46th Legislative District Democrats October 2014 www.46DEMS.org General Meeting Thursday, October 16th
Sign-in: 7:00pm
Meeting: 7:30pm
Meet Your Board Member - Barbara Whitt
As a member of the Howard Dean Wing of the Democratic Party, I enthusiastically came to politics after watching Howards first debate with John Kerry. He spoke plainly and truthfully and I was mightily impressed. Then I saw “the speech”! WOW O WOW! Where do I sign up! We were still meeting in the church at that time and I came to my very first meeting and turned in my slip with 10 signatures from my neighbors showing that I had support to be their PCO, stood in front of the meeting along with some other brave souls and thus started my political journey.
I later ran for Sargent at Arms because I could think of no more fulfilling position within the 46th than that of keeping the coffee hot and the refreshments fresh. With my Trusty Sidekick, Burt Webb, I have been doing this for 10 years. Fortunately during that time, we have not really had a need for the Sargent at Arms to have to perform the actual du- ties of the office.
My other duties within the 46th have been to make sure the food and drink are plentiful and delicious at our two annual events and to edit the Demogram.
General Meeting Thursday, October 16th Sign in starts at 7:00 Olympic View Elementary School 504 NE 95th St (Complete Agenda on Page 2)
1 PCO CORNER
46th District Executive Board Members ~ LETS GET OUT THE VOTE! ~ Chair: It's "Election Time" again, and we can be proud of our legislators in the Sabrina Hill (855-5186) [email protected] 46th District. So let's do a good job and get them re-elected. First Vice Chair: f you have a precinct now's the time to walk it. If you don't have a David Miller (517-5520) [email protected] precinct to walk please give me a call today. I have one close to where you live, just for you. 2nd Vice Chair (Membership): Thanks Very Much! Phillippa Kassover [email protected] Michael Lorden 2nd Vice Chair (Finance): PCO Coordinator, 46th LD [email protected] (206) 306 - 1036 Naomi Wilson [email protected] Secretary: Anita Merrell [email protected] Treasurer: Agenda for October 16, 2014 Betty Means [email protected] State Committeeman: Membership Meeting - 7:30PM John Webber (365-0741) [email protected] Call to order State Committeewoman: Flag Salute Sarajane Siegfriedt (440-5829) [email protected] King County Male Representative: Approval of agenda Larry Smith [email protected] Approval of minutes King County Male Alternate: Chair’s Report Joshua Newman [email protected] King County Female Representative: Program –What are Common Core State Standards and Why Should I Care? Phillippa Kassover [email protected] King County Female Alternate: Committee reports Halei Watkins [email protected] Platform & Resolutions-Resolution Op- Sergeant at Arms (Hospitality Chair): posing Common Core State Stand- Barbara Whitt (729-7410) [email protected] ards At Large Members: Elections Gerry Pollet [email protected] Julie Anne Kempf [email protected] Finance Nigel Herbig [email protected] Treasurer’s Report Phillip Duggan [email protected] Scott Reiman [email protected] Rules, Bylaws & Tally Nick Pernisco [email protected] Michael Lorden [email protected] State Committee OPEN KCDCC OPEN Cole Committee
Demogram Editor: Hospitality Barbara Whitt (729-7410) [email protected] Old Business
New Business Visit www.46dems.org for the latest info! Good of the order Adjourn Next Demogram Deadline October 26, 2014
2 Minutes for the September 28th Endorsement Meeting
Anita Merrill
Call to Order: The Special Meeting was called to order by 1st Vice Chair David Miller in accord- ance with the bylaws with proper notice.
