Nov 26

PSARA:Nov. 28 call Congress-No Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security

Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action: Uniting Generations for a Secure Future

Tuesday, November 28, President Jeff Johnson of the WA State Labor Council, AFL-CIO will be in D.C. He will be urging our Congressional delegation not to support any “grand compromise” that cuts Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.

Jeff has asked us to to support his efforts on that day. Please call our U.S. Senators and your Congressional Representative.

Toll free # is 1-888-659-9401. The message is:

  1. Any compromise must not include cuts to Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. These include reducing the COLA or Raising the Age of Eligibility.
  2. Any compromise must include an end to the Bush era tax cuts on income over $250,000.

If you have called before, please do it again…it makes a difference. Multiple phone calls are essential!

Nov 25

Holiday Party Reminder… just over a week away!

The holiday party is less than 10 days away.

Nov 21

Restructuring Renton Service for RapidRide F

While Metro won’t be making any changes in north-central Seattle with the opening of RapidRide E next September, the agency is proposing some minor changes to the bus network in Renton with the concurrent opening of RapidRide F. The F Line will replace Route 140, boosting peak headways to ten minutes, and extending frequent service into the evening and weekend; Metro is also seeking funding for an extension of the F Line to The Landing, an urban village development a couple of miles north from the 140′s eastern terminus at Renton Transit Center.

The are five routes near the 140 alignment which Metro proposes to modify or delete:

  • Deleting Route 110. This seems to be a Sounder-Boeing commuter shuttle with very modest ridership numbers, which duplicates the 140 for much of its length, and is within a quarter to a third of a mile of the Landing extension for almost all the rest of its length.
  • Deleting underperforming DART route 908, replacing most of its fixed route with minor changes to DART 909 and Route 105.
  • Converting the little-used hourly Route 155 to a DART route.

Read the full article here:  http://seattletransitblog.com/2012/11/21/restructuring-renton-service-for-rapidride-f/#comments

Nov 21

The Fiscal Cliff

Nov 21

Washington State Democrats Holiday Party – Dec 2nd

We have all worked so hard for this year’s election victories. We will have a lot to celebrate at our annual Holiday Party.

Our Holiday Party is our annual end-of-the-year event, where elected officials, party leaders, activists, volunteers, and all Democrats gather to look back on the year and get ready for the year ahead.

This year, along with celebrating a great election year, we will also be honoring our guest and wonderful Governor, Chris Gregoire, for her years of service to our state.

Join us at our annual Holiday Party on December 2nd in Seattle.

What: Washington State Democrats
Annual Holiday Party

Where: Washington State Convention Center
800 Convention Place
Seattle, WA 98101

When: Sunday, December 2nd
Dinner – 5:00 pm
Reception – 6:30pm

Cost: Dinner and Reception – $250
Reception – $50

BUY TICKETS

For information about reduced rates and more, go to http://www.wa-democrats.org/holidayreg.

Thank you for all of your hard work, and I hope to see you on December 2nd.

Sincerely,

Shawna Ousse
Development and Special Events Director
Washington State Democrats

Contributions are not tax deductible for federal income tax purposes.

Nov 21

Steve Zemke and Marvin Rosete campaigning for King County Chair

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Nov 20

Holiday Party – December 4th (7-9pm)

Please join us for our annual Holiday Awards Banquet!  Senator Margarita Prentice will be hour honored guest.  There’ll be good food, a discussion about the election results, and fun.

Suggested donation is $20/person in advance.  You can either:

 

We hope to see you there!  This’ll be at our usual meeting spot:

Renton Carpenter’s Hall, 231 Burnett Ave North, Renton, WA

Nov 16

Newsletter – November 2012

The November Newsletter has been posted.  You can view it here:  2012-11-November

Please join us for our Holiday Party on December 4th!  We’ll be honoring retiring Senator Margarita Prentice.

