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Dem News &
Happenings
New MCDAC Project
Last month
40 MCDAC volunteers help distribute
approximately 22,000 copies of Common Sense to
targeted Democratic precincts. Now we are
looking for help for another project. MCDAC
wants to publish and distribute a June issue of
Common Sense. To accomplish this goal we need
two things: (1). volunteers to help pass out
Common Senseand (2). money to publish the
piece.
If you are interested in
volunteering, please send us your name and
address to
joycekimbler@medinacountydemocraticactioncommittee.org
and put "volunteer" in the subject line. If you
want to donate to this cause, please click here
to make a donation:
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090969&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2emedinacountydemocraticactioncommittee%2eorg%2fDonations%2fhtml&g=0&f=-1
Attention
Medina County Democrats
Looking to
get involved in state and/or local Dem races?
Pam Miller, Medina County Dem Chair, tells
how:
Now that we know who the
Democratic nominees are for the November
election, we need volunteers to serve as County
Coordinators for the various campaigns.
Although we will be running a coordinated
campaign, each candidate will need a point
person in Medina County. Please contact me
(pam450@bright.net) if you are interested in
being a County Coordinator for any of the
following campaigns: Richard Cordray for
Treasurer; Marc Dann for Attorney General;
Barbara Sykes for Auditor; Betty Sutton for
Congress (13th District); Tom Shaw for Congress
(16th District); Ben Espy for Ohio Supreme
Court; Judge William O'Neill for Ohio Supreme
Court; Clair Dickinson for 9th District Court
of Appeals. I will forward your name and
contact info to the appropriate
campaign.
Let me know also if you'd like
to work on the campaigns of Jack Schira for
69th District State Representative; James Riley
for 97th District State Representative; John
Dean for County Commissioner; Judge Mary
Kovack; Lori Henry for Medina Municipal Clerk;
and Mike Kovack for
Auditor.
Coordinators already in place
include: David Brown for Sherrod Brown for
Senate; Joe D'Angelo for Strickland for
Governor; Wanda Stewart for Jennifer Brunner
for Secretary of State."
MCDAC
Blog
Our blog entry this week
proposes increasing the size of the U.S. House
of Representatives. To find out why, click
here: http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090968&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2emcdac%2eblogspot%2ecom&g=0&f=-1
The publication of a reader's comments or entry
does not necessarily reflect the views of MCDAC
or any of its officers and agents.
MCDW is Cooking Up Ca$h at Mapleside
Farms
Join the Medina County
Democratic Women ( MCDW )and dine at Mapleside
Farms, 294 Pearl Road (US Rt. 42) in Brunswick
on Thursday, June 1 from 4 pm to 8pm. Mapleside
Farms will donate 10% of the evenings dinner
proceeds ( minus gratuity and alcoholic
beverages) to support the activities of
MCDW.
The mission of the MCDW is to
provide an avenue in Medina County for women to
be a positive, visible force promoting
Democratic values and effecting change through
the political process. MCDW members are a
dynamic group of women dedicated to educating
Medina County on vital political issues through
the support of local Democratic
candidates.
For more information,
contact Kerri Daye, President of MCDW, at
medinacountydemocraticwomen@hotmail.com or
Julie Batey,VP, at
330-334-0392.
Announcement
Policy
If you would like an
announcement posted in our weekly Newsletter,
send it to us at
joycekimbler@medinacountydemocraticactioncommittee.org
and put
"Democratic Announcement" in the
subject line. Deadline is Thursday at 5 pm for
the next day's Newsletter. Announcements should
be no more than 250 words and may not attack
other Democrats.
Articles, Links, and Other
Stuff
Political
Humor
"Having been called names, one
looks back at one's own angry outbursts over
the years, and I recall having once referred to
Republicans as "hairy-backed swap developers,
freelance racists, hobby cops, line jumpers,
aluminum-siding salesmen, misanthropic frat
boys, shrieking midgets, tax cheats, cat
stranglers, pill pushers, backed-up Baptists,
mouthbreathers and brownshirts in pinstripes."
I look at these words now, and "cat stranglers"
seems excessive to me. The number of cat
stranglers in the ranks of the Republican Party
is surely low, and that reference was hurtful
to Republicans and to cat owners. I feel
sheepish about it."-Garrison
Keillor
News Stories for
Dems
Ted Strickland campaigns in
Toledo and reaches out to black voters.
