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January 21, 2010
District 101 was turning Democratic before Obama's election. It's Democratic right
now. It's certainly and obviously not Tea Bagger -Birther Red like these two
candidates would like to portray it. Rep. Miklos best represents the current values
and thinking of the citizens of TX HD 101. Electing any of the Republican candidates
to the statehouse to replace Miklos, would be a misguided move.
District 101 was turning Democratic before Obama's election. It's Democratic right
now. It's certainly and obviously not Tea Bagger -Birther Red like these two
candidates would like to portray it. Rep. Miklos best represents the current values
and thinking of the citizens of TX HD 101. Electing any of the Republican candidates
to the statehouse to replace Miklos, would be a misguided move.
January 21, 2010
The 2010 Relay for Life committee held the first team captain's meeting last
Tuesday night (Jan. 19th) at Mimosa Lane Baptist Church.
Co-Chair Carolyn Felkner opened the meeting, introducing the members of this
year's Relay committee to the captains, and going over important upcoming dates
leading up to the night of Relay on May 14-15.
The first of these, will be a Pancake breakfast fundraiser to be held Saturday
morning on January 30th at Applebee's 19035 Lbj Fwy, Mesquite, TX 75150 8:00
AM - 10:00 AM. Next, a Survivor's breakfast honoring survivors of cancer, is being
planned for Saturday March 13th at Mimosa Lane Baptist Church , 1233 N. Beltline
Rd. in Mesquite 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM with an estimate of between 75-100 survivors to
be in attendance.
Team Captain's meeting are to be held once a month thru May. Currently, this year's
Mesquite Relay has 21 teams participating, with new teams expected to be added
each month. Each participating team will have a minimum of 8 people, with a
maximum of 15 people per team. The goal for the number of teams at this year's
Relay is 50, which is expected to be reached. Captain's meetings will be held
February 16, March 16, April 20, and May 4.
Debbie Screws, this year's Relay Chairperson, then made two announcements. First
was the news that First State Bank of Mesquite, had become the first sponsor of this
year's Relay. The second was the that this year's theme for the Mesquite Relay
would be "Color a Cure". Each team for this year's Relay will draw a color from the
Cancer Awareness Color Chart, and then use that color and the type of cancer it
represents as the theme for their team. Examples include: Black for Melanoma,
Pink for Breast cancer, or White for Bone cancer.
If anyone would like to participate in the Mesquite Relay for Life or have questions,
please contact: mesquiterfl@live.com or call 1-800-227-2345.
The 2010 Relay for Life committee held the first team captain's meeting last
Tuesday night (Jan. 19th) at Mimosa Lane Baptist Church.
Co-Chair Carolyn Felkner opened the meeting, introducing the members of this
year's Relay committee to the captains, and going over important upcoming dates
leading up to the night of Relay on May 14-15.
The first of these, will be a Pancake breakfast fundraiser to be held Saturday
morning on January 30th at Applebee's 19035 Lbj Fwy, Mesquite, TX 75150 8:00
AM - 10:00 AM. Next, a Survivor's breakfast honoring survivors of cancer, is being
planned for Saturday March 13th at Mimosa Lane Baptist Church , 1233 N. Beltline
Rd. in Mesquite 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM with an estimate of between 75-100 survivors to
be in attendance.
Team Captain's meeting are to be held once a month thru May. Currently, this year's
Mesquite Relay has 21 teams participating, with new teams expected to be added
each month. Each participating team will have a minimum of 8 people, with a
maximum of 15 people per team. The goal for the number of teams at this year's
Relay is 50, which is expected to be reached. Captain's meetings will be held
February 16, March 16, April 20, and May 4.
Debbie Screws, this year's Relay Chairperson, then made two announcements. First
was the news that First State Bank of Mesquite, had become the first sponsor of this
year's Relay. The second was the that this year's theme for the Mesquite Relay
would be "Color a Cure". Each team for this year's Relay will draw a color from the
Cancer Awareness Color Chart, and then use that color and the type of cancer it
represents as the theme for their team. Examples include: Black for Melanoma,
Pink for Breast cancer, or White for Bone cancer.
If anyone would like to participate in the Mesquite Relay for Life or have questions,
please contact: mesquiterfl@live.com or call 1-800-227-2345.
