Today, the California Supreme Court delivered a 120 page decision overturning California’s insane law that defines marriage as only being between a man and a woman. They ruled that the marriage law was unconstitutional.
“limiting the designation of marriage to a ‘union between a man and a woman’ is unconstitutional, and that the remaining statutory language […]

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On Thursday, May 8th, Marin Organizing Committee held an Action Assembly at St. Raphael Church in San Rafael. This event was the organization’s first and drew record standing room only crowds. As far as anyone knows 600 people is the largest gathering of its kind in Marin history. In my experience, it was by far […]

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Things I am working on while I am being a soccer mom, host to my mother-in-law, and backlogged on my laundry.
- “Oh, No She Didn’t! More Tales from the State Senate Debate.
- Video of Friday, May 9th State Senate Debate
- Observations from the Fundraisers (need to attend a Migden gathering to be fair)
- My thoughts […]

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Let me tell you a story that can begin to explain my indecisiveness in the CD-3 State Senate race.
It was the year the Pope got shot, and I was a Catholic School girl at Notre Dame High school  in Belmont, California. A classmate and I in our uniforms decided to skip school and go to […]

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On the way to Mark Leno’s fundraiser I got stuck in Southbound traffic on 101. Guess what? The 580 ramp is done!
Rumble in the Bubble
Oh, by the way, I am not paying you royalties Brian Leubitz. You could come up to try to collect, but it will cost you 5 bucks and a lot […]

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When national and local politics collide or when Clinton supporters and Obama supporters collide it feels like a B-Sci-fi-flick.
I was invited by Mark Leno’s people to join them for a fund raiser, and I went as an observer as I had not endorsed any candidate (still haven’t).
Prior this event, I read Dick Spotwood’s article about […]

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Some people do live blogging of debates, but they don’t have a huge honking camera to schlep around and a 17″ laptop. So this coverage is kinda like the Olympics on NBC. Just pretend it is in real time!
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Evelyn Woo and everyone at the 6th Assembly District Democrats Club should really pat themselves on the back for putting together last night’s State Senate Forum at College of Marin. Joe Nation, Mark Leno, and Carole Migden all showed up last night and the evening really did give you the feel for each candidate.
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This Friday, April 25th parents and community members will rally local
representatives at the Civic Center (Jury Parking Lot) at 3:30 pm as part of the PTA Flunk-the-Budget Fridays and organized by Save Our Schools. There will be speakers from 3:30 pm to 4:00. Scheduled speakers include: Joe Nation, Carol Migden, Mark […]

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California Democratic Convention, originally uploaded by Kethryvis.
This weekend there is a convention for the California Democratic Party and we are monitoring the buzz from the event. It seems that […]

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Within the hour the City of Larkspur City Council will be posting the agenda for a Wednesday, April 2nd Workshop on SMART which will be open to the public. As we wait with almost toe-curling anticipation for them to post the details, I will keep you amused. Pretend Donna Summer is belting out “Last Dance”, […]

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Parents in Marin are organizing to sign a petition: Stop Careless Budget Cuts in California. This petition urges the Governor to prioritize cuts and save some funding for our schools, and the disabled and poor who would be most affected by the proposal.  It  also points out the absurdity of his proposal to increase funding […]

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