We are down to the wire and must win all voters to pass our proposed County charter amendment November 7th.

Kathy Dent, The Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections, is publishing yet another negative article in the local papers, with critical comments and inflated cost numbers designed to discourage voters. I have submitted a column in response, but we need to reach out directly to communicate our message to all likely voters. We have volunteers staffing the seven Early Voting locations to hand out our campaign cards (to help, call Susette Bryan at 496-8668 or 416-5777 or email her at galaxypoet@comcast.net.)

We are running a targeted direct mail campaign (best use of limited funds) to voters who request Absentee ballots every day in October. Our mailing to Early voters goes out this week.

We have NO FUNDS left to reach the 73,000 likely voters who will vote on Election Day, November 7th.

We must raise $23,000 IMMEDIATELY or that mailing will never go out. Contribute now online at http://www.safevote.org/html/contribute.html Click on "Make a Donation". Contributions of $1000 and $2000 are especially welcome now, but all will help.

It is critical that we win all voters to our cause for mandatory voter verified paper ballots and independent random audits of election results. People all over the country realize that is the only way to have verified elections. Other counties in Florida are counting on us to pass this amendment. If we succeed in Sarasota County, we will pave the way for a new era of open and verifiable elections in Florida. If we fail, we will doom Sarasota County to paperless touchscreen machines, and set back the cause of verified voting here and elsewhere. Our elections will be forever controlled by private, for-profit corporations.

Contribute now to help pass our county charter amendment for the sake of democracy in this country. Copy and paste this url in your browser and contribute online at http://www.safevote.org/html/contribute.html . Click on "Make a Donation" or send a check today to SAFE, P.O. Box 163, Venice, FL 34284.

Thank you.

Kindra Muntz
Chair, Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections (SAFE)
941.497.1764
safevote@comcast.net
www.safevote.org

Tammy Harmon is running in a tight race against a republican (no democrat is running) to win a seat on the Hillsborough County Soil & Conservation Board. Please consider making a donation to her campaign so that she can give it a final push.

Donations should be made payable to:

Committee to Elect Tammy Harman - 2006

And sent to:

Tammy Harman
304 West Wilder Ave
Tampa, FL 33603

Contact Tammy Harman:
813-239-3081
tambonia1972@yahoo.com
www.tammyharman.com

Education and Current Position Held

University of South Florida, 2005 - Present
Masters in Public Administration

University of South Florida, 1998 - 2000
Bachelors in Arts and Science
Major-Religious Studies/Minor-Anthropology

Currently Employed by an Engineering Firm
as an Assistant Planner, 2003 to Present

Related Experience:

I have been a volunteer officer for a community group since 2000 (out of respect for this Non-Partisan race, I have chosen not to name this Partisan community group). Among other issues, the group champions environmental issues. I served as the Chair of the Recycling Committee that worked with the City of Tampa to expand recycling services to apartment complexes, who otherwise had only two options - haul their recyclables to the only drop-off site in the City or not recycle at all. I am presently continuing these efforts to expand recycling services countywide.

I have experience with the identification of soils through my current position as an Assistant Planner and from my previous position with an archaeological consulting firm where I served as a Field Technician. I used/use both Munsell Color books and Soil Surveys as tools of the trade.

In my current position, I organize public meetings. As a future Board member, I can utilize this skill to organize public workshops to present how farmers and other citizens can participate in the various conservation programs that are available through the Soil and Water Conservation District. Also in my current position, I maintain project websites. I can utilize this skill to improve and maintain the Soil and Water Conservation Board's website. It should be improved to include information about the Board's public meetings (where, when, meeting minutes), detailed information on the Board's projects and programs, and information on how individuals can curb their personal pollution and waste.

I am a volunteer and member of Sweetwater Organic Farm, Tampa Bay Estuary - Give a Day for the Bay, Sierra Club - Tampa Bay Group, and WMNF 88.5 Community Radio.

