Greetings,

The LPPO’s community partner, Fuse Washington, has worked with many of Washington's leading non-profits to bring you the Washington Ballot Guide - a highly informed recommendation about the measures on your ballot.

http://waballotguide.com/?src=lpp

Please forward this guide to your friends and family.  Word of mouth (or a forwarded email) is the most powerful tool in politics.

Having troubles finding I-1033 on the ballot?

The layout of the King County ballots puts I-1033 into the bottom, left-hand corner of the first page, immediately below the instructions.

In this King County Alert:

King County Budget Hearings

Sierra Club Community Forum

Faith-Inspired Forum for Health Care Reform

Eucharistic Sharing in a World of Need

The Metropolitan King County Council is hosting public hearings to take comment on the 2010 Executive Proposed Budget.  There are 3 upcoming hearings:

Tomorrow, Thursday, October 22 at 7:00pm

Redmond City Council Chambers, 15670 NE 85th Street, Redmond

Thursday, October 29 at 7:00pm

King County Council Chambers, 516 Third Avenue, Room 1200, Seattle

Monday, November 9 at 1:30pm

King County Council Chambers, 516 Third Avenue, Room 1200, Seattle

King County has a well-known budget problem and unless concerned people attend these public hearings, vital agencies will get the short end of funding.  Time is running out!  Please commit to attending one of these upcoming hearings to support important human services.

Thursday, October 22

7:00 pm

University of Washington, Kane Hall 110

Washington has a dirty little secret: a fifth of our electricity comes from dirty coal, and it doesn't come cheap.  Coal mining destroys the land and our communities and burning coal pollutes our air and water here in Washington.  It's time for citizens across the region to demand a coal-free Northwest.

Click here to attend: http://action.sierraclub.org/NWDirtySecret

This community forum will discuss how Washington State's dependence on coal power harms the health, environment and lives of communities across the Northwest.  Hear powerful personal stories about the devastating impacts of the nation's biggest coal mine, the Powder River Basin, from LJ Turner, a rancher from Wyoming and other guest speakers from around the region.  A fifth of Washington's electricity comes from coal mined from the Powder River Basin region of Montana and Wyoming.

From the mine to the plant, coal is our dirtiest energy source. It destroys the land, poisons our communities and is our largest single source of global warming pollution. Continuing our dependence on coal chains us to dirty energy and prevents us from making the changes we need to bring about a clean, secure energy future. 

RSVP for this regional speaker tour and monumental event that will connect Washington's coal-free supporters with those in Montana and Wyoming:

http://action.sierraclub.org/NWDirtySecret

El Centro’s Multi-Cultural Tribute to: Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo

And your soul

Where do you think it’s gone?

It must be wandering around up there on earth,

Like all those others,

Looking for people to pray for it.

Opening Night – Sunday Nov 1, 2009

Brunch Served 2:30 PM

Opening Ceremony 3:30 PM

Opening of Ofrenda/Altar Exhibit 4:00 PM

Admission and Food are FREE

Parking in South Lot

El Centro de la Raza  2524 16th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144

Presentations by Ameyaltonal Danza Azteca, FANDANGO, Hope For Youth, Richard Hugo House, Mariachi Seattle Azteca, José Martí CDC, Professor Cynthia Steele, University of Washington

Children’s Activities, Face Painting, Sugar Skulls

Featuring Ofrendas by ~ ALAS, CD Forum, Beacon Hill International School, Denny Middle School, Friends of the Orphans, Guatemaltecos Unidos, Lutheran Volunteer Corp, Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs, People of Color Against Aids, Los Poetas del Monton, Rhonda Gossett and Family and many more!

Enjoy the Ofrenda Exhibit November 1st - 20th

Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10 am – 6pm and Wednesday 12 pm – 8 pm