Nov 08

Congratulations to the 11th Legislative District Democrats

http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/LegislativeDistrict11.html

Nov 05

Tracking your ballot

Have you sent your ballot in already?  Do you want to see if your ballot made it in and you’ll be credited for voting?  Check out King County Elections’ ballot tracker:

http://info.kingcounty.gov/elections/ballottracker.aspx

Nov 04

VOTER ALERT – KING COUNTY REPUBLICAN GOTV COLLECTING BALLOTS

Fellow Democrats: First, I’d like to thank KCDCC 2nd Vice Chair Andrew Villaneuve for alerting us!!It has been reported that the King County Republicans are offering to collect and return voters’ ballots this GOTV weekend (and in the final 48 hours prior to the 8 PM deadline for returning ballots on Election Day).

Please spread the word in your PCO’S any other Democratic groups you belong to that voters should refrain from giving their ballots to Republican organizers are promising to turn them in.However, King County Elections advises that ballots should be taken directly to drop boxes (list here: http://www.facebook.com/l/LAQHMPhw_/www.kingcounty.gov/elections/voting/ballotdropboxes/bdblocations.aspx) or taken to a post office and securely placed in the U.S. Mail.

KCDCC or other party advisors will inform us on any updates.However, King County Elections was concerned enough about this to put out a statement. Please spread the word: Ballots should be returned directly to KC Elections through drop boxes or the mail. Ballots should not be given to strangers who promise to turn them in.

thanks, Marvin Rosete KCDCC Treasurer

Nov 04

Report voter suppression scams to 866-OURVOTE

Voters in WA state, report election fraud by calling 866-OURVOTE.

Nov 03

King County Democrats Get Out The Vote Drive!

King County Democrats Campaign News

Nov 1, 2012

King County Democrats Get Out The Vote Drive!

We are in the final five days of the 2012 ELECTION. Ballots must be postmarked and mailed by Nov 6th to be valid and counted.

There are many close races up and down the ballot!

Click here to see our list of endorsed candidates.

Please take some time to help get out the vote to support our endorsed candidates.

Thank you for all of your help in the past several months and in advance for your efforts these final few days!

There are daily events happening across King County – phone banking, canvassing, data entry, lots of ways to get involved.

You can contact the following Democratic Party campaign offices or just show up and volunteer any day. More event options and links below.

Main Headquarters

Seattle Office, 901 Rainier Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98144, (206) 395-2116

Field Offices
Auburn Office 1833 Auburn Way N, Suite E, Auburn, WA 98002, (253) 929-8374
Bellevue Office, 13333 Bel-Red Rd., #101, Bellevue, WA 98005, (425) 698-1485
North Seattle Office, 1914 N 34th St., Seattle, WA 98103, (206) 466-6317
Shoreline Office, 1622 NE 179thSt, Shoreline, WA 98155

What You Can Do:

1) Volunteer for coordinated Get Out The Vote (GOTV) events at dashboard.barackobama.com/events/nearby
2) Mail in your ballot! Ballots must be postmarked or placed in a Drop Box by 8 PM by Nov. 6th.
3) Tell your friends, family and co-workers to mail in their ballots now.
4) Help find staging locations for GOTV events – send potential staging locations to timothy@wa-democrats.org
5) Connect with us on social media – join our rapid response list and help us get our message out online.

Email misty@wa-democrats.org to join.

Make sure to follow us at http://www.facebook.com/washdems and @washdems.

Follow King County Democrats on http://www.facebook.com/kingcountydemocrats

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Special Upcoming Events:
11/2 – Kirkland Bus Tour Stop –
Get Out the Vote Bus Tour stop
Suzan DelBene for Congress
Jay Inslee for Governor
with special guests Sen. Patty Murray and Sen. Maria Cantwell

Friday November 2
12 noon
Marina Park Pavillion, Kirkland

After the rally (around 2pm) we will be launching a Canvass Day of Action.
Join us as we go door to door in Kirkland to remind our neighbors of the importance of their vote!

See you there!

