Tonight the slate is officially sworn in!

Tonight at the regularly scheduled Rent Board meeting, the 6 of us who were elected/reelected will be sworn in at the beginning of the meeting.

It’s open to the public, come on by at 7pm or watch it on-line, on Berkeley public access channel 33, or listen 89.3FM KPFB.

We won!

Thank you to everyone who volunteered, donated, came to one of our fundraisers, and of course, everyone who voted for us. We will represent you and all of Berkeley honestly and fairly.

Here are the totals as of 11/19/10, 7 days after the election. These numbers may change slightly.

Name/# of votes/% of total votes
Jesse Townley         17,456        14%
Pam Webster         16,117         13%
Dave Blake             15,784        13%
Lisa Stephens         15,336        13%
Kathy Harr             15,231        13%
Asa Dodsworth        15,022        12%

P.S.- Personal note from Jesse Townley: I’d like to recognize that all 9 candidates who ran for these 6 seats kept personal rancor largely out of the campaign and it was a respectful, straight-forward race, especially in comparison to some of the other Berkeley campaigns this year.
(I’m speaking for myself here, only because I haven’t spoken with my slate mates about this note yet)

Election Day is here!

Today’s the day! Remember, vote SHERRY (the last letters of our 6 names = SHERRY!)

If you haven’t already mailed your ballot, drop it off at any polling place within Alameda County. If you want to see your sample ballot OR don’t know where your polling place, enter your address here.

You can follow the election results LIVE on-line.
Here’s the schedule of results:
* 8:00 pm – Vote By Mail Returns
* 8:45 pm – Mandatory Vote By Mail Precincts
* 9:30 pm – Precinct Returns
* Every 20 minutes – Update Subsequent Precinct Returns

Final weekend of spreading the word!

Hey all-
We’re down to a matter of hours- meet us at noon tomorrow (Sunday, Halloween) to distribute literature in different parts of Berkeley. And if you want to stay inside, we have some tenant voters for you to call.

It all happens at the campaign office 12 noon, rain or shine!

Crunch time- 11 days until Election day!

We need your help to elect the entire Progressive Rent Board slate on November 2nd!

1. You can volunteer here, or call 510-4-RENT-05. We need phone-callers, literature droppers, sign-putter-uppers, you name it!

2. You can request a sign by e-mail, or call 510-4-RENT-05.

3. We are getting the word out to new & current voters about our great slate, and we need your financial help. Anything from $5 to $1500 is welcome, either use the Paypal button to the right of this text or send a check.

This Tuesday @ the Mel-O-Dee!

Join Missy & Jesse Luscious as they spin the best punk, power pop, & garage rock from 8pm-midnight!

Free, 21+, at the Mel-O-Dee Lounge, 2 blocks from El Cerrito BART. There’ll be donation buckets at the bar & at the DJ booth!

This Thursday is SIGN TIME!

It’s sign time!

Come on by from 6pm on and take some signs to put up around the neighborhood, today Thursday 6-11pm. Early birds get PIZZA! We have 8 designs to choose from:

Big slate sign!
Medium slate sign!
6 different signs, 1 per candidate!

Stop by and pick one up for your window or yard, or sign up here and we’ll deliver one to you as soon as possible!

Party for the Progressives!

Two new fundraiser events on our Events page!

This Saturday October 2nd it’s a 21+ Beach Party @ the Wooden Duck, $5-$20 donation
Beach Party on facebook

Tuesday October 19th it’s a 21+ Punk/Garage/Power Pop DJ night @ the Mel-O-Dee, free

Every weekend is Walking Weekend!

We’re meeting each Saturday & Sunday to walk precincts, make phone calls, or drop literature at our shared campaign office at 2242 Bancroft in Berkeley!

Come on by or fill out our Volunteer form & we can get you some volunteer things to do from home.

We need your help to make this campaign successful!

Walk with the Rent Board Slate this weekend!

Starting this weekend, we’re walking Districts 4 and 7 with City Councilmembers Jesse Arreguin and Kriss Worthington!

10am-2pm Saturday – Walk with Kathy Harr & Jesse Townley of the Rent Board Slate, along with Kriss Worthington, Jesse Arreguin, State Senator Leland Yee, and many others!

10am-2pm Sunday – Walk with Lisa Stephens & Pam Webster of the Rent Board slate, along with Kriss Worthington, Jesse Arreguin, State Senator Leland Yee, and many others!

It all starts at our shared campaign office at 2242 Bancroft Way across from UC Berkeley, just 3 blocks from Berkeley BART.