tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084803902428802993.post3886343605055652056..comments2023-11-03T04:20:04.187-06:00Comments on Rey Garduño--------------------------------- A Progressive Leader We Can Trust: Calling all Progressives! Please Support Eleanor Chavez for State Representative-District 13reygardunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444894454653815917noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084803902428802993.post-63456151328001486232008-03-28T12:19:00.000-06:002008-03-28T12:19:00.000-06:00Dear friends, allies and supporters of Eleanor Cha...Dear friends, allies and supporters of Eleanor Chavez, <BR/><BR/>I am proud to let you know that I donated $100 today to Eleanor's campaign. While it's not a "big" donation (you know, the kind politicians get from developers who expect favors in return), it's a lot for me. I know it will help Eleanor to take on the polluters, developers and insurance industry lobbyists, and to advance creative, community based solutions for working families and the environment. <BR/><BR/>Sure Eleanor's opponent, Dan Silva, has a war chest of $46,000. But it's a safe bet he raised it from the few well connected polluters, developers and industry lobbyists to whom he's beholden. I believe our $5, $10, $20, $50 or, dare I say, $100, donations can add up and keep Eleanor competitive in fundraising, and far ahead in support, momentum and integrity. <BR/><BR/>Together, we can make the real change we are all after. We can live up to our responsibilities to the democratic process and bridge the democracy divides of race, gender, class, region and religion that are a barrier to realizing our vision of community values, opportunity and racial and gender equality and social and economic justice. <BR/><BR/>While we live and fight for community values, we also need to know the true value of our communities. To protect our communities from interests that seek to profit from harming the environment and human suffering, we have to donate to people like Eleanor. She truly is, like Shirley Chisolm, "Unbought and Unbossed." She also knows how to get things done and build coalitions across the political spectrum, as she's proven throughout her life. <BR/><BR/>That's why I'm passing this pitch on to 3 of my friends to ask them to match my donation. I encourage everyone to do the same - send this email to your friends who care about our communities and ask them to join us to give Eleanor a running start in her campaign to work to make our communities a better place to live, work and raise a family.<BR/><BR/>Karlos Gauna Schmieder<BR/>karlos3@hotmail.comKarlos Gauna Schmiederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02603085487940726800noreply@blogger.com