June 11, 2009
Click here to download a registration form today!
If you can't come at all, please consider donating a prize or sponsoring a hole on the course.
If you can't golf, come have a lovely dinner with us.
If you can't have dinner, come andenjoy an outdoor lunch (possibly with the Governor...more on that next week).
Call if you have questions but try to be there!!
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FLASH FUNDRAISER FOR THE TROOPS
Pledges Due by 9 am Monday 6/15
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Democrats Support the Human Needs of Our Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and here is a chance to show that support publicly.
We have already committed to a $500 one star support level for the Rockin' for the Troops concert to benefit OSTIL.
(Get more info on OSTIL here)
We can raise that support to 2 star ($1500) or more
WITH YOUR HELP.
DEADLINE IS MONDAY MORNING JUNE 15
Please write to us HERE if you are willing to pledge money to this effort (we will collect promptly!) or call 630-629-1125.
PLEDGES OVER $50 will be entered in a drawing for one of two sets of two (2) tickets to the event July 18th at Cantigny including preferred sponsor seating and a VIP buffet.
(If we do not raise enough money to increase our sponsorship level, you will be contacted and pledges will not be collected. You may, of course, donate that money to OSTIL if you wish. Please take time to read this wonderful NYT article about the intersection between the peace movement and troop support)
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Our phone:
630-629-1125
For events throughout the county please click here.
Office Hours:
June 12-14: closed
June 15: 10-4
June 16: 10-4
June 17-21: closed
June 22: 12-4
June 23: 12-4
June 24: 11-4
June 25: 2-6
OF NOTE:TONIGHT! Executive Committee Meeting IIT Rice Lake Campus Wheaton Thursday 6/11, 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Park!SUMMERFEST
Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:00am-9:00pm
Summerfest's highlights include an arts and
craft show with a variety of
artisans and crafters, a business fair, a food court featuring all-local businesses, and an entertainment schedule
featuring all-local musicians
and performers. York Dems
will also be in attendance.Where? Ardmore & Park,
Villa Park ILWebsite here
Upcoming
Health Care Forums:
Event below listed here.
Lombard
6/13, 1 p.m. IF you wish to have something appear in the DPDC e-blast, you must send the notice to dpdcnewsletter@ameritech.net no more than two weeks in advance.
(Receipt at other DPDC e-mail addresses will not constitute notice.) THANKS for your understanding! |
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DuPage Democrats
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For more information, visit our website:
www.dupagedemocrats.com
THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF DUPAGE COUNTY
If you want an item to appear in this blast please send the info to dpdcnewsletter@ameritech.net
at least one week in
advance (no more than 2)
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GOOD CANDIDATES
are a product of
hard work, curiosity and the willingness
to listen to and learn from others.
CAMP WELLSTONE July 17-19This training is superb and will fill up quickly If you are interested in attending, click the link above now. The weekend will cost $200.
DEMOCRACY
FOR AMERICA
is organizing a
Campaign Training
in Chicago!
August 1-2
Click here to register today!
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Our momentum can only build with YOUR help. Hopefully you have chosen a few ways to help us during the summer when the living is a little easier! Please talk to your Dem friends and neighbors and ask them to get involved. Please forward this email widely and ask folks to sign up at our website here.
Sincerely,
AMY TAUCHMAN
Executive Director
Democratic Party of DuPage County
1000-7 ROHLWING RD LOMBARD, IL 60148
630-629-1125
info@dupagedemocrats.com
CELL IN EMERGENCY 630-699-5071
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MUST READ FOR ALL DUPAGE RESIDENTS WHO CARE ABOUT JUSTICE and
THE FUTURE OF ILLINOIS
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Victims of Justice Revisited
by Thomas Frisbie & Randy Garrett
"This is the first comprehensive account of the most extraordinary criminal case I know - the infamous Nicarico murder -and the 12-year crusade for justice which it inspired. The two men who were on the scene the longest, and who probably know more about this case than anyone else, have written a gripping, provocative, often moving account of how great evil -and good-came to take place." -- Scott Turow
MANY OF THE PERPETRATORS OF THIS INJUSTICE STILL RUN DUPAGE GOVERNMENT AND WANT TO RUN THE STATE
YOU CAN STOP THIS BY GETTING INFORMED TODAY!
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Resetting our
General Political Strategy for Increasing Democratic Votes in all 2010 Races
AGENDA from
the May 14 Meeting:
- Active Committees You can Join
- Summary of the 2008/2009 Elections
- Races Open in 2010 and Candidate Recruitment
- Positive Democratic Messages: Ethics Reform and More
- Summer Issue Canvass: Process and Goals
- Improved Tools for Consistent, Effective Voter Contact
As always, we are open to friendly critique. So, if you were in attendance and have a comment OR if you were not in attendance and want the materials, please write to me here.
For those of you who filled out volunteer forms THANK YOU and we will be contacting you soon about various committee and activities.
