Hi Kossacks -
This is A.J. Carrillo, Jerry McNerney's campaign manager. For those of you who don't know Jerry McNerney, he is running in CA-11 to put a permanent end to Richard Pombo's political career.
I just wanted to let you know that Jerry will be on Air America's "Will & Willie" show at 9 am on Wednesday morning! Please tell your friends to tune into "The Quake," 960 on your AM dial in the San Francisco Bay Area, or listen on the internet at quakeradio.com.
Speaking of taking to the air, a few weeks ago a supporter hatched a brilliant idea -- fly a plane over the world-famous Asparagus Festival in Stockton with a targeted message for voters. Maybe you saw it if you were at the Festival?
More below the fold...
If you've ever been to the Asparagus Festival, you know that it is one of the biggest events of the year in San Joaquin County. Over 100,000 people usually attend, enjoying good food, folks, and music.
Every day, our supporters offer us brilliant ideas. Remember last week's "Send an Earth Day Message to Pombo" petition that was posted on dKos? That came from a Kossack who e-mailed us with the idea.
We can't adopt every one of your ideas, of course. But we know that the only way we're going to dump Richard Pombo and take back Congress is if we build a broad-based movement across the district and the country that will unite to win in November.
This means directly engaging and transforming the political process from the bottom up. It means taking chances, trying new things, and listening to what our supporters say.
That said, please tell us in the comments below what you think we should do next to defeat Richard Pombo.
Every time we put the reins of this campaign into your hands, you come through for us. Now we need your help to do it again.
If we can raise enough to cover the cost, we're thinking of flying another banner over the district on Election Day!
In the comments below, help us brainstorm the best banner in 30 characters or less. Then we'll post the best ideas on our blog and conduct an online vote of our supporters!
Together, we can defeat Richard Pombo.
One stuffed envelope at a time.
One phone call at a time.
One airplane banner at a time.
One great idea at a time.
With your help, we can do it.
A.J.
p.s. We're a grassroots campaign that relies on the support of hundreds of small donors. Please consider contributing whatever you can to help us cover the cost of flying the banner on Election Day. The more our supporters contribute, the longer we can fly the banner.
p.p.s. remember to tell everyone you know that Jerry will be on Air America's "Will & Willie" show (960 AM) at 9 am on Wednesday morning.