A Look at Our New LD

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

With the redistricting, we are now part of LD14. Apparently there was much gnashing of teeth over the drawing of these two districts, pushing negotiations to within 2 hours of the deadline.

We were previously in the 15th, which has been redrawn into the first majority minority LD in the state, and is now 55 percent Latino. The 14th was formerly a small district centered on the City of Yakima and including the Upper Valley, but now it includes all of Klickitat and Skamania, much of Yakima County, and a small rectange of eastern Clark County.  Read more... (estimated 32 secs reading time)

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Klickitat, We Have a New CD

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

The redistricting committee approved the compromise maps last night. The downloading of the handout files is slow/not working right now, so I downloaded Google Earth and viewed the files for the LD and CD layers. As expected, we are now going to be in CD 3, currently represented by Jaime Herrera Beutler. With CD3 losing the more blue areas near Olympia and gaining more red areas of E. Skamania and Klickitat, thinking is that it will make CD3 less of a ‘swing’ district. But the Columbian cautions: “Certainly, the 20,000-plus residents of Klickitat County are more conservative than constituents Herrera Beutler would lose in Olympia, but their political leanings should not be taken for granted.”  Read more... (estimated 33 secs reading time)

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Happy Holidays from Klickitat Democrats

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

Would like to share a wonderful power point sent to me by a good Texas Democrat. We have a busy year ahead…

Political Season’s Greetings

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Health Care Reform Workshop

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

If you were intrigued by our September presentation on single payer health care, or if you missed it and want another opportunity to become informed, here’s some good news.

There will be a strategy-oriented Single Payer presentation at Riverside Church, 4th and State Streets, in Hood River on Friday, Dec. 16, from 6:30-8:30pm. It will include  Read more... (estimated 31 secs reading time)

  • a “Single Payer 101” introduction (6:30-7pm)
  • a “how we did it” presentation by a representative from the Vermont Workers Center, which drove the successful legislative effort in Vermont to enable creation of a statewide, universal health care system (7-8pm),
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Single Payer Health Care

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Thank you to Drs. Bonnie New and Erica Didier for their excellent presentation on Single Payer Health Care. Now we all know what it is, how it works, and why it should be part of the health care reform discussion. For those who weren’t there, here’s what you missed.

Bonnie gave a powerpoint presentation and handouts from the Oregon Single Payer Campaign (summarized below). Erica talked about her experience practicing medicine in New Zealand, where there is an excellent government run health care program, and about her work now at La Clinica del Carino Family Health Care Center in Hood River, whose mission is to make affordable and high quality health care available to everyone in the community.  Read more... (estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

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Sierra Club Beyond Coal Kickoff

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

As you read this, the Columbia Gorge and the Northwest are at an energy crossroads. Coal companies are threatening to export millions of tons of coal from a port in the Northwest all the way to Asia, stoking climate change and countering clean energy progress in the Northwest. Locally, coal exports could bring 26 mile-long coal trains through the Gorge every day, spewing toxic coal dust into the air and water, contributing to asthma and respiratory diseases, choking our railroads and degrading our property values.  Read more... (estimated 1:08 mins reading time)

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Redistricting Map Drafts Available for Review

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

The four members of the Washington State Redistricting Committee have published their respective initial redistricting maps.  The members will meet again soon to begin negotiations toward a final redistricting plan.  You may view the four widely divergent maps for new legislative districts and congressional districts at http://www.redistricting.wa.gov/maps.asp.

Three of the four maps have Klickitat County remaining in CD 4. One map has us moving to CD 3 (Vancouver, Skamania).

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Redistricting

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

This is a link to the redistricting hearing that was held recently in Yakima. Thanks to Eleanor Hungate for the link and summary. Yakima Redistricting Meeting

The public comments begin at about 22 minutes with Joaquin Avila, Seattle University law professor, speaking in support of a proposed 15th legislative district map that is majority minority. He is followed by Toby Guevin, a policy manager for One America, speaking in support. The next speaker is Matthew Tomaskin representing the Yakama Nation in support of the plan. Jacqui Walker asked that Terrace Heights be put in the 14th LD and spoke against the plan in discussion. Eleanor Hungate spoke after her and explained the basis for the two maps she drew. More than a dozen others addressed the Commission, notably Aaron Case and Tony Sandoval.  Read more... (estimated 53 secs reading time)

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June 18th Democratic Party Building

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

Saturday, June 18th will be a day filled with Democratic Party activities in Klickitat County, starting in Goldendale and ending on the west side in Husum.

Party Committee Officers (PCOs) are invited to attend a special PCO Training and Votebuilder Workshop presented by WA State Vice Chair Valerie Rongey. The training begins at 1 pm at the Goldendale Library, and will run approximately 90 minutes. Bring your laptops. All elected and appointed PCOs are welcome, from Klickitat and neighboring counties. Please RSVP to Lorrie DeKay.  Read more... (estimated 1:06 mins reading time)

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General Meeting Tuesday May 17th

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

Minutes of the May 17th General Meeting held in Dallesport are available here.

KCDCC General May 17 2011

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