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Vol. 36, No. 11 www.arlingtondemocrats.org November 2011 Final campaign checklist Here are eight things we all need to do in the or HQ to help out. final days before November 8. Look over this list. Tell us what you fancy doing by emailing Yard Signs - Now through Election Day [email protected] or calling If you have a yard, contact your favorite cam- Arlington Democrats’ HQ at 703-528-8588. (Please paign or the Joint Campaign and ask for a candi- be prepared to leave a detailed message.) See you date sign (or signs). If you don’t have a yard, con- on the trail! sider acquiring a sign for your window. Having signs Lauren Hall, Alan Howze, and Sally Baird on your property will remind your neighbors of 2011 Joint Campaign Co-Chairs Election Day and whom they should be voting for. This is a low visibility election with no federal or Door Hangers – Nov 5 through Election Day statewide office on the ballot, so reminders that there Abraham Lincoln GOTV (Get Out The Vote) weekend is the fi- is an election are important. nal Saturday and Sunday (and Monday) before Elec- tion Day with volunteers racing around precincts to Reaching High-Rise Dwellers: hang a reminder to vote on each door throughout In 2007, our most recent comparable election the county. You can contact your Precinct Captains continued on page three VOTE! Tues, Nov. 8 6 a.m.-7 p.m. After E-Day, it’s party time! And be sure In ACDC, we do count our chickens before they parking available in the Ballston Common garage. are hatched by scheduling TWO victory parties ev- There is also street parking available for those who to take a ery fall even before the first ballot is counted. don’t mind cruising for awhile. The party will party again this year both on The next day at noon, join recovering neighbor election night and at lunch the day after the election electionholics for an Arlington Democratic tradition (for those who did not party too much the preceding at the NamViet Restaurant in Clarendon. The Nguyen with you! night). family, which owns the restaurant, makes a full Viet- On election night, Democrats will gather at 7 namese buffet luncheon available for $14 a head. p.m. (the moment polling places close all over the The unique feature of this event is always the commonwealth) to watch the election returns and exchange of campaign stories among candidates and to celebrate with our candidates. volunteers—anyone who wishes to speak up to the This will be a strictly 20th Century-style event— crowd at the lunch. There are always some wildly no giant screens flashing the numbers electronically humorous tales and often some very moving stories in 47 hues with stadium pyrotechnics when our folks that illustrate why we all are so active in the politi- are declared winners. Instead, our star team of vol- cal process. unteers will post the results on big pieces of paper The Nam Viet is at 1127 North Hudson Street, as they come in from the website of the State Board just a hundred feet north of Wilson Blvd. and a short of Elections (SBE). trek from the Clarendon Orange Line station. Street Beyond the Arlington returns, our volunteer parking is very limited as this abuts Lyon Village statisticians will focus on how we do statewide in where new and strict parking restrictions have been retaining control of the state Senate. imposed. But there are lots of parking garages in The election night party will be in the Burgundy Clarendon. Room at Bailey’s in the Ballston Common. Entry For answers to any questions on the Victory is free. Bailey’s will provide draft beer for $2 a Luncheon, contact Mike Lieberman at glass all night. Guests under 21 are welcome. For [email protected]. Questions about the those for whom the 20th Century is so—well, 20th Election Night Party go to Gordon Simonett at Century—wi-fi will be available. [email protected]. It would be helpful, but is Bailey’s is easily accessible from the Ballston not required, to RSVP to the Election Night Party Orange Line station. After 6 p.m., there is discounted on Facebook at http://on.fb.me/acdcvictory2011 ACDC Voice, November 2011, Page 2 Report from Chairman Mike Lieberman What’s at stake In less than three weeks, Arlingtonians programs – A majority of Republicans in by Republicans across the country in advance will go to the polls to elect 14 officials to rep- Richmond favor restricting access to the HPV of the 2012 presidential election, and is a sad resent us locally, and down in Richmond. This vaccine for girls in Virginia, despite attempt to restrict citizens’ rights to have their legislative year typically brings the lowest acknowledgement from their own member- votes counted. turnout in Virginia’s four-year election cycle, ship that these vaccination programs save Squandering of Taxpayer Dollars – which means