<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">Rep. Mike Capuano </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana">heads up a group of community and political leaders
who will speak out for the Budget for All this <b>Thursday, October 25, 10am</b>,
at the Codman Square Health Center, 637 Washington Street, Dorchester. Five blocks from Shawmut (T).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">Jimmy Tingle for President, </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana">The Funniest Campaign in History, will be an
evening of laughs about serious business in support of the Budget for All
Referendum. <b>Tuesday, October 30</b>. We’ll watch the final Warren-Brown debate at
7pm, and Jimmy’s show begins at 8.
Davis Square Theater, 255 Elm St., Somerville. $10 donation, $5 for
students, to benefit the Budget for All campaign. Cash bar; complimentary refreshments. Reserve your ticket online at </span><span style="font-family:Verdana"><a href="http://budget4allmass.org/tingle">budget4allmass.org/tingle</a></span><span style="font-family:Verdana">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc7/373502_476245465753468_64654574_n.jpg" alt="The Budget for All Coalition Presents: Jimmy Tingle for President - The Funniest Campaign in History"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">Rep. Jim McGovern</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana"> joined Mayor David Narkewicz of Northampton, state reps Peter Kocot and
Ellen Story, two candidates, and two city councilors and <a href="http://budget4allmass.org/node/48">spoke out for the Budget for All</a>
at Northampton High School on Monday, October 15. “You are the real patriots. We need a new activism, a budget that
reflects the values of this country…. This [ referendum ] ought to stiffen the
backbone of some of those representatives. I look forward to reading in
Congress the list of communities that has passed it,” McGovern told the crowd
of 125 people. <a href="http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/hampshire/Voters-will-see-Budget-For-All-question-on-ballot">Video</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">Jo Comerford</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana"> of the National Priorities Project presented the facts and figures
underlying the Budget for All at the Northampton forum. <a href="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5578602/NPP%20B4A%20Slides.ppt">Check out her
slides</a> and use them in your own presentations! Another great presentation of the issues is <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-thiess/massachusetts-voters-budget-priorities_b_1980095.html">the
article by Rebecca Thiess</a> of the Economic Policy Institute which ran in the
Huffington Post on October 19.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">Welcome to our 21 new sponsoring organizations this week:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana"> Massachusetts Jobs with
Justice, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext">Alliance
to Develop Power, Amherst League of Women Voters, Can't Be Neutral, Civil
Liberties and Public Policy Program, Climate Action NOW!, First Churches Peace
& Justice Committee (UCC, ABC), Grace Church Peace Fellowship, MoveOn of
Western Mass, National Priorities Project, Northampton Committee to Stop Wars,
Northampton Democratic City Committee, Occupy Amherst Schools in Solidarity,
Pioneer Valley Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Pioneer Valley Green Rainbow Party,
Population & Development Program of Hampshire College, the Leverett Peace
Commission, <img border="0" width="1" height="1" src="file:///C:/Users/Cole/AppData/Local/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" class="ajT">Western MA Fund Our Communities Not
War, Western Mass American Friends Service Committee, and Western Mass Jobs
With Justice. Check out the full list
at <a href="budget4allmass.org/sponsors">budget4allmass.org/sponsors</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext">State Rep. <b>Peter Kocot, </b>Mayor<b> David Narkewicz, </b>and
City Councilors <b>Pamela Schwartz </b>and<b> Jesse Adams </b>of Northampton,
Reps. <b>Gloria Fox </b>and<b> Russell Holmes and City Councilor Frank Baker </b>of Boston,<b> </b>City Councilor
and State Rep. candidate <b>Aaron Vega </b>of Holyoke, and State Rep. candidate
<b>Scott Laugenour</b> of the southern Berkshires, endorsed the Budget for All
Referendum this week. We thank them for
their support!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext">We will be ordering <b>palm cards for election day </b>featuring
the same design as the yard and rally signs.To figure out how many cards your
town needs, consider the number of polling places in your town, the number of
volunteers you can recruit to cover them, and the voter turnout in a
presidential year. Figure that 50% of
the voters show up between 7-9:30 am and 5-8 pm, and that 2/3 of voters take
one if offered. <b>Please give Cole or
Paul your estimate by Thursday, October 25!</b> There will be no charge to the towns for palm cards, though
donations in any amount are still needed and will be gratefully accepted.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext">Join us at the <b>next B4A planning meeting</b>: Friday, October
26, 3:30 pm at the AFSC office, 2161 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, between
Porter and Davis on the Red line. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;background:white">Or call
in, 712-451-6000, code 161409#.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Cole Harrison</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Communications Director</font></div>
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