WALK THE TALK ON JULY 4TH!!!
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Please join your Democratic neighbors and friends for this year’s 4th of July Parade in Orinda.

The first 20 walkers to sign up will receive a newly designed Lamorinda Democratic Club T-Shirt at the parade.

Arrive for assembly between 9 & 9:30 am at the staging area for the parade: the Orinda BART parking lot on the east side of Camino Pablo.– bring Democratic banners and/or wear “Democratic” T-shirts and buttons.

Parking: West Side of the BART lot and in & near the shopping areas where the parade ends near the Orinda Community Center Park & Library. The parade begins promptly at 10:00am.

Volunteer to help staff the Lamorinda Democratic Club booth at the Orinda Community Center Park

(There will be booths for community information - including the Lamorinda Democratic Club, games & music at the Park.)

Contact John Hall at: 925-323-2796 or jdhall@mac.com


Jun

24

Frances Burks Newman - paralegal in S.F. dies

June 24, 2008 | .

Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Frances Burks Newman, a longtime legal worker and widow of California Supreme Court Justice Frank Newman, died in a Walnut Creek hospital on June 11. She was 94.

A memorial service is scheduled for Sept. 28 at the UC Berkeley Faculty Club. The family suggests memorial contributions to Human Rights Advocates, P.O. Box 5675, Berkeley, CA 94705, or to the Frank C. Newman International Human Rights Law Clinic, USF School of Law, 2130 Fulton St., San Francisco, CA 94117.

(Frances had been a long-time member of our Lamorinda Democratic Club, we will miss her.) Read more

Jun

17

One Vote Away From Losing our Most Basic Freedoms

June 17, 2008 | .

Michael Barnett
Democratic State Central Committee of California
Alameda County Democratic Central Committee
Former President, Lamorinda Democratic Club

We are at most one vote away from losing some of our most basic freedoms. Our last line of defense against those with no understanding of liberty lies in the Supreme Court. The membership of that court will be in the hands of the next president.

One June 12, five justices voted to uphold the United States Constitution. At the same time, four justices voted to deny basic human rights to detainees at Guantanamo . We all agree that a society may sentence terrorists who have committed crimes. But the war on terror is not served in any way by imprisoning innocent people without any charges or fair hearings or access to attorneys. The basic rights of habeus corpus is for a detained person to be heard in court and released from custody if not held lawfully.
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Jun

30

All Aboard the High Speed Train

June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

By Carlyn Obringer
From Carlyn’s Column

As California begins planning for the 60-million population explosion expected by 2050, funding for high- speed rail appears to be off track, in a state lacking enough freeway space to accommodate such growth. Even though a bullet train speeding at 200 mph between Los Angeles and the Bay Area would help ease the Golden State’s transportation problems while combating global warming, under the 2007 state budget, the California High-Speed Rail Authority received little of the $106 million necessary for further research and infrastructure development. Read more

Jun

6

Progressive Democrats Sweep East Bay Primaries

June 6, 2008 | .

By Robert T. Klein
LDC Youth Outreach Coordinator 2003-2005
14 AD Elected Delegate, DSCC UC Berkeley Student

This year’s June primary was one of the most exciting Democratic Party races in recent memory.  Despite record-low turnout, every crucial Bay Area race was decided in favor of an experienced, progressive Democrat. With our help, they will lead our state and our country to a landslide victory this November.

For Lamorinda, AD 14 was the race to watch. A little background: I am proud to have been one of Councilman Thurmond’s early supporters. Tony is a real hero to me, and he ran a solid race. He received the endorsements of every newspaper in the district, but given the role of mail-in ballots and unprecedented low turnout, they came too late to make much of a difference. But I sincerely thank him for running, as well as all of you that worked to help get him elected. I hope we’ll be seeing more of Tony Thurmond in the future.
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May

21

President’s Recap of our May Meeting

May 21, 2008 | .

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Members of the Lamorinda Democratic Club at its May 16 meeting had the opportunity to consider state spending and revenue policy options just days after Governor Schwarzenegger released his May Revised Budget. The club welcomed the Palo Alto-based nonprofit organization Next 10 to lead us in their innovative California Budget Challenge, which is based on the organization’s popular web site. Read more