THE DIALOGUE November 2018

Executive Board From the (Vice) Chair By Leah Naccarato, 1st Vice Chair Chair Allison Taylor (206) 379-1590 As many of you have now heard, Allison was the victim of a serious 1st Vice-Chair domestic violence attack in early October. She remains in the Leah Naccarato (425) 876-3232 hospital recovering. 2nd Vice-Chair Kim Dixon (253) 922-6242 It has been strange to go through the last bit of this busy election th Secretary season without Allison’s presence in the 30 but I know that many Julie Aulava (253) 347-7313 of you carried her drive and energy with you while you knocked on Treasurer doors, made phone calls and sent late-night campaign updates. Dorothy Burt (541) 602-3190 Donations to support Allison can be made through Deputy Treasurer gofundme.com/move-allison-and-sam/. I will also be collecting Denise James (253) 315-2370 donations and messages of support for her at our November meeting State Committeewoman Ginny Leach (253) 924-0432 (please make checks State Committeeman out to Allison Taylor). General Membership Meeting Roger Flygare (253) 640-1111 Politics is the tool that King County Female Delegate we use to decide what is Nov. 7, 2018 7:00 to 9:00 PM Lyn Idahosa (206) 379-1717 important to us as a King County Male Delegate Belmor Park Clubhouse community. On-demand Frank James (253) 344-1132 2101 S 324th St, Federal Way Pierce County Delegates (vacant) mental health and (First Wednesday of each month) LAC Representative addiction services are Lorie Lucky (206) 322-7332 important to me. Health Endorsements Committee Chair care that doesn’t leave people with the potential of bankruptcy is Jeff Holden (253) 835-4319 important to me. I’m fighting for a Big Blue Wave this November for Hospitality Committee Chair lots of reasons—Allison is one of them. Keitha Bryson (253) 528-0305 Fundraising Committee Chair Election Night Party (vacant) Please join the 30th District Democrats and the campaigns for Rep. Outreach Committee Chair Kristine Reeves, Rep. Mike Pellicciotti and Claire Wilson as we Jim Grayson (253) 941-5232 celebrate all of the hard work that went into the 2018 election and Membership Committee Chair Madelyn Grayson (253) 632-5232 watch the Election Night results come in. PCO Coordinator Poverty Bay Coffee Company will be opening for us from 6:45-9pm Jennifer Hurley (206) 499-6179 on Election Night. Join us for heavy appetizers and good company Communications Committee Chair (and hopefully a lot of news to celebrate). Poverty bay will also be Dan Turley (206) 819-7397 serving a limited a la carte burger menu so feel free to come straight Government Relations Com. Chair Jon-Michael Hicks (206) 992-2922 from last-minute GOTV efforts. Young Democrats Representative A no host coffee and smoothie bar will be available and beer and George Vadino (253) 332-8661 wine will be available for $3 and $5 respectively.

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require a change in the Constitution & Bylaws of The Ask the State Party, was moved into the Rules By Leah Naccarato, 1st Vice Chair Committee for a DO PASS OR DO NOT PASS Put Election Day 2019 on your calendar. On vote. th November 5, 2019, 30 LD voters will choose I attended the Rules Committee as I thought I their representatives in many local government would have an opportunity to speak on behalf of positions. There will be four Federal Way City the Resolution; not true. The only people that Council seats on the ballot, three in Milton, and could speak were members of the Rules three in Algona. The Federal Way School District Committee and that an LD Chair could have will also have three positions on the ballot. input as well. I attempted to enlist help of Consider running. Are you ready to run for members of the Rules Committee but was office? These local positions offer you the rejected at every turn and finally someone said chance to serve your community and make a big the Rules Committee voted DO NOT PASS on the impact with your Democratic values. measure.

Commit to investing your resources wisely. In Now I must mention as the sole representative local races your volunteer hour and your from the 30th LDD in attendance at the donation dollar make a huge impact. Plan now convention, I had recently suffered a rear-end to spend some time and money to support your accident and to this day I have a pain in the favorite local candidate in 2019. neck and shoulder area that flares to the level that even oxycodone doesn’t cut it.

