February 18, 2012

News and Views

SAVE THE DATE: March 18, 2012

WHO WILL TELL THE PEOPLE? a Peoples Discussion with CANDIDATES Highlights your Texas Gray Panthers of Austins Annual Business Meeting, Election of our New Board of Directors and Pot Luck Luncheon
Gray Panthers will be growling on March 18, 2012, at Lyons Gardens Senior Center, 2720 Lyons Road from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. starting with a Pot Luck Luncheon, followed by our interactive candidates discussion at 2:00. Then our annual business meeting and election of new Board of Directors will begin at 4:00 p.m. Bring a dish to share. Soft drinks will be provided.
To answer your questions and find out WHO WILL TELL THE PEOPLE? the candidates discussion will begin at 2:00p.m. All guest candidates will be taking your questions and asking each other questions! This will be an interesting, fun and active opportunity for you, the citizens of Travis County, to communicate with our candidates...a refreshing change. Were pleased to announce that our guest candidates for Travis County District Attorney are Rosemary Lehmberg and Charlie Baird, Their interactive public discussion will begin at 2:00 p.m. followed at 3:00 p.m. by our guest candidates for County Commissioner Precinct 1, Ron Davis, Victor Gonzales, Arthur Lee Sampson and Richard Franklin III. Come prepared by focusing on the pre-eminent public issues in Travis County. Where do the Texas Gray Panthers go from here? How do we build on past achievements? What are the issues that most concern you? Where and how would you like to direct our efforts this year? Well discuss the issues and direction for this year at the annual business meeting at 4:00 p.m. following the candidates forum. The Texas Gray Panthers of Austin need you! Volunteer service in behalf of the greater good is the heart and soul of our advocacy mission. Serve on the Board of Directors! Chair a Special Committee! Contact Sharron Aisenman at 512-704-6675 or sharronaisenman@yahoo.com. Nominations for the Board will of course, also be taken from the floor at the annual business meeting on March 18, 2012. If you havent renewed your membership for this year (Jan 1, 2012), please see the form on the back of this page. You may also pay the day of the business meeting and be eligible to vote for new board members and all issues of concern.. We must be actively engaged in discussions with politicians, at all levels of government, about the issues that are most important to us. Maggie Kuhn said , we need to be watchdogs that bark when danger is near. Well, nows the time to bark! Or growl! We want and need to hear you from Austin to Washington D.C.! Natl Gray Panthers top priorities: Health Care, Environment, Peace, Civil Rights, Liberties, Economic Security and Criminal Justice. These remain the most important issues to most Americans and the most under attack! Help the Gray Panthers fight Truth Decay. An extension of the payroll tax holiday -- especially without replacing funding withheld from the Social Security Trust Fund -- is a very bad public policy even if it may be good election year politics. We believe that there are better ways to provide tax relief to middle class and working families than jeopardizing the solvency of the Social Security Trust fund, Natl Gray Panthers. Go to www.graypanthers.org to take action on the payroll tax holiday.
Texas Gray Panthers of Austin, Gary Dugger, Convener graypanthers@grandecom.net; www.graypanthersaustin.org National Gray Panthers, Washington, DC 202-737-6637; www.graypanthers.org Sharron Aisenman, Editor Gray Panthers On The Prowl , Acting Secretary 512-704-6675; sharronaisenman@yahoo.com

WHO WILL TELL THE PEOPLE?

Join with us! Together we can create a humane society that puts the needs of people over profits, responsibility over power and democracy over institutions.. A better nation and a better world can only come about by uniting in a shared Vision, a voice amplified by our increasing numbers and the empowerment of those increasing numbers. Your participation and your contributions are the vital components of our struggle. Make the Texas Gray Panthers of Austin a reflection of your commitment to a Better Texas, a Better Nation, a Better World.

ADVOCACY and ACTION

Name___________________________________________________________ 2nd person name___________________________________________________ Address__________________________________________________________ Email____________________________________________________________ Home phone______________________ Cell Phone_______________________ Company_________________________________ Phone__________________

Individual $30.00 (Recommended) $20.00 $10.00 Other $ (Contribute what you can. No one will be excluded because of inability to pay.) Family/Household $50.00 (Recommended) Student $10.00 (Annual) $50.00 (Annual) Organizational Affiliate Other $ (Annual)

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Advocate @ $100 to $249 (Annual) $ Supporter @$250 to $499 (Annual) $ Partner In Justice $500 to $999 (Annual) $ Maggies Circle $ $1,000 or more (Annually) $

Other Contribution $ Dues May be Paid at the Business Meeting, on line at www.graypanthers.org or mail to 3710 Cedar Street, Box 15, Austin, TX 78705-1450 .

You are not required to complete the work (of perfecting the World), but neither are you free to abstain from it. Rabbi Tarfon, Pirkei Avot (Ethics of our Fathers)
Texas Gray Panthers of Austin, Gary Dugger, Convener graypanthers@grandecom.net; www.graypanthersaustin.org National Gray Panthers, Washington, DC 202-737-6637; www.graypanthers.org Sharron Aisenman, Editor Gray Panthers On The Prowl , Acting Secretary 512-704-6675; sharronaisenman@yahoo.com