ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Friday, Jan. 2, 2009 Send Announcement items to news@sfgreens.org Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meetings are scheduled 7-9 p.m. every Fourth Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) Minutes Archive: http://www.sfgreenparty.org/events/minutes.gem _____________________________________________________ Events * James Madison Awards: Deadline for nominations is Friday, Jan. 9. Winners honoring/shielding freedom-of-information and First Amendment rights will be recognized at SPJ's annual dinner in mid-March; date, time and place TBA. Categories include professional journalist, citizen, legal counsel, nonprofit organization, public official, student journalist, source/whistle blower, educator, librarian, electronic access, cartoonist, career achievement and news media. http://www.spjchapters.org/norcal/ _______________________ NEWS Green Presidential Candidate & Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney Survives Israeli Gunboat Attack http://www.cagreens.org/press/pr081230.shtml PG&E Refuses to Release Safety Manual to Public in the Wake of Gas Blast that Kills Elderly Resident http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1510405.html?pageNum=2&mi_pluck_actio... Pipe Dreams and PG&E http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/pipe_dreams_and_pg_amp_e/Content?oid=8941... Easy Being Green http://politicsinarkansas.com/tag/richard-carroll Brown Asks State High Court To Overturn Prop. 8 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/19/MN6514RNVU.DTL Unsteady Ground http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=7770&catid=4 Drillers Eye Oil Reserves Off California Coast http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/28/MN4G14QMVE.DTL&t...