 AADC 
The Auburn Area Democratic Club is an organization dedicated to informing the public on issues of common concern and advancing democratic ideals. AADC holds open public meetings on the 1st Thursday evening of each month featuring speaker presentations on our "Topics of Community Interest."
AADC has members from the city of Auburn and its surrounding area, including Colfax, Weimar, Meadow Vista, North Auburn and Newcastle. Learn more about the Club by subscribing to our AADC monthly news-letter. Membership is $25 per year; join us by contacting Roke Whitson (see Membership).
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Indivisible Auburn web FB
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| Thursday, April 4, AADC meeting, 6:30pm, Gomez Arts and Events Ctr. |
AADC Topics of Community Interest
"California Voter Demographics of the 2016 Mid-Term Election"
Dr. Mindy Romero, Director of the Cali-fornia Civic Engagement Project at USC, will present California voter demo-graphics of the 2016 election, particularly in comparison to past mid-term elec-tions. She will emphasize changes in voter turnout among young and minority voters. In addition, she will provide some focused results for Placer County.
After the talk there will be a short break for refreshments.
Members, please stay for a brief but very important business meeting!
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Thursday, April 4th, 6:30 -8;30 PM, AADC meeting with speaker Mindy Romero speaking on CA voter demographics, Gomez.
Thursday, April 11th, 6-7:30pm, the group "350 Placer" will be hosting a "Hot Climate, Cold Beer" trivia night at the Moonraker Brewing Company in Auburn.
Saturday, April 20th, 9:00-10:15, AEL, CCL and Kiwanis Earth Day march
Thursday. April 25th at 6 PM, AEL Workshop, housing and Citizen Initiated Smart Growth Plan. Location: Placer County Community Development Building, in the Planning Commission Conference Room 3091 Community Center Dr., Auburn, CA.
Saturday, April 27th, 11:00 am- 3:00 pm, "Some Kind of Earth Day," sponsored by Auburn Hip Hop Congress. Come by AADC booth!
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| Coming up: Earth Day march, April 20th, with Kiwanis and CCL Workshop, April 25th For updates on AEL activities, please see our web site.
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We believe action in Congress is critical to addressing climate change, and that Congress won't act unless they hear that we, their constituents, want them to act.
Congressional offices tell us that they don't hear often enough about climate from their constituents, and so they think it is not a priority. But we can change that.
Please take a few minutes to write or call your members of Congress and ask them to take action now to build a clean and prosperous future for all. This simple action sends a clear message to Congress and is a great step in getting more empowered in our democracy.
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| Study finds weed killer in beer and wine x
The last thing you want to think about when you pour yourself a glass of wine or a cold beer is whether it contains even small levels of a potentially carcinogenic weed killer.
But the use of glyphosate, the main ingred-ient in Monsanto's Roundup, is now so wide-spread that the chemical is found virtually everywhere -- including, as a Feb. 22 U.S. PIRG Education Fund report found, in 19 of 20 beer and wine products we tested.
"No matter the efforts of brewers and vint-ners, we found that it is incredibly difficult to avoid the troubling reality that consumers will likely drink glyphosate at every happy hour and backyard barbecue around the country," Kara Cook-Schultz, author of the report and director of our national Zero Out
Toxics Campaign, told USA Today.
U.S. PIRG is calling on federal, state and local officials to ban the use of glyphosate unless and until it can be proven safe.
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Despite the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) own research, it's still allowing growers to water crops with contaminated water.
The FDA just concluded that the November 2018 nationwide
E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce was most likely the result of dirty agricultural water.
1 This outbreak sent dozens of people to the emergency room. But it's still legal for growers to water crops with
E. coli-tainted water.
This has to stop.
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Check out photos on all the latest events on the Facebook page!
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RATT Pack
RATT Weekly Actions, 2200 Douglas Blvd., Roseville, NOON - 1pm, Tuesday and Thursday
Planned Parenthood counterprotest and support vigil. 729 Sunrise Ave., Roseville
Tuesdays, 10:30-11:30am (support) Thursdays, 8:30-11:30am (counter protest). Come out and see the anti-abortion crazies.
We need more people out here!
FBI Support Vigil, corner of Washington Blvd. and Freedom Way, Roseville
Thursdays, 4-5pm We need more people out here, too!
In solidarity, Barb & Pat
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CALLING ALL DEMOCRATS!
