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Contact Info: Redlands Democratic Club
Meetings are on: 3rd Saturday 1 pm (arrive early for lunch) Denny's Diner Alabama & I-10 Mail to: Redlands Democratic Club 1540 Barton Rd. #227 Redlands, CA 92373 E-mail to: RedlandsDems@gmail.com
Board Members
President
Pat Meagher 909-794-0017 Vice President Sally Ann Maas Vice President Jesse Mendez Secretary Rhonda Stanton Treasurer Bob Wood Voter Registration (please volunteer)
Welcome
| Welcome to the Redlands Area Democratic Club! 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pat Meagher announces run for 41st CD 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. Web site for California politics, progressive style http://www.calitics.com/tag.do?tag=Inland+Empire July 4 at Sylvan Park 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. July 3 gala - Renea Wickman announces her run for 63rd Assembly seat 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. July 25 - 3rd annual Great American picnic 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. Building our e-list for club notices 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. Inland Empire 4 Change update on activities 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. Super stores hurt local businesses -- volunteers urgently needed for push - UPDATED http://action.walmartwatch.com/page/m2/302289ad/4c04c34e/2fffd0d8/32790e5c/2584022550/VEsF/ The Good Neighbor Coalition is looking for volunteers to help with the effort to keep super stores out. Signatures are needed from residents of the City of Redlands. We don't need any more empty store fronts in our town. Keep Walmart out. Our goal is to table at every grocery store in Redlands from now until June 30 every day that is allowed, all day. We will also be at Market Night every Thursday. We need volunteers to table and we need volunteers to serve as store team leaders. Will you help? We need to gather 7,000 signatures and need your help to do this. Whether it's for one hour, several hours, every day, once a week, or only once, every hour that you help brings us closer to our goal. Now is the time to step up and walk the walk. Let me know if you can table, or if you can gather signatures from a group you belong to, or from your friends and/or family. We are short on time so need to do as much as possible in the next thirty days. Email me or call me at 909-792-4839 or 800-3423 and I can give you more information and answer your questions or sign you up to help. Stop supercenters in Redlands! Help us get the initiative on the ballot! Join the effort! Thanks for your continuing support. Dianne Landeros, RGNC Club elects new officers for 2009-2010 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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