January 21, 2010
Justice of the Peace candidate Wesley Johnson (D) participated in this past
weekend's NAACP MLK Day Parade in Garland.
Even with a light rain and overcast skies, candidate Johnson, along with friends and
supporters, walked along the Parade route with hundreds of other people Saturday,
in remembrance of the great civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
the leagcy he left our nation. It is an honor for Mr. Johnson to participate in this
event commemorating the life of this great American. Few people in the
history of the United States have made such a profound and lasting impact on the
lives of its citizens. Without Dr. King, we would not have the America we have today.
Mr. Johnson would like to thank the Garland NAACP for putting on this annual
parade, and allowing him to participate in it.
Wesley Johnson is running for Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 2 on the
Democratic ticket. Precinct 2 covers the communities of Mesquite, Garland, Sachse,
Rowlett, Sunnyvale, Balch Springs, and parts of Dallas.
Anyone who would like to contact Mr. Johnson's campaign can email at
votewesleyjohnson@gmail.com or call 214-440-7561
Justice of the Peace candidate Wesley Johnson (D) participated in this past
weekend's NAACP MLK Day Parade in Garland.
Even with a light rain and overcast skies, candidate Johnson, along with friends and
supporters, walked along the Parade route with hundreds of other people Saturday,
in remembrance of the great civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
the leagcy he left our nation. It is an honor for Mr. Johnson to participate in this
event commemorating the life of this great American. Few people in the
history of the United States have made such a profound and lasting impact on the
lives of its citizens. Without Dr. King, we would not have the America we have today.
Mr. Johnson would like to thank the Garland NAACP for putting on this annual
parade, and allowing him to participate in it.
Wesley Johnson is running for Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 2 on the
Democratic ticket. Precinct 2 covers the communities of Mesquite, Garland, Sachse,
Rowlett, Sunnyvale, Balch Springs, and parts of Dallas.
Anyone who would like to contact Mr. Johnson's campaign can email at
votewesleyjohnson@gmail.com or call 214-440-7561
January 18, 2010
Wesley Johnson's Campaign is in full swing but he still has a long road ahead, and
he knows he can't do it without support from valued supporters.
Come join Wesley at the Generator Coffee House, 107 N. 6th Street Garland, Tx
75040. January 28 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM to Meet and talk with him about his race to
become our next Justice of the Peace.
With assistance from supporters like you that are ready to help change Precinct 2
and give the People's Court back to the People, by electing Wesley Johnson,
because Dallas County Tax payers deserve a JP that works for them.
Wesley Johnson's Campaign is in full swing but he still has a long road ahead, and
he knows he can't do it without support from valued supporters.
Come join Wesley at the Generator Coffee House, 107 N. 6th Street Garland, Tx
75040. January 28 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM to Meet and talk with him about his race to
become our next Justice of the Peace.
With assistance from supporters like you that are ready to help change Precinct 2
and give the People's Court back to the People, by electing Wesley Johnson,
because Dallas County Tax payers deserve a JP that works for them.
February 15, 2010
Happy President's Day DACED friends,
The month of February is moving right along, and come next week (on Feb. 24) it will
be time to hold our next General meeting.
At last month's meeting our Speaker was Dallas D.A. Craig Watkins, and we held a
watch Party for President Obama's State of the Union Speech. Due to both, we had
a huge turnout. It was a great way to start off the new Year. I recently received a
Thank you letter from D.A. Watkins CLICK HERE to see the Letter.
The next DACED executive committee meeting will be held this coming Sat. Feb. 20th
I would like to remind our clubmembers that have not yet renewed their
memberships that they are now due. We will have some votes on By-law
Amendments that will be made at our next meeting and I want to make sure those
wanting to participate on those votes are able to. So please renew your
memberships.
At our meeting on the 24th the Program will be "Focus on the Candidate" each
candidate will be given 4 minutes to speak, and will take one (1) question from the
audience. Since our meeting will be taking place in the last half-week of early-voting
and will be one of the last Democratic club meetings before Primary Election Day, I
expect we'll have many candidates on hand. If anyone has a question, please email
me.
