Susan Kay Knowlton — Austin

AUSTIN — The funeral for Susan Kay Knowlton will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Crane Community Chapel in Austin, with the Rev. Dale Christiansen officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Austin.
Susan Knowlton, 63, of Austin, died Sunday (Nov. 2, 2008) at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester.
She was born Aug. 27, 1945, in Austin. She began her career as a Licensed Practical Nurse and later graduated as a Registered Nurse from Austin Community College.

It’s become clear that our hesitation in upgrading our site’s software has led to an unfortunate rash of security breaches: posts disappearing, spam links appearing in the posts that remain…in short, our site seems to have been hacked by spam robots.

Unfortunately, the press of election work leaves us no opportunity to upgrade our software. The site may be flaky or inconsistent until after the election, at which point we will return with election analysis, new writers, and upgraded software.

Here are the Bernal Heights Democratic Club endorsements. Last week’s vote was one of the best-attended in years, and resulted in a few surprises.

Despite Bernal having a reputation as Tom Ammiano’s club, the future assemblyman’s endorsed candidate, David Campos, did not get the endorsement. Eric Quezada was the overwhelming choice for District 9 Supervisor.

In addition, the club diverged from the what’s seen as “the progressive position” on a couple propositions, most notably Prop R (the George Bush Sewer Plant initiative), and Prop V, the JROTC initiative, both of which received no endorsement.

Bernal Heights Democratic Club Endorsements — November 2008

Good news! From the AP:

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 10, 2008
Filed at 12:01 p.m. ET

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry, making the state the third behind Massachusetts and California to legalize such unions.

The divided court ruled 4-3 that gay and lesbian couples cannot be denied the freedom to marry under the state constitution, and Connecticut’s civil unions law does not provide those couples with the same rights as heterosexual couples.

Pilar Schiavo, Cassandra Costello, Jonathan Wright, Jaynry Mak, Pooja JhunJ

Friday, September 19, 2008
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Rickshaw Stop Bar
Street: 155 Fell Street
City/Town: San Francisco, CA

Nobody knows how important the D11 race is more than the Board Aides who keep City Hall afloat (sometimes with duct tape and a prayer). We’ve gathered an amazing group of current and former Aides to show our support for John and we’d love you to join us for a fun night to help his campaign.

If you go to the HRC dinner this year, you will be supporting an inclusive ENDA? Really.

Next week, I will be moving to the DC/Baltimore area for a new job as the community outreach manager for a DC-area utility.

So Leftinsf will be the first San Francisco-based blog to have a reporter posting the news of the Congress and Senate from slightly outside of the Beltway (approximately 30 miles).

Supervisor Chu will be holding a hearing on the school assignment process at the City Operations and Neighborhood Service Committee at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 17 at City Hall, Room 263.

It is interesting that Chu didn’t hold the meeting at the City-School Select Committee which is 3:30 p.m. on Thursday at the BOS Chambers. Their agenda item is the Asthma Task Force’s recommendations for SFUSD. Supervisor Dufty, Chair of the Select Committee, noted in Roll Call yesterday that he is requesting that the City-School District Select Committee have a hearing on the status of using the Rainy Day Fund for SFUSD’s budget woes.

Thanks to Shellie Weiner, Communications Outreach Person for the 2nd District PTA, here is announcements of several fundraisers for public schools:

TOMORROW - Thursday, April 3:
- Yick Wo “Barbary Bash” Art Show & Silent Auction - Live Worms Gallery – 4:00-9:00pm

Friday, April 11:
- Alamo Silent Auction & Gala “A Green Theme” -Hall of Flowers, 6:00-10:00pm
- Ulloa Walk-a-thon [daytime, on-site? call]

Saturday, April 12:
- Lakeshore Auction & Wine Tasting Gala – Janet Pomeroy Center, 6:00-10:00pm
- Sherman “A Taste of San Francisco!” Silent Auction – San Francisco Bay Club, 5:30-9:00pm
- West Portal Spring Arts Festival - Lincoln High School, 2:00-6:00pm

Podcasts can provide everyone with great information. Here are some education-related podcasts:

International Reading Organization’s Podcast for literacy instruction in K-12
Link to Class Acts Podcast

Discovery Education Network’s global podcast for teachers
DEN Blog Podcast

Discussion of Mike Petrilli of Fordam and Rick Hess of AEI on recent national education news
The Education Gadfly

PBS’ Podcast of Listen Up! with John Merrow shows how youth can use video and Listen Up! provide a clearninghouse of youth media online.
Listen Up! with John Merrow