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Nov 9th Meeting Minutes
Chairman Ivan Weiss called the meeting to order at 7 PM. Burien
City Councilwoman Lucy Krakowiak led the flag salute.
The minutes for the October meeting and the agenda for the November
meeting were approved.
In his Chairman's report, Weiss reported on the low voter turnout
in the 34th district on Election Day, stating that it was in the
30% range. He expressed the need to update voter information in
the precincts, such as addresses and phone numbers of registered
voters. Weiss called all the contested voters he could reach whose
registration had been challenged by the Republican Party. Those
he said he reached were all legitimate voters and were angry that
their registration had been questioned. They said they wanted the
people who contested the votes to be prosecuted. Next month's meeting
will be the holiday party with tentatively scheduled guest speaker
9th District U.S. Representative Adam Smith. Please bring food and
drink for members and food for the West Seattle and White Center
food banks. Weiss also announced that Tim Nuse is asking for volunteers
to work at either food bank during the holidays.
Guest speaker Rita Schenck from the Institute for Environmental
Research and Education (IERE) on Vashon Island gave a presentation
on energy-independent communities and Vashon's efforts at becoming
one with its own PUD. IERE has done research to determine if Vashon
can become energy-independent and the answer is yes. She stated
that there would be no need to raise taxes for a PUD on Vashon because
it would create its own income and households would see an estimated
$300.00 savings per year from their electric bills. It would also
create 30 new jobs on Vashon Island. Schenck then answered various
questions from the membership. Please go to www.iere.org for more
information on this topic. Seattle City Councilman Tom Rasmussen
spoke about Seattle City Light's efforts in energy efficient technology.
In new business, the vacant positions of First Vice Chair and Secretary
were announced. Richard Bartlett nominated Tanya Aguilar for First
Vice Chair. The nomination was seconded. No other candidates for
the position were nominated. She was elected by acclamation.
Heather Woodruff nominated Bill Schrier for the position of Secretary.
The nomination was seconded and there were no other nominations.
Bill was not present at the meeting due to a family reunion in Iowa.
He was elected Secretary by acclamation.
Four new PCO's were elected. Enid Havens was elected for the Sunnywood
Precinct. Greg Doss was elected for Precinct 1484. Margaret "Maggie"
Larrick was elected for Precinct Burien 34-0846. For Precinct 1443,
Phil Talmadge relinquished his position as PCO and there were two
candidates to take his place, Linda Johnson and Lois Elenich. After
statements were given by both candidates, Linda Johnson withdrew
her name and Lois Elenich was elected for the PCO position.
n the good of the order, Toni Lysen announced the King County LAC
meeting on Sunday, November 20th at 2:00 pm in Burien. Please contact
Toni Lysen for the location
Tanya Aguilar announced that the North Highline Unincorporated
Area Council will be having a meeting on Monday, November 21st at
7:00 pm at Evergreen High School to discuss the White Center Annexation
by Seattle or Burien. They will be asking for public comments. The
Council recently voted to support annexation by the city of Burien.
Tim Nuse reiterated the need for food bank volunteers for the West
Seattle food bank on November 21st and for the White Center food
bank on December 21, 22 and 23.
PCO Bill Tracy announced that the White Center Kiwanis also has
volunteer shifts available at the White Center food bank on the
fourth Wednesday of each month from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm and on Tuesday,
November 22nd and Tuesday December 21st.
Linda Johnson announced that on December 5th at 7:30 pm, Town Hall
in Seattle will be featuring "Code Blue Now" in regards to WA healthcare.
Admission is $5.00.
New 34th member Michael O?Donnell spoke to the importance of listening
to liberal talk radio. In Seattle it is AM 1090. Also AM 1180, KLAY
in Tacoma has a liberal talk show on Fridays. A good website to
check out for companies supporting Democrats is www.buyblue.org.
Meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm.
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