Friday, March 28, 2008

A personal message from Emily Fleisher Beach:

As we all know, and as was mentioned at the CAJE meeting last night, City Councilman Brandon Buchanan has declared himself to be completely in our court in terms of where he stands on the "No Jail on Our Waterfront" issue. He joined us at our last rally and he will be of great help to us in the upcoming voting when the city council has to decide on whether or not to allow rezoning for the planned mamoth jail downtown. Brandon is running for re-election this coming Tuesday, April 1st. CAJE as an organization can not endorse candidates but as an individual I highly recommend this industrious, young progressive candidate and encourage you to vote for him and ask your friends and neighbors to do the same.

Simultaneously running for county board are; Tammy Schraufnagel, Ken Fulgione, John Prince, Eric Zeegers, Ardyth Krause, and Ted Barr, all of whom are not only fine and qualified candidates but also solid supporters of the No Jail cause.

Brandon Buchanan has lots of yard signs at the Democratic Headquarters. You could stop and pick one up on your way through town. If transportation, or time, is a problem and you'd like one, please call me 552-0179 and I'll be happy to bring one to your home. Or email me and give me your address. Likewise, I know that Ken Fulgione has yard signs and possibly others. All have leaflets and information. Let me know if you would like some information to share with friends and neighbors, and I will connect you with the right person. It would be nice to acknowledge the fine work that these incumbents have done and the good work that we hope the new candidates will be able to do. Emily