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March 29, 2008
Another election? So soon? Yes, due to the untimely death of Congressman Tom Lantos, voters are being asked to vote in a Special Congressional Open Primary Election on April 8. If you’re an absentee voter, you should have already received your ballot.
To me and most of the people I know, the choice is clear: Jackie Speier is exceptionally experienced and qualified to be our next representative in Congress. She served as a San Mateo County supervisor from 1980 to 1986, in the California Assembly from 1989 to 1996 and in the State Senate from 1998 to 2006 before she was termed out. If elected, she pledges to continue working as a fearless consumer advocate, she’ll help overhaul the health care system, and she vows to get us out of Iraq. She has my vote, and I hope she has yours!
It is important to get out and vote for Jackie. If she receives 50 percent of the vote plus one vote, she will be sworn in April 10 and will be seated immediately – and we will again have representation in Congress. In addition, we will save the cost of another ballot in a runoff election in June, which could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Don’t take it for granted that she will win!
Please remember to vote April 8 or mail your ballot today. You can drop it into the absentee ballot box at Burlingame City Hall (510 Primrose Road) or have it postmarked as late as April 8. For more information about voting, visit San Mateo County’s official election site at http://www.shapethefuture.org/. If you’d like to help Jackie get elected, stop by her campaign office at 1209 Howard Ave., Suite 200, in Burlingame, call (650) 347-4370 or visit www.jackieforcongress.com.
A reminder that your Poppy Drive neighbors invite you to a free seminar this Tuesday, April 1, to learn how to organize your neighborhood for emergency preparedness – and have a lot of fun getting to know your neighbors better.
The program, called “Organize Your Neighborhood for Emergency Preparedness,” starts at 7 p.m. in the Lane Room at the main Burlingame Public Library. The Poppy block captains will explain how to create a neighborhood directory, share sample emergency preparedness flyers and offer information about all of the other emergency training and communication systems that the city offers to residents. Burlingame and Hillsborough residents are welcome.
One final reminder: Turn out your lights tonight from 8 to 9 p.m. to participate in the global Earth Hour 2008 campaign to bring awareness of the threat of global warming. For more information, visit www.earthhour.org.
Burlingame’s Green Ribbon Task Force, which I chair, will present recommendations for lowering carbon emissions and promoting sustainable practices during the City Council meeting on Monday, April 7, which begins at 7 p.m. in the Lane Room at the main Burlingame Public Library (due to construction at City Hall). We welcome community involvement in carrying out these recommendations.
Do you know someone who would like to receive my newsletter? The city’s newsletter? Just let me know. Email me at: terry@terrynagel.com.
I am still laughing over the Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974 featured on the Candyboots site at http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html. Check out the “Fluffy Mackerel Pudding” and “Chilled Celery Log.” Ack! Did people really eat this stuff?
See you around town!March 30 – 2 p.m., Burlingame Public Library. “Sex, Lies and Theater: Shakespeare in His Time,” with Stanford Professor Emeritus Dr. Ron Rebholz. Free.
April 1 – 7 p.m., Burlingame Public Library. “Organize Your Neighborhood for Emergency Preparedness,” presented by the Poppy Drive Neighborhood Network in cooperation with the City of Burlingame. Free.
April 5 – 9 a.m.-noon. Annual joint Burlingame City Council and Planning Commission meeting to discuss planning/building issues. Lane Room, Burlingame Public Library. (See above)
April 5 – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tire recycling at San Mateo Event Center, 2495 S. Delaware St., San Mateo. Free. You must go to www.flowstobay.org/resources/events.html to print out a voucher for recycling up to four passenger tires. For information, call 888-442-2666.
April 6 – 8:30 a.m. Come to Broadway and help plant flowers!
April 7 – 7 p.m., Lane Room, Burlingame Public Library. Burlingame’s Green Ribbon Task Force presents recommendations at City Council meeting.
April 8 – Vote for Jackie Speier!
April 11 – Deadline for entry forms for Centennial “Visions of Burlingame” art/video/photo show.
April 11 – 9 a.m. Burlingame Pet Parade meeting. All are welcome. Contact me for details.
April 26 – Burlingame Lagoon Cleanup. See http://www.burlingame.org/
May 2 – Centennial Wine and Hot Chocolate Walk. Tickets available at Rec Center.
May 4 – Centennial Burlingame Special Places Tour. Tickets available at Rec Center.
May 18 (DATE CHANGE!) – Green Fair at Fresh Market on Lorton at Burlingame Avenue
June 6 – 6 p.m. to midnight, Hyatt Regency. Gala Centennial Ball and Fireworks. Tickets available at Rec Center.