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State Representative Dennis Apaun 1964 -- 2020 |
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We're heartbroken to announce that former state representative Dennis Apaun of Colorado Springs has passed away from diabetes-related complications. The first Filipino-American state representative to serve in the Colorado General Assembly, Rep. Apaun was known as a fighter for progressive values who served as a staunch defender of House District 17. From this article in Colorado Politics:
Former state Rep. Dennis Barcial Apuan, a Colorado Springs Democrat, died May 23 in Jacksonville, Florida, from complications of diabetes. He was 55.
An announcement from Rep. Tony Exum, also of Colorado Springs, said Apuan, who served one term in the Colorado House, will be “sorely missed.”
Apuan was born Sept. 30, 1964, in Manila, making him the only Filipino-American to serve in the Colorado General Assembly. He served from 2009 to 2011 and lost re-election to Republican Rep. Mark Barker in a seat that has bounced back and forth between the political parties for more than a decade.
In 2008, Apuan defeated Republican Kit Roupe by 381 votes in the only House seat to flip from Republican to Democrat that year. Barker won the House District 17 seat in southeastern Colorado Springs in 2010; Democrat Exum won it in 2012 and Roupe won it in 2014. Exum won it back in 2016 and has held it ever since.
Apuan emigrated to Los Angeles in 1984 and to Colorado Springs in 1997. He worked at the Broadmoor Community Church, first as a janitor and later as its business administrator.
Apuan was a self-described community activist and regional director of the Colorado Progressive Coalition. He was a community organizer for Colorado Unity, a statewide equal opportunity group. He also was vice-chair of the El Paso County Democratic Party for four years.
Our hearts go out to Rep. Apaun's family and loved ones, and the whole state of Colorado will miss him. |
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The 2020 Obama Dinner: RELAUNCHED |
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Join the honorable Hakeem Jeffries, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Stacey Abrams, and more at: The 3rd Annual Obama Event: Virtual Edition |
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We are proud to announce that in lieu of a traditional gala dinner, on Saturday, June 20, 2020 at 5:00pm we will gather virtually to celebrate the 3rd Annual Obama Event to commemorate the accomplishments of the last twelve months and the honorees that helped make it happen. All ticket holders will receive a special palooza package. Check your email in the coming days to choose which package you'll receive!
We will welcome back Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as our special guest, and we are so pleased to announce that he'll be bringing a few friends with him! That's right -- the honorables Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Stacey Abrams will be joining us! And we have re-invited Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and many others!
We plan to continue to roll out headliners between now and our June 20th event, and promise that our Obama Political Palooza will live up to the quality and excitement typical of our past Obama Dinners. We hope you will join us for what we know will be an evening of conversation, celebration and common purpose.
(As you remember, the Colorado Democratic Party was to hold our 3rd Annual Obama Dinner on Saturday, April 18, 2020 -- right after our state assembly and convention. This was postponed as a result of COVID-19.)
NOTE: If you purchased a ticket or table to the 3rd Annual Obama Dinner already, your purchase will be honored for the 3rd Annual Obama Event! |
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If you have already purchased your ticket to the Obama Event, you'll be able to choose between these two special packages! |
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You can choose (1) Dem Pride Package, (2) Harry & David gift package, or (3) You can opt to not receive a gift package and instead give the value back to the party for the 2020 win plan! |
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The 2020 Obama Event Awardees |
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You nominated, and you voted! We're so proud that with this new virtual format for the 2020 Obama Event, we will have the honor of celebrating these incredible Democrats from all across the state! |
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COVID-19 Updates |
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Gov. Jared Polis said Tuesday afternoon that, under statewide restrictions over the last two months, the exponential growth of the novel coronavirus in the state had “leveled out.”
There are now about 24,500 confirmed cases in Colorado and under 400 hospitalized, he said. So far, 1,088 have died of COVID-19 in the state. Some 1,340 people have died with COVID-19 in their system, a distinction that the governor has been making since the state changed the way coronavirus-related deaths are counted.
Earlier in Colorado’s COVID-19 crisis, each person was passing the disease to 3 or 4 people. People are now spreading at a rate of about one person. Colorado is now testing anywhere from 4,000 to 5,000 per day, according to Polis. Last Friday the state tested the most it ever had -- 6,000.
