IBEW Local
Union
180 - Newsletter
Volume 2006, Issue 11 November 1st, 2006
SERVING NAPA AND
SOLANO COUNTIES SINCE
1901
Business Manager's Report
.It is once again Election Time. We as
citizens have not only an opportunity but a responsibility to Get Out
and Vote. Enclosed in this newsletter is the collective logic and
believes of our local group consisting of Organized Labor. These
recommendations are not given lightly and are presented as suggestions
only. They are based on interviews for candidates and on research
for initiatives. We try to only focus on issues and candidates as
they relate to Labor issues and what we feel is important for working
families. If you agree with these recommendations or not it is
still important that we all get out and vote. This is the only
sure way we can continue to have a say in our future. By supporting the
Democratic process we can improve our lives now and for our future.
On Friday and Saturday November 3rd and 4th 2006 Local 180 with
neighbors Local 340 and 551 will be hosting the California State
Association of Electrical Workers semi-annual meeting. It is
being held at the Meritage Hotel in Napa. On Friday between 5:30
and 7:30, there will be a hosted reception for attendees and
guests. The regular meeting of the executive board meets on
Friday and all delegates will convene on Saturday the 4th. Anyone
wishing to attend either meeting please let the office know. If
you wish to attend the receptions on Friday Evening just show up.
Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
The regular monthly meeting for December will be held on Friday
December 15, 2006. This is the third or so year we have changed
the meeting night to allow the members to stay a little later and enjoy
the Annual Christmas Party.
Also of importance is the Blood Drive at the November Union Meeting.
Bruce Gourley,
Business Manager
Condolences
Special Announcement
The Local is sadden to report Brother Dan Gregory has passed away after
a short illness. At the time of this newsletter we only have
funeral arrangements.
Nov. 6 at 10:30 AM, 2100 Pear Street, Pinole
More information on Brother Gregory will appear in the December
newsletter.
Photovoltaic
SOLAR IS READY TO SHINE!
Here is what we are looking at in the
IBEW Photovoltaic program. Pre-sized systems ranging from 935
watts for $5,600 to 6732 watts for
$34,125!!! The best deal is a 3366 watt system for about
$17,600. There are over 15 systems options and the option of FULL
FINANCING.
Labor and motivation is on you, for me I’m going to hire an IBEW
contractor and when everyone in my neighborhood asks how do they get
one on their roof—I be handing them the business card of that
contractor and GROW OUR MARKET SHARE!!! Due to the demand—please
email
mikes@ibewlu180.org for the info..
To get PV on
your roof—email mikes@ibewlu180.org
VOTER
NEWS
Get the information on all the state ballot items and candidates from http://www.voterguide.ss.ca.gov/
The United Workers for Local Government is an organization of the
various building trades, public and private service employee’s unions
that represent the union members living in Napa and Solano
counties. The coalition’s focus is on supporting leaders and
initiatives that support working people and to motivate local workers
to be more active in their community.
IBEW L.U. 180 business manager and agents are strong participants in
the organization. In total there are three dozen unions and forty
thousand works in our two counties. See www.nsworkers.org for more info.
FINAL VOTES CAST BY THE LEGISLATURE ON
PROPOSITIONS
| PROPOSITION |
1A |
| Senate: |
Ayes |
38 |
Noes |
0 |
| Assembly: |
Ayes |
58 |
Noes |
11 |
| PROPOSITION |
1B |
| Senate: |
Ayes |
37 |
Noes |
1 |
| Assembly: |
Ayes |
61 |
Noes |
10 |
| PROPOSITION |
1C |
| Senate: |
Ayes |
27 |
Noes |
11 |
| Assembly: |
Ayes |
54 |
Noes |
16 |
|
| PROPOSITION |
1C |
| Senate: |
Ayes |
27 |
Noes |
11 |
| Assembly: |
Ayes |
54 |
Noes |
16 |
| PROPOSITION |
1D |
| Senate: |
Ayes |
29 |
Noes |
8 |
| Assembly: |
Ayes |
58 |
Noes |
12 |
| PROPOSITION |
1E |
| Senate: |
Ayes |
36 |
Noes |
1 |
| Assembly: |
Ayes |
62 |
Noes |
9 |
from http://www.voterguide.ss.ca.gov/
Napa-Solano
Counties
BUILDING
AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL
The following
is a list of candidates the council has endorsed and recommendations on
ballot measures
LOCAL ENDORSEMENTS
Napa City Council – Elect
Two Juliana Inman / Harry Martin
Napa Valley College Board – Elect One (Area 1)
Daniel Digardi
Napa Valley College Board – Elect One (Area 2)
Bruce Ketron
Napa Valley College Board – Elect One (Area 3)
Thomas Kensok
St. Helena, City Council – Elect One Eric Sklar
St. Helena USD – Elect Three Jodi Hill
American Canyon Mayor – Elect One Cindy Coffey
American Canyon City Council – Elect Two J.T.
