From nphorter at gmail.com Sat Oct 11 23:25:07 2008 From: nphorter at gmail.com (Nathan Horter) Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:25:07 -0700 Subject: [Whitmandemsannounce] Meeting Wed Oct 15th 5:30 pm Message-ID: <48F16E13.8030008@gmail.com> Dear Dems, The monthly meeting of the Whitman County Democrats will be held Wednesday, the 15th at 5:30 pm at Headquarters. The change in time is to give us time to have our meeting and then attend the League of Women Voters Forum at City Hall, 7-9 pm. Watch for announcement of time and place for Governor Gregoire's visit to WSU on Nov. 1, and visit of Mark Mays, probably the evening of Oct. 18. Also: The Palouse Police have arrested two males, 16 and 17 year-olds, for the burning and defacing of the Obama sign in Garfield. We thank them for taking the vandalism seriously. Carolyn AGENDA 5:30 Greeting...............Carolyn Cress 5:35 Minutes...............Virginia Cardon 5:38 Treasurer's Report........Michael Lowrey 5:41 Set date for reorganization meeting (December) 5:45 Report from YDs ......Trae McInroe 5:48 Report from Campaign.......Alex McDonald 5:51 Volunteers for Watching the Vote Process......Jane Guido, Peggy Ray 5:54 Volunteers for phone-banking...........Alex McDonald 5:57 Equal Rights Washington..........Susan Rydeen 6:00 Report from the Candidate......Tyana Kelley 6:03 Report from the Candidate......Pat O'Neill 6:06 Events.........Mark Mays, Governor Gregoire 6:10 Other 6:30 Adjournment Minutes of the Whitman County Democrats Meeting September 17, 2008 Carolyn Cress called the meeting to order and made introductions of all who were present. Treasurers report: Non-exempt fund 4,857, exempt fund 1800. Upcoming expenses will be more campaign signs that are on order. The Lentil Festival and the Governors visit was very successful and many campaign buttons were sold. Moscow is hosting an event called "Stepping out for Obama" this Friday from 6-9 pm. Joan Swenson is hosting a house party for the candidates Sunday, Sept. 21st at 3:00 pm. Carolyn asked to change the hours of operation at the headquarters when necessary. The motion was approved by all. Matt spoke about the vandalism of Obama signs at his home. He has notified police and will write a letter to the paper. Other signs have been stolen and this has been reported to the police as well. The candidates in attendance gave an update of their campaigns and upcoming events. Carolyn asked for help this coming Saturday for putting up the big Obama Signs. Several people volunteered to help. Ballots will be mailed out on October 17th. Peggy Ray said that by Monday, October 20th, we will need volunteers to monitor the returns as they begin to come into the Auditors office in Colfax. Two representatives from Pullman High School's Junior Statesman club notified us that they would be holding a forum for community awareness of the candidates sometime in October. The Young Dems from WSU will be holding an event called "Invasion Day". They will be canvassing and registering voters. They will also have a "Get out the Vote" on October 2nd from 8-4 on the WSU Mall. "Get out the Vote" pre-meeting will be held at headquarters on October 24th for training. The Young Dems need funding for their upcoming events. A motion was made that we give them 500.00. It was seconded and passed. There was a motion to help fund the local candidates. A motion was made that we give them each 250.00. The motion was seconded and passed. Herb Hill will be preparing the upcoming newsletter. He asked that the candidates each submit an article for publication before September 29th. Our next meeting will be help on October 15th at 5:30 pm. The Pullman League of Woman Voters forum will follow. The meeting was adjorned. From nphorter at gmail.com Thu Oct 16 20:07:02 2008 From: nphorter at gmail.com (Nathan Horter) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:07:02 -0700 Subject: [Whitmandemsannounce] Open House for Mark Mays Message-ID: <48F7D726.1070404@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nphorter at gmail.com Sun Oct 19 14:54:08 2008 From: nphorter at gmail.com (Nathan Horter) Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:54:08 -0700 Subject: [Whitmandemsannounce] Mark Mays Open House in Pullman Last Night Message-ID: <48FB8250.8020801@gmail.com> Dear Whitman County Democrats: The open house for Mark Mays went well last night and he was fantastic. Those of you who were not able to make it really missed a great opportunity to visit with him. He has hit his stride in articulating his ideas. What a great Democratic candidate we have in Mark. I hope you all will get out and support him strongly at the close of the campaign. While Obama seems to have this election well in hand, support from people like Mark Mays in the congress will allow Obama to make the changes we all want. Mark spent over 2 hours talking and answering questions last night here in Pullman. About 30 to 40 people attended the open house and were treated to a very candid and informative discussion of how he would vote on a variety of issues when he is in Congress. It is too bad that we in Pullman have not been able to get his message out to more of our constituency. It is a strong democratic message that everyone should hear. Mark is perhaps the best candidate we have had since Foley. For those of you who were not able to attend the gathering last night you can go to http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=17248 to hear his debate with Cathy McMorris Rodgers on KSPS last Thursday. Mark will be making his last media buys this week and needs more money to buy adds. Please go to his site, www.VoteMarkMays.com , and make a contribution. Lets show him that Whitman County is behind him. Thanks for all you do, Herb Hill From nphorter at gmail.com Wed Oct 22 21:18:15 2008 From: nphorter at gmail.com (Nathan Horter) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:18:15 -0700 Subject: [Whitmandemsannounce] Campaign News Message-ID: <48FFD0D7.6010607@gmail.com> There are several things going on right now in Whitman County. MEET THE CANDIDATES TYANA KELLEY 9th District State Representative PAT O?NEILL Whitman County Commissioner 7:00-8:00 pm Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Jim and Judy Krueger 824 SE Edge Knoll Drive Pullman WA 99163 INLANDER ENDORSES MARK MAYS Below is the link to The Inlander's article endorsing Mark Mays for Congress. Link: http://www.inlander.com/commentary/305728793895492.php The article starts out with Gregoire - Mark is after her. Kathleen Mackenzie Mark Mays for U.S. Congress Campaign Manager CANVASSING Canvassers will be meeting at Headquarters (127 N. Grand Ave., Pullman) at 1pm to canvas in Pullman. Wear warm clothing and comfortable shoes. Move On volunteers may be meeting at 10am, so anyone can join that group also. Each afternoon, canvassers go out for a couple of hours. If you've got time, drop in to see how you can help. We've also begun phone banking. If you'd be willing to join this effort, stop in at Headquarters, or give us a call between 3-6pm. 338-4700. Be a part of this historic campaign.....and vote early. Carolyn From nphorter at gmail.com Wed Oct 29 11:42:47 2008 From: nphorter at gmail.com (Nathan Horter) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:42:47 -0700 Subject: [Whitmandemsannounce] Governor Gregoire visit Saturday Message-ID: <49088477.10106@gmail.com> Governor Gregoire will be in Pullman at WSU on Saturday, the 1st. At the Coug.....11:30-12 noon On the Mall......Noon Support the Governor!