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Things We Did This Week – February 13-19, 2012

Posted on February 20th, 20122012-02-20T12:00:58ZF jS, Y by NCrissieB

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This week our local Democratic Executive Committee held elections to fill a Vice Chair vacancy. To my surprise, the members elected me. This will make 2012 even busier as, in addition to their administrative duties, local DEC officers are responsible for organizing our party caucuses to select [...]

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Things We Did This Week – February 6-12, 2012

Posted on February 13th, 20122012-02-13T12:00:46ZF jS, Y by NCrissieB

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This week I attended my local Democratic Party steering committee meeting, where we discussed the issues we’ll work on tonight in the general meeting of our Democratic Executive Committee or DEC. For those who aren’t already engaged in party activities, a DEC is your most local Democratic [...]

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Things We Did This Week – January 30-February 5, 2012

Posted on February 6th, 20122012-02-06T12:00:24ZF jS, Y by NCrissieB

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Things We Did This Week – January 23-29, 2012

Posted on January 30th, 20122012-01-30T12:00:29ZF jS, Y by NCrissieB

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Last night I attended our local Democratic Party campaign committee meeting. We finalized plans to recruit candidates for key races in 2012, and discussed ideas to develop candidates for 2014. We will also conduct candidate petition drives with our Democratic Executive Committee, both to ensure that our [...]

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Things We Did This Week – January 16-22, 2012

Posted on January 23rd, 20122012-01-23T12:00:14ZF jS, Y by NCrissieB

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Morning Feature – State Changes, Part III: Reclaiming Our States (Non-Cynical Saturday)

Posted on January 21st, 20122012-01-21T12:00:55ZF jS, Y by NCrissieB

The conservative push to transform state and local government is organized. To reclaim progressive government, we must be equally organized. (More)

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Midday Matinee – Phone Bank Funnies

Posted on January 20th, 20122012-01-20T19:00:38ZF jS, Y by addisnana

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Our phone bank on Wednesday night was calling people to invite them to neighborhood parties and to State of the Union watch parties. These are fun calls to make as most people like to be [...]

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Midday Matinee – Tales from Phone Banking

Posted on January 18th, 20122012-01-18T19:00:15ZF jS, Y by addisnana

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In the face of the right wing racist rhetoric of the South Carolina debates, I searched my mind for any sort of good news in the face of what the Republicans were offering. Monday night, while [...]

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Things We Did This Week – January 9-15, 2012

Posted on January 16th, 20122012-01-16T12:00:13ZF jS, Y by NCrissieB

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This week I attended my local Democratic Executive Committee meeting. We discussed our local recruiting and training efforts, as well as several bills being offered in the Florida Legislature. Among those are the Student Nutrition Enhancement Act (HB 1137) that would allow school cafeterias to sell naming [...]

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Things We Did This Week – January 2-8, 2012

Posted on January 9th, 20122012-01-09T12:00:25ZF jS, Y by NCrissieB

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This week I attended our local Democratic Party steering committee meeting, where we prepared to elect a new chair for our Democratic Executive Committee. Our former chair resigned in December for medical reasons, and we hope for a smooth transition as we prepare for the 2012 elections.

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