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P.O. BOX 1196, AUSTIN, TEXAS
XTRA Newspaper and XTRA News Media are owned by Ms. Gloria Morales and we “are not a part of xtraenaustin.com”
Press Releases October 2008
please send/submit all press releases to
xtranewspaper@yahoo.com xtraadvertise@yahoo.com glorialaejana@gmail.com
Jack Ladd, Campaign Manager
Please call me at 512-925-9875, if you are interested in walking your own precinct, or even better if you can get some people together to do a lit drop or phone bank with you.
Thanks Marshalls for your continued support!
Friday, October 17
We are meeting in Cypress, at 10AM, for lit dropping at the Startbucks
inside the Randalls Grocery Store at 17455 Spring Cypress Rd, Cypress, TX.
Saturday, October 18
We are having 4 lit drops across the district. At the following locations:
Jack Ladd, Campaign Manager
Please call me at 512-925-9875,
TomballKROGER grocery store8745 spring-cypress rd
SpringKROGER grocery store6060 fm 2920
CypressTommorows walk in Cypress will meet at the Kroger's Starbuck's not at the Randall's.
Sorry for the confusion RANDALLS grocery store12312 barker cypress rd
For clarification call 512-925-9875
KatyMcCaul Campaign HQ
609 South Mason Rd. (Same Shopping center as Fuzzy's Pizza)
Saturday, October 18,
from 1pm-5pm
Conley-Guerrero Activity Center
808 Nile St
Press Release- Contact: Carmen Llanes, 512-633-4312 Cynthia Wade, 512-658-7334
Community Forum at the Conley-Guerrero Activity Center People from across the Austin area will gather Saturday, October 18, from 1pm-5pm at a Community Forum at the Conley-Guerrero Activity Center (808 Nile St.) to take stock of the damage that NAFTA and similar free trade policies have done to workers, the environment and our communities. Leaders from labor, environmental, faith, and student groups will call on elected officials and candidates for office to support a fair trade agenda.
The Forum will highlight the deep concern that people across the region have about NAFTA and its negative impacts on jobs, on water rights, and on transportation. More than 5,000 jobs in Austin have been lost directly due to free trade.
“When trade agreements allow companies to pay workers in Mexico , Honduras , or India desperately low wages while skimping on safety equipment in factories that freely pollute the environment, then it is no wonder that workers in Austin are going to lose out,” said Polly Monear of Ten Thousand Villages. “The solution must be to make sure that workers, wherever they are, can receive decent wages, good working conditions, and the right to form a union.”
Community leaders will call on area Congress Members to co-sponsor the TRADE Act, legislation now in Congress that calls for renegotiating NAFTA and other trade deals and that lays out the changes needed to make them fair for workers and the environment.
"It is time for Rep. Lloyd Doggett to show real support for us on trade issues and be a leader for economic and environmental justice," said Carmen Llanes of PODER. "Considering his record in speaking out for the people, it is a surprise to many of us in the community that he has not yet signed on to the TRADE Act."
With an election around the corner, Forum participants will also be sending a message to candidates.
“Where I live water issues are paramount, and the fact that NAFTA and CAFTA let multinational corporations come in and turn our water into a commodity to be sold to the highest bidder is outrageous,” said Sheril Smith, a volunteer with the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club. “At an event last week, Larry Joe Doherty made clear he thought water was not a commodity but a human right. Rep. Mike McCaul, do you agree?”
The Forum, entitled “Fighting for a Fair Trade Future”, will include a panel discussion on the TRADE Act and workshops on water rights; food, farming, and trade; the Trans-Texas Corridor; the sweatfree movement; fair trade artisans in India and Nepal; and local worker rights. The keynote speech will be given by Carmencita “Chie” Abad, a former sweatshop worker from Saipan who was instrumental in forcing 26 major retailers to settle a lawsuit in September 2002 to improve factory working conditions.
The Forum is sponsored by the Texas Fair Trade Coalition, Oxfam UT , Ten Thousand Villages, PODER, Education Austin, AFSC - Austin, Green Party of Travis County, and ILASSA.
Friday, October 17
Press Release-City of Austin Public Works Dept.
