Needham! Vote Tuesday, April 9

11AM UPDATES on Town Meeting Recs!:
Precinct H --  2 people would appreciate your WRITE IN VOTE for Town Meeting and would be terrific representatives at Town Meeting:
Karen Han - 34 Grosvenor
Sharmon Priaulx - 483 Great Plain Ave

Dear Friends, I'm quite delayed in organizing my recommendations for Town Elections. I've been working with Stacie organizing around revenue reform, and it's been in high gear for the last week. Unfortunately, it looks like Needham's Representative Denise Garlick is not standing up for progressive reforms. But we'll know later tonight when the actual vote is taken.  Please look here for more information: http://progma.us/JWMHouseVotes

I have been too slammed to hold the ANnual Beer Party and that stinks!!! I hope you will free to contact me if you have questions about the ballot tomorrow; I am ALWAYS happy to offer my opinion! Here is a brief overview of a few candidates who deserve your support on Election Day April 9:
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The big contested race this spring on the Town Ballot is for Planning Board.

I am endorsing Artie Crocker, enthusiastically, for Planning Board.

Artie is just about the hardest worker I know, tirelessly out there for progressive causes and candidates. His commitment to doing what is right, no matter how hard, is inspiring.

On the planning board, his background as a mediator and a mechanical engineer will serve him well on an important Needham board. As importantly, his love for Needham and doing what is best for our community -- for the neighborhoods and the businesses -- is an animating force, and will bring a positive new dimension to the board.

Artie's a terrific guy and will continue to be a tremendous asset to our town when elected to the Planning Board.

Please vote for Artie Crocker, and encourage your friends and neighbors to do the same!

More about Artie: http://www.electartiecrocker.com/

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I'll update with Town Meeting suggestions, hopefully, late tonight. 

TOWN MEETING: 
I have one Precinct H write-in recommendation and recs for the two contested precincts, F and I.  I do not know everyone on the town meeting lists, but I can vouch for the following people:

Precinct H -
Vote for first time nominee, Tom Gillogley
Write in: Karen Han, Grosvenor Road, Needham


Precinct F
Kenneth Scott Muldoon
William Okerman
Leslie Kalish
Karen Price

Precinct I
Artie Crocker
Claire Ecsedy
David Ecsedy
Josephine Ochalla
Peter Pingitore

Election 2012 : Nov 6

• Know where you vote. http://progma.us/pollinginfo 
• Make a plan when you're going to vote -- after work? before? during lumch? 
• Ask your friends and family: do they know where they're voting? Do they have a plan as to when they'll vote? 
• Voting problems? CALL : 1-866-OUR VOTE - http://www.866ourvote.org/ - Lawyers will be on the line, live, to answer any questions. DO NOT BLOW OFF ANY CHALLENGE To YOUR OR ANYONE'S VOTE--make a call and talk to a lawyer. If you  have ANY questions about the voting process--CALL. 
• Needham: Remember to VOTE YES on the Citizens United ballot question: http://hmny.me/democracyamendment
• Needham: Review your ballot: http://www.lwv-needham.org/Nov12_election.html
• Read and share great Needham Letters to the Editor about Elizabeth Warren: http://hmny.me/EW2012NeedhamLTE
• VOLUNTEER for the President, Elizabeth Warren and Joe Kennedy!!
• Stop by HQ and check in with Rachael and Vanessa for elizabeth and joe: 51 Lincoln Street, Needham, MA (Old site of Needham Comm. Council)
• Canvass in NH for Obama: check in here: http://hmny.me/canvassercheckin
• Help create a picture of voter turnout in Needham: email or post on this page the vote counts at your precinct in Needham (note the time recorded) -- if there are two precincts at your polling place, note both!

WE ARE VOTING ON CITIZENS UNITED--

We've all been focused on the big races, with Elizabeth Warren, Pres. Obama and Joe Kennedy capturing much of our volunteering energy/time.

