The 22nd AD Committee of the Democratic Party will hold its 2005-2006 reorgnization on Saturday, January 8, 11am-1pm, City Council Chamber. Mountain View City Hall, 500 Castro Street, Mountain View. If you want to vote at the meeting or run for an office or delegate position, you must be a member in good standing by December 14. That means you need to pay your dues, which are $15 ($7 for students and seniors). Please make out the check to the 22st AD Democratic Committee and send it to 22nd AD Committee, PO Box 817, Mountain View, CA 94042-0817.
Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee meeting, basement cafeteria at 70 W. Hedding, SJ. 6:45 PM. 408-445-9500.
The California Democratic Party Convention will be in San Jose from January 16-18, 2004. If you are interested in volunteering for the convention, click here.
Almaden Valley Community Association, "Informed Citizens Organized for Constructive Action," District 10 Candidate's Forum, Wednesday, January 21st at 7:00 PM. Water District Meeting Area, 5750 Almaden Expressway. The four candidates are Rich De La Rosa, William Garbett, Nancy Pyle and Ron Siporen. For Information, Contact : boydnet@ix.netcom.com. http://www.avca-sj.org
The 2004 Senate Showdown Debates, sponsored by Peninsula Young Democrats (PYD) and Peninsula Democratic Coalition (PDC). Ted Lempert and Joe Simitian, candidates for the 11th State Senate District, debate at Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto. Free and open to all, 7-9 pm. Refreshments will be served. www.peninsulayd.org. Contact Sari Wisch at 650-793-0409 or Genevieve Gerard at 650-814-0867 for more information.
You are invited to a Town Hall meeting on civil rights and the Patriot Act.
Presenters will be:
Lawrence Lessig, Constitutional Law Professor, Stanford University
Vik Amar, Constitutional Law Professor, Hastings Law College
Ro Khanna, Democratic Candidate for US Congress and Civil Rights Lawyer
Monday, January 26, at 7:00 pm. Campaign Headquarters, 111 W. San Bruno Ave, San Bruno, CA, 650-583-7002.
We will be discussing the threats to civil liberties posed by the Patriot
Act and other recent actions, including the potential for the new
government powers to be abused against ordinary citizens.
In October of 2001, as our nation was reeling from the terrible events of
September 11th, Congress passed legislation that gave the Attorney
General and the FBI sweeping new powers. This law, known as the USA
Patriot Act, includes many provisions that undermine the Bill of Rights
and are unnecessary to keep us safe. There was little debate by members
of Congress, most of whom did not even read the bill; even most Democrats
voted in favor of the law. More recently, in November of last year,
Congress passed another law that allows an even greater expansion of
government powers and greater opportunity for abuse. This time, most
Democrats stood up against the new law, but many-including the incumbent
Congressman-did not.
At this event, you can meet Democratic Congressional candidate Ro Khanna,
who is running on an anti-war, anti-Patriot Act platform in the 12th
Congressional district (San Mateo County and parts of San Francisco
County) and is committed to protecting the civil rights of all Americans.
The forum will be held at our campaign headquarters at 111 West San Bruno
Avenue in San Bruno, on the corner of San Bruno and Huntington. It's a
few blocks from San Bruno BART and San Bruno CalTrain station. Please
feel free to drop by our campaign office anytime. You can give us a call
at 650-583-7002, send us an email at info@voteRo.com, or visit our
website at www.voteRo.com. I hope to see you on Monday night!
City Council District 10 Candidates Night Forum, sponsored by the VEP Homeowners Association, will be held at Gunderson High School on Tuesday, January 27th, starting at 7:30PM. There are four candidates in the race to succeed Vice Mayor Pat Dando. Nancy Pyle is the candidate endorsed by the Democratic Party.
The Santa Clara County Democratic Party and the newly-formed Milpitas Democratic Club are hosting a public forum for 20th Assembly District candidates on Thursday, Jan 29th from 7 to 9 PM in the community room of the Milpitas Library at 40 N. Milpitas Blvd. Milpitas. Democratic candidates are former Milpitas Mayor Henry Manayan, Newark City Councilman Alberto Torrico, Pleasanton Mayor Tom Pico, San Francisco Public Utilities Commissioner Ash Bhatt, and non-profit director Dennis Hayashi. Phil Yost, chief editorial writer of Mercury News and Mort Levine of Milpitas Post will be the media panelists. The event is open to the public. For information, contact Al Garcia (408-942-8952) or Deepka Lalwani (lalwani@scc-democrats.org, 408-956-9115).
This meeting will feature Assemblymember Simon Salinas from the 28th AD. Assemblymember Manny Diaz and former Assemblymember Elaine Alquist will also be making presentations in their quest to become Senators in District 13. Presidential Campaigns at the office of Congressman Mike Honda have also been invited to do short presentations. The meeting will be at 1:00PM at the home of Connie Rogers, 7690 Santa Theresa Drive, Gilroy. Contact Connie at (408) 842-8494 or Mark Moore at (408) 779-1510. The EMail is democlub@garlic.com.