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| CLINTONCOUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEWSLETTER RETURN to home page |
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| http://www.clintoncountydemocrats.org | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| April 18, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Clinton County Democratic Central Committee will meet at 7:30 P.M. at Democratic Headquarters Tuesday, April 19at Clinton County Headquarters, 224 22nd Place, Clinton. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The SOCIAL SECURITY UNDER ATTACK SEMINAR will be held Saturday, April 23 at ClintonCommunity College 2:00 P.M. to 3:30 P.M. The presentation and discussion will be lead by Dan Holub, Director of The University of Iowa Labor Center, Please call Bob Krajnovich 563-242-4298 for more information. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WHY WE HOPE YOU'LL ATTEND THE HALL OF FAME DINNER | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| It will be a great evening of socializing with your Democratic friends. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| It is a great way to financially support the Clinton County Democratic Party and make it possible for it to remain strong. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| You will be able to visit with School Board, City, County and State elected officials. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| You will hear a message from Michael Blouin, our former congressman, Director of Economic Development for the State of Iowa and possibly the next Governor of Iowa. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| You will meet candidates for Congress. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| You will participate in honoring Bob and Wendy Krajnovich and Gus and Marcia Keefer all of whom have worked hard for Democrats for many years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| There will be a social hour with a cash bar from 6-7.Dinner will be at 7 P.M. serving family style the famous Frontier fish and roast beef. Awards and program will follow. Tickets are $25.00. Please contact County Chair, Jean Pardee, 242-8111, or other central committee members to order tickets. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ********** OUR YOUNG DEMOCRATS |
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| We're very proud to have a number of young Democrats actively engaged in promoting the party program. They are also involved in other community activities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anne Schneck has been involved in community theatre productions since she was in high school. She will be performing the role of "Reverend Mother" in "The Sound of Music" on the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre June 9th - 19th. We hope to see many of her Democratic friends there! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I have had an exchange of several email letters with Alex Ingham concerning the lack of a comprehensive national energy policy. I was impressed with a paper on the subject he wrote for Joan Boyd's English class at Clinton High School. I am printing his latest correspondence with me. There is some good general advice for our party. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Mr. Bush has been ignoring the truly accurate data from his first day in office and formulating his own supposed "accurate data" on which he bases all of his major decisions, later relying on commissions formed to tell him his intel is faulty, which this too he ignores. I do believe a great deal more research needs to be done on the subject (energy) and that it would be extremely beneficial to have the facts laid out for the public to see first hand how important oil independence is for the future of our country in terms of our well-being domestically, as far as being environment-friendly, creating economically-boosting initiatives as well as our standing in the world. Democrats need to do more than oppose Bush'splans for ANWR as well as any other number of poor policies (i.e. social security.), but rather provide an alternative which includes providing valuable information about the types of things that would make us a stronger country, one being progression on the road to oil independence." (Alex Ingham) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Voters are looking for reform, change and new ideas, but Democrats seem to be stuck in concrete." (Stan Greenberg and James Carville on Social Security) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GOVERNOR DEAN ON PARTY ORGANIZATION | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Every four years, a few months before the presidential election, the Democratic Party puts staff and resources on the ground in a few battleground states ... and then they're gone. After November the whole operation disappears. Then, four years later, we do the same thing all over again. That hasn't worked. And I ran for chairman on a promise to do it another way." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "So a few days ago I met with the state party chairs, and we made a decision together. For the first time ever we're going to build for the future by putting staff and resources on the ground early -- starting in 2005, not 2008. " | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| You mandated a party built from the ground up, and that's exactly what we're going to do. I am personally dedicated to making sure that every single state has the resources and infrastructure to compete at every level of office. To do that, we need a Democratic Party that commits to a long-term presence in every state, every region and county. The Republican Party isn't waiting. They have been building for years, and every day that slips by means another opportunity missed." (GOVERNOR HOWARD DEAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY) For more information on Governor Dean's plans go to: http://www.democrats.org/50states | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||