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FCDC 2010 Reorganization Meeting

Every two years we are required by our Party Plan to ‘reorganize’ our city and county committees. The 2010-11 Biennial Reorganization Meeting of the Fairfax County Democratic Committee will be held Tuesday, January 5th at 7:00 pm.

Most notably at the Reorganization Meeting we elect our County Officers and approve (and amend) our Bylaws (at this time there appear to be no challenges for any of the offices). We will also be having a canned food and coat drive.

Tuesday, January 5th at 7:00 pm
Falls Church High School (parking in back, entrance at cafeteria 1 and 2)
7521 Jaguar Trail
Falls Church, VA 22042
     map: http://tinyurl.com/FallsChurchHS

• Canned Food, Coat Drive
• Agenda
• Candidates for Office
• Bylaws Amendments
  • Current Bylaws
  • Party Plan
  • Proposed Bylaws Amendments
  • Bylaws Amendments Reference
• The Authority and Responsibilities of Officers and Standing Committees Read more

President Obama Lights the National Christmas Tree

The President, joined by the First Family and Vice President and Dr. Biden, hosts the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Ellipse.

Evans for School Board – Volunteer Kick-Off

Please join us:

WHEN: Saturday, December 19th, 2009
WHERE: Magill’s – 7201 Little River Turnpike Annandale, VA 22003-3304, map: click here
PHONE: (703) 750-0210

WHAT:
10:00 a.m. for donuts and coffee.
10:30 a.m. pick-up a walk sheet and help Sandy hit the ground running
10:30-12:30 a.m. Knock on as many doors as possible and deliver Sandy’s literature
Noon-12:30—Return to Magill’s for pizza
12:30-2:00—Relax at Magill’s and celebrate a job well-done.

In case of rain, please still join us, we’ll make phone calls instead of knocking on doors. This campaign is going to be very quick—the Holiday season limits how much work we’ll be able to do, so please do help us get this campaign kicked off on Saturday.

Most Powerful Tool Ever Devised by Man

LBJ called it the most powerful tool ever devised by man to break down the walls of injustice and I’m surprised we don’t use it more than we do.  The word VOTE is our greatest weapon because when people come out to vote, the people win.  When people don’t vote, we lose to the oil companies who write their own legislation, banks that are too big to fail, and insurance companies who steal us all blind.

We have two major forces in our government, one fights to protect private industry, corporations and the status quo and the other fights to protect the people .  Private industry spends far more time and money to get what they want and they usually get it.  They spend billions of dollars each year to write their own legislation, influence policy, and receive the benefits and protections of our government at the expense of the people.

They do it by controlling a majority of our U.S. Congress; most of them Republicans and some of them Democrats.  They use divisive, hot button issues to fear monger and deceive people into voting against their own interests.  They divide and isolate voters and privately rile them up with bigotry and hatred to win elections.  And they do it all for profit and power.

The Republican party can’t use the word VOTE the same way we can.  They can’t compete in a wide open campaign like we had in 2008, where we registered and encouraged so many new voters.  I think we need to take ownership of the word VOTE and use it in big bold letters to the point of making the other side look like they are against people voting and likely to suppress the vote, which they often do.

Placing a focus on voting helps create a distinction that can not be countered and it makes Republican attacks look like an attack against people’s right to vote, which it is.  Voting is patriotic, honored and valued and is an excellent rallying cry to unite the coalition of different voting blocks we need to win elections.  We usually just bring it out at the end of a campaign but we need to pull it out early and keep it in the forefront; beginning with voter registration, leading non-stop to GOTV.  VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!

–
Todd Smyth
Fairfax, VA

White House Ornament 2009

Get the first White House ornament for a Democratic White House since the Clinton years.

Click here to order it now.

Upcoming OFA Events

Hi friends!

If you wouldn’t mind promoting the events below to your listservs and groups I’d really appreciate it. We’re still working really hard for health care and plenty to do

Onward,
Chrisi

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Some upcoming events:
If you’re planning to attend one of the metro canvasses, please make sure you RSVP online at the link provided. If we get word on an important vote in the Senate this week, we may cancel metro events in order to phone bank out to other VA voters, asking them to call Warner and Webb! (And if the weather is too horrible to be outside we’ll obviously cancel.)

• Phone banks Monday through Thursday of this week (12/14-12/17), recruiting more team members and asking people to commit to call Senators Warner and Webb
  • Fairfax County Democratic Headquarters, 6-9 pm, FCDC 2815 Heartland Rd

• Metro canvasses Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday- asking people to write postcards/holiday cards that we’ll deliver to our Senators in support of health care reform, and sharing some hot cocoa!
  • Dunn Loring Metro (Falls Church), Tuesday (12/15), 5:30-7:30 pm
  • King Street Metro (Alexandria), Wednesday (12/16), 5:30-7:30 pm
  • Court House Metro (Arlington), Thursday (12/17), 5:30-7:30 pm

• Holiday Volunteer Appreciation Night- a little food and a little fun at Bear Rock Cafe in Falls Church
  • Friday (12/18), 6-9 pm, 2200 North Westmoreland Street

Rapid Response Teams:
We’re setting up our rapid response teams- small teams of people who will be able to be mobilized on fairly short notice (72 hours or so) to hop on a phone bank to start calling constituents asking them to call their Senators. If you or someone you know would like to be a part of our team, please let me know. ChrisiMWest@gmail.com

Help Marsden & Evans

The General Elections of November 3rd have triggered two special elections in Fairfax:

1. Dave Marsden for State Senator 37th District [election of Senator Ken Cuccinelli (R-37th) for Attorney General; special election January 12, 2010, and
2. Sandy Evans for Mason District School Board [electon of Mason District School Board Member Kaye Kory to the House of Delegates (D-38th)]; special election date TBA.

