Highlights of the 2008 Annual Meeting

We were amazed to welcome surprise guest,
Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska (aka Jennifer Doe of Jobs with Justice), who stated she was thrilled to be visiting exotic faraway places like Massachusetts. Governor Palin also noted that she just learned that Alaska borders Canada, and she looks forward to visiting that country some time

soon.
Cheryl Mahoney of Family Services of Greater Boston gave a passionate plea for members to contribute to
COPE because it's the most important thing we can do to protect our livelihoods and the services we care so much about. She might have

added that it is also a good way to ensure that people like Sarah Palin do not end up determining the future of our state and country.
We would rather be governed by people like
State Representative Jamie Eldridge, who received this year's Local 509
"Legislator of the Year" award (
see article in Littleton Independent). Rep. Eldridge hopes to be elected State Senator on November 4.