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		<title>Fran Pavley: In SD27, a clear choice for jobs and the future</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by RL Miller, Calitics, Jan 23, 2012 One of the benefits of newly redrawn maps for me is the ability to vote for Fran Pavley, running for state Senate District 27. Recently, former speaker of the Assembly Bob Hertzberg has expressed interest in the race. His stated rationale: he&#8217;s a moderate, the district is moderate, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forum to feature SD 19 candidates Jason Hodge and Hannah-Beth Jackson</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Greater Oxnard Organization of Democrats (GOOD Club) will host a forum on Wednesday, Jan. 11 featuring Jason Hodge and Hannah-Beth Jackson, candidates for the 19th State Senate District. The event begins at 7 p.m. Each candidate will be asked to give a five-minute introduction and then will answer questions provided by GOOD Club members. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet State Senate Candidate Jason Hodge at Santa Clara Valley Club</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, Dec. 21, 6 p.m., 233 Corte Linda, Santa Paula The Santa Clara Valley Democratic Club will hold their December club meeting with a holiday social at 6 p.m. with a short meeting to follow, featuring State Senate District 19 Candidate Jason Hodge. A tamale dinner will be served. RSVP to Laura Espinosa at (805) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley Holiday Party &amp; Officers Election &#8211; Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 6:30 PM</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 SOCIAL NETWORKING AT 6:30 PM &#8211; MEETING AT 7:00 PM Please plan on coming and using your vote to make your voice heard in the club.  We will also be conducting a food drive for Manna. Hillcrest Community Room - 403 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks (across from the OAKS MALL) Potluck [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Party Hosts Congressional Candidates Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Little</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ventura Democratic Club hosted the first Town Hall Meeting where all three announced candidates for the new 26th District had the opportunity to answer questions from an overflowing audience. The declared candidates included Ventura County Supervisor Steve Bennett, Moorpark City Councilman David Pollock, and businessman David Cruz Thayne. Watch the entire Town Hall HERE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tonight &#8211; Wednesday, November 9, 6 PM, Newbury Park Library &#8211; Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley invites the public to honor our local Veterans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TIME: Networking, 6:00 PM; Program, 6:30 PM (Note Earlier Time) LOCATION: Newbury Park Library, 2331 Borchard Road in Newbury Park (Location Change) We will present a panel including Ricardo Reyes, USMC veteran with Afghanistan and Iraq service, Chair of the CPD Veteran&#8217;s Caucus and California Co-Chair of Veterans and Military Families for Obama 2012 ; Mario Rivas, USMC veteran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Republican war on the middle class</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Hardy Hayes,
President, Democratic Club of Camarillo

Maybe you saw the interview on MSNBC, maybe you read about it on HuffPo, or maybe this will be your first exposure to it, but I found the interview of Republican Congressman John Fleming (R-La.) by Chris Jansing to be fascinating and somewhat telling.

Fleming appeared on MSNBC after President Obama laid out his jobs bill proposal in which Obama proposed, among other things, tax increases to the wealthy. As one would expect, Fleming is opposed to any tax increases to “job creators.”

For some background, Fleming, in addition to being a Congressman, owns a series of Subway sandwich shops and some UPS stores. Jansing asserted that Fleming earned $6.3 million last year from these enterprises; in an effort to be impeccably fair here, Fleming’s stores had REVENUES of $6.3 million, a far different number from what he actually earned. Fleming correctly pointed out $6.3 million is before you subtract all your expenses for salaries, rent, equipment, and food, his actual net earnings were “a mere fraction of that amount.” He didn’t tell us what his earnings actually were but he did say “by the time I feed my family, I have maybe $400,000 left over."

Jansing tried to get Fleming to tell her if he would lay off any workers if his taxes went up but he evaded the question. The follow up question (in my opinion) would be whether additional taxes would keep him from adding additional stores (assuming that he would add them if there were no tax increases). And THAT is really the crux of the matter, isn’t it? The Republican premise is that ANY tax increase will kill job growth and therefore, they will vote against any tax increase.

To Republicans, taxing the wealthiest Americans is “class warfare.” That talking point comes up over and over in their canned spiels. I swear they must have a Monday morning caucus strategy meeting where they announce their talking points for the week and then like a herd of sheep, they all repeat them word for word.

Fleming’s version of it was that his success is a virtue (no argument there) and that “class warfare has never created a job.” "This is all about creating jobs," Fleming said. "This is not about attacking people who make certain incomes."

Now there’s something I can agree with, in my view of things, the Republicans started a war against the middle class and the poor forty years ago and they have yet to create a job with it! In my opinion, the class warfare started with Reagan’s busting of the Air Traffic Controllers Union, continued with his deficit creating tax cuts to the wealthy and “trickle down” theory and it has continued through the Bush tax cuts and the recalcitrance of today’s extreme right wing Republicans.

<a href="http://venturacountydemocrats.com/2011/10/the-republican-war-on-the-middle-class/">For more»</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Club of Ventura Endorses Candidates for 2011 Ventura City Council Race: Morehouse, Heitmann, Carrillo</title>
		<link>http://venturacountydemocrats.com/2011/09/democratic-club-of-ventura-endorses-democratic-candidates-for-2011-ventura-city-council-race-carl-morehouse-cheryl-heitmann-danny-carrillo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Little</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ventura, CA – On September 1, 2011 the Democratic Club of Ventura endorsed the following Democratic candidates for the current Ventura City Council race: incumbent Carl Morehouse, Cheryl Heitmann and Danny Carrillo. The Democratic Club of Ventura maintains an endorsement committee comprised of club members. These members perform a rigorous process to evaluate Democratic candidates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking Nuclear Energy: A Forum – Wednesday, July 13, Thousand Oaks Library – Presented By The Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>VCDCC Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time: Networking 6:15pm/Program: 6:45pm. Venue: Thousand Oaks Library,1401 East Janss Road Program: Rethinking Nuclear Energy: A Forum A distinguished panel of speakers will address the issue of nuclear power in California.  This substantive panel discussion will be moderated by Ventura County’s own Hannah-Beth Jackson. Please attend if you are interested in an environmentally safe energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Camarillo Dems to Host Planned Parenthood Speaker at July Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Thursday, July 7th meeting of the Democratic Club of Camarillo will feature Carina Armenta of Planned Parenthood. Carina is the Public Affairs and Communications Project Manager for Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties. Carina’s work on women’s issues began in 1998 as a Legislative Assistant for Congressman Howard Berman [...]]]></description>
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