March 2012 archive

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Voter Registration Drive

Please join King County Democrats for this great voter registration drive through downtown Seattle!  Also, are any of you willing to phone bank for PCOs and members that are willing to help out with the registration drive? RSVP on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/190527031050325/ We will be registering voters to make sure that this November: 1) Washington State …

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NYC Teacher Evaluation Data Show Charter Schools Perform No Better Than Public

The blue markers represent NYC’s traditional public schools, while the red and yellow markers represent charter schools, with the chart plotting the average change in English Language Arts (ELA) scores (0 being the 50th percentile) from the end-of-year 4th grade tests (x-axis) to the end of 5th grade, the first year of middle school. Read Gary …

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Commit To Caucus on April 15th

The Democratic Precinct Caucuses on April 15th are your way to help choose a Democratic nominee for President and shape the future of the party, and a good way to be elected as a delegate to the 2012 Democratic National Convention. YES! I am committing to attend the Washington State Democratic Precinct Caucuses on April 15th and …

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St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Please forward to other groups that may be interested in attending this event! On March 17th – we will be registering voters at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade! – Please RSVP to Brian at bcarver1@gmail.com – We will meet at Starbucks Coffee at 10:30am (505 5th Avenue South, Seattle, WA) so we can all head …

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HB 1860 PCO Bill

HB 1860 HB 1860 is on the Governor’s desk… Good work, everyone. Our PCO bill passed the House 97 to 1, and is now awaiting the Governor’s signature.

SAVE THE DATE: Social media training on 3/15

From Misty Shock Rule: The Precinct Caucuses are coming up fast, and April 15th will be here before we know it. We’re working on developing our communications plan for the caucuses, and we want to help you with yours! With that in mind, we will be hosting an online webinar on how to use social media …

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A Message from Rep. Hasegawa – March 5

Dear Neighbors, I know many of you are wondering about the recent actions that took place in the Senate late on Friday afternoon.  In the coming days we’ll be learning more about the impacts of these actions, but for now I wanted to send you the statement that was released by Speaker Frank Chopp. ************************************************************************** …

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The White House’s Economic Case for Reelection in 13 Charts

From The Atlantic: During this election cycle, I’m sure many of you will want some sort of data to back up claims while debating / convincing people Obama’s actually done a decent job with the economy.  The Atlantic posted a series of slides that the Treasury Department put together to show the state of the …

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Voter Registration / Information Site

Are you registered to vote?  Do you need to change your information or find information about your candidates or ballot measures?  It’s early, but it never hurts to check to see if your information is correct. https://wei.secstate.wa.gov/olvrsite/

OFA Organizing Boot Camp

Organizing for America is doing a series of courses for their boot camp.  Sorry about the late notice on this, but I just received the info.  There are still plenty of courses left.  I’ve attached the flyer for details: OFA Night School 2 0 Flyer The next course if on Tuesday, March 6th. Register for the …

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How to follow 11th LD posts via RSS

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