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The Wilma Rule Award
Posted 5/13/2008 @ 10:22 PM :: 0 Comments |
This past weekend I was awarded the Wilma Rule Award by Californians for Electoral Reform.
I was not present at the ceremony in Davis but am honored they liked my blogging.
Here is the certificate.
Wilma Rule was an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University
of Nevada, Reno. She was the author or editor of at least four books:
Russian Women in Politics and Society, The U.S. House of
Representatives: Reform or Rebuild?, United States Electoral Systems:
Their Impact on Women and Minorities, and Electoral Systems in
Comparative Perspective: Their Impact on Women and Minorities, as well
as numerous articles, both scholarly and popular.
She was one of the earliest members, active on our Board I believe from
the very beginning, and active with the organization as long as her
health allowed. She died on January 15, 2004.
Wilma Rule was a longtime champion of women's representation. Her
research challenged conventional notions about the reasons for women's
lack of political representation in the United States, much lower than
in other countries. Many advocates for women's representation hold
the view that if more women simply ran for office, or if women
candidates had more campaign financing, then far more women would be
elected. But Professor Rule's research of electoral methods and women's
representation around the world demonstrates the deficiency of that
viewpoint. Her research and that of others showed unequivocally that
if you want more women elected to your legislatures, the single most
important change is to get rid of our 18th-century winner-take-all
electoral system in favor of more modern "full representation"
electoral methods.
As a strong believer in proportional representation, Wilma was
concerned that our growing interest in IRV would distract us from our
primary mission of PR. We owe it to her to not let that happen, and in
her memory we have created the Wilma Rule Memorial Award, awarded to
that person or persons who have done the most to advance the cause of
proportional representation in California during the preceding CfER
year.
--Steve Chessin
President, Californians for Electoral Reform
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Yolo County 101 -- maxed out.
Posted 5/13/2008 @ 10:11 AM :: 0 Comments |
If everyone shows up for Yolo County 101 tomorrow that signed up -- we are maxed out.
Great response. Thank you to the Daily Democrat for publishing information on it.
Unfortunately, I am not even going to be there tomorrow night. Sharon Jensen and Dotty will be doing the introductions.
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Predictions Three Weeks Out
Posted 5/13/2008 @ 7:15 AM :: 0 Comments |
Woodland City Council
Art, Jeff, Sieferman (Martie a close fourth), Fred Lopez, Bobby Harris
Yolo County Supervisor
Chamberlain gets 70%
Assembly
Cabaldon 55%
Prop 98/99
Both fail (under 45%)
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Ballot Statements for City Council
Posted 5/13/2008 @ 7:12 AM :: 0 Comments |
I took a look at the ballot statements last night for the first time. It was interesting to me that Bobby Harris, Jeff Monroe, and Art Pimentel all put theirs in English and Spanish. Martie Dote put hers in English only.
Sieferman and Lopez did not have statements at all. Lopez filed at the last minute. Sieferman had a pathetic ballot statement in our primary race but then had a well written one in the general. He knows how it works.
Oh well.
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The Bee Clearly Didn't Know
Posted 5/12/2008 @ 7:27 AM :: 0 Comments |
The Sacramento Bee today endorsed Don Saylor, Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald, and Sue Greenwald for City Council.
They clearly did not know about my candidacy. Otherwise it would have perfectly matched my recommendations here with Don, Cecilia, and Matt.
Read it here.
The Davis Firefighters probably would have liked me too.
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Wow -- I made Politiclast again
Posted 5/11/2008 @ 8:22 PM :: 3 Comments |
My posts here continue to provide lots of material for others blogs. Ok.
This one on Politiclast.com is probably my favorite. It is titled "Rexroad goes Homophobe"
So I don't believe in gay marriage so I must be a closet homosexual. Right. Actually, I am willing to bet that most of Woodland feels the same way I do on this issue.
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Patrick Yolo
Posted 5/11/2008 @ 4:32 PM :: 1 Comments |
Look at this. Patrick Yolo enters the blog world. Good for him/her/it.
The link is right here.
This whole thing is just fascinating. The reality is that Patrick Yolo probably doesn't exist and neither does Charles Shaw. They are both trying to play a big role in Woodland. Patrick Yolo even is posting the personal addresses of Charles Shaw.
Joy.
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Who does the water belong to?
Posted 5/10/2008 @ 10:41 PM :: 1 Comments |
One of the big questions that I struggle with is the ownership of natural resources. I (or the bank) certainly own my home and lot at 711 College. I would think it is safe to say that I own down a few feet below the surface of the ground.
At what point does the dirt, water, minerals....whatever stop being mine and start becoming public property?
Part of the problem the farmers of Yolo County have with this proposed water ordinance is that they believe they own the stuff under their property all the way to the core of the earth.
As a natural resource, water is moving around in that aquifer and the water pumped out is coming from a supply the is under the ground of more than one property.
So tonight as I am reading the Draft Tribal EIR I came across a difficult analysis for me. What does the tribe own? I consider their trust land to be the equivalent of a sovereign nation. They have full control. So where under the earth does that nation end. Does that water under the Rumsey property belong to them? Belong to Yolo County? Belong to all people of the earth?
One thing I like about being a County Supervisor is the cool legal issues that come up. One of the things I don't like is the tricky issues that come up with no real analysis in place.
Ok...back to reading this huge pile of paper. Looking for an answer to random questions.
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the maeslant storm surge barrier
Posted 5/10/2008 @ 10:03 PM :: 0 Comments |
I am investing some time in trying to understand more about the California Delta. It is fascinating.
One of the things that I am learning is that the people that take flood control seriously are the Dutch. They are not messing around.
Check out site with some information on the maeslant surge barrier. It is the largets moving structure in the world.
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It is done - I voted
Posted 5/10/2008 @ 7:38 PM :: 0 Comments |
I just voted.
Chose Doug Pharr for Congress in the GOP Primary. It is a Marine thing.
Greg Aghazarian is clearly my choice for State Senate.
Manuel Cosme - Didn't really have a choice.
Art Pimentel and Martie Dote were the easy choices for City Council. I also decided to vote for business owner Alfredo S. Lopez. I have been hearing good things about Fred lately. Besides -- I like a business owner being on the Council.
Prop 98 and Prop 99 were a challenge for me. I think they are both going to fail. I voted yes on 98 and no on 99 mostly because I want 98 to fail by les votes than 99. Maybe then the local government types will take this seriously and write a solid measure that deals with this issue appropriately.
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