Updated April 24, 2008 Kickoffs!
Join New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson on Monday, April 28th, to kickoff the re-election
campaign of our very own Governor Chris Gregoire at noon at the Westin, Seattle. More
information, tickets and RSVP at the Governor's Campaign website. Then, on Monday, May 5th,
John Ladenburg kicks off his campaign for Attorney General, also at noon at the Westin. More
information on Ladenburg's election website or on our calendar of events. Here are two
great Democrats running for two of our most important Statewide offices. Let's support them!
Updated April 13, 2008 LD Caucus Results- April 5, 2008
The 34th District's legislative District Caucus was Saturday April 5th at West Seattle High
School. We elected 38 delegates for Barack Obama and 13 delegates for Hillary Clinton to attend the Congressional District Caucuses and State Convention. Official results with delegate names are posted on the website here or download a one-page PDF file of the names here. There are also links to credentials and tally committee reports on that page. A gallery of photos of the caucus is posted here. The West Seattle Blog has an extended account of the day.
Updated April 4, 2008 District Meeting April 9th
Our next regular District meeting is Wednesday, April 9th. Our primary guest is Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg, who is running for Attorney General. See Chair Ivan Weiss' message below for more information. The agenda is posted on the Agenda Page and the newsletter is available for download.
Updated March 29, 2008 Next Steps after the LD Caucus
We also have the King County Convention,
Congressional District Caucuses, the State Party Convention, and the Democratic National Convention
in Denver in August. What happens at each level? See the 34th District caucus page.
Updated February 14, 2008 Final 34th Caucus Results: 70% Obama, 28% Clinton
Final (unofficial) results from the 34th District caucuses show 736
delegates (70%) elected to support Senator Barack Obama, and 293 (28%) elected to support
Senator Hillary Clinton, with 15 uncommitted delegates. Detailed, precinct-by-precinct results are here. Furthermore, it appears that 10,960 Democrats attended caucuses in our 206 precincts. This is 50 or 60 Democrats or more attended many individual precinct caucuses, up sharply - probably by 100% - from the 2004 caucuses. We collected over $29,000 in membership dues and contributions from caucus-goers eager to elect a Democratic President and re-elect Gov. Chris Gregoire and our other Democratic elected officials. More details and precinct-by-precinct breakdowns will be posted here over the next few days. See also the West Seattle Blog which has many individual postings submitted by PCO's for their precincts. Statewide results are on the Washington Democrats website.
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and his wife Sharon attended their caucus for precinct 1417 at
Lafayette School. The photo above shows PCO Jackie Dupras conducting that caucus. Precinct 1417 elected two delegates pledged to Obama and two pledged to Clinton.
Mayor Nickels has previously announced support for Obama and emceed Obama's rally at
Key Arena on Friday, February 8th. The photo at right shows PCO Gerald Smith conducting the caucus
for precinct 1408 at Lafayette. More photos on the West Seattle Blog.
Updated April 3, 2008
April Message from Chair Ivan Weiss
Meet Our Next Attorney General
Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg, Democratic candidate for Washington state Attorney General, will be the featured speaker at our April 9 meeting, We think you'll like meeting him and hearing what he has to say.
More important yet, we need to impress on voters that even in a presidential year, and with a Democratic governor to re-elect, Attorney General is not a low-profile race.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 Make Room for Art
• On Wednesday, April 2nd, in the Bertha Knight Landes Room on the first floor at Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave, the Seattle City Council is sponsoring a public forum titled: *Make Room for Art: Cultural Overlay Districts for Seattle.*
• It will run from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sponsoring Councilmembers are Nick Licata Sally Clark, Jean Godden, Bruce Harrell, and Tom Rasmussen.
• www.seattle.gov/council
April 2, 2008 Voter-owned Elections Community Briefings
• Community Briefings on proposed Voter-Owned Elections program in Seattle. Sessions are open to the public, providing information on how a VOE program would work—what we're doing to enact it in Seattle
• The Seattle City Council designs a public campaign financing program, and enacts an ordinance (or resolution) to establish it. Then by state law, the program must be submitted to voters for their approval, in a public referendum or advisory ballot. If a program is enacted in Seattle by July, it can be on the ballot in November— and if approved, it would be available for use by the candidates for city council and mayoral races in 2009.
• March 26th, 7 p.m. - Seattle Central Community College, Broadway at E. Pike (Room to be announced)
• March 27, 11:45 am (no-host lunch, order off the menu) Portage Bay Cafe, 4140 Roosevelt Way NE (parking in rear)
• March 30, 3:30 pm - Northgate Library 10548 5th Ave NE (east of Northgate Mall)
• April 2, 5:30 pm - Seattle Central Community CollegeBroadway and E. Pike (Room to be announced)
• Tell your friends and neighbors: Join our grassroots campaign to bring Voter-Owned Elections to Washington State!
• There is much more information on our website, www.washclean.org, or call Washington Public Campaigns, 206-784-2522.
