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Terror Alert Level:  Thanks to Geek and Proud, Alan Penner Contact Info: Democratic Club of West Orange County 2781 W. MacArthur Blvd. Ste B-Box 347 Santa Ana, CA 92704-7095 Phone: (714)661-8476 Next Meeting: Wednesday April 23, 2008 Guest Speaker: Morley Winograd Senior Policy Advisor to Vice President Al Gore 6:30 PM Fountain Valley Senior Center (Bushard and Talbert) 17967 Bushard Street Fountain Valley, CA 92708
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President Dr. Ben Miles 1st Vice President Steve Blount 2nd Vice President Roz Freeman Recording Secretary Vacant Corresponding Secretary Eric Zeutzius Treasurer | Welcome to the Democratic Club of West Orange County! The mission of the DCWOC shall be to advance the goals of the Democratic Party through public policy and political issues analysis, education, fundraising, recruitment, coordination with other Democratic groups, and other activities to benefit the Party. The DCWOC shall support the broadest possible registration in the Democratic Party and recruitment of DCWOC membership without discrimination on grounds of race, sex, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, ethnic identity or economic status. April DCWOC Meeting Club News Rich Gillock Wednesday 26 March 2008 - 06:30:00 pm  April DCWOC MeetingMillennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube & the Future of American Politics Former Senior Policy Adviser to Vice President Al Gore Morley Winograd Morley Winograd, served as Senior Policy Advisor to Vice President Gore during the second term of President Clinton’s administration. He was also the Director of the National Partnership for Reinventing Government. Winograd served as Chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party from 1973 to 1980. As Chairman, he served in a leadership position with the Association of State Democratic Chairs and was its President in the final two years of the Carter administration. In 1988, he began working with leaders of the Democratic Leadership Council. Winograd was the Michigan Chair of Al Gore's presidential primary campaign. He is also a co-founder of the California Democratic Leadership Council. In 1996 Winograd was co-author of Taking Control: Politics in the Information Age which analyzes the political ramifications that technology has on the way Americans live, work and govern themselves. He has also co-written the book Millennial Makeover which was published in 2008. This book predicts a major shift in American politics and government, most likely favoring the Democrats and public policies associated with that party, in 2008 and beyond. The book offers unique insights on the generational and technological changes that will impact the 2008 election and the government and politics of the coming decade. Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:30 pm Social, 7:00 pm Program Fountain Valley Senior Center, 2nd Floor 17967 Bushard, Fountain Valley, CA (corner of Talbert) Remembering James Hamilton Club News Rich Gillock Sunday 06 April 2008 - 07:00:00 pm James Hamilton was recently elected to the board of DCWOC as our Corresponding Secretary. James was full of curiosity and zest for life. He'd been a travel journalist, and continued to visit faraway places long after he stopped writing for publications. Last May he spent weeks in China. He recently returned from Egypt, where he experienced a severe health crisis. He seemed at last to be on the road to recovery, but on a business trip to Tijuana on Friday (3/28/2008) he suffered a heart attack while riding in a taxi cab. His wife Janette died in 1999. They had no children. I miss him... -- Dr. Ben Miles April 2008 Newsletter Club News Rich Gillock Friday 04 April 2008 - 07:00:00 pm Check out the April 2008 DCWOC Newsletter
Debbie Cook Declares for the 46th Congressional District Candidates Rich Gillock Thursday 06 March 2008 - 07:00:00 pm  Huntington Beach Mayor Debbie Cook announced her intention to run for the 46th Congressional seat held by Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher. “Our nation faces big problems: a growing energy gap, a struggling economy, global warming, the escalating costs of health care, and the war in Iraq .” Mayor Cook said. “We need new people with new passion and new ideas who have experience working across party lines to get results.” In the 1990s, Cook led grassroots efforts in Huntington Beach that saved public parks and beaches from commercial development. As an attorney, she worked on the legal team that set precedent in protectingenvironmentally sensitive coastal habitat including the Bolsa Chica mesa. Debbie Cook currently serves as Chair of the Energy and Environment Committee for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and Chair of the Orange County Parks Commission. She has been a resident of Orange County for more than 40 years. She is married to John Fisher, has one son and a grandson. Your Support will Win the 46th CD back from the Dark Side. Debbie Cook for Congress 412 Olive Ave, #313 Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Phone: 714-642-4973 Email: info@debbiecookforcongress.com Web: http://debbiecookforcongress.com Ginny Mayer Running for 35th SD Candidates Rich Gillock Wednesday 05 March 2008 - 