Nader and Gonzalez Campaign in California Saturday, Aug. 2 and Sunday, Aug. 3
News Advisory
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Contact: Chris Driscoll (Washington), 202-360-3273, chris@votenader.org
Nader and Gonzalez Campaign in California Saturday, Aug. 2 and Sunday, Aug. 3
Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader and his vice presidential running mate, Matt Gonzalez, will campaign Saturday, Aug. 2 and Sunday, Aug. 3 in California, speaking together at campaign events in Davis, Sebastopol, Healdsburg and Kentfield.
Davis, Calif. Nader for President 2008 Campaign Rally
On Sat. Aug. 2, at 8 p.m., Mr. Nader and Mr. Gonzalez will speak in Davis, Calif. at a "Nader for President 2008 Rally" at the Varsity Theater, 616 Second St. A contribution of $10 ($5 students) will be asked at the door. For more information, call Hoda Bandeh-Ahmadi 530-554-8250 or email: events@votenader.org.
Sebastopol, Calif. Nader for President 2008 News Conference and Campaign Rally
Then, on Sun. Aug. 3, at 1 p.m. the Independent candidates will host a Nader/Gonzalez news conference, followed by a 1:30 p.m. "Nader for President 2008 Rally" at the Sebastopol Community Center, 390 Morris St., Sebastopol, Calif. 95472. A contribution of $10 ($5 students) will be asked at the door. For more information, call Andrew Hobbs, 707-228-6819 or email: events@votenader.org.
Healdsburg, Calif. Book Signing and Speech
Next, on Sun Aug. 3, at 4:30 p.m. Mr. Nader and Mr. Gonzalez will visit Copperfield's Books, 104 Matheson St., Healdsburg, Calif. 95448, for a book signing and speaking event. For more information, call Todd Brilliant, 707-235-1026 or email: events@votenader.org.
Kentfield, Calif. Nader for President 2008 News Conference and Campaign Rally
Finally, on Sun Aug. 3, at 7 p.m. Mr. Nader and Mr. Gonzalez will host a news conference at the College of Marin, Olney Hall room 103, followed by a 7:30 p.m. campaign rally at the College of Marin, Olney Hall, 835 College Ave., Kentfield, Calif. A contribution of $10 ($5 students) will be asked at the door. For more information, call Cat Woods, 415-897-6989 or email: events@votenader.org.
Californians today struggle with a faltering economy, a mortgage crisis driving people from their homes, gridlocked traffic, global warming, air, water and ground pollution, a broken health care system, an unpopular illegal war in Iraq draining the nation's treasury, and dozens of other drastic problems. While the state's Republican Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, threatens to slash state workers' wages to $6.55 an hour, the Nader/Gonzalez Campaign offers real solutions that neither the Democratic nor the Republican presidential candidates will consider. Mr. Nader and Mr. Gonzalez will speak about these critical solutions the major party candidates have taken "off the table," that the Nader/Gonzalez campaign has put on the table, including:
- a comprehensive, negotiated military and corporate withdrawal date from Iraq;
- a single-payer, Canadian-style, private delivery, free-choice public health insurance system for all;
- a living wage and repeal of the anti-union Taft-Hartley Act;
- a no-nuke, solar-based energy policy supported by renewable, sustainable, energy-efficient sources;
- a carbon tax to deter global warming;
- an end to the corporate welfare and corporate crime that has resulted in millions losing pensions, savings and jobs and squandered tax dollars; and,
- more direct democracy reflecting the preamble to our constitution which starts with "we the people," and not "we the corporations."
About the Nader/Gonzalez Campaign
According to a July 1 CNN poll, Ralph Nader is polling 6 percent nationally, higher than his highest major poll numbers during the same time period in 2000 and approaching the 10 percent threshold required for eligibility to participate in "America's Presidential Debate in New Orleans", a non-Commission on Presidential Debates sponsored event scheduled for September 18. In the key swing state of Michigan -- whose voters were partially disenfranchised by the Democratic National Committee -- an EPIC-MRA poll found Nader at 8-10 percent.
About Matt Gonzalez
Matt Gonzalez was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2000 representing San Francisco's fifth council district. From 2003 to 2005 he served as Board of Supervisors President. A former public defender, Gonzalez is managing partner of Gonzalez & Leigh, a 7-attorney practice in San Francisco that represents individuals and organizations in mediation, arbitration, and administrative proceedings before state and federal regulatory bodies. Gonzalez graduated from Columbia University and received a JD from Stanford Law School.
About Ralph Nader
Celebrated attorney, author and consumer advocate Ralph Nader has been named by Time Magazine one of the "100 Most Influential Americans in the 20th Century". For more than four decades he has exposed problems and organized millions of citizens into more than 100 public interest groups advocating solutions. He led the movement to establish the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and enact the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and countless other pieces of important consumer legislation. Because of Ralph Nader we drive safer cars, eat healthier food, breath better air, drink cleaner water, and work in safer environments. Nader graduated from Princeton University and received a LLB from the Harvard School of Law.
For more information on the Nader/Gonzalez campaign, visit: VoteNader.org.
