After an exhaustive process, in which panels interviewed numerous candidates for county and city offices that will appear on the June 8th, 2010 ballot. Nine well qualified candidates earned the DPSC's endorsement as strong examples of our community's progressive values:

County Assessor: Kathleen Kelleher

County Sheriff: Jim Cooper

County Supervisor, District 1: Phil Serna

County Office of Education, Area 1: Greg Geeting
County Office of Education, Area 2: Francisco Garcia

Sacramento City Council, District 1: Ray Tretheway
Sacramento City Council, District 3: Steve Cohn
Sacramento City Council, District 5: Patrick Kennedy
Sacramento City Council, District 7: Ryan Chin

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Devin Lavelle:

"The Mayor and the Council should be working together"

• to protect city services and pass a responsible budget.
• to get Sacramento working again.
• to ensure that every community is safe and healthy.

"The Democratic Party applauds the Mayor for being willing to work with the Council [on the Strong Mayor proposal] – but our City has more important priorities that we need to be working together on."

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 3, 2010
CONTACT: Christopher Moore, Club President
530.713.0914 | president@sacstonewall.org

Press Release: Sacramento Stonewall Applauds Admiral Mike Mullen's Support for ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Sacramento -- The Stonewall Democratic Club of Greater Sacramento applauds the courage of Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for bravely sharing his personal feelings with Congress that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is wrong and must come to an end.

“Admiral Mullen showed true courage today,” said Sacramento Stonewall President Christopher Moore. “The Admiral could have simply deferred to the judgment of Congress or the Commander-in-Chief, but instead he chose to lead the way. He set an example for other leaders to follow, from the local level all the way up to President Obama. We must continue to demand that kind of courage and accountability on LGBT issues from our elected officials."

While addressing members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, Admiral Mullen said, "Speaking for myself and myself only, it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do.” He continued, "No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. For me personally, it comes down to integrity -- theirs as individuals and ours as an institution."

Mr. Moore continued, "I have many friends serving in the military that have expressed their personal struggles serving under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'. I can not imagine the anxiety they feel day to day worrying that their entire career could be gone in a flash simply because someone found out they're gay. This policy can't be ended soon enough."

The six years of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration have not treated California well. We have lost our jobs, lost our houses and lost the services that were supposed to protect us and build a stronger state. While Governor Schwarzenegger has read a well-written script about post partisanship and teamwork, he has consistently failed to deliver on these promises – siding time and again with conservative interest groups that do not represent California’s values and proposing quick fix paper solutions instead of doing the hard work and showing the real leadership that is necessary to achieve real progress.

While it is laudable that after years of cutting education budgets and increasing prison populations, the Governor has come to realize this is not a sustainable, wise or just course of action, we need to see actual leadership to reverse the course the Governor has set and to overcome the numerous shortcomings of years one through six of his administration. There are hard decisions that need to be made and important values that need to be protected. To date, Schwarzenegger has not shown the ability or desire to fight for Californians.