December 2020 Culver City Democratic Club Activewww.CulverCityDemocraticClub.com Democat Email: [email protected] • Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/culvercitydems General Meeting on Zoom — 7p.m. Wednesday, December 9, 2020 ___________________________________________ Program: ADEM elections will be in January President’s Message by Pete Rockwel Joe Biden is President-Elect... Will Georgia turn BLUE? The most important thing Democrats will be a special election next year to re- ferson Park, Leimert Park, Mar Vista, can do right now is help Jon Ossof and place her in the State Senate. Palms, South Robertson, West Adams, the Reverend Raphael Warnock win Two members of the Culver City Dem- and West Los Angeles. the two U.S. Senate runof elections in ocratic Club have announced that they Georgia. They’re scheduled for Janu- will run for Holly’s Senate seat: Califor- ary 5. There are several links in the box nia State Assemblymember Sydney Ka- There’s an ongoing project to re-engi- below that will help you donate money mlager, and Culver City Councilmember neer the Ballona Wetlands, transforming and volunteer your time. Volunteers are Daniel Lee. it from a traditional seasonal freshwater needed to call and text Georgia voters wetlands into a full tidal estuary. and send hand-writen postcards. The 30th State Senate district includes the communities of Culver City, Ladera Activists claim that by mechanically re- Heights, View Park, Westmont, part of structuring Ballona, the plan will destroy Now that Holly Mitchell has won her Inglewood, Baldwin Hills, Crenshaw, existing habitat, wildlife, soil, and sub- election as LA County Supervisor, there Downtown, Florence, Hyde Park, Jef- soil systems. It will contaminate ground- water and underlying drinking water aquifers with increasingly acidifed salt- water, micro-plastic infusion, toxic ur- Control of the U.S. Senate will be ban runof and sediment. Also, there’s a natural gas storage facility under Ballona decided January 5 in Georgia that leaks in a number of places. Two Georgia Senate seats are possible for the Democrats in January! To fnd out more about Ballona, the proj- Two Georgia Democrats for U.S. Senate: ect, and the environmental objections to it, go to the website for Grassroots Coa- Jon Ossof and Rev. Raphael Warnock lition: htps://saveballona.org. Both Georgia Senate seats are headed for a runof election at the begin- ning of January. Joining with our Westside Dem HQ, we’ll be in the middle Democrats running for Assembly of it with opportunities for you to volunteer and donate to Flip the Senate District Delegate AD54 are Blue!! Help Get Out The Vote! invited to speak at the Culver City Democratic Club’s December 9, https://www.mobilize.us/crooked/?state=GA 2020 meeting at 7 p.m. Donate to the Jon Ossof and Raphael Warnock Senate campaigns: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/getmitch Please RSVP by December 8 to: To send postcards to Georgia voters, contact: [email protected] [email protected] Culver City Democratic Club — Active Democrat December 2020 — Page 2 A threat to democracy inside our Democratic Party by Rick Tutle The Code of Conduct begins by stating it be justifable to terminate a person’s Recently the Los Angeles County Dem- “The Los Angeles County Democrat- membership because the person had not ocratic Party took a drastic step by add- ic Party …is commited to providing a sounded “friendly” or “respectful”? ing a dangerous provision to its bylaws. welcoming, respectful, friendly, safe, This change opens the door for elected supportive and harassment-free environ- I enjoy civility and politeness. But I fear Los Angeles Democratic County Party ment for members, employees, and all the harm these bylaws and code of con- members to have their membership in others associated with LACDP.” duct could do to the internal democracy LACDP terminated because of what is of our party. Good manners, respectful and friendly termed “incivility.” manners, have their place, but politics is There are many measures available to the This provision in the revised bylaws must not a prom date, nor a country club co- leadership of our party and the majority be overturned for three reasons. First, tillion. In fact, the history of our party is of its members should they feel the need it could lead to ferce batles regarding replete with important and sometimes to deal with members whom they view to termination of membership that would contentious divisions leading to pas- be guilty of incivility. distract us all from the main business of sionate debate over major issues, such I plan to take my concerns and sugges- the Party. Second, it’s wrong to remove as slavery, civil rights, civil liberties, and tions to the LACDP Rules and Bylaws members who, afer all, have been elect- foreign policy. Voices were raised. Lead- commitee that is co-chaired by two of ed by the voters. Third