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Trio Named to Run the Joint Vol. 38, No. 3 www.arlingtondemocrats.org March 2013 Trio named to run the Joint Strike up the band! ACDC has named the mu- electing local Democrats, but rather generating as sically minded trio of Aimee Dawson, Paul Ashin big a margin as possible for the three Democrats and Mary Hynes as the co-chairs of the 2013 Joint running statewide to offset the GOP majority down- Campaign dedicated to taking back the state state. government’s three statewide posts, now all in GOP Here is an introduction to the trio who are run- hands. ning this year’s Arlington Joint Campaign. Traditionally, the Joint Campaign is headed by Aimee Dawson, 32, seems to have had trouble For a great time, don’t one elected official and two activists. And this time, avoiding politics since infancy. Her grandmother all the co-chairs are dedicated musicians. You might is addicted to political news and Aimee inherited miss the annual AYD call them musical chairs—with Paul on keyboard, the gene to stay glued to C-SPAN. Grandmother Date Auction. Mary on bass and Aimee on guitar. It gives a whole also pens frequent personal notes to Bill Clinton new level of meaning to “Happy Days Are Here and Nancy Pelosi. See Page 11. Again!” Aimee’s parents are both 60s’ liberals who re- The Joint Campaign operates countywide and served Saturday mornings during her grammar runs those parts of the campaigns from governor to school days for long breakfasts with discussions of School Board that can most effectively be done politics and current events. jointly. Every candidate still runs his or her own Aimee started her politics in kindergarten when The ACDC meeting campaign, arranging door-to-door visits, speeches she ran for and won the post of class rep. She held for March has been and literature on their own. elected office in her various schools every year alter Reed But many things are better handled as a joint through her master’s degree—except one. As a high moved to W effort. The most obvious part of the Joint Cam- school freshman, she lost the class presidency to . paign is the Democratic Messenger, the newspaper the football hero she had a crush on. Community Center that is hand delivered door-to-door during the fall In middle school, she bragged to her classmates Directions and campaign and that carries messages from every can- that her mother let her skip school to go see Bill didate. Clinton at a 1992 campaign stop. In high school, meeting details Other efforts, such as a registration drive, con- she joined her first non-class campaign—leafleting on Page 3. tacts at Metro stops and the get-out-the-vote push, for a penny increase in the sales tax to fund the Or- are also handled under the Joint Campaign umbrella. lando, Florida, public schools. But in a GOP com- As with last year, the challenge this year is not continued on page seven McAuliffe coming to Breakfast We’re putting some more lington Dems and have lots of eggs in the frying pan because time in which to answer questions Terry McAuliffe will be the from the crowd. guest at the next Second Satur- This will also be the third day Breakfast on March 9 at 8:30 anniversary of the Second Satur- a.m. day Breakfasts, so splash some The Busboys and Poets in extra maple syrup on your Shirlington is putting us in the waffles, if you like. Calling all Dems to BIG room this time so there will Also, please remember to be plenty of space. And it’s laid bring cash. Charley Conrad will help clean up the on an extra supply of eggs, ba- be back from his hospital stay to Potomac Watershed. con, pancakes and all the fixins. have his gall bladder excised, and McAuliffe is the sole candi- you can help him recover by hav- See Page 11 date to file so far for the Demo- ing cash for him to pay the bill, cratic nomination for governor which is likely to be quite large this year. He will speak to Ar- this month. ACDC Voice, March 2013, Page 2 Report from Chairman Mike Lieberman The right to vote Last month, the Virginia House of Del- that rehabilitative journey, we still are not pre- fore him. But one-off restorations are sim- egates killed in committee a bill to provide pared as a society to restore to them the most ply not enough. For us to do our duty as a an automatic restoration of voting rights to fundamental of rights – the right to vote? It society, restoration of voting rights should non-violent felons who have served their time tells them that they are not really welcome in be automatic, and that will require a legisla- and debt to society. The bill had passed the society, even though the law has told them tive fix. Virginia Senate 30-10. It had the support of they have paid for their crimes in full. I genuinely believe that public opinion Governor Bob McDonnell and Attorney Gen- This serves the