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BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
Fri May 25, 2012, 12:24 PM May 2012

Send a message to tax the rich - Vote Mike Strimling in the primaries.

MIKE STRIMLING -

* CONSUMER AND CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY

* U.S. PEACE CORPS - LEGAL ADVISOR to two Provinces

* SENIOR RESEARCH ATTORNEY FOR CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEAL AND SUPERIOR AND APPELLATE COURTS
COMPLEX LITIGATION ATTORNEY

* UC BERKELEY Law Degree, U.C. SANTA CRUZ (B.A. honors), UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Dean's Honor List)
L.A. public schools, California native PROGRESSIVE - currently handling consumer and civil rights cases for plaintiffs. Judge Pro Tem, Arbitrator Mediator, complex litigation for consumers, individuals, public agencies, companies, homeowner associations & union members.

* STAFF ATTORNEY FOR APPELLATE & TRIAL COURTS for 5 Years, handling civil and criminal matters.

* STATE BAR COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; Bar Association commendations for pro bono work
LAW PRACTICE in U.S. Court of Claims in Washington D.C., California Courts of Appeal, Superor Courts in 11 California Counties, Federal District and Appellate Courts.

* A TRAINED LAWYER who knows government procedure and the effect of laws; class actions; consumer laws; civil rights laws; securities and mortgage law; environmental; condemnation; construction; injury, financial laws, family law, probate law and civil rights laws

* SUPPORTER AND FOUNDER TaxTheRich2012.org

* WE DECLARE THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT: THAT RICH INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS PAY TAX at historical rates. The end of tax cuts for the super-rich which have bankrupted America. That is how we end our deficits, debt and preserve our Social Security and health programs

* UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, WORKERS RIGHTS. AGAINST FUTILE AND UNNECESSARY WARS AND WIRETAPPING.
SUPPORTING EDUCATION, infrastructure, transit, the environment, privacy, choice, childcare, eldercare.

Now is my chance to replace DiFi with REAL Progressive, and I urge other progressives to do the same. This is just the primaries, as Mike says, and it's a long shot, but it will send a clear message to DiFi that we need to tax the rich (a group she's a part of and what she's not happy to do).

http://taxtherich2012.org/mike-strimling-for-senate-page.html
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