One last thing, for the March 2nd Primary election many local districts are short of
Precinct Judges. For example, 101 has 8 precincts without judges, The precincts
are 2301, 2308, 2313, 2315, 2317, 2320, 2327, 2328. Anyone who wants to be a
Judge does not have to live in the precinct to do so. Please check with the DCDP or
local Chair coordinator for more information.
Happy President's Day DACED friends,
The month of February is moving right along, and come next week (on Feb. 24) it will
be time to hold our next General meeting.
At last month's meeting our Speaker was Dallas D.A. Craig Watkins, and we held a
watch Party for President Obama's State of the Union Speech. Due to both, we had
a huge turnout. It was a great way to start off the new Year. I recently received a
Thank you letter from D.A. Watkins CLICK HERE to see the Letter.
The next DACED executive committee meeting will be held this coming Sat. Feb. 20th
I would like to remind our clubmembers that have not yet renewed their
memberships that they are now due. We will have some votes on By-law
Amendments that will be made at our next meeting and I want to make sure those
wanting to participate on those votes are able to. So please renew your
memberships.
At our meeting on the 24th the Program will be "Focus on the Candidate" each
candidate will be given 4 minutes to speak, and will take one (1) question from the
audience. Since our meeting will be taking place in the last half-week of early-voting
and will be one of the last Democratic club meetings before Primary Election Day, I
expect we'll have many candidates on hand. If anyone has a question, please email
me.
One last thing, for the March 2nd Primary election many local districts are short of
Precinct Judges. For example, 101 has 8 precincts without judges, The precincts
are 2301, 2308, 2313, 2315, 2317, 2320, 2327, 2328. Anyone who wants to be a
Judge does not have to live in the precinct to do so. Please check with the DCDP or
local Chair coordinator for more information.
March 7, 2010
Today I received an email from Mr. Phillip Willis of Mesquite. He has a problem with
overnight truck traffic at Town East Blvd. between Forney and Skyline roads. He says
he has already spoken to the City of Mesquite, but his problem has not been
resolved. This is the email he sent to me:
Dear Sirs,
I presented the City of Mesquite with a petition signed by 40 homeowners who reside
in homes next to Town East Blvd. between Forney and Skyline roads, to get them to
address the overnight truck traffic that wakes us every night. They responded in a
letter to me that they had gathered data and basically our idea to redirect overnight
truck traffic one block over through an industrial area just can't be done. Oh they
came out and did a couple of road patches right next to my home in some attempt to
pacify me. They claim that that decibel readings were taken prior to and after the
repairs were done and the sound level had dropped. Well it did not stop the rumbling
and the literally shaking of our properties due to the trucks. They stated that Town
East has been a designated truck route since 1963. Well in 1963 there were no
homes or businesses along this stretch of road. These subdivisions were just going
up 25 years ago when I had my home built. Town East Blvd. was only a 4 lane street
with a few trucks traveling it. I had an open pasture across the street form me with
cows roaming. It was pretty peaceful. That pasture gave way to two large
warehouses. That is just two of the many that have been thrown up all around this
area now. The city claimed that they also placed traffic counters on Town East
adjacent to my house and that on an average there are 632 18-wheel trucks that
pass by between the hours of 7:00pm and 7:00am. I found this ammusing for two
reasons. One, I would have noticed the traffic counters next to my house as I do
drive it everyday. I never saw any. Also if you do the math, that would mean a truck
passing by every five minutes during that time. That is just not true and makes a
person wonder where they really got these numbers and do they think we are so
ignorant as to not know any better. If it was that many, I probably would have moved
long ago. But it isn't and my home is payed for and as I am nearing retirement I was
not planning on having to sell and possibly take on another mortgage. They also
stated that they contacted ALL of the businesses on Town East Blvd. between Forney
and Skyline roads and that the majority of those indicated that redirecting the traffic
would put a negative impact on their operations. Now this is interesting considering
that there are only the TWO warehouses that I mentioned before, on this stretch of
road. One of those is vacant but has an entrance off of Chase Rd.,(this is the road the
redirected traffic would take)as well as off of Town East. The other one which is
directly across the street from me, only has an entrance from Chase Rd. You cannot
get into it from Town East. Now how do you get a majority out of that? Come look for
yourself. Again they assume we are ignorant and don't know any better. I did reply
back with a letter to the City Council as well as to the gentleman that wrote the letter
to me, to tell them of these discrepancies and to ask them to look into it again. They
have decided to ignore the homeowners request for some overnight peace and it
seems that they don't dare inconvenience a few truckers by asking them to go a
block out of their way during overnight hours. Channel 8 News did a story one night
on this, which I really appreciate, but when they were at city hall, they did not ask
