Action Newsletter

 

DEMOCRATIC EVENTS

New - 40th LD Holiday Party, Saturday, Dec. 3, 4 – 8 p.m., Blanchard Community Hall, 3066 Legg Road, Bow (Actually it’s in Blanchard)

You are invited to our Annual 40th LD Holiday Social and Fundraiser.  It will be a Pot Luck and BYOB! Yes, you may bring wine, beer, and anything special you wish to drink. We will provide coffee, tea, cream & sugar/substitute.

Suggested contribution: $10 per person, but we’re certainly open for greater amounts if it fits your budget.  We’ll set up between 3:30-4:00 PM (Volunteers welcome). Plan to eat some time around 4:30 or 5:00 PM.

Following our meal, we look forward to your political songs and poetry. We can have small group discussions to share our thoughts about the many accomplishments of the Obama Presidency as well as the accomplishments of our federal, state, and local Democratic leaders! We can’t afford to have Republicans win in 2012! Too much to lose! It’s time to take back our country!

Bring your “Holiday Treasures” to raffle off – those gifts from the past which never quite worked out for you, but would love another chance – a new home to discover a sense of renewed life!

Directions to Blanchard Community Hall: http://www.blanchardmountain.org/events_blanchardhall.html

From Chuckanut Drive, Legg Road is just north of Karma Place, the Japanese gardens/bamboo store. Just turn onto Legg Road from Chuckanut Drive and you will see the Hall about a block down the road on the right side.

David Narsico – Chair 40th LD

 

COMMUNITY EVENTS

New – Help Save Education Funding Event, Monday, Nov. 28, Times Vary, Three Mount Vernon Locations

Help Save Education Funding!

Monday November 28th, in conjunction with the beginning of the special session, come join the Mount Vernon Education Association, and other local associations for some sign-waving and a candlelight march and rally to tell Olympia to properly fund public education.  Here are the particulars:

We will be waving signs at three Mount Vernon locations before and after school:  The Skagit County Courthouse, 2nd St. Overpass and Blackburn Overpass.  Times: 7:30-8:30 AM and 2:30 pm until we gather at the Mount Vernon High School.

We will gather at the north parking lot of the Mount Vernon High School between 4:00 and 4:15.  Bring a candle or LED light.   At 4:30 we will march with our candles and LEDs from the high school to the Skagit County Courthouse for a rally/vigil to save education funding.

 

Here are a few suggested messages for signs:

• “Funding is just a loophole away!”
• “Follow the state constitution!  Fund ed now!”
• “Local communities support schools!  Why won’t Olympia?”

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1.  New – Democratic Headquarters Holiday Events and Operation Hours

A New Years Day open house is tentatively scheduled for Dec 31st. It will be 11 – 3 p.m.

Saturdays at HQ have always been hard to staff.  If you have a Saturday open once in a while and would/could spend it at HQ, it would sure help out with the scheduling.  Leave a message at HQ, 336-1555, to sign up.

HQ will be closed the Friday after Thanksgiving unless there are two people who would like to volunteer to keep it open. Let staff know at HQ.  We will be open on November 26^th.

HQ will be closed the 23rd, 24th and 26th of December, unless there are two people who would like to volunteer for the 23rd or 26th? Let staff at HQ know or sign up at HQ.

If you are available for back-up volunteer hours at HQ, especially at the last minute, please let staff at HQ know, and I will forward your contact info to HQ volunteers.

Your volunteer service doesn’t go unnoticed and is very much appreciated. Truly all that gets done couldn’t get done without you.

Gobble, Gobble; enjoy the Holiday,

Shirley Viscalla, Office Manager

2.  New - Tierra Nueva Handicraft Event, Craftsmen and Crafts Needed

Tierra Nueva is looking for craftistas (craftsmen) who would be interested in selling or trading at an all hand-made event in Burlington.   Please contact eturman@gmail.com if interested.  It will be a great place to barter your hand-made items for hand-crafted Christmas gifts.  The event will be very barter-friendly.

 

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

Article by Adele Stan: Millionaires to Congress: Tax Me More!

At an ad hoc hearing on job creation, sponsored by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, members of the group Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength testified to advocate for a more progressive tax structure that would ultimately tax them more. The alternative to continuing to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy will likely mean cuts in programs vital to the well-being of working people, such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

After the hearing, the Patriotic Millionaires met with members of Congress, including members of the Super Committee, to press their case for making them and other wealthy Americans shore up the nation’s revenue stream through a fairer tax code. In a statement sent to reporters, Erica Payne, founder of the Patriotic Millionaires’ sponsoring group, the Agenda Project, said: It will take all Patriotic Americans working together to fix the problems irresponsible politicians caused by cutting taxes for millionaires at the same time they put two wars on the nation’s credit card. We need to pay for the choices we make.  These Patriotic Millionaires are willing to do that.  On Wednesday, we will ask our elected officials if they are willing to do the same.

Another group of wealthy citizens is also targeting the Super Committee with a “tax me more” message. United for a Fair Economy (UFE) published an open letter to the committee, signed by more than 100 citizens with annual incomes of more than $200,000, urging: The top marginal income tax rate should be raised to the pre-Bush level of 39.6%. Furthermore, we support the Fairness in Taxation Act (H.R 1124), which would create new tax brackets ranging from 45% for millionaires to 49% for billionaires; or alternatively, we support a 5.6% surtax on incomes over $1 million.

The letter’s signers include Microsoft Software Architect Arul Menezes, Grainpro President Phillippe Villers and Lamey-Wellehan President Jim Wellehan.

 

Gail Nicolls, Secretary

guemesgail@gmail.com

Formatting and posting by Brad Clure, Chair of Technical Committee

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