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- 30 Jul 2010 - Ray Lutz for Congress Fundraiser Party at Tequila 100 756 5th Ave, San Diego 92101 (4-7pm) Elect Engineer, Entrepreneur, Educator Ray Lutz to the U.S. Congress! Meet and Chat with Ray, Enjoy Hors d'oeuvres, Music and Mingling. Suggested Contibution levels: Host ($500), Co-Host ($250), Gold ($100), or Silver ($50). (Venue is only two blocks from Horton Plaza – park free for three hours.) Please contribute in advance of the event if possible. Info: 619-447-3246 Details
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Friends:
The primary election is now over, and the results are in. If there was any doubt, those doubts are now put to rest as we won the primary with a landslide victory of 71% of the vote! You have sent a clear message, and that message is that we will now get serious and unseat Duncan D. Hunter!
I am extremely encouraged by the sizeable number of new names and faces that have stepped forward to help with the campaign. Thank you in advance for all your volunteer time and effort. Without you, this campaign would be absolutely impossible as I do not accept corporate funds for my campaign at all, including any money from the military industrial complex, unlike my opponent who receives the vast majority of his contributions from OUTSIDE the district. He answers to WALL STREET, not MAIN STREET.
If you are not already aware we have a new CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS, at 165 E. Main St. Suite B, El Cajon, 92020. Oh, that's right, we are on MAIN STREET.
Experts may say that the race is impossible to win, that the "Hunter" name has been around for 30 years, and there is no chance to change it.
Those experts don't realize that I'm the guy who worked with the community of Potrero to kick out Blackwater, the multi-billion dollar mercenary army firm that wanted to set up an 824-acre training facility in that small community... I'm the guy who first outed the undercover Otay Mesa Blackwater development, and went on with a team of activists to stop Blackwater's agreement with Southwestern College and their unlimited use of on-campus conference rooms, perhaps for mercenary recruiting. I'm the guy who started Citizens' Oversight Projects -- COPs to help citizens continue to keep track of out-of-control local governmental bodies.
I'm not afraid of working against Blackwater, and I'm not afraid of working to give Duncan D. Hunter (i.e. "Junior") the boot. Junior essentially inherited the seat from his father. They have the same name, except for the middle initial. Most people didn't know they were voting for the son, a disgusting play by local Republicans to hold the seat. This is not a man who got to his seat by kicking and scratching his way to the top. It was given to him by sleight of hand. But the gig is up; people are now realizing that the son is not his father, and that is clear.
It's time to give incumbents the boot. It's time that we had a name other than "Hunter" as our representative.
We are, at the present time, at worldwide peak of oil production. In the next few years, the amount of oil that can be produced will decline, while at the same time demand continues to increase. The developing countries of India and China, for example, will increase their demand by 15% per year. The result is that we will face a dramatic change in the energy landscape, from cheap plentiful (and basically free) energy to somewhat costly energy. Gas at $3 per gallon is nothing. Even Starbucks coffee costs over $50 a gallon, and it won't move your car an inch.
Instead of ignoring this upcoming challenge, we must rise and meet the challenge. The difference is being caught off guard or being ready for these severe changes. To meet the challenge, Ray proposes a Green Manhattan Project, building and staffing 500 solar panel factories around the country (including here in the 52nd district) to produce solar panels for use on homes and businesses and to create new jobs to boot. It's time to require that we add U.S. jobs, and not just jobs in India or China as we move to solve our energy challenges.
Never has the need for change at this level been so urgent. As we struggle in Iraq and trade words with Iran, we must realize that the core problem we must face is our addiction to oil. We must make conservation central to our strategy and recreate our communities to reduce our climate change footprint and reduce or eliminate our dependence on foreign oil supplies. No longer is this just a matter of dollars and cents. This is a national security issue, and true patriots will take up the challenge.
I welcome your support and would be honored by your vote.
Warmest Regards,
Raymond Lutz
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