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Newsletter from the Clatsop County Democrats for October 2008

Election Night Party

Join your fellow Democrats and Friends of Democrats for the Election Party on November 4, starting at 6:00 PM at the Astoria Events Center. TV monitors will be available for watching the state and local news. Additionally, preliminary results from the local elections will be released just after 8:00 pm.

During the evening, winners of the Silent Auction will be announced, which features memorabilia from this summer's Democratic National Convention. Bids are currently being taken for these pieces of history at the Campaign Office.

Democrats have much to watch this year. In addition to the presidential and senatorial elections, Democrats have strong candidates for all the major statewide positions. Locally in Clatsop County, Jim Scheller is running for county commissioner, and Arline LaMear is running for Ward 2 in Astoria. Dorothy Well is running in an uncontested race for Gearhart city council.
 
Rock the Vote Concert

A partnership of Clatsop Community College, the Clatsop Democrats and the non-profit organization ROCK THE VOTE is sponsoring a concert on October 25, 2008, targeted to get out the vote for the under 30 crowd.

The concert will be held at the Astoria Events Center, located at the corner of 9th and Commercial Street in Astoria.  Featured will be the bands Randall, Pinkzilla, and Phonochrome. The highlight of the evening will be a procession to the county elections office to cast ballots.

 

October 25 Meeting

The Clatsop County Democrats will hold their monthly meeting on Monday, October 25, 2008 at the Chisholm Community Center, located at 1225 Avenue B in Seaside.  Everyone is invited to attend an unusually formatted evening to learn about the structure of the Democratic Party and how you can get involved. Warning! The evening could be fun! The evening begins at 6:30 PM.

Anyone interested in running for any of the county Democratic offices should contact Nominations Chair Arline LaMear at cliffandarline@msn.com.

Positions open for election in November are Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, delegates to the State Central Committee and delegates to the First Congressional District.

 

AAUW Forum

The Seaside AAUW is sponsoring a Candidates & Issues Forum. The event will be in the Seaside Library Conference Room, and is scheduled for Wednesday October 15, 2008 starting at 7:00 PM.  This is your opportunity to meet the candidates running for Clatsop County Commissioner representing District 2.

 

First Four And Then No More

The Democratic Party of Oregon recommends voting YES on the first four ballot measures – 54,55,56 and 57, which were referred to the ballot by the state legislature. They also recommend voting NO on all other ballot measures, sponsored by the likes of Bill Sizemore and Kevin Mannix.

 

Obama-Biden signs Available now

The Clatsop County Democrats have received the final shipment of campaign signs for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. If you don't have a yard sign, please stop by the campaign office and pick one up.  Signs may also be obtained at the following locations:

The office also has supplies of bumper stickers and pins. 

We recommend that you take your signs in at night, because we have received reports of many signs being stolen. If you have had a sign stolen, please notify Nancy Holmes at the campaign office.

Tell your neighbors about the sign availably. You are welcome to forward this message.

 

Clatsop Democrats Campaign Office

Campaign material, including yard signs for local and statewide candidates is available at the Clatsop County Campaign Office.

The campaign office is open every day. Weekend hours are 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, and weekday hours are 12:00 noon to 6:00 PM.  The telephone number of the campaign office is 503 325 5620.

The office is looking for volunteers for the Get Out The Vote imitative, which will begin next weekend. If you would like to volunteer for this critical campaign function, please drop by, or call Nancy Holmes.

Newsletter of the Clatsop County Democrats - 4/5/2008




Candidates Night
At least nine candidates are slated to appear at the Democratic Party Candidates Night on Thursday, April 10. This is an excellent time to meet the candidates and see what they are really like, without the filtering of the media. The event is at the Astoria Events Center, located at 9th & Commercial Street in Astoria. In addition to the candidates, a raffle will be conducted which has great prizes. The grand prize is a lithograph, signed by President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.
The event begins at 6:00 PM and will end around 8:00 PM. Food and drink may be purchased at the venue, which is part of the Shipyard Bar & Grill. 

Update on the Neighbor to Neighbor Program
DPO Executive Director Trent Lutz and Field Director Jesse Bonticou attended the March CCDCC meeting, and presented the background to the Neighbor to Neighbor program, which is driven from the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Many were expecting to receive their list of 25 people to arrive shortly thereafter.