anyone to explain the facts that they came up with. Whenever it has been brought up
to anyone with the city, they act as though we are asking for Town East not to be a
truck route at all. That is not the case. We are talking about OVERNIGHT traffic. It
bewilders me that this is the way that our supposedly professional leaders of the city
would choose to treat it's taxpaying homeowners. Let me say also that truck traffic
has been redirected in the same way on Gus Thommason Rd. between North
Mesquite Rd. and Town Center. Again, look for yourself. I even took pictures of the
street signs there informing truckers and presented them to the city. I don't know if
you will print this or if you have any influence to the city to study issues like this, but
we would appreciate any help that we can get now since the city has turned a deaf
ear to it's residents. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Phillip Willis
Today I received an email from Mr. Phillip Willis of Mesquite. He has a problem with
overnight truck traffic at Town East Blvd. between Forney and Skyline roads. He says
he has already spoken to the City of Mesquite, but his problem has not been
resolved. This is the email he sent to me:
Dear Sirs,
I presented the City of Mesquite with a petition signed by 40 homeowners who reside
in homes next to Town East Blvd. between Forney and Skyline roads, to get them to
address the overnight truck traffic that wakes us every night. They responded in a
letter to me that they had gathered data and basically our idea to redirect overnight
truck traffic one block over through an industrial area just can't be done. Oh they
came out and did a couple of road patches right next to my home in some attempt to
pacify me. They claim that that decibel readings were taken prior to and after the
repairs were done and the sound level had dropped. Well it did not stop the rumbling
and the literally shaking of our properties due to the trucks. They stated that Town
East has been a designated truck route since 1963. Well in 1963 there were no
homes or businesses along this stretch of road. These subdivisions were just going
up 25 years ago when I had my home built. Town East Blvd. was only a 4 lane street
with a few trucks traveling it. I had an open pasture across the street form me with
cows roaming. It was pretty peaceful. That pasture gave way to two large
warehouses. That is just two of the many that have been thrown up all around this
area now. The city claimed that they also placed traffic counters on Town East
adjacent to my house and that on an average there are 632 18-wheel trucks that
pass by between the hours of 7:00pm and 7:00am. I found this ammusing for two
reasons. One, I would have noticed the traffic counters next to my house as I do
drive it everyday. I never saw any. Also if you do the math, that would mean a truck
passing by every five minutes during that time. That is just not true and makes a
person wonder where they really got these numbers and do they think we are so
ignorant as to not know any better. If it was that many, I probably would have moved
long ago. But it isn't and my home is payed for and as I am nearing retirement I was
not planning on having to sell and possibly take on another mortgage. They also
stated that they contacted ALL of the businesses on Town East Blvd. between Forney
and Skyline roads and that the majority of those indicated that redirecting the traffic
would put a negative impact on their operations. Now this is interesting considering
that there are only the TWO warehouses that I mentioned before, on this stretch of
road. One of those is vacant but has an entrance off of Chase Rd.,(this is the road the
redirected traffic would take)as well as off of Town East. The other one which is
directly across the street from me, only has an entrance from Chase Rd. You cannot
get into it from Town East. Now how do you get a majority out of that? Come look for
yourself. Again they assume we are ignorant and don't know any better. I did reply
back with a letter to the City Council as well as to the gentleman that wrote the letter
to me, to tell them of these discrepancies and to ask them to look into it again. They
have decided to ignore the homeowners request for some overnight peace and it
seems that they don't dare inconvenience a few truckers by asking them to go a
block out of their way during overnight hours. Channel 8 News did a story one night
on this, which I really appreciate, but when they were at city hall, they did not ask
anyone to explain the facts that they came up with. Whenever it has been brought up
to anyone with the city, they act as though we are asking for Town East not to be a
truck route at all. That is not the case. We are talking about OVERNIGHT traffic. It
bewilders me that this is the way that our supposedly professional leaders of the city
would choose to treat it's taxpaying homeowners. Let me say also that truck traffic
has been redirected in the same way on Gus Thommason Rd. between North
Mesquite Rd. and Town Center. Again, look for yourself. I even took pictures of the
street signs there informing truckers and presented them to the city. I don't know if
you will print this or if you have any influence to the city to study issues like this, but
we would appreciate any help that we can get now since the city has turned a deaf
ear to it's residents. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Phillip Willis
February 13, 2010
The Mesquite Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association has chosen Sergeant
Wes Talley as officer of the month for January.
