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Terror Alert Level:  Thanks to Geek and Proud, Alan Penner Contact Info: Democratic Club of West Orange County 2781 W. MacArthur Blvd. Ste B-Box 347 Santa Ana, CA 92704-7095 Phone: (714)661-8476 Next Meeting: Wednesday June 25, 2008 Guest Speaker: Emilly Gold Field Director for Sheila Kuehl 6:30 PM Fountain Valley Senior Center (Bushard and Talbert) 17967 Bushard Street Fountain Valley, CA 92708
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President Dr. Ben Miles 1st Vice President Steve Blount 2nd Vice President Roz Freeman Recording Secretary Vacant Corresponding Secretary Eric Zeutzius Treasurer | Welcome to the Democratic Club of West Orange County! The mission of the DCWOC shall be to advance the goals of the Democratic Party through public policy and political issues analysis, education, fundraising, recruitment, coordination with other Democratic groups, and other activities to benefit the Party. The DCWOC shall support the broadest possible registration in the Democratic Party and recruitment of DCWOC membership without discrimination on grounds of race, sex, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, ethnic identity or economic status. July 23 DCWOC Meeting Club News Rich Gillock Monday 07 July 2008 - 06:30:00 pm  July 23 DCWOC MeetingBrett Rowley, Communications Director Orange County Registrar of Voters Brett Rowley will be our speaker this month and he will be talking about the voter registration process, the design of the system, the legalities involved, and what his office--The Orange County Registrar of Voters is actually charged with doing. And of course he will answer all our questions about voter registration—which we should be doing a lot of between now and October 20th. And if we have time I think it will be interesting to learn about the experiences that Mr. Rowley had working as an observer to the Iraqi National Elections. I have taken the liberty of excerpting his comments on this. The Iraqi people were voting for representatives to fill seats in their new parliament. It was only the second vote of the people since the ouster of Saddam Hussein. The first vote was for their interim Constitution held in early 2005. The parliamentary election was held in Iraq on December 15, 2005. Iraqis that live out-of country had the opportunity to vote between December 13-15, 2005 in countries around the world including the United States.  The International Mission for Iraqi Elections (IMIE) was the only international observer organization accredited by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq to observe the election. IMIE needed observers for three polling stations in California (Alameda, Los Angeles and San Diego.) Brett Rowley was selected as one of the observers at the San Diego polling place. There were approximately 10 observers divided among the three sites in California and a total of 400 around the world.As he says “I was not merely an observer of the mechanics of the Iraqi election. I was a witness to history on a global scale. The faces of the 4,000 people that voted in San Diego told a heart-wrenching story. The tears of joy reflected the pain and suffering felt over the decades that nobody but they could truly understand. I talked to one man whose brother was forced to fight in the Iraqi military against Iran for years and eventually fought against our country in 1991. My brother fought in Kuwait in 1991. It was an odd feeling to be standing next to a man whose brother had taken up arms against mine. But understanding that many Iraqis were forced to fight and hearing it from an Iraqi, I can hold no ill will against him, his brother or his renewed country. Clearly this is a speaker who will have much to share with us about the electoral process here in Orange County as well as around the world. Wednesday, July 23, 2008 6:30 pm Social, 7:00 pm Program New Location - Huntington Beach Campaign Office 5915 Warner Ave, Huntington Beach, CA (NW corner of Springdale - Liberty Tax Office) July 2008 Newsletter Club News Rich Gillock Tuesday 08 July 2008 - 07:00:00 pm Check out the July 2008 DCWOC Newsletter
July 4th Parade Club News Rich Gillock Friday 04 July 2008 - 07:00:00 pm July 4th Huntington Beach Parade   Here are a few photos of the Democratic float in the Independence Day Parade in Huntingtion Beach.  If you were there we salute you! Democrats 2008 Campaign Office Club News Rich Gillock Tuesday 01 July 2008 - 07:00:00 pm We Have a 2008 Campaign Office! 5915 Warner Ave, Huntington Beach, CA NW corner at Springdale, (Liberty Tax Service)  Our 2008 Campaign Office opened on June 15, earlier than ever before. We are going to be working hard all summer through Election Day on November 4th to elect Democrats in Orange County. And we need your help.We have the office, we have the computers, we have everything we need except YOU! Sign up to volunteer in the office! We will only be open when we have volunteers committed to be in the office. It is up to you to make it happen. Democrats at the Orange County Fair Club News Rich Gillock Monday 30 June 2008 - 07:00:00 pm The Democratic Party of Orange County once again has a booth at the Orange County Fair. This has been a very successful event for the party focusing upon voter registration and enabling our candidates.  It is so cool when a Republican walks up to the booth and wants to change his registration to Democrat. There are so many Americans out there who just want their country back and their honor as Americans back. In the past 6 months the party has registered over 35,000 new Democrats, the Republicans have registered less than 3,000 in the same period.Our Democratic Club will staff the table on Thursday July 17 and Friday July 18. Shifts are from 12 noon - 3 pm, 3 pm -6 pm , 6 pm - 9 pm, and 9 pm -11 pm. We need two volunteers per shift, so sign up early and pick the spot that works for you. Parking and admission thickets are free and will be mailed 1 week before the dates. Feel free to enjoy the Orange County Fair on us in exchange for a few hours of volunteer time. Contact our Volunteer Organizer, Marko Markovich, at Makast@aol.com, or call him at (714) 270-5696. June 2008 Newsletter Club News Rich Gillock Wednesday 04 June 2008 - 07:00:00 pm Check out the June 2008 DCWOC Newsletter
