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GOOD Club meeting

Dec 28, 2008 No Comments ›› allendirrim@yahoo.com

Title: GOOD Club meetingLocation: Cafe on A, 438 So. A St., OxnardDescription: With the amount of change being a pivotal issue at the outset of the Obama administration, three of the 2500 organizers who met in Washington on December 4 will speak on local organizing efforts at the GOOD Club January 1: Cesar ...

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Comparison Shop WalMart: No Significant Savings And Damage To Local Economy

Dec 23, 2008 No Comments ›› admin

I just got back from the Oxnard Wal-Mart.  I had to do a some justifying in order to go into a place I had solemnly sworn never to set foot in, but I finally convinced myself that going in and walking around just to see what I could see was not the same as shopping.  ...

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Health Care Advisory Group Gives Strong Endorsement For HR 676

Dec 23, 2008 No Comments ›› admin

On Wednesday evening, December 17th, a health care coalition group met in Ventura in response to the request from former Senator Tom Daschle.  Daschle, the member of President Elect Obama’s transition team designated as Secretary of Health and Human Services, stipulated that groups concerned about the health care disaster in this country should meet before ...

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Extremist Republican Tony Strickland Causing Trouble Already

Dec 20, 2008 No Comments ›› 1st Vice Chair David Atkins

Fresh off winning by a sliver of a percentage point by pretending to be an "independent" with "green" credentials, Tony Strickland is already causing trouble. In a move that will surprise absolutely no one but the moderate voters unfortunate enough to get suckered by Strickland's con artistry, Strickland is already carrying water for his ...

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009, Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley Monthly General Meeting

Dec 19, 2008 No Comments ›› jkapitz

Title: Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley Monthly General Meeting Description: Wednesday, January 14, 2008, 6:30, Monthly General Meeting, Thousand Oaks Library. Please join us for our monthly meeting. Ventura County Democratic Central Committee Chair - Joe O'Neill - will swear in our newly elected officers and discuss the role of the Central Committee, the Clubs ...

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OUR Obama Campaign

Dec 18, 2008 No Comments ›› jkapitz

On election night I received this text message: "We just made history.  All this happened because you gave your time, talent and passion to this campaign.  All of this happened because of you.  Thanks.  Barack." This message went out to all the millions of volunteers but for some of us it felt extra special.  Beginning in ...

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38th Assembly District Delegate Election

Dec 17, 2008 No Comments ›› admin

Title: 38th Assembly District Delegate ElectionLocation: Nobel Middle School, Little Theater Room 10, 9950 Tampa Ave., NorthridgeLink out: Click hereDescription: California Democrats who were all integral to our historic 2008 campaign victories are invited to help select delegates for the California Democratic Party’s Convention, which will be held April 24-26, 2009 in Sacramento. The California ...

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Ojai Valley Democrats Celebrate

Dec 16, 2008 No Comments ›› Sandra Kinsler

Ojai Valley Democrats were in celebratory mood at their annual holiday party on Saturday December 13th at the Hitching Post Clubhouse.  Outgoing President Carol Smith acknowledged the volunteers who helped to bring Barack Obama to victory on November 4th and presented a special Congressional Award to the Volunteer of the Year, Pamela Prince who had ...

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Eric Bauman Drops Bid for CDP Chair, Announces Run for Vice-Chair

Dec 16, 2008 No Comments ›› 1st Vice Chair David Atkins

Full disclosure: I am president of The Pollux Group, a qualitative consulting firm. My firm worked this cycle (almost entirely pro bono) for Eric Bauman's LACDP on multiple races, including that of Ferial Masry in AD-37. Eric Bauman, chair of the LACDP, announced in a conference call to supporters and media this evening that he ...

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VCDCC Communications Committee Meeting

Dec 9, 2008 No Comments ›› admin

Title: VCDCC Communications Committee MeetingLocation: 1801 Joliet Place OxnardDescription: The first official meeting of the VCDCC Communications Committee will be held on December 15, 2008 at 7:00 pm. We are inviting you to attend and participate. The meeting will be held at the North Oxnard United Methodist Church in the main chapel. We expect this ...

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