Join Cindy and Michael Furst at their Shady Canyon home at the L'Shanah Tovah fundraiser for Beth Krom. The event is on Saturday, September 26 at 7:30 PM. Join Beth on her journey to Washington, DC to bring effective leadership and representation to the people of the 48th Congressional District.
Documents We're Waiting On
- Things We're Waiting For: Tracing $8 Million Sent to CCA During Fairgrounds Sale - Pacific Progressive
Nossaman did research on how to use Fairgrounds money to provide opening capital for the Fair Foundation. $8 million was sent to the California Construction Authority during the sale, and there is documentation that indicates this could be the money for the opening capital. We've asked for the money to be traced, and Interim CEO Doug Lofstrom is giving us the run around.
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09/12/2009
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09/10/2009
Putting Pressure on John Campbell to Come Out and Address Real Constituents
During the summer Congressional recess, Representatives usually have outreach events with constituents - meet and greets, coffee meetings or town halls. Ed Royce had three townhalls, Loretta Sanchez had one and participated in many other community activities.
John Campbell (had no open, free to attend meetings with constituents. He did have meetings you could pay to go to, such as a luncheon with Republican Women Federated. When over 300 people marched around his office to rally support for health care reform, he never spoke with the group, acknowledged the group, or even sent a staffer down to greet the rally.
Now is the time to put pressure on John Campbell. OC Health March wants to track and document just how many people have tried to talk with Campbell about health care reform and have been refused. Campbell has long ignored the needs of his constituents, and this is one way to easily show how Campbell operates.
Please take the time each day to call one of John Campbell's staffers and demand that he have a meeting on health care reform. Leave voicemails until you are able to talk with a live staffer. Call a staffer once a day, until Campbell comes out and talks with constituents. If you have time, write a letter or drop by the office to talk with a staffer.
Then, go to OC Health March and fill out the Put Pressure on Campbell form to track how many constituents are being ignored.
Newport Office Information
Phone 949-756-2244
Fax 949-251-9309
610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 330, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Lou Penrose, District Director
Jeremy Riley, Constituent Services Representative
Gussie Field, Sr. Executive Assistant
Chris Palmer, Deputy District Director
Christopher Bognanno, Policy Liason
Leslie Duval, Constituent Services Representative
09/09/2009
09/04/2009
September 19 is Coastal and Inner-Coastal Watershed Clean-Up Day
Saturday, September 19, is the statewide Coastal Cleanup and the 13th Annual Inner Coastal and Watershed Cleanup Day. Many cities, agencies and organizations participate in this yearly event to build awareness of how trash and debris clog our local creeks, beaches, ponds and watersheds.
Local organizers for the event include the Ocean Conservancy and Trails4All. Trails4All has a list of clean-up activities on the website. Sign up thru your city or the OC Parks and Recreation department.
Local cities and areas participating in include Aliso Viejo, Anaheim, Black Star Canyon, Brea, Buena Park, Canyon View Park, Costa Mesa, Dana Paoint, Fullerton, Glenwood/Glenbrook Park, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Hill, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, La Habra, Lake Forest, La Palma,Long Beach, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, O'Neill Regional Park, Orange, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Silverado-Modjeska Canyon, Trabuco Canyon, Westminster, Yorba Linda, Yorba Regional Park.
Keeping trash and litter out of the water makes the areas more user friendly and saves the lives of animals. Many animals die each year after consuming trash which they think is food. Take a few hours on Saturday, September 19 and help clean up Orange County beaches, creeks, parks, and canyons.
Comedy Cabaret with Beth Krom on September 12
09/03/2009
September Social and Open Wine Bar to Support Melissa Fox
Melissa Fox is running for Assembly to take the 70th District seat of termed out Chuck DeVore. Join Melissa and friends at the Bluewater Grill in Tustin's District on Thursday, September 10 from 6 - 8 PM. Join Melissa for great food, great wine, and great people as we work to send Melissa to Sacramento to renew the California dream!
RSVP on ActBlue http://www.actblue.com/page/melissafox or email [email protected].
09/02/2009
Beth Krom: Setting the Healthcare Record Straight
This op-ed by Beth Krom, candidate for California's 48th Congressional district seat, appeared in the Laguna Beach Independent. Here is an excerpt:
Those in Congress who oppose healthcare reform are focused on the wrong patient. They want to keep the insurance industry healthy at the expense of the long-term healthcare interests of the American people. They want to preserve a marketplace that benefits the bottom line of pharmaceutical companies, even it if means that millions of Americans cannot afford the medicines they need to live.
08/31/2009
Over 300 March Around John Campbell's Office for Health Care Reform
Over 300 people covering three corners of Newport Center Drive and Santa Rosa to show Representative John Campbell that they want health care reform. Rep. Campbell has been very outspoken in his opposition to health care reform, producing newsletters and emails riddled with factual errors and outright untruths in an attempt to support his positions. The rally supporters want a public option included in the health care reform, at a minimum. The preferred plan is a single payer health care system.
The crowd circled the office building where Rep. Campbell has his district office several times. Marchers chanted about health care reform as they walked past Newport Beach Police, security guards and building personnel guarding entrances to the office building. At no time did Rep. Campbell or his staff talk with the crowd or send a statement down to the crowd.
During the summer recess, other representatives have had town halls. Rep. Loretta Sanchez had one in July, before the actual summer recess. Rep. Sanchez has participated in other community forums which have allowed her to talk with constituents about health care reform. Rep. Ed Royce had two health care forums and one fraud prevention forum. Rep. Campbell has had no public forums but only fundraisers for either his campaign or groups he supports.
The rally was organized by OC Health March, Free Enterprise Associates, Alan Boinus, and Valerie Blomquist. The crowd of over 300 included a wide range of people from retirees to families with children. Several physicians, nurses and social workers were present and talked with fellow rally members about the issues they see every day in their practices that come from a lack of readily available, affordable health care.
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