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Several savvy Lake County destinations are leveraging a prestigious Bay Area event by donating silent auction wine and lodging packages to attract new guests and customers.
The San Francisco Public Relations Round Table’s annual holiday lunch and scholarship fundraiser is Tuesday, Dec. 4, at St. Francis Hotel on Union Square from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Scholarship funds benefit public relations students at Golden Gate University, where I teach, and San Jose State University.
My personal thanks for generous scholarship fund silent auction donations go to Chasewater. Inc., wine company and olive mill; Edgewater Resort; Harbin Hot Springs; Langtry Estates; Tallman Hotel; and Twin Pines Casino.
Founded in 1939 by the titans of PR in San Francisco’s bustling business community, the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table serves senior-level public relations practitioners who meet regularly to hear fascinating speakers, share information, stay on top of trends in industry, business and the media, and enjoy the company of colleagues with similar interests.
Guest speakers Dec. 4 are CBS political analyst Phil Matier and fellow journalist Andy Ross. They co-write a news column for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Event sponsors include Wells Fargo Bank, Burston-Marsteller, BusinessWire, Landis Communications, TOBIN and Associates, Delta Dental, The Hess Collection and Harden Communications Partners.
There is still time for Lake County organizations to donate unique products, services or experiential opportunities like fishing trips, vineyard tours, private cooking lessons, nature walks or hard hat tours, etc.
To make donations, please contact Whitney Greer,
Susanne La Faver is public relations professor at San Francisco’s Golden Gate University, www.ggu.edu . She lives in Hidden Valley Lake, Calif.
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The promoters of Proposition 32 are bombarding the airwaves, saying it will “keep special-interest money out of politics.”
It won’t, and it was never meant to.
Proposition 32 is a trap that sells California politics to corporations.
If it passes, union members won’t be able to contribute to political campaigns, even if they want to.
The voices of working people will be driven out of politics.
Meanwhile, these “people” will still be able to make political contributions: LLC’s (limited liability corporations), LLP’s (limited liability partnerships), REIT’s (real estate investment trusts), sole proprietorships, SuperPACs, various kinds of investment firms like hedge funds (Bain Capitol, anyone?).
Super PACs undermine democracy no matter which side they favor, and campaign finance reform is an absolute necessity.
Anti-labor interests are already outspending unions nationwide by a ratio of more than $15 for every $1 spent by unions.
Between 2000 and 2011, that amounted to $700 million spent by anti-labor forces, while unions spent just a little more than $284 million.
Could Wall Street risk-takers, CEOs and the one-percenters use this measure as a vehicle to channel millions of dollars to candidates?
Of course they could.
Do they have the money and talent to set that up if it doesn’t already exist? Of course they do.
If you liked Citizen’s United, you’ll love Proposition 32.
It needs to be stopped on Nov. 6.
Rebecca Curry lives in Kelseyville, Calif.
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