Please make sure you also know about the MONEY IN POLITICS ballot question that will be on Needham ballots on Tuesday.
MORE INFORMATION: http://hmny.me/democracyamendment

Please vote YES on Question 4 and 5 (Precincts A-C, I-J) and Question 5 (Precincts D-H), to say, YES, Congress should act to reverse Citizens United and regulate money in elections.

YOU HAVE TO TURN YOUR BALLOT OVER to get to all of the questions!

Let the Market Decide; The Government Shouldn't Pick Winners and Losers!

"The Government is not a good Venture Capitalist"

Jon Stewart compares the Administration's business record to Bain's. And calls out the hypocrisy of this stupid, stupid conservative talking point. (second video)

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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart	- Thurs 11p / 10c
Picking Winners & Losers
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook

from October 2012: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-october-25-2012/picking-winners---losers
Bain record: 22% failure; Government: 8%

"It is not the ROLE OF GOVERNMENT to pick winners and losers". Jon takes it down.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook

from: American Pickers - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 10/25/12 - Video Clip | Comedy Central - http://bit.ly/TozDRJ

Just to finish off the great first segment of this 10/25 episode... here's what Jon says next about "Rape babies are god's gift" ... and punctures the cynical reasons why Republicans have tried to distance themselves from him.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

From: Republican Candidate Said What About Rape Now? - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 10/25/12 - Video Clip | Comedy Central - http://bit.ly/ToA3r2

Kill Big Bird: "Every bit counts"

4 million dollars a big deal if it's for PBS. Not if it's for oil CEOs. 

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Children's Television Chop Shop - This Week With George Snuffleupagus
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Scott Brown, the Sarah Palin of Massachusetts

Needham Vote Results

I'll post what intel I get, here, when I get it. I have been very busy this GOTV lead up, which makes me bummed to have not been able to have the beer party to help everyone prep for their vote today.

Running Updates start below:

2:05 PM 209 votes in precinct H; 178 in G

• Needham patch will post results:  http://needham.patch.com/articles/primary-polls-closed-results-to-post-soon
• "It's sad" -- quote from Needham's polls today: Low Needham voter turnout so far for state primaries - Needham, Massachusetts - Needham Times (9/6/2012) http://bit.ly/OYGuvY
• State Primary Today: What Needham Voters Should Know - Needham, MA Patch (9/6/2012) - http://bit.ly/OYJqZv

The Liberal Media

"A popular tactic right now is to assert that a kind of gaffe gap exists, and is dispositive evidence of the media’s bias toward the president. As a result, you get a contorted column that bemoans the press’s shallow obsession with this kind of campaign ephemera while it simultaneously labors to prove the “underreported” nature of these very same harmless misstatements by Obama. This kind of whinging shouldn’t be given the time of day, but the implicit stamp of approval it gets when Tapper and Halperin throw out their fact-free, faux outrage means that the media bias myths live another day.

But there’s a long-term price for this reckless self-sabotage of journalism. If the media itself accepts the fact that bias no longer needs to beproven but merely asserted, if our democracy comes to believe (as polls increasingly show is happening) that this mythical bias is simply a given, then the public’s trust in the profession will be irreparably harmed. Once defanged, the press will discover what it’s like when it can no longer effectively function as a champion of the truth—politicians will be free to brazenly campaign and govern based purely on dogma and ideology, without regard for facts at all.

Right here, right now, and especially after what we've seen the past few nights down in Tampa, the press is facing this frightening prospect. So, it must make a choice and make it quickly. Should the media continue to give in to a mistaken sense of professional guilt by avoiding controversy and seeking penance for partisan transgressions that it hasn’t really committed? Or should it be willing to stand firmly with the facts, whatever they are and whomever they afflict, and let the evidence ultimately prove it right?"

--great summation of the Liberal Media myth and the crap it's unleashed on us all

'Post Truth Politics,' Continued | The Nation - http://bit.ly/N7RbQm

How Mitt Romney Won The Debate Spin Over And Over -- By Fulfilling The Liberal Media's All-Consuming Need For Fresh Narrative | The New Republic - http://bit.ly/TRK24H