Who Are We?
The Coalition for Change is a group of independent citizens of the Placerville area dedicated to progressive political and environmental change in El Dorado County.
Upcoming C4C Events
⇒ Event details...7/27, Mon. 6 pm - Monthly C4C meeting, CANCELED.
8/24, Mon. 6 pm - Monthly C4C meeting, Raley's Event Center, Placerville, 6 to 8 pm.
9/28, Mon. 6 pm - Monthly C4C meeting, Raley's Event Center, Placerville, 6 to 8 pm.
Progressive Alliance Calendar
⇒ PA calendar...Local Links
Progressive News Links
Contact Us
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C4C Supports Charlie Brown
The non-partisan Coalition for Change worked hard to support Charlie Brown in the past 2 election cycles and will be stepping up in 2010 to help elect him in California's 4th Congressional District. 
We believe in Charlie, a moderate, fair-minded patriot who will work across party lines to represent our interests and help President Obama lead America towards a brighter future.
How You Can Help
Email us if you are interested in being on our list for notification of upcoming local activities in support of Charlie. In the past we have sent postcards, registered voters, provided bumper stickers, and organized rallies for Charlie.
Charlie vs McClintock
Here is a comparison of key Brown and McClintock positions on the issues: ⇒ Comparison...
| Charlie Brown | Tom McClintock |
|---|---|
| 26 Year Air Force Vet, Combat and Reconnaissance Pilot | No Foreign Affairs or Military Experience |
| 17 Year Roseville Resident | 0% Rating on Environment from League of Conservation Voters |
| Gun Owner, Hunter; Supports the 2nd Amendment | Opposes Anti-Discrimination and Hate Crime Laws |
| Advocates Conservation and Renewable Energy | Opposed Raising Minimum Wage |
| Believes in Securing the Borders and Ports | Favors Privatizing Social Security |
| Favors Veterans Health Programs and Expanded GI Bill | Voted Against Financial Relief for Soldiers Serving in Iraq |
| Favors Multi National Diplomacy and Strong Defense | Opposes Stem Cell Research |
| Favors Repeal of Bush Income Tax Cuts for the Wealthy | Voted Against Women’s Rights, Gender Equality, Pay Equity, Reproductive Choice and Against Protection from Workplace Discrimination and Sexual Harassment |
| Favors Medicare, Social Security and Negotiated Drug Prices | Is one of only 4 CA State Senators to Vote Against Solar Legislation |
| Favors S-Chip for Children and Increased Access to Medical Care | Denies Science on Climate Change |
| Believes in Family Values, Gender Equity and is Pro-Choice | Repeatedly Voted Against Healthy Families Program for Children |
| Favors More Educational Opportunity | Opposed Drug Discounts for Seniors |
| Opposes Discrimination Against Same-Sex Unions | Approves of Unlimited Offshore and ANWR (Alaska) Drilling |
And here is a summary of recent McClintock votes: ⇒ McClintock's Current Votes...
Congress.org presents:
M E G A V O T E for California's 4th Congressional District
June 22, 2009
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009
Vote Passed (226-202, 6 Not Voting)
The House approved this bill funding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Rep. Tom McClintock voted
NO
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Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
Vote Passed (259-157, 17 Not Voting)
The House passed this $64.4 billion bill to fund the Departments of Commerce and Justice, science agencies, and other related agencies for Fiscal Year 2010.
Rep. Tom McClintock voted
NO
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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010
Vote Passed (232-178, 23 Not Voting)
The House approved this bill to fund the legislative branch, including salaries and expenses of member offices, committee offices, the Capitol Police, the Congressional Budget Office, the Architect of the Capitol and the Library of Congress for Fiscal Year 2010.
Rep. Tom McClintock voted
NO
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June 15, 2009
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011
Vote Passed (235-187, 11 Not Voting)
The House passed this bill that would authorize funding for the Department of State and the Peace Corps through fiscal year 2011.
