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Cherokee Democrats

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Attend one of our monthly meetings

We welcome your attendance at one of regular monthly meetings. Our monthly business meeting is held the second Thursday of each month (except December), 7PM, at the Holly Springs Depot, 164 Hickory Road in Holly Springs. We also have a regular breakfast meeting at (new location) Zest & Zing Cafe, 6687 Bells Ferry Road in Woodstock on the first Saturday of the month at 9AM. Last, we have a purely social gathering (a Meetup) that is usually held on the third Wednesday of each month.

Our Beliefs: Strengthen The Middle Class

The foundations of a well-functioning democracy are an educated and informed public and a broad middle class. We therefore maintain that access to quality education and economic opportunity should not be conditioned by geography, wealth, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Furthermore, we hold that a politically active citizenry is essential for maintaining a genuine democracy.

Cherokee Republican House Delegation Goes Full Birther

The entire Cherokee delegation to the Georgia House were signers to HB 401, a largely unconstitutional bill designed to pander to the "birther," a small group of individuals who do not believe that President Obama is eligible to hold our nation's highest office. Rep. Sean Jerguson was interviewed earlier this year and shared his views about presidential eligibility, on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7DrVird6hQ

Our Beliefs: Diversity

We specifically value diversity of persons and ideas. We believe that although individual differences and chance will produce different outcomes, all persons are created equal and deserve equal access to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness – including quality education and affordable housing as well as economic and political opportunity.

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Cherokee County Democratic Party News

Cherokee Democratic Candidates for 2012

Written by Cherokee Democrats

Sunday, 27 May 2012 10:00

Cherokee Democrats are pleased to welcome the 2012 field of Democratic candidates. Among those who qualified to run:

patrickthompson Patrick Thompson, who is running for U.S. Congress in Georgia's 11th District. Patrick has been an active member of the Cherokee County Democratic Party and ran previously in State Senate District 21 against Sen. Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock). Thompson will face the winner of the Republican primary.

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Akhtar Sadiq of Roswell will face off against freshman Republican incumbent John Albers in State Senate District 56. Akhtar ran in 2008 against long-time Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Moody, who retired in 2010.

faye Lillian Faye Burnaman will run for State Representative in District 20, facing the winner of the Republican primary. Faye ran in the 2010 race against HD 20 incumbent Charlice Byrd. Faye, and her husband Bruce, are actively involved members of the Cherokee County Democratic Party.

kevinwestphal Kevin Westphal, a Cobb resident and active Young Democrat, will run in State House District 46, which now includes part of southeast Cherokee. He will face off against the winner of the Republican primary for the district, currently held by freshman incumbent Republican John Carson.

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Cherokee native elected 6th CD DNC delegate

Written by Cherokee Democrats

Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:10

From the Cherokee Tribune:

"Josh Altman, a 21-year-old student at George Washington University, has been selected as a delegate to represent the 6th Congressional District at the Democratic National Convention.

The 46th annual convention will be Sept. 3 to 6 in Charlotte, N.C.

Altman, a 2008 Sequoyah High School graduate, said he's excited about being selected as a delegate."

Read more by clicking here.

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State of the Schools: Recent Reporting

Written by Cherokee Democrats

Thursday, 05 April 2012 17:33

Maureen Downey of the AJC's Get Schooled blog on March 30th provided a good sumary of the state of the redistricting legislation for our School Board. In the article, the legislation (HB 978) is deemed "...one of the most surprising and invasive pieces of local legislation this session." Be sure to read more:

http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2012/03/30/payback-to-cherokee-schools-by-local-lawmakers-will-governor-provide-the-knock-out-punch/

Soon after this article appeared, there were several new revelations. The Cherokee Tribune offered several articles on April 4th:

"Local advocacy group denounces 'tangled web' of information"

http://www.cherokeetribune.com/view/full_story/18098010/article-Local-advocacy-group-denounces-%E2%80%98tangled-web%E2%80%99-of-information

"Reapportionment bill signed"

http://www.cherokeetribune.com/view/full_story/18097974/article-Reapportionment-bill-signed

The Cherokee Ledger-News also reported this issue on April 4th:

http://www.ledgernews.com/news/1217-april-4-2012/4858-governor-signs-hb-978-delegation-meets-with-advancedsacs-president-researches-school-board-chairmans-claims

Please take a moment to review these articles carefully. It is indeed a 'tangled web' of information, in which our legislators seem to feature centrally, with claims from many of political payback and half-truths.

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Sixth Congressional District Delegate Selection

Written by Cherokee Democrats

Wednesday, 18 April 2012 20:02

charlotte2012 This Saturday is an important milestone for Georgia Democrats on the path to success in the November elections. Around the state, Democrats will gather in their congressional districts to hold an open caucus meeting to select delegates that will represent Georgia at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte, North Carolina this September.

Cherokee Democrats invite you to join us this Saturday, April 21st at Sedalia Park Elementary School Gymnasium, 2230 Lower Roswell Road in Marietta (map). Check-in begins at 8AM, and doors will close at noon.

We will be selecting five (5) delegates out of a field of 32 candidates to represent us at the DNC:

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AJC's Bookman: ALEC's secret influence

Written by Cherokee Democrats

Thursday, 05 April 2012 17:27

alec-money Jay Bookman of the AJC blogs about ALEC, and it's influence on state laws and legislators:

http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/04/05/alecs-secret-influence-on-state-laws-legislators/

"ALEC — the American Legislative Exchange Council — is a corporate-funded organization based in Washington that provides training, support and other services to conservative state legislators all over the country.

One of its prime functions is to draft business-friendly “model legislation” that is then disseminated to state legislators around the country to be introduced and enacted. When you see a spate of similar bills suddenly pop up almost simultaneously in legislatures around the country, ALEC is almost always behind it."

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"ALEC is now championing passage of state laws that would make it hard if not impossible to legally challenge claims that workers are “independent contractors” or franchisees. Eearlier this year, with passage of House Bill 548, Georgia became the first state in the country to pass ALEC-drafted legislation on the issue, much to the glee of the International Franchise Association.

This year, Georgia legislators also spent what seemed to be an inordinate amount of time and energy congratulating themselves for passing a bill that put new restrictions on the scrap-metal recycling industry. But after reading the bill and comparing it to ALEC’s model legislation, their excitement became a little more understandable. (By the way, state Sen. Chip Rogers, the Senate majority leader, is national treasurer for ALEC.)"

We also recommend that you visit the Center for Media and Democracy's Alec Exposed web site, at: http://www.alecexposed.org

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