Great deal on great camera at Office Depot now

2007-03-01 Thread Evan Daniel Ravitz
Folks, not to wax commercial, but, having been a photographer since age 6, if you want a small, easy to use camera with a great 6:1 zoom Leica lens and image stabilization, you can't beat the Panasonic Lumix LZ5K on sale for $180 at Office Depot. I just called and they have 3 left in stock.

What Jared Polis and I learned at Alpine Valley School

2007-03-07 Thread Evan Daniel Ravitz
Folks, I hope you get a kick out of this, which I also sent to our state Senators and Representatives... Below is my letter published today in the Denver Post. Jared wanted to co-sign it, but that would have impinged on his 1/month op-ed. http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_5368477 (4th

Tues. 6PM Bldr. Lib: Cemex lawsuit fundraiser!

2007-03-14 Thread Evan Daniel Ravitz
The biggest polluter in Boulder Valley is being taken to court. Please come to this fundraiser: *Cementing Justice*** *a presentation and fundraiser* Rocky Mountain *Clean Air Action* *Taking Legal Action to Clean Up Air Pollution at the Cemex Cement Plant* Tuesday, March 20 at 6 P.M.

Vote.org is for sale! Please spread the word.

2007-03-21 Thread Evan Daniel Ravitz
Friends, Boulderites, Countryfolk, your ears! I'm selling my domain Vote.org after 12 years. Our proposals for better and national ballot initiatives is just too far ahead of its time. Some nonprofit like Vote-smart.org or some forward looking party or politician should develop its enormous

Email Congress for Peace Tax bill H.R. 2631

2007-04-13 Thread Evan Daniel Ravitz
If this bill passes, you'll be able to pay your taxes into a fund to be used ONLY for non-military purposes! Here's the automated Congress-begging form you need: https://secure.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ncptf/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=783 Evan

Our Doctor is IN booth makes Denver news

2007-04-30 Thread Evan Daniel Ravitz
Folks, For 4 years I, and now others, have been helping people with all kinds of problems with a booth patterned after the one Lucy had in the Charlie Brown comics, down at the Pearl St. Mall Here's Denver's 9 News story, which aired last night:

My fab $500 apt on Uni Hill to sublet July-August!

2007-05-07 Thread Evan Daniel Ravitz
Folks, I'm leaving for my 7th summer in the high country and subletting my nice Boulder apartment on University Hill for the bargain price of $500/month. I'll be away July and August, and maybe some of June. I live 150 feet from a HOP bus stop and 3 blocks from all the Broadway buses, at

Help Rocky Mtn Climber's Club fight Chautauqua eviction

2007-06-04 Thread Evan Daniel Ravitz
Folks, The elderly members of the Rocky Mtn Climber's Club are fighting eviction from the building their predecessors helped fund at Chautauqua long ago. Rowena Johnson told me Sunday that the Club had tried to meet with the Chautauqua administration, fruitlessly, before resorting to

Congress votes on closing School of Assassins this week -send an email/fax!

2007-06-19 Thread Evan Daniel Ravitz
The infamous School of the Americas (name changed to Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) has trained Latin American police later convicted of torture, assassination, blackmail, etc. for decades. Now Congress is closer than ever to closing it. Here's a New York Times