Sergeant Wes Talley has been a member of the Mesquite Police Department for
thirteen years. He has previously served in the patrol section, served as a LETS
officer and a Detective in Criminal Investigation Division (CID). He has been a
Sergeant for two years and serves as the Department's Training Coordinator.
The Mesquite Citizen's Police Academy Alumni Association congratulates Sergeant
Talley on a job well done. CLICK HERE for Photos
The Mesquite Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association has chosen Sergeant
Wes Talley as officer of the month for January.
Sergeant Wes Talley has been a member of the Mesquite Police Department for
thirteen years. He has previously served in the patrol section, served as a LETS
officer and a Detective in Criminal Investigation Division (CID). He has been a
Sergeant for two years and serves as the Department's Training Coordinator.
The Mesquite Citizen's Police Academy Alumni Association congratulates Sergeant
Talley on a job well done. CLICK HERE for Photos
March 7, 2010
Free Fingerprinting for children identification is provided by the Mesquite Citizens
Police Academy Alumni Association this Saturday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at the
CPAAA Office located in the Mesquite Police Department 777 N Galloway Ave,
esquite, TX 75149 if you would like futher information or have a question, please
call 972-329-8376
Free Fingerprinting for children identification is provided by the Mesquite Citizens
Police Academy Alumni Association this Saturday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at the
CPAAA Office located in the Mesquite Police Department 777 N Galloway Ave,
esquite, TX 75149 if you would like futher information or have a question, please
call 972-329-8376
March 8, 2010
Today I sat down and spoke with Brian Hutcheson, who is a candidate for Mesquite
City Council Place 5 He is one of 3 men vying for the position. The other two being
Gary Ward and Robert Drennen.
We spoke about why he is running, some of the ideas he brings to the table, and
what's it like to make his first attempt at elected office.
I left our talk with a good impression of him.
His website is: http://www.brianhutcheson.com
Today I sat down and spoke with Brian Hutcheson, who is a candidate for Mesquite
City Council Place 5 He is one of 3 men vying for the position. The other two being
Gary Ward and Robert Drennen.
We spoke about why he is running, some of the ideas he brings to the table, and
what's it like to make his first attempt at elected office.
I left our talk with a good impression of him.
His website is: http://www.brianhutcheson.com
March 12, 2010
On Saturday April 10th the "Golden Streets" Relay Team will hold a
garage sale Benefiting the Mesquite Relay For Life. The sale will be held at the
home of CP Preparatory 603 South Beltline Rd. in Mesquite.
Golden Streets will be accepting donations for the garage sale. Items being
donated that will require a pick-up, can call 972-754-2592 to make arrangements.
The night of the Relay is May 14-15 at Berry Middle School in Mesquite.
If anyone would like to participate in the Mesquite Relay for Life
please contact: mesquiterfl@live.com or call 1-800-227-2345
On Saturday April 10th the "Golden Streets" Relay Team will hold a
garage sale Benefiting the Mesquite Relay For Life. The sale will be held at the
home of CP Preparatory 603 South Beltline Rd. in Mesquite.
Golden Streets will be accepting donations for the garage sale. Items being
donated that will require a pick-up, can call 972-754-2592 to make arrangements.
The night of the Relay is May 14-15 at Berry Middle School in Mesquite.
If anyone would like to participate in the Mesquite Relay for Life
please contact: mesquiterfl@live.com or call 1-800-227-2345
April 5, 2010
What a great meeting we had last Weds.! Rep. Vaught gave us a great talk and I
thank him for taking the time to come and visit our club.
