Archive for March, 2009

Rep. Bart Gordon creates Economic Recovery Center

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

The DNJ reports today on the creation of an “Economic Recovery Center” by Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Murfreesboro) to help constituents understand and access benefits made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon announced the creation of the “Economic Recovery Center” today on his website, which offers comprehensive explanations about the benefits included in and made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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The legislation was signed into law in response to growing unemployment, budget shortfalls and outdated infrastructure.

“This downturn has affected families, small businesses, local and state governments, and the list goes on and on,” Gordon said in a news release from his press secretary Kinsey Kiriakos. “The Recovery Act is designed to provide relief through a number of tools, and the Recovery Center on my website explains where it can be found.”

The web address to Gordon’s “Economic Recovery Center” is www.bart.house.gov/recovery.

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Sen. Joe Haynes takes on Sen. Bill Ketron

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Liberadio reports on an exchange between Sen. Joe Haynes (D-Goodlettsville) and Sen. Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro) over Ketron’s proposal (SB0150) to limit the right to vote to those with a photo ID.

Senator Haynes: Senator Ketron, I know that what you’re doing is well-meaning, and I respect that. But this is something that bothers me greatly because there are people in the world that don’t have driver’s license, don’t have photo ID. There are people in the world who are 65 and older that have a driver’s license without a photo ID on it. There’s a class of peple who are not indigent but yet don’t have a photo ID. And to those people, your bill excludes them from voting in our state. I consider that enough of a problem that I would challenge you..and we do this a lot when we see there are legitimate questions that we have….we try and take public testimony and we try to study it. There’s not another election until next next year. I don’t see what harm would be done if we took some public testimony. And we studied this to try an see what we could do to improve it and work on it and come back next year and try to adopt a system that’s workable. I think you’ve done a good job of trying to patch this up and I respect you for it..but I’m greatly concerned about people that fall in the categories I just described…because what you are doing is either 1) you’re forcing somebody to lie that says in their affidavit of identity that they have a relgiosu objection or that they are indigent and nobody is going to go out and check if they are indiegent there not going to be any system for that - that would be so burdensome that there would be no way to work it out of an election commission office…I’m going to ask you if you would consider putting this in a study committee so we could look at this properly…would you consider that, Senator Ketron?

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Rutherford County Democrats set time for reorganization

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Are you ready for County Reorganization? Keep reading to find out why it’s important and what YOU can do to help change the future of our county and our state!

Every two years, the Democratic Party in each county holds a reorganization meeting. This year, County Reorganization will be Saturday April 4, 2009.

This is an extremely important process that affects our County Democratic Parties, the Tennessee Democratic Party, and the future of Tennessee. To have a successful party that brings about real and sustainable change for Tennesseans we need YOU to be involved.

There are three major goals of reorganization:

  1. Evaluate the effectiveness of each County’s bylaws and the County Party’s leadership.
  2. Give new people the opportunity to step up and become active in local and state party activities & initiatives. If the Democratic Party is to survive and grow, we must reach out to new people.
  3. Update and expand our contact information on Democrats in each county so the TNDP and the RCDP can more effectively communicate with those interested in being involved.

Sincerely,

Drew Rhodes
Chairman
and
Kellee Inskeep
First Vice Chairman

The following people have submitted their names to be considered for offices in the Democratic Party. Nominations will also be taken from the floor. Members will vote for candidates at Convention.

  • Jonathon Fagan - Chairman
  • Lee Campbell - First Vice Chairman
  • Chantho Sourinho - Second Vice Chairman
  • William Fields - Corresponding Secretary
  • Pat McFadden - Recording Secretary
  • MA Smitty - Treasurer

Rutherford County Democratic Party Reorganization
Saturday, April 4, 2009
9:15 AM - Registration
10:00 AM Doors Close

Rutherford County Courthouse
2nd Floor Courtroom
Public Square
Murfreesboro, TN

In order to be eligible to vote at convention you must present a valid Rutherford County Voter Registration card.

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