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Just a quick and friendly reminder there will be a Precinct Captain training for Franklin County Democrats.

Where: FCD Office 271 East State Street, Columbus, OH 43215
When: 6:45 Thursday Oct 11th

What do I need to do: Call: 614-224-1193;Let them know you're coming. If your precinct is taken--they will fit you with an open precinct nearby! Mary Woods is the official organizer, but you can speak to anyone there.

More info: http://fcdp.org/index.php?page=display&id=108
Tell your friends and family!

MoveOn, families, children rallied outside Pryce's office last night because she voted for the SCHIP Bill. We thanked her with our signs and called upon her to lobby more Republicans.

According to the press secretary MoveOn and everyone else out there are contrived and nothing we do is out of benevolence it is all political.

There were many families and children standing there last night. We were there in good faith and supporting her on an issue on which she, families of Ohio, and MoveOn agree.

This bill is about working across party lines, and bridging the ideological gap. The families and MoveOn were there last night to emphasize that very point: we will back Republicans like Pryce when they make good decisions, when they make value-driven decisions.

I am sorry that Rob Nichols did not see it that way.
I am left wondering if Pryce owns those comments or whether she would seek to distance herself from them if she knew about them.   Read More »

MoveOn and friends will be outside outside of Pryce's office on the street tonight--6:15.

500 S. Front St.
We will THANK HER for voting FOR the bill and call upon her to speak with other Republicans to over overturn the veto.

http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=40926&id=

I thought I had my retirement all planned - not that I'm ready to retire but age does march on. Imagine my horror when I was told by the Social Security Administration that my SS Retirement benefits would be "offset" by almost 2/3 by the meager pension I received from the State (I only worked for the State of Ohio for 10 years).

No one has been able to explain the rationale for this in a way that makes sense - I worked under the state system (PERS) and earned retirement crredit; I worked under Social Security and earned credits. What does one thing have to do with the other????

I'm told that there is legislation pending in Congress to correct this (both my Representative and my Senators think it is unfair) for retired Ohioans and 12 other states who have similar systems. The legislation has not moved and is not likely to because of the drain on the social security fund it would cause if it were changed.

Does anyone else think this is unfair? If so, contact your Congressman and US Senators and tell them so. Write letters to the editor. The change is not likely to come soon enough to help me but I'm sure there are many out there who it would help.

Below are details about the next DFA training session (and remember you can download their powerpoints and the audio sessions if you are behind or can't make the session).

Franklin County NEEDS precinct captains! Call the Franklin Party Democrats to learn more. There will be a training session the second week of October. Call to sign up now.

Tuesday evening, DFA Night School will discuss a number of ways you can make an impact next election by simply talking to the people on your block. We'll talk about canvassing, voter registration, early voting as well as a number of other organizing tactics you can put to use on the ground right now:

Precinct Organizing: Making an Impact
Tuesday, September 25th - 8:30pm Eastern
www.dfalink.com/makinganimpact

Imagine that it's the day before the 2008 election and everything is in place. Your precinct team has already contacted, registered and persuaded hundreds of your neighbors to vote for a new direction for our country. Now imagine that 203,000 precincts across the country have all done the same.

This is what's possible next November, but only if you begin organizing now. Tomorrow night you can join this growing movement to take our country back, precinct by precinct:

Precinct Organizing: Making an Impact
Tuesday, September 25th - 8:30pm Eastern
www.dfalink.com/makinganimpact

So as you might know-- Franklin County needs Precinct Captains and have a training coming up in October. Call them now if you're interested!

DFA is doing a NATIONAL 4 part training session every Tuesday on being a Precinct Captain. This coming Tuesday will be Part 2. I attended Part 1-it was great, but part 2 is when get they into the details--so it is a great place to start.

See below for details and to sign up!

Last Tuesday, more than 800 people came together for our free conference call training on the power of neighbor-to-neighbor organizing. It is not too late to join in and learn how to develop power for change in your neighborhood. This Tuesday, Night School returns to teach how to recruit and build a committed team of activists in your neighborhood:

Precinct Organizing: Recruiting Your Team
Tuesday, September 18 - 8:30pm Eastern

RSVP Today:
http://www.dfalink.com/precinctrecruiting

Hi all

I just spoke with the Franklin County Precinct Captain organizer. They very much need precinct captains! If yours is already filled, which it likely is not --they will give you a nearby open precinct. Think about this-- Kilroy lost to Pryce by a few thousand votes in the last election. If just two or three more precincts were organized that seat would be ours now. And it will be next election IF we organize! There is a training this OCTOBER 11th in the evening.

So to do this... email the following address, Mary Woods (a volunteer, very nice, on vacation for a few days) and she will get back to you. mwoods@ohiodems.org
Or call and leave a message 614-224-1193

Here is a site link for more information along with the general list of duties for a captain.

ALSO: Democracy for America is running a month long series of phone call training sessions on this. If you can't make them they are stored and can be listened to as pod casts at their site. Here is the link below and the general list of duties.

Lets turn around Ohio! Lets turn American Blue!

http://www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=23014

DUTIES OF A CAPTAIN
• Updating and maintaining a current voter file of the residents in your precinct.
• Identifying and registering potential Democratic voters.
• Encouraging voters to join the Franklin County Democratic Party as dues paying members.
• Identifying opportunities in your precinct to increase the visibility of the Democratic Party and its candidates.
• Periodically distributing information to the residents in your precinct.
• Circulating candidate and issue petitions.
During the election cycles there will be opportunities to actively support the Party's endorsed candidates and issues. You and your team will be key players in the Party's get-out-the-vote activities in your precinct by participating in the following activities.

• Distributing candidate literature and sample ballots.
• Identifying locations for yard signs.
• Increasing the visibility of the Democratic Party and its candidates at community events.
• Calling registered Democrats and other supporters to remind them to vote. Identifying those who need assistance in getting to the polls.

understand that state retirees investments are in iran..if Iran is bad as media makes it out why isnt PERSdivesting? they claim it would hurt their portfolio; we heard that re south africa --who r we supporting in iran--halliburton .....