the Park<br>http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=4227&catid=4&volume_id=254&issue_id=309&volume_num=41&issue_num=45<br><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">We are seeking:</span><br>1) A treasurer – contact cc@sfgreens.org<br>2) Volunteers for other activities, you name it – contact cc@sfgreens.org or susan_e_vaughan@yahoo.com<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">City Hall is seeking members for:</span><br>Peak Oil Preparedness Task
Force:<br>http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=64788<br><br>And LAFCo:<br>http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=36743<br><br><p> 
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