counterintuitive purposes on this issue has evolved, and that automatic eral Ken Cuccinelli. And yet still, the House of encouraging frustration, and in the process, restoration of voting rights would be approved of Delegates would not even bring the bill up recidivism – the very evil a rehabilitative sys- if given the opportunity for a straight up or for a vote before the whole House. tem is designed to prevent. down vote. It is somewhat ironic that the right The right to vote is the foundation of our In Virginia, more than 451,000 individu- to vote is being denied to so many because democracy. All rights and freedoms flow from als are denied the right to vote today due to a our House of Delegates is not willing to vote our ability to select leaders to represent us. prior felony conviction. This is roughly 7.3% on this fundamental policy issue. Denial of voting rights to felons who have of the roughly 6.14 million voting age indi- If we aspire to be a society that truly served their time runs directly counter to this viduals in our Commonwealth. Perhaps more believes in the possibility of rehabilitation, we foundational principle. telling, nearly one in five black Virginians are should treat rehabilitated persons just like the In school, we teach our children that the denied the right to vote because of this policy. rest of us. That includes affording those indi- purpose of the criminal justice system is re- Can we really say that we have a democracy viduals the rights and privileges that come habilitation. And indeed, the probation sys- representative of the people when we have with being a citizen of our great country – tem in this country is ostensibly set up to pro- disenfranchised such a large segment of our and first among them is the right to vote. vide rehabilitative services to individuals who population? have served their time so they are ready to To give credit where credit is due, Gov- rejoin the ranks of law-abiding society. ernor McDonnell has been a leader on this What message does it send, then, that issue, restoring the voting status of more con- after convicted individuals have completed victed felons than any Virginia governor be- Precinct Ops heads out Jerry Botland Computer Consulting for retreat Troubleshoot and resolve computer and Arlington precinct captains will be at- computer related problems. tending a retreat this month to hone their skills Perform upgrades, set-up wireless routers and print servers. for the upcoming statewide elections. With 104 captains now on the rolls, the Transfer old files, address book and emails retreat has been divided into two events so it from an old computer to a new one. won’t be too crowded. Captains can attend Phone: (703) 933-0558 — [email protected] either Wednesday evening, March 13, at Walter Reed Community Center, or Saturday morning, March 16 at the Fairlington Com- munity Center. The retreat will cover the nitty-gritty of Published monthly by the how to conduct such precinct operations as Arlington County Democratic Committee voter identification, i.e., finding out who the 2050 Wilson Blvd., Suite 200, Arlington VA 22201 (enter at rear) Democrats are, registering the unregistered, P.O. Box 7132, Arlington VA 22207 recruiting volunteers to deliver the Messen- Tel: (703) 528-8588 Fax: (703) 528-2321 ger in the fall and building whole teams of http://www.arlingtondemocrats.org volunteers. Chair: Mike Lieberman —(703) 408-3940 (h), [email protected] There are still about a dozen captain slots Editor-in-Chief: Warren L. Nelson —(703) 243-7867 (h), [email protected] remaining unfilled. Anyone interested in be- Deputy Editor: Eric Wiener — (703) 524-6899 (h), [email protected] coming a captain—or learning more of what Views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the ACDC is involved—is urged to contact Kip unless expressly approved by an appropriate committee resolution Malinosky, the chair of Precinct Operations, Copyright ©2013, ACDC, All Rights Reserved at [email protected]. ACDC Voice, March 2013, Page 3 Pollster is Next Monthly Meeting discounting Special All Dems Invited location--just Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 7:00 p.m. this month own poll (AGAIN) Walter ReedNRECA Community Building, Center 4301, 2909Wilson 16th Blvd Street South Corner (locatedof North T twoaylor blocks and W eastilson, of just Glebe east ofRoad Glebe and & Wilson Free parking under building, enter from Taylor Street that shows a one block east of Walter Reed Drive) tight race For this month’s program, we will hear The latest Quinnipiac Poll shows Demo- from Robert Levinson of Bloomberg Gov- crat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken ernment, who will describe sequestration Cuccinelli locked in a dead heat at 38 percent each in a two-man race.
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