Mark Your Calendars As I left the Rules Committee disappointed, I was looking forward to being able to speak from Nov 6 – Election Day! the floor of the general meeting in favor of our Have you mailed your ballot? Resolution. I again sought out supporters who Nov 6 – Election Night Party would help push this forward to no avail. 6:45-9pm @ Poverty Bay Coffee Opposition reasoning was multifold: Nov 14 – E-board meeting Disenfranchisement of PCOs, open the door to 7pm @ Woodmont Library adverse takeover from hostile segments of a Dec 1 – King County Dems ReOrg city, town, county (most often referred to in 9am @ Machinist 751 Hall conversations as a GOP infiltration). I could find th Dec 5 – 30 Dems Holiday Party no one in support of the general proposition. I 7pm @ Belmor Park retaliated those comments by saying that it th Jan 2 – 30 Dems ReOrg could be very important in our purple districts in 7pm @ Belmor Park membership building if general members could vote on leadership; fell on deaf ears. WSDCC Review It was suggested that if voting was important to Roger Flygare, State Committeeman general membership building then turn loose all WSDCC Spokane Convention | September 14- the chair appointments and make them voter 16, 2018 eligible positions. That made sense to some people in a group setting where we were talking This could easily be entitled “SPOKANE - CAPE about it; some stated that their LD already does DISAPPOINTMENT” for many reasons. On my this and has had a good impact on invigorating way over, I was notified by our chair that the participation. 30th LDD Resolution regarding general membership voting for all leadership positions The long and short of it is because of my in all the Local District Parties, which would incredible shoulder and neck pain, I had to leave

Page | 2 of 5 early to get to the local ER and get pain pills and County Democratic Central Committee lidocaine patches for the long drive home. I was (KCDCC). nearly in tears on the way over because of the The KCDCC Re-Org meeting is scheduled on pain and the thought of having to drive five plus Saturday, 12/1/18 at 9AM. It will be held at the hours in this extreme pain was very depressing. Local 751 Boeing Machinists Hall (9125 15th Laying down doesn’t help, pressure against my Place South; Seattle 98108). neck and shoulder doesn’t help, chiropractic adjustments have had some relief but it comes If you were elected to be a PCO in the August 7th right back after a couple of days; it’s here right primary, you are strongly encouraged to attend now. this meeting in December. Also, please mark your calendars for the 30th District Democrats After all this, it’s my feeling, in speaking with Re-org meeting, which will be held on Madelyn Grayson as well, that we need to build Wednesday, 1/2/18. a coalition of support from our neighboring LDs and get this in front of King County Democratic Central Committee. I am sorry if you feel I let Federal Way Apprenticeships our LD down but as I said it was my CAPE and Mentorship DISAPPOINTMENT moment in Spokane. Jon Hicks, Gov. Relations Chair PCO Call to Action At the last city council meeting, an apprenticeship utilization ordinance was passed. Jennifer Hurley, PCO Coordinator The ordinance requires certain projects over Thank you to the PCOs who have been working $2,000,000 to have a minimum of 15% labor on Get Out the Vote (GOTV) in your precincts, hours go to apprentices from the local either through phone banking or walking your community, where applicable, and when such neighborhood. Voter turnout has been high individuals are available for such work. with many early returns—let’s keep up the work The city council also passed a resolution for a through November 6th! city council membership program where each As the year ends, some of our current Precinct member of the council will be assigned a mentee Committee Officers (PCOs) will be retired on from one of our high schools. Invite FWPS 12/1/18 and we welcome and install our new juniors and seniors for the “Federal Way PCOs that were elected in the August 2018 Emerging Leaders” mentorship program here: primary. https://www.cityoffederalway.com/sites/defaul t/files/Documents/Council/Council Mentorship One of the benefits of being a PCO is the Application.pdf opportunity to vote in the King County Reorganization meeting coming up on December 1st. The State Party’s Charter and Commissions Openings Bylaws require all county and legislative district Jon Hicks, Gov. Relations Chair party organizations to elect new officers (a There are positions available on the Civil process called “reorganization,” often just Service, Youth and Independent Salary referred to as “re-org”) every two years, shortly Commissions in Federal Way. Learn and apply after each even-year election. Only elected here: PCOs are permitted to vote for Chair, 1st Vice https://www.cityoffederalway.com/content/Bo Chair, State Committeeman, and State ards-Commissions Members (two positions of differing gender identification). You will also have the opportunity to vote for other officers in the King Outreach Opportunity Jim Grayson, Outreach Chair

