Democratic Club
June 22nd
"Health Care & Action"
Ojai Arts Center
South Montgomery St
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Date published: 2009-07-04T01:52:37+00:00
Date published: 2009-06-12T11:29:24+00:00
| » | Homeless Organize, Stand Together and Win
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| » | Border Patrol relentless in persecution of Inland Empire immigrants
Back in February, the community of the Inland Empire, a vast tract of land east of Los Angeles gener ... |
| » | Hundreds Protest Commemoration of Chicago Police Violence
On Friday, June 26, the Chicago lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police held a reunion party to comme ... |
Date published: 2009-07-03T16:31:00+00:00
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| » | New Orleans to DC
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| » | Walter Lara Independence Day Victory!
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| » | Click To Listen: Streaming Headlines July 3, 2009
Headlines: WIN Special Report From Washington, D.C. - Labor Signs Historic Helmets To Hardhats A ... |
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Headlines: Labor Leaders Call for White House Committee for Manufacturing Renewal Who are the Un ... |
| » | Bell Helicopter's White-Collar Workers Approve Contract; Blue Collar Workers Still on Picket Lines
With Bell Helicopters production staff still on strike for more than 15 days, the office workers hav ... |
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Ojai Valley
Democratic Club
410 Church Road #29
Ojai, CA 93023
(805)640-7340
Next Meeting:
June 22nd
Ojai Arts Center
South Montgomery St
President
Sean P. Keenan
Secretary/ Chief Financial Officer
Sue Broidy
Treasure
Durkee and Associates
Vice Presidents
Carol Smith
Dorothy Wallstein
Pat McPherson
Group Leaders
(See "Groups" tab above)
A Forum on Health Care
Single Payer? If Not, Why Not?
at the Ojai Arts Center 7:00 PM
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Live Blogging the California Democratic Party Convention
CALIFORNIA STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONVENTION
Quick reference for the Propositions and the position of the CDP on the props on the ballot May 19th: Prop 1A State Budget Change = Neutral
Prop 1B Education Funding = Yes
Prop 1C Lottery Modernization(Read License to Steal) = Yes
Prop 1D Children's Services = Neutral
Prop 1E Mental Health Services Funding = Neutral
I will do an update with all the resolutions later...
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Lately, I'm hearing way too many people saying that they just don't understand what's happening with the economy. Below is a list of links to articles that will help you figure out who did what when and even a little about what to do.
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If you have any podcasts that you'd like to see added to the Podcast Page, go to the Podcast Page thread in the General Discussions forum.
On Monday Feb. 23rd at the Ojai Valley Democrats general meeting at the Ojai Art Center, we were treated to a very enlightening presentation about a poorly understood, often boring subject—the California State budget. Professor Scott Frisch of the Political Science Department at California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) came and talked to us about our dysfunctional budget process. Prof. Frisch is incredibly knowledgeable about budget issues, in fact, it happens to be his specialty, and he really schooled us on the fact that the entire sordid mess is our own fault.
With a subject like the budget, I know some of you might be congratulating yourselves on your decision to stay home and not come to the meeting, but I'm here to tell you that you really missed something. Scott came to tell us about the California budget process, which was timely considering the fact that the legislature had finally voted to pass a budget on the previous Thursday the 19th. Ordinarily Prof. Frisch likes to use Power Point to navigate through the complexities of the budget process. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a projector for him to use, so he decided to "wing it". I know Power Point is an extremely helpful tool, but I don't think the presentation suffered at all from its absence. I often find that people have a tendency to slip into a television-watching, alpha wave mode when they are watching a screen and listening to a presentation. With a subject as complicated and--well, byzantine as the California budget process and history. It’s better that audiences stay on their toes.
Prof. Frisch laid the blame for California’s perennial inability to pass a budget at the feet of the California electorate—aka us. He identified California’s direct democracy through the use of the initiative as the primary cause of our governmental morass. He outlined a series of past initiatives that led us to our current predicament. Below is a list of my impressions from the presentation and any inaccuracies or omissions probably come from my poor note taking and should not be attributed to Scott:
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not only ready to enjoy freedom but to undergo the heavy labor of maintaining it."
- Norman Mailer, 2003 -
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