Camarillo Democratic Club General Meeting Thursday, June 4
May 28, 2009 No Comments ›› Bruce LittleThe Camarillo Democratic Club will hold a general membership meeting Thursday, June 4. Networking will start at 6:15pm and the general meeting will begin at 7pm. Featured speaker will be 3rd District Supervisor Kathy Long, who will take questions from members. Also featured will be David Atkins who is President of the Ventura County Young ...
Continue ReadingCA Election Results Are NOT What You Are Being Told
May 22, 2009 No Comments ›› 1st Vice Chair David AtkinsAs most of us are aware, the state of California just held a special election two days ago in which voters were asked to approve measures to close our enormous budget deficit by borrowing against the lottery, stealing from children's eduction and mental health services programs, and agreeing to a painful spending cap in exchange ...
Continue ReadingHelp Repeal 2/3 Rules in California
May 21, 2009 No Comments ›› Sean KeenanThe following is from the Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, George Lakoff. He is also a very good political strategist who understands framing and its importance in political debate. "The Democratic leadership should listen to its grassroots.They should immediately stop negotiating with the governor and other Republicans on how ...
Continue ReadingThe Ojai Democrats view of the Special Election
May 18, 2009 No Comments ›› Sean KeenanRecommendations from the Ojai Valley Democrats: ___________________ 1A - NO 1B - YES 1C - NO 1D - NO 1E - NO 1F - YES ___________________ As some of you are aware, there's an election coming up. May 19th you will be asked to vote on Propositions 1A, B, C, D, E & F. This is a special election called because the legislature needs ...
Continue ReadingLet Gaza Live! Fundraiser and Forum
May 16, 2009 No Comments ›› adminOn Friday, May 22, Venturans for a Just Palestine will present a fundraiser and forum hosted by Cynthia McKinney, who was on board the ship Dignity, the Free Gaza Movement's humanitarian aide boat loaded with three tons of medical supplies, when it was deliberately rammed in the dead of night and left to sink by ...
Continue ReadingDemocratic Club of the Conejo Valley – Thursday, May 21, 2009, 12 Noon, Thousand Oaks Inn, Thousand Oaks – Daytime Dems Spring Luncheon
May 11, 2009 No Comments ›› DCCVWHERE: Thousand Oaks Inn 75 West Thousand Oaks Blvd. Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (Behind Dupar’s) COST: $12 per person for Buffet Lunch (Pay at the door) - Includes tax and gratuity SPEAKER: Dr. Michaela Crawford Reaves, Associate Professor at CLU TOPIC: “Social Gospel to Social Security: Frances Perkins” Frances Perkins was the Secretary of Labor ...
Continue ReadingSaturday, May 16, 2009 – Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley – Tabling at the Oaks Mall
May 11, 2009 No Comments ›› DCCVDemocratic Club of the Conejo Valley will be tabling at the Oaks Mall on May 16, 12-4 pm. Come on all you social types—we need you to help us register voters and persuade others to join our progressive movement. Contact Mary Freed at 805-795-3887. To build our membership, please bring a friend to our meetings.
Continue ReadingObama Juggernaut Rolls into Ventura
May 10, 2009 No Comments ›› adminOrganizing for America (OFA), the current incarnation of the amazing Obama political machine, staged an event in Ventura on Saturday afternoon, May 9th. This event was part of what is being billed as "California Listening Tour Events," which are mirrored across the nation. The amibiguity of the title, suggesting as it does that the Obama administration ...
Continue ReadingCommunity Roots Garden Project
May 10, 2009 No Comments ›› adminCommunity service is a dominant theme in the Obama administration, and the organic garden on the White House lawn points up one form such service can take. In Oxnard an enthusiastic group of experienced gardeners, peace activists, political progressives, church members, permaculture proponents, City Corps teens, and assorted others have coalesced into diggers and planters, ...
Continue ReadingMay 2009 GOODNEWS, “California Dem’s Stand on Props”
May 7, 2009 No Comments ›› allendirrim@yahoo.comI attended the California Democratic Convention this past weekend of April 24 through 26, in Sacramento. There was much electioneering on both sides of Proposition 1A as well as several groups with a focus on each of the propositions, especially 1 B, 1D, and 1 E. Labor unions in attendance were on both ...
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