Page | 3 of 5 Bring donations to the November meeting and I and have a business or product you want to will deliver them. Thanks. advertise please contact our team at [email protected]. Federal Way Day Center Winter Needs List:

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Our Members 2018

President’s Club Mike & Mary Kun Bob Hennings Deborah Osborne Julie Aulava Anthony Murrietta Jon-Michael Hicks Mary Paynter Larry & Judith Bengston Leah Naccarato Jeff & Kaori Holden Donn Porter Linda & Elbert Gage Michael Pellicciotti Vera Hunter Kristine Reeves & Camron Lee & Wald Prielipp Margo Rolf Debra Hyde Schwarmann Diane Webb & John Willmore Christi Stapleton Lyn Idahosa John & Jackie Rickert Senator’s Club Carol Thompson Frank & Denise James Sam Rise Robert & Robin Armstrong Dan & Julie Turley Camille James Gary Roberts Craig Bosworth Members James Jeyaraj lesley Rogers Walt & Carolyn Brooks Jackie & Shirley Aiken Jesse Johnson Shannon Russell-White Kim & Penni Dixon Vivian Alexander Epiphany Johnson Steven Sandberg Jim & Madelyn Grayson Rosie Anderson Walter Kostecka Edward Sedlak Jennifer Hurley David Baine Jacqueline Krutz Martha Sinkler Heather & Peter Lazzaretti Jeffrey Bakker Ginny Leach Allison Taylor Terry & Delfa Quinn Gregory & Shawn Baruso Luana Lester Margaret Terp Mark & Bonnie Thompson Lana Bostic Kathy & Brian Linnell Joan & John Tornow Jem Wear Tim Burns Keith & Susan Livingston George Vadino Governor’s Club Jerry & Mary Clingan Lorie Lucky Marian Van Der Hyde Peg & Jay Altman David Daly Linda Luedtke Bev Webber Stephen Austin II Bob Dickinson Rachel Mahar Susan White Keitha Bryson Kelly Dickinson Paul Mallary Claire Wilson Dorothy Burt Hope Elder Robert Maurus Denise Yun James & Vicki Carey Katherine Festa Ann & Steven Mayer Associate Members Roger & Karla Flygare Joshua Fike William Austin Miller Archie Blakely Al & Teya Hillerman Alissa & Ralph Frederick Dan Miller Gene Hart John & Karolyn Hughey Carol Gregory Catherine North Congressman Adam Smith Anne Kroeker Max Hedgecock Lynn Ormsby Bailey Stober

Elected Officials and Party Resources

th U.S. Senator 30 LD Rep. Kristiné Reeves FW School Board President (206) 553-5545 / (202) 224-2621 (360) 786-7830 Claire Wilson [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

th U.S. Senator 30 LD Rep. Mike Pellicciotti FW School Board, District #4 (202) 224-3441 / (888) 648-7328 (360) 786-7898 Carol Gregory [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Track WA Bills & Votes U.S. Rep. Adam Smith King County Executive leg.wa.gov/legislature (202) 225-8901 / (888) 764-8409 Dow Constantine house.gov/adamsmith [email protected] State Democrats Tina Podlodowski, Chair U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert (R) King County Council Dist. 7 wa-democrats.org (202) 225-7761 / (877) 920-9288 Pete von Reichbauer (R) reichert.house.gov/contact-me [email protected] King County Democrats Natalie Reber, Chair kcdems.org Governor Federal Way Mayor - Jim Ferrell (360) 902-4111 [email protected] Pierce County Democrats www.governor.wa.gov Timothy Farrell, Chair Federal Way City Council, Pos. 2 piercecountydems.org 30th LD Sen. Mark Miloscia (R) Jesse Johnson (360) 786-7658 [email protected] [email protected]

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