Pd Pol. Ad - Pd for by the SCGP

SUNDAY - OCTOBER 22 - 11AM - at the Green Bridge in Palmetto

Please join with peace candidates and peace voters,
peace poets and musicians
to
--demand our leaders change the destructive course of our country,
--hold those who lie and violate the Constitution accountable,
--change our priorities from human greed to human needs,
--and restore hope for our future.

Following a sign-holding starting at 11 am on the Green Bridge (US Business 41 connecting Bradenton to Palmetto, Palmetto side), we will gather at the pavilion and share a pot-luck lunch, listen to music and poetry, and hear candidates express their views.

Peace candidates Brian Moore, independent candidate for US Senate (from Hernando County), and Samm Simpson, Democratic candidate for Congressional District 10 (Pinellas County) will join us. Other candidates such as Christine Jennings, have also been invited to speak.

Participants will be encouraged to sign the Voters Pledge:

"I will not vote for or support any candidate for Congress or President who does not make a speedy end to the war in Iraq, and preventing any future war of aggression, a public position in his or her campaign."

go to:
http://votersforpeace.us/

The Sarasota/Manatee Farmworker Supporters presents
Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey
“Dying to Live” is a profound look at the human face of the migrant. It explores who these people are, why they leave their homes and what they face in their journey to the United States. A discussion of the film will take place after its viewing.

When:
Saturday, October 21, 2006
2:00 p.m.

Where:
Selby Library
1331 First St. Sarasota

Join us on October 21, 2006 where the film, “Dying to Live: A Migrant’s Journey will be shown. There will be an opportunity to discuss the film and immigration reform afterwards.

More about the Film:

"Dying to Live" draws on the insights of Pulitzer Prize winning photographers and congressional leaders, activists, musicians and the immigrants themselves, this film exposes the places of conflict, pain and hope along the US-Mexico border. It is a reflection on the human struggle for a more dignified life and the search to find God in the midst of that struggle. This film is produced by the Center for Latino Spirituality and Culture (CLSC) - University of Notre Dame.

Who we are:

The Sarasota/Manatee Farmworker Supporters (SMFWS) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan membership organization striving to improve the lives of area farmworkers through community education efforts and public policy advocacy. You may learn more about us by visiting our website at: www.smfws.com.

VOTE YES on the Proposed County Charter Amendment for "mandatory voter verified paper ballots; independent random audits of election results; audits required before certification." It is the last item on the ballot in Sarasota County and it has been endorsed by the Sarasota County Green Party.

Also, please consider making a contribution to the Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections (SAFE) or volunteer some time to work on the campaign.

VOLUNTEERS: People wanted to hand out our campaign cards at every Early Voting location (seven of them) weekdays and weekends Oct. 23-Nov.2, and at the precincts on Election Day, November 7th. We will also be helping the Citizens for Sensible Growth and the Instant Runoff Voting Coalition gather their nonpartisan petitions at the polls on Election Day. The work is easy and fun. Call Susette Bryan at 496-8668 or 416-5777, or email galaxypoet@comcast.net to sign up. Come to our one hour

KICKOFF MEETING at the Fruitville Library large conference room, 100 Coburn Road, Sarasota, FL 34240, off Fruitville Road just east of I-75 at SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14th at 3:45 PM SHARP. T-shirts and bumper stickers will be handed out at that meeting. All volunteers will be encouraged to march in the Parade Saturday the 21st at the Sun Fiesta in Venice.

DONORS (we love you, wherever you are): Checks can be mailed to SAFE, P.O. Box 163, Venice, FL 34284. There is no limit on contributions. ($1000 and $2000 checks--and more!--are especially welcome at this point--but everything helps.) Contributions are not tax deductible. Just remember, you are helping an historic movement and leading the way to open and verifiable elections in Florida, one of the key swing states in every federal election!

For more information contact:

Kindra Muntz
Chair, Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections (SAFE)
941.497.1764
safevote@comcast.net
www.safevote.org

This month, the Sarasota County Green Party will be hosting another in our series of salons, where the citizenry is invited to come and discuss the important issues of our day.

Tuesday, October 24
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Fruitville Public Library
(just east of I-75 at the Fruitville Exit)

The public is welcome and encouraged to attend!