Sat, April 5, 2008 34th Legislative District Caucus
• 10:00 AM. See Caucus Page here.
Tue, April 8, 2008 Outreach Committee Meeting
• The next outreach committee meeting will be on April 8 at 7PM at Les Treall's house. The address is 7020 18th SW # J21.
• The agenda is: Introductions, Discuss our purpose, Review and follow up on previous task assignments, Dicuss which events to participate in, Discuss who will staff events, Discuss materials needed for events, Meeting place options
• I hope you can attend. If not, and you took on a task at the last meeting, could you email me a report? See you there. Les Treall
Tue, April 8, 2008 King County Charter Review Commission
• King County residents have a chance to review and comment on proposed changes to the King County Charter at four meetings in April. A year-long review of the charter by a citizen committee has produced over a dozen proposed changes to the charter that was approved by voters nearly 40 years ago in November 1968.
• Tuesday, April 8, 6:30pm, The Hall at Fauntleroy, Emerald Room, 9131 California Ave SW, Seattle WA 98136
• More info on the King County website.
Tue, April 8, 2008 Evergreen Democratic Club
• Meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 11:30 am at Angelo's Restaurant, 601 SW 153rd St., Burien. Lunch is $12 and includes salad, beverage and tip.
• Program: Representative Sharon Nelson
• Contact - Stephen Lamphear or 206.439.7382
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 34th District Monthly Meeting
• 6:30 PM social, 7:00 PM meeting, the Hall at Fauntleroy, 9131 California Avenue S.W, West Seattle
• Program: See meeting agenda page - link below.
• Agenda: See Meeting Agenda page for more details.
Saturday, April 12, 2008 The Saturday Group of West Seattle Democratic Women
• Next meeting: Saturday, April 12 from 3:00 - 5:00
• Where: High Point Public Library at 35th Ave SW & S. Raymond
• Speaker: Sharon Nelson, our new 34th District Representative in Olympia will talk about her first session: what she accomplished, how she did it, who helped her and even which legislation lost and why.
• Get the inside scoop!
• THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO BOTH MEN AND WOMEN AND MEMBERS OF THE 34TH DISTRICT.
• Snacks, coffee and tea provided; a small donation is requested.
Sun, April 13, 2008 King County 2008 Convention and Caucus
• NOTE: This is the NEW date, moved back from April 19th due to Passover.
• The County Convention will be held at West Seattle High School, 3000 California Ave. SW, Seattle on April 13, 2008, 2:00 - 6:00 PM with setup starting at noon;. Instructions that will be forthcoming will include a request to all LD Chairs to name their district representatives to the County Convention - Credentials, Rules, Platform/Resolution, and Affirmative Action Committees.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 34th District Executive Board Meeting
• 7:00 PM - all members welcome, location: Puget Ridge Co-Housing, 7020 - 18th Ave. S. W. For directions, see their website.
• Call or e-mail the webmaster for details or directions
Friday, April 18, 2008 Celebrate with Washington Public Campaigns
• Washington Public Campaigns is celebrating our 2008 legislative victories: getting the Local Option bill passed. Join us for some food, beverages, and camaraderie to celebrate what we've accomplished, and to kick-off the next phase in our efforts to get Voter-Owned Elections in Seattle THIS YEAR!
• The Great Nabob on Friday, April 18th at 6pm (no host), 819 5th Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109
• RSVP Here
• Directions and more information here
Saturday, April 19, 2008 Vashon Island Democrats
• Program: This month's Vashon Democratic Club meeting occurs on the same weekend as the Vashon Earthdays activities. Kyle Cruver, one of the Earthdays organizers, will share his expertise on the biofuels industry with us. He will present a brief overview of the state of the regional biofuels industry, and what it means for the consumer at the gas pump, as well as discussion of alternatives such as home-brewed biodiesel, greasecars, and electric vehicles conversions, followed by Q&A. Kyle will also give us a preview of the Earthday Dialogues event that will happen on April 22. Come join us...all are welcome! After the talk, we will view a variety of political video clips--both serious and humorous.
• Schedule: POTLUCK, 6:30 PM, Program 7:00 PM.
• If you or your group would like to make a presentation at one of our meetings, or for general information, please contact Roger Fulton at 669-9459.
Tue, April 22, 2008 Earth Day Benefit
• Join us on Earth Day and celebrate the efforts of An Inconvenient Ride. TV host and renowned photographer, Art Wolfe, (http://www.artwolfe.com/) will give one of his remarkable multi-media presentations featuring the behind-the-scenes adventures of his television series, "Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge" (http://www.travelstotheedge.com/). Help us welcome the student riders back with an official end-of-ride escort to Benaroya Hall to kick off the celebration event! State Senator Joe McDermott (34-Seattle) will present proclamations from Governor Chris Gregoire and Mayor Greg Nickels. Master of Ceremonies is Enrique Cerna, Executive Director of Production at KCTS Television.
• Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008, 7:00 PM, Benaroya Hall, 200 University Street, Seattle , WA 98101
• Tickets available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/30143
• An Inconvenient Ride (http://inconvenientride.com/) is a 5,400 mile cross country bicycle ride by students from Seattle's Chief Sealth High School and Gatewood Elementary. These Seattle public school students are riding across the country to raise awareness of environmental programs that are making a tangible difference.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Washington Public Campaigns organizes for a Seattle Public Financing Ordinance
• As many of you are aware the Seattle City Council is working on a public financing ordinance that could be on the ballot as early as this fall. With the details of this program/ordinance still very much up in the air it is important that our Seattle volunteers become mobilized immediately and begin to both activate and shape what will become a city-wide conversation very shortly.
• With that in mind they are having a planning meeting next week for anyone who is interested in volunteering for this effort at the Seattle Central Community College (Room #4166) on Wednesday (4/23) at 7pm.
• Contact: Chuck Sloane, Seattle Chapter Volunteer, Washington Public Campaigns, e-mail Chuck here
Thursday, April 24, 2008 West Seattle Democratic Women
• West Seattle Democratic Women will meet Thursday, April 24, at Angelina's Trattoria, 2311 Californmia Ave SW, just north of the Admiral Junction. There is plenty of parking nearby. Please arrive by 11:15 a.m. to check in.
• Our speaker is Tim Burgess, our new Seattle City Council member. He has been asked to talk about the ongoing rise of townhouses and condominiums in West Seattle.
• Lunch is $9, which includes lunch, coffee or tea, dessert and tip. We will be passing out envelopes with membership booklets, bylaws and membership pins to paid members.
• For reservations, please call Ernestine at 938-1568, or e-mail her by noon Wednesday, April 23. On behalf of the board, we are looking forward to seeing you there.
Saturday, April 26, 2008 Burien Clean Sweep
• 8am - 1pm, Fire District #2 Station, 15100 - 8th Avenue SW. More info: 433-2882 or read this article in the Highline Times.
• Bring brooms, shovels, rakes, clippers and gloves, Continental Breakfast, Lunch = Hot dogs and a drawing for a free bike and helmet. Get your group together and clean up your neighborhood and the community. We will supply the dumpsters and lunch for all. Also, the Burien Teen Leadership Council will be present and selling "I Love Burien: T-Shirts and hosting games. Sign in at the Fire Station #2 downtown Burien on 8th SW Street and SW 151st Street.
Sunday, April 27, 2008 Legislative Action Committee
• Program : Our regularly scheduled LAC meeting in April falls on a holiday so we are going to hold it on the fourth Sunday of the month - Sunday, April 27th from 2:30-4pm. Bill Austin from the 48th has graciously agreed to reserve us a room so we will confirm the location soon. Joining us will be Susan Sheary, chair of the KCDCC to discuss the transition for the group as Scott White and I step down to focus on our legislative races. This meeting will provide us an opportunity to plan our activities for the year including recent ideas to hold a few regional forums. So please come and join this discussion!
• 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Location: TBD
• See also the calendar at www.kcdems.org or e-mail Tina Shamsheldin or Scott White
Monday, April 28, 2008 Chris Gregoire for Governor Campaign Kickoff Fundraiser
• 12:00 PM Luncheon, The Westin, Grand Ballroom, 1900 Fifth Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
• RSVP to Ansley Lacitis at (206) 382-2008 or via e-mail
• More information and RSVP on the web here: www.chrisgregoire.com/kickofflunch
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 34th District Leadership Development Team
• Working to improve the leadership of the 34th District Democrats
• Meets 7:00 PM, Ann Martin's home, contact Steve Karbowski or webmaster for directions
• Meeting minutes are on the committees page.
• Contact Steve Karbowski via email or at 935-9207.
Thursday, May 1, 2008 May Day Rally: No Work - No Peace
• End the war now - Bring our troops home! May 1, 2008 Thursday - 12:00 noon. Download a flyer here.
• Jack Perry Memorial Park - 1729 Alaska Way South, Between Pier 30 & Pacific Maritime Institute, March from the park along the waterfront to Pier 66
• At the start of the Iraq War in 2003, many working people were opposed to the invasion. Now the overwhelming majority want to end the war and withdraw the troops. The war is currently costing over 720 million dollars a day if continued, it could rise into trillions of dollars which could be spent on pressing domestic needs, including universal health care, job retraining, adequate housing and education. The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) has called for a united labor action on May 1, 2008, International Workers Day, to demand an end to the war.
Thursday, May 1, 2008 Fauntleroy School Sale Hearing
• The Seattle School District is considering selling the Fauntleroy School, located at 9131 California Avenue SW, Seattle. The property is currently leased to the Fauntleroy Community Service Agency. The District is negotiating with Fauntleroy Children's Center to purchase the property.
• The District will hold a public meeting on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at the school in the Emerald Room (old auditorium) to allow interested persons to testify regarding the proposed sale. Individuals wishing to testify may contact the District at 206-252-0118 or sign up at the meeting.
• More information here.
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