The meeting began with the flag salute. PCO Appointments: David Miller introduced new PCO's. 1. Faride Cuevas 2. Mark Mendez 3. Carl Backen 4. Eileen Pollet, Election Captain Announcement: A representative from Organizing for Washington invited 46th District Mem- bers to volunteer to help with campaigning in contested districts especially in the State Senate. Signups were requested. Declaration of Quorum A quorum requires a minimum of 10 PCO's for nomination, 26 members for endorsement and 22 members of the Seattle Caucus for recommendations. The report stated there are 161 members and 99 PCO's elected and appointed who are eligible to vote. Present were 24 PCO's: 17 Seattle and 7 from Northshore, 16 members for endorsement: 13 from Seattle and 3 from Northshore. Seattle Caucus for recommendations, 37 members are eligible. The quorum report was ac- cepted. Nomination of the 46th LD Candidates -- The State Party has requested all local LD's of- ficially nominate their State Legislative candidates as official Democrats. This requires a writ- ten and signed ballot submitted by local PCO's. The nominations are: 1. State Senator Frockt 24 of 24. 2. State Rep. Gerry 1 Pollet 23 of 24. 3. State Rep. 2 Jessyn Ferrell 24 of 24. Resolution: Seattle Housing Authority opposing high rent increases -- passed with one “No”. Continued on page 7...
3 Election Guides and Precinct Walking By David Miller, Elections Chair and 1st Vice Chair
The General Election Guides and walk lists Guide will help reduce confusion in voters. should be ready to pick up the weekend of Importantly, precincts that receive our October 11/12. If you are a PCO or have Election Guide have higher voter turnout otherwise volunteered to walk a precinct, than those who do not. Turnout in the 46th please watch your email for specific infor- will be VERY important in terms of mak- mation about what date and locations they ing sure gun background checks pass. This will be available. is likely to be another East/West dividing There is a temptation to not walk due to question, and we really need to make sure the fact our Legislative team really doesn’t we get the turnout from the 46th to help. have much in the way of challengers this We do have a number of “open” precincts time. But I really encourage you to walk, needing volunteers to walk. If you’re inter- especially to support the gun background ested, contact Michael Lorden, PCO Coor- check legislation. dinator, at [email protected] The NRA and other groups are pulling out all the stops and spending big money to de- feat this measure. They’ve placed a contra- dictory measure on the ballot to confuse things. Our endorsements and Election
46th DISTRICT DEMOCRATS Treasurer’s Statement September 28, 2014
46th District Operational Fund
Balance reported last meeting (August 21) $ 4,765.53 Bank Balance as of September 28, 2014 $ 7,667.66 Outstanding Checks - $250 (45th LD Democrats
Revised Bank Balance as of September 28, 2014 $7,417.6
COLE – Savings $ 535.64 COLE – Certificates of Deposit (5) $54,864.49 TOTAL: COLE Funds $55,400.13
Submitted by Betty Means, Treasurer
4 Endorsed Candidates and Campaigns By David Miller, Elections Chair and 1st Vice Chair
US Representative District 1 Suzan DelBene US Representative District 7 Jim McDermott Supreme Court # 1Vacancy Mary Yu Supreme Court # 3 Mary Fairhurst Supreme Court # 4 Charles Johnson Supreme Court # 7 Debra Stephens State Senator David Frockt State Representative, Position 1 Gerry Pollet State Representative, Position 2 Jessyn Farrell KC District Court – Shoreline (KMR/LFP) Marcine Anderson KD District Court – West (Seattle) #1 Johanna Bender KD District Court – West (Seattle) #2 Mark Chow KD District Court – West (Seattle) # 5 Anne Harper Seattle Municipal Court # 1 Ed McKenna Seattle Municipal Court # 2 Jon Zimmerman Seattle Municipal Court #5 Willie Gregory Seattle Municipal Court # 6 Karen Donohue Seattle Municipal Court # 7 Damon Shadid
I-594 Background Checks – YES I-591 Fed Gun Law Override - NO I-1351 Lower Class Size – NO PROP 7 - Seattle TBD Bus Svc – YES ADV - 8 Agriculture Tax Credits for Marijuana – Maintain ADV - 9 Tribal Leasehold Tax Credits – Maintain Seattle Monorail - NO
5 Resolution Opposing Common Core State Standards
