By Lisa Vorderbrueggen
Friday, November 21st, 2008 at 2:24 pm in Environment 1 Comment
The late Peter Camejo at UC Berkeley giving a lecture during the 2003 gubernatorial recall election in California. Photo by Tim Bergeron.
Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader and Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin will attend a Sunday memorial service in Berkeley for the late Peter Camejo, a renowned environmentalist and former gubernatorial candidate who ran on the Green Party ticket as Nader’s vice president in 2004.
The public memorial will be Sunday, 2 p.m., at the International House on the University of California-Berkeley campus, 2299 Piedmont Ave.
Camejo died Sept. 13 at his home in Folsom.
Here is the press release on the service:
A long list of political activists and international dignitaries will be among those speaking at a public memorial celebrating the life of former gubernatorial, presidential and vice-presidential candidate Peter Camejo SUNDAY, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m. at the International House on the University of California at Berkeley campus (2299 Piedmont Ave), according to an announcement by family and friends.
Mr. Camejo died Sept. 13 at home in Folsom, CA after a lengthy fight with cancer.
Speakers at the Public Memorial at UCB - which, ironically, expelled Mr.
Camejo for his activities as a student opposing the war in Vietnam in the 60’s - will include those who worked with him as a student leader during that era.Read the rest of this entry »
Check out this hilarious video of an interview with former GOP veep candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin at a turkey farm in Anchorage, Alaska, all conducted while a curious worker stuffs a turkey into a mysterious piece of equipment behind her.
Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, issued this statement today about California’s rising unemployment rate and the closure of a a Washington Mutual operations center in Pleasanton:
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that California’s unemployment rate has climbed to 8.2 percent - up half a percent from just last month. This formal announcement comes on the heels of last night’s news that Washington Mutual will close a customer service operations center in Pleasanton, putting 1,200 people out of work.
In response, Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-11) released the following statement.
“This morning we were greeted with more sobering economic news. California’s unemployment rate has risen to 8.2 percent from 7.7 percent last month, a 2.5 percent increase from the same time last year.
“Additionally, Washington Mutual announced last night that it is laying off 1,600 employees in our region, including 1,200 at the company’s customer service operations center in Pleasanton, which it will close entirely.Read the rest of this entry »
The young daughters of Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia and Richmond Councilman Tony Thurmond (who was elected on Nov. 4 to the West Contra Costa Unified School District) talk in this video about why they are going to vote for Barack Obama.
Maya Thurmond, seated on the right, is 5 years old. She is talking with her friend, 4-year-old Emilia Gioia.
Check out which newspaper they read, too. (Clue: It’s not the San Francisco Chronicle!)
UPDATE: 11/21/08, 2:33 P.M. And then there were 13. Diane Barley and Karen McPherson have pulled papers.
Eleven people have pulled papers for a chance to win a seat on Alamo’s very first, five-member town council.
The 17,000 or so residents of this upscale enclave south of Walnut Creek will vote March 3 on whether or not to incorporate.
And if they say yes, they will need a governing board. Candidates have until Dec. 5 to complete the necessary paperwork to appear on the March 3 ballot alongside the incorporation question.
People who have pulled papers include: Karl Niyati, Joseph Rubay, Dennis Johnson, Lawrence Kaye, Vishwas More, Stephan Mick, Vicki Koc, Edward Chiverton, Tejbir Khanna, Randy Nahas and David Bowlby.
Citing the overwhelming demand, Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, will hold a drawing for two pairs of tickets to the Jan. 20, 2009, inauguration ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Antioch Councilman Arne Simonsen sent over this picture of him walking in the Antioch Veteran’s Day Parade.
He wanted me to see that he was wearing his Navy chief’s uniform, a feat many veterans — and the rest of us — may not be able to replicate due to advancing girth in their golden years. Simonsen lost his re-election bid earlier this month but he is lobbying heavily to win an appointment to a vacant seat on the council.
Antioch Councilman Arne Simonsen, and retired Navy chief, walks in the Nov. 11 Antioch Veteran's Day parade.
That’s a subject line you don’t read every day: “Pirate expert available.”
It showed up on a press release I received in my email today, where a PR firm offered me an interview with a person who has expertise in modern piracy in the wake of another ship takeover off the coast of Somali. I doubt this guy talks like pirate, though. Read the rest of this entry »
Prepare for Act 2: San Ramon Mayor Abram Wilson says he will run for the state Assembly again in 2010.
Wilson, the GOP nominee in District 15, lost on Nov. 4 to his Democratic opponent, Joan Buchanan, by 4 percentage points.
“Am I interested in running against in 2010?” Wilson said. “No. But will I? Yes. I believe I will run again in 2010. I ran to make a difference and when you are out there always trying to make a difference, you keep going.”
The 2008 election was among the most competitive Assembly contests in the state and most expect it will set spending records after all the financial reports have been calculated. Wilson and Buchanan, and their supporters, spent millions on mailers and TV ads.
Prior to Buchanan’s victory, it was the sole Republican-held partisan seat in the Bay Area.