Lamar Bridge maintenance planned for this weekend-work will require lane reductions
AUSTIN, TX – As part of the regular City of Austin Bridge Maintenance Program , the City will reduce lanes on the Lamar Bridge at Lady Bird Johnson Lake this weekend for maintenance. Two lanes, one in each direction, will be open at all times during the work. The lane reductions will start at 10 p.m. on Friday, October 17. All four lanes will be reopened by 3 a.m., Monday, October 20. A thin bonded polymer overlay will be applied to the bridge deck to seal the concrete and improve traction. The work is weather dependent, but weather forecasts predict the work will move forward.
The City urges motorists to find alternate routes to and through the downtown area, and to drive gently and courteously while the work takes place.
Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009
PRESS RELEASE from Jazmin Cavazos, Office of Council Member Mike Martinez 512-974-2619
Date Press Release Received-Oct. 16, 2008
City to host “Dia de la Raza” parade in 2009
Please note the parade will be held Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009 – not Saturday, Oct. 10.
2009 this is being announced in 2008 so, those who want to get involved in the event can contact
Contact: Jazmin Cavazos, Office of Council Member Mike Martinez , (512) 974-2619
Austin Council Member Mike Martinez, former Mayor Gus Garcia and members of the Austin Police Department announced today the details of the City’s inaugural “Dia de la Raza” parade.
The “Dia de la Raza” parade will take place Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. “Austin Hispanics can be described in many ways,” said Council Member Mike Martinez. “We are proud and we love our community. We also enjoy sharing with others the traditions that make us who we are. It’s in that spirit that the idea for a community-wide celebration was born.”
Dia de la Raza is a holiday that is celebrated on October 12th every year and it celebrates modern Hispanic Heritage. Though it is a celebration of Hispanic culture, it is something everyone in the Austin community can participate in.
“In celebrating Dia de la Raza, we are honoring both the European heritage and the Indigenous heritage of all Latin American people, and the rich culture that their mixing produced,” said former Mayor Gus Garcia.
The parade will be designed to highlight the rich Hispanic culture in the Austin community and will feature floats, bands and numerous Latino community groups.
To let the planning committee know that you would like to be a part of this exciting event contact them via email at diadelaraza@gmail.com Contact: Jazmin Cavazos, Office of Council Member Mike Martinez , (512) 974-2619. If, you want to be involved in the event, please, contact them directly.
P.O. BOX 1196, AUSTIN, TEXAS
XTRA Newspaper and XTRA News Media are owned by Ms. Gloria Morales and we “are not a part of xtraenaustin.com”
Press Releases October 2008
please send/submit all press releases to
xtranewspaper@yahoo.com xtraadvertise@yahoo.com glorialaejana@gmail.com
Jack Ladd, Campaign Manager
Please call me at 512-925-9875, if you are interested in walking your own precinct, or even better if you can get some people together to do a lit drop or phone bank with you.
Thanks Marshalls for your continued support!
Friday, October 17
We are meeting in Cypress, at 10AM, for lit dropping at the Startbucks
inside the Randalls Grocery Store at 17455 Spring Cypress Rd, Cypress, TX.
Saturday, October 18
We are having 4 lit drops across the district. At the following locations:
Jack Ladd, Campaign Manager
Please call me at 512-925-9875,
TomballKROGER grocery store8745 spring-cypress rd
SpringKROGER grocery store6060 fm 2920
CypressTommorows walk in Cypress will meet at the Kroger's Starbuck's not at the Randall's.
Sorry for the confusion RANDALLS grocery store12312 barker cypress rd
For clarification call 512-925-9875
KatyMcCaul Campaign HQ
609 South Mason Rd. (Same Shopping center as Fuzzy's Pizza)
Saturday, October 18,
from 1pm-5pm
Conley-Guerrero Activity Center
808 Nile St
Press Release- Contact: Carmen Llanes, 512-633-4312 Cynthia Wade, 512-658-7334
Community Forum at the Conley-Guerrero Activity Center People from across the Austin area will gather Saturday, October 18, from 1pm-5pm at a Community Forum at the Conley-Guerrero Activity Center (808 Nile St.) to take stock of the damage that NAFTA and similar free trade policies have done to workers, the environment and our communities. Leaders from labor, environmental, faith, and student groups will call on elected officials and candidates for office to support a fair trade agenda.
The Forum will highlight the deep concern that people across the region have about NAFTA and its negative impacts on jobs, on water rights, and on transportation. More than 5,000 jobs in Austin have been lost directly due to free trade.
