With just 7 weeks to go before the election, things are getting busy!
On Wednesday night I attended the LGBT for Obama event in San Francisco. I met Governor Christine Gregoire from Washington State. She is an inspiration! Her ground breaking legislation in the state of Washington for Marriage Equality will forever be her legacy. Chris spoke about her journey as a woman of faith in the Catholic Church to the realization that "it was the right thing to do", and that the church(s) have no business dictating goverment policy. Her honesty tells volumes of the type of leader she is.
Washington is going to be voting at the ballot box on this issue on Nov. 6th after a petition gained enough signatures to challenge the law. Just like in 2008, here in California with Prop 8, the voters of Washington will decide on Referendum 74.
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THIS time, it looks like it will be the first time at the ballot box, Marriage Equality will become law....as I write this the polls there say 56% in favor of keeping marriage equality. Chris DID warn of of us "to not take anything for granted" in any race on any level.
In her first race for Governor, she went through 3 recounts and a 6 month lawsuit before she won the election by 133 votes. THAT was one of the things on my mind last night at our monthly San Mateo County Democratic Central Comittee meeting at our DEM Headquaters at 650 El Camino Real in Belmont.
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It was our endorsement meeting, endorsing democrats in all the local races and the measures affecting all cities in San Mateo County. As a democrat, it's important to me to see that our values are represented in ALL levels of government. We endorsed:
San Mateo Supervisor: Shelly Masur
SM County Bd of Education: Joe Ross
Cabrillo School Dist. Trustee: Michael Ahern
Ravesnwood School Dist. Trustee: Sharifa Wilson & Marco Chavez
Daly City Council: Sal Torres & Rick Brugger
Daly City Clerk: K. Annette Hipona
EPA Council: Laura Martinez, Bernardo Huerta & Lisa Yarbrough-Gauthier
Half Moon Bay Council: Harvey Rarback
Menlo Park Council: Ray Mueller & Kelly Ferguson
Pacifica Council: Karen Ervin & Mary Ann Nihart
SM Harbor District Comm: Will Holsinger & Sabrina Brennan
Measures A,B,D,E,F,G,H,I,K,M: endorse
The OTHER really exciting thing that happened this week was the measure written by State Senator Leland Yee went into effect.
YOU CAN NOW REGISTER TO VOTE ONLINE!
In the first day, 20,000 people registered in the state of California. DON'T FORGET TO VOTE ON NOV. 6TH!
