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This is my personal activist blog. I write about my activist activities, including the peace movment, Green Party, politics and other progressive endeavors.
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I pledge allegiance to all life
in its interdependent diversity;
and to the Planet upon which it exits, one World, under the sky, undividable
with harmony and balance for all.
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Human Rights Torch Relay Rally

The Olympics and crimes against humanity cannot coexist in China.
Sunday Morning Walk
Washington Square, 450 S 200 E, SLC
(West of downtown library)
10:00 am, April 20
A peaceful march for one hour, followed by speakers
Including Green Party of Utah Co-Coordinator, Deanna Taylor
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The sunflower is my favorite plant. Aside from its many uses (food, oil, etc.), it is a symbol of hope, peace, and nonviolence. I have a dedicated personal page on sunflowers. The link is in my list of links below.
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7th-Nov-2007 05:24 am - My voting experience
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Salt Lake County decided to consolidate polling places and as a result there were long lines.  I went to vote after work and arrived at my polling place at around 6:30pm.  I waiting in a long line outside for about 1/2 hour and another 1/2 hour inside (including voting time).  Not only that, there was only one table with one person checking off names with one assistant.

What's up with that?

I will elaborate in my actual vote expereience at a later time.  There's some news coming down the pike about vote machines in which I will be involved.
17th-Nov-2006 09:51 pm - Election Outcome: Don't celebrate yet
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Over on One Utah, folks are celebrating the outcome of the elections with "Demo Glad".

But many of us are skeptical, and justifiably so, given the Dems record in recent years.

Margy Waller, he project director of The Mobility Agenda at The Center for Community Change, has authored a piece called Why I'm Not Celebrating Yet:

Apparently, we’re in for a couple years of change and disappointingly incremental policymaking. Signals are clear—and all over the press.

For example, just two days after the “left turn” election, we heard that “Victorious Democrats vow cooperative approach on taxes and the economy.” Well, bollocks.

My friends and family keep asking if I am excited, celebrating, partying up a storm, and so on. I am not.

Everyone assumes that inclusionist economic policies stand a chance of implementation in the next Congress. Well, maybe—some of those ideas. But is it a new day for equitable economic policy? Not so much…not just yet.

17th-Nov-2006 07:55 am - Oh Joy, It's Official
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It's official: Pelosi is speaker: But Demos rebuff her, pick Hoyer over Murtha

Here is what Pelosi promises:

"We made history and now we will make progress for the American people," the Californian told fellow Democrats moments after her selection in the closed meeting, according to officials familiar with her remarks.
She pledged that after 12 years in the minority, "we will not be dazzled by money and special interests."
13th-Nov-2006 05:13 am - More on Voting Maching Troubles
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From Kathy Dopp:

Here is just ONE (1) day of news stories re. electronic voting problems in November 7 election (stories are continuing to unfold). One county using Diebold voting machines in another state has still not announced their election results due to memory card failures. Utah county's "glitch" disenfranchised voters and touchscreens caused long lines in Utah. Federal law only requires ONE (1) touchscreen voting machine in each polling place for the disabled to use - Utah could use optical scan paper ballots which are conveniently manually auditable, voter verified, less expensive, cause no long lines; and are not susceptible to power outages, denial of service attacks, and vote flipping attacks. Is there any reason to trust insufficiently manually audited invisible e-ballots which are secretly counted by proprietary humanly-unreadable machine language software on voting machines whose components are made in China, Canada, and various U.S. states?
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It took over 24 hours for Cook Co. Illinois to count their votes. That's with their brand-new Smartmatic clone Sequoia voting machines. County Clerk David Orr conceded that the hardware and software being used should be re-examined. / One of the striking problems that has come up around the country is the reason for long lines in many places. They just didn't buy enough machines for the turnout they had. Another boon for the vendors when all they really needed to do was buy one Precinct-Based Optical Scan (PBOS) for each precinct and there would have been no need to go out and buy more DRE machines. And the cause of the long lines in Denver; poorly written, poorly tested voter registration software from Sequoia.

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13th-Nov-2006 05:10 am - Manual Audit of Summit County Today
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Kathy Dopp, Desert Greens candidate for Summit County Clerk sent this today:

In Summit County, the manual audit is being held today (Monday) at 10 a.m. at the County Building.

I assume that the manual audits are also being held today in other counties, but please call your own county clerk to find out for sure.

In Summit County, the final canvass is being held on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at the County Courthouse.

It would be great to go observe the manual audit and final vote canvass for your county. I've been told that the public may observe the manual audit, even though the written procedures do not require it - except to say a counting poll worker or watcher may observe - which I think means that anyone appointed by a political party or a candidate may observe.

