Meeting
Schedule
All meetings will be held at the Sheriff's Rodeo Arena, 17836 Highway 99, Athens, AL, unless otherwise indicated.
April 10, 2010
9:00 a.m.
The guest speaker will be Taze Shephard who is a candidate for the U.S. Congress from Alabama's 5th District.
Campaign Announcements
You are invited to celebrate the campaign kick-off for
Kristi A. Valls,
Limestone County District Attorney
to be held Tuesday, March 9th at 6:00 p.m. at the Athens State University Ballroom.
John Farrar wil have a campaign
kick-off BBQ at Poplar Creek Road off Hwy 72 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. on
April 2. Contact John at 256-603-2884 for tickets.
Bill Lattimer will hold a
Chicken Stew at Yesterdays to kick-off his campaign on April 3 from
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Contact Bill at 256-232-7531
Important Dates
May 5 - Boss Hill Stew
2531 Beulah Rd.
Elkmont, AL
11:00a.m.
Boss Hill has invited all candidates to his famous stew. This is
a traditional campaign event and everyone is welcome. There is no
charge but donations to help defray costs are appreciated.
May 21 - The last day to register to vote in the Primary election.
June 1 - Primary Election
July 13 - Run-off Primary (if required)
Important Announcement
PRESS CONFERENCE
Monday, March 8, 3:00 p.m.
Huntsville Marriott
I-565 - exit 15
Enterprise Room
From Al Hemly, Treasurer of Alabama AFL-CIO:
The Alabama AFL-CIO has scheduled our
second press conference concerning Parker Griffith's re-election
efforts in the 5th Congressional District. Parker Griffith has scammed
us out of $219,000 and that, my friends is a bitter pill to swallow. He
used our volunteer base to advance his personal political goals and has
done a terrible job of representing middle class working families the
short time he has been a congressman. After using us and our money to
get elected and create name recognition he has aligned himself totally
with corporate America and the wealthiest 5% of our country's
population. We intend to do all we can do to see that his political
career ends ASAP and this scheduled press conference is another step
towards reaching that goal.
Griffith has invited John Bohner, Republican Minority Leader, US House
of Representatives, to Huntsville to support his re-election efforts
even though the Madison County Republican Party has adopted a
resolution
to endorse anybody but Parker Griffith. So much for supporting the will
of the people. PLEASE make every effort to attend this event.
Qualifying Night A Huge Success
The Limestone County Democratic Executive Committee
officially
opened qualifying on Tuesday, March 2 for the June 1 primary
election. More than 100 Limestone County and Statewide Democrats
attended the opening of qualifying and enjoyed a pot luck chili
supper. Qualifying closes at 5:00 p.m. on April 2,
2010. Following are the candidates for local offices who have
qualified with the Limestone County Democratic Party. An asterisk
indicates the incumbent:
Mike Blakely, Sheriff*
G. Brian Patterson, Revenue Commissioner*
David Seibert, Chairman, Limestone County Commission*
Gary Daly, Commissioner, District 1*
Bill Latimer, Commissioner, District 3*
John W. Farrar, Commissioner, District 3
Clayton Nave, Commissioner, District 3
Julian Owens, Commissioner, District 3
James Paul Schrimsher, Commissioner, District 3
Charles Shoulders, Jr., Board of Education, District 1*
Mike West, Coroner*
In addition, the following candidates have already qualified with the Alabama Democratic Party and are all incumbents:
Kristi A. Valls, District Attorney
Jimmy Woodroof, Circuit Judge
Bob Baker, Circuit Judge
Jerry Batts, District Judge
Jeanne Andrews, District Judge
Before qualifying officially opened, Limestone County Democrats enjoyed
a pot-luck Chili Supper. Here, Ralph Lovell (center standing)
discusses the upcoming election season with other Democrats.
Limestone County Sheriff, Mike Blakely, studies his qualifying forms with his wife, Debbie.
Incumbent School Board Member Charles Shoulders submits his qualifying forms.
Candidate for Alabama District 4 State Representative, Vaughn Goodwin (right), discusses the upcoming election with LCDEC member, Chuck McDonald.
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David Seibert, Chairman of the Limestone County Commission, completes his qualifying forms with the help of Bobbi Bailey.
County Commisioner, Gary Daly (left), LCDEC member, Kathy
Cothern (center), and District Judge Jeanne Anderson (right).
Christian, the grandson of James and Carolyn Lucas, was a little too young to qualify for office but did enjoy the chili supper.
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The February Meeting
Ron Sparks, Alabama's Commisioner of Agriculture and Industries, was the featured guest at the February meeting of the Limestone
County Democratic Party. Commisioner Sparks is a candidate for Governor and met with a standing-room-only crowd of
local Democratic Party members.
Think Alabama's a RED state?
Did
you know the Limestone County Court House, County Commission, School
Board, Sheriff and judges are,
with
only a couple of exceptions, all elected Democrats?
VOTE
DEMOCRATIC
New Facebook Page
Limestone County Dems have a newly minted Facebook Page, thanks to Ron Gatlin from Lester. Please go to your FB page,
type in Limestone County Democrats on your search bar and
become a fan. We'll be able to keep you up to date quickly and easily
if you just check our FB page daily. We can post meeting times, dates,
events, and even pictures on the page. You can write a comment,
respond to a post, or simply "like" something that someone else has
posted. It's free, it's fun, it's, fast, and it's easy! We need 200 fans
by Tuesday night, so start Face Booking!
Visit the web site of Mitchell Howie, a REAL Democrat running for the U.S. Congress from the 5th Congressional District of Alabama.
Are you a member?
Visit
the web site
and join today to advance the Democratic ideals of opportunity for all,
responsibility from all, and community of all. Click to download a membership
application. It's only $10 per year.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
On March 25 the Alabama Federation of
Democratic Women's 3rd Annual Legislative Day will be held in
Montgomery from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The day will include a
continental breakfast and lunch sponsored and hosted by Lt.
Governor Jim Folsom, Jr.
The day is free to AFDW members.
Contact Pam Wallace for more information at 256-230-6118
Voter
Registration
There
is always a mad rush to get voters
registered when an
election is approaching. Let's turn voter registration into a marathon
rather than a
50-yard dash. Check with your friends, your family, and your co-workers
to be certain they are registered voters. If they
are not, get them
signed up right away. You can keep a couple of voter
registration forms
in your car to give to anyone who has not yet registered to vote or
has
moved. Click
HERE
to
download
a voter
registration form.
True story:
We once had someone who ran for office whose
wife
was not a registered voter and he didn't know it until Election Day.
The moral of this story is, "Don't take anyone's vote for
granted." The Limestone County Board of
Registrars office is located in the Annex at 100 Clinton
Street on the 2nd
floor. The phone number for the Limestone County office is
(256)
233-6405.