Now is the time for all good Dems to come to the aid of their country. This has never been truer than now and going forward! We have given our all to elect local Democrats in this critical midterm year,
especially focusing on sending our excellent congressional candidates to DC- what a difference they'll make! But to carry on the fight, we'll need to build our resources for the 2020 election, and we need to start now!
Please renew at Auburn Area Democratic Club - Join us or sign on now, and
consider donating at one of the higher levels to assure that we have a good running start.
Your dues support the Club's advocacy activities and never obligate you to get more involved than you want to be, although participation is always, welcome! Dues-paying members are eligible to vote at our monthly AADC meetings. For more inform-ation, email [email protected]
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| A Republic-if You Can Keep It
Choose the word to fill in the blank to the following sentence:
"Every day, I am _____________ with
emails, facebook posts, and other social media urging me to sign petitions,
call my congressperson, write postcards, and attend political events.
A. Bombarded B. Annoyed C. Overwhelmed D. Blessed E. All of the above
It's easy to select A, B, or C.
But I think D is the best answer.
Here's why.
True representative government is a rare social phenomenon.
It is a gift.
But its continued existence depends on our continued labor in its defense.
230 years ago when the founders of our nation hammered out the Constitution, there were misgivings.
Benjamin Franklin, usually an optimist, in his final remarks at the Constitutional Convention
said
"This [the constitution] is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other." As he left Independence Hall on the last day of the Convention,
a woman asked Franklin
"What have we got, a republic or a monarchy." Franklin's response: " A republic-if you can keep it."
No person can do everything, but every person can do something.
Whether it is writing postcards for a candi-date,
marching on Earth Day, or standing for election for the local school board, each of us can act to protect our freedoms and improve
our institutions.
There
are many choices.
Choose those activities which bring you the greatest joy.
But choose something.
It's a democracy-but only if we work to keep it.
Ed Koons, AADC president
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| VOTER REGISTRATION / OUTREACH |
The Voter Outreach Committee will have a planning meeting at on Saturday, March 30th, at 9:00am at Depoe Bay Coffee. Rosemary Dukelow, chair of PCDP Voter Outreach, will attend this meeting and share whatever plans and needs the PCDP has for voter outreach.
Join us to learn about new opportunities
in voter outreach.
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The committee has initiated a new mechanism, called the Forum, which will run as a regular item on the AADC website. The website will accept items for posting about local and political issues. All items will be vetted for appro-priateness and may be subjected to editing. Importantly, a comment section will allow interested readers to express further views on the subject.
The first two articles have been posted and can be seen by going to the AADC website and clicking on Forum. The first is on health insurance options based on Medicare expan-sion by Marty Neft, MD. The second is on the election issues created by the move of Republican Ted Gaines from his state senate seat to the state Board of Equalization. Have a look at both of these. web site
Also have a look at the AADC Facebook page, now overseen by Karen Martin, with the assistance of Jan Bell.
Finally, the committee is always interested in topics or speakers for our member meetings on the first Thursday of the month. If you have questions or responses to any of these, send them to
[email protected]
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Kermit Carraway, chair
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Two Events Coming up to Honor Earth Day!
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Auburn Earth Day March x
Saturday April 20th, 9:00 -1 0:15 a.m.
Begin at the City Hall Front Steps (Parking in Rear)
Bring Earth Day Themed Signs & Pick up Litter x
Sponsored by Alliance for Environmental Leadership, Auburn Kiwanis and Citizens Climate Lobby
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"Some Kind of Earth Day"
Saturday, April 27th, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
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For the second year AADC will be having a booth at the "Some Kind of Earth Day" event, sponsored by the Auburn Hip Hop Congress. This event is a youth-oriented one which will feature music and interactive booths.
At our booth we will have information on our Dem candi-dates who have entered races and maybe a visit by the candidates themselves. We will also have local environ-mentalists from Advocates. for Environmental Leadership, Placer Foothills Citizens Climate Lobby, 350Placer and Sierra Club, with flyers and brochures on issues.
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JOIN US AT BOTH OF OUR EARTH DAY EVENTS!
LOOK FOR OUR ALERT giving details in early April
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May 17th - Congressman John Garamendi
to speak at Roosevelt-Kennedy dinner - AADC Subsidized tickets
The 8th Annual Roosevelt-Kennedy Dinner will be held Friday May 17th, 6:30 pm, at the Orchard Creek Ballroom in Lincoln .