Thanks,
Amy |
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THE WRITE STUFF
Dear DuPage Dems,
It's time for DuPage Democrats to be heard. An easy way for Democrats to get out their messages is by writing letters to the editor. It sounds easy and it is. Writing letters to the editor is free, takes little time, and allows you to express your ideas about issues as well as responding to local news stories and events.
Newspapers will print your letters if you just take the time to send them, and we'll help you make it as easy as possible. After this letter there are links to the major local papers for your convenience. Need help writing one? Call me. Here's one example of how and why we need to get our message out and how fast it could happen.
An article in today's paper that quoted Joe Birkett is a perfect example. Mr. Birkett, in a viral letter to Governor Quinn, stated: "Pat Quinn and Illinois Democrats are the only ones making the choice between tax hikes and cuts in vital services." Ring a bell? If you said you heard Republicans in DuPage giving that same option to voters not so long ago, you win a prize. County Board Chair Bob Schillerstrom gave residents that same option - a sales tax increase or massive cuts in service when the Board faced a $40 million budget deficit in 2005. When the Board suddenly found a $40 million hole in the budget, Schillerstrom took 18 months to decide on a solution. His solution offered voters the option of a sales tax increase or a loss of over 200 jobs and massive cuts in human services. Afraid to put a proposal to the voters for a tax hike, Schillerstrom marched to Springfield and asked the Democrats for a bailout. The Democratic legislature, the same group getting pounded by the Republicans, OK'd DuPage increasing its sales tax by .25%.
Schillerstrom got his $40 mil plus and began putting it to use. One of the first things he did was to create a job for Minority Outreach Coordinator and guess the name of the person rumored to get the job?. It was none other than Yolanda Campuzano, former County Board member who lost to Rita Gonzalez in District #1. Minority Outreach Coordinator was just another term for a person who would be paid by tax dollars to recruit votes for the Republican Party. When Democrats exposed Schillerstrom and his gimmick, the idea was put on the back shelf. This is what we need to do to get our message out to the voters and expose the shenanigans of the Republicans.
The newspapers and the DuPage Republicans are harping about Ethics Reform in Illinois not going far enough. Well, what are they doing in DuPage when it comes to ethics, campaign finance reform, and transparency? Nothing. The Republicans continue to get campaign money from contractors who do business with the county. This is recycled tax dollars going to the contractors and back to Schillerstrom and the rest of the Republican elected officials. Schillerstrom is rumored to take a run for governor. Does anyone really think he'll approve any measure that limits how much money he can raise?
Letter, letters, letters. It's a way to get out our message. Write one today. You'll be glad you did.
Bob Peickert, DPDC Chair
Daily Herald
FENCEPOST@DAILYHERALD.com
Sun Times
letters@suntimes.com
Aurora Beacon
beaconviewpoint@scn1.com
Tribune
ctc-tribletter@tribune.com
Naperville Sun
thesun@scn1.com
Wheaton Leader/ Glen Ellyn News
kbeese@mysuburbanlife.com
Doings Elmhurst
kchadra@pioneerlocal.com
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Keep an eye on the skies and on our calendar here.
JUNE- WE REALLY STILL NEED HELP FOLKS!! Start gathering a team for the June 29th Golf Outing, OR put together a raffle prize, OR plan to help put final touches on the event the week before (June 22-25) at the office or the day of at St. Andrews. Write here to let us know you are willing to pitch in somewhere. DEADLINE FOR GOLF AND/OR DINNER RESERVATIONS IS June 22.
- Become an area organizer
in our Summer Issue Canvass. Find out what people in DuPage really
care about! This would make a great unpaid internship experience for
your college or high school student who may be unemployed! Training
will be held on Sat July 11th in the afternoon. Organizers may get to
experiment with Palm pilot technology too.
- IF you are an election judge, we are working on a new project to grow and train more of you! Call 630-415-5631 to get aboard.
- Come work in the office a couple of hours a week.
Help monitor a local meeting or be a liaison to a group in your community. MAYBE you already are...Rotary. LWV, Library activities, environmental groups. Let us know what you are doing so we can find others who will help!
Also coming up this summer: Downers Grove Dems Annual Yard SaleJune 20 (to donate click here) Heritage Fest June 26-28 Downers Grove Summer Issue Canvass July 11 through October Rocking For the Troops Cantigny July 18 Biggest Democratic Block Party Blue Fest 2 August 8 Lombard Buy American/Buy Local Expo September |
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LEGISLATION WATCH:
HB4051 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ON 5-21-09
Please thank Paul Froehlich (D-56)
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HB 4051 passed unanimously in the Illinois Senate 57-0, finally ending a three-year power struggle regarding the DuPage Election Commission's destruction of OUR public records. Last month, the bill also passed unanimously in the Illinois House 117-0. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is expected to sign the bill into law shortly.
EXCELLENT ARTICLE ON THIS ENTIRE PROCESS ON BRADBLOG. |
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