We have an time critical need here in Utah. Please help find a Utah Senator and Utah Congressional Rep in the Utah Legislature to sponsor our independent audit legislation:
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/paper-audits/VoteCountAudit-UT.pdf

based on scientifically agreed-upon election audit principles (posted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology web site):
http://vote.nist.gov/ElectionIntegrityAudit.pdf

Kathy Dopp
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10th-Nov-2006 05:16 am - GETTING OVER IT - The Citizen Push for Election Integrity
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From Bruce Funk in Emery County, who was locked out of his own office to keep him from going to work after having computer scientists discover that Diebold had sold Utah used, refjected voting machines from other states with security holes big enough to drive a truck through.

9th-Nov-2006 08:59 pm
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Share your voting experience with the US League of Women Voters  or attempt to inform them about other sites where problems voters had are listed.
 
E L E C T I O N    F O L L O W - U P    A L E R T

Election Day may be over but we'd like to hear about your voting experience. We've designed a survey to allow you to share your voting experience with the League. It is your personal story, Kathy, along with other statistics, that will provide the basis for Election Day 2006 follow-up.

If you voted a provisional ballot, we want to remind you to follow-up with your local elections official because you may need to show ID or proof of registration in order for your provisional ballot to be counted. All states have a free access system for voters to use to find out if their provisional ballot was counted. For more information on provisional voting, please check the state specific information on www.VOTE411.org or call one of the free hotlines listed on our 5 Things You Need To Know On Election Day cards.

We look forward to hearing from you and continuing our work to educate voters and improve the election system.

Sincerely,

Mary G. Wilson
Mary G. Wilson
President, League of Women Voters of the United States



Election Day Problems? Call Toll Free:
1-866-MYVOTE1 OR 1-866-OUR-VOTE OR 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA

Join Us in Making Democracy Work at www.lwv.org

8th-Nov-2006 07:06 pm - More on Green Candidates in the U.S.
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Richmond, California Green City
Councilmember
Gayle McLaughlin was elected Mayor of Richmond yesterday. Richmond is located in northern California, in the East Bay county of Contra Costa.

McLauglin's victory makes her Mayor of the largest U.S. city yet (pop. 103,000).

Previously the largest city to have a Green Mayor was Santa Monica, CA (pop. 90,000), where (yours truly) Mike Feinstein was Mayor from 2000-2002. However, Feinstein was appointed by the City Council,
whereas McLaughlin was directly elected.

Of the 31 U.S. Greens who have served as Mayors, nine have been directly elected and 22 appointed. Of those directly elected, all had previously come from small cities and towns, with the only city over 7,000 being
Websters Grove, MO (2000 pop. 23,000) where Terry Williams served between 1994-1997.

The first U.S. Green Mayor ever was Kelly Weaverling, Cordova, Alaska (1991-1993), who was directly elected in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, with Weaverling being an important activist involved in the post-spill clean-up.

The 22 that have been appointed have all came from California, where most cities have a City Manager/City Council form of government, with an appointed Mayor who serves various roles, but not as a chief executive,
nor with veto power over the Council.

Some California cities - mostly the larger ones like Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, San Diego and San Francisco - have directly elected 'strong mayors' who serve as the chief executives of their cities. In
Richmond's case, the Mayor is separately elected, but is not a 'strong' mayor in the traditional large-city sense.

According to the Richmond city government website:

"The Mayor is a member of the City Council and the chief elected
officer and ceremonial head of the City. The Mayor is also responsible
for:
  • Informing City residents of policies and developments
  • Working with the City Manager on the annual budget
  • Making recommendations to the City Council on policies and programs"

    For a complete list of U.S. Green Mayors since 1991, see:
    http://www.feinstein.org/greenparty/greenmayors.html
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    • 8th-Nov-2006 08:47 am - LGBT candidates elected in Utah
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    Equality Utah sent this out today:

    Equality Utah is pleased to announce that 17 of our 37 endorsed candidates were elected in yesterday's elections!

    Even more, we're so proud of our LGBT candidates who were elected - Senator Scott McCoy (District 2) and Representatives Jackie Biskupski (District 30) and Christine Johnson (District 25)! Utah is now 1 of only 11 states with more than 2 openly gay and/or lesbian elected officials in the state legislature. We're definitely moving toward a fair & just Utah!
    8th-Nov-2006 05:53 am - 2006 Elections and Greens
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    The 2006 Elections are now history.
    I got a little over 4% in my race (not bad for the first time and little campaigning time). Desert Greens Candidate Kathy Dopp got 23% of her race in Summit County for County Clerk.

