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Saida Haiti, International Headquarters Come Visit us for LUNCH! In addition to our organic coffee, pizzas, empanadas, pastries and pies, we now prepare made to order sandwiches, salads, and even black bean gazpacho. 3601 S. Congress off E. Alpine Penn Field under the water tower \(5121107-9637 www.rotamaya.net ch.eck oir site for mghly calendar Chavez.. Common ! ,,ensc ofNom toknce Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence Jose-Antonio Orosco Orosco seeks to elevate Chavez as an original thinker. Chavez developed distinct ideas about nonviolent theory that are timely for dealing with today’s social and political issues, including racism, sexism, immigration, globalization, and political violence. University of New Mexico Press UNMPRESS.COM 800.249.7737 often to urban-area fundraisers. It can cost millions to run a competitive statewide campaign. It’s too early to tell whether she’ll have enough to buy television advertising. “It all depends on the account balance in October,” she says. Yailez likes to say that people smarter than hermainly state Democratic Party leaders and consultantsrecruited her to run because they know she can win. She says she hopes a Democratic base energized by the contested presidential primary, independents frustrated with Republican politics, and high-profile problems in the state Supreme Court will propel her to victory. “Those of us in the legal profession, we’ve known for years what’s going on:’ she says. “The truth is getting out in laymen’s terms by some of these articles that are being written and some of these editorials, and I think that’s going to affect the electorate:’ She’s working with groups in urban areas to register Democratic voters. During the primary, she sent out mailers targeting white women older than 45in other words, Hillary Clinton supportersand she suspects that effort put her over the top. She will need them and many more to win in the general election, which she thinks is possible. “I would say that given the turnout and the enthusiasm in the Democratic Party this year, which is unprecedented, I think we can,” she says. Elizabeth Pierson Hernandez is an Austin-based freelance writer and former Capitol reporter for Freedom Communications newspapers in the Rio Grande Valley. gZe, UNDERWRITER Hearst Newspapers The Houston Chronicle MOLLY’S HELL-RA1SERS Dolph Briscoe Audre & Bernard Rapoport TYRANT’S FOE Renee & Russ Graham Libby & Dale Linebarger Lynn & Tom Meredith Suzanne & Marc Winkelman Randy Parten Nelson Roach AGITATOR Melanie & Ben Barnes Lowell Lebermann Becky Beaver & John Duncan . Nancy Scanlan Carol Barger Don Carleton, UT Center for American History Claudia & Otis Carroll Rod Hart, UT College of Communication Melissa Jones Joan & Jeffrey Lava Nona Niland Susan Longley Janis & Joe Pinnelli Chula Reynolds Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation John Scanlan Laura Scanlan Cho & Ken Cho Donna & George Shipley Sunny & Shelton Smith POT-BANGER Karen & David Anderson Frances Barton & Dick Leverich Aimee Boone Eleanor & Jim Cochran Jan Demetri & Jim Davis Janet Dewey & Bob Ozer Bruce Elfant & Lisa Harris Mary Margaret & Ray Farabee Betsy Julian & Ed Cloutman Annette LoVoi & Jim Marston . Kathy Guido & Alfred Stanley Nora Linares-Moeller & Michael Moeller Linda Moore Michael Maguire Cha & Gilberto Ocarias Geronimo Rodriguez & Nichole Holt Glenn Smith & Margie Becker Sara Speights Kelly White & Bill McLellan STEERING COMMITTEE Co-Chairs Mary Margaret Farabee & Susan Longley Frances Barton Becky Beaver Aimee Boone Jan Demetri Lou Dubose Karen Farabee Carol Flake Melissa Jones Joan Lava Sandie McClellan Nona Niland Janis Pinnelli Suzy Reid Geoff Rips Nancy Scanlan Sara Speights Margot Thomas Kelly White Note: In the MOLLY program and the last issue of the Observer, Carol Barger was incorrectly listed as a Pot-Banger, not the Agitator that she is. JUNE 27, 2008 THE TEXAS OBSERVER 13