that every Democratic vote cast lives. Using taxpayer dollars, Attorney General Ken makes that much more of a difference. Guns everywhere – Republicans in the Cuccinelli has initiated a costly appeal of As you consider whether to make your state legislature last year proposed legislation President Obama’s health reform bill, an in- voice heard, with only two votes in the Demo- to allow concealed-carry of firearms in, for vestigation to restrict a UVA professor from cratic state Senate separating Richmond from example, libraries and at state universities. researching and explaining the dangers of glo- complete control by Republicans Bob The tragedy at Virginia Tech is a clear example bal warming, and a new legal opinion that McDonnell, Ken Cuccinelli, and the Tea Party, of the cost that such reckless legislation might would permit discrimination against gay and I think it bears reminding what unchecked Re- bring. lesbian students at Virginia colleges and uni- publican control might bring: Cuts to critical education programs – versities. Such politically-motivated witch Restrictions on the right to choose – Last year, the House Republican budget at- hunts are expensive and destructive, and in This summer, Governor McDonnell enacted tempted to cut education spending in Virginia no way reflective of the progressive values through executive fiat so-called TRAP (tar- by $50 million. The Democratic Virginia we in Arlington hold dear. geted regulation of abortion providers) regu- Senate, by contrast, voted to increase this And the list goes on.… In fact, this list lations, which insist that abortion clinics be much-needed education spending by $100 could literally go on for pages and pages, but subject to the same regulatory regimes as hos- million. the takeaway is clear. Elections matter, and pitals. These onerous regulations are expected Restrictions on voting rights – The Re- if we do not do our part to maintain Demo- to effectively shut down nearly all of the abor- publican-controlled State Board of Elections cratic control of the Virginia Senate – and a tion clinics in Virginia, severely restricting enacted new regulations that increase the check on Republican wrong-headedness – the women’s rights and opportunities to control chance that absentee ballots will be thrown consequences could be dire. their own reproductive decisions. out for, for example, a sloppy signature. This The opportunity to prevent this outcome Restrictions on life-saving vaccination voter suppression tactic is being encouraged rests in our hands, and the solution is simple – all we have to do is vote Democratic, and make sure all of our friends and neighbors do the same. I’ll see you at the polls. Jerry Botland Computer Consulting Knock on doors, Troubleshoot and resolve computer and computer related problems. see The Doors! Perform upgrades, set-up wireless routers and print servers. Here’s a great offer for fans of The Doors Transfer old files, address book and emails musical group: knock on doors for Barbara Favola and then go and see The Doors. from an old computer to a new one. Delegate David Englin has two VIP Phone: (703) 933-0558 — [email protected] tickets plus backstage passes to see The Doors perform at the Birchmere on Halloween. He will give them to whomever knocks on the most doors to get out the vote for Favola be- tween now and Sunday evening, Oct. 23. Performing at the Birchmere will be Ray Published monthly by the Manzarek and Robby Krieger, who are origi- Arlington County Democratic Committee nal Doors, plus a stand-in for the late Jim 2009 North 14th Street, Suite #612, Arlington, VA 22201 Morrison. Morrison, not incidentally, was a Tel: (703) 528-8588 Fax: (703) 528-2321 three-time Arlingtonian. He lived in the http://www.arlingtondemocrats.org county—on South Glebe Road, North Ever- Chair: Mike Lieberman —(703) 408-3940 (h), [email protected] green Street and North 28th Street—during his Editor-in-Chief: Warren L. Nelson —(703) 243-7867 (h), [email protected] dad’s postings with the Navy at the Pentagon. Deputy Editor: Eric Wiener — (703) 524-6899 (h), [email protected] If you’re interested in knocking on doors Views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the ACDC to see The Doors, contact the Favola campaign unless expressly approved by an appropriate Committee Resolution manager at [email protected] Copyright ©2011, ACDC, All Rights Reserved right away. ACDC Voice, November 2011, Page 3 Here is the Next Monthly Meeting All Dems Invited final election Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 7:00 p.m. checklist NRECA Building, 4301 Wilson Blvd Corner of North Taylor and Wilson, just east of Glebe & Wilson continued from page one Free parking under building, enter from Taylor Street year, voter turnout in high rise precincts was a very low two-digit percentage.