Looking ahead, Polis said he expected courts might process some evictions in June -- suggesting he doesn’t plan to extend his executive order halting eviction processes.
He also said that it’s difficult to know what will happen in the months beyond, despite state modeling shared earlier on Tuesday that showed that Coloradans will have to maintain high levels of social distancing for months to avoid overwhelming ICU bed use.
“We’re not making decisions for August and September based on modeling, period,” he said. “We’ve tried, better than any of the other states, to at least try to show people what the next month looks like.”
He said that decisions about late summer and fall -- including those about schools -- would be made based on actual data available much closer to those times.
Polis said the state had ordered 6 million N-95 masks from Honeywell in a contract that spans 17 months.
The governor addressed the media from the carriage house of the governor’s residence in Denver.
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This Week In Making a Difference |
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2020 Win Stops! |
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Join us for the first of our 2020 Win Stops -- in the digital world!
As you may remember, Team CDP has held similar statewide tours and trainings in the past as “Listening Stops”, “Action Stops”, and "Outreach Stops". Our goal is to stay in touch, learn from everyone and organize everywhere in the State of Colorado so Colorado is ready to go blue in 2020.
In a COVID-19 world, we're holding them again, only we're calling them "Win Stops" now so you can be part of ensuring Democrats WIN up and down the ticket in November! Each Win Stop will focus on a particular region in the state, and Democrats from those communities are highly encouraged to sign up!
Be on the lookout for your invite! |
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SAVE THE DATE Tuesday, June 2 at 6:00PM (Douglas, El Paso, Mesa, Weld) Flipping Red Seats in Red Districts!
Thursday, June 4 at 7:00PM (Eagle, Summit, Pitkin) Turning out Voters in Rural Counties
Sunday, June 7 at 12:00PM (Denver and Boulder) Keeping Blue Counties Blue -- VERY Blue! Save the Date!
Tuesday, July 7 at 7:00PM (Jefferson, Arapahoe, Larimer, Adams, Pueblo) Winning in Swing Districts! Save the Date! |
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Work for the 2020 Wave Webinars |
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SAVE THE DATE for our upcoming "Work for the Wave" webinars! |
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Monday, June 1, 2020 @ 6:00PM MST Digital Organizing (Hosted by Tyler McDermott and Karin Asensio) We're in a world of social distancing and digital organizing -- so let's refine your skills! Join our staff for a training on how to engage, organize and win with your voters in the virtual world! (Keep an eye out for an invite!) |
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Monday, June 15, 2020 @ 6:00PM MST Voter Registration (Hosted by Tyler McDermott) Growing the electorate is key to Democrats winning in 2020 -- so join in on the fun! Learn how you can register voters even when we're keeping socially distant! |
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Monday, June 29, 2020 @ 6:00PM MST Volunteer Recruitment (Hosted by Karin Asensio) Volunteers are the lifeblood of any campaign. Learn from our volunteer coordinator how you can engage with volunteers to get the word out about getting Dems elected! (Keep an eye out for an invite!) |
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HELP WANTED: New Positions to Apply For! |
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We're staffing up in preparation for the 2020 General Election! Colorado is a battleground state, and we're looking for scrappy, driven, politically savvy organizers to join our team! Specifically, we're looking for Field Organizers, Latino Community Organizers, and African American Community Organizers.
Email your resume to Tyler McDermott at [email protected] with the specific job title that you'd like to apply for.
Job Descriptions: |
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Dems Leading the Way |
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The 2nd First Day of School! Colorado Legislators Return to the Capitol. |
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After a 2-month hiatus, Colorado's General Assembly is back in session. While Republicans tried to close the session down prematurely by arguing that the session should end on May 6 like it was originally scheduled, the Colorado Supreme Court prevailed, arguing that: The joint rule said, "...in response to the H1N1 viral pandemic, the General Assembly construes this provision to be 'one hundred twenty separate working calendar days (when) the Governor has declared a state of disaster emergency due to a public health emergency.' "
There's a lot of work to do, and not a lot of time to do it, but our Colorado Democrats are working around the clock for the people of Colorado! |
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Gallagher repeal on Colorado lawmakers’ agenda as Capitol reopens
A socially distanced, mostly masked Colorado legislature reconvened Tuesday for the first time since March, with a heap of new work to complete and a budget crisis coloring nearly every decision.
