The SJC Democrats met on Saturday, May 21. We plan to have a booth at the fair this year, which is August 17-20. Soon we will be asking for volunteers to staff the booth. We have two veterans who will train any of you who would like to help. Shaun Hubbard has volunteered to design the booth but has asked all of us to come up with ideas about: 1) Issues of importance to be displayed and talked about at the booth; 2) Brief slogans about the most important issues; and 3) Contents of the booth, such as voter registration forms, takeaways of our platform, lists of our endorsements, etc. Please submit suggestions in reply to this request.

The state Democrats convention this year will be on June 25. Our legislative district has submitted two resolutions. One encourages the national Democrats to break up the Build Back Better Act into its component parts so that perhaps some of these good proposals get passed, and it would also show the country what Democrats support and Republicans oppose. The other resolution calls for an enforcement mechanism for our platform so that elected officials are evaluated on their performance in following the platform; this would be carried out by the state party.

I reported on candidate filings. Most of our county races have only one candidate. That includes Amy Vira for prosecuting attorney and Jane Fuller for county councilor from Lopez/Shaw. The one county race with two candidates is sheriff, where incumbent Ron Krebs is being challenged by Eric Peter. Races that we will vote on in the August primary include Congress, where Jason Call is challenging Rick Larsen again along with 8 other candidates; US Senate, where Patty Murray is being challenged by 17 others; and WA Secretary of State, where recently appointed Steve Hobbs is being challenged by 7 others. In our LD, Debra Lekanoff has no opponent, Alex Ramel is being challenged in November by fellow Democrat Trevor Smith, while Sen. Lovelett finally gets to sit out an election after running several times since she was appointed.

Bill Appel suggested that we should be following and participating in the Tourist Management Plan process. Bill says, “You might want to alert everyone to sign on for information. Unfortunately, most of the public participation process is over, but people should sign up and participate in what opportunities are left: <https://www.sjctourism.com/>. People need to pile into this one.”

Bob prepared the following poster using info from Democrats 101. You are welcome to play around with this to try to improve it, if you like. We can post something like this in our fair booth.

IF YOU SHARE THESE IDEALS, YOU SHOULD BE A DEMOCRAT!

· All people are created equal (This is America’s fundamental ideal);

· America is a democracy, by and for the people, ruled by the Constitution, protected by the Bill of Rights, and inspired by the Declaration of Independence;

· These founding documents demand Freedom, Justice, and Opportunity for all Americans, in full and equal measure…regardless of who you are, what you believe, or where you live;

· The Duty of government is to strive endlessly to make the ideals of Freedom, Justice, and Opportunity a reality for all;

· The Purpose of government is to protect our nation, defend our democracy, and to endlessly promote the welfare of each and every one of us

Fighting for all of this is the whole purpose of the

DEMOCRATIC PARTY!

If you would like to become involved in the protection of our democracy and the promotion of its ideals, contact the Democratic Party at _________________.