Before I go any further, I want to Remind all of you that Early-Voting has started and
will continue all week. Link for Early-votong Polling Locations
http://www.dalcoelections.org/april132010/EVLocations.htm
Now Tomorrow, is the Mesquite Taste and Trade. We have a Booth at this event. All
Democrats and Candidates are welcome to join us there. The venue for this event is
the Mesquite Convention Center 1700 Rodeo Dr. Mesquite TX 75149
Unfortunately this is not a Free event, (Sorry Y'all) Tickets at the door are $12 for
adults, $10 for Seniors (55+), and $5 for Children (4-12)
What a great meeting we had last Weds.! Rep. Vaught gave us a great talk and I
thank him for taking the time to come and visit our club.
Before I go any further, I want to Remind all of you that Early-Voting has started and
will continue all week. Link for Early-votong Polling Locations
http://www.dalcoelections.org/april132010/EVLocations.htm
Now Tomorrow, is the Mesquite Taste and Trade. We have a Booth at this event. All
Democrats and Candidates are welcome to join us there. The venue for this event is
the Mesquite Convention Center 1700 Rodeo Dr. Mesquite TX 75149
Unfortunately this is not a Free event, (Sorry Y'all) Tickets at the door are $12 for
adults, $10 for Seniors (55+), and $5 for Children (4-12)
May 21, 2010
Tomorrow Keep Mesquite Beautiful will be holding it's Spring Recycles Day at
Poteet High School Parking lot 8:AM-Noon
KMB will be accepting E-Waste, used batteries, used ink cartridges, and be
providing document shredding, among many other recycling opportunities.
Tomorrow Keep Mesquite Beautiful will be holding it's Spring Recycles Day at
Poteet High School Parking lot 8:AM-Noon
KMB will be accepting E-Waste, used batteries, used ink cartridges, and be
providing document shredding, among many other recycling opportunities.
May 23, 2010
While everyone else in Texas is facing cutbacks here is a little tid bit for you , did
you know Rick Perry has full time and part time chefs, paid for by taxpayers. After
Bill White was elected as Mayor, he eliminated the position of chef for the Mayor--no
press release, just the right thing and set an example for city employees about use
of tax dollar.
While everyone else in Texas is facing cutbacks here is a little tid bit for you , did
you know Rick Perry has full time and part time chefs, paid for by taxpayers. After
Bill White was elected as Mayor, he eliminated the position of chef for the Mayor--no
press release, just the right thing and set an example for city employees about use
of tax dollar.
May 23, 2010
Although we strongly encourage our members be involved in their government on
every level and work to get people they believe in elected. In light of recent rumors
and erroneous implications I would like to remind everyone that DACED, as a club,
does not, has not and has no intentions in the near future of endorsing any
candidates in primary or municipal elections. Any individual endorsement by any
individual or group of individual members of our club is just that, individual
endorsements, and is not supported by the organization. If you hear differently
please notify a member of the executive team.
Although we strongly encourage our members be involved in their government on
every level and work to get people they believe in elected. In light of recent rumors
and erroneous implications I would like to remind everyone that DACED, as a club,
does not, has not and has no intentions in the near future of endorsing any
candidates in primary or municipal elections. Any individual endorsement by any
individual or group of individual members of our club is just that, individual
endorsements, and is not supported by the organization. If you hear differently
please notify a member of the executive team.
May 24, 2010
In a perfect world you are right, except how do Mr. Jones and Ms. Appleby get
chosen? Call it Republican , call It Democrat Call it Tea Party whatever you want, the
words are just words its the way of thinking behind them that has the pushing force
and the thinking on all sides are very different and all deserve to be represented,
but we can't very... See More well have millions of Mr Jones and Ms Appleby and
expect to get anything accomplished.. Like it or not government is necessary. In my
opinion, If you want people that best represent how you want your city, state ,
country ran, and the one whose values best align with yours, then you as one
person are not going to be heard, there truly is strength in numbers.
In a perfect world you are right, except how do Mr. Jones and Ms. Appleby get
chosen? Call it Republican , call It Democrat Call it Tea Party whatever you want, the
words are just words its the way of thinking behind them that has the pushing force
and the thinking on all sides are very different and all deserve to be represented,
but we can't very... See More well have millions of Mr Jones and Ms Appleby and
expect to get anything accomplished.. Like it or not government is necessary. In my
opinion, If you want people that best represent how you want your city, state ,
country ran, and the one whose values best align with yours, then you as one
person are not going to be heard, there truly is strength in numbers.