Lawmakers wasted little time taking on at least one major new initiative: Sens. Chris Hansen, D-Denver, and Jack Tate, R-Centennial, want to repeal the Gallagher Amendment and, Hansen said, they have “broad” support to do so.
Gallagher, which has been in the state Constitution since 1982, was intended to keep property taxes low, but it has squeezed revenue and services at firehouses, schools and police departments across the state. The economic impact of the pandemic will force more cuts.
Hansen said he and Tate will introduce a resolution this week to put the question of whether to repeal Gallagher to voters in November. They’d need two-thirds support from lawmakers in each chamber — and Hansen said he thinks they have it.
Gov. Jared Polis also said Tuesday that he supports a repeal.
The General Assembly was supposed to have adjourned for the year on May 6, but it paused its 120-day session on March 14, deeming it unsafe to meet. That means that one of three branches of the state government has been almost entirely inactive since well before Coloradans were ordered to stay at home.
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“It’s an 11 on the weird scale”: Colorado legislature makes an awkward return to the Capitol
The hallways were mostly empty. The lawmakers were mostly masked. The interactions were mostly awkward.
The General Assembly’s return to the state Capitol after a two-month coronavirus pause looked anything but normal. Members of the House sat at desks divided by plexiglass or in the gallery above the chamber shouting down their votes on legislation. In the Senate, some legislators were forced to balance computers on their laps as they worked in areas of the chamber’s floor typically designated for seating visitors.
“It’s an 11 on the weird scale,” said Senate Majority Leader Steve Fenberg, a Boulder Democrat.
The differences began from the moment visitors entered the gold-domed building, in part because of a last-minute decision by Democratic leaders to put in place mandatory public health protocols.
At the door, visitors had their temperature checked with a contactless thermometer, and volunteers with a global public health organization asked screening questions about potential symptoms. “Do you have a new or worsening cough today? Do you have shortness of breath or difficulty breathing? Do you have a sore throat or other flu-like symptoms?” people entering the building are asked.
The temperatures were written down in a log along with the time of day they are taken. Anyone granted entry was given a red band to wear around their wrist. Red tape and signs direct people on which direction to walk, where to sit and which staircases to take in the narrow corridors.
The public is required to wear masks — but it remains optional for lawmakers — as part of the new rules issued less than 24 hours before session restarted. The move reversed an earlier decision from Democratic leaders to issue only informal guidance requesting that people wear masks.
“The General Assembly, acting with newly received legal guidance, will follow the recommendations of medical experts as we responsibly return to work in the Capitol,” House Majority Leader Alec Garnett, D-Denver, said in a statement.
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Move over, Space Force. The Country needs Health Force! |
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Sen. Michael Bennet announces ‘Health Force’ bill to manage COVID-19 response
Amid record unemployment, a bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., would train and employ a national workforce to help identify the spread of the coronavirus and aid local public health departments in effectively combating the pandemic.
While public health officials are working to meet the myriad needs of addressing a global pandemic, they are often staffed far below the needs of their communities. Since 2003, federal funding for public health emergencies has fallen 60%, according to the Coalition for Health Funding.
“The Health Force will give us the opportunity to make a renewed commitment to our public health preparedness,” Bennet said in a conference call Tuesday. “Our failure to make that commitment is one of the reasons we are more vulnerable to this virus in the first place and we can’t make that mistake again.”
Under the proposed bill, funding would be provided to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for training while the jobs would be overseen by local health care professionals, with the program potentially becoming permanent after the crisis. The duties of the Health Force would include contact tracing, administering COVID-19 tests, providing supplies and medical services to the elderly and at-risk populations, and eventually administering a vaccine when it becomes available.
The new services would reinvigorate struggling public health departments, which have seen as much as a quarter of their workers laid off since the 2008-09 financial crisis, said Liane Jollon, executive director of San Juan Basin Public Health. During the call, Jollon said local medical directors and nurses “have a huge increased need for the workforce to get this done in the coming months” to reopen Colorado safely.
“This is serious business, and we do want to make sure we get it right,” Jollon said.