and most import- ers were called to account and sometimes our Party’s most distinguished members. ant, it could well have a chilling efect on their veracity questioned. I am confdent that my concerns will re- party debate and discussion. In the relatively near future, we can ex- ceive a fair hearing. Furthermore, the LACDP leadership ex- pect ferce debates regarding issues such Please contact me if you would like to pects “its Chartered Clubs and Organiza- as health care, foreign policy, law en- discuss this mater. I can be reached at tions to establish and enforce parallel be- forcement, the environment, education, [email protected]. havioral standards,” as stated in its recently and racial justice, to name a few. During enacted Code of Conduct. It is conceivable these passionate debates yes, some peo- Rick Tutle that within a relatively short time such a ples’ feelings could be hurt. This could Member, Culver City Democratic Club code would be required of the Culver City lead to accusations of a person having vi- Alternate Member of the Los Angeles Democratic Club to be chartered. olated the incivility standard. But would County Democratic Party 54th A.D. You have to be a current Club member Di’s Corner: to vote on Club oficers in January by Diane Rosenberg Update on Club member Charlote How to Join the Culver City Democratic Club online Gunter: Charlote is still healing. She 1. Go to the Club’s website: www.CulverCityDemocraticClub.com is starting to get a litle strength in her 2. Click on the Join / Renew button: right arm and continues to have a pos- itive atitude. Now about myself. My plan was to get surgery on my lef kneecap on Tues- 3. This will take you to the Actblue website day, December 1, but the operation has been postponed until a later date. I will be going into Hollywood Presby- terian Hospital. I have to be at the hos- pital for pre-op, then I have to be back at the hospital for a Covid test. I don’t have the new date for the surgery yet. The Club is saddened by the passing of Club member and former President of the Club Bill Wynn. Our condolences go out to his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. He will be greatly missed by all of us who knew him. 4. Join the Culver City Democratic Club for a $30 Donation! For more information on becoming a member of the Culver City Democratic Club, call Diane Rosenberg at (310) 398-5328 Culver City Democratic Club — Active Democrat December 2020 — Page 3 What is Congratulations to our 2020 Roosevelt Award Honorees ADEMS and On November 15, 2020 the Los Angeles County Democratic Party honored outstanding Democrats why should from Assembly Districts all over the County. you care? Our Club proudly announces that four of our members were honored: by Cynthia Hart A couple of years ago the California Democratic Party did something (I don’t remember what) that just frosted my cornfakes. I was outraged! So I called a wise friend and sputered “This is ter- AD 54 Democrat of the Year rible! This is wrong! Who can fx this? Karen Bass Who can I write to?” And my friend said “ADEMS. If you don’t like what the Party is doing, you need to get more involved in the Party. ADEMS.” “Huh?” I said. ADEMS, I learned, stands for “Assembly District Election Meetings.” Until recently, few Democrats knew of AD 54 Democrat of the Year them and fewer participated. But now, the ADEMS have become one crucial Andrew Lachman batlefeld in the larger struggle for the soul of our Party. It maters who wins. As Eric Sunderland, Region 3 Director of the California Democratic Party, told the Capitol Weekly last time around, “The delegates in the state determine who are the endorsed Democrats, what the party platform is, what the rules are, what resolutions are supported.” Of those delegates, one-third are elected AD 49 Democrat of the Year at Assembly District Election Meetings Melissa Michelson from among grassroots Democrats like you and me in an internal party election. This year, of course, it will be vote by mail. If you are a registered Democrat, you have the opportunity to elect the 7 self-identifed females and 7 other peo- ple to represent your Assembly District. But frst you have to register to get a Par- ty vote-by-mail ballot (link). Pat Eastman Volunteer of the Year Jane Wishon You have to be a current Club member to vote on Thank you, Karen, Andrew, Melissa, and Club oficers in January. Jane for all that you have done to get See page 2 for Democrats elected! how to join online Culver City Democratic Club — Active Democrat December 2020 — Page 4 Register to vote for your representatives to the ANNOUNCEMENTS California Democratic Our Club Website is www.culvercitydemocraticclub.com Follow us on Twitter @CulvCityDemClub Party convention and Instagram CulverCityDemClub Instead of the controlled chaos of pri- or year’s ADEM elections, we will vote December 9, 2020 safer at home by mail this time.