Scenes from the July 4th BBQ

John Mendez of Libre Initiative speaks to MyLiberty

John Mendez, the Libre Initiative's Northwest Regional Director, is a national advocate for Hispanic and Latino prosperity. He spoke at MyLiberty's January 17 meeting:

In his talk, he explained the Libre Initiative’s mission (which is to increase economic freedom and prosperity by promoting free enterprise, responsibility and a more constitutionally limited government) and what we as individuals can do to help create a prosperous Hispanic and Latino community in the U.S.

NobamaNevada a success!

The second weekend of NobamaNevada was a great success. We knocked on 6,500 doors this time.

Shown above are volunteers picking up their precinct walking assignments.

For more on the story of NobamaNevada, click here. For more photos of the weekend, click here.

Tim Donnelly speaking at the 2012 Oktoberfest

State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly gave a rousing speech at this year's Oktoberfest.

Huge crowd at San Francisco Tea Party Protest

Obama was in San Francisco last night for a fund-raiser and tea partiers, including many MyLiberty members, were there to tell him what we thought of him:

For more photos and an eye-witness report on this protest, click here.

1st NobamaNevada Trip a Success

The first NobamaNevada trip brought 120 SF Bay Area Tea Party activists to Reno, Nevada, to campaign for Romney, Ryan, and Sen. Heller. Our first night there, Friday, Sep. 28, many of us went to phonebank. At the phonebank, Sen. Heller (standing at the right-rear of the room) made a surprise visit and talked about the campaign (click on photo to enlarge):

For more about this trip, including more photos, click here.

There is still time to sign up for the 2nd NobamaNevada trip (click here).

What you should know about what local governments are up to

Linda Koelling, former Mayor of Foster City, spoke at our October 4 meeting about what is happening with city, county, and regional governments, and what you should know about it.

SFSU Study: what college students need to learn about politics and how to communicate with them

Tonight, we heard from Prof. Dawn Bean and three of her interns about the study they performed on what young people (18 to 30) understand about politics and how best to communicate with them.

Here is a lighter moment during the Q&A:

Prof. Bean (left) enjoys a joke

Three interns are shown here with Prof. Bean and her husband:

Health Care Town Hall

On September 7, the Debbie Bacigalupi For Congress campaign held a town hall to discuss health care and particularly the implications of Obamacare.

Shown below are Ms. Bacigalupi (standing, left) and Obamacare expert Tom Vaillancourt (standing, center), both listening to Dr. Marilyn Singleton (standing, right) explaining her perspective as a physician on the Obamacare law:

Debbie Bacigalupi is running against Rep. Jackie Speier in California's 14th Congressional District.  Read more about her here.  Marilyn Singleton is running against Rep. Barbara Lee in California's 13th congressional district. Her campaign website is here.

Six candidates for US Senate speak

With the June primary rapidly approaching, six candidates who have taken on the daunting task of challenging incumbent Sen. Diane Feinstein spoke at MyLiberty's May 3 meeting.  They represent a wide range of political views.  In order of appearance, they are:

Mr. Dan Hughes:

Ms. Marsha Feinland:

Ms. Diane Stewart:

Mr. Greg Conlon:

Rabbi Nachum Shifren:

Dr. Don J. Grundmann:

Dr. David Levitt:

Mr. Oscar Braun:

Tax Day Tea Party

MyLiberty joined nine other like-minded groups yesterday for a tea party in San Francisco. This is what it looked like (click photo to enlarge):

For more photos, click here.

MyLiberty San Mateo Tea Party

From The Huffington Post:

Nearly 300 protesters pounded the sidewalk of El Camino Real in San Mateo, CA on Wednesday to demonstrate their disapproval of the federal stimulus package and the implications of bailouts for taxpayers.

Some participants grabbed the attention of drivers-by and cameramen with colonial costumes, teakettle props, signs reading "Change - it's what's in your wallet," and chants of "no more pork." Others standing on the sidewalk quietly planned for a 2010 Republican comeback, or discussed their differing views with each other under swaying signs and flags. Some spoke their minds freely, while others balked at talking to me, since this piece was for the Huffington Post. Several in the crowd expressed their anxiety at the way I might twist their words, and how Arianna Huffington was "not credible" and a "nutcase."

Those who did speak to me described feelings of anger toward a stimulus bill that they called unconstitutional and a tax system that they felt leaned toward socialism. To support the argument that the stimulus package is not constitutional, veteran Leonard Stone passed out a resolution written in the Texas legislature, stating that the federal government is in violation of the tenth amendment, in which "powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Stone said that 33 states are now adopting a similar resolution.

"Bailouts are unconstitutional," Stone said. "Let capitalism do what it does...when government pays for failure, you're only going to get more failure. You get what you pay for." Stone said that the vast majority of Americans are employed at small businesses, which are the cornerstone of American prosperity. He argued that the government should keep its hands off of business altogether: "The business of government is not business. It's governing. The rule of law. Treating everyone the same. Regulating for protection. Not to stop growth."

Barbara Barnes is a fourth-generation Californian who agrees with Stone. She came out to the Tea Party because she disapproves of being overtaxed. "This [protest] is not Democratic or Republican. This is for the people," Barnes said. She said that people are now taxed almost 50 percent, and that for those benefitting from others: "Once you run out of other people's money, I don't know what's going to happen."

Standing next to Barnes, 24-year-old Charles Hoelzel said that he did benefit from taxpayer money as a child, when his single mother was on welfare. But Hoelzel has done well for himself since then and plans to run for office in November. Originally from New Orleans, Hoelzel said that he took an unpaid day off to be at the Tea Party protest: "I'm 24 and I'm fed up with prosperity leaving us. I've seen poverty, and I'm not going back." Hoelzel's main purpose was to voice concern at the administration's recent actions and hope for a correction of the problem: "At the end of the day, Obama is still our president. No matter what, we need to back him and pray," a comment that many surrounding him did not agree with.

By Natasha Chen
Huffington Post
Submitted by R.L.

Chuck DeVore speaks to MyLiberty

Chuck DeVore speaking to MyLiberty on 3/24/2010 during his run for the US Senate.