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Crow Blasts Trump Administration for Cutting National Guard's Benefits |
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Rep. Crow: 'We're sending the wrong message' if we cut National Guard benefits
Democratic Congressman Jason Crow (CO-6) joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the Trump administration's current plan to end the National Guard's coronavirus related mission on June 24th, one day short of when many members would be eligible for retirement and education benefits, something Rep. Crow says sends "the wrong message" for a group that's been vital to pandemic relief efforts.
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Weiser Takes on Trump Administration over Water Rule |
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Weiser files suit against Trump Administration for water rule
Attorney General Phil Weiser has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenging a regulation that removes some water bodies from federal oversight and, according to Weiser, “ignores sound science.”
The EPA’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule, published in April, will remove federal protections from some wetlands and streams. As Weiser contends in his lawsuit, the narrowed definition of “waters of the United States” would render a “substantial portion of Colorado’s ephemeral streams and wetlands without the federal regulatory protections that the State has relied on for many years and jeopardize the integrity and quality of Colorado’s waters.”
The new rule does not include ephemeral streams that exist due to snow melt or precipitation. The Clean Water Act of 1972 makes it illegal to discharge pollutants into the waters of the United States, without defining what the phrase encompasses. Under the Obama Administration, a proposal of the rule had an expanded definition of navigable waters, on the grounds that some smaller bodies could be polluted in a way that reaches drinking water.
“The federal government’s proposed new definition of ‘waters of the United States’ conflicts with the text of the Clean Water Act, contravenes controlling Supreme Court precedent, contradicts the Act’s objective, and ignores sound science,” Weiser wrote in the lawsuit. He added that the narrowed scope of protected waters would deny the state federal resources in preventing pollution.
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Griswold Calls on Young Coloradans to become Election Judges |
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Coloradans Called To Help Serve In June 30 Primary
Secretary of State Jena Griswold is encouraging Coloradans to get involved in the state’s June 30 primary by serving as election judges. Since older poll workers are at a higher risk of COVID-19, the state is launching an election judge recruitment effort to ensure there are enough for the upcoming statewide elections to run smoothly.
Election judges greet voters, check them in, explain voting equipment and assist in voter registration. They also pick up ballots from ballot drop boxes, conduct ballot signature review, open and process ballots, among other things.
It is a temporary, paid position with wages determined by counties. This year, election judge pay increased by $3 per hour, and paid sick leave is offered.
“As the nation’s youngest Secretary of State, I want to encourage a new generation of people to get involved with our elections this year by serving as Election Judges,” Griswold said in a news release. “Being an Election Judge is a great way to get involved in our democracy while getting a front-row seat to see how Colorado’s election process works. It is also important work because judges keep our Voter Service and Polling Centers operating.”
According to the release from Griswold’s office, election judges will be provided with appropriate personal protective equipment while performing their duties as to prioritize the safety of Coloradans and limit the spread of COVID-19.
A Pew Research Center analysis of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s biennial Election Administration and Voting survey showed 58% of poll workers in the 2018 midterm elections were age 61 or older, and 27% were over 70. It is anticipated that some people who usually serve as election judges may not serve this year as they have in the past.
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ICYMI -- JBC Democrats: Feds Need to Support Colorado |
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Guest Commentary: Colorado will only face devastating cuts if the feds fail to step up From State Senators Dominick Moreno and Rachel Zenzinger. Both are members of the General Assembly's Joint Budget Committee.
Last week was the most difficult week we have ever faced as elected officials or members of the Joint Budget Committee. We had tearful discussions prior to gut-wrenching decisions as we addressed devastating health and economic issues in our state budget.
Before the virus hit, Colorado was looking at millions of dollars in budgetary surplus. It meant we had additional funds to invest in our schools, reduce the cost of health care, improve environmental protections, expand economic opportunity, and more.
The year held great promise. Then, with more than half of our legislative session remaining, COVID-19 tore rapidly through Colorado.
We decided to postpone our legislative work until the public could safely participate in their democracy. We hoped to be back within two weeks and that didn’t happen.
Now, after two months of shut-down, over 1,000 Coloradans have lost their lives, 420,000 people have filed for unemployment, and at least $3.3 billion in revenue has vanished from our state budget.
For these reasons, we call upon the U.S. Senate to pass the life-saving HEROES Act that recently came out of the House.
