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Today, is our Assemblyman, Jared Huffman’s birthday. So we made a special Birthday Blingee. We likeys him even though he has not made hedgehogs legal in California yet nor has he allowed me the ability as an adult adoptee to access my original birth certificate (even though I can trace [...]

Posted in Events, Jared Huffman, LEGALIZE HEDGEHOGS!, Marin Politics, Mark Leno, california politics, elections 563Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2010/02/18/mavens-happy-birthday-edition/Maven%27s+Happy+Birthday+Edition2010-02-18+18%3A04%3A47marinmaven

“Today we lost an important battle, but on this disappointing day, it’s worth remembering that the final outcome of this struggle has already been determined. Time is on our side, and Californians will one day soon repeal Proposition 8. Patti and I have been married for 43 years, and we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the LGBT [...]

Posted in LGBT Rights, Mark Leno, NO ON PROP 8, marriage equality 491Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2009/05/26/californias-jim-crow-law-prop-8-upheld-18k-marriages-stand/California%27s+Jim+Crow+Law+Prop+8+upheld%2C+18K+Marriages+Stand2009-05-26+17%3A46%3A24marinmaven

Yesterday, my Facebook Buddy, Barack Obama, confirmed me as a cousin yesterday. This meant I was also related to Dick Cheney, was Dick Cheney (!!!), or it was just inexplicably goofy April Fools Joke.
It is true, I have a black thumb, yet I want a victory garden of raised beds and a drip system.  Getting [...]

Posted in Jared Huffman, Mark Leno, Our Polluted Bay, Pesticides, Stop the Spray, environment 436Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2009/04/02/happy-post-st-stoopid-day/Happy+Post-St.+Stoopid+Day2009-04-02+15%3A02%3A54marinmaven

Actually, my endorsements are not really shocking at all.
If you have read this blog at all it should be absolutely 1080p clear that I am a staunch supporter of Barack Obama for President. In times of crisis which were delivered to us by the republicans, we need a solid, even-tempered Obama to intelligently and with [...]

Posted in Jared Huffman, Mark Leno, Obama-Biden, SMART, elections 391Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/10/29/marin-mavens-shocking-endorsements/Marin+Maven%27s+Shocking+Endorsements%212008-10-30+02%3A55%3A46marinmaven

There is most excellent news to report. Proposition 98 went down in defeat and it was really not even close. Statewide 61% voted no. Marin county voted no 67.3%, Sonoma 69%, and San Francisco voted no with a whopping 74.67%. Apparently, 99 was fine winning statewide by 62.5%. Marin county voted yes on 99 by [...]

Posted in Carole Migden, Joe Nation, Mark Leno, NO ON 98, california politics, elections 357Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/06/04/election-results-edition/Election+Results+Edition2008-06-04+13%3A41%3A24marinmaven

Maven has apparently caused only a wee ruckus by complaining about negative mailers. After writing about a huge string of anti-Nation mailers, there was an anti-Leno television ad and a mailer that has caused quite a stir.
I thought I made it real clear that I object to all attack ads regardless of who they [...]

Posted in Carole Migden, Joe Nation, Mark Leno 352Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/06/02/creating-a-ruckus-edition/Creating+a+Ruckus+Edition2008-06-02+23%3A52%3A08marinmaven

This morning, at 9am, Michael Krasney on KQED’s Forum will host a candidate forum between Carole Migden, Joe Nation, and Mark Leno. You can send in questions to the candidates by email or call in at 866-733-6786 or 866-SF-FORUM. You can also listen on your computer.

Posted in Carole Migden, Events, Joe Nation, Mark Leno, california politics 355Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/06/02/alert-migden-nation-and-leno-on-kqed-radio-forum/Alert%3A+Migden%2C+Nation%2C+and+Leno+on+KQED+Radio+Forum2008-06-02+13%3A42%3A14marinmaven

June 3rd is looming. Next Tuesday everyone who has not sent in an absentee ballot will be going to the polls to vote. Phone calls are being made, mailers are being mailed, and all to get you to fill in the right bubbles on a ballot.

