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Political action, right on...
Jun. 2nd, 2008 08:59 pmSo tonight I did my part for a political cause, namely rent control. They are trying to get rid of rent control as one of the measures in tomorrow's vote in California. I got a call last night and we had already been emailing about this in the house, and one thing lead to another and somehow I agreed to put out flyers in my neighborhood for the campaign against the measure in question (which would end rent control).
After work...a got my little bag of pamphlets together and hit the street. They had wanted me to go to houses but that felt a little too intrusive so what I did was I did the cars. All the ones within a certain radius of here with local permits. Got quite a few. I went around until I was just about out of these things. I saved a few to bring to work tomorrow.
The people, united, will never be defeated!
*huzzah*
*PS* As a renter here in Berkeley, this issue is very important to me. There are very few protections for people in my position and I think that rent control protects those of us who rent and certain people who rent...specifically those on fixed income (the elderly, disabled and low income) who cannot afford to own property and have to rent in this market. The rent ceilings are very fair here and landlords do make enough on their properties. I had a significant increase in rent this year and cannot afford to pay more. So...let's hope this measure does not pass.
After work...a got my little bag of pamphlets together and hit the street. They had wanted me to go to houses but that felt a little too intrusive so what I did was I did the cars. All the ones within a certain radius of here with local permits. Got quite a few. I went around until I was just about out of these things. I saved a few to bring to work tomorrow.
The people, united, will never be defeated!
*huzzah*
*PS* As a renter here in Berkeley, this issue is very important to me. There are very few protections for people in my position and I think that rent control protects those of us who rent and certain people who rent...specifically those on fixed income (the elderly, disabled and low income) who cannot afford to own property and have to rent in this market. The rent ceilings are very fair here and landlords do make enough on their properties. I had a significant increase in rent this year and cannot afford to pay more. So...let's hope this measure does not pass.
