Notes from the Chairman
As
Chairman of the Addison Township Democratic Organization I want to join with
all of you in congratulating Barb Allamian for an outstanding Newsletter
“the Addison Democrat’ this newsletter can provide a source of News and
Activities for the Democratic Organization. This will be a lot of work for
Barb and we can help by sending in newsworthy articles.
DEAD
LINE for filing
Precinct Committeeman Candidate Petitions with the DuPage County Election
Commission is December 12th -19th.
NOTARY
PUBLIC will be
available at the Addison Township Democrats meeting November 16th.
WALK
LIST of
registered voters with voting history and maps of your precinct are
available. Please call Art Remus for pick-up, 630 832 1525.
COUNTY BOARD - We have two of our precinct
committeemen running for the office of county board Addison District 1 Rita
Gonzales, precinct 002 and Bob Peickert precinct 008. Let us all get
behind Rita and Bob with all the help and support that we can give.
HOLIDAY
GATHERING – The
combined townships (Addison, Bloomingdale ,York) Holiday gathering is planned
for December 7th, Time 7:30 P.M. at the Dupage Democrats Office
on North ave and Rt. 53 all Addison Democrats are invited .to attend Details
will follow at a later date.
Art
Remus, Chair
November Meeting:
Discussion of Polling
Place Consolidation
The DuPage
Election commission has announced that a new plan will be put into place to
consolidate polling places. The plan will allow for more than one precinct
to vote at a given polling place. Depending on voter concentration, we could
have two to four precincts voting at the same location. We will have an open
discussion of this plan and the implications for Addison Township.
Holiday Gatherings
DuPage Democrats
November 30
7:00-9:00 PM
$10 per person
DuPage Democratic
Headquarters
Combined
Townships
(Addison,
Bloomingdale, York)
December 7
7:30 PM
DuPage Democratic
Headquarters
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Daniels Running?
From Capitol Fax
Rumors
have swirled for almost two weeks that former House GOP Leader Lee Daniels
would not run for re-election.
Daniels ridiculed the rumor last week when he told Capitol Fax that he fully
intended to run again, but even that assurance didn't convince some, who
continued to maintain that the DuPage Republican was serving his last term.
A top DuPage source says the confusion may have begun when Dennis Reboletti
filed to run as a Republican precinct committeeman in Daniels' precinct.
Daniels moved, the source explained, and since Reboletti was the Addison
Township GOP's choice against Carole Pankau in the 23rd Senate District
primary last year, that's how the rumors started.
Even after that statement, others close to the situation insisted that
Daniels won't run and Reboletti will replace him. This could just be wishful
thinking from people who fervently want to see Daniels depart, but we'll have
to wait and see what happens.
Building Membership
Have you
ever given much thought to how clubs exist or how they gain
membership? The answer is simple and in two words - YOU - EXCITEMENT. That
is
it, so simple and yet so difficult to achieve. When is the last time you
asked
some one to join the Addison Township Democratic Organization? Was it
recently, was it a long time ago, was it never????
I have always been, at least in public, a bit outgoing, so asking someone to
join a club I believed in was rather easy. Is it easy for you or do you find
it difficult? At our next meeting I will put on a small presentation on how
to ask some one to join our fine organization. I hope you find it
interesting
and use the information to help us gain membership and in numbers power.
Please help by bringing a neighbor or stranger to the meeting. The stranger
the
better! We are Democrats not the other party. We love to have great
discussions
and calm meetings.
I'll try to make you laugh and I'll try to make your friend enjoy him or her
self enough to come back and maybe join or growing organization.
Rob LaScola
In the Running: Profiles of
Potential Presidential Candidates
Governor Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia)
Just the Facts
·
Birth
Date: December
15, 1954
·
Birth
Place: Indianapolis, Indiana
·
Undergraduate
Degree: George Washington University, 1977
·
Law School Degree: Harvard, 1980
·
Family:
Married to
Lisa Collis; three daughters - Madison, Gillian, and Eliza
·
Religion:
Presbyterian
New Directions,
New Accomplishments for Government
Since
his inauguration in January 2002, Governor Mark R. Warner has taken a
business-like approach to reforming government services and spending,
navigating Virginia through a $6 billion revenue
shortfall, streamlining state government while continuing to invest in public
schools. From day one, Governor Warner has led the most diverse
administration in history with an energetic commitment to accountability and
“straight talk.”
In 2004,
Governor Warner worked with bipartisan majorities in the General Assembly to
win passage of what has been called the most comprehensive tax reform
proposal considered by any state in the past decade. The plan makes the tax
system more fair, keeps commitments in education, health, transportation, and
tax relief, and helped Virginia retain its sterling Triple-A
credit rating from Wall Street rating agencies.
The
Governor’s success in enacting budget and tax reforms led Governing
magazine to name him one of its “Public Officials of the Year” in 2004. In
2005, Virginia was the only state in the nation
to earn straight A’s in fiscal management from experts at the Pew Charitable
Trust and Governing magazine. Those experts cited Governor Warner’s
leadership in implementing long-range planning and other businesslike reforms
enacted throughout state government.
Governor
Warner serves in a leadership role in several national organizations. The
Governor serves as Chairman of the National Governors Association, where he
has begun a national discussion about redesigning the American high school.
He recently concluded terms as Chairman of the Southern Governors’
Association, States’ co-chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, and
Chairman of the Education Commission of the States, a national nonpartisan
policy organization.
Education a Top
Priority
In 2003,
Governor Warner announced a series of affordable initiatives under the banner
“Education
for a Lifetime.” The ‘pre-school through grad school and
beyond’ measures are designed to move students another rung up the ladder of
educational achievement, demonstrating the linkage between degrees and other
markers of academic achievement and economic prosperity.
Student
performance on Virginia’s Standards of Learning tests
continues to rise in schools across the state. The Governor’s nationally
recognized Partnership
for Achieving Successful Schools, or PASS program, leverages the
most successful programs and personnel in Virginia schools to help make some real progress for the state’s
academically challenged schools. The PASS initiative was recognized as a
model for improving student achievement and the quality of the workforce by
the National Alliance of Business, which gave Virginia and Governor Warner a
Distinguished Program Award for leadership in advancing the quality of
education and training.
Governor
Warner launched Project Graduation in 2003, to help
high school seniors across the state who would not receive a diploma without
meeting 2004 SOL testing standards.
Focusing on
Core Needs and Services
In 2003,
the Governor and the General Assembly worked in a bipartisan way to enact his
government reform agenda. The plan brings long overdue changes in the way
the state delivers mental health, workforce development, and veterans care
services. Governor Warner has also brought common sense business principles
to the way the state purchases goods and services, manages its vehicle fleet
and real estate holdings, and maintains information technology functions,
with an appropriate emphasis on including those who own small, women- and
minority-owned businesses.
Governor
Warner is working hard to build a foundation to bring economic prosperity to
all Virginians. Economic development and job creation are top priorities.
Since January 2002, during difficult economic times, he has announced more
than 100,448 new and saved jobs in the Commonwealth, representing $9.5
billion in additional investment.
In the fall of 2002, Governor Warner led a bipartisan, statewide campaign to
secure more than $1 billion in bonds for long-overdue investments in higher
education, cultural facilities, and state parks and recreation areas
A Virginia for All Virginians
Before
he became governor, Governor Warner had a successful business career in
venture capital, funding innovative ideas, and creating jobs and prosperity
throughout Virginia and the nation. He helped found
the Virginia
Health Care Foundation, which has provided health care to more
than 476,000 underserved Virginians in rural and urban areas.
October Meeting
Minutes
Meeting
called to order on October 19 at 7:30 P.M., Pledge of allegiance followed.
Presentation
on Irving Park/Rail
Road Construction,
Wood Dale
Discussion
Questions and answers
Representative
from the DuPage Election Commission, Doreen Nelson presented the
proposed
changes for DuPage County consolidation of precincts and voting locations
new
guidelines for absentee voting, and dates for Candidate’s filing.
Candidate
Lindy Scott Sixth Congressional District expressed his views on early
voting, in favor. He hopes to earn our trust, and would like to walk with us
in our precincts.
Candidate
for state committeemen Sixth District, Robert Wagner reported on the full
slate
for the election as the results of the meeting in Springfield
Tom
Barry a former Candidate for the Sixth Congressional district gave a talk on
his
views of
many topics, he felt that drugs should by Congress
Dupage County chair has the supplies for all appointed precinct
committeemen, Art
will
pick them up for the precinct committeemen.
Petitions
were passed out for Don Harmon
Meeting
adjourned at 9:40
P.M.
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