Hosted by the NoVA Labor Federation

Monday, September 6, 2010
noon to 5:00 pm

Large Pavilion at Veteran’s Park (14300 Featherstone Rd., Woodbridge, VA 22191; map, click here). Park pool & water slide across the street from the pavilion. BBQ by Suzy-Q’s.

* Smoked spare ribs  * Italian sausage & peppers  * Hamburgers & Hot Dogs  * Corn-on-the-cob  * Pasta Salad  * ‘Favorite’ beverages

* call Linda at 301-918-8832 or 916-844-5969 to volunteer *

“Some men see things as they are and ask why? I see things that never were and ask why not?”

Robert Kennedy’s words, spoken in hope, mirror those spoken by Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial when he shared his dream with the world 40 years ago.

The annual Virginia Kennedy-King dinner, sponsored by the Eighth Congressional District Democratic Committee, celebrates Robert Kennedy’s and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision. It is an event to honor those Virginians who strive to make the hopes and dreams of these two great leaders a reality. It is a time to reflect on how both of these men continue to touch our lives as Democrats and live in our hearts as Virginians. The monies raised by the event go towards our effort to support Virginia’s Democrats.

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The 17th Kennedy-King Dinner
Honoring the legacies of Senator Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King
Honorary Host, Congressman Jim Moran

• Hilton Alexandria Mark Center (5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22311; map / directions, click here)
• Friday, October 1, 2010
• 6:30 PM Reception 7:30 PM Dinner cash bar

Tickets
Online or by mail (by mail, by September 24th). Tickets: $100 per person ($90 for YD’s and seniors), $125 Benefactor; $175 Sponsor; Patron $250; $2500 Sponsor Table; $5000 Patron Table; (10 seats per table).

Paid for by the Virginia 8th Congressional District Democratic Committee, www.VA8thCDDems.org,
and not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. Margo Horner, Chair

Your contribution may be used in connection with federal elections and is subject to the limitations and prohibitions of the Federal Election Campaign Act. Federal law requires EDDC to use its best efforts to collect and report the name, address, occupation, and employer for individuals who contribute $200 or more in a calendar year. Other contributions will be deposited into the EDDC non-federal account. Virginia law requires political committees to report the name, mailing address, occupation, employer and location of employment for individuals whose contributions aggregate in excess of $100 in a calendar year. Contributions are not tax deductible for federal income tax purposes.

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Redistricting Public Hearing 
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 7:00 pm
Mason Hall, George Mason University  
map, click here 

Virginia House of Delegates, House Committee on Privileges and Elections
Redistricting Subcommittee, Redistricting Public Hearings

Questions may be directed to Jack Austin [ jaustin@dls.virginia.gov ], Division ofLegislative Services (http://dls.state.va.us/) at (804) 786-3591. Persons wishing to register in advance to speak at the hearing may do so by contacting Scott Maddrea [ SMaddrea@house.virginia.gov ], House of Delegate Committee Operations at (804) 698-1540. Persons wishing to be notified offuture meetings may also contact Scott Maddrea.

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See the Virginia Division of Legislative Services: http://dlsgis.state.va.us/.

• Sunday thru Thursday 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM
• Friday & Saturday 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

There will be three volunteer shifts per day from open at 10:00 am to 2:00 PM, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM, and 6:00 PM to close.  Each person signing up to help will be given a ticket to get into the fair FREE for the day.  Please contact Maggie Sacra* if you are interested in volunteering (you will be contacted to answer questions and confirm the date and time to volunteer).

It would great if other Democratic committees could “adopt a day” as many had done last year, committing as a group to take a day (or most of a day) to staff the booth (please plan to have at least three volunteers for each shift on weekdays and six volunteers for each shift on Friday and weekends).

*Maggie Sacra, Chairperson Caroline County Democratic Committee: (804) 901-1453, chairperson@carolinedems.com.

On 8.28.2010, Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally was held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The purpose of the rally, which Beck claimed to be “non-political” despite featuring Tea Party-favorite Sarah Palin as a speaker and its being attended entirely by conservatives, was unclear. The participants spoke abstractly about the need to restore “honor” and “pride” to a country that had lost it. When pressed for when our country had lost its honor, most cited the election of Barack Obama.

8.28.2010 also represented the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, and Glenn Beck has been criticized for by civil rights groups for trying to misappropriate the occasion.

Last year, Beck referred to Barack Obama—our country’s first African-American President–as a “racist… who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.” When offered the chance to respond to Beck’s statements, his fans either agreed with him or simply refused to believe that he had ever made them.

While the speaker list was diverse, the overwhelmingly white crowd expressed paranoid and conspiratorial fears of multiculturalism—that atheists or black liberation theologists or radical Muslims or “free-loading” Latinos were going to ruin our country. There was the constant suggestion that white Christians and their way of life are somehow under assault, and that the attendees of this rally were here to put an end to it and return the country to what it used to be.

Read the story on NPR, “The Brothers Koch: Rich, Political And Playing To Win“. Terry Gross on Fresh Air talks with Jane Mayer, a staff writer at The New Yorker, profiles the brothers and their political connections in the Aug. 30 issue of the magazine. Her article “Covert Operations” describes how the billionaire brothers’ political interests “dovetail with [their] corporate interests” to wage a war against Obama.

Absentee in person voting will take place beginning at the Fairfax County Government Center September 17, 2010, and then at any of seven satellite locations beginning October 18th. Residents of Fairfax County may vote at ANY one of these locations, even if it is not your home District (for a list of all of the satellite locations, click here).

• at the Fairfax County Office of Elections, Suite 323
  Fairfax County Governmental Center
  12000 Government Center Parkway
  Fairfax Virginia, 22035
  • September 17 – October 17
    Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
    (Office closed on Monday, October 11, 2010, for Columbus Day)
  • October 18 – October 30
    Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 7:30 pm
  • October 9, 16, 23, and 30
    Saturdays, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
• at the Franconia Governmental Center
  6121 Franconia Road
  Alexandria, VA 22310, map – click here
  • October 18 – October 30
    Monday-Friday, 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm
    Saturdays, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Absentee in person voting has the same requirements as voting by mail. You may vote absentee, either by mail or in person, if you are unable to go to the polls on Election Day because you …

• are a student or the spouse of a student attending a school outside Fairfax County
• will be away from Fairfax County on business
• will be working and commuting for 11 or more hours between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.
• will be away from Fairfax County on personal business or vacation
• are unable to go to the polls because of illness or disability
• are the primary caretaker of a confined family member
• have a religious obligation
• are confined awaiting trial
• are confined having been convicted of a misdemeanor
• are an election official
• are on active duty in the military outside Fairfax County
• are the spouse or dependent residing with a member of the military outside Fairfax County
• are an overseas citizen* whose most recent United States residence was in Fairfax County

*ATTENTION OVERSEAS CIVILIAN VOTERS
Virginia Election Law requires that a civilian who has voted by absentee ballot as a “Temporary Overseas Voter” must reregister when they return to Fairfax County. Civilians who fail to reregister, when they return from overseas to live in Fairfax County, will not be eligible to vote in the next election. Returning civilians must complete and mail in a Virginia Voter Registration Application before the registration books close for the next election.