Posted in Carole Migden, Joe Nation, Mark Leno, california politics 349Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/05/29/phonebanking-reverse-phonebanking-and-all-this-glorious-mail/Phonebanking%2C+Reverse+Phonebanking%2C+and+All+This+Glorious+Mail...2008-05-30+05%3A14%3A27marinmaven

On Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008, it is absolutely necessary to get to the polls and VOTE NO AGAINST PROP 98. Marinmaven and the entire family from the most FoxNews Fan Conservative to the most Flaming liberal (me) are voting NO on Proposition 98. It’s Howard Jarvis and Company with one [...]

Posted in Contempo Marin, Marin Water, Mark Leno, california politics, elections, environment 345Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/05/23/mavens-action-alert-defang-derail-and-defeat-prop-98-on-june-3rd/Maven%27s+Action+Alert%3A+Defang%2C+Derail%2C+and+Defeat+Prop+98+on+June+3rd2008-05-23+17%3A04%3A28The+Maven

I slept like a baby through last night’s episode of The Endless Primary Show. I couldn’t take any more sadness about Ted Kennedy or China. I have been suffering through this head cold from hell since I got back home from going to Carole Migden’s house party. It started with a sore throat, and [...]

Posted in Bay Area News, Carole Migden, Hillary Clinton, Joe Nation, Marin Politics, Mark Leno, Obama, SMART, california politics 343Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/05/21/post-headcold-edition-night-time-childrens-cold-and-cough-syrup-rocks/Post+Headcold+Edition%3A+Night+Time+Children%27s+Cold+and+Cough+Syrup+Rocks2008-05-21+21%3A34%3A01marinmaven

Double-endorsing is the New Endorsement
According to Northbayist, Mark Leno is claiming that my Supervisor, Susan Adams has endorsed him, and Carole Migden has Susan as an endorser. In an earlier post, I pointed out an article that has Susan announcing that she is endorsing Joe Nation, but it appears that there are two Susan Adams, [...]

Posted in Carole Migden, Marin Politicians, Marin Politics, Mark Leno, Susan Adams, california politics, elections 339Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/05/19/this-election-seasons-new-fad/This+Election+Season%27s+New+Fad%3F2008-05-19+16%3A36%3A59The+Maven

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 [...]

Posted in Carole Migden, Compost Maven, Contempo Marin, Jared Huffman, Joe Nation, Marin Politicians, Marin Politics, Mark Leno, Redwood Landfill, Video Marin, california politics 337Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/05/12/600-gather-for-social-justice-in-marin/600+Gather+for+Social+Justice+in+Marin2008-05-12+17%3A12%3A55The+Maven

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 [...]

Posted in Administrivia, Carole Migden, Green Marin, Joe Nation, Marin Politicians, Marin Politics, Mark Leno, Stop the Spray, california politics, elections 333Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/05/10/coming-up/Coming+Up....2008-05-10+15%3A41%3A59The+Maven

Woolsey previously endorsed Carole Migden, now she is double endorsing for…wait for it…wait for it…Anybody but Joe Nation. That’s cold. One of my favorite political blogs, Liberal Values, posts a Clinton quote from USA Today that made my jaw drop.
“I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on,” she said in an [...]

Posted in Carole Migden, Hillary Clinton, Joe Nation, Lynn Woolsey, Marin Politicians, Marin Politics, Mark Leno, elections 332Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/05/10/thats-just-cold-edition/That%27s+Just+Cold+Edition2008-05-10+14%3A34%3A29marinmaven

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 [...]

Posted in Carole Migden, Mark Leno, california politics, elections, stream of consciousness 331Commentshttp://marinmaven.webjaw.com/2008/05/08/horseraces-and-politics/Horseraces+and+Politics2008-05-08+23%3A53%3A08marinmaven