Our painful situation in Colorado is compounded by restraints connected to the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR), which has artificially constrained our budget since 1992. Even when the economy boomed in the last few years, some of the revenue could not be invested back in Colorado, resulting in cash-strapped schools and crumbling roads.
While Coloradans are experiencing hardship, we are looking at cutting critical programs and initiatives. No one becomes a public servant with the goal of dismantling years of hard-fought progress and growth. So it goes without saying, this process has been excruciating. But what makes everything more painful is that it doesn’t have to be this way.
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Trump, Gardner, & GOP Watch |
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As Nations Closes in on 100,000 Deaths, Trump Golfed Over Memorial Day Weekend. |
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On Memorial Day weekend, Trump shows his true self
A century after the poppy began symbolizing Memorial Day, it's a good time to consider how we should memorialize the casualties of the pandemic. (In mere months, more Americans have died than in Vietnam and Korea combined.) The surgical mask might be a proper emblem, or perhaps the double helix of DNA. Both would honor the dead and the medical workers who saved the sick. Both would likely enrage President Donald Trump.
As the most somber national holiday weekend began, the president showed us how he feels about our current suffering. Saturday brought a blast of angry Twitter posts followed by a round of golf. At day's end he posted about a vile and baseless conspiracy theory that slanders one of his perceived "enemies" and torments the parents of a young woman who died of natural causes. In addition to another round of golf on Sunday, he offered this enthusiastic falsehood: "Cases, numbers and deaths are going down all over the country!" In fact, cases are still rising in many states and locales.
Trump's heedless holiday demonstrated that as his drive for re-election begins in earnest, he will not alter the formula that got him to the Oval Office in the first place. This method depends on the reliable power of divisiveness, anger, and activist rage. Although disastrous when tapped in response to a crisis like the current pandemic, Trump is using them as he did in 2016: to energize his base.
Much research has shown that many people find their sense of well-being and self-esteem rises when they feel anger or hatred of others. What the Wall Street Journal recently described as "the pleasure of hating" can bring people together to act against a common enemy whether that enemy is real or imagined. In his life before politics, Trump conjured up pop culture enemies like Rosie O'Donnell so he could engage in public fights against someone he hated. In his political incarnation, where the consequences are real and serious, he has used the same process but infused it with conspiracy theories about "Deep State" opponents
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"Senator Cory Gardner’s political relationship with the president reads like a tawdry romance novel." |
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The Price of Trump Loyalty
In the future museum of Never Trumpers turned Ever Trumpers, Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado will have pride of place. In 2016, Gardner called Donald Trump a “buffoon,” left the Republican National Convention after one day rather than watching him formally receive the party’s nomination, called for him to drop out of the race after the release of the Access Hollywood tape, and said he would write in Mike Pence’s name on his presidential ballot.
Now Gardner, perhaps the Senate’s most endangered Republican incumbent, is locked in an uphill battle for reelection in a state trending bluer by the day. He trails his probable Democratic opponent, the former governor and erstwhile presidential candidate John Hickenlooper, by double digits in the polls. In a sharp about-face, Gardner has backed Trump at every turn since endorsing the president for reelection last year.
“He’s been with us 100 percent,” Trump said of Gardner at a February rally in Colorado Springs, at which Gardner lavished praise on the president.
What happened?
Not so long ago, there was a time in American politics when elected officials who found their state’s voters shifting beneath them would adjust their partisan loyalties to stay in power. Former Senators James Jeffords of Vermont and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania both left the Republican Party when its national agenda grew out of step with that of their voters. A generation of southern politicians, from George Wallace to Strom Thurmond, adapted its stances on race as black voters’ access to the ballot box rose.
“I think I can understand something of the pain black people have come to endure,” Wallace told a black church audience in 1979. “I know I contributed to that pain and I can only ask your forgiveness.” Thurmond, who ran a segregationist campaign for president in 1948, never apologized for his past views, but he reliably delivered federal aid and programs for black constituents, and in 1970 became the first southern senator to hire a black staff aide and sponsor a black candidate for a federal judgeship.
These days, Trump’s hold on the GOP base is so total that Republican incumbents around the country cross him at their peril. Tribal loyalty is the new normal. In Gardner’s case, cold numbers make the point. At the beginning of Trump’s term, Gardner was willing to take an independent tack. He pressed in vain for creation of a special committee on cybersecurity, in part to investigate Russian hacking of the 2016 election.
