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Lake County Democratic Party PO Box 1151 Lakeport CA 95453 707-277-0713 Meetings are on: First Thursday of the month at 7:00 P.M., Rotating between Lakeport and Clearlake June, August, October Lakeport Senior Center 527 Konocti Road July, Sept, November -- Redbud Library, 14785 Burns Valley Road Clearlake, California
Board Members and Legislative Contacts
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Becky Curry Vice Chair Evan Willig Secretary Wanda Harris Treasurer James Evans Assistant Treasurer Bill Berkey _________________________ Contact your legislators: State Assemblyman Wes Chesbro: Ukiah Field Office 463-5770 State Senator Pat Wiggins: Ukiah Field Office 468-8914 Congressman Mike Thompson: Napa Field Office 226-9898 Senator Barbara Boxer: San Francisco Field Office 415.403.0100 Senator Diane Feinstein: San Francisco Field Office 415.393.0707
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| Welcome to the Lake County Democratic Party! Barbara Boxer 2010 We are the Majority -- We Can Fix the Budget Now! Do you want to save California? Take Action www.fixthe budgetnow.org 1. Reverse three expensive tax concessions to businesses. The three breaks are:
3. Update the administrative rules governing the assessment of commercial property. 4. Impose a sales tax on medical marijuana. 5. Tap the rainy-day fund Californians deserve real solutions to the budget deficit. Responding to our economic crisis with deep cuts will only make the state's problems worse. They would undermine our economic recovery and President Obamas investment in economic stimulus, disproportionately harm the most vulnerable Californians, and go against our core values. Is $24 billion in cuts what California residents really want? Two recent polls (Binder, www.docstoc.com/docs/6220193/Reasons-Prop-1A-Failed-memo, and Field Poll, www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2306.pdf) reveal that Californians in fact support some revenue increases and do not favor drastic cuts to education and other essential services. These polls counter the interpretation that the failure of the special election measures represents voter rejection of any and all new revenues.
Our legislators should fight for increased revenues from those who can afford to pay. Progressive tax increases need to be on the table. Yet we understand the reality of Republican politics. Therefore we also believe that reasonable and fair fees that can be passed by legislative majorities should be submitted to the Governor to sign into law. The Democrats found $18 billion could be raised in this manner last December. Those proposals should be brought back to the table. As Senate Pro tem Steinberg said at the time: "... but there is an even greater responsibility than practicing bipartisanship and that is to govern. And that is what we intend to do here today." Read the rest ... The Pachamama Alliance In recent years concern over the destruction of the world's tropical rainforests has reached global proportions. Alarm about the extinction of species, the permanent loss of potentially life-saving medicinal plants, the irreversible damage to the delicate balance of the Earth's climate control system and the tragic disappearance of indigenous cultures has captured the attention of millions of people around the world. Read the rest ... Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - Keep up The Pressure
We provide free, confidential legal services to all those impacted by DADT and related discrimination. Since 1993, our in-house legal team has responded to more than 9,000 requests for assistance. In Congress, we are leading the fight to repeal DADT and replace it with a law that ensures equal treatment for every service member, regardless of sexual orientation. In the courts, we work to challenge the constitutionality of DADT. Congressman Thompson's June Report ![]() Thompson Introduces Children’s Health Bill Congressman Thompson supports a public option for health care. Read more about the public option at Stand With Dr. Dean As broader health care reform moves forward on Capitol Hill, on May 6th Congressman Thompson introduced legislation to protect our nation’s children from preventable illnesses, which he believes will help save lives and reduce health care costs. The bill requires individual and group insurers, employee benefit plans, and health savings accounts to cover preventive benefits for children without copayments or deductibles. The President has set an October deadline for passing health care reform- and has asked the House to pass legislation before the August recess to make sure there’s enough time to work out differences between House and Senate versions of health care reform. Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights The President signed into law tough new protections for consumers that ban unfair rate increases, abusive fees, and penalties—such as retroactive rate hikes on existing balances and double-cycle billing -- giving consumers clear information, and strengthening enforcement. It will also require 45-days’ advance notice of interest rate, fees, and finance charges hikes, require payments to be applied fairly to the highest interest rate balance first, and strengthen credit card protections for young people. Military Procurement Reform Signed into law this month, this will crack down on Pentagon waste and cost overruns, which GAO says amount to $296 billion just for the 96 largest weapons systems, by dramatically beefing up oversight of weapons acquisition, promoting greater use of competition, and curbing conflicts of interest. This bill is estimated to save taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. Mortgage Assistance Building on the President’s housing initiative, this new law provides significant incentives to lenders, servicers, and homeowners to work together to modify loans and to avoid foreclosures, which cost families their homes every 13 seconds in America. The bill reduces the current fees for homeowners and lenders that have discouraged them from participating in the Hope for Homeowners program; offers new incentives for lenders to negotiate loan modifications with borrowers at risk of foreclosure under the Hope for Homeowners program; and expands the President’s loan modification program to FHA and mortgages in rural areas. Congressman Thompson's webpage & email alerts Regarding the proposed "May Revise"
Nearly two million Californians will lose health insurance if the Healthy Families program for children is eliminated and Medi-Cal is cut by $1 billion. The defeat of five budget-related propositions on the May 19th special election ballot was not a mandate for a cuts-only or mostly-cuts budget that will force the aged, blind, and disabled further into poverty. Nor was it a mandate for a budget that will hurt everyone from school kids to park lovers. Rather, California voters sent the message that they want lawmakers and the governor to work together toward a budget that realistically looks at the services we all need and how to pay for them. Last December, legislative Democrats passed an $18-billion plan to reduce the state deficit. If the governor had not vetoed that sensible package, California would have no need to even discuss the Draconian proposals now on the table. This only underscores why it’s so critical to elect a Democratic governor in 2010. The California Democratic Party will do everything in its power to make this happen.
California Democratic Party 2009 Convention ![]() Democratic Women of Lake County Theresa Thurman, Wanda Harris, Jennifer Popovich Sunol Westergren, Heather Powers For more convention photos, visit the "photo" tab on the menu bar Sunol Westergen, Lake County Delegate submitteed this Convention Report: CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION APRIL 24-26TH, 2009 SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA Sunol Westergren Lake County DCC Delegate CAUCUSES-FRIDAY After arriving at the motel, we descended upon the nearby Convention Center to register as delegate, observer or volunteer. Pre- Statement regarding all caucuses in which I participated: 2009 is an internal party and caucus election year. This meant that besides declared or un-declared primary candidates, office-seekers for CDP leadership as well as each caucus position were allowed to speak, apparently without regard to the agenda! This fragmented the order of the meetings, and I would like to see that practice curtailed for the good of the party. Perhaps those candidates should condescend to work the halls where the people are congregating. Bright Idea: Candidate sponsored COFFEE in the early morning caucus? Read the rest ... |
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