ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERs
Keith reminded us that the annual Christmas party will be December 2nd at his house at 4:00.
Remember your Rotary Foundation pledges are due in November but you can pay up till December 15th. See John Fisher.
Dr. Art announced we will have another weed pulling day. He will send out details.
Taylor Brevis from Congressman Panetta’s office gave us a legislative update. She said the Congressman is focused on the farm bill. She also spoke about his focus on the need to have a budget and not a government shutdown. In the new session, they will renew the voting rights act. The first piece of legislation will be on conflict of interest laws. It will focus on reining in dark money in politics. Other issues to be addressed in the new session will be lowering prescription drug prices, immigration reform and environmental protection.
We had two red badge speakers today. The first was Trish Glassey. She was born in Hawaii then moved to California. She did undergraduate work at UCSC and graduate work at Univ of Michigan and worked in politics and program analysis for many years, among them as an aide for Leon Panetta! Welcome Trish!
Matt Wetstein , our second red badger, also worked in politics as an aide for Paul Simon. His dissertation was on abortion politics in the U.S and it turned into a book on abortion rates in the U.S., one of the first studies to look at all fifty states. He is in his ninth month as President of Cabrillo College and loves it and loves being here. Welcome Matt!
We had two red badge speakers today. The first was Trish Glassey. She did a display of her life. It was a guessing game with prizes that were beautiful cards that she made herself based on her own photographs. She was born in Hawaii then moved to California. She last lived in Ann Arbor Michigan and Washington DC among many other places. She did undergraduate work at UCSC and graduate work at Univ of Michigan and worked in politics and program analysis for many years, among them as an aide for Leon Panetta! Welcome Trish!
Matt Wetstein , our second red badger, also worked in politics as an aide for Paul Simon. After he graduated from college he became a journalist at the Wilmington Free press where he did all the jobs. His dissertation was on abortion politics in the U.S and it turned into a book on abortion rate in the U.S., one of the first studies to look at all fifty states. He met his wife Cindy when they were in school. Together they have written many peer reviewed articles as well as three books. He has traveled to many places, among them Austria, Germany, France, England and Canada. Among other hobbies he likes to hike. He is in his ninth month at Cabrillo and loves it and loves being here. Welcome Matt!