THE BIRTHDAY PROJECT
In an effort to develop a better relationship with our federally elected officials, PUC has developed a plan to increase the quality of that relationship. Most communications with elected officials are adversarial in nature and rarely make it to the official's desk. Email and coordinated, cookie cutter postal campaigns are mostly ignored. Personal, handwritten messages continue to be the best way to address an elected official.
The point of the Birthday Greetings mailing is to present Pagans as the friendly people they are and that the Pagan community has the ability to communicate in a non-confrontational way. A rarity for voter blocks.
One side-effect of the Birthday Greetings is to further educate citizens on who their elected officials are and to get them re-accustomed to writing those officials.
Birthday Greetings Project Card Guidelines
The preferred format is a regular birthday card that one can purchase locally. No special, one-size-fits-all cards are recommended. A broad diversity of birthday cards represents the broad diversity of the Pagan community.
Cards to stay away from would be "over-the-hill", joke, or cards with controversial content. Our point, in all things PUC PAC does, is to be taken seriously. We ask that the community keeps this in mind while communicating with their elected officials.
Message: Participants can write a brief birthday wish on the card. We would encourage participants to keep the message positive, friendly and non-political. This is a relationship-building effort, not a political issue campaign.
The required message on each card is:
CA PUC PAC
Please Support Religious Freedom
www.paganunitycampaign.org
California State Senators and State Representatives Birthdays
CA - Senators
Bruce McPherson 1/7
Martha Escutia 1/16
Dick Monteith 2/7
Byron Sher 2/7
Liz Figueroa 2/9
Sheila Kuehl 2/9
Richard G. Polanco 3/4
Michael Machado 3/12
Kevin Murray 3/12
Deborah Ortiz 3/19
Steve Peace 3/30
Jim Costa April
James Brulte 4/13
Bill Morrow 4/19
Don Perata 4/30
John Vasconcellos 5/9
Jackie Speier 5/14
Charles Poochigian 5/31
Nell Soto 6/18
Edward Vincent 6/23
Tom McClintock 7/10
Gloria Romero 7/10
Maurice Johannessen 7/16
Rico Oller 7/16
Tom Torlakson 7/19
Jim Battin 7/28
Wesley Chesbro 8/20
Jack Scott 8/24
Ray Haynes 8/26
Bob Margett September
Joseph Dunn 9/5
Betty Karnette 9/13
Ross Johnson 9/28
Dede Alpert 10/6
Jack O'Connell 10/8
Debra Bowen 10/27
William "Pete" Knight 11/18
Richard Alarcón 11/24
Dick Ackerman 12/5
John Burton 12/15
CA - House of Representatives
Mike Thompson 1/24/1951
Wally Herger 5/20/1945
Doug Ose 6/27/1955
John T. Doolittle 10/30/1950
Robert T. Matsui 9/17/1941
Lynn C. Woolsey 11/3/1937
George Miller 5/17/1945
Nancy Pelosi 3/26/1940
Barbara Lee 7/16/1946
Ellen O. Tauscher 11/15/1951
Richard W. Pombo 1/8/1961
Tom Lantos 2/1/2028
Fortney Pete Stark 11/11/1931
Anna G. Eshoo 12/13/1942
Michael M. Honda (unknown)
Zoe Lofgren 12/21/1947
Sam Farr 7/4/1941
Gary A. Condit 4/21/1948
George Radanovich 6/20/1955
Calvin M. Dooley 1/11/1954
William M. Thomas 12/6/1941
Lois Capps 1/10/1938
Elton Gallegly 3/7/1944
Brad Sherman 10/24/1954
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon 9/9/1938
Howard L. Berman 4/15/1941
Adam B. Schiff 6/22/1960
David Dreier 7/5/1952
Henry A. Waxman 9/12/1939
Xavier Becerra 1/26/1958
Hilda L. Solis (unknown)
Lucille Roybal-Allard 6/12/1941
Grace F. Napolitano 12/4/1936
Maxine Waters 8/15/1938
Jane Harman (unknown)
Juanita Millender-McDonald 9/7/1938
Stephen Horn 5/31/1931
Edward R. Royce 10/12/1951
Jerry Lewis 10/21/1934
Gary G. Miller 10/16/1948
Joe Baca 1/23/1947
Ken Calvert 6/8/1953
Mary Bono 10/24/1961
Dana Rohrabacher 6/21/1947
Loretta Sanchez 1/7/1960
Christopher Cox 10/16/1952
Darrell E. Issa (unknown)
Susan A. Davis (unknown)
Bob Filner 9/4/1942
Randy "Duke" Cunningham 12/8/1941
Duncan Hunter 5/31/1948
