Feb 12, 2009 admin
The Progressive Democrats of America have a new chapter, Progressive Democrats of the Central Coast, which meets on the first Wednesday of each month. National PDA, selected as the most important political group of 2008 by The Nation, began in 2004 after the Democratic National Convention. A group of convention delegates formulated the intention ...
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Feb 6, 2009 DCCV
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Jim Hensley, along with Keith Moore was inaugurated into office for a four-year term as Directors on the Board for the Channel Islands Beach - Community Service District [CIB-CSD] on January13, 2009. The ceremony took place at the Hollywood ...
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Feb 5, 2009 DCCV
Many GOOD CLUB members attended the Ventura County Democratic Committee gala dinner and dance celebrating the inauguration of our President elect Barack Obama. The event was held at My Florist Winecafe and Bakery in Ventura.
Over 200 guests were entertained by Theresa Russell and Coco Billy. County Democratic Chair, Joe O'Neil introduced various speakers, especially, Helen ...
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Feb 5, 2009 VCDCC Admin
A sage old adage says, “If you don’t have a seat at the table, you may become part of the menu.” Today many Americans suffering economic losses from the global banking crisis certainly feel that Wall Street has been devouring Main Street. Ditto with respect to disastrous foreign policies that have digested our resources and ...
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Feb 2, 2009 admin
MOVING THE CENTRAL COAST FORWARD was a meeting about regional transportation needs held on Saturday, January 31 in the cafeteria at Ventura College.
Hosted by ASERT, the Alliance for a Sustainable and Equitable Regional Transportation, and by CAUSE, the Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, the meeting featured keynote speaker Senator Alan Lowenthal who ...
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Jan 27, 2009 KK01
A big thank you to those of you who were able to join us at the Ventura County Democratic Party Central Committee Inaugural Celebration Dinner on January 20th, 2009. The event took place at the My Florist Cafe and Wine Bar and drew activists, donors and elected officials from throughout the county to beautiful ...
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Jan 26, 2009 KK01
The Santa Barbara based Alliance for Sustainable and Equitable Regional Transportation (ASERT) convened a panel discussion at the Santa Barbara Central Public Library on Saturday January 24th, 2009. The event celebrated the Nov 2008 passage of Measure A, which funds county transportation projects through a dedicated sales tax, while anticipating future challenges and opportunities ...
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Jan 10, 2009 1st Vice Chair David Atkins
Via Timm Herdt at the VC Star, there's been an interesting development in the game of musical chairs that is the Governor and Lieutenant Governor races. Despite little previous mention of Jack O'Connell's name in association with the Lieutenant Governor's race, Willie Brown's influential column in the SF Gate suggests not only that O'Connell ...
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Jan 10, 2009 VCDCC Admin
Our new State Senator Tony Strickland stood in lockstep along his extremist Republican friends and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association this week in announcing they were suing to stop a California state budget plan by the Democrats. Perhaps coincidentally, he is positioned at the “far right” of the photo above.
The plan, passed by both houses, ...
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Jan 4, 2009 Sandra Kinsler
The fourth annual Ventura Architectural Calendar for 2009 available in local stores.
The oversize 6x16" panoramic calendar features local scenes from the last 100 years. Back by popular demand is the THEN & NOW theme with short histories about the locations and photos showing how they look today. This year's calendar features 30 historic photographs of ...
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