MELROSE DEMOCRATIC CITY COMMITTEE

 

Melrose, Massachusetts

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE MELROSE DEMOCRATIC CITY COMMITTEE!

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City Committee Officers

Chair              Dan Barry

Vice-Chairs    Joseph Sullivan

                      Beth Goldman

Secretary       Freeman Frank

Treasurer       Sally Frank

Ward Committee Chairs

Ward 1        Susan Fagan

Ward 2        Eric Wildman

Ward 3        Toni Whitmore

Ward 4        Bob Boisselle

Ward 5        Steve Spain

Ward 6        Jim Shaer

Ward 7        Joseph Sullivan

 

 

 

 

DEMOCRATIC QUOTE OF THE MONTH

from the City of Melrose Inauguration Ceremony 1/5/04

 

"We are a community rather than a collection of competing interests." 

Paul Brodeur on Melrose

 

There is, of course, no guarantee of success. But politics is not about observations or predictions. Politics is what we create by what we do, what we hope for, and what we dare to imagine. Paul Wellstone


Monthly Meeting/ Caucus:

Tuesday, January 13, 7:30 pm , Melrose Public Library

     This month’s meeting will be a caucus to elect 26 delegates and 26 alternates to the 2004 Massachusetts Democratic Convention that will be held on Saturday, May 8, 2004 at the Mullins Center at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst . The caucus is open to all registered Democrats in Melrose . Delegates will be divided equally between men and women. Those not elected as delegate and alternate, who meet the qualifications, may apply to be add-on delegates in the following categories: youth, minority and disabled.

    In their press packet, the Massachusetts Democratic Party has stated: “The political stakes are high this year, and for that reason the 2004 state convention will focus on energizing grassroots activists, as well as attracting young people into the Democratic Party. This reformatted convention will offer a range of public policy discussions, professional campaign training and special forums which will highlight issues of concern to young people.”

For information, contact Melrose Democratic City Committee Chairperson Daniel Barry at 781-665-5163. 


Down the Road:

February 10, 2004 :    Melrose Democratic City Committee February Meeting

February 11, 2004 :    Last day to register to vote/ change party enrollment for the March 2nd Primary

March 2, 2004 :   Massachusetts Primary

May 8, 2004 :    Massachusetts Democratic Convention

July 26-29, 2004 :   Democratic National Convention


VIRTUAL TALKING POINTS

Are you supporting a candidate, got something to say to your fellow Democrats about who should carry some of the Commonwealth's 93 delegates? Got the person who's going to retake the White House? Tell us why? E-mail your response for inclusion in the February newsletter to melrosedems@comcast.net.


UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE EVENTS

Send us your events! To see the next meet-ups go to www.meetup.com  


UPCOMING PRIMARIES

JANUARY 19, 2004
Iowa - Presidential Caucuses

JANUARY 27, 2004
New Hampshire - Presidential Primary

FEBRUARY 3, 2004
Arizona - Presidential Primary
Delaware - Presidential Primary
Missouri - Presidential Primary
New Mexico - Presidential Caucuses
Oklahoma - Presidential Primary
South Carolina - Presidential Primary

Massachusetts' Primary is March 2nd, 2004


VICTORY CARD FOR DEMOCRATS IN MASSACHUSETTS
--Toni Whitmore

Don't miss the boat to help our candidates, yourself, your City Committee, and the Massachusetts Democratic Party.  How?  By applying for the Victory credit card, a new initiative of the MDP.  If you have not signed up yet, do it today.  The Victory Master Card is issued by Juniper Bank, a partner with the MDP in this initiative.  Applications are available from your Ward or City Chair. All you have to do is fill out the application (no application fee), submit the application, and within 4-6 weeks you will receive your Victory Card (Platinum Master Card).

Why another credit card?  This one is unique.  Following your application and one purchase with the Victory Card, the Party receives $40 from Juniper Bank.  If the application is coded with the Melrose Democratic City code, the State Committee will reimburse the City Committee $10 for every application.  The Party also receives money every time you use it (.45% of each purchase is reimbursed to the MDP coffers).  This is an important initiative that could potentially earn enough money to fund the Party's operations each year and provide resources for the Party to assist local committees and candidates.  We all have too many cards now; so just cut up those other ones and onto Victory in 2004 with your Mass Dems credit card.  Questions, comments, or applications, call Toni Whitmore, Ward 3 Chair, (781) 979-0098.  Sign up friends and family members over 18.  Each application means more support for our candidates. Remember - each card plus one purchase with the card equals $30 for the State + $10 for Melrose Democratic City Committee!

   Website Project Underway

Check out preliminary designs at http://www.melrosedems.org  (THANKS DON!) or http://home.comcast.net/~melrosedems/.  Have ideas for improving the design or content of the site?  Send an e-mail to Nyal Fuentes, Webmaster, at melrosedems@comcast.net.  We want your input!

 Save a little paper, Save a little postage…

… sign up for the Melrose Dems e-mail listserv.  You will receive the monthly newsletter and other late-breaking news by e-mail from our new address: melrosedems@comcast.net.  Just send an e-mail to that address if you are interested.  For those who don’t have access to e-mail, or don’t check regularly, US Mail will always remain an option. For the February mailing we will attempt to split the electronic/paper mailing.

Please submit all announcements to Rebecca Fuentes at (781) 620-1150, or melrosedems@comcast.net,  for inclusion in the next newsletter.

 

Massachusetts Democratic Party

 

Democratic National Committee

 

CONVENTION 2004

 

City of Melrose

 

Melrose Free Press

 

WHY I'M A DEMOCRAT-THEODORE SORENSON

 


2004 Presidential Candidates

Wesley Clark for President
www.clark04.com

Howard Dean for President
www.deanforamerica.com

John Edwards for President
www.johnedwards2004.com

Gephardt for President
www.dickgephardt2004.com

John Kerry for President
www.johnkerry.com

Kucinich for President Committee
www.kucinich.us

Joe Lieberman for President
www.joe2004.com

Carol Moseley Braun for
www.carolforpresident.com

Sharpton Explore 2004
www.sharptonexplore2004.com