May 30, 2009Today Maven is in the mood to fight the good fight and there are many battles.
First of all, congratulations to Marin Mommies for being nominated for the Nicks ParentConnect Best Local Blog in the San Francisco area. It is time to take up arms and vote as many times we can for them. Even though [...]
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May 27, 2009Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being. -Kahlil Gibran
After work I headed over to the always lovely Panama Hotel in San Rafael, to offer my support in the aftermath of the terrible 6-1 decision.There was a sense that this was a beginning of a new campaign [...]
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May 26, 2009I had a conversation with someone today over the budget and I wished that there was a website that could spell out what exactly is the problem with the budget in line with Noreen Evans video that debunked many of the myths that we have over the budget. Now there is a budget blog by [...]
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May 20, 2009It is a forgone conclusion that all propositions except for 1F went down in flames yesterday. Now there will be finger pointing, spinning, and recriminations. There will be attempts to discern what the vote means and pundits will mumble the people are an angry, spiteful mob who hate taxes and spending cuts.
Posted in CA, No on 1A, No on 1B, No on 1C, No on 1D, No on 1E, No on 1F, california politics Comments
May 12, 2009Normally, Maven would love to see a beauty pageant contestant go totally off script and not give the totally vanilla answers they give. In the case of Ms. Prejean, this Miss California (really? Miss CALIFORNIA? from OUR state? really?) went and exercised her First Amendment rights for a movement that denies other citizens rights./ [...]
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May 12, 2009Sometime this week is Maven’s Birthday, so it is Maven’s Birthday Week because we started to celebrate Sunday with Mother’s Day and Maven sees no reason celebrating Maven all week.
What does Maven want for her birthday week?
Next Tuesday, May 19th, Maven would like a sound defeat of all propositions wrapped up in a bow. You [...]
Posted in Harvey Milk Day, May 19th Special Election, No on 1A, No on 1B, No on 1C, No on 1D, No on 1E, No on 1F, adoptee rights, california politics, elections Comments
May 2, 2009 Gartenzwerg: you can’t spell “pandemic” without “panic.” Heeheehee, I feel so clever. :p “PANdemIC!”
Whether you call it H1N1, Mexican Influenza, or “Hamthrax” (a new moniker found on Twitter) this past week’s appeal to fear story was the Swine Flu that probably killed less people than [...]
Posted in Developments in Marin, Marin Politics, No on 1A, No on 1B, No on 1C, No on 1D, No on 1E, No on 1F, St.Vincents/Silviera, Supervisor Arnold, california politics, environment, global warming, holy crap Comments
April 30, 20091D Supporter Speaks Out
Someone, yikes123, who supports 1D stopped by yesterday to question my NO endorsement. First of all, I would like to thank that person for caring enough to stop by and share how they feel about this proposition. This is just a reminder that you do not have to agree with Maven [...]
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April 27, 2009Check out my diary entry about candidate Bill Hedrick from the Congressional District 44 who needs some Red to Blue love to beat an incumbent republican.
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April 26, 2009Maven would like to remind you that on Tuesday, May 19th there will be a special election where there will be 6 state-wide propositions on the ballot. I am picking 1C first. Just a heads up, Marinwood Voters are not voting at the Marinwood Community Center, but the Lucas Valley Community Center at 1201 Idylberry [...]
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April 26, 2009First of all, Maven would like to thank Brian Leubitz of one of Maven’s favorite California Politics blogs, Calitics, and a long time friend of this blog for getting Maven connected in order to get a press pass. Maven would also like to thank Matt Lockshin at California Democratic Party and California Blogs United. It [...]
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April 25, 2009Maven has returned to the general assembly room on the main floor where they have wifi. Earlier in the press room I had free food and coffee, but no working wifi in the press room.
No wifi in the press room? No WIFI in the PRESS room?
That is lame, but thank you for the cute little [...]
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April 25, 2009Follow Maven over at Twitter handle @marinmavven
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April 25, 2009Maven finally made it to the California Democratic Convention at the Sacramento Convention Center. Right now Maven am at the genereral session where the speaker is talking about farmworkers and labnor reform including domestics. This is why Maven vote with the democrats rather than republicans (well there are other reasons too)
Republicans never care about the [...]
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April 24, 2009Propositions You Can’t Refuse
On May 19th we are going to have a special election to decide on budgetary matters that our legislature couldn’t. There are six propositions in all, and I go back and forth on them.
Based on purely early first impressions both sides will appeal to on our fears, uncertainty,and doubts. The sad thing [...]
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