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090965&u=http%3a%2f%2ftoledoblade%2ecom%2fapps%2fpbcs%2edll%2farticle%3fAID%3d%2f20060517%2fNEWS09%2f605170403&g=0&f=-1
Akron
Beacon Journal's analysis of Brown-DeWine race:
it will be nasty and expensive. Doesn't anyone
find it remarkable that after 12 years in the
U.S. Senate Mike DeWine has to run a negative
campaign to have a shot at winning? http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090970&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eohio%2ecom%2fmld%2fbeaconjournal%2f14630907%2ehtm&g=0&f=-1
ABC
News Reports that the Speaker of the House,
Dennis Hastert, is under investigation by the
FBI. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090960&u=http%3a%2f%2fblogs%2eabcnews%2ecom%2ftheblotter%2f2006%2f05%2ffederal%5fofficia%2ehtml&g=0&f=-1
Justice
Scalia tells Congressional conservatives to
back off the Court saying that he doesn't need
their help. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090972&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ewashingtonpost%2ecom%2fwp%2ddyn%2fcontent%2farticle%2f2006%2f05%2f18%2fAR2006051801961%5fpf%2ehtml&g=0&f=-1
Last
week in Medina Connie Schultz told that when
Sherrod Brown asked her to marry him, she made
him promise that he wouldn't use a small plane
for campaigning. Here's an interesting article
on why candidates are giving up on small
planes. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090966&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2egrandforks%2ecom%2fmld%2fgrandforks%2fliving%2f14605987%2ehtm&g=0&f=-1
Who
are the oil companies backing in the
Brown-DeWine race? Well, it isn't Brown, that's
for sure. Read this article to see how much
DeWine has gotten from Big Oil and then ask
yourself if you want a Senator beholden to the
oil companies. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090964&u=http%3a%2f%2ftoledoblade%2ecom%2fapps%2fpbcs%2edll%2farticle%3fAID%3d%2f20060513%2fNEWS09%2f605130344&g=0&f=-1
The
Washington Post runs a column called "The Fix"
in which the writer discusses the 10 most
watched races for U.S. Senate and U. S.
Governors. This week, he discussed Governors
and Ohio's race was No. 2. Read more here:http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090959&u=http%3a%2f%2fblog%2ewashingtonpost%2ecom%2fthefix%2f&g=0&f=-1
Read
this article to see why illegal immigrants
drive down wages for all workers:
http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090962&u=http%3a%2f%2fknowledge%2ewharton%2eupenn%2eedu%2findex%2ecfm%3ffa%3dviewfeature%26id%3d1482&g=0&f=-1
A
leading conservative attacks the GOP. This is
an interesting take on how the "big business"
wing of the GOP has betrayed the conservative
base. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090973&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2ewashingtonpost%2ecom%2fwp%2ddyn%2fcontent%2farticle%2f2006%2f05%2f19%2fAR2006051901770%5fpf%2ehtml&g=0&f=-1
Read
about a special election in California to fill
the seat of convicted GOP Congressman Duke
Cunningham. This should be a cakewalk for the
GOP but is turning into a real race, complete
with GOP mudslinging and lying. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090963&u=http%3a%2f%2fnews%2eyahoo%2ecom%2fs%2fap%2f20060522%2fap%5fon%5fel%5fgu%2fcalifornia%5fspecial&g=0&f=-1
Laura
Bush tells GOP not to make the issue of gay
marriage a campaign issue in the 2006 election.
As if "bubble boy" and his pitbull Karl are
going to listen to her. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090967&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2einsightmag%2ecom%2fMedia%2fMediaManager%2fmarriage%2ehtm&g=0&f=-1
Al
Gore's trying to break the "stranglehold" that
corporations have on political discussion in
America. Read this interesting and
throught-provoking article from American
Prospect. http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090971&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eprospect%2eorg%2fweb%2fpage%2eww%3fsection%3droot%26name%3dViewPrint%26articleId%3d11299&g=0&f=-1
American
Casualities in Iraq
Click here for
latest Iraq casuality report: http://postsnet.com/r.html?c=705299&r=704609&t=387118452&l=1&d=87090961&u=http%3a%2f%2ficasualties%2eorg%2foif%2f&g=0&f=-1
We publish this weekly update on Iraqi
casualities because we think that the sacrifice
being made by these soldiers and their families
should not be ignored.
Thanks for
reading this week's edition.
Joyce |