Katie Paige
Field Organizer 48th & 45th LDs
Organizing for America – WA
206-747-8426
kpaige@ofawashington.com
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11/2 – Neumos GOTV Youth Concert

What: Get Out the Vote youth concert in Seattle

Where: Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room
925 East Pike Street
Seattle, WA 98122

When: Friday, November 2nd
8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

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To achieve a progressive majority in the State Legislature, volunteer in our swing districts:

Re-elect Roger Goodman for State Representative, LD45, contact tom@rogergoodman.org, 425-283-9344

Maureen Judge for State Senate, LD41, contact carli@maureenjudge.com, 206-766-0510

Re-elect State Senator Rosemary McAuliffe, LD1, 206-724-3109, info@rosemarymcauliffe.com

Bud Sizemore for State Representative, LD47, 206-851-5293, josie@budsizemore.com

Mark Mullet for State Senate, LD5, 360-292-9905, isabel@electmarkmullet.com

Roger Flygare for State Representative LD30 253-214-2999, kellenbrownlow@gmail.com

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Saturday 11/3/2012 Canvassing Kickoff at 9:45 AM

at the Bellevue Field Office, 13333 Bel-Red Rd., #101, Bellevue, WA 98005, (425) 698-1485

with Senator Maria Cantwell

Maureen Judge for State Senate

Cyrus Habib for State House

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Click here to see our list of endorsed candidates.
Mail in Ballots as soon as you can.

Ballots must be postmarked by Tuesday Nov. 6th.

A number of races in Washington State are expected to be very close, including Jay Inslee for Governor, Bob Ferguson for Attorney General, Kathleen Drew for Secretary of State and Suzan Delbene for Congress in CD1, Also many Legislative races are in play and the outcome can determine which party controls the Legislature. Your help now can make the difference between us winning and losing in some of these races. Big money from out of state is starting to come into some of these races. We need your help on the ground to help offset the big dollars from the right wing and special interests.

If you can help with door to door canvassing and literature distribution or phoning and are not plugged into your local Legislative District Democratic organization or the Coordinated Campaign, please respond by clicking on the volunteer link below and we will connect you with either the State Coordinated campaign, your local LD organization or a specific campaign. All volunteers are welcome to help.

Volunteer Now!

Thanks for your help.
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Click here to make a donation!

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Steve Zemke

Chair-King County Democrats

Paid for by King County Democrats

Oct 26

HCFA-WA 2012 Annual Meeting

HCFA-WA 2012 Annual Meeting

Saturday, November 17th
Horizon House Performance Hall
900 University St. • Seattle WA

Featured Speakers
Rep. Sherry Appleton
23rd LD, prime sponsor of
Washington Health Security Trust
and

David Hanig
retired Senior Policy Analyst,
Wash. Senate Democratic Caucus
“Getting from the Exchange
to Universal Health Care”

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Oct 26

Urge the DOJ to investigate Republican voter registration fraud across the country

From DailyKos:

Please become a citizen co-signer of a letter from Democratic members of Congress urging the US Department of Justice to investigate Republican National Committee contractor Strategic Allied Consulting for committing voter registration fraud in multiple swing states. Click here to sign.

Earlier this week, 40,000 members of the Daily Kos community sent an email to the Virginia State Board of Elections (VSBOE) demanding an investigation into a voter registration supervisor employed by Pinpoint, a subsidiary of Strategic Allied Consulting, after he was arrested and charged with 13 counts of voter registration fraud.

Two days ago, in a complete reversal of their earlier position, the VSBOE called a special meeting and unanimously voted to request just such an investigation from the state attorney general. The investigation will begin immediately.

This is a real grassroots victory in the fight against voter suppression, but our struggle is not confined to one state. Florida authorities are also investigating possible voter registration fraud committed by Strategic Allied Consulting, which was contracted by the Republican National Committee in multiple swing states.

Democratic members of Congress are calling on the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch a multi-state investigation into Strategic Allied Consulting. A federal agency, such as the DOJ, is our best hope at getting to the bottom of this because they have the authority to work across state lines.

Please, click here urge the DOJ to investigate Republican voter registration fraud across the country.

Keep fighting,
Rachel Colyer
Associate Campaign Director, Daily Kos
P.S. Please help keep Daily Kos strong by chipping in $3.

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