Cheshire County Democrats monthly meeting will be at our NEW OFFICE!
Because of Labor Day our monthly meeting will be held on September 13th.
Since the following day is the State primary we have decided to take this meeting to the streets for visibility! We will meet at the office.

Hope your summer was a pleasurable one-we look forward to seeing you and working with you all this fall-Have a safe and enjoyable Labor Day!

Ann Heffernon

Testimony should last no more than three or four minutes and focus on
the implications for the condemned, the victim’s family members, prison officials, and the wider community.

Of course if anyone has had personal experience with the death
penalty that story is important.

The study commission members are most respectful of all testimony.

This is a critical time for death penalty repeal in NH. The Study Commission
has been meeting since November 2009, we have a man on death row, and
there are severe limits on state resources that have tremendous social justice
implications.

6:30 Doors open

7:05 Economic Expert: State Budget
Spending
What we spend on: mandated and discretionary
Spending increases: principal factors
Biggest drivers and why
What is and isn’t a real cut?
What are long-term costs of short-term cuts?
Revenue
Where does it come from?
2 pies: taxes & fees; federal and other $; focus on state revenue
Tax policy fundamentals (equity, adequacy, simplicity, exportability, neutrality)
Who pays, and how? (ITEP income bracket charts)
State+local property taxes=60+% of all tax revenue: implications for tax payers

Deficit: Structural + Cyclical=Gap

7:15 Local Government Official: Relationship between state and local budgets
“Shared burden”
Ramifications of state budget for this locality: decision points and options
Consequences of maintaining status quo

7:25 Human Impact Speaker: Consequence of Budget Decisions in Human Terms

7:30 Panel Q and A
Moderator to panel/panelists to each other:
Solution options?
a) program cuts (quick review of discretionary options)
b) Revenue reform (quick review of options)
c) Plan to do nothing, and make last-ditch decisions under
Deadline pressure
Consequences of doing nothing?

7:45 Audience Q and A

Contact-
Cathy Silber
Executive Director
Granite State Fair Tax Coalition
P.O. Box 3431
Concord, NH  03302
603-986-7696
csilber@nhfairtax.org
www.nhfairtax.org

For September, we will be reading When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present, by Gail Collins. This book gets great reviews on Amazon.com and I’m looking forward to reading it. We will meet on Wednesday, September 22, 6:30 PM in the food court at Colony Mill Marketplace. I hope you will be able to join us.

Planning ahead – for October, we are going to read Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker & the Rise & Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History, by S.C. Gwynne.

Linda Cates
lindacates@mindspring.com

Agenda:
8.2 CCD Agenda
E.F. Lane @ 6pm

Review Mission:
Cheshire County voters elect the highest percentage of Democrats of any county in New Hampshire. To keep that distinction, the Democratic Committee organizes events, conducts Get Out The Vote canvasses, and provides logistical support to Democratic candidates

Secretary Report

Treasurer Report

• Acct. Balances
• Expenditures

Committee Updates

• Office Space
• Possible fundraising event
• Non-Event Fundraiser

State Committee Meeting Review

Computer Training Session

• 15 minutes (Facebook, Twitter, Google Docs)

Announcements

• OFA
• Campaigns
• Cheshire County Fair
• Need volunteers to man the booth

Committees (Please Volunteer)
Finance Committee – Art Charland
Purpose: To establish a cash flow budget to present to the Exec. Committee and then the whole CCD.

Property Committee – Mike Hoefer
Purpose: Twofold
To maintain and control the property of the CCD
To research and develop the idea of opening a CCD office, looking for office space.

Fundraising/Event Committee – See Below
Purpose: To raise money and host events in an innovative, interesting and creative way using a variety of mediums setting goals based on the final budget.
Anna and Linda – non-event fundraising
Dan, Eli and Jamie – event fundraising.  Thom Simmons has volunteered

Outreach – Ann Heffernon
Purpose: To establish and facilitate open lines of communication between the committee and Cheshire County voters, town committees and colleges.

Communications – Dan and Jamie
Purpose: To promote CCD candidates and events in multi-media formats.

Then join us for this informative workshop on the power of blogging and how YOU can leverage the blogosphere in New Hampshire and nationally to help elevate the issues that most interest you. Granite State Progress and some of the state’s top bloggers will help you set-up your own account on New Hampshire’s leading progressive blog and walk you through all of the essentials of becoming a part of your blogging community. The training will include netiquette, individual feedback on practice blogs, and key online tips. Participants will leave with the knowledge and skills to fully engage in this exciting arena!

Workshop: Blogging 101

Thursday, July 29, 2010 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM

Please bring a laptop if you have one available. Limited space – RSVP’s required. Register today!

http://www.granitestateprogress.org/page/s/blogging101

In Progress,
Zandra Rice Hawkins and Jaime Contois

Because of new policies that have been put into place by the management at the Community Kitchen, we ask that those of you who so kindly give us your time be able to do the following:

• Please arrive at 4:30 and be able to stay until the meal is completed
• Please be sure and follow the dress code; shoes, no sleeveless shirts, and no shorts.

If possible, we need to know if you will be able to join us two days ahead of time because we now need to advise the staff of who will be working.

As always, we are committed to this important cause in our County, and very grateful for your help.

Invite you to a
Mid-Summer Reception

for

Senator Molly Kelly

When: Friday, July 30, 2010 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Where: Jean and John Hoffman’s
Seward Mountain Farm 279 Bowlder Road Sullivan, New Hampshire
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Dine on hors d’oeuvres and desserts created by First Course
Listen to music and vocals by ZanRicky
Visit one of the country’s oldest, original school houses:
School House #3 at Seward Mountain Farm
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Contribution Levels: $1,000 ~ $500 ~ $250 ~ $100 ~ $50
RSVP Jean Hoffman, phone 847-9630, e-mail jeansmf@gmail.com or
JoAnn Fenton 355-4900, e-mail jfenton@ne.rr.com

Directions: On Route 9 in Sullivan, at the blinking light by
the Sullivan Country Store, turn down Centre Street
and follow the green and white balloons.
PLEASE RSVP!!!