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| Maddy Hirshfield Needs the LGBT Community to Get Out and Vote for Her |
| Gary Carnivele 13 May 2008 |
Out and proud Maddy Hirshfield County is campaigning for Sonoma County Supervisor in the Fifth District. Maddy has a long record of involvement in progressive politics at the local level, having served as manager or consultant to dozens of Sonoma County candidate and ballot measure campaigns to protect the environment, health care services, worker rights, transportation and equal rights for all.
Maddy also has been fighting for LGBT rights since she came out in 1980. In 2000, she managed the county effort to defeat state Proposition 22, which effectively outlawed marriage for lesbians and gays. Although Prop 22 passed statewide, voters locally rejected the measure by one of the widest margins of any county, sending… |
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