become more politically aware and active

This goal is not currently resonating with me, so I am giving it up (for now.)

I looked up who my state elected officials are, and my district. They’re just names and numbers to me now, but it’s a start. Also, I looked up the date of our presidential primary (Feb. 5, 2008) which I should have remembered from that Newsweek article I read about a month ago.

• Senator Barbara Boxer – U.S. Senate – Junior Seat (Democrat)
• Senator Dianne Feinstein – U.S. Senate – Junior Seat (Democrat)
• Representative Adam B. Schiff – U.S. House – District 29 (Democrat)

• Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger – Governor (Republican) (OK, of course I know this guy)
• Lt. Governor John Garamendi – Lt. Governor (Democrat)

• Senator Jack A. Scott – State Senate – District 21 (Democrat)

• Steve Westly – Controller (Democrat)
• Superintendent Jack O’Connell – Superintendent of Public Instruction (Democrat)

I have been subscribing to Newsweek (birthday gift!) and so I’ve been following national politics to the extent it is reported in there.

More improvements to come.

I missed local election day – yesterday. The election was all for city council and the school board and stuff. Well, at least I truly felt like there wasn’t much of a difference from candidate to candidate (see my previous post on this goal.)

Next time, I will try not to MISS THE ELECTION.

the voter’s pamphlet for next week’s city elections, but I was amazed by how all of the personal statements for each position were nearly identical. I’ll have to dig a little deeper…

But I still have a long way to go on this goal.

One of the biggest political issues I have been thinking about lately is the screwed up voting system. We need to get out of this two-party rut.

of the voters’ guide to develop at least a preliminary opinion on all the propositions. Still hoping to have a discussion with DH and also to look up the various judicial candidates who weren’t included in the guide.

and I still have not made appreciable progress on reading that voter’s guide. Maybe I can eke out some time Friday night to snuggle up on the couch with the guide and a glass of wine.

Read the voter guide I got in the mail.

It’s loooong, so I might not read the whole thing. I started by reading about prop 87, which is apparently very controversial since there are so many competing ads about it on tv.