State Representatives Dave Upthegrove and Tina Orwall along with Senator Karen Keiser will host a Community Jobs Forum on Saturday, February 20, 2010. Stepping out of the traditional “town hall” format, the three lawmakers put together a Community Jobs Forum to give constituents an opportunity to connect with state and nonprofit agencies that do job placement, training, counseling, and similar services.

Legislators will speak briefly about state efforts to spur job creation and get the economy back on track. The rest of the event will be free time for attendees to visit tables from the participating agencies and speak one-on-one with the legislators.

WHAT: 33rd District Community Jobs Forum
WHEN: Saturday, February 20, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to noon.
WHERE: Kent City Hall - Council Chambers, 220 Fourth Avenue South, Kent
WHO: Rep. Dave Upthegrove, Rep. Tina Orwall and Sen. Karen Keiser.

Confirmed participating agencies include:

• WorkSource
• Port Jobs
• Highline CC
• Green River CC
• Renton Technical College
• The Veterans Conservation Corps
• US Census Bureau

This Community Jobs Forum is a free event; all South King County job seekers are encouraged to attend.

The 33rd Democrats invite you to the

Kit Dexter Annual Dinner and Fundraiser

Join Us to celebrate a year of success in Democracy!

Includes guests State Senator Karen Keiser, State Representative Tina Orwall, State Representative Dave Upthegrove, and surprise Kit Dexter Honoree.

Monday, December 7th

Normandy Park Congregational Church | 19247 First Avenue South | Normandy Park

Dinner: 7:00 PM | Auction: 8:00 PM

The auction will include improvisational auctioneering by members of the audience. A dessert auction will also be held. Become the highest bidding table to get your choice of the delectable desserts provided by our volunteers!

Tickets

Individual: $25 | Living Lightly: $15 | Children: $10

To purchase tickets in advance, go to http://www.33rddistrictdemocrats.org/kitdexterdinner/.

For more information, contact Paula at 206-878-2171 or pjoneli@comcast.net

ETA: Due to Congressman Adam Smiths’ health, Rob Holland has had to cancel his fundraiser scheduled for today.

On October 19th, we will have a special meeting. The first open house Meet and Greet of your state and county representatives for the 33rd Legislative District! This will be open to all residents of the 33rd district, and include a short welcome speech by each representative as well as lots of information and chances to chat with your rep. Don’t miss this opportunity, and bring your friends and neighbors from the district.

MEET AND GREET YOUR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 33RD LD

When: October 19th, 6:45 pm to 9:00 pm
Where: Normandy Park Congregational Church, 19247 1st Avenue South, Normandy Park

ATTENDING
State Senator Karen Kaiser
State Representative Dave Upthegrove
State Representative Tina Orwall
King County Councilmember Julia Patterson
King County Councilmember Dow Constantine

Light refreshments will be served.

Do not miss this opportunity for a one-on-one conversation with your representatives in a casual, relaxed atmosphere. Please, bring your friends and relatives. For further information contact Florence McMullin, (206) 878-9111.

AM1090 is holding their 4th Annual Town Hall Forum at the Showare Center in Kent on August 8th, in just under a week, and the 33rd Dems are sponsors! Entitled “Embracing Change: Moving Forward As The Majority”, the event will bring five popular nationally syndicated progressive talk radio hosts together on one stage to discuss the major political and public policy issues facing our country and what we as citizens can do to put our nation on a path toward progress and prosperity. This year?€™s lineup includes Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Bill Press, Mike Malloy, Ron Reagan and moderator David Postman.

First, AM1090 is offering members of the 33rd District a special discount to the event! To receive $5.00 off the price of advance purchased tickets to the event, you can purchase tickets online here, or call at 253.856.6999. In both cases, you must use a promo code…to get the promo code, you must be on one of our mailing lists; email us to find out more.

Second, you can also submit questions for the panel to help guide the discussion about healthcare reform, the economy, environmental issues, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and more. To submit a question, click here.

Also, we are hosting a table at the event. When you arrive at 5 pm, you will see our table and you can come and meet the candidates that the 33rd has endorsed! If you have any burning questions, this is the time to ask them.

This is going to be a great event, so don’t miss out!

Ultra-conservatives, those “teabaggers”, are ramping up their opposition to universal and single-payer health care through shutting down legitimate debate with shout-downs. Their tactic is to show up in groups at town hall meetings and such, distribute around the room, and shout and make such a ruckus that good debate can’t occur. Debate is how we as a democratic nation make decisions. So you can see what kind of people they are.

The next series of meetings that will be occurring that they may show up at will be two events with US Congressman Adam Smith. Put on your Democratic hard hate, grab your universal health care debate talking points, and show them how Democrats make change!

Adam Smith’s Progressive Advisory Council
Wednesday, August 5th (that’s TODAY)
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Commencement Bay Coffee
2354 South Jefferson Avenue
Tacoma 98402
For more info or to RSVP: matt.perry@mail.house.gov or 253-593-6600

Adam Smith Town Hall Meeting
Tuesday, August 25th
7:00 - 8:30pm
Lakewood City Hall Chambers
6000 Main Street SW
Lakewood, WA.
Space is limited so please RSVP if you are able to attend by calling 253-593-6600 or (888) SMITH09.

For more information regarding Congressman Adam Smith’s events, see his homepage.

The Annual 33rd LD picnic is on, and you are invited! This year we’ll be picnicing together with our good friends from the 34th and 11th LDs at Crystal Springs in Tukwila. All you need to do is bring yourself and a healthy appetite for good food and great conversation.

Details

Where: Crystal Springs Park, Tukwila
When: August 9th, 12 noon

An important note: because of the picnic, there will be *NO GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING IN AUGUST*. This was incorrectly listed in the July DemoChat.

July 20th, our general meeting, is also an endorsement meeting. Please review the 2009 Elections page for more information on the endorsement process and which candidates have contacted us so far for endorsement. We hope to see you on Monday!

Please join us on Wednesday, June 17, when we will hold a membership drive. Members of the Executive Board will meet at the home of chair Omaha Sternberg (address below) and call through the membership list. Our goal is to remind those who haven’t renewed yet of the benefits of continued membership in the 33rd LD Democrats, to gather volunteers for our list of summer events, and to further the survey we did earlier this year with the remaining membership.

We’ll have snacks and drinks…all you need to bring is your cell phone. Hope to see you there!

Membership Drive
Wednesday, June 17, 6:30 - 8 pm
314 S. 180th Ct
Burien, WA 98148

The June meeting just concluded. The following candidates were endorsed for the following positions. A passing vote required 2/3 of the members present.

The 33rd would like to thank all candidates for spending the time to speak to our members and go through the interview process. We would also like to thank all members who attended and took the time on such a beautiful day to determine which candidates the 33rd LD put their endorsement to.