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"Making a Killing in Iraq" comes to Santa Cruz - in more ways than one. 
The San Francisco Mime Troup had an outstanding show, but the topic of questionable government contracting reaches all the way from Afghanistan to Santa Cruz, in the form of city contractor Camp Dresser Mckee....
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 1:17pm PDT
FREE CHIP FITZGERALD! Parole Hearing Sept. 26, 2007!!! 
Chip Fitzgerald, the longest Black Panther member in captivity, is up for parole THIS THURSDAY, Spetember 26, 2007. Spread the word for Chip's freedom!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 12:18pm PDT
9/24 UAW Bargaining Update *Administration Stalling Continues*
*Parents Speak to Need for Family Friendly Contract Provisions*
*Further Information on UAW Economic Proposals*...
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 2:06am PDT
A Torturous Tale of Seeking Public Records from the SCPD This is the saga of the struggle to get police records and the kind of bureaucratic resistance you can find there. I'm still trying to decipher the records I did get in order to get some sense of the accuracy of Zach Friend's comments about the City Hall Sleep Out in early August....
Posted: Sun, Sep 23, 2007 12:18am PDT
Boycotting Bigotry at the BS SantaCruz Joins the Parade! The traditional "Call to Coonerty" tabling in front of the Bookshop SantaCruz will move to San Lorenzo Park this Sunday in order to intersect the incoming Mayor (Ryan Coonerty) and his progressive supporters. Join us at the Saturn Cafe at 1:15 PM as we march with the distinguished and tuneful Trash Orchestra over to San Lorenzo benchlands to set up!
We'd also love some folks to table and give out fliers to the masses!...
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 11:22am PDT
Zooming At You: Public Assembly Ban in City Parking Lots: 8:30 AM City Hall 9-27 
The Downtown Commission will be on the business end of staff and police "persuaders" come next Thursday September 27th, when the SCPD returns with thin stats to push through the Coonerty "Parking Lot Panic" Law. Listed below are the phone numbers of Downtown Commission members (City Hall doesn't have their e-mails for some reason). Call them and tell them to vote no or at least wait until we can get more public records....
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 10:33am PDT
Potty Talk Bookshop SantaCruz Owner, Former Mayor, and Current Supervisor Neal Coonerty made some comments about vandalism, his bookshop, and homeless rights advocates Becky Johnson and Robert Norse on-line as a response to a Sentinel story about grafitti painted on City Hall yesterday. The Sentinel deleted the comment (as well as at least 25 others). I saved the webpage, yesterday, however--and here it is!...
Posted: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 12:51pm PDT
SF Mime Troupe in Santa Cruz- need your... HELP!!! The San Francisco Mime Troupe needs your help!
SATURDAY SEPT 22:
11:00-12:30pm---- 6 to 8 Volunteers needed (Note: only one volunteer helped in 2005) :(
10:00pm-8.00am---- 2 or more volunteers with at least one Mime Troupe member
SUNDAY, SEPT. 23
8:00-10:00am---- 2-4 Volunteers (could include the folks that spend the night)
4.30-6:00 pm---- 6-8 Volunteers needed...
Posted: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 9:11am PDT
EarthVision Enironmental Film Fest Call for Entries 
EarthVision International Environmental Film Fest celebrates its 10th year of screening in March 2008. Call for Entries is Open!...
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 10:43pm PDT
"Christians, Jews, & Muslims: A Personal Journey" Resource Center for Nonviolence
515 Broadway (near Ocean)
Santa Cruz, CA...
Event Date: Thu, Oct 11, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 8:07pm PDT
6,154 UAW members publicly call on UC to bargain a fair contract by 9/30 Over 6,000 union members have signed on to the Public Statement calling on the University administration to negotiate fairly and reach agreement on a new contract by the end of this month, when our current contract expires....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 2:31pm PDT
Brief Interview with Councilmember Tony Madrigal on Free Radio Santa Cruz (audio/mpeg 4.7MB) Tony Madrigal calls in en route to work to discuss the SCPD and Sentinel brouhaha over his comment at City Council mentioning an incident he witnessed last Halloween during the massive police presence which suggested the possibility of racial profiling going on. He voted against the "Triple Fine Zones" for Halloween recommended the by the police department at City Council last Tuesday....
Posted: Sun, Sep 16, 2007 1:24pm PDT
The Coonerty Watch Continues: Upchucky Updates Constitutional purists will gather again outside 1520 Pacific Sunday September 16 at 2 PM to debate Constitutional Lawyer, Vice-Mayor, Aspiring Mayor-to-Be, and Bookshop Impressario Ryan Coonerty. The topic: Is the City's Municipal Code 6.36.010a, (banning sleep outside or in vehicles after 11 PM at night) simply an unconstitutional nightmare from which we'll awaken soon? A clerical error? A misplaced police department wet dream? Join us to probe these mysteries. Warning: Vice-Mayor Coon...
Posted: Sat, Sep 15, 2007 11:41pm PDT
Trash Orchestra & Mime Troupe Parade - Sunday the 23rd Help us destroy the complacency and the eardrums of unsuspecting downtown shoppers as we lead a parade to the SF Mime Troupe's performance of Making a Killing....
Posted: Sat, Sep 15, 2007 12:04am PDT
Superintendant Hammack Stonewalls on RV Ban in Coastal Parking Lots I received complaints that Donna Deiss and Shane Maxfield were being driven out of Parking Lot A near Lighthouse Field by Chief Ranger John Wallace. Wallace has posted "no RV" signs there reportedly and may be e-mailing me his own response to be posted. After an informal phone call to Steve Hammack, in response to which Steve was friendly but unresponsive, I made several formal Public Records Act requests. The results I reprint below....
Posted: Wed, Sep 12, 2007 9:22pm PDT
Administration Proposes Cuts across the Board; UAW Stands Firm Our bargaining team met with the university administration again September 5-7. The administration presented responses to several of our economic proposals. Unfortunately, the administrations proposals were unacceptable and did not set a positive tone for upcoming negotiations. The proposals were unresponsive to members concerns about childcare and represented effective cuts in wages, fee remissions, and health benefits....
Posted: Wed, Sep 12, 2007 4:49pm PDT
Mayor Bails Out Again; Homeless to Catch Her at City Council 7 PM Tuesday at City Hall Canceling her second appointment with them without notice, and refusing to meet with them for the third time, Santa Cruz Mayor Emily Reilly frustrated four homeless people who'd scheduled appointments with the Mayor's staff at City Hall a week before....
Posted: Mon, Sep 10, 2007 12:04pm PDT
Latest Update in Santa Cruz County Contract Campaign 
We represent 1,800 Santa Cruz County workers.
94% of members attending meeting at Cabrillo College on September 9 supported the bargaining team's proposal to extend contract 48 hours until midnight September 12....
Posted: Sun, Sep 9, 2007 11:53pm PDT
Unwelcome Guest: The Light Brown Apple Moth 
posted on SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 on the Monterey Public Library blog...
Posted: Sun, Sep 9, 2007 1:26am PDT
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