Join us to celebrate the holiday season in style and please help us spread the word, invite your good friends and then invite your acquaintances you wish were good friends! We're gettin' it goin' at Madrone with mucho mingling, dangerously delightful drinks, and exceptionally enjoyable entertainment! *Featuring Live Performances by:* **Garrin Benfield: * 'THE NUMBER ONE INDIE ROCKER OF 2005' "Benfield's all-around talent includes a gift for beautiful songwriting on top of his prowess as a singer and musician." -Advocate Magazine, 12/05 http://garrin.com **Phantom Power:* Experience the impressive skills of this newly formed sensation! **The Jabberlope:* With a special dose holiday insight! http://jabberlope.wordpress.com *DJs TBA Madrone features infused vodkas and specialty cocktails with an emphasis on creative, fresh blends of healthy fruits and flavors with unhealthy spirits of all kinds. *Happy Hour Specials...(till 8pm)* $1 off Drafts $2 PBR`S $4 well drinks $5 Mojitos and Infused Vodkas Feel free to bring in food from all the wonderful restaurants on Divisadero! In keeping with the Green spirit, you need not pay to play, however donations for the Green fight for justice and democracy are never turned down :) *---------------------------------* *Gather Sigs to Repeal Prop 8!* We'll be organizing throughout the winter to gather sigs to repeal Prop 8! We're working as volunteers with the organization signforequality.com. If you can help, email jmc@sfgreens.org. You can also sign up online to join our team, here: http://www.signforequality.com/Teams/DisplayTeam.aspx?TeamID=139. *---------------------------------* *December 16: Hearing on Sharp Park Report* On Wednesday December 16th at 1 pm, the Government Audits and Oversight Committee will hold a public hearing on the report from the Rec and Park Department on Sharp Park. Sharp Park, which contains an 18-hole golf course, is located in Pacifica but owned by San Francisco. The report outlines three alternatives for restoring the endangered species habitat at the park, each of which would cost many millions of dollars. Supervisor Mirkarimi is greatly concerned by the prospect of San Francisco investing such substantial resources into a park outside our city limits while here in San Francisco we are laying off rec center staff, raising fees, and neglecting the maintenance of our parks, playgrounds, and rec centers. For more information on Sharp Park, including a link to the report, see November's newsletter<http://www.icebase.com/go2.shtml?A6SudbASMzlHCv3f/294bb092f8817318/977bded851358a21/djplatypus@gmail.com>. *---------------------------------* *Join us on Facebook:* http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62534706497 *---------------------------------* *NEWS* *Commonwealth Green Parties call for scrutiny of Rwanda's human rights record* http://www.apanews.net/public/spip.php?article112256 *Mirkarimi’s Holiday Party, Joe Lynn Confirms Life After Death* http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/2009/12/12/mirkarimis-holiday-party-... *Obama Far Outdoes Bush in Escalating War -- The Numbers Will Surprise You* http://www.alternet.org/workplace/144449/obama_far_outdoes_bush_in_escalatin... * On Death Penalty for Gays: Uganda, Rick Warren, and 'The Family' * http://www.towleroad.com/2009/11/on-sundays-meet-the-press-david-gregory-pre...