• 06Oct

  California State Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña endorses Robert Hamilton

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  Lori Saldaña endorses Robert Hamilton.

  Assemblymember Lori Saldaña, now serving her second term in the California Legislature, serves as Assistant Speaker Pro Tempore, Vice-Chair of the Women’s Caucus and Chair of both the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development and the Assembly Subcommittee on Base Closure and Redevelopment. Other committee assignments include: Veterans Affairs, Natural Resources and Elections and Redistricting.

  Ms. Saldaña interests include sailing, hiking, golfing, kayaking, swimming, and snorkeling. She is also an enthusiastic camper and an author of a how-to book on backpacking.

• 05Oct

  San Diego City Council Member Toni Atkins endorses Robert Hamilton

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  San Diego City Council Member Toni Atkins endorses Robert Hamilton

  Toni Atkins was first elected to the City Council of San Diego to represent the Third District in 2000. She was re-elected to a second term on March 2, 2004. She was chosen by her council colleagues to serve as Deputy Mayor of the City of San Diego from July 25 to December 5, 2005, during a vacancy in the Mayor’s Office.

  Toni currently chairs the City Council’s newly formed Committee on Budget and Finance, and is vice chair of both the Land Use and Housing and Natural Resources and Culture committees.

  Toni represents the City of San Diego at the San Diego Chapter of the League of Cities as well as on the board and executive committee of the Metropolitan Transit System. She sits on the San Diego Association of Governments (SanDAG) Regional Housing Working Group, as an alternate to the Transportation Committee and the Regional Planning Committee, and the City/County Joint Homeless Task Force. Toni continues to serve on the San Diego River Conservancy as an appointee of former State Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson.

• 02Oct

  A constituent says his piece on Issa

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  I got an email from Issa today in which he said he’s voting against the (credit market stabilization) bill.

  This prevents any constituent from providing input to this historic piece of legislation; we are ignored.

  There are things that need to be in that bill. Aid to the little banks, aid to the almost foreclosed, and unemployment benefits for those who are currently or will be marooned in unemployment for the foreseeable future because on the fiscal trainwreck.

  These times are closley reminiscent to those of 1932. FDR came in after 12 years of Republican benign neglect and corruption and had to pull us out of the Great Depression. The Republicans fought him every inch of the way, called him a socialist, and other names. This included Social Security, the RFC (rescued banks), the WPA, CCC, soiul conservation REA, etc, etc. Their grandchildren are now following in grandpa’s footsteps and fighting economic reform. Must be a chromosomal thing!

  Issa NOT!

  John W.
  Fallbrook, CA

• 02Oct

  Alliance for Retired Americans endorses Hamilton

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  The Alliance for Retired Americans, representing more than three and one-half million retirees, older Americans, and community activists including more than 246,000 members in California, endorses the candidacy of Robert Hamilton for the 49th Congressional District. In a letter signed by the President, the Secretary-Treasurer, and the Executive Director, the Alliance for Retired American s writes “Your positions demonstrate a strong commitment to improve the quality of life for older Americans. Your leadership on issues such as fighting Social Security privatization and strengthening the the Social Security and Medicare systems exhibits that commitment. In addition, our members can support your candidacy because of your belief in the need to provide affordable health care for older Americans, to create a Medicare drug program that benefits seniors, not insurance and drug companies, as well as the need for stronger retirement and pension security, and quality long term and nursing home care.” “The Alliance for Retired Americans believes that your election to the House of Representatives will enhance the quality of life for Older Americans” it adds.

• 30Sep

  The last 8 years of “voodoo economics”

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  By every measure things are a lot worse in the US than they were 8 years ago when this administration took power.

  The Dow finished lower on September 29 than it was on January 19, 2001. The NASDAQ was at 2770.38 back then, compared with 1983.73 on Monday. The dollar used to trade at 1.068 against the Euro compared with .695

  Some things have gone up
  - the Consumer Price Index (175 vs 219 today)
  - unemployment (4.2% vs 6.1%)

  “It’s a striking phenomenon,” said Robert Shapiro, former undersecretary of commerce. “The reckless negligence and mismanagement of the country’s financial markets by the White House, the Treasury and the Fed over the last several years has now produced a crisis that has wiped out all of the increase in the market value of America’s companies from five years of record corporate profits, strong productivity gains, and reasonable growth. Bush has now run the table on presidential failure.”

  We have to ask - can McCain/Palin and Republicans like Darrell Issa change course to follow more sensible policies and avert a disaster of their own making?

  From the New York Times regarding the bailout:

  Representative Darrell Issa, a Republican, said he was “resolute” in his opposition to the measure because it would betray party principles and amount to “a coffin on top of Ronald Reagan’s coffin.”

  Once again Issa’s ideology gets in the way of doing what’s right for the folks on Main Street. Please send us your comments.

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