You are cordially invited to attend the weekly meeting of the
============================ > POTLUCK FOR PROGRESSIVES < ============================
Friday, April 10, 2009 6:30 - 9:30 pm (Doors open @ 6:15 pm)
Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim 511 South Harbor Blvd. Anaheim, California (Located on the Southwest corner of Harbor Blvd. and Santa Ana Street)
(714) 758-1050 www.uuchurchoc.org
The \"Potluck for Progressives\" is a group organized for the purpose of bringing together likeminded people on a weekly basis to break bread and talk about crucial issues affecting the community and the world.
At each meeting, people interested in peace, social justice, labor, and the environment gather to exchange ideas, talk about successes, plan actions, or just engage in a friendly discussion with one another.
Bring a dish to share! Enjoy the bounty that others bring as well! The potluck will start at 6:30 p.m. with a speaker or film to follow at 7:30 p.m. Please join us even if you can\'t bring any food!
On the Agenda:
Progressive Potluck
6:30 - 7:30 P.M.
Bring along your favorite dish of food, chips, dips, or soft drinks, and spend an hour mingling with progressive people from all over Orange County.
Featured Speaker:
7:30 - 8:30 P.M.
In February 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democratic Party-controlled state legislature approved of a budget scheme that shifts the burden of balancing the entire billion deficit squarely on the backs of millions of working people in California.
This deal, which was cut behind closed doors, not only drastically reduces funding for health, education, and other vital social services, but includes a combination of incredibly regressive tax measures that fall disproportionately on the working class.
Kimberly Claytor, Vice-President Elect of the California Federation of Teachers, which represents about 120,000 education employees statewide, will talk about how her union believes revenue should be raised in order to avoid perpetual budget crises. Claytor will argue a progressive tax policy is desperately needed that makes billionaires and big corporations -- not the working class -- pay for the state\'s structural deficit. Among the suggestions she proposes is that Proposition 13 be reformed to allow commercial property be taxed at higher rates, while keeping taxes low on homeowners.
In addition to this, Claytor will review the ballot propositions that both the governor and the state legislature jointly put before voters in the May 19th Statewide Special Election and explains why the California Federation of Teachers has come out in strong opposition to all of them, with the exception of Proposition 1B.
Open Forum
8:30 - 9:30 P.M.
Open discussion, announcements, and other news of interest.
The \"Potluck for Progressives\" is endorsed by the Social Concerns Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Anaheim and is free and open to the general public. Although a small donation might be requested to help pay for facility costs, nobody will be turned away due to a lack of funds.
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