Tricounty DFA Update: Busy Weekend of Events, Letter Request
Hello Everyone;

In this update:

1. A Weekend Of Obama Events!
2. Vigil Saturday, 11am
3. Letter Request From Bob Muller
4. Saturday Night Progressive Film Festival


1. A Weekend Of Obama Events!

Rock For Barack

On Friday, October 10th at 8:00 pm there will be a Rock for Barack Fundraising concert for Obama at Jermain Hall in White Creek featuring the Prescription Band and the Rachel Cuite Trio. Bring a check for whatever you can afford, along with food and a beverage.

Directions: From Cambridge go South on Route 22 (approximately 5 miles ) and take a Left on Route 68 to White Creek.
In White Creek, past the Fire station and a few houses, the road takes a sharp right angle turn, but you turn Left onto Niles Rd.
Take your next Right after a little bridge and Jermain Hall is just up the road on your left. There will be signs.

Women For Obama Rally

On Saturday, October 11th at 10am there will be a Women for Obama Rally on the State Capitol Steps in East Capitol Park in downtown Albany. The goal is to emphasize what women would lose from a McCain Presidency and how strong Obama is on women's rights.

Speakers include Shawn Morris, Albany Common Council President, Ginny O’Brien, Minority Leader in the Rensselaer County Legislature, Joanne Yepsen, Saratoga Springs Supervisor, Corey Ellis, Albany Common Councilman and Chair of Albany for Obama, Tracey Brooks, Former aide to Senator Hillary Clinton and Former Congressional Candidate, 21st Congressional District and others. Saratoga's Joanne Yepsen is one of the organizers of this event.

Barn Party For Obama

There will be a Barn Party in support of BARACK OBAMA, Sunday, October 12, 2008 from 4-7 p.m at the Flying Pigs Farm, 246 Sutherland Road Shushan, New York.
There will be Beer and other beverages and things to grill.
Please bring: check payable to “Obama for America,” in a sealed envelope and a side dish or dessert to share.
Please R.S.V.P. with the number of adults and children attending to jen@flyingpigsfarm.com or 518.854.3844

2. Vigil Saturday, 11am

We will be holding our usual vigil for peace and to bring our troops home Saturday October 11th at 11am until Noon at the corners of Bay, Glen and South Streets in downtown Glens Falls, in front of the Civil War monument. Please come and bring a friend and a sign.


3. Letter Request From Bob Muller

Our Democratic candidate for State Supreme Court, 4th Judicial District, is asking area Democrats to write letters to the papers for him.

He just sent this message out:

"I want to thank all of you for the strong support you have shown throughout this eleven county marathon. Now that I am nearing the 10 yard line the next bit of help I could certainly use from the many of you whom I have met - is to consider a letter to the editor in the papers you are familiar with. Encouraging others who are aware of my candidacy would also be a great boost. I hope you will give serious consideration to this simple request. As always I have relied upon each of you to advance this campaign and I am comfortable knowing I have been in such good hands. "

"Kindest regards & many thanks for all you have undertaken in my behalf."

"Bob"
www.bobmuller2008.com

You can send a letter to the Post Star online at: http://www.poststar.com/contact/?form=letter
Reach other papers at the AAUB Two Minute Activist website. It's a big district, so check that out. Just enter your Zip Code: http://capwiz.com/aauw/dbq/media/

A couple of talking points:
1. It's been years since there's a Democrat on the bench- we need at least one to keep the others honest.
2. Although you can vote for three out of four candidates, Bob is the only Democrat. So you should only vote once, for Bob, the sole Democrat. Voting more than once simply dilutes your vote-- they cancel each other out. That helps Bob's competitors.
3. Get more info at Bob's website.


4. Saturday Night Progressive Film Festival

SAT OCT 11 7:00 pm SATURDAY SCREENINGS Free.
IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG 1968 Emile de Antonio 103 min. RT Rating = N/A
Celebrated and controversial documentary filmmaker Emile de Antonio made IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG, criticizing American involvement in the Vietnam War, during the height of its intensification in 1968. Like his other constructed documentaries, de Antonio takes newsreel and archival footage, along with existing interviews, and uses them to explore the history of Vietnam between the Second World War and the civil war that America would become involved with. Using the very words of those who escalated the conflict against them, de Antonio's film condemns the American involvement in the war by providing disturbing footage of its terrible consequences.

Thanks, everyone!

Larry

Labels: 4th Judicial District, Democracy For America, Democracy For The Greater Glens Falls Area, DFA, Obama, Obama rally, Robert Muller, Rockhill Bakehouse Cafe, vigil

- posted by Larry Dudley @ 11:59 PM