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Meeting
Started Planning for 2010
April 2nd -
Members met at the Kachemak Community Center to start our planning for
the rest of the year. Topics included:
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Blake Johnson, the
1st Vice Chair for the Alaska Democratic Party and Regional
Chair for Kenai, Kodiak and Mat-Su joined us after a long
drive from Kenai to share information about the new
Organizing for America initiative of Obama and the
Democratic National Committee. He also reminded us of our
responsibility to organize the Central Committee meeting in
the Fall of 2010 - we need to establish a date for this soon
for planning purposes.
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Rob Rosenfeld
joined the group and identified his top priorities as he
prepares his campaign for Governor in 2010.
Members asked a lot of questions and Rob solicited ideas for
his campaign. Check our
Rob Rosenfeld page for more info.
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Bob Burns and Judi Nester
attended the Open House on March 7th for Bob Poe,
candidate for Governor in 2010 and presented their views at
the meeting. Poe has also issued a Press Release concerning
the Republican drive to get Senator Begich to resign - see
our Bob Poe page for more info.
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We encourage all D35
members to investigate the positions of all candidates and
form their own opinions.
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A draft of the yearly
events that D35 members may become involved in was
distributed and a copy is
here.
Please review and come to a meeting to volunteer to
contribute ideas or help at one or more of these events.
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A reminder was made to
all the the Homer Electric Association Board meeting
will be at Homer High School on May 7th at 6:00 PM - ballots
must be voted by 5:00 PM on May 6th. See the candidate
resumes
here.
This website
will publish or link to candidate positions as we become aware
of them. At our next meetings we will do further planning for
this year's events.
March Meeting
Was Exciting
The March 5th members meeting was
very special as we met at the Beluga Lake Lodge to receive a first-hand
recap of the Obama Inauguration by Susan Cushing with
photos. If you have a DSL or other fast connection you may
want to watch it
here!
Remain
Informed
Obama
Plan for Change - President Obama and his Administration have set up
www.whitehouse.gov as the website to find information and to
initiate action - as he said, his election is '...just the
beginning'. A group of local residents have followed the
recommendations and initiated Share the Warmth, an effort
to help locals who need a little extra this winter. Read
about in on
The Homer News website.
And if you
have a subject that gets you hot under the collar, consider
putting some our recently learned skills to use by:
- Phone/write
your government representative
- Write
a letter to an Editor
- Go to
our Contacts page and write NOW!
November
Election Summary
| Candidate |
D35
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Alaska |
US vote |
Electoral
College |
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Obama/Biden |
44.8% |
37.8% |
53% |
365 |
| McCain/Palin |
52.2% |
59.4% |
46% |
173 |
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Begich |
53.9% |
47.8% |
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| Stevens |
41.3% |
46.5% |
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| Berkowitz |
51.8% |
45.0% |
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Young |
43.3% |
50.1% |
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| Alderfer |
33.0% |
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Seaton |
66.7% |
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Survey
Results
Members have
voted in a survey to identify where D35 should focus our
efforts. The results to date are:
| Replace Palin |
71% |
| Replace Young |
14% |
| Replace Murkowski |
0% |
| Alaska legislature
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14% |
If you want to vote
Click Here!
Support
Senator Begich
 Palin
and the Republican party are making ridiculous suggestions that
Begich resign since Stevens' conviction has been overturned by
the Obama Administration. Write a brief Letter to the
Editor of your choice and express YOUR opinion! Get contact
information here.
If any member finds out about
a planned visit and it is not on our calendar, please send an
email to any officer at:
Co-Chairs
Ingrid Harrald
or
Bob Burns
or
Treasurer Patti Boily
What does District 35 include?
Most of the Lower Kenai
Peninsula - go to our Precincts page
for details
National Democratic Party:
http://dnc.org
Al Gore has made an
outstanding speech challenging us to
achieve energy independence within 10 years - we encourage you
to click below and listen.
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Mental Note: We will try to put something together for Obama's
100th day - Around April 30th - Stay Tuned and save a spot on
your Calendar:
Check our
CALENDAR page for all activities
Subscribe to our meetings list at the bottom of this page.
Tell others about us - tell your friends to stay in touch with what
is happening in District 35 by suggesting they check out our
website or send them an email with a link to us Newsletter:
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