BUMP 'n Run ..
DUMP DAVI$
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Posted on 09/23/2002 11:42:55 AM PDT by Mediaqueen
It's a Governor-for-Sale Protest Outside Spago in PALO ALTO (not LA!!) this Tuesday evening! (also see alternate location earlier in afternoon if you can't go to Spago's....)
Come join the fun as we invite passers-by to step right up and open up their wallets! If you have the dollars, Davis has the policy! Pony up $10 thousand dollars for the Governor and get millions of dollars of taxpayer-funded goodies in return! Show Gray the Money!
Where: Spagos Sidewalk
265 Lytton (parallel to University)
between Bryant and Ramona
Time: TBA ... gather time probably around 5:30?
Please check this thread later for exact time
SignsIdeas:
Governor-4-Sale
Right This Way! (draw arrow in direction of Spagos)
If You Have the Dollars,
Davis Has the Policy!
$10,000 Bribes Taken at the Door
Chants:
Hey Gray, What do you Say?
What do you have FOR SALE Today?
Women:
We're going to Wash That Gray Right out of our Hair.... and SEND HIM ON HIS WAY!
Our "for sale" signs with Gray Davis written in white space went over well last week, too. Please remember if you make a sign on poster board, use marker with the SUPER wide writing surface. Regular marker print is not readable on TV or in newspaper photos.
****For those who can't make it to Spagos, or for those die-hards who want a two-fer Freep, Davis will be speaking at an event at Hyatt Rickey's Hotel at 4219 El Camino Real in Palo Alto. He'll be arriving at 4:30, so Freepers should get there by 4!
Thanks everyone.... help on bumping much appreciated!
Posted on Sun, Sep. 22, 2002
Davis' hobby keeps the fun in fundraising
Mercury NewsYou're Gov. Gray Davis.
You've been dogged by controversy over your lust for fundraising.
So with more than $30 million in the bank and a clear lead over your re-election rival, you should:A) Take it easy on the money-grubbing for a while;
B) Fly into the teeth of controversy by attending a $10,000-a-person fundraiser in Silicon Valley;
C) Put on a 49ers jersey and hassle a bunch of Raiders fans.
Is this guy a glutton for punishment or what? Despite polls showing voters are turned off by Davis' incessant panhandling, on Tuesday night he plans to drill for dollars at a bash for wealthy techies in Palo Alto.
While the party's $10,000 price tag isn't unprecedented, it's still pretty eye-popping.
``Whoa!'' exclaimed Robert Stern, head of the Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles, when told about the event. ``That's a big amount of money.''
Which makes me wonder: How much cash does Davis think he needs to beat Bill Simon, anyway?
Officials at TechNet, the Palo Alto lobbying group, won't say how much they hope to raise Tuesday night.
But Reed Hastings, the group's former president and one of the party's co-hosts, says such pricey events typically draw fewer than a dozen people. TechNet had better get at least 10; Davis staffers have been known to set $100,000-per-event minimums for the governor's time and press sponsors to make up any shortfalls.
Hastings estimates the group, perhaps hoping to be on the safe side, invited a couple hundred folks to the gathering, which will be held at Spago restaurant.
Frankly, I don't think the food at Spago is worth nearly $10,000 a plate. But the donors who'll be at Gray's 10-K Partay, as I like to call it, must feel otherwise...
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Please help me PING (and FReep-mail) all NORTHERN California FReepers!!!
Spagos (Palo Alto)
265 Lytton (parallel to University)
(between Bryant and Ramona)estimated start time: 5:30 pm - TOMORROW night (Tuesday, 9/24/02)
Check back here for details!!!
Call the AP cameraman! (again)
AP photo
from
[Gray-Out] Davis cancels fund-raiser in face of criticism:
"FReepers make AP wire photo!"
DAVIS!"Other "DumpDAVIS" FReeps are currently scheduled for:
Sunday (9/29) - 6 pm to 8 pm - Kodak Theatre in Hollywood - confirmedPlease FReep-mail me for details, and to get on my list for a SECRET "Dump DAVIS!" FReep - coming soon!
(note NEW times)
Barbra Streisand and Barry Manilow will be raising $4 million for the DNC
theme: "Keep the Hookers in Hollywood, NOT in Sacramento!"
(Hooker/pimp costumes encouraged, but not required!)Monday (9/30) - 11 am to noon - Nixon Library in Yorba Linda - confirmed
(note NEW start time) Bill Simon speech/lunch at noon
theme: "Gray Davis: debate DODGER"
(Bring ANYTHING that says "Dodgers" - hats, posters, uniforms!)Monday - (10/7) - 10 am to noon - Los Angeles Time building - confirmed
Simon/Davis debate
theme: "Dump DAVIS"
("Dump DAVIS" posters, sanitation worker outfits, dump truck?)Saturday (10/19) - noon to 4 pm - Capitol building in Sacramento - confirmed
state-wide "DumpDAVIS" FReep in SACRAMENTO!
FReepers from all across Cailfornia will gather on the Capitol Steps
Jim Robinson is scheduled to be there.
theme: "Dump DAVIS"
(possible GIANT dump truck, dumpsters - use your imagination...)
$10,000/plate for the "Party of the People?"LOLOLOLOL!!!
plenty of free parking under city hall (of Forest Ave).
There are lots of liberals in Palo Alto...but I don't think they even live there. They just come down to hang out
One thing to note... Palo Alto cops are a super liberal, squishy, lovey dovey bunch. its anyones guess how they will react.
Posted on 09/24/2002 6:17 AM Pacific by RonDog
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Sorry, Northern California FReepers.
My public messages posted here seem to have ruined an EXCELLENT FReep opportunity. :(We need to be SMARTER next time...
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