Unfortunately, Jesse was the owner of the task to distribute the data, and he as moved to the Obama campaign, effective immediately. The Democratic Party of Oregon is down to two field directors to cover the state (at the beginning of the year, there were four).As you can imagine, two people can not administer the Neighbor to Neighbor program, which explains why the data did not arrive.

Autumn (one of the remaining field directors) recommends that we suspend the Neighbor to Neighbor program for a few months. She suggested that we focus on registering Non Affiliated Voters (NAVs) and independents for the month of April. We also have an excellent candidate (Jim Scheller) for County Commissioner in District 2 (south Warrenton and Seaside north of Broadway) that needs help. After the primary, the new software for tracking contacts will be in place, which is the true enabler of the Neighbor to Neighbor program. Please contact Larry Taylor if you need contact information for your neighborhood, including walking lists. 

Candidates Needed for Gearhart City Council
The Gearhart City Council will interview candidates to replace a recent resignation from the council. The open interview process will occur at 6:00 PM on April 10. If you live in Gearhart, we encourage you to consider submitting your name. For more information, you can call Gearhart City Hall at 738-5501. Applications can be obtained at the Gearhart City Hall , 698 Pacific Way.
If the city council loses a quorum due to another resignation, the replacements will be selected by the Clatsop County Commissioners.  

Replacing Richard Lee

Candidates seeking to be appointed to the position vacated by Richard Lee must reside in District 3, which takes in the portion of Astoria east of Fifth Street to 28th, southeasterly of Denver Avenue and south of platted West Niagara Avenue. It also includes the communities of Miles Crossing, Jeffers Gardens, Fort Clatsop, Lewis and Clark, Youngs River, Olney, Green Mountain and part of Walluski. The commissioners have 45 days in which to replace Lee after the recall has been certified. County Manager Scott Derickson has proposed a replacement process for the remaining commissioners to follow, so stay tuned.

 Derickson is also soliciting questions from across the county to be asked of candidates seeking to replace Richard Lee. He would like to have the questions as soon as possible, so they can be reviewed in preparation for the April 9 regularly schedule meeting at the Judge Roy Boyington Building (857 Commercial Street in Astoria), which will start at 10:00 am.Questions can be sent to the attention of Scott Derickson, 800 Exchange Street, Suite 410, Astoria, OR  97103. 

State Platform Convention and State Central Committee Meeting April 11 – 13
Chelsea Clinton and a representative from the Obama Campaign will be speakers at the DPO Dinner on April 12 in Eugene Oregon. 
Saturday begins at 7:30 am with the State Central Committee Meeting, followed by training sessions on Neighbor to Neighbor, Media Training, and the VAN/Vote Builder computer database training.The first Platform Convention session (to which delegates were elected) occurs Saturday afternoon.
Sunday begins at 8:30 am with First Congressional District meetings, followed by more Platform Convention meetings, and will conclude mid-afternoon.Although only delegates may vote, anyone may register and participate in the training sessions and attend the dinner.

The full agenda as well as online registration is at: www.DPO.org 


Register to be a Delegate to the First Congressional District Convention - June 7

To support and vote for your local delegates to the Democratic National Convention, you must register by April 22nd.  Any Democrat is eligible. Instructions and online registration is at: http://www.oregondemocrats.org/2008_convention_plan 

CCDCC Events
Due to Candidates Night, there will be no April Dems Meet Dinner at El Mariachi. The regularly scheduled CCDCC meeting will be on April 28,  at the Chisholm Community Center in Seaside, 1225 Avene A. The evening begins at 6:30 PM, and the guest speaker will be Wayne Kinney, DNC committeeperson representing Oregon. 

Contributions
Many thanks to contributors Jackie Branch and Leon Jackson, for helping cover the April Expenses! We have accomplished 15% of our fundraising goal for 2008. Remember – your contribution is a tax credit up to $50 per person that is a tax credit, and 100% returned to you when you file your tax return for 2008.
You can contribute thru our web site – www.clatsopDemocrats.org, or send checks to CCDCC, PO Box 859, Seaside, OR  97138.