I just updated a component of our website (good), but the update process flushed our list of events out of the calendar (bad), but I imported our old events (good). If you notice anything missing, feel free to contact me: webmaster@11thlddems.org.
Category: Blog
Sep 12
Seattle City Council Passes Paid Sick Leave
From the Slog: This afternoon, after months of debate and despite continuing hesitancy from some council members, the Seattle City Council voted eight to one in favor of passing an amended ordinance that will empower Seattle employees to begin earning paid sick time off, starting September 1, 2012. Council president Richard Conlin voted against the legislation. “Today …
Sep 01
PCO Elections
From Natalie McClendon: Attached is a memo from me outlining an approach to legislation for 2012 to address the matter of PCO elections, in the wake of the ruling on the Top Two Primary. I am proposing that the Party consider online voting for PCO’s. I propose that the Executive Board discuss this on Friday, …
Sep 01
Three Charts to Email to Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law
Problem: Your right-wing brother-in-law is plugged into the FOX-Limbaugh lie machine, and keeps sending you emails about “Obama spending” and “Obama deficits” and how the “Stimulus” just made things worse. Solution: Here are three “reality-based” charts to send to him. These charts show what actually happened. Spending More here: Truth-Out
Sep 01
Where pay for chief executives tops the company tax burden
At least 25 top United States companies paid more to their chief executives in 2010 than they did to the federal government in taxes, according to a study released on Wednesday. The chief executives of those companies were paid an average of more than $16 million a year, the study found, a figure substantially higher …
Aug 29
Bob Hasegawa, legislator of the year
Congrats to Bob Hasegawa, who was named a legislator of the year by the WSLC. http://www.thestand.org/2011/08/wslc-posts-convention-videos-resolutions/
Aug 16
Events feed
Have you ever wanted to subscribe to just our events in RSS? Now, you can. Check out the link at the right of the 11th LD web page or use this address in your RSS reader: http://11thlddems.org/blog/category/events/upcoming/?feed=rss
Aug 14
Zack Hudgins bundle of joy
Zack Hudgins and his wife just had a baby boy, Sebastian Quintana, yesterday. Born yesterday at 6:31am, weighing in at 6 lbs 14 oz, 19 inches. Congrats you two!
Aug 12
Online donations
Yay! We now have the ability to accept online donations. You can give a one-time donation or set up a recurring monthly donation. Please donate to the 11th LD Democrats here: https://co.clickandpledge.com/Default.aspx?WID=45071
Jul 20
Statement on the Gang of Six Plan by Center for Economic and Policy Research
Please write to your senators and congresspeople! http://www.cepr.net/index.php/press-releases/press-releases/statement-on-the-gang-of-six-plan?utm_source=CEPR+feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cepr+%28CEPR%29&utm_content=Twitter Statement on the Gang of Six Plan aby Center for Economic and Policy Research Tax cuts for the wealthy, and Social Security cuts for ordinary workers
Jul 13
Homeowner’s resource center information
Link to Washington Homeownership Resource Center: http://www.homeownership-wa.org/contact.htm. Email us at info@homeownership-wa.org Call us toll-free on our Homeownership Hotline at (877) 894-4663 Local in Seattle, our number is (206) 542-1243 Office hours: 8 am to 5 pm PST, Monday – Friday
Jul 08
Treasurer information
Our treasurer, Shirley Gaunt-Smith, has resigned for personal reasons. The entire 11th LD Democrats organization thanks her for her service. At our general meeting on July 19th, 2011, we will take nominations for someone to fill the vacancy. Roxanne Kangas has filed written notice that she will be running for the position. This notice is …
Jul 07
e-board meeting agenda update
The 7/7 e-board meeting agenda has been posted. It can be found here: http://11thlddems.org/blog/2011/06/e-board-meeting-july-2011/
Jun 29
Seattle Pride Parade
I’m taking a little bit of personal privilege here… This year, I walked with the King County Democrats group at the Pride Parade in Seattle in June 2011. Ann Martin organized the group. In any case, I walked with the group and photographed the parade from the Dems perspective. In these shots, there are some …
