Election Day – Remember to Vote!

November 4th is election day. Please remember to vote.

For information on you polling location, please see the Alameda County Registrar’s site at http://www.acgov.org/rov/

For information about the ballot measures and candidates, the the Piedmont League of Women Voters site at http://www.lwvpiedmont.org/elections.html

Election Day!

If you didn’t vote by mail, remember to get to your polling place Tuesday, Feb 4th.

See SmartVoter for current locations.

PLWV Holiday Lunch – The Oakland Library: Opportunity for All

Oakland Library Director to Speak at Piedmont League of Women Voters Holiday Lunch

Carmen Martinez, Director of the Oakland Public Library, will be the featured speaker at the Piedmont League of Women Voters’ Holiday Lunch on Wednesday, December. 1, 2010.  The event will be held at 104 Monte Avenue, Piedmont, and the program will begin at 10:30 a.m. Ms. Martinez will discuss “The Oakland Library: Opportunity for All.”

Carmen Martinez has been Library Services Director of the Oakland Public Library for 10 years. She received her Master’s degree in library science at California State University, Fullerton in 1974 and worked as a children’s librarian in Los Angeles County before becoming Director of Branches at the Los Angeles Public Library. She is active professionally in the California and American Library Associations and serves on the board of the California Cultural and Historic Endowment Fund. Ms. Martinez lives in the Montclair neighborhood and enjoys hiking, cooking, and “good reads.”

Cost of the luncheon is $25.00 per person, and reservations are required.. For reservations, mail check, payable to LWVP, to Treasurer Ward Lindenmayer, 40 Highland Ave., Piedmont, 94611. Reservation deadline is Tuesday, Nov. 23.  For further information, call Marj Blackwell, 510.654.4456.

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