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Auburn Area
Democratic Club
P.O. Box 6851
Auburn, CA 95604
(530) 887-1121
Meetings:
First Thursday of every month
Social time 6:45 p.m.
Meeting begins
at 7:00 p.m.
Beecher Rm.
Auburn Library |
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Auburn Area Democratic Club E-News |
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Serving Democrats of the Auburn area since 2004 |
March 2011 |
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March meeting:
Auburn Dam proposal
On Thursday, March 3 at 7 p.m., the Auburn Area Democratic Club will feature noted geologist, activist and environmentalist Dr. Laird Thompson who will speak about the potential geologic and ecological hazards of building an Auburn Dam. Congressman Tom McClintock, who favors building the dam, has been invited to attend the meeting and present his side of the issue. There is a 6:45 p.m. social/7 p.m. meeting at the Auburn Placer Library, 350 Nevada St. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 530.887.1121.
Greetings potential volunteers!
We need a few more volunteers for our participation in the KVIE Spring Membership Pledge Drive. AADC has signed up for Saturday, April 9, 4:15 p..m. to 8 p.m. and is committed to having 12 of our members there at the KVIE studio to answer phones. We'll receive on-air recognition -- all shifts. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact
Kathryn Kratzer-Yue at meyue@hotmail.com. Details about meeting time, carpooling, eating, will be worked out later. If you can't make this pledge drive, we have another opportunity to volunteer for the Summer
Membership Drive -- June 1-12 & 25 -27.
Save the dates
March 3, AADC participates in the Auburn 49er Lions Club's 25th annual Celebrity Chefs Cooking for Community Service event at the Placer Building of the Auburn Gold Country Fairgrounds.
March 12, public forum on education sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Placer County and the Auburn American Association of University Women, 10 a.m. to noon, State Theater, 985 Lincoln Way, Auburn.
April 7, AADC monthly meeting, 6:45 p.m. social/7 p.m. meeting, Auburn Placer Library, 350 Nevada St. Guest speaker is newly elected Placer County District Attorney Scott Owens.
April 9, AADC participates in fundraiser at KVIE studios, 4:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. See story above for details.
April 29-May 1, California State Democratic Convention in Sacramento. Non-delegates can be part of the action by becoming a volunteer. 600 volunteers needed. Must register by March 15 at www.cadem.org/volunteer11. |
Join the Club!
If you haven't paid your annual dues, you can mail your dues payments to: AADC, P.O.. Box 6851, Auburn, CA 95604. If you have a question about your anniversary date, contact Pat Burke at aadctreasurer@yahoo.com or
916.663.6663.
General Membership - $25
Kennedy Level - $50
Roosevelt Level - $100
Jefferson Level - $250
Life Membership- $500
Students - $10 Your dues help support the Club's advocacy activities and never obligate you to get more involved than you want to be, although participation is always, always welcome!Dues-paying members are eligible to vote at our monthly AADC meetings. For more information, call |
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Action items for Sisyphus
Last month I urged everyone to unleash their inner hero, to take action to right wrongs, educate the uninformed, and generally improve the world we live in. I think we all feel a bit like Sisyphus, a sort of hero of old, condemned by the gods to push that immense boulder up the mountain only to have it roll right back down. The Auburn Dam is a perfect example, which we are revisiting this month at our upcoming club meeting. All actions don't have to take a lot of effort, though, and I propose a couple that all of us can do right now.
- Vote for Dennis Campanale for District 4 State Assembly. Remind your Democratic and liberal friends that it is important to vote for him. His positions are decent and Democratic, and he actually has a chance, being the only Democrat against a field of seven Republicans. The state party has decided to back him and that may make a difference.
- Focus on women's rights for an hour. Go to the NARAL website (http://www.naral.org). Under the "Get Involved" heading , select the "Take Action" tab. Make your opinions about women's rights known to your representatives through their Featured Online Actions, including Tell the Senate to Save Family-Planning Funding and Tell Your Representative: Stop the War on Contraceptives. They have some very simple forms to fill out to help you get your voice heard.
We sometimes underestimate the power of our little actions, but we need to remember that in a democracy there is power in numbers. Maybe we'll get that boulder over the top by breaking it into pebbles.
See you March 3rd...
Mark Rosen President |
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Paul's Pithy Pontifications
 On March 3, Dr. Laird Thompson will give us tremendous insight into the looming environmental disaster-in-waiting known as the Auburn Dam. Our distinguished representative Tom "Shrink the Government" McClintock wants to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on this boondoggle two years after Congress and the California Department of Water Resources wisely said last rites over it. We publicly invited McClintock to attend this meeting and present his side of the issue. As of this writing, we've had no reply yet. Dr. Thompson is a PhD geologist with 40 years experience in oil & gas exploration and production around the globe. After moving from Texas to Auburn in 2000, he developed an interest in the local geology and its impact on projects such as the Auburn Dam. He has served on the boards of the Canyon Keepers and of Protect American River Canyons; been an outspoken critic of the Auburn Dam, appearing on TV, at meetings in Auburn and at the State Capitol; and giving lectures at a variety of venues. Laird will summarize the geology of the area, the effect of the Foothills Fault Zone both at Auburn and at the Oroville Dam where there was a 5.7 magnitude earthquake back in the 1970's, and will discuss potential seismic hazard issues that would directly affect people living in our area. |
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Rallying for workers' rights -- another strong showing by AADC
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| | Members of the AADC turned out in force for an evening vigil at the State Capitol on Feb. 22 to protest the treatment of Wisconsin union workers and public employees. The happy participants included, left to right, Millee Livingston, Theresa Cote, Leslye Janusz, Trish Grenfell and Elinor Petuskey. |
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Jail book donations adding up
AADC delivered another generous box of paperback books to the Auburn Jail in February. Thanks to all of you who have contributed to the Books for Inmates project, the jail book cart is able to provide reading material for their incarcerated customers. Bring paperback books to the monthly meeting or contact Pat Burke at huberburke@gmail.com or 916.663.6663 for pick up. This is an ongoing AADC service project, so keep those books circulating.
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