    Here are the Green Results that I've collected so far:

    Utah:Desert Greens
    Summit County Clerk
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    Salt Lake County Cncl At-large "c"
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    Salt Lake County Council Dist #5
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    District 43, State House
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    US Senate
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    Green Party of the United States Election Results
    Highlights:
    In Maine, Pat LaMarche got 10% of the vote in the gubenatorial race.
    In Rhode Island, Jeff Toste got 31% of the vote in the State Senate Race.
    In Illinois, Richard Whitney got 11% in the gubenatorial race.

    8th-Nov-2006 04:45 am - Election News
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    It appears the that the Democrats have gained power now, however there may be recounts in Montana and Virginia.

    Today's Headlines and News:

    Utah Policy

    Deseret News:
  • Utah stays course: State bucks trend, sticks with the GOP
  • Demo takeover will impact Utah delegation
  • Vote-machine glitches cause headaches
  • GOP in control of Legislature: Close races fail to shift the balance of power on Capitol Hill
  • Transit measures approved

    Salt Lake Tribune
  • Democrats sweep into power in House; Senate hangs in balance
  • Winder pulls off an upset to pin on sheriff's badge
  • National Election Overview
  • Problems abound, but voters overwhelmingly approve of new machines
  • Hatch makes history with 6th Senate win
  • Utah Congressional incumbents cruising
  • Tax boost for transit gets big thumbs up
  • GOP still rules, but speaker sweats
    A recount is expected after Greg Curtis retains his seat by a mere 40 votes, according to unofficial returns; other races were tight, too
  • 3 Dems lead early in council races
  • Recreation, open-space bonds pass
    • 7th-Nov-2006 09:46 pm - KSL publishes AP report predicting Hatch's victories 6 minutes after polls close
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    What's up with THIS:

    Hatch will Become Utah's Longest-Serving Senator
    November 7th, 2006 @ 8:06pm

    Didnt' the polls close at 8:00pm? When I check the election results AFTER 8:06pm, Pete Ashdown was ahead by a landslide (at that time).

    Hmmm....
    7th-Nov-2006 09:04 pm - Election Results
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    I'm watching the election results come in on these sites:

    State of Utah Elections Office
    or
    KSL TV

    It's exciting watching the numbers change every few minutes.

    I'm also in touch with Greens around the country. Just talked to a campaign worker on Pat LaMarche's campaign for Governor of Maine and she is doing REALLY well.

    I'll be updating either later tonight or early tomorrow a.m.

    I've also heard some very weird stories about voting in Utah today. My friend Nate should be reporting on One Utah soon about his very bizarre experience.
    7th-Nov-2006 05:10 pm - Deanna Taylor for Salt Lake County Council, District #5
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    From the League of Women Voters Guide

    The League of Women Voters has made every effort to present accurately the candidates’ responses as they were submitted by each candidate. 
    Deanna Taylor (DGR)
    Salt Lake County Council - District

    ADDRESS: 7715 South 1300 West, West Jordan, UTah 84084

    TELEPHONE: 801-631-2998

    EMAIL:

    OCCUPATION: Public School Teacher/Administrator

    EDUCATION: B.A.  Music Education; M.S. Curriculum and Instruction
    Teaching certificates in music and special education

    PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Member of the Nationally Affiliated Desert Greens Green Party of Utah since 2001. She is currently serving as a Co-Cooridnator and Alternate Delegate to the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) Member of the GPUS Eco-Action and GPUS Peace Action Committees and is a Forum Manager of the GPUS National Committee Listserves.

    Co-founder of Blue Sky Institute, a progressive educational non-profit. Public school educator for 23 years.  Currently teaching grades 7-12 in a First Amendment public charter school in Salt Lake City.

    Participates with People for Peace and Justice of Utah as an advocate for peace and justice issues.

    1. Would you encourage new communities to incorporate or develop within the county? Why?
    I support development of new communities based on a sustainable and \"green\" building model.

    2. How do you see county government services such as health, recreation, law enforcement and fire protection being delivered in the future? Should they be provided by the county only or by the county and municipalities as is the case now?
    Such services would be more efficient if delivered by the county.

    3. What kind of problems do you see in the area of County planning and zoning as more jurisdictions in the county do their own planning and more development occurs in the foothills and canyons?
    Not enough emphasis given to energy efficiency standards and environmentally friendly building material standards.

    Opponents: Jeff Allen (Republican); Nate Hendricks (Democrat)