“When trade agreements allow companies to pay workers in Mexico , Honduras , or India desperately low wages while skimping on safety equipment in factories that freely pollute the environment, then it is no wonder that workers in Austin are going to lose out,” said Polly Monear of Ten Thousand Villages. “The solution must be to make sure that workers, wherever they are, can receive decent wages, good working conditions, and the right to form a union.”
Community leaders will call on area Congress Members to co-sponsor the TRADE Act, legislation now in Congress that calls for renegotiating NAFTA and other trade deals and that lays out the changes needed to make them fair for workers and the environment.
"It is time for Rep. Lloyd Doggett to show real support for us on trade issues and be a leader for economic and environmental justice," said Carmen Llanes of PODER. "Considering his record in speaking out for the people, it is a surprise to many of us in the community that he has not yet signed on to the TRADE Act."
With an election around the corner, Forum participants will also be sending a message to candidates.
“Where I live water issues are paramount, and the fact that NAFTA and CAFTA let multinational corporations come in and turn our water into a commodity to be sold to the highest bidder is outrageous,” said Sheril Smith, a volunteer with the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club. “At an event last week, Larry Joe Doherty made clear he thought water was not a commodity but a human right. Rep. Mike McCaul, do you agree?”
The Forum, entitled “Fighting for a Fair Trade Future”, will include a panel discussion on the TRADE Act and workshops on water rights; food, farming, and trade; the Trans-Texas Corridor; the sweatfree movement; fair trade artisans in India and Nepal; and local worker rights. The keynote speech will be given by Carmencita “Chie” Abad, a former sweatshop worker from Saipan who was instrumental in forcing 26 major retailers to settle a lawsuit in September 2002 to improve factory working conditions.
The Forum is sponsored by the Texas Fair Trade Coalition, Oxfam UT , Ten Thousand Villages, PODER, Education Austin, AFSC - Austin, Green Party of Travis County, and ILASSA.
Friday, October 17
Press Release-City of Austin Public Works Dept.
Lamar Bridge maintenance planned for this weekend-work will require lane reductions
AUSTIN, TX – As part of the regular City of Austin Bridge Maintenance Program , the City will reduce lanes on the Lamar Bridge at Lady Bird Johnson Lake this weekend for maintenance. Two lanes, one in each direction, will be open at all times during the work. The lane reductions will start at 10 p.m. on Friday, October 17. All four lanes will be reopened by 3 a.m., Monday, October 20. A thin bonded polymer overlay will be applied to the bridge deck to seal the concrete and improve traction. The work is weather dependent, but weather forecasts predict the work will move forward.
The City urges motorists to find alternate routes to and through the downtown area, and to drive gently and courteously while the work takes place.
Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009
PRESS RELEASE from Jazmin Cavazos, Office of Council Member Mike Martinez 512-974-2619
Date Press Release Received-Oct. 16, 2008
City to host “Dia de la Raza” parade in 2009
Please note the parade will be held Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009 – not Saturday, Oct. 10.
2009 this is being announced in 2008 so, those who want to get involved in the event can contact
Contact: Jazmin Cavazos, Office of Council Member Mike Martinez , (512) 974-2619
Austin Council Member Mike Martinez, former Mayor Gus Garcia and members of the Austin Police Department announced today the details of the City’s inaugural “Dia de la Raza” parade.
The “Dia de la Raza” parade will take place Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. “Austin Hispanics can be described in many ways,” said Council Member Mike Martinez. “We are proud and we love our community. We also enjoy sharing with others the traditions that make us who we are. It’s in that spirit that the idea for a community-wide celebration was born.”
Dia de la Raza is a holiday that is celebrated on October 12th every year and it celebrates modern Hispanic Heritage. Though it is a celebration of Hispanic culture, it is something everyone in the Austin community can participate in.
“In celebrating Dia de la Raza, we are honoring both the European heritage and the Indigenous heritage of all Latin American people, and the rich culture that their mixing produced,” said former Mayor Gus Garcia.
The parade will be designed to highlight the rich Hispanic culture in the Austin community and will feature floats, bands and numerous Latino community groups.
To let the planning committee know that you would like to be a part of this exciting event contact them via email at diadelaraza@gmail.com Contact: Jazmin Cavazos, Office of Council Member Mike Martinez , (512) 974-2619. If, you want to be involved in the event, please, contact them directly.
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