WHEREAS the copyrighted (and therefore unchangeable) Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a set of controversial top-down K-12 academic standards that were promulgated by wealthy private in- terests without research-based evidence of validity and are developmentally inappropriate in the low- est grades; and
WHEREAS, as a means of avoiding the U.S. Constitution’s 10th Amendment prohibition against feder- al meddling in state education policy, two unaccountable private trade associations--the National Gov- ernors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)--have received mil- lions of dollars in funding from the Gates Foundation and others to create the CCSS; and
WHEREAS the U.S. Department of Education improperly pressured state legislatures into adopting the Common Core State Standards and high-stakes standardized testing based on them as a condition of competing for federal Race to the Top (RTTT) stimulus funds that should have been based on need; and
WHEREAS as a result of Washington State Senate Bill 6669, which passed the State legislature on March 11, 2010, the Office of the Superintendent of Instruction (OSPI) adopted Common Core State Standards (CCSS) on July 20, 2011; and
WHEREAS this adoption effectively transfers control over public school standardized testing from lo- cally elected school boards to the unaccountable corporate interests that control the CCSS and who stand to profit substantially; and
WHEREAS the Washington State Constitution also calls for public education to be controlled by the State of Washington through our elected State legislature, our elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction and our elected local school boards; and
WHEREAS implementation of CCSS will cost local school districts hundreds of millions of dollars to pay for standardized computer-based tests, new technology, new curricula and teacher training at a time when Washington is already insufficiently funding K-12 Basic Education without proven benefit to students; and
WHEREAS some states have already withdrawn from CCSS;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we call upon the Washington State legislature and the Superin- tendent of Public Instruction to withdraw from the CCSS and keep K-12 education student-centered and accountable to the people of Washington State.
6 Procedural Question re Proposition 1A and 1B 1. Proposition “1A” and “1B” consists of two votes: a. First part (Vote 1): Should either “1A” or “1B” be enacted into law? The choices for voting are “Support”, “Reject”, or “Take no Position” b. Second part (Vote 2): Regardless of how you voted above, if one of the above is enacted should it be “1A” or “1B” or “Take No Position.” 2. A procedural question was posed: If the Seattle Caucus votes “Reject” on “Vote 1”, should the Seattle Caucus continue on to “Vote 2?” The Membership voted to vote on both “Vote 1” and “Vote 2” as it appears on the ballot . Announcement: Dennis Kucinich is coming to Seattle October 16 for a peace rally. The date conflicts with the 46th General meeting. Plans are being made to schedule a special time for the 46th and 32 Districts to meet with him from 3 to 4 PM at Prince of Peace Church. Treasurers Report : Betty Means Bank balance as of Aug. 21 $4,765.53 Bank balance as of Sept. 28 $7,417.66 Cole Funds $55,400.13 Chairs Report 1. Ben Anderstone has resigned from the Board as he has moved into the 43rd District. Our loss is the 43's gain. 2. David Miller announced his resignation from the Board effective November 5. This is his last endorsement meeting as Election Chair. He thanked Sabrina Hill, Julie Anne Kempf for their service and efforts. Good of the Order 1. Michael Lorden, PCO Recruiter wants to hear from all PCO's as to whether they will be walking their precinct. 2. Janet Miller expressed thanks to the 46th for researching whether her 18 year old son can walk a precinct. 3. Steve Zemke spoke about the importance of the State Senate races, in our district as well as others close by and urged everyone to volunteer to help with the campaigns. 4. Phillippa Kassover reminded everyone about the Dembowski chili feed at the Northgate Community Center. 5. David Miller announced that the election ballots will be mailed out starting October 15. The Voter Guides will be available the weekend of October 11. Check your Email for more in- formation. If you would like to walk a precinct, please contact Michael Lorden
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