SUPPORT FOR NEW
EL CERRITO LIBRARY!

Hi everyone,
Most of you know that I am a strong supporter of a new library in El Cerrito.  To achieve that goal, we need everyone’s help in the next 60 days to ensure that at least 67% of El Cerrito voters vote Yes on Measure B for the library in the November 8election.
The opposition to a new library seems to focus on cost.  They are concerned about the added cost of a parcel tax.  But they are ignoring two things:
1) libraries add value to our property and community; and
2) what we pay in property tax is more than made up by what we save by not having to buy books, records, DVDs, etc   (You can check out the American Library Association’s Library Value Calculator at  http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/advocacyuniversity/toolkit/makingthecase/library_calculator)    
The campaign website is coming soon. You can see us inside Facebook.  Once in Facebook, type Yes on El Cerrito Library 2016 to see !
Thank you!
Al Miller
Yes on B for the El Cerrito Library

John Chiang to keynote at El Cerrito Democratic Club Dinner October 22

Our dinner this year will have a few new features!
New lower price! Tickets are only $25 each. This is the lowest price per ticket in a decade!
Great new menu from Atcha Thai Bistro, a new restaurant on San Pablo Avenue at Moeser Lane.
Candidate spin room – instead of our usual socializing hour, we have invited our endorsed candidates to set up booths and be available to talk with our members. (It’s also a chance for you to direct some of the money you save to the candidates you like.)
But because change is hard, we’ll be having our dinner at our usual venue, the Arlington Community Church in Kensington. It’s a wheelchair accessible site, with some on street parking and plenty of other parking across the street at the Kensington Library.
And we aren’t giving up the great salads and desserts that you folks, our wonderful members, bring to share.
This is also your chance to meet, greet and listen to California State Treasurer John Chiang, who has also filed to run for Governor in 2018. You can say you got to meet him “back in the day.”
To buy your ticket(s), you can go to this link or use the coupon below:
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Your tickets will be held at the door. No need to request a special vegetarian meal; the buffet will include several meat free and gluten free items.

AUGUST 27 ENDORSEMENT MEETING RESULTS!

[Endorsed candidates are in bold. 60% of the vote is required for endorsement.]

 

* % of the
AC Transit At Large Total Votes Cast:           111 Total
Chris Peeples              65 59%
Dollene Jones              23 21%
No Endorsement              23 21%
BART District 3 Total Votes Cast:           115
Ken Chew              12 10%
Rebecca Saltzman *              75 65%
Varun Paul               –    0%
No Endorsement              28 24%
BART District 7 Total Votes Cast:           120
Lateefah Simon              65 54%
Roland Emerson               –    0%
Will Roscoe                5 4%
Zakhary Mallett              22 18%
No Endorsement              28 23%
Board of Education District 1 Total Votes Cast:           119
Elaine Merriweather              19 16%
Fatima Sierre Alleyne              29 24%
Pam Mirabella              54 45%
No Endorsement              17 14%
West Contra Costa School Board Total Votes Cast:           141
Antonio Medrano              14 10%
Ayana Young              27 19%
Carlos Taboada              30 21%
Don Gosney              16 11%
Miriam S Sequeira              12 9%
Mister Phillips *              85 60%
Tom Panas              51 36%
No Endorsement                5 4%
Kensington Police Protection Community Services Board Total Votes Cast: 124
Chuck Toombs              62 50%
David Spath              46 37%
Eileen Nottoli              26 21%
Simon Brafman                5 4%
Sylvia Hacaj              19 15%
No Endorsement              34 27%
El Cerrito City Council Total Votes Cast: 128
Greg Lyman *              92 71%
Nicholas Arzio              46 36%
Paul Fadelli              64 50%
Rochelle Okimoto *              78 61%
No Endorsement                9 6%