TODAY'S THE DAY!
To learn about the best ways to guarantee your voice is heard, check out "The Top Ten Ways to Make Sure Your Vote Counts" on AlterNet. You'll find information on finding your polling place and reporting voter fraud or suppression.
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20365/
STAY TUNED.....
AlterNet will be featuring around-the-clock news and analysis today. Besure to visit AlterNet.org throughout the day for the latest from the ground -- and to get the stories you won't get in the mainstream media.
http://www.alternet.org/
KUCINICH ROUSES PARTY FAITHFUL AT MAUI RALLY
Melissa Tanji, The Maui News [photo below from event]
http://www.mauinews.com/story.aspx?id=2769
BUSH AIN'T NO REPUBLICAN
Michael Cudahy, AlterNet
As they prepare to cast their vote on Tuesday, traditional Republicans must ask themselves whether this administrations truly the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower.
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20367/
YOU CAN'T STOP THIS DEMOCRACY
Laura Flanders, Air America Radio
Will John Ashcroft be able to stop the democracy movement that's stirring with his powers under Help America Act? Not likely.
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20369/
SUPREME DISENFRANCHISEMENT
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Did you know that in Bush v. Gore the Supreme Court wrote: "the individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote" in presidential elections?
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20372/
PUNDITS STRIKE OUT ON BIN LADEN
Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher
Both print reporters and TV talking heads predicted an Osama bounce for Bush. They were very, very wrong.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20368/
UPDATES / NEWS FROM NYC AND CALIFORNIA FERRET ORGANIZATIONS
Things have been very quiet on the NYC ferret legalization front. There was an attempt to reopen ferret ban talks with the Department of Health earlier this year. A formal request was made to the new members of the Department Of Health asking them to revisit the ferret issue, but that request was denied. In light of the lack of recent legalization activity in NYC, the following information/update. From time to time we get e-mails asking about the status of ferret legalization in NYC. Things have been very quiet for a while and there are no NYC ferret legalization efforts in progress that we are aware of. While it's great to have volunteers to help with things like letter writing, mailings, and petitions, any effort really requires one or two people at the forefront with a solid knowledge of local lawmaking and government who can give 20-40 hours of their time each week for up to a year or two. Right now there isn't someone like that available to take the lead, so unfortunately it may be a while before there are more legalization efforts in NYC. The people who generally lead NYC's legalization efforts are currently extremely busy and do not have enough spare time to start up another legalization effort at this time.
Since there are no current legalization efforts in NYC, NYCFerrets.Com is being maintained primarily as an archival site for information on the banand past legalization efforts. If we are made aware of new ferret legalization efforts for NYC, this site will resume more of its former functions and will inform people on the e-mail lists. Additionally, the main links for Donations and Fundraising have been removed since, with nothing happening right now we don't really need any additional funds at this time. However, for those of you who may still want to purchase "Do I LOOK like a criminal?" products for the upcoming holidays (T-shirts, tote bags, lunch boxes etc.) , we've left a link to those items on the "Current News" page and will leave those items available through the end of the year.
As for ferret legalization elsewhere: IN CALIFORNIA ... Some of you may have heard that Governor Schwarzenegger recently vetoed the bill to legalize ferrets in California, but it seems that all is not lost in CA. The following is from the "Californians for Ferret Legalization" website .... "Bob Naylor, our lobbyist, spoke with the Governor's staff recently about his veto of SB 89 and was told that the Governor wants to be pro-active on the ferret issue but that SB 89 was just too bureaucratic to sign into law. I think we have to assume that some kind of environmental document is anticipated by the Governor's office but it is unclear at this point if a full-blown EIR or a less time consuming and costly document would be accepted. Since the chinchilla, water buffalo and camel were removed from the same list the ferret is in without any environmental documents, and because they were determined to be domesticated, we believe no study is necessary. In any case, all is not lost on the ferret front. It seems that the Governor's Office wants to move this issue forward which is terrific news. We'll have to see what shape that interest takes but I think we should all be encouraged by this information." For more information on Californians for Ferret Legalization go to:
http://www.ferretnews.org
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