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President Obama: 'Keep up the fight'

From the Huffington Post: 

President Barack Obama is urging liberal activists and bloggers to “keep up the fight” to bring change to Washington.

In a video played Saturday at the annual Netroots Nation convention, the president acknowledged that some in the party’s left wing have been unhappy with the pace of change. Liberals have been disenchanted on issues from the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the failure to create a government-run insurance option in the health care overhaul.

The president says in the brief video that the combat mission in Iraq will end in August.

It’s a tough election year for Democrats, but Obama warned about returning to Republican policies “that got us into the mess.”

He says “change is hard,” and he urged hundreds of activists and bloggers in the audience to “keep making your voices heard.”

Obama urged the crowd to “consider what we’ve accomplished,” then rolled a clip of Rachel Maddow laying out some of the administration’s legislative victories. Another recap of these accomplishments is available on the Daily Kos website.

Events

Madeline Albright to appear July 15 at rally for Congressman Jerry McNerney

From Ryan O’Hara at McNerney for Congress comes the following announcement:

Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright is scheduled to be the special guest at a campaign event in support of Congressman Jerry McNerney, running for reelection from California’s 11th District. The event is scheduled 1 p.m. Thursday, July 15, aboard the U.S.S. Hornet in San Francisco Bay.

For more information, visit the Re-elect McNerney for Congress website at http://www.jerrymcnerney.org/.


Events, Volunteer

Join us during the 'Vote 2010 Day of Action' July 17

From our friends at Organizing For America comes the following invitation:

The weekend of July 17, Organizing For America and local volunteers are teaming together to connect with voters in Fresno as part of our Vote 2010 Day of Action.

From city streets and rural farms, to suburban parks and local strip malls, we’re doing everything possible to get folks to commit to vote in November’s elections. This commitment is as important as it is simple and could tip the balance in races across the country that could be close.

In 2008, millions of new voters registered and turned out to cast their ballots in the November election, and that was a key part of President Obama’s victory. Our Vote 2010 program is similarly designed to register new voters and get those who cast votes for the first time in 2008 back to the polls this fall.

This is a big challenge, but we have too much on the line to come up short. It’s our job to stand up for President Obama and his allies, to make sure his opponents don’t succeed.

To join us in Fresno’s ‘Vote 2010 Day of Action,’ send your name, e-mail address and telephone number to event organizer Linda Traynor at traynor27@gmail.com. Then sign up at the Vote 2010 Registration Page on the Organizing For America website.

News

Michael D. Evans elected Chair of FCDCC

The Fresno County Democratic Central Committee (FCDCC) today elected Michael D. Evans as chair at its biennial reorganizational meeting. Evans replaces Gary Alford, who is stepping down after one term as FCDCC chair.

From left: Gary Lasky, incoming chair Michael D. Evans and Larry Johnson are sworn in as Executive Board members by outgoing FCDCC chair Gary Alford.

Evans ran on a platform of unifying the party, building relationships and getting the work done. “We are all Democrats with the same broad set of goals. What brings us together is far greater than what separates us. Working together, we can accomplish all of our goals.”

Noting that the voter registration in Fresno County recently shifted to a Democratic advantage, Evans said that “we have turned the county blue in terms of voter registration, but that won’t mean much unless they actually vote and vote Democratic. It will take the talents of many committed Democrats and many hours of hard work to make that happen, but the payoff will be enormous.”

Evans previously served as parliamentarian of the FCDCC and as an alternate for Alford. He attended the Fresno Citizens Academy, and co-chaired the Central Valley Candidate Training in January of this year that the FCDCC cosponsored with the Fresno-Madera-Tulare-Kings Central Labor Council. He is a member of the Kennedy Club of the San Joaquin Valley, the Democratic Women’s Club, the West Fresno Democrats, the Stonewall Democrats and the San Joaquin Valley Democrats, as well as the Central Valley Progressive PAC, the National Women’s Political Caucus and Peace Fresno.

The FCDCC also reelected Larry Johnson as treasurer and elected Gary Lasky as auditor. The balance of the officers will be elected at the August meeting.

“The Central Committee has an important job to do, and we must ensure that it gets done. Voter registration, voter education and GOTV are critical to our mission. We must also find, nurture, train and support candidates, raise money to help elect our candidates and strengthen the local party’s presence in the community. Our primary job is to facilitate the election of Democrats and promote Democratic principles.”

For more information on Democratic activities, send an e-mail message to chairman@fcdcc.org.

News

Fall ballot propositions get their numbers

From the Sacramento Bee’s ‘Capitol Alert’ column:

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen has announced the numbers assigned to those ten measures that have qualified for the November ballot. Here is the line up:

Proposition 18 – Water bond.
Proposition 19 – Legalize and tax marijuana.
Proposition 20 – Redistricting for Congress.
Proposition 21 – Vehicle license fee for parks.
Proposition 22 - Bans state from borrowing or redirecting local funds.
Proposition 23 – Suspends AB32.
Proposition 24 – Repeals corporate tax benefits.
Proposition 25 – Majority vote for passing a budget.
Proposition 26 – Two-thirds vote for approving fees.
Proposition 27 – Eliminates redistricting commission.

(Thanks to Chuck Krugman for the heads-up on this.)

News

New members, officers to be seated at FCDCC Reorganizational Meeting July 7

In accordance with its bylaws, the Fresno County Democratic Central Committee has scheduled its biannual Reorganization Meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 7, in the first-floor conference room of the Hugh M. Burns State Building, 2550 Mariposa Mall, in downtown Fresno.

Two meetings will actually take place. At the first meeting, the outgoing Chair will oversee the election of officers for the incoming Committee. After a short break, the newly elected Chair will call to order the second meeting. One item of business at the second meeting will be nominations to fill the openings on the Central Committee.

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