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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

PRECINCT TRAINING THIS SATURDAY:

Managing Your Precinct I -- a basic training for precinct chairs, precinct captains, and grassroots activists -- is being offered this Saturday, June 2, from 10 AM to 12 Noon, at the Dallas County Democratic Party office (4209 Parry Ave near Fair Park). New precinct chairs are strongly encouraged to attend. Long-time chairs can share their wisdom & experience and mentor new chairs. This training covers:

* Precinct Chair responsibilities
* Organizing, developing and canvassing your precinct
* Building and managing your precinct team
* Holding your precinct convention
* Getting Out The Vote!

We will have notebooks and other materials for you. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE COMING since we can then make up some specific materials for your precinct. RSVP to Tom Harris at 214-769-1696, or email to tsh.web7 AT sbcglobal.net, or email to elizawally AT aol.com.

If you are a precinct chair and want to have business cards made up for you, bring $15 (party pays other $15) and you can sign up for them. Also, if you need to be deputized to register voters, we can take care of that at the training.

You are welcome to bring snacks, since we will working hard and may need extra energy. A pot luck training session! Expect to learn a lot and have a great time learning from both the trainers and each other.

WHO'S ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

At the May quarterly meeting of the Dallas County Democratic Party Executive Committee the Precinct Chairs also divided into State House districts to elect members of the Advisory Committee for the local party. Some of the most heavily Democratic districts got to elect two members, and not every seat was filled at this meeting. As of now (and subject to corrections), here's the list:

District -- Member(s)
100 -- Jean Ball (Alternate -- Camille White)
101 -- Francis Sarmiento (Alternate -- Constance Jahn)
102 -- Robert Book (Alternate -- Janice Schwarz)
103 -- Gregory Allbright (Alternate -- Pamela Riddle)
104 -- Marisela Garrott (Alternate -- Roberto Alonso, Jr.)
105 -- Kim Carroll Limberg (Alternate -- Bobby J. Southwood)
106 -- George Chamberlain (Alternate -- Susan Culp)
107 -- Theresa Daniel (Alternates -- Sally White and Randy Mock)
108 -- Nahum Apodaca (Alternate -- Graciela Aleman)
109 -- Archie Burks (Alternate -- Richard Wayne)
110 -- Mary M. Freeman
111 -- Bayardo Arellano and Shirley Brown (Alternates -- Dorothy Dean and James Hubener)
112 -- Ed Miller (Alternate -- Peggy Henger)
113 -- Lourdes Bugarin
114 -- Rollin F. Gary (Alternate -- David Weiner)
115 -- Paul Heller (Alternate -- David Bradley)

COURAGE IN THE EXTREME:

From jobsanger: "We learned yesterday that Texas still produces heros - giants willing to sacrifice personally for the good of all Texans. State Senator Mario Gallegos is just such a man. Senator Gallegos underwent a liver transplant in January, and still has not recovered from the very serious surgery. Last Friday, he underwent more surgery to determine whether the transplant had become infected. ... But on Monday, Gallegos was back in Austin. He has a hospital bed set up in the building where the Senate meets, only a short walk from his senate desk. Risking his own health, he is back to protect the voting rights of all Texans." Read it all at A True Texas Hero. Here's more from the Houston Chronicle, and the Senator's own statement: Why right to vote, without an ID, is worth fighting for.

MORE ON THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE:

Chaos In Texas House Over Speaker Fight from CBS News
The Dictator In The Chair
House rebellion continues, Craddick unwavering
Walk This Way from the Texas Observer

Teachers pay raise: $430. Governors pay raise: $32,000.
Texas Legislature: What they did, didn't do

MORE FROM ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB:

Spying On The Home Front (videos from PBS)
3 pieces on the Ashcroft hospital raid (NY Times & Wash. Post)
Nearly 30 DOJ Officials Threatened To Quit After Ashcroft Hospital Visit

Turley on NSA Spying and impeachment (MSNBC video)
Detroit City Council votes to impeach Bush and Cheney

The Goods on Goodling and the Keys to the Kingdom Greg Palast
Efforts to stop 'voter fraud' may have curbed legitimate voting

The GOP’s Torture Enthusiasts
Because They Can: The Logic of the Torture State
The Persecution of LtCmdr Matthew Diaz from Harper's

Soldiers, Families Paying Price of Iraq War PBS Newshour
CBS Poll: 76% Say War's Going Badly

A Drive for Global Domination Has Put Us in Greater Danger by Al Gore
(An excerpt from his new book, The Assault on Reason
(And here's another excerpt.)

Immigration and Welfare facts refute the myths

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