The Redlands Democratic Club serves this beautiful and historic city and works hard to increase our elected representatives in all levels of government.

Step up to the plate and volunteer more than in previous years. With our victories in the November 2008 election, we have the opportunity to reset the course of our country.

Please come to our monthly meetings at Denny's on Alabama. Lunch is available but not a necessity for those who would like to just listen.  Those wishing to order, please arrive at least 30 minutes early to make it easier for the wait staff to make it through the room. It can get crowded.




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Dues for 2009 are $15 and can be sent to:
Redlands Democratic Club
1540 Barton Rd.
#227
Redlands, CA 92373

Or bring your check to our monthly meetings.
 
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Club president Pat Meagher is running for Congress against Jerry Lewis.

Pat recently retired from his career in education, most recently as a principal at the Fontana Adult School.

He is actively building a group of volunteers.

To help Pat, call him at 909-794-0017.

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Our club has a booth at the annual community event at Sylvan Park.

Volunteers will be needed.

Contact Pat Meagher if you want to participate in the booth and the annual parade later that afternoon.

909-794-0017

We will have a super gift basket in the booth to be raffled off, a donation of Diana Nevendorff.  The basket is filled with wonderful gifts so come by and buy a ticket for only $5.

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July 3rd:
Independence Day Gala. Renea Wickman is bringing back the magic she worked
in organizing the official inland empire inaugural ball. This time, to
celebrate Independence day the event she's organizing will be an evening of
music, friends, family and fun under the American flag. The event celebrates
patriotism and what it means in this new American era.

There will be live
music, food, and inspiring speeches. And by the way, Renea has announced her candidacy for the 63rd CA Assembly seat.

Tickets can be obtained at the link
below.
www.official-inland-empire-constituents-for-obama.com

There is no cost to attend but RSVPs are mandatory.

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We have reserved a space in Sylvan Park for our annual picnic.

Please put this on your calendar.

This has become a fun club function.


The club will provide meats for the grill. Please bring a dish to share. Choose your favorite recipe for a salad, side dish or appetizer.

Our candidates will be guest speakers. Come hear Pat Meagher for 41st Congress and Renea Wickman for CA 63rd.

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We are updating our membership directory with emails for members and people who just want to know what the club has in the works.

Please send your email to

redlandsdems@gmail.com

so we can make sure we have you in our database.

Thanks.

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Organizing for America is the organization that grew out of the Obama grass roots campaign that made history.

The group in Redlands/San Bernardino continue to be very active.

Find out how to participate by calling Mary Neese at 909-881-5067.

Here are the notes from the Inland Empire 4 Change meeting on 3/22/09.

Today we had a meeting focusing on the Pledge Project and the Economic
Recovery of the Inland Empire. This is for those who went and those who
missed. We discussed our support for President Obama¹s upcoming budget and
how it can be used for the Inland Empire.  We broke-up into groups and
talked about Health Care, Education, and Energy.  We are all encouraged to
write a letter to Ken Calvert, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, and your
congressman (Jerry Lewis, Joe Baca, or David Drier).  Write the letter in 3
parts.  1.  Ask them to support Obama¹s budget.  2.  Tell them why they
should vote for the budget.  3.  Once it is passed, state how we want the
money to be used in each category by using the following information that
was discussed in today¹s meeting:
 
Health Care

Controlling the sky-rocketing health care costs for families and businesses
are unsustainable.  Therefore we feel that the stimulus money for the Inland
Empire is vital to control these imperative issues.  With the allocated
funds, we can expand the EHR-Electronic Health Record, and create more jobs.
We also need to allow for Health research including prevention and wellness
for all Americans.  Health should not be a privilege but a right.

Education

Please support President Obama¹s budget to meet the educational needs of the
students in the Inland Empire.  Schools are tremendously overcrowded and we
are losing teachers.  Children of English as a second language and many
others come from a poverty culture and especially need early childhood
pre-school and after-school support programs.  Our lower income students in
the IE also need Mr. Obama¹s plans for loans to students.  We will therefore
need those funds from Mr. Obama¹s budget for universities and community
colleges to provide new programs in technology and green jobs so that we
will have a knowledge-based job world for all citizens.

Energy

Reasons to support the energy portion of the budget:

    -National security-the need for an effective and secure electrical grid
and reduction of dependance on foreign oil.
    -Reduction of greenhouse gasses.
    -Mechanism for achieving new technology.
    -Balance of payments
    -Job creation

Reasons the IE should lead the way to a Green Economy

    -Geographically situated for the creation of wind and solar energy.
    -Available workforce and infrastructure suitable for industries to
develop and manufacture green technology.
    -Existing major educational institutions suitable for teaching and
researching     green technologies.

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Officers voted on at the February meeting:

Pat Meagher - President
Sally Ann Maas - 1st VP
Jesse Mendes - 2nd VP
Rhonda Stanton - Secretary
Bob Wood - Treasurer

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