October Chrysalis Articles
chrys-a-lis: 1) the pupa of a butterfly;
2) anything in a formative or undeveloped stage;
3) HRLC
HRLC Dinner
for the homeless & hungry in our community
Saturday November 1st
Food prep starts at 1 pm
Meal served from 3 - 4:30 pm
Please contact Jean Gurga if you want to
assist with this worthwhile & fun event!
DATES TO NOTE
October 4 — 7 pm
Pasta & a Friend
October 11 — 3 pm
SCVLP Assembly
October 16 — 7 pm
Facility Support Mtg
October 18 — 12 pm
Movies w/ PJ
October 20 — 6 pm
Rwanda Sister Parish Mtg
October 24 — 7 pm
Crossan Lecture at
Stone Church
October 25 — 9 am
Crossan Lecture at
Stone Church
California Council of Churches IMPACT
Ballot Recommendations
The following are offered as an educational tool concerning the upcoming ballot propositions (November 4 election day). If you want further information concerning the rational for the IMPACT Recommendations, go online to the IMPACT website.
Proposition 1A
Safe, Reliable High– Speed Train Bond Act.
IMPACT Recommendation: NO POSITION
Proposition 2
Standards for Confining Farm Animals. Initiative Statute.
IMPACT Recommendation: SUPPORT
Proposition 3
Children’s Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program. Initiative Statute.
IMPACT Recommendation: OPPOSE
Proposition 4
Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor’s Pregnancy.
Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
IMPACT Recommendation: OPPOSE
Proposition 5
Nonviolent Drug Offenses. Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation. Initiative Statute.
IMPACT Recommendation: SUPPORT
Proposition 6
Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws.
Initiative Statute.
IMPACT Recommendation: OPPOSE
Proposition 7
Renewable Energy Generation. Initiative Statute
IMPACT Recommendation: OPPOSE
Proposition 8
Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry. Initiative Constitutional Amendment
IMPACT Recommendation: OPPOSE
Proposition 9
Criminal Justice System. Victims’ Rights. Parole. Initiative Constitutional Amendment
And Statute
IMPACT Recommendation: OPPOSE
Proposition 10
Alternative Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy. Bonds. Initiative Statute
IMPACT Recommendation: OPPOSE
Proposition 11
Redistricting Initiative. Constitutional Amendment and Statute
IMPACT Recommendation: SUPPORT
Proposition 12
Veterans’ Bond Act of 2008
IMPACT Recommendation: SUPPORT
You might also look for ballot recommendations from the League of Women Voters, the Lutheran Office of Public Policy, the Democratic and Republican Parties, and other sources.
November 4 is Election Day
Have you Registered to Vote?
Have you Verified that your Name has NOT been removed?
Do you know where your Voting Place is Located?
Have you Notified friends and relatives to check
that their names have not been removed from
Voting Registration Records?
Have you Applied for an Absentee Ballot?
Have you Recommended Absentee Voting to Others?
(especially those in college or away from home)
If the problem is bondage, then the solution is liberation —
it means leaving Egypt and the dominion of Pharaoh.
It involves passing through the sea to the other side —
a passage from one kind of life to another.
Marcus Borg (Living the Questions)
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