The minutes from the Reorganization & General Meeting on January 15th 2013 have been posted. You can view them here: 11th LD Democrats Re-Org and GM Minutes, Jan 15, 2013
Category: Newsletters
Mar 01
Top Democrats refuse to schedule votes on Family and Medical Leave, Sick Days
Legislators are dragging their heels on two bills that will help rebuild Washington’s middle class and save tax dollars. What gives? Two top Democrats, chairs of the House Finance and House AppropriationsCommittees, are refusing to schedule votes on the Family and Medical Leave Insurance (HB 1457) and Paid Sick Days (HB 1313) bills in front of their respective …
Feb 21
Open States: A great tool to track what’s going on in the Legislature
Open States is a great tool for tracking what’s going on in the Legislature: Bills, Meetings, Committees: Finding your Legislators. There’s even a free app for iPhones and iPads: http://openstates.org/wa/ Thanks Christopher Anderson!
Feb 21
WA State Legislature: See which bills our Legislators are sponsoring
Finding out which bills our Legislators are sponsoring this session is easy. Here’s how you do it: Find your legislator on this website: For House members, click here: http://www.leg.wa.gov/House/Representatives/Pages/default.aspx For Senators, click here: http://www.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Senators/Pages/default.aspx Find your Legislator’s name and click on it Click on the Bill Sponsorship link You will now see the bills this Legislator sponsored.
Feb 21
WA State Legislature: How to comment on a bill
As of this 2013 session, the public can now comment on bills under consideration in the state legislature. This is incredibly useful, as many of us don’t have the time to venture down to Olympia to give in-person opinions on laws under consideration. Here’s how you do it: Go to the Legislature’s website: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pages/home.aspx Click on …
Feb 20
Bylaws Update 2/19/2013
Last night, we voted to update our bylaws. The update just contains some minor housekeeping (cleaning up a few lines of data that didn’t belong anymore… basically, old dates and page numbers). The updated bylaws are viewable here: http://www.11thlddems.org/bylaws/ Stay tuned for future updates from our rules & bylaws committee.
Feb 20
Progressive Radio in Seattle Update & Petition, 2-19-13
Subject: Progressive Radio in Seattle Update, 2-19-13 Meeting with a KPTK Insider Our Progressive Radio in Seattle (PRS) Team had a meeting this past week with a former advertising sales person for KPTK who provided us with some interesting information about the demise of 1090 Progressive Talk. 1090 has been owned by CBS since its …
Feb 19
Reminder: General membership meeting is Tuesday, 2/19/2013
Just a reminder, our general membership meeting is on Tuesday, 2/19/2013. Show up at 6:45 and get some food. Yup, we’re bringing back food. We’re serving a baked ziti pasta dish, salad, bread, and pie. We’re suggesting a $6 donation to offset the costs. The raffle is back. Buy some tickets, try to win a …
Feb 16
Meetings: We’re bringing back two things… the raffle and food
Great news everyone, for our general membership meetings, we’re bringing back two things you loved. The raffle and food. The next general meeting is on Tuesday, February 19th. For the raffle: we could use some help. First, please participate. Second, we could also use some help in donating prizes. If you have anything that’d make a …
Feb 13
Rob Holland resigns from Port of Seattle Commission
Rob Holland, member of the 11th LD, is resigning from the Port of Seattle Commission. This means the Commission will appoint a second commissioner until November. The public will have two opportunities to listen to and interact with Commission candidates at public meetings: 6 p.m. on Feb. 26 at the Downtown Seattle Public Library and …
Feb 12
WSDCC Meeting Report – February 3, 2013
WSDCC Meeting Report – February 3, 2013 By Kate Kruller 11th LD WSDCC State Committee Woman Every other year (the odd years) the State Party holds its re-organization meeting. Spirits were very high within the WSDCC membership coming off very successful election results in November. Everyone is very pleased to have a Democratic President, Governor, …
Feb 11
Election Deadline: 2/12/2013
Just a reminder. For those of you who live in Seattle… there’s a special election going on. The deadline to vote is Tuesday, 2/12/2013. Your ballot must be postmarked by 2/12/2013 or drop your ballot off at one of the drop locations: http://www.kingcounty.gov/elections/voting/ballotdropboxes/bdblocations.aspx Details on the special election can be found here: http://www.kingcounty.gov/elections/voting/ballotdropboxes/bdblocations.aspx
