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Green Party General Membership Meeting is held every Third Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th Streets) http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ ____________________ SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS, FEBRUARY 2008 http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem ____________________ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * SFGP Transportation and Sustainability Working Groups Meeting: Thursday Jan. 24, 6:30 p.m. 1028-A Howard St. (Between 6th & 7th, near Civic Center MUNI/BART) Likely Topics: Transportation - Mayor's Ousting Of Leah Shahum From The MTA - McGoldrick's Charter Amendment For An Elected MTA Board - Free Muni Sustainability - Serious Mayoral/PG&E Attacks On Community Choice Renewable Energy - Charter Amendment For Split Appointments To SFPUC - Very Important Update On Combustion Turbines - Lennar/Stadium/Treasure Island - Peak Oil Taskforce Update * Support the Troops Who Have the Courage to Resist: Vigil, Friday Jan. 25, Noon to 1 p.m. Consulate General of Canada, 580 California St. Info: <mailto:courage@riseup.net>courage@riseup.net or 510-488-3559 http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/ * SFSU Focus the Nation Teach-in: Jan. 30-31 SFSU, 1600 Holloway Ave., Jack Adams Hall Across the country over 1000 campuses will take part in the largest teach-in on climate change in U.S. history. Keynote speakers include environmental-justice advocate and green-jobs pioneer Van Jones of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Michael Glantz, senior researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and American Indian ecologist Dennis Martinez. For SFSU information: http://bss.sfsu.edu/envstudies/climate.html For UC Berkeley information: http://bie.berkeley.edu/ftn * California Presidential Primary: Tuesday, Feb. 5, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. SF Department of Elections: www.sfgov.org/site/elections_index.asp * WestSide Green Club: Sunday, Feb. 10, 3-5 p.m. Home of Barry Hermanson, 2467 - 28th Avenue (between Taraval and Ulloa) For information, call Barry at 664-7754 or Nancy Lewis at 661-5713. Open to all progressives interested in political activity in the Sunset, Richmond and Parkside. * The Art of Progressive Politics: Monday, Feb. 11, 7-9 p.m. Bazaar Cafe, 5927 California St., between 21st and 22nd avenues Join San Francisco Green Party members and candidates for local offices at a SFGP fundraiser/art opening. Enjoy the art of Heike Seefeldt (http://www.pintofpaint.com/artwork.htm) and Sue Vaughan (www.carfreetalk.org). For more information, contact Sue at 415-668-3119. * Chicago to Host 2008 National Green Party Convention: July 10-13, 2008 http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1601 _____________________ NEWS Green Party Presidential Debate in San Francisco http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/14/MNMOUEQ25.DTL Video of Green Party Presidential Debate in San Francisco http://www.sfgreenparty.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNGtJ_0vTgk KPFA�s Broadcast of the Green Party Presidential Debate http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=24319 Imagine San Francisco without rent control http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=5436&catid=4&volume_id=317&issue_id=3... Newsom's ouster of Leal and his attempt to ensure a PG&E-safe PUC are not acceptable http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=5492&catid=4&volume_id=317&issue_id=3... Congressman Wexler Joins Rep. Kucinich's Call to Impeach Vice President Dick Cheney http://www.wexlerforcongress.com/news.asp?ItemID=229 Rep. Kucinich Outlines Case for Impeachment of Puppetmaster Cheney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJYbgouqlMw Kucinich Impeachment Transcript http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/21728 Keith Olbermann & Rachel Maddow: 935 Proveable Lies Warrant Impeachment http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22811475#22811475 N.J. Closes Death Row http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3488/nj_closes_death_row/ Israel Metes Out Collective Punishment of Palestinians, Bush Yawns http://www.progressive.org/mag_wx012108 The Trouble with Hillary, by Tom Tomorrow http://action.credomobile.com/comics/2007/12/the_trouble_with_hillary.html _____________________ ELECT A GREEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE USING THE IRV MODEL Electoral Reform Working Group (California Greens) is sponsoring an online ranked-ballot-voting demonstration -- called Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) -- using the Green Presidential Primary candidates. The official election gives you just one choice with your vote. But the Green Party advocates a ranked-ballot system where you can tell us how feel about all the candidates by ranking them in order of your preference. http://cagreens.org/erwg/irvdemo/pres08.html See how a ranked-ballot election works by participating in our online demonstration! The results will be posted on the California Greens website after the primary. _____________________ BECOME A SUSTAINER FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY! The San Francisco Green Party is engaged in numerous financially intensive activities/events, including our first-ever election newspaper with the SFGP's candidate and proposition endorsements for the recent November election. We distributed the paper to every registered Green in San Francisco, which set us back thousands of dollars in mailing, production and printing costs. Please help in our fundraising efforts by becoming a Green Party sustainer, or making a one-time donation! Your generous contributions now will help us finish the year on strong financial footing and get a jump-start on the 2008 elections. Please help us remain solvent by donating now! http://www.sfgreenparty.org/makeadonation/makeadonation.html _____________________ San Francisco Green Party Announcement List To unsubscribe, go here: http://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce