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Jan 12th Meeting Minutes
Call to Order: 7:30 PM
I. Flag Salute led by Congressman Jim McDermott
II. Discussion of Social Security Reform led by Congressman Jim
McDermott Key Points
• Social Security is not going broke
• Social Security has a surplus
• Conservatives have spent the surplus and drained the National
Treasury
• Social Security will be safe until at least 2048 ? 2055
• Investing in the stock market as an alternative will be risky
• Social Security was designed to provide a modest safety net?not
to make people rich o Social Security also provides a much needed
death and injury benefit o Social Security can easily be fixed by
raising the cap to keep pace with inflation.
• Bush plan will cost an addition trillion $ of debt Things
you can do: Write your congressional representatives and let them
know that SS is non-negotiable - Education is key - let young adults
know that if we do nothing?there will be at least 75% of benefits
available for many years into the future.
III. Approval of Agenda
IV. Chair Report
• Chair will attend the first King County LAC Meeting
• Working toward creating a LAC Issues Fair
• Expressed need for new PCO for Precinct 1255
V. Treasurer's Report
• Sarah Earl: Currently have $3879.86 in account
VI. LAC Committee Report
• Toni Lysen was not in attendance but Tim Nuse made the announcement
that we will be having an Issues Fair at the March 34th District
Meeting.
VII. Outreach Committee Report
• Steve Karbowski: Goals include bringing in more members to
Democratic Party and defining what outreach means and how goals
can best be achieved. Meeting to take place Saturday, January 15th
@ 3:00 at the Coffee Company on California Ave.
VIII. King County Democratic Central Committee:
• Ann Martin invited members to attend their next meeting on
January 25th @ Carpenter?s Hall in Renton 6:00 -7:00PM
IX. Seattle City Council Member McIver discussed his reelection
campaign X. Monorail Board Member Cindi Laws discussed her reelection
campaign and some goals that she has achieved during her tenure
on the Monorail Board.
XI. Nomination of 8 new PCOs:
• David McMurray
• Marci Carpenter
• Ron Sterling o Jim Maynard
• Walter Hanson
• Andy Zaborski
• Gary T. Smith
• Peggy Abby
XII. Member Roger Fulton moved to nominate Howard Dean as the new
national DNC Chair. The motion was approved and it was established
that a letter should be written and sent to the Washington State
DNC office. This letter would be written by Secretary and approved
by Executive Board.
XIII. Head of Backbone Campaign and 34th District resident Bill
Moyer made an announcement that the campaign will be present in
Washington D.C. at the Inauguration Protest Rally on January 20th.
XIV. Adjourn: 9:03 PM
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