Endorsements!!

MGO is proud to endorse:

• 18th Assembly District, Abel Guillen
• Superior Court Judge: Tara Flanagan
• Alameda County Supervisor, District 4: Nate Miley
• Alameda County Supervisor, District 5: Keith Carson
• Prop 28 – Change Term Limits: Support
• Prop 29 – 5 cent sales tax: Support
• Measure B – Peralta Parcel Tax: Support

15th AD Central Committee, (the following candidates received 60% or greater):

• Jesse Arrequin
• Sharon Ball
• Elizabeth Echols
• Beverly Green
• Kathy Neal

For the 18th AD Central Committee, because of problems with the ballot, we will re-vote on the endorsements by mail. Those members who are currently paid in full, will receive ballots and instructions with their Platform newsletter, along with a stamped return envelope. We apologize to all for the problems with the ballot, but we believe that this measure is the fairest way to determine our endorsements for the office.

Further, we will take the opportunity with the mail-in ballot to vote on endorsements for Assembly, State Senator, and other offices.

Endorsement Meeting

Endorsement Extravaganza
Thursday, April 19th, 6:30 PM
Dimond Library
3365 Fruitvale Avenue

Please note:

No new club member can vote unless he or she has been a  member for at least 20 days.  (MGO Const., Art. III, sec.3.)

This rule does not apply to lapsed memberships not more than two years in arrears.  Those persons are eligible to vote immediately upon payment of their dues.

Endorsement Meeting for State Assembly

Our March meeting will be on Thursday, March 29 at the Dimond Library,
at 7:30 p.m.

This will be our endorsement meeting for:

State Assembly, District 18.

Candidates Rob Bonta and Joel Young will be joining us;

it is hoped that Abel Guillen will be able to send a representative.

Go here to see Assembly District 18 boundaries.

Next Meeting: Oakland’s New Budget

Join MGO Members and Friends

Thursday, February 16th, 7:30 pm

At the Dimond Library,

3565 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland

OAKLAND”S NEW BUDGET:

·       What have we lost?

·       What’s changed?

·       What’s stayed the same?

·       What’s the outlook for next year?

·       How will continuing special expenditures for Occupy actions impact it?

Our speaker is new MGO board member and Oakland Budget Dept. employee Brad Johnson.

Brad worked on this budget in detail and is full of information about the process and the product.

 

BE THERE!!!

Public Safety in Oakland – General Meeting, October 2011

As you all may have read in the papers today, or heard last night, Police Chief Batts has resigned, and Oakland will be searching, yet again, for a new Chief of Police.

A couple of years ago, Chief Batts gave a stirring speech to our club about his plans for fighting crime in Oakland. To paraphrase, at the end of his talk, he said that he could not succeed without the community getting involved. I think that this is equally true for the next Chief.

But what kind of involvement? For years, the City has been trying to strike some sort of balance between increased law enforcement measures, and measures to encourage young people in Oakland from turning towards crime. Chief Batts left behind three law enforcement proposals that have yet to be endorsed or rejected: 1) Expanding the use of Civil Gang Injunctions; 2) Implementing Youth Curfews; and 3) Beefing up our Loitering Ordinance. These are measures that some categorically reject as violations of civil liberties, and that some accept as a necessary measure to save lives and control crime. Many, though, are unsure, or have yet to be heard from.

Though Chief Batts is gone, the City’s acceptance or rejection of these measures will help determine what kind of Police Chief, or what kind of Police Department that we will have for years to come.

At the next Club Meeting, we will discuss these issues and decide whether MGO wants to take a public position as they will soon go back to the City Council.

The meeting will be at:

Dimond Library
3565 Fruitvale Avenue
Thursday, October 20, 2011
7:30 PM

November 2011 Election: Club Endorsements

The MGO Democratic Club has made the following ballot measure voting endorsements for the Nov. 15th mail-in election in Oakland:

NO – Measure H
Shall the Oakland City Charter be amended to return the City Attorney to an appointed position?

YES – Measure I (needs 2/3 vote)
Shall the City of Oakland establish a five year temporary fiscal emergency parcel tax to preserve essential city services, including fire, police services, and police technology, youth violence prevention, library, services, parks and recreation, and street repair, by establishing an $80 parcel tax for single-family homes and specified amounts for multi-family and commercial properties with an exemption for low-income households?

YES- Measure J
Shall the Charter be amended to allow the City of Oakland to change the deadline for fully funding its Police and Fire Retirement Plan to a new financially responsible deadline?

May 2011 Meeting: Recidivism and Drug Offenders

Hope to see you all there!

MGO DEMOCRATIC CLUB

PRESENTS

RECIVIDISM
In the
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
RELATED TO DRUG OFFENDERS

a panel featuring

Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Matt Gaidos

Criminal Attorney Ted Stalcup
(who has extensive experience with drug treatment; his father got drug courts started in Contra Costa County)

Thursday May 19th
7:30 pm
Dimond Library
3565 Fruitvale Avenue
Oakland.