07:00:00 pm  Ginny Mayer is running for the 35th Senate District seat held by Republican Tom Harman.Ginny received a BA from UC Berkeley in East Asian Studies with Phi Beta Kappa Honors, and a Masters and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Her interest in foreign cultures and languages included extensive travel in Western and Eastern Europe, Japan, the Soviet Union and Central Asia where she developed proficiency in Mandarin Chinese and French, along with some knowledge of Japanese, Russian and Hungarian. After a brief stint in Aerospace she returned to academia at the University of Phoenix teaching social science and humanities. Ginny has championed Democratic ideals throughout her life and wants to make a difference in Sacramento on the issues that are important to real peopls: UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE: There is no excuse for anyone in California being without access to quality healthcare. AN END TO OIL DEPENDENCY: For the sake of national security and fighting global warming, programs to reduce oil consumption and advance alternative energy development should be continued and expanded. A JUST IMMIGRATION POLICY: We need a fair and humane solution for all parties concerned, not one which exploits racism and xenophobia. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL: Ensure that all children can receive high-quality education, and that adults, too, have access to suitable higher education and training (or retraining) programs. ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRATIC VALUES: Economic health and Democratic values are NOT contradictory. Ginny4Senate Phone: 949-493-5604 Email: Ginny4Senate@cox.net Steve Blount Runs in 67th AD Candidates Rich Gillock Tuesday 04 March 2008 - 07:00:00 pm  Steve Blount is running for the 67th Assembly District seat held by Republican Jim Silva."You can Count on Blount." Steve understands people, business, & finance. Steve has the contacts & experience that appeals to Republicans, and he has the values & passions that appeals to Democrats. Steve has the personality to win the hearts & minds of all voters. Steve Blount has a BA in Social Science with Sociology emphasis, an MBA in Entrepreneurship with a concentration in Economics. He is a member of the Harbor Association of Industry & Commerce, a member of the National Business Aviation Association, a member of San Pedro Peninsula Chamber of Commerce on their Economic Development & Tourism Committee and the Public Policy Committee. Steve has 30 years of experience in money management & accounting, Bankruptcy consulting, and has been a Corporate controller for the last 13 years. A resident of Orange County since 1975, Steve is married to Bonita (Boni) for 35 years, and has two adult children, Jason Stephen & Talisa Joy. Steve Blount for 67th AD Phone: 562-803-8675 x18 Email: stblount@ca.rr.com Web: http://steveblount.org/ Ken Arnold Runs for 68th AD Candidates Rich Gillock Monday 03 March 2008 - 07:00:00 pm  Ken wants to serve the district as its assemblyman: to legislate based upon knowledge, truth, reason and common sense rather than worn and discredited right-wing ideologies, to try to make our vast state government more effective and efficient - providing the required services while making the most of our tax dollars, to fight for universal health care, for our and the world’s environment, for workers’, women’s and everyone’s full rights, for our children, schools, colleges and universities, for our beaches, parks, and libraries, for effective law enforcement, fire protection and other aspects of public safety, for just laws and a state judicial system that may again exercise judgment in the service of justice, for restoring and protecting our infrastructure, for helping bring to California the energy and transportation infrastructure of the 21st century, for rebuilding our national guard after the illegal devastation of it by this administration and its criminal occupation of Iraq, for rational redistricting and reliable electoral processes that will result in elected officials responsive to all their constituents, for a growing Orange County and California economy and business community that serves its employees as well as its owners, customers and neighbors and that is profitable yet socially and environmentally responsible, for rational affordable public transportation, for proper and appropriate care for the truly needy elderly and others, to fight for all this and much more Ken wants to serve.Ken Arnold PO Box 10617 Westminster, CA 92685 Email: Arncomp@pacbell.net Web: ArnoldforAssembly.Com March 2008 Newsletter Club News Rich Gillock Sunday 02 March 2008 - 07:00:00 pm Check out the March 2008 DCWOC Newsletter
February 2008 Newsletter Club News Rich Gillock Sunday 10 February 2008 - 07:00:00 pm Check out the February 2008 DCWOC Newsletter
A Bluer Shade of Orange Local News Rich Gillock Wednesday 06 February 2008 - 07:00:00 pm A Bluer Shade of Orange The raw vote totals in OC tell the real—and really amazing—story of Super Tuesday By R. SCOTT MOXLEY - OC Weekly (Read the Full Story at OC Weekly - click here) January 2008 Newsletter Club News Rich Gillock Friday 11 January 2008 - 07:00:00 pm Check out the January 2008 DCWOC Newsletter
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