Heads up, progressive San Jose voters:

[EFerrari]

Tomorrow is Election Day. Please get out and vote! San Jose voters will decide on Measure B, which would dangerously weaken the collective bargaining rights of city employees in a similar way to the right-wing, tea party-backed laws that have galvanized progressives in Wisconsin and Ohio. In addition to Measure B in San Jose, all Californians will be deciding on Prop 28 (Term Limit Adjustment) and Prop 29 (Tobacco Tax for Cancer Research).

Are you ready to vote? Please take a quick look at our Progressive Voter Guide.

Measure B is being promoted as a solution to escalating public pension costs, but rather than tackle this problem as San Francisco and other cities have by bringing all parties to the bargaining table and figuring out a solution that works for everyone, Mayor Chuck Reed and his business allies have tried to take a short-cut. The result is that Measure B could be thrown out by the courts even if it passes.

If you have any question of where your voting place is, please call the Secretary of State's toll-free Voter Hotline at (800) 345-VOTE (8683). If you haven't mailed your Vote-by-Mail ballot, you'll probably want to drop it off at your polling place tomorrow. All Vote-by-Mail ballots must be received by 8:00 PM on Election Day, no matter when they're post-marked.

Lastly, whether you agree with our recommended positions or not, PLEASE VOTE!

Yours in the fight to build a progressive California,

Rick Jacobs
Chair and Founder, Courage Campaign

P.S. - Problems with or questions about your the ballot? Click here to visit the Secretary of State's website.

Paid for by the Courage Campaign Issues Committee. Paid for by San Jose Can Do Better, No on Measure B for Retirement Fairness, sponsored by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO and affiliated unions. Major funding by American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO and Local 101 AFL-CIO.

Link to CC's progressive voters' guide:

http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/content/June2012VoterGuideSanJose

Please go forth and kick teabagger @ss.

[KamaAina]

1. Measure B is also very likely illegal

Mayor Reed's singleminded zeal to bust the unions has led him to put up this measure that they city's own attorneys say may not hold up in court. Just say NO! Then get to work on real solutions, like seeing if the city could save money by joining CalPERS rather than self-funding its own retirement plan.

Also, in San Jose council races, Steve Kline over Pete Constant's sock puppet, Pierluigi Oliverio, in District 6 (that's me!) and Brian O'Neill in District 10. We don't need any more woodwinds (Reed instruments, get it? ) on the council!