Miller
Dixon City Council – Elect Two Gil Vega
Rio Vista City Council – Elect Two Cherie
Cabral / Andrew Pestana
Suisun City Mayor – Elect One Pete Sanchez
Suisun City, City Council – Elect Two Jane Day
/ Mike Hudson
Solano Community College Trustee – Elect Two (Area
3) Pam Keith / Mel Orpilla / Marie Young
Solano Community College Trustee – Elect One (Area
1) Steve Murphy
State Constitutional Offices
Governor Phil Angelides (D)
Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi (D)
Attorney General Jerry Brown (D)
Secretary of State Debra Bowen (D)
Treasurer Bill Lockyer (D)
Controller John Chiang (D)
Insurance Commissioner Cruz Bustamante (D)
Board of Equalization
District 1 Betty Yee (D)
District 2 No Endorsement
District 3 No Endorsement
District 4 Judy Chu (D)
California State Senate
District 2 Pat Wiggins (D)
California State Assembly
District 7 Noreen Evans (D)
District 8 Lois Wolk (D)
BALLOT
MEASURES
NR=No
Recommendation
| 1A |
Transportation
Funding Protection. Legislative
Constitutional Amendment |
YES |
| 1B |
Highway
Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port
Security Bond Act of 2006 |
YES |
| 1C |
Housing and
Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006 |
YES |
| 1D |
Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act
of 2006 |
YES |
| 1E |
Disaster
Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006 |
YES |
| 83 |
Sex Offenders. Sexually Violent Predators. Punishment,
Residence Restrictions and Monitoring. Initiative Statute. |
NR |
| 84 |
Water Quality,
Safety and Supply. Flood Control. Natural
Resource Protection. Park Improvements. Bonds. Initiative Statute. |
YES |
| 85 |
Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination
of
Minor’s Pregnancy. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. |
NO |
| 86 |
Tax on Cigarettes. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and
Statute. |
NR |
| 87 |
Alternative Energy. Research, Production, Incentives. Tax on
California Oil. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute. |
NR |
| 88 |
Education Funding. Real Property Parcel Tax. Initiative
Constitutional Amendment and Statute. |
NO |
| 89 |
Political Campaigns. Public Financing. Corporate Tax
Increase.
Contribution and Expenditure Limits. Initiative Statute. |
NR |
| 90 |
Government Acquisition, Regulation of Private Property.
Initiative Constitutional Amendment. |
NO |
The Broadwater Report:
Dixon Downs
has cleared another hurdle and is closer to reality with a 4-1 vote of
the Dixon
City Council. As the opposition group was leaving the chambers
there was talk of starting the referendum vote to stop the
project. This seems to be the trend for all of the no growth
groups. The City Council has spent countless hours and read reams
of paperwork
concerning the project. They are the most educated in the subject, yet
our Constitutional Rights give us the right to question authority and
the process. With this being said, best case is a construction
start in 2008.
Triad
is acting as the Construction Manager and they have hired JR
Roberts to build the downtown Vallejo project. We also understand
that an agreement between the DeSilva Group and the
City of Vallejo is about a month off. Both of these projects are under
a Building Trades PLA.
Several other projects that are slated to start soon are the State Fund
building in Vacaville,
just south of Genentech and the Valero Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel project
in Benicia.
Check and make sure that your BATT
card has not expired. If it has, call 925-313-0500 and make
arrangements to take the course again. It has a cost of $40 and
requires a photo ID and a Social Security card.
