Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Jeff Latas for US Congress in CD 8?
I just got back from a vigil in Catalina to mourn our fallen soldiers, which I shared with Salette Latas, amongst others. Salette is carrying a sign, "Bring my son home from Iraq." Why do I mention this? Her husband Jeff Latas is planning to run agaist Jim Kolbe in CD 8. See Desert Rose post on Daily Kos to learn more about him. He is an avid environmentalist who works for a future powered by fossil-free energy. He is a credible anti-Iraq-war candidate with 20+ years of military service (Air Force) and the best possible platform: a son in the service who has been mistreated by a desperate military - sent overseas in bare remission from leukemia. He works as an airline pilot with Jet Blue. The DCCC are lukewarm about Jeff unless he can show he can make money, or maybe because he is somewhat progressive?

Anyway, when he shed tears for his son at our LD 26 meeting last week, he won my forever support. The boy had leukemia, had gone into remission, they sent him as soon as he went into remission, and now he is back out of remission. By the way, the social worker at Walter reed that they talked to said they are getting 5 soldiers a week home from Iraq with leukemia just from the toxic environment. Please look at his web site and let's see if we can agree on supporting Jeff Latas for US Congress in CD 8.

by Rev. Gerry Straatemeier

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Thursday, October 06, 2005

Spidelblog: A new social gathering for progressives in the valley



Spidelblog: A new social gathering for progressives in the valley

The Arizona PDA folks have started to host a "progressive happy hour” every 2nd and 4th Wed. This will be a place that all progressives (regardless of affiliation in groups, party, etc.) can come, network, and socialize. This will NOT be another meeting. We will encourage all sorts of groups to come, flyer, and maybe say a few brief announcements as an update to the group… but mainly… a place to network and socialize, to have fun and gain a sense of community with one another...

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