Ferial Masry is a former candidate ( she ran against Assembly Member Audra Strickland three times), teacher, and leader in trying to better our image to the Muslim world is now also an author. You can see the details of an upcoming book signing by clicking on continue reading.

I was thinking of writing a book, but by the end of a long blog post I sometimes get bored. Anyways, if anyone wants to write a review of the book I will post it.

Click here for the book on Amazon.com

In related book signing news author Ray Bradbury ( author of Fahrenheit 451 ) will be giving a brief lecture and then signing books in Simi Valley. Click here for the details.

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Do you think we will be seeing mail about local campaigns on Monday?

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I plan to stop by Simi Valley Democratic HQ tomorrow and see how many people are really showing up for GOTV drives from across the state. Are you going to the Ferial Masry rally?

Another trip to the mailbox and another mailer critical of Audra Strickland from the state Democratic Party for many of you.

This ad features Ferial Masry's son Omar who served in Iraq.

I consider Omar a friend of mine and I think he will make a great candidate of his own one day. A Muslim-American who served proudly in Iraq promoting American values is a storybook candidacy.

What do you think?

Omar, are you listening?

What message are we to get about Republicans from this mailer?

Looks like the State Democratic Party is calling them nerds.

But ethical nerds that don't want tobacco money in politics.

Click on continue reading to see the full mailer.

If you want me to post a mailer, scan it and send it in. That goes for slates and newspaper ads too.

The State Democratic Party continues to send out mail on behalf of Ferial Masry, who is challenging Audra Strickland for a seat in the state assembly. By most accounts Ferial Masry has a serious

Have you been seeing mail from her?

Click here to see my my recent post on this contest.

Even though many people have thought Ferial Masry doesn't have much of a chance of beating Audra Strickland the California Democratic Party is spending money on her behalf.

A theory to explain it is that the attacks on Tony Strickland could hurt Audra Strickland's chances. And now, maybe spending money on going after Audra Strickland will have a benefit for Democrats of minimizing both of their chances.

Click here and scroll down to the article titled "Is county Assembly race tightening?" to see Star reporter Timm Herdt's story about the contest between Ferial Masry and Audra Strickland.

She has seemed like a longshot to me but you can't get lucky on a long shot if you don't compete I guess.

If you have mailers from a candidate that you want posted send them to me. I will post almost all mailers from candidates for almost any office.

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Thanks for sending this mailer in, this blog is a team effort and I appreciate it.

The Ferial Masry Campaign recently held an event with Retired USMC
General Hoar. If you have been following her political activism you might know she has worked with Bush administration officials to promote America in the Middle East. I don't know much about her involvement but it would be a great story for a print reporter to cover.

She is running against State Assembly Member Audra Strickland again.

Click here to see the district map.

Ferial Masry's campaign is announcing what they call a major endorsement and event.

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Click here for a discussion about the map of the district.

The Thousand Oaks campaign office for Hannah-Beth Jackson is this Thursday. Click on continue reading for details.

Who's going? If you want me to post a photo of the event, please email it in. I don't plan on attending as of now.

Tony Strickland's supporters are also planning to go negative early. Click on continue reading for a press release about their planned attacks on Hannah-Beth Jackson.

At the same time Tony Strickland's campaign has an ad up. Here is the youtube version of it.

And here are some photos from Tony Strickland's team out at a Ventura parade. Do you think both candidates will be in the Simi Valley days Parade about a month?

Thanks to the Tony Strickland campaign for sending me the photos to post.

The Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley is hosting a candidate's forum Wednesday night with State Senate, State Assembly, and Congressional candidates scheduled to appear. Click on continue reading for details.

I went to Donna Prenta's house for a garden party to support Hannah-Beth Jackson on Sunday. There was about 30 plus people including school board members from Simi Valley and Moorpark. I took some photos but none of them came out great. Have both candidates been contacting pretty much every school board member across Ventura County?

State Assembly candidate Carole Lutness ( D ) has a campaign update that she sent out tonight. See it by clicking on continue reading.

Her campaign against Cameron Smyth ( R- Santa Clarita ) might depend on the polling numbers for Barack Obama in the 38th Assembly District. In her update she said Democratic Party leaders will be looking at those numbers to see if a wave is forming for Barack Obama that could bring other people into office. What do you think? Campaign talk or could Barack Obama perform rather well in this area?

( Map of the 38th Assembly District. Don't click on it.)

Which candidate in this area has the best chance of pulling an upset? Marta Jorgenson, Ferial Masry, or Carole Lutness? Or do you think another candidate could be putting together a campaign that will surprise us?

( Democratic nominees for State Assembly Ferial Masry and Carole Lutness)

On another entry the Democratic nominee, Carole Lutness, to take on Cameron Smyth ( R- Santa Clarita) in the 38th State Assembly district agreed to take questions from readers. Read through her website and then leave some questions or comments for her.

Carole, I have a few questions for you:

1. Do you have a Myspace or Facebook account? If you do please post the links to them.
2. Do you have any plans to work with the Hannah-Beth Jackson campaign in the precincts that overlap between you two?
3. I saw your pictures with Dennis Kucinich. Do you support his move to start the impeachment process against the Bush Administration?
4. Who is more conservative, Tony Strickland or Cameron Smyth?
5. How do you think Cameron Smyth did when he was on the Santa Clarita City Council?
6. When is the next time you plan to attend or hold an event in Simi Valley?
7. Who did you support in the Democratic primaries?
8. What do you think of the overall level of taxation in California?
9. What do you think about the role of faith in politics?
10. Do you support Same Sex Marriage?
11. During the debate over our Constitution would you have been a Federalist or Anti-Federalist. ( Okay, fine, I am out of questions. )

Carole, answer the questions when you get a chance that I posted and more importantly that my readers will post. There isn't a need to rush so if you don't do it everyday, don't worry about it. You don't need to register to post comments.

( The above video is from her campaign explaining more about why she is running.)