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July 21st Meeting of the Logan Square Greens
Agenda and Minutes
1.Petitioning
a)We want 20,000 for the statewide slate, need 10,000 minimum
b)All 7 statewide candidates are on one petition.
c)Need ~500 for Jeremy's campaign
d)Discussed buying a new statewide list of registered voters.
e)Sunday August 2 for possible phone banking @4 at Craigs – 2445 N Albany
2.Planning for events
a)August 23rd or 24th 2 or 3 hour event. We'd like to have a band, maybe 2. Confirmed for August 25th, 8-11 at Cole's Bar in Logan Square
b)Pub crawl is a possible event, wine tasting at Birchwood.
Minutes of June 16, 2009
1.Farmer's Market Dates:
a)July 26
b)August 30 (To be confirmed)
2.State Budget
a)Discussed massive cuts and lack of new income tax passed
b)Budget currently in effect will leave 1.5 billion deficit and cut many state agencies by 50% or more
c)Protest scheduled for Thursday at 11:30, Thompson center (last Thursday, sorry)
d)Dave will draft an e-mail alert with a script etc
e)Letter to the Editor of The Reader, etc to encourage them to to an article on the dysfunctional budget system.
3.Gay Pride Parade
a)Pat Kelly and Jessica Dodd are organizing
