Almost 500 Fairfax County Democrats gathered at Falls Church High School last night to elect our officers for 2012-13. Members elected Cesar del Aguila as our new Chairman in a very close vote: 208 Cesar, 204 Barbara Caputo. Three of the other 12 offices were contested: Vice Chair North (Sue Langley, Fred Mittelman), Vice Chair for Outreach (John Wertman, Martin Taylor), and Recording Secretary (Mary Paden, Matt Bell).

Bylaws were adopted with one amendment (restoring Emeritus membership status) along with Resolution on the Authority and Responsibility of the Elected Officers (only one change for Finance Committee).

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Falls Church High School 7:30 pm (7521 Jaguar Trail, Falls Church, VA 22042; map, click here).

Agenda

Adoption of Temporary Rules; Election of the Chair; Consider Bylaws Amendment (reinstates Emeritus member status); Adoption of Bylaws (no change except proposed amendment); Adoption of the Resolution on the Authority and Responsibility of the Elected Officers (the only change is 13f); Election of FCDC Officers; New Members. More …

Join now – file by Thursday, December 1st. Our biennial reorganization meeting is coming up Saturday, December 10th. You may join the committee at any time, but those who file by the 1st will be eligible to vote for our new FCDC officers in January. Members elected December 10th also then elect new Lee District
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Voter’s Guide You should have already received a comprehensive 2011 Voter’s Guide from the Fairfax County Democratic Committee. It shows the new voting districts (redistricting) and polling places changes (3 precincts in Lee: Franconia, Groveton, Van Dorn) and gives information on all the Democratic and Democrat-endorsed candidates in the November 8 election. Study it carefully
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Democratic line-up for Lee District in the Tuesday, November 8th General Election as well as links for new district maps (Supervisor, House, Senate, precinct), candidate information, QR code for mobile Voter’s Guide, and volunteer signup. For more, read here.

Senator Patsy Ticer (D-30th) is retiring, and there will be a primary on August 23rd (Ebbin, Garvey, Krupicka). Redistricting changed the district boundaries (old: Groveton, Mount Eagle, Wilton; split: Fairfield; new: Cameron, Clermont, Mount Eagle; split: Groveton, Hayfield, Rose Hill, Virginia Hills, Villages, Wilton). Absentee voting dates, candidate information, precinct poll location, district map, etc., click here (also LeeDems.org > Elections 2011 > 30th Senate District 2011 Democratic Primary).

Fairfax County received approval from the Department of Justice for proposed boundary changes to the nine Supervisor Districts following the 2010 census. Lee District will change only slightly, but noticeably, re-uniting the Pinewood Lake neighborhood at the southeastern border of the district with a corresponding creation of a new precinct – Pinewood. More on redistricting, click here.

Friday the Department of Justice approved the redistricting plan submitted by Virginia, HB5005, that redraws the House of Delegates and Senate district boundaries following the 2010 census.

For Lee District that means one new Senate district, the 35th (D-Saslaw), and one less House district, the 45th (D-Englin). These newly approved district boundaries will therefore be used in the upcoming primaries, caucuses and the November 8th General Election. Thank you to Delegate David Englin who has served Lee District with distinction, and welcome to Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw.

You’re invited, … and that’s right: it won’t be at Susie’s house. It will be at King Street Blues, Kingstowne (5810 Kingstowne Ctr, Alexandria, VA  22315; map: http://bit.ly/ksb-kingstowne) – thanks to Jeff McKay. Jeff is hosting our regular Lee District Dems monthly social and meeting there on Thursday, January 27 at 7:30 pm as a pre-thank you and unofficial kickoff for 2011. Appetizers and drinks will be on Jeff (soft drinks, coffee, tea, beer, wine).

PLEASE RSVP here: http://bit.ly/LeeDemsJanuary2011RSVP).  Please join us, have a good time, connect with others in Lee.  

Ahead of his second State of the Union address Tuesday, President Obama has recorded a short video to give supporters and volunteers a preview of his vision for winning the future. See the video below, or click here to watch it. The 2011 State of the Union Address will be a speech given by President
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