For those of you who might be interested in how the schedule for primary/caucus dates are established, the 2012 National Presidential Caucus is currently meeting. I came across their website yesterday purely by accident. This is the group that sets the rules for
It must be vacation season. The July meeting was scheduled to be held from 6-8 PM at Sid’s Restaurant on Wednesday, July 9th. Only 4 people showed up. Not having a quorum, we had something to eat along with a bit of conversation about current
Nicki Schumacher, who headed up the voter registration project at the 4th of July Celebration in the park expresses her thanks to volunteers who were able to register 30 new voters. In her note, she indicated she was hoping for 10, but
If you didn’t get the latest Democratic Party email, here’s a copy from my Inbox: Every four years, the Democratic Party assembles a platform that outlines the party’s position on a number of issues. Traditionally, the drafting of the platform is not
A number of us arrived at RoundTable Pizza around 6:00 PM and had a lively discussion on a wide range of topics. One discussion that garnered considerable interest concerned the two young men recently murdered in town. Don had explained that Carolyn
Interested in what went on at the NV State Convention? Click on the link in the Blog Roll at the right for the Desert Beacon. Our local Dee Holzel blogged a number of items on the Desert Beacon from the convention floor.
We set up a voter registration table at the Red Cross Summer Safety Fair on Sat. April 26th. Nicki Schumacher registered two new voters between 9 and 10. Nicki also got her new neighbors, who moved to Winnemucca recently, to fill out registration forms. Between 10-12, Bea
A special meeting was held on April 19th at Sid’s Restaurant to help Humboldt County Delegates prepare themselves to attend the State Convention being held in Reno on May 17th and 18th. Don Rogers opened the meeting at 6:20pm and turned the meeting
I came across an interesting political online magazine for “free thinkers.” Thought I’d pass along a few links to some recent articles that I found interesting to give you a flavor of their content … just in case you might want to
The Washoe County Democratic Party is providing preparatory workshops prior to the State Democratic Convention for their delegates and alternates. The dates are posted on the www.washoedems.org Event Calendar and are listed below. At these workshops, delegates and alternates will learn: •