We need Democratic volunteers from every Northern Virginia jurisdiction to help with these two special elections, from Alexandria to Loudon, Prince William to Falls Church.

TO VOLUNTEER

• To volunteer to help in the Dave Marsden for the 37th Senate District race (www.MarsdenForSenate.com), please contact Chad Kesler (Chad@MarsdenForSenate.com, 573.823.7522). Senate District 37 (39 precincts in the Sully, Braddock and Springfield Districts), map: http://tinyurl.com/SD37-2009; headquarters in on second floor in the Fairfax Station Shopping Center (5618-G Ox Rd, Fairfax Station, VA 22039; map: http://tinyurl.com/MarsdenForSenateHQ; open 10 am – 9 pm M-F, 10 – 7 Saturday, and 12 – 9 Sunday.
• To volunteer to help Sandy Evans for the Mason District School Board race (www.Evans4SB.org), please contact Kim Smith (smith.kjay@hotmail.com, 703.624.1182).

The GOP Right-Wing Opponents Read more

Del. Sickles Holiday Reception

You are cordially invited to a holiday reception at the home of Delegate Mark Sickles. Celebrate the winter season and the start of a brand new year.

Sunday, December 13th 2-4 pm
5933 Embry Spring Lane
Alexandria, VA 22315
  map, click here

- please park on Hampton Knoll Drive -

Holiday desserts will be served. Please RSVP  by December 5th: 703-922-6449, Sickles2009@gmail.com.

2010-2011 LeeDems Leadership

At the December 6th biennial Lee District Democratic Committee reorganization meeting, the newly reconstituted committee elected as their officers the following:

• Co-Chairs – Steve Bunn, Hugh Robertson
• Vice Chair – Linda Waller
• Secretary – Alessia ‘Alex’ Kirkland
• Treasurer – Jack Dobbyn

11th Congressional District Democratic Community Awards

Please join your friends on the 11th District Democratic Committee for the 11th District Democratic Community Awards. The 11th Congressional District Democratic Committee invites you to their Annual Brunch to honor some good Democrats.

  11th CD Democratic Community Awards 2009 Flyer (118.5 KiB)

Special Guests
  Congressman Gerry Connolly
  Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw

• John Sturdivant Award
  Honoring a member of the labor community for his/her commitment to Democratic ideals and values
  
• 11th CD Community Service Awards
  Honoring three Democrats from Fairfax County/City, and Prince William County for community service
  The Joseph V. Gartlan Award, Fairfax County – Emilie Larson
  The Deloris Hampton Award, Prince William County – Steve Dixon
  The Frederick W. Silverthorne Award, Fairfax City– Ellen Brouwer

Saturday, December 12th, 2009, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Vespucci Restaurant
10579 Fairfax Blvd, Fairfax, VA 22030
map, click here

Also being honored is Herbert E. Harris, II, former Eighth District Congressman, for his community service.

Herb, who has been a resident of Mount Vernon, graduated from Georgetown University Law School with a J.D. in 1951. He served on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors from 1968 to 1974. He served as a member of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority from 1968 to 1974. He also served as Vice Chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority from 1970 to 1974. Herb was elected as a Democrat to the 94th Congress in 1974, defeating Rep. Stanford E. Parris. He was re-elected to the 95th and 96th Congresses, serving January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1981. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1980 to the 97th Congress, defeated by Stanford E. Parris, who regained his former congressional seat.

Herb was elected to Congress at the same time as his friend Joe Fisher, and who represented the Tenth Congressional District. Joe also served three terms and for the same period of time as Herb.

The Eighth District included Alexandria, portions of Fairfax County, and Prince William while the Tenth District included Arlington, Falls Church City, and portions of Fairfax County.

Suggested Donation: $40 to help defray expenses; Sponsors: $250; Hosts: $100. RSVP to: George Burke, Chair, at: georgeburke@cox.net or Ginny Peters, Finance Chair, at glpeters@verizon.net.

Federal law requires us to use our best efforts to collect the name, address, occupation & name of the employer of individuals whose contributions exceed $200 in a calendar year. Contributions to the 11th CDDC are not deductible for federal or state income tax purposes. Individual and federal PAC contributions will be used in connection with federal congressional elections and are subject to the limitations and prohibitions of the Federal Election Campaign Act. Such donors should make contributions payable to the 11th CDDC federal account. Because of the involvement of a federal candidate or officeholder in this event, we are not asking for funds from corporations, labor organizations, or other federally prohibited sources.

Paid for and Authorized by the 11th Congressional District Democratic Committee, George Burke, Chair.