[SFGP] Announcement List For The San Francisco Green Party

[Announcement list for SF Green Party, updated weekly]

ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY
Friday, Jan. 2, 2009 

Send Announcement items to news at sfgreens.org
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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

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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/

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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_action=page_nav#Comments_Container

Pipe Dreams and PG&E
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/pipe_dreams_and_pg_amp_e/Content?oid=894180

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&type=politics&tsp=1