LA County Plastic Bags Fee will Test Newly Passed Prop 26
Now that Los Angeles County has banned plastic grocery bags, I have a clear choice—pay ten-cents per paper bag for groceries purchased in the unincorporated areas of the county or risk the possibility of lead used in reusable bags contaminating my food.
No less a consumer advocate that New York Senator Charles Schumer is demanding an examination into reusable bags after a newspaper investigation found lead in many reusable bags sold by grocery stores.
I wonder what the voters think about this Morton’s Fork presented them by the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors?
Building sustainable advocacy online
Hawaii. That is
what’s been on our minds the past
few weeks as we worked hard to finish out this election season. Hawaii is one of the prizes at the end of the
election cycle that our team looks forward to, regardless of election outcomes. But with a special election in California
next year an increasing likelihood, there won’t be much time before the next
cycle is upon us.
So, we are now setting our focus on increasing the overall
effectiveness of our clients’ campaigns, which includes building and mobilizing
advocacy through the use of digital grassroots techniques. Too often the time
required to develop digital grassroots advocacy is simply shortchanged by the
almost insanely time-compacted nature of traditional campaigning.
Often, when it comes to digital grassroots advocacy, only a
few short months (or weeks even) are spent building a supporter base with even
less time available for mobilizing those advocates. What’s worse, without
additional funding left in most campaigns, advocates are often abandoned right
after election day. This requires
building a supporter base from scratch again next year. While we all know that each of these
advocates deserves a break from the communications and activities that comes
with the intensity of election season, it should not be a 6-18 month vacation.
GOP failure in California
Be it real or be it perception, the GOP’s perceived anti-immigrant (and especially anti-Hispanic) stance is losing (has lost) the minority vote in this state. The vociferous conservative element that puts essentially all blame for our problems on illegal immigrants projects itself as the GOP.
Some of the most popular right wing talk show hosts build their loyal (essentially all white) following with their Jihad against illegal Hispanics (mainly Mexicans).
Say what you will — this is PERCEIVED as anti-Hispanic. ALL Hispanics.
Here’s a test — if we decided to reduce our illegal immigrant problem by quadrupling the number of legal immigrants we allowed, would that placate the group that rails against the Hispanics currently breaking the law by illegally entering our country? After all, now they would be legal.
“Should I Stay or Should I Go Now” – Pelosi Probably Prevails
The San Francisco Business Times is currently conducting its “Business Pulse” Survey.
The question: “Should Nancy Pelosi step down as leader of the House Democrats?
Readers of the publication are largely business owners and entrepreneurs. The results as of 9:30 PM on Tuesday are posted below where an astonishing 65% of readers of the San Francisco publication believe Pelosi should step down. A mere 32% say she should stay. Keep in mind this is the San Francisco Business Times – not a national online poll.
Anyone who knows Washington, D.C. knows how popular North Carolina Congressman Heath Shuler is. After all, this man was the Quarterback of the Washington Redskins. It’s not a far stretch. Washington loves him.
Check Congressman Heath Shuler out here.
If Democrats don’t have the good sense to choose him as the “face” of the party against likely Speaker John Boehner, then God help them (they’ll need it) in 2012.