Candidate for
Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of San Luis Obispo; Supervisorial District 3

I'm proud to be a Democrat. A resident of San Luis Obispo County since 1974, most of my activism, until 2003, took place outside of the Democrat party through various grassroots and community movements.

That activism began with Prop 15, a statewide initiative calling for nuclear safeguards. Republican or Democrat, you were either for or against. As coordinator I helped to activate over 100 people to canvas door to door for Yes on 15. We did not win but that force of people grew into People Generating Energy and the Abalone Alliance. Our activism brought national attention to the nuclear issue, created massive peaceful rallies, brought out activism to the forefront by political leaders Jerry Brown, musicians, Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne and actors, Mike Farroll and demonstrated that non-violent direct action can work. I also worked with Mother's for Peace, with the Dirty Dozen Campaign, Leon Panetta for Congress, and Phil Harry for State Senate. These experiences provided me with media experience, campaign building techniques, non-violence training, tools for coming to consensus, listening, and working with large groups and demonstrated to me that grassroots activism works.

In 1985 life's journey began to take me down the path of least resistance. I began to become aware of my own potential, make empowering changes in my life, and discovered tools that I wanted to share with others. In 1991 I launched Information Press, a monthly magazine dedicated to promoting awareness, positive growth and personal empowerment. Although spirituality, health, and environment appeared to be the main focus in most issues, politics and government always found their way into the format. By 2003, the Bush regime and the war machine pushed me to take up the political torch inside and outside of the magazine. I became extremely active in the 2004 primary and election while keeping in touch with the local peace movement.

My choice to actively support a Presidential candidate introduced me to the Democratic Central Committee. My understanding was that membership had dropped and activism was minimal. I had never visited the Headquarters and seldom in the years prior had I see the open sign on or the office door open. Not understanding how the Democratic Central Committee worked, but realizing that it could be a route to make the change I wanted to see in the Democratic Party, I began attending DCC meetings in January of 2004. Soon after that I gathered signatures to run for the office of Member of the Democratic Central Committee on the June 2004 ballot. Lack of participation in the race allowed for me to be automatically appointed without a run off. I am very happy to see that seven people are vying for the five open seats on the 2006 ballot.

In the two years that I have been on the central committee many changes have taken place but there is still much to do. I am thankful for the opportunity to serve and ask for your vote on June 6, 2006 so that I may be able to continue to work for the good of our Democratic community.

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