Dan Broadwater
EFFECTS OF THE BOND PROPOSITIONS ON THE
BALLOT
There are five general obligation bond measures on this ballot,
totaling $42.7 billion in new authorizations. These include:
Proposition 1B, which would authorize the state to issue $19.9 billion
of bonds to finance highway safety, traffic reduction, air quality, and
port security.
Proposition 1C, which would authorize the state to issue $2.85 billion
of bonds for housing and development programs.
Proposition 1D, which would authorize the state to issue $10.4 billion
of bonds to finance kindergarten through university education
facilities.
Proposition 1E, which would authorize the state to issue $4.1 billion
of bonds for flood control projects.
Proposition 84, which would authorize the state to issue $5.4 billion
of bonds to fund various resource-related projects.
The first four measures make up an infrastructure bond package approved
by the Legislature and Governor. The fifth measure was placed on the
ballot through the initiative process.
Source:
http://www.voterguide.ss.ca.gov/voter_info/over_statedebt.html
PROP
90
California needs to reform eminent domain but Prop 90 is a radical plan
that goes too far and would cost taxpayers billions of dollars each
year. An unprecedented coalition has been formed to defeat this
potentially devastating ballot measure. You can find more info at
http://www.noprop90.com.
Hidden provisions allow virtually anyone to sue claiming a new law or
regulation has impacted the value of their property or business - no
matter how far-fetched the claim - and taxpayers will be on the hook to
pay the bill. Due to sloppy drafting, the new lawsuits
authorized by Prop. 90 will not be limited to those who might have
legitimate claims. Any enterprising trial lawyer or irresponsible
individual or business could choose to exploit loopholes in the law and
seek multi-million dollar payouts from taxpayers.
Source: http://www.noprop90.com
NOV 7 IS ELECTION DAY
- TIME TO GOTV!
"Get out the vote," sometimes "GOTV,"
is a term used to describe two categories of political activity, both
aimed at increasing the number of votes cast in one or more elections.
In contexts of
the efforts of candidates, party activities and ballot measure
campaigns, "get-out-the-vote" (or GOTV)
is an adjective indicating having the effect of increasing the number
of the campaign's supporters who will vote in the immediately
approaching election. (As a noun, "get out the vote" or GOTV is shorthand for either
"get-out-the-vote activities" or "the previously planned
get-out-the-vote portion of our campaign".)
GOTV generally is distinguished from
preliminary activities necessary to carrying it out. That is, GOTV includes telephoning known
supporters on the day of the election (or occasionally in the last few
days before it to remind them to vote, and providing rides to the polls
to known supporters), but the process of identifying those supporters
is generally described as a separate part of the campaign, voter
identification ("ID-ing") -- the major focus of canvassing.
The importance
of get out the vote efforts increases as the total percentage of the
population voting decreases. For instance, with only two thirds of the
population voting in an election it is often far easier and more cost
effective to ensure that a hundred supporters show up on polling day
than it is to convince a hundred voters to switch support from one
party to the other. This has also tended to polarize electoral
politics. A 90% turnout from a party's radical base is often better
than a 50 percent turnout from both radical and moderate supporters.
GOTV can also be extremely important
in high turn-out elections when they are extremely close. In these
elections turnout can be critical in determing the election results.
Source: From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
UNION BUILT MEANS BETTER BUILT
You want a “ no-worry” electrical system installed in
your home Safe, reliable and guaranteed. Then you need an
electrical system installed by a union electrical contractor.
That’s right– UNION! A competent union electrical contractor who
employs qualified IBEW union electricians.
Each IBEW journeyman learns the trade through a 3 to
5 year Apprenticeship program. This extensive training combines
on–the-job practical experience with classroom theory and
testing.
And the training doesn’t stop there. Continuing education
constantly
up-dates the union electrician’s skills through programs sponsored by
the
IBEW and NECA the IBEW & NECA were instrument in establishing
mandatory
state Licensing in California. Why? Because we believe that our
work
is superior & we stand behind it! PROTECT YOURSELVES
Bruce Gourley, Business Manager
Updated 10/31/06 Copyright© 2006 IBEW L.U. 180
Information on this site has been approved
by the Business Manager and L.U. President
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