He supported a bipartisan immigration-reform bill written by John McCain that his fellow Republicans soundly defeated. The Lugar Center, an independent nonprofit in Washington, D.C., that promotes cross-party cooperation, named him the fifth-most-bipartisan senator in the 115th Congress, which ended in 2018. But those stances hurt him with Republicans back home.
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Volunteers of the Week |
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Pat Davis of Boulder County is very modest about her achievements as a volunteer for the Democratic Party, but she has been one strong impetus behind much of what the Dems have accomplished in the county, notably in Longmont. As one of a core group who are all very active in Longmont (we’ll meet the others in later profiles), Pat has worked hard for Democratic values. She describes herself as “an introverted person—except for politics!” and she absolutely lights up with joy as she describes in detail all of her work to advance Democratic causes. She’s been involved in politics since the 1960s with the Vietnam War protests, but her work in Boulder County since 2003 has been especially effective. Of course she regularly works with BoCo Dems in their Get Out the Vote initiatives, she does postcard-writing parties, phone banking, distributing campaign materials and yard signs, but her singular contribution is something else: Pat’s Garage!
“Pat’s Garage” has apparently become a meme in Longmont because it’s the informal headquarters of the Longmont Democrats. Lacking a permanent office for the party, the Dems were meeting in rented spaces until Pat just decided that she had to do something, and she offered her garage as the new permanent headquarters for Longmont (although she says the headquarters actually has expanded to fill the house and even the yard during election years!) Not only are volunteers busy there constantly, but candidates for all sorts of positions, especially those for Colorado’s state legislature, have been known to frequent Pat’s garage to meet with voters. Volunteers especially work to get progressive candidates elected to office.
The other branch of Democratic action in Longmont is the Longmont Area Democrats, which is not affiliated with BoCo Dems because its official mission is “to educate and inform” in a non-partisan way. It holds candidate and issue forums, and brings in expert to speak. It’s packed with active members who work on Get Out the Vote, hold parties and campaign events for candidates, and make sure that Longmont’s political processes are fair, with voters who are well-informed. LAD members are great at door-knocking, meeting voters, and getting out the word about where candidates stand on Longmont’s important issues. As a LAD board member, Pat boasts of the enormous energy and effectiveness of that organization.
What does Pat say to those who want to volunteer? The first thing she offers is the rewards of her work for herself: it was “the best thing I could have done with my time” in retirement. Despite how very hard everyone works, Pat laughs that, “it’s so much fun!” to work with the wonderful friends she’s met and kept for all the years she’s devoted to the Democrats. The advantages of volunteering include both the pleasure of meeting people of like mind, and having an impact at the local level, where you can meet face-to-face with candidates for office, go to city council meetings and give and receive input from those doing the governance of the county. And volunteers who have shown up to work at Pat’s garage, despondent about the state of the country, have said it gives them hope and a feeling of making a difference. Besides, Pat is enthusiastic about all that she’s learned about the political process: she now understands much better how things work in government at several levels. So to anyone who is thinking about volunteering, this Volunteer of the Week advises jumping right in:”there’s always a place for somebody!” in work that will be richly rewarding in many ways. |
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Do you want to volunteer? Reach out to our volunteer coordinator Karin Asensio at [email protected], and see how YOU CAN GET INVOLVED! |
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Join the Elbow Bumpers Club! |
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What's the Elbow Bumpers Club (formerly known as the High Fivers Club), you ask? It started with a simple idea: There are nearly 1.2 million registered Democrats in Colorado -- what if every single one of them gave just $5 a month to the Colorado Democratic Party (CDP)?
Answer: The CDP would be the best-funded state party in the country -- with zero dollars from corporate PACs and plenty for flipping red seats to blue!
Here's the reality -- the Colorado Dems are working in overdrive to keep the wheels of democracy moving forward, and now is a time when we could really use your help! If you haven't joined the High Fivers Club (temporarily known as the Elbow Bumpers Club now) -- please consider a few reasons to give!
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Editor's Note: Since we haven't been able to be on the road, we thought we would end today's edition of the Dispatch by showing some political cartoons! |
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