Rep. Tom McClintock voted
NO
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Pakistan Enduring Assistance and Cooperation Enhancement (PEACE) Act
Vote Passed (234-185, 14 Not Voting)
The House approved this bill to authorize democratic, economic and security assistance to Pakistan.
Rep. Tom McClintock voted
NO
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Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Vote Passed (307-97, 30 Not Voting)
The House gave final passage to this bill granting the FDA regulatory authority over tobacco, sending it to the President.
Rep. Tom McClintock voted
NO
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June 8, 2009
Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act
Vote Passed (397-25, 11 Not Voting)
This bill would authorize programs, advisory groups and spending to improve security at U.S. airports and rail systems. It also prohibits the TSA from using whole-body imaging machines at primary security checkpoints of airports.
Rep. Tom McClintock voted
NO
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Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act
Vote Passed (258-154, 1 Present, 20 Not Voting)
The House approved this bill that would provide paid leave to federal employees for 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave available to them.
Rep. Tom McClintock voted
NO
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May 19, 2009
21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act
Vote Passed (275-155, 3 Not Voting)
The House passed this bill that intends to modernize, renovate, and repair public school facilities.
Rep. Tom McClintock voted
NO
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Supplemental Appropriations, FY 2009
Vote Passed (368-60, 5 Not Voting)
The House approved this bill to provide funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, security improvements in Pakistan and the national pandemic flu response.
Rep. Tom McClintock voted
YES
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May 11, 2009
Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act
Vote Passed (367-59, 1 Present, 6 Not Voting)
The House passed this fraud enforcement bill with an amendment to create a commission to investigate the causes of the financial crisis, sending the bill back to the Senate for its approval.
Rep. Tom McClintock voted
YES
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Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act
Vote Passed (300-114, 19 Not Voting)
The House approved this bill to reform mortgage lending practices.
Rep. Tom McClintock voted
NO
Our Dreams of Change
After eight disastrous years we are famished for change in the district and the country. Coalition for Change members envision a bright future. Without dreams and vision, the people perish. Here is an example.
⇒ An American Dream...I dream of an America renaissance. A land in which the good life is defined by deeper and more generous values -- respect, appreciation, hope, honesty, and celebration -- not by having more things.
I dream of an America in which art, learning, children, and spiritual awareness are more important in public conversation and private action than economic growth and military prowess. I dream of American energy streaming home from our 732 (and growing) foreign military bases and posts, with a can-do attitude informed by those deeper values.
I foresee Americans realizing that economic growth based on resource destruction on a finite planet is a recipe for collapse. I dream of corporations with a new mandate formalized in amended articles of incorporation. The new mandate promotes the interests of all stakeholders -- employees, the community and the environment -- not just shareholders. This change will be required by law.
Not everything need be for profit, because monetary profit is only one value among many. Education, health care, transportation infrastructure, clean energy and clean water, common lands, help for the elderly and the less fortunate cannot be for-profit enterprises in a vibrant democracy.
I dream of reinvigorating the founding ideals of We the People. "We" means everyone together -- not everyone for himself/herself. "The People," a more perfect unity of all peoples of this land, joined in new respect and appreciation. Government is not the problem. Democratic government is simply a organized form of "We." It becomes a problem when We the People neglect it, which is to say, neglect ourselves.
I dream of Americans of all ethnic backgrounds becoming truly native and awake to this magnificent land, a chorus of new American voices of the land. In which the salmon are welcomed back to the rivers as fellow travelers in this land. In which the voices of the forests and the otters and the eagles have a legitimate place at our councils of the wise. In which the great conversation of the ancients with the land and the rivers and the stars is renewed.
“The good is to be done because it is good, not because it goes somewhere. I don’t think the Bible grants us to know where goodness goes, what direction, what force." - Father Daniel Berrigan
"Change never happens by saying what can't be done. Change happens by saying what needs to be done and then working to change the world together." - Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer
- John Robert Cornell