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VOTER REGISTRATION
Sec. of State Debra Bowen's Voter Registration Page
includes bilingual information and Voter Registration forms

October 18: Voter Registration deadline

Here are links that makes it easy to find your elected officials to call or fill out an easy web form.  Here are quick links to  Darrell Issa, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer

Where to send an Op-Ed to the Village New  (use the email link rather than the online form, it is more reliable)
Where to send an Op-Ed to North County Times

Minutes 
of General Meetings 

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A Call to Action!
Oppose the Liberty Quarry

Temecula city councilman calls for grand jury investigation

Granite Construction, the folks attempting to bring us the Liberty Quarry, is under pending criminal probe and 3 investigations, including fraud in San Diego, polluting, and overbilling . Read More, then write a letter.

SOS Hills

Cean Air

Who Is 
Granite Construction?

For  Liberty Quarry, blasting is an integral part of the process

Trucks on Our Freeways

A Primer on How to Make Effective Comments on an Environmental Impact Report


Find out more about the Liberty Quarry www.NoGravelQuarry.com


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Daily News from


How Does Your Tea Party Grow?


 Jane Mayer's Covert Opzerations: The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama


What Have They Done for Me Lately?

The Answers:

View Rachel Maddow's June 25th piece "So... That Happened" (Obama getting a lot done)

Read NY Times' Gail Collins The Age of Nancy

 


The Arizona law, privatized prisons, their lobbyists, a jailbreak & the governor

Rachel Maddow puts it all together 


Michele Obama helps explain  Health Care


VIEW PBS ONLINE

Although neither Bill Moyers Journal or Now is airing, their websites & contents are still available to us online


Bill Moyers Journal

  NOW  
with David Broncaccio

There are several FRONTLINE shows available online as well as in-depth materials too numerous to be aired in the broadcast timeframe.


Have you heard enough about Tiger Woods/Britney Spears/Kate Gosselin yet? Try out PBS News Hour.


America's Heart & Soul 
at Your Fingertips:

The Declaration of Independence
The Bill of Rights
The Constitution

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND
October 18: Voter Registration deadline

VOTER REGISTRATION INFO:
Sec. of State Debra Bowen's Voter Registration Page
includes bilingual information and Voter Registration forms. You can also register at the Club Picnic

The Democratic Ticket

Governor Jerry Brown
U.S. Senate Barbara Boxer
Secretary of State Debra Bowen
Controller John Chiang
Treasurer Bill Lockyer
Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom
Attorney General Kamala Harris
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones
HOWARD KATZ
U.S. Congress, District 49 www.hkatzforcongress.com
DOUGLAS DYE 
State Assembly, District 66
www.douglasdye4assembly.com
PAUL CLAY
Candidate for CA Senate
www.paulclay2010.org 

CARL WOOD
California 65th Assembly District

Anne Burdick
Fallbrook Community Planning Group
Abelino Lopez
Board of Education, Fallbrook Union Elementary School District

The OPPORTUNITY ZONE!
 
Yes, you can be a Fallbrook Dem Volunteer. 
If this sounds like your BIG BREAK, contact 
Club President, Joe Crews


Emily Turner Receives Scholarship from Democratic Club

Fallbrook Democratic Club awarded High School Senior Emily Turner, with an enlarged version of a check for $500 to use toward her college degree in journalism. Chris Assad, Club Publicity and Scholarship Chairperson introduced Emily at the meeting on June 3rd. Thirty five members and guests were there for the occasion. Although there were 17 qualified applicants for the scholarship, Emily was the perfect recipient with her A+ average and nearly a thousand hours of volunteer services to the Womens’ Resource Center, New Haven Home for Boys, Stand up for Kids, Angel Shop, Casa De Amparo & Special Olympics to name a few. She has also received awards from the National Charity League. In her essay she said “Each time I volunteer, I fall more in love with the act of helping others. My goal is to make this world a better place.” You do Emily. Congratulations!

Past Featured Club Speakers

General David M. Brahms, 
January Speaker, Apparently 
Two Places at Once

January 7th, 2010, as the Club listened to retired USMC General David M. Brahms give a stirring talk (because yes, we can handle the truth*) which started with him describing how he stood behind  President Obama (literally as well as figuratively) as he signed the pledge to close down Guantanamo, footage of that very event was being shown on the East Coast feed of The Daily Show. (Screen capture pictured above.)

*Never explain a joke, except when you have to: Gen Brahms was a technical advisor on the film A Few Good Men.

Bill Moyers Honors Chalmers Johnson, saying of Nemesis "There's one book in particular I would put in everybody's stocking if I could. It's not new - it was actually published three years ago. But I read it again this month, and found its message more relevant than ever." (Watch the video or read the transcript.) 

  JOHNSON addressed The Club in June 2007 as part of his Nemesis Tour.  A DVD of this talk, Evil Empire, is now available from The Club.  Order online, or arrange to buy at the meeting. (Pictured above: Chalmers Johnson & MOF)
  

US Congressman 
BOB FILNER
 
Chairman of the House VETERANS' AFFAIRS

 COMMITTEE spoke at the July Meeting. You can find out more about Bob Filner here and contribute here.

Midge Costanza, a bona-fide Democratic Party pioneer and all-star, former Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, campaign manager to both Bobby Kennedy & Barbara Boxer, gave a lively talk at the August Meeting. 


Midge Costanza with 2007 Club President, 
Bob Hamilton at the Club Meeting

Professor Marjorie Cohn, author of Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law spoke at the November Meeting.

 

Read the new articles by Marjorie Cohn:  

Spain investigates what America should

 

Injustice at Guantanamo: Torture Evidence and the Military Commissions Act

 

Supreme Court Checks and Balances in Boumediene

 

Scalia Cites False Information in Habeas Corpus Dissent


 

 

SD Union Trib Columnist 
Ruben Navarrette Jr. 

This May, North County Times reporter Brigid Brett addressed the Club and presented a powerful memoir of South Africa that you can read here.
Progressive Talk's Jon Elliott was our special speaker at the Club Picnic, September 2009.


 

FOOD DRIVE AT MONTHLY MEETINGS

The Fallbrook Food Pantry is seeing increasing numbers  of residents in need of food. The Club is collecting non-perishable food in unbreakable containers - canned foods, pasta, cereals, etc. - to help meet the need. Bring your donations to the monthly meetings. 


First Thursday of the month 7:00 pm at FPUD. See Calendar for map & details.

 

No General Meeting September 2nd because of the Annual Picnic

Saturday, September 11, 1:00 to 5:00 pm


6th Annual Club Picnic

Speakers: Jess Durfee, Chair of San Diego Democratic Party, & Steve Gronke candidate for County Supervisor, District 5

Donate Used Books for the Picnic Sale. See details on the picnic page.

October 18

Voter Registration deadline. More info here: 
Sec. of State Debra Bowen's Voter Registration Page

VOTE!! Tuesday, November 2nd

Thursday, November 4, 7:00 p.m.

Assemblywoman Fiona Ma
Speaker Pro Tempore of the CA Assembly

See Calendar for map & details



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Holiday Food & Toy Drive 

2008

2006


The Fallbrook Democratic Club had a food/toy drive at their December party. Attached is the photo of Don Luallin (left), Executive Director of the Fallbrook Food Pantry, accepting the canned goods and toys from 2006 Club president, Jim Dooley (right).
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