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The Watchdog Mixer: Help us investigate city budget cutbacks

Submitted by Michael Stoll on Tue, 07/07/2009 - 19:17

Give, drink and talk it up with our City Budget Watchdog team -- local journalists who need your support to continue a reporting project on municipal cutbacks, jointly sponsored by The Public Press and Spot.us.

You'll have a chance talk to our journalists about the stories they've covered so far and hear about the reporting they plan to do in July and August. Read more here: http://www.public-press.org/san-francisco-city-budget-watchdog).

When: Monday, July 13, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: San Francisco Writers' Grotto, 490 2nd St., San Francisco, CA

Beer, wine and snacks will be made available and we'll raffle off some gifts from local sponsors.

Suggested donation: $15 in  advance through http://spot.us/pitches/203 or $20 at the door.

If you have  already donated to City Budget Watchdog through Spot.us, please come to this  event as one of our honored guests.

What is City Budget Watchdog?
The Public Press is covering City Hall and San Francisco's budget crisis – because someone has to do it. Spot.us is leading the campaign to raise money to pay a team of professional journalists to do this important work. We need to raise $5,000 to support this project. The good news is that we're more than halfway there! We've raised $2,710 so far, including a $1,000 matching grant from Ruth Ann Harnisch, president of the Harnisch Foundation in New York. Your contribution will help us reach our goal and support noncommercial, public-interest journalism in San Francisco.

Thanks for your support and see you there!