May 24, 2010
I think you yourself half way through your "rant' mace the point not all Government
Regulation is bad there are some cases that we NEED regulations to keep these
things from happening. And I too am wanting someone to step in and say take
control of that situation, I want them to stop all these type things not just BP until
they can tell us this cant happen again. But I was against Off shore drilling from the
beginning.
And I never said Republican or Democrat I just said the people coming out now
saying those things are stupid,,, You are smarter than using Sarah Palin Talking
points (DNC Contributions). You and I both know there is not a Politician in
Washington that is not taking contributions from one place or another that can be
seen as inappropriate on some level, which is why we need Campaign finance
reform,, Level the playing field...
I think you yourself half way through your "rant' mace the point not all Government
Regulation is bad there are some cases that we NEED regulations to keep these
things from happening. And I too am wanting someone to step in and say take
control of that situation, I want them to stop all these type things not just BP until
they can tell us this cant happen again. But I was against Off shore drilling from the
beginning.
And I never said Republican or Democrat I just said the people coming out now
saying those things are stupid,,, You are smarter than using Sarah Palin Talking
points (DNC Contributions). You and I both know there is not a Politician in
Washington that is not taking contributions from one place or another that can be
seen as inappropriate on some level, which is why we need Campaign finance
reform,, Level the playing field...
May 24, 2010
How about a little consistency please. You can can't say prior to oil spill - "Drill baby,
Drill, there's too much govt. Regulation on big corporations, let the market work,
blah blah blah." And, then after the oil spill say - "Why isn't the govt. Doing anything?
Where were the regulators? Obama needs to do something!"... Well, you can say
that, but it would be stupid...
How about a little consistency please. You can can't say prior to oil spill - "Drill baby,
Drill, there's too much govt. Regulation on big corporations, let the market work,
blah blah blah." And, then after the oil spill say - "Why isn't the govt. Doing anything?
Where were the regulators? Obama needs to do something!"... Well, you can say
that, but it would be stupid...
May 25, 2010
I do not appreciate someone stealing my signs out of our front yard. if I catch you I
will call the Police and press charges!
I do not appreciate someone stealing my signs out of our front yard. if I catch you I
will call the Police and press charges!
May 26, 2010
We'll be holding our May General membership meeting Today. I do hope to see
many of you this evening at Martinez.
Our Speaker this evening will be Trisha Card Operations Manager for the Mesquite
Social Services. She will be speaking about what the MSS is, what they do, and
what project(s) they currently have underway.
With Ms. Card coming this evening, I would like us to give a donation to the MSS,
either with a donation of food or money.
We'll be holding our May General membership meeting Today. I do hope to see
many of you this evening at Martinez.
Our Speaker this evening will be Trisha Card Operations Manager for the Mesquite
Social Services. She will be speaking about what the MSS is, what they do, and
what project(s) they currently have underway.
With Ms. Card coming this evening, I would like us to give a donation to the MSS,
either with a donation of food or money.
May 26, 2010
At Tonight's DACED meeting we had some very good discussions. Trisha Card's
presentation about the MSS was very informative, and I thought the Candidates
spoke very well and the questions given by the Audience, were not softballs.
Our clubmembers are some of the most intelligent and passionate around, and they
sure did show it tonight.
At Tonight's DACED meeting we had some very good discussions. Trisha Card's
presentation about the MSS was very informative, and I thought the Candidates
spoke very well and the questions given by the Audience, were not softballs.
Our clubmembers are some of the most intelligent and passionate around, and they
sure did show it tonight.
June 16, 2010
I'm always for making and meeting new Democratic friends. It's good to talk with
those who have different ideas, even those who I may not agree on issues with. As
a club President I have made it a point to try and understand points of view that may
be different from my own. It helps when tackling the big issues that our party faces.
I'm always for making and meeting new Democratic friends. It's good to talk with
those who have different ideas, even those who I may not agree on issues with. As
a club President I have made it a point to try and understand points of view that may
be different from my own. It helps when tackling the big issues that our party faces.