The honorable John Garamendi will be the keynote speaker. If you haven't heard Congressman Garamendi speak, you are in for a treat as he epitomizes an honest, hardworking public servant who puts his constituents first!!
Congressmen like Garamendi are rare in today's political environment.
The Auburn Area Democratic Club will be reserving several tables at this event so our folks can sit together. Also, AADC has budgeted to subsidize 11 tickets at half price for our members who find the $75 ticket price prohibitive.
In order to sit with your fellow AADC friends, and/or to ask for an AADC subsidy, please do not order your tickets directly from Placer County Democratic Party. Instead, send your ticket reservation to Jan Bell at
[email protected](that's a lower case L in between the j and b). Tell Jan in your email: 1) how many tickets you want; 2) If you want an AADC subsidy at $37.50 or if you can pay the full $75 ticket price; and lastly 3) what entree(s) you want: choices are salmon, chicken or vegetarian.
Act fast as we expect this event to sell out!! In the past AADC reserved 2 tables (20 attendees), but this year we'd like to have 3 tables so 30 AADC folks can attend.
Once Jan receives your request she'll send you an email acknowledgement that your tickets are reserved. Bring your checks for the event, made payable to AADC, to our upcoming April 4th or May 2nd meeting or mail your check into AADC, P. O. Box 6851, Auburn, CA 95604. AADC will pay PCDP for all tickets, so you need to reimburse AADC for your tickets.
About a week before the event Jan will send you a reminder to attend with directions. Your tickets will be waiting for you at Will Call at the event.
Jan Bell, Chair, Placer County Democratic Party Campaign Services Committee;
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| Placer Democratic Action Network |
The Placer Democratic Action Network (PAN) is dedicated to making a difference in our community. We have a two-pronged approach--political activism and community service.
Our Precinct Captain Program represents our primary commitment to political activism.
Working within a precinct to build relationships with voters is not a new concept, but it is one that has fallen out of practice. We aim to reactivate and revitalize this effective strategy to build upon the foundation of grassroots energy and enthusiasm throughout our area.
We are offering another train-ing opportunity for prospective precinct captains. Please mark your calendar and plan to join us on Saturday, June 8th, from 10 to 2. Our training will be held at the Placer Democratic Headquarters in Roseville.
For those looking for other ways to contribute to our community,
Placer Action Network sponsors regular community service opportunities with the Placer Food Bank and the Sacramento Blue Star Moms.
You can learn more about us at our website. Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter @placeractionnet. We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, 6:30 PM at Democratic HQ in Roseville. Join us!
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Placer County Democrats begin recruitment for 2020 Placer County elected positions!
A Committee of 18 Democratic activists from across Placer County are meeting monthly now to
begin recruitment for local positions on the 2020 ballots! There are 149 positions in Placer County that will be up for election/re-election in 2020. Thirty-six of these positions (24%) are currently held by Democrats, so we have a long way to go to obtain better representation in our County's elected positions.
The Placer County Democratic Campaign Services Commit-tee will be 1) recruiting local progressives candidates to run; 2) training candidates in early Fall 2019 how to run their campaigns; 3) supporting Democrats who choose to run with signatures in lieu so they don't have to pay filing fees and fund where we can their candidate statement fees so it appears on every ballot and 4) endorsing Democratic candidates and promoting their candidacy across the County prior to 2020 elections.
If you have someone who you think would be a good candidate to run for positions in the Auburn Area (from Applegate down to Newcastle), send an email to Jan Bell at
[email protected]
and she'll ask someone on the Committee to approach that person about running. Many thanks in advance for your help finding solid progressive candidates to run in 2020 right here in Placer County!!
Jan Bell, Chair, Placer County Democratic Party Campaign Services Committee, AD5 Delegate to California Democratic Party and AADC Representative to PCDCC
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| SILKE PFLUEGER, DEM FOR SD1 |
DON'T FORGET THE SPECIAL ELECTION ON MARCH 26 FOR CA SD1!
Silke Pflueger is the ONLY DEMOCRAT running in this race! The ballot lists one other Democrat (actually a Jeffersonian), who has now with-drawn, but his name is still on the ballot.
Silke Pflueger web page FB
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We are seeking Dems in our part of the district to host fundraisers in their homes going forward for Audrey's campaign!!
If you are interested in helping our outstanding candidate, please contact Terry Rodriguez, her Auburn area field captain.
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