Debbie Cook Declares for the 46th Congressional District Candidates Rich Gillock Saturday 31 May 2008 - 07:00:00 pm  Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook announced her intention to run for the 46th Congressional seat held by Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher. “Our nation faces big problems: a growing energy gap, a struggling economy, global warming, the escalating costs of health care, and the war in Iraq .” Mayor Cook said. “We need new people with new passion and new ideas who have experience working across party lines to get results.” In the 1990s, Cook led grassroots efforts in Huntington Beach that saved public parks and beaches from commercial development. As an attorney, she worked on the legal team that set precedent in protectingenvironmentally sensitive coastal habitat including the Bolsa Chica mesa. Debbie Cook currently serves as Chair of the Energy and Environment Committee for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and Chair of the Orange County Parks Commission. She has been a resident of Orange County for more than 40 years. She is married to John Fisher, has one son and a grandson. Your Support will Win the 46th CD back from the Dark Side. Drop in to her new campaign office. Check her website for volunteer activities. Debbie Cook for Congress 17308 Beach Blvd. Huntington Beach, CA 92647 Phone: 714-642-4973 Email: info@debbiecookforcongress.com Web: http://debbiecookforcongress.com Ginny Mayer Running for 35th SD Candidates Rich Gillock Friday 30 May 2008 - 07:00:00 pm  Ginny Mayer is running for the 35th Senate District seat held by Republican Tom Harman.Ginny received a BA from UC Berkeley in East Asian Studies with Phi Beta Kappa Honors, and a Masters and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Her interest in foreign cultures and languages included extensive travel in Western and Eastern Europe, Japan, the Soviet Union and Central Asia where she developed proficiency in Mandarin Chinese and French, along with some knowledge of Japanese, Russian and Hungarian. After a brief stint in Aerospace she returned to academia at the University of Phoenix teaching social science and humanities. Ginny has championed Democratic ideals throughout her life and wants to make a difference in Sacramento on the issues that are important to real peopls: UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE: There is no excuse for anyone in California being without access to quality healthcare. AN END TO OIL DEPENDENCY: For the sake of national security and fighting global warming, programs to reduce oil consumption and advance alternative energy development should be continued and expanded. A JUST IMMIGRATION POLICY: We need a fair and humane solution for all parties concerned, not one which exploits racism and xenophobia. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL: Ensure that all children can receive high-quality education, and that adults, too, have access to suitable higher education and training (or retraining) programs. ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRATIC VALUES: Economic health and Democratic values are NOT contradictory. Ginny4Senate Phone: 949-493-5604 Email: Ginny4Senate@cox.net Steve Blount Runs in 67th AD Candidates Rich Gillock Thursday 29 May 2008 - 07:00:00 pm  Steve Blount is running for the 67th Assembly District seat held by Republican Jim Silva."You can Count on Blount." Steve understands people, business, & finance. Steve has the contacts & experience that appeals to Republicans, and he has the values & passions that appeals to Democrats. Steve has the personality to win the hearts & minds of all voters. Steve Blount has a BA in Social Science with Sociology emphasis, an MBA in Entrepreneurship with a concentration in Economics. He is a member of the Harbor Association of Industry & Commerce, a member of the National Business Aviation Association, a member of San Pedro Peninsula Chamber of Commerce on their Economic Development & Tourism Committee and the Public Policy Committee. Steve has 30 years of experience in money management & accounting, Bankruptcy consulting, and has been a Corporate controller for the last 13 years. A resident of Orange County since 1975, Steve is married to Bonita (Boni) for 35 years, and has two adult children, Jason Stephen & Talisa Joy. Steve Blount for 67th AD Phone: 562-803-8675 x18 Email: stblount@ca.rr.com Web: http://steveblount.org/ Ken Arnold Runs for 68th AD Candidates Rich Gillock Wednesday 28 May 2008 - 07:00:00 pm  Ken wants to serve the district as its assemblyman: to legislate based upon knowledge, truth, reason and common sense rather than worn and discredited right-wing ideologies, to try to make our vast state government more effective and efficient - providing the required services while making the most of our tax dollars, to fight for universal health care, for our and the world’s environment, for workers’, women’s and everyone’s full rights, for our children, schools, colleges and universities, for our beaches, parks, and libraries, for effective law enforcement, fire protection and other aspects of public safety, for just laws and a state judicial system that may again exercise judgment in the service of justice, for restoring and protecting our infrastructure, for helping bring to California the energy and transportation infrastructure of the 21st century, for rebuilding our national guard after the illegal devastation of it by this administration and its criminal occupation of Iraq, for rational redistricting and reliable electoral processes that will result in elected officials responsive to all their constituents, for a growing Orange County and California economy and business community that serves its employees as well as its owners, customers and neighbors and that is profitable yet socially and environmentally responsible, for rational affordable public transportation, for proper and appropriate care for the truly needy elderly and others, to fight for all this and much more Ken wants to serve.Ken Arnold PO Box 10617 Westminster, CA 92685 Email: Arncomp@pacbell.net Web: ArnoldforAssembly.Com |
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