Friday, June 18, 2004
June 20th ABD Meeting Agenda
ABD Agenda
June 20, 2004 Meeting, 3:00 pm
Cady Hall, Patagonia
I. Minutes/treasurer's report
II. Welcome new attendees, members and guests
III. Presentation: GOTV Comm. John Michael/Morris Farr will present the 4 candidates for Congressional Dist. 8
Eva Bacal
Jim Chimene
Dwight Leister -- probably not, petitions not completed?
Tim Sultan
IV. Committee Reports
A. "Get out the Vote" campaign, co-chairs J. Michael/M. Farr
1. Matching Grant for GOTV
2. Update on SCC Democratic office
a. Recommendations from ABD for SCC office budget and action plan b. Recommendation for ABD kind and conditions of monetary support for this office
B. ABD Membership drive
V. Upcoming Meetings
July 17, 2004: Fundraiser/voter registration???
August 21, 2004
September 18, 2004
VI. adjourn
Important Dates
Primary Election, September 7, 2004
Registration for Primary closes August 9, 2004 at midnight
General Election, November 4, 2004
Registration for General closes October 4, 204 at midnight
June 20, 2004 Meeting, 3:00 pm
Cady Hall, Patagonia
I. Minutes/treasurer's report
II. Welcome new attendees, members and guests
III. Presentation: GOTV Comm. John Michael/Morris Farr will present the 4 candidates for Congressional Dist. 8
Eva Bacal
Jim Chimene
Dwight Leister -- probably not, petitions not completed?
Tim Sultan
IV. Committee Reports
A. "Get out the Vote" campaign, co-chairs J. Michael/M. Farr
1. Matching Grant for GOTV
2. Update on SCC Democratic office
a. Recommendations from ABD for SCC office budget and action plan b. Recommendation for ABD kind and conditions of monetary support for this office
B. ABD Membership drive
V. Upcoming Meetings
July 17, 2004: Fundraiser/voter registration???
August 21, 2004
September 18, 2004
VI. adjourn
Important Dates
Primary Election, September 7, 2004
Registration for Primary closes August 9, 2004 at midnight
General Election, November 4, 2004
Registration for General closes October 4, 204 at midnight
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Editorials on Torture in Iraq
You don't often see this much righteous indignation from editorial boards. I'd say this story has legs.
Washington Post editorial: "Perhaps the president's lawyers have no interest in the global impact of their policies -- but they should be concerned about the treatment of American servicemen and civilians in foreign countries."
New York Times editorial: "What we have seen, topped by that legalistic treatise on torture, shows clearly that Mr. Bush set the tone for this dreadful situation by pasting a false 'war on terrorism' label on the invasion of Iraq."
Los Angeles Times editorial: "The Bush administration's Justice Department turned the Constitution on its head by telling the White House in an August 2002 memo -- written nearly a year after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon -- not only that torture 'may be justified' but that laws against torture 'may be unconstitutional if applied to interrogations' in the U.S. war on terror."
Washington Post editorial: "Perhaps the president's lawyers have no interest in the global impact of their policies -- but they should be concerned about the treatment of American servicemen and civilians in foreign countries."
New York Times editorial: "What we have seen, topped by that legalistic treatise on torture, shows clearly that Mr. Bush set the tone for this dreadful situation by pasting a false 'war on terrorism' label on the invasion of Iraq."
Los Angeles Times editorial: "The Bush administration's Justice Department turned the Constitution on its head by telling the White House in an August 2002 memo -- written nearly a year after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon -- not only that torture 'may be justified' but that laws against torture 'may be unconstitutional if applied to interrogations' in the U.S. war on terror."
June ABD Meeting -- Meet the Candidates
Arizona Borderland Democrats (ABD) Meeting, Sunday, June 20th, 3 - 5 pm in Patagonia at Cady Hall. Come meet the Democratic Contenders for Congressional Dist. 8. Eva Bacal, Tim Sultan, Jeff Chimene and Dwight Leister have filed as Democrats to run in the Primary and then the winner runs in November against Congressman Jim Kolbe or Randy Graf. Each of the 4 candidates will give a 3 minute introductory presentation followed by 4 or 5 specific questions presented by ABD and to which each candidate will have one minute to respond. Next, the candidates will answer questions from the floor for about 30 minutes. ABD will have a short business meeting to discuss our Get Out the Vote campaign and increasing ABD membership.
