Club Forum to Feature Barrera, Gloria and Gomez

Thursday's (June 26) Club meeting will feature Richard Barrera, SDUSD Board Member and Secretary/Treasurer of the San Diego and Imperial County  Labor Council; San Diego City Council President Todd Gloria; and Club V-P Georgette Gomez.  Each of them will talk about their fight against Nullification Politics - our term for buying legislation through Initiatives and Referendums when elected officials won't be bought.  ...More...

Barrera and Gomez will talk about their experience fighting campaigns to pack the School Board, take away City employee pensions and overturn Barrio Logan's Community Plan. Council President Gloria will talk about his proposal to raise the minimum wage in San Diego and the initiative campaign gearing up to confuse and defeat it. We'll also propose some practical solutions (see below) to prevent nullification attempts in the future. 

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Ready for Pride?

Dems for Equality Pride Kick-off Reception

Dems for Equality is returning to Great Maple for our reception to kick-off Pride Weekend right. Say hello and catch up with your favorite Democratic officeholders and candidates; sample some of the fantastic complimentary appetizers you remember from last year's event; and just relax with your Club friends. 

The event is free to Sustaining, Sponsoring and Patron members.  $25 for everyone else.  Great Maple's wait staff is available for drink purchases.

Thursday, July 17th

5:00 - 7:00 PM

Great Maple

1451 Washington Street in Hillcrest

RSVP HERE  or send your check made out to Democrats for Equality to:

Democrats for Equality

PO Box 33050

San Diego  CA  92115

Upper Level Members RSVP HERE

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 Resolutions To Be Considered at June Meeting

The Club's Board has recommended four resolutions for adoption by the membership at the Club's meeting on Thursday, June 26th. One resolution proposes that voter Initiatives and Referendums be placed only on General election ballots when voter participation is highest.  The other resolution proposes that the City and the County follow the State's procedures that require that the top two vote-getters advance to the General election whether or not one candidate in the Primary receives 50% + 1 votes or more.  A version of each of these two resolutions will be sent to the San Diego City Council and the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.  Click on the images below to read the text of the resolutions.

No 50% + 1 Elections Resolution

General Election Initiatives Resolution

 

 

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The Board has proposed a change in the Club's By-laws to add two "at-large" members to the Board.  The proposed change would be as follows (proposed changes in Italics):

Article VII - Executive Board
Section 1. The Executive Board shall consist of the elected officers and two at-large members to be elected by the Club's membership. At-large Board members shall be elected for one year terms. The members of the Executive Board must be members in good standing of the San Diego Democratic Club/ San Diego Democrats for Equality.

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Follow Us on Twitter

 

You may think you're following us on Twitter, but, you're probably not. 

 

There is a Twitter handle out there that has our name and logo - and it even automatically tweets our Facebook posts. It is not however owned by us or managed by anyone currently associated with San Diego Democrats for Equality. If you want to follow us on Twitter - and you should - follow @SDDems4Equality. 

For live tweets and all the Club news you can fit into 140 characters, go to

http://twitter.com/sddems4equality