Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Post-Election Syndrome

Got this in a email. Thanks Carol

Are you suffering from PES (Post Election Syndrome)?

Symptoms include uncontrollable:
singing
smiling
crying
laughing
desire to hug and kiss family, friends, and neighbors
There is no cure so sing, smile, laugh, cry, hug and kiss to your heart's content!

luv,

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Sacramento County Voter Information Polls Open at....

I am lifting this from www.saccounty.net website. Please check with that website for change in information. Posting here is only a public service but not a guarantee of information.

www.saccounty.net

Important: Election Day is Tuesday, November 4 – If you plan to vote by mail rather than in person for the November election, keep in mind that you must sign the envelope, not the ballot, before mailing or taking it to a designated drop off location.

Read the press release for more information. Friday, October 31 is the last day to take your vote-by-mail ballot to one of the drop off sites. Saturday, November 1 is the last day for Saturday voting at 7000 65th Street Suite A. Office hours are 9 am – 2 pm. Vote-by-mail ballots can also be dropped off at any polling place within Sacramento County on Election Day. Polls open 7 am -8 pm.

Check online to be sure you are registered to vote and locate your polling place for Tuesday voting.

How Many Phones Can You fit in the Oakland Convention Center

This is From Students for Obama they said pass it along

For those of you who are not in Vegas or Colorado right now...We're going to help the Obama campaign promote the HUGE phonebank that they're organizing at the Oakland Convention Center on election day. They are going to start calling East Coast states at 4:00 AM, so we'll be putting up posters around Berkeley/Oakland area from midnight-3am.Sign-up here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=43410885933
If you have a car to drive people around, please email me: imagruder@studentsforbarackobama.com
If you can't help with the late night blitz, you can still show up to make calls on election day: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://my.barackobama.com%2Fpage%2Fevent%2Fdetail%2Flastcallforchange%2Fgptj57

California Democratic Ticket What Dems Are Voting

This was sent to me by the party via email. They said pass it on.

Vote the Ticket! Yes on 1A, 2, 3, 5 and 12!No on 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11!http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=dsJSKbOPIhLNJbJ&s=hjJTKbOMLkKZJaNZF&m=enLGIQPwFgISG
Join Obama for America and the California Democratic Partyin a Rally for Change!
Monday, Nov. 3, 12 noon - 1pm
California State University, Fresno5421 N. Maple AvenueFree Speech Area at the heart of CampusFresno, CA 93740For more information, http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=ejIUIePTJhKMIcI&s=hjJTKbOMLkKZJaNZF&m=enLGIQPwFgISG
Los Angeles City Hall200 N. Spring StreetTemple Street Steps Between Spring and MainLos Angeles, CA 90012For more information, http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=hwK0JnM5IkJTJmL&s=hjJTKbOMLkKZJaNZF&m=enLGIQPwFgISG
Sacramento Office1420 65th Street, Suite 102Sacramento, CA 95819For more information, http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=afIMK2NDKdIGL2K&s=hjJTKbOMLkKZJaNZF&m=enLGIQPwFgISG
San Diego City Hall ‐ Concourse Plaza3rd Avenue & B StreetSan Diego, CA 92154For more information, http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=dsJSKbOPIgLNJcJ&s=hjJTKbOMLkKZJaNZF&m=enLGIQPwFgISG
UA Local 381621 Market Street (x Franklin)2nd Floor of Main HallSan Francisco, CA 94103For more information, http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=gvLYLkM1LjKULmI&s=hjJTKbOMLkKZJaNZF&m=enLGIQPwFgISG
Help is still needed in your area to get out the vote on Election Day for Barack Obama and the Democratic Ticket! Sign up now at http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=9eJKIZNzFcJHJ2K&s=hjJTKbOMLkKZJaNZF&m=enLGIQPwFgISG!

Saturday, November 1, 2008

How to Make Sure Your Vote is Counted in Sacramento/Yolo County

Yolo County CA Voters
If you are on the voter list at the polling place and have not received a mail ballot , INSIST ON VOTING A REGULAR BALLOT AT THE POLLING PLACE.

If you have not mailed in your ballot or you have spoiled your mail ballot, BRING IT TO YOUR POLLING PLACE AND VOTE A REGULAR BALLOT.

If you are not on the voter list at the polling place, or you have lost your mail ballot, VOTE A PROVISIONAL BALLOT AT THE POLLING PLACE.


If you have any question about voting
Yolo United Democratic Campaign
530-231-5746 or 530-661-0118
www.yolounited.org

Yolo County Election office
530-666-8133 or 916-375-6490
www.yoloelections.org

Early Voting in Sacramento and the Throughout California

Please share liberally.

GOTV Calling: "The only way to stay calm is to work."
Road Blog: Joe Biden, "Choose hope over fear" http://twurl.nl/sjbwg7
California’s African American Vote in Early Voting http://www.blackvoicenews.com/content/view/42780/4/

Aunt Zietuni and Sacramento

Tuesday, November 4, 2008 cannot get here fast enough. I am sick of Republican smears. If the Republicans can smoke out the senior aunt of Senator Obama, why can’t they get Bin Laden? If they spent this much energy on governing the country, they wouldn’t be behind in the polls. Hey here’s one for the Sherlock Holmes on the Republican campaign---Where did the USA prosperity go? Huh, have a lead? Need a clue? “Mission Accomplished”

No matter how sexy the news story, Obama’s aunt is a red herring. Let’s all think about November 5, 2008. Okay, if the voting isn’t fully counted yet, then November 7th. Whatever the date, when the election is over, there is an economy to think about. A slow, crawling, languishing economy.

Not sexy, but true. Yes, the growth of the GDP is what? A memory? An old timer’s story for our children? And as the GDP goes by the wayside, so goes what? Standard of living? Wait, before you think I am over exaggerating, turn to the other section of your newspaper, the local section. Guess what happened this week?

In Sacramento one big company dealt the city not just one blow, but two. Trouble of a good company struggling in a bad economy. Target Corp. is called the big box with a heart, because they dedicate a tithe of sorts to the communities they serve.

Representatives told the city of Sacramento that they are going to skip building a store at Broadway and Riverside. And then, if that wasn’t painful enough, they actually decided to skip the store in Westfield downtown too. So now the city has to sharpen new pencils with bigger erasers and adjust job growth and revenue projections. http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/1354464.html

Oh, did I mention dominoes? Here’s the thing, Target is an anchor store, that means that it provides the foot traffic for smaller stores. Certain stores rely on bigger stores for foot traffic. Think about the food court in a mall. Would there be reliable income for those small restaurants without the mall? So when Target goes, other more vulnerable businesses decide to cancel or not buy in also. So that click sound is the dominoes falling one after the other.

So why the big whoop over the latest attack on Senator Obama? We need to change the economy situation so family can bear the long cold winter that’s already coming.