DEMOCRAT CBCDC Newsletter July 2012 DEMOCRAT Central Baltimore County’s Democratic Club Newsletter REP. SARBANES FIRED UP SUPPORTERS AT OUR ANNUAL BBQ FUNDRAISER IN THIS ISSUE OFA Needs You! This month, CBCDC will be joining Democrats to the Baltimore the folks at the Towson OFA office County Democratic Party. for “Dialing for Dems”. Phone We will follow up with phone banking is a great way to help the calls informing these new Obama campaign and other Democrats about volunteer Democrats reach critical swing opportunies. We will begin voters, but it isn’t the only way you this project in a few weeks. can help. Jim Brochin Responds Jim Brochin responds to claims that he put conservative Office manager (and CBCDC Board voters ahead of Baltimore City’s welfare. The office is located at: Member) Vivienne Davis says the Page 5 office needs plenty of help and there 301 Allegheny Ave. are a number of ways to get involved that don’t involve calling or Towson, MD 21204 canvassing. Specifically, they are in desperate need of: 1. Volunteers to input data. If you can lend a hand for one of The OFA team is putting these activities (or join them for together a database of one of their weekly phone banks potential Democratic – 6-9 PM every Wednesday and volunteers and needs your Thursday), stop in or call the help for this critical effort. office at 410-252-1302. Vivienne What Liberal Bias? could sure use a hand! Jim Kehl discusses the so-called “Liberal Bias” of MSNB 2. Volunteers to address and and the Baltimore Sun and concludes the only bias is towards accurate reporting. stamp post cards to welcome newly registered Page 4 DEMOCRAT | JULY 2012 2 to call, there will be other things to do that will be helpful to local and national campaigns. CBCDC Board President’s President Letter In September, Attorney General Anne Neal Doug Gansler will be our speaker. By Anne Neal [email protected] 410-913-3344 This will give us a chance to talk to Vice President him about his plans to run for Thank you for making our annual Governor. I’m sure he will also add David Kosak Backyard BBQ a success. I’m sorry a interesting insight to the legal issues [email protected] 443-895-0816 family obligation caused me to miss facing Maryland. Treasurer it, but I have heard from many that the food and the company were John Gontrum great. Thanks so much to David I’m sure most of us were glad to see [email protected] Kosak and Stephanie Binetti for that the Supreme Court ruling Co-Secretaries hosting. Congressman Sarbanes regarding the Affordable Care Act. attended and rallied the group. We Judy Harris However, this decision also fired up appreciate him taking the time from the Republicans so we need to [email protected] 410-853-7717 his very busy schedule. match that effort. Please contribute Vivienne Davis Congressional candidate Wendy what you can monetarily and give Rosen and Delegate Lafferty also 410-252-1302 [email protected] what you can of your time. joined us. Directors at Large Maryland is surrounded by swing states and we need to duplicate our Ben Guthorn efforts in 2008 when we were 410-530-9191 [email protected] instrumental in getting out the vote Mike Ertel in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. 410-599-6953 [email protected] Please contact Vivienne Davis if Bob Lever you have any time to contribute to 410-274-6722 [email protected] the effort. [email protected] 410-252-1302. She could really use Jonathan Schwartz the help at Headquarters and can 410-960-0737 [email protected] 301 Allegheny Ave. also set you up for phone banking. Scott Sokol Our July, August, September and SUBMISSION POLICY 407-421-0008 [email protected] October meetings will be held at Matt Stegman the Baltimore County Democratic This newsletter is created by a handful of volunteers who make every attempt to 440-413-4822 [email protected] Headquarters at 301 Allegheny Avenue in Towson. The entrance to publish factual information, and who Theresa White wish to encourage the free exchange of parking is off Bosley and the 410-790-428 [email protected] information and opinions. However, the entrance to HQ is from the parking opinions, beliefs and viewpoints Alan Wojtalik lot. As many of you know, our expressed by contributors to this 410-665-0881 [email protected] regular meeting place is quite hot. newsletter do not necessarily reflect the The HQ location will be much more opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of the comfortable and is set up for calling. CBCDC or official policies of the club. All For the July, August and October images taken from public domain, press kits or used with permission. Please send meetings, we will socialize at 6:30 submissions to newsletter editor at p.m., have a brief business meeting [email protected]. The deadline for at 7 p.m. and then those who wish all submissions is 14 days before the to will phone bank for President monthly meeting or the 23rd of each Obama. For those who do not wish month. DEMOCRAT | JULY 2012 3 UPCOMING EVENTS CBCDC Welcomes Our New Treasurer! The CBCDC Executive Board is proud to July 10 & Aug 14 – Dial for Dems Come volunteer at the Baltimore County introduce John Gontrum as our new CBCDC was joined by Del. Cardin at the Towson Democratic Party office and make phone treasurer. John is a familiar face to many th 4 of July Parade! calls for President Obama and our in the club, regularly attending our Democratic team. 2012 is an incredibly monthly meetings and traveling across important election and CBCDC is going to do the state with Peter Franchot as part of JOIN BCYD FOR A HIGHWAY its part. his day job in the Comptrollers office. CLEANUP! John will serve the remainder of Jon Christiana’s term. Welcome aboard, John! BCYD will be doing a highway cleanup with the Back River Restoration Committee on July 14th. Come out and WRITE FOR OUR NEWSLETTER! lend a hand for this good cause Want to write for the CBCDC newsletter? Contact our editor, Matt Stegman, at [email protected] and let him know what you’re interested in. You can be the envy of your friends and family and have your words read by Sept. 11 – Doug Gansler dozens of your fellow Central Baltimore Attorney General – and likely 2014 County Democrats. Gubernatorial candidate – Doug Gansler visits CBCDC for our September meeting. The Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee Needs You! … to volunteer at the Maryland State Fair! What: Route 702 Highway If you can lend a hand at the Maryland Cleanup with Back River Democrats booth at the Timonium Restoration Committee Fairgrounds, contact Scott Sokol at When: July 14th at 9am until [email protected]. Volunteers are Noon needed for all dates and times, so give Where: Dunkin Donuts on Rt. 702 whatever time you can spare. (1541 Hyde Park Rd , Essex, MD 21221) CBCDC’s July, August, September, and Why: To prevent litter and trash October meetings will not take place at the from flowing in Back River, and Carver Center. We’ll be at the Baltimore eventually the Bay. County OFA office at: Everyone can lend a hand, not just 301 Allegheny Ave. Young Dems. To sign up or for Towson, MD 21202 more info, contact BCYD president Sean Rutherford at: Contact a board member if you need [email protected] directions. th The fair runs August 24 through September 2nd. It’s a great time and volunteers get free admission to the Fair. DEMOCRAT | JULY 2012 4 distorts what the guest says or cuts the Liberal Bias at guest’s microphone off. These MSNBC and the instances have never Baltimore Sun occurred on Op-Ed by Jim Kehl the Rachel Maddow show or the Ed Republicans and other right-wingers show. In fact, have charged that MSNBC and the Rachel Baltimore Sun have a liberal bias. Maddow The reasons these individuals have always makes for this belief is that some MSNBC a point of political shows and Sun editorials asking her president was chief executive for the base their opinions on progressive guests if she has properly described “Socialist segment” of our values and frequently endorse their opinions. population and that the Sun was Democratic Party candidates. These stupid for “propagating” that the reasons are factually correct. private sector was “fine” because the country is in “a pathetic mess.” However, I contend that MSNBC Similarly, the Baltimore Sun has No definition of the Socialist political shows, the Baltimore Sun regular conservative columnists, population segment was provided and other ostensible “liberal” media such as former Governor Robert and no facts were presented that organs allow conservatives a chance Ehrlich and Marta Mossburg, and supported the opinion that the to voice dissenting opinions and that frequently presents has conservative private sector was not fine. In the opinions expressed on MSNBC guest columnists, such as Professor contrast, another letter pointed out and by the Sun usually reflect the Richard Vatz. Moreover, the Sun’s that Bureau of Labor Statistics application of progressive values to opinion section contains letters from indicated that 2,735,999 jobs were verifiable facts. This is not true of readers who frequently accuse the added during President Obama’s conservative newspapers, radio and newspaper of a liberal bias and who term and that the number of television shows, which disagree with the progressive views unemployed individuals decreased by overwhelmingly dominate the media.