St. Louis City Democrats » Blog http://citydems.org Fri, 18 May 2012 18:22:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Road We’ve Traveled http://citydems.org/blog/the-road-weve-traveled/ http://citydems.org/blog/the-road-weve-traveled/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:10:42 +0000 admin http://citydems.org/?p=12769

Friends,

Many people do not appreciate the work that we all do as campaign volunteers – the doors we knock, the calls we make and the long hours we devote every election season to our candidates for no pay and for little recognition.

I am sure that you have wondered from time to time if the hard work and long hours you dedicate to campaigns and issues you’re passionate about is worth the time and effort.  Well, I do believe that it is worth it – and your hard work is more important now than at any point in our history.

I’ve included a link to a short documentary that chronicles President Obama’s tough choices and accomplishments since taking office.  Please take a couple of minutes and watch this video, because I believe it will remind us all why we do what we do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2POembdArVo

We were all part of making history in 2008, not just because we played a part in electing the first African-American President.  We also made history by electing the right person to lead our great nation through very difficult times.  We elected a man who is willing to make the tough choices that will lead us to a brighter and better future for all Americans.

On this St. Patrick’s Day weekend I’m reminded of an Irish blessing that starts with the line, “May the road rise to meet you…”  I like this line because it conjures up images of the future and a pathway ahead.  As we all journey through the campaign to re-elect President Obama, keep your eye on the rising road ahead, and know that the work that we do will make that future brighter for all Americans.

Have a great weekend,

Sincerely,

wahby signature

Brian Wahby
Chairman
St. Louis City Democrats
Twitter: @bwahby
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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Doors open at 6:00 PM, trivia starts at 7:00 PM

IBEW Local 1

5850 Elizabeth Ave.

Buy a table for $200.00 (8 players)

Sponsor a round $250.00

Purchase tickets at http://citydems.eventbrite.com

Or send checks payable to Democratic Campaign Committee of St. Louis City, PO Box 1233, St. Louis, MO 63188
For more information or contact Jack Coatar at jack@citydems.org or 314.827.4850
]]> http://citydems.org/blog/2012-trivia-night/feed/ 0 Central Committee Roster http://citydems.org/blog/central-committee/ http://citydems.org/blog/central-committee/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:36:11 +0000 admin http://citydems.org/?p=267 1st Ward Sterling Miller ss.miller@charter.net Sharon Tyus s.tyus@charter.net 2nd Ward Claude Brown badengroup@att.net Mattie Moore mcmoorestlcw@gmail.com 3rd Ward Johnnie Sadler  saddlerjohnny@yahoo.com Lucinda Frazier concinda@aol.com 4th Ward James Clayborne committeemanjc@yahoo.com Norma Leggette 5th Ward Rodney Hubbard, Sr. midwestdev@aol.com Rep. Penny Hubbard 6th Ward Home John Maxwell jmax2918@yahoo.com Ollie Stewart southwel@swbell.net 7th Ward Brian Wahby twitter_16 brian@citydems.org Earline Bell earlinebell@sbcglobal.net 8th Ward (website) Jack Stelzer carolinastelzer@sbcglobal.net Cara Jensen carajensen@sbcglobal.net 9th Ward Tedd Gann ted-gann@att.net Pat Ortmann patortmann@sbcglobal.net 10th Ward Bill Hill Michele Klupe klupe@juno.com 11th Ward Home Joe Ryan ward11@gmail.com Kathy Gamache irish1kath@aol.com 12th Ward Sheriff Jim Murphy jmurphy@stlouiscity.com Janet Sullivan sullivanjanet@sbcglobal.net 13th Ward Rep. Jake Hummel jakehummel@yahoo.com Beth Murphy bethmurphy@att.net 14th Ward Harry Kennedy harry-kennedy@sbcglobal.net Erin Maloney erinmaloney6@gmail.com 15th Ward Home Gregg Christian Emailtwitter_16FlickrHome Jan Clinite EmailHome 16th Ward Thomas B. Hayes thayes@gravoislaw.com Louise Tonkovich ltonkovich@sbcglobal.net 17th Ward Robert Hilgemann rhilgemann@yahoo.com Valerie Petty vpetty@courts.mo.gov 18th Ward Jesse Todd jesseb45@earthlink.net Ellen Todd etodd1922@aol.com 19th Ward Michael McMillan MCMILLANM@stlouiscity.com Cecelia Grant 20th Ward Dale Sweet dalesweet@sbcglobal.net Lorraine Ura 20th.ward.dems@swbell.net 21st Ward Home Kerry Wilson wilsonkd59@live.com Audrey Larkin alarkin1111@gmail.com 22nd Ward Andre Williams acwill1@sbcglobal.net Nora Neal metaneal@yahoo.com 23rd Ward Dan Hagerty Sharon Quigley Carpenter sqc@stlouiscityrecorder.org 24th Ward Home John Palmer johnpalmer2010@gmail.com Teri Powers tpowers314@aol.com 25th Ward Greg Brown gregorywbrown@hotmail.com Maggie Lampe maggielampe@yahoo.com 26th Ward Joe Palm josephpalm@sbcglobal.net Angela Newsom acn9184@hotmail.com 27th Ward Rep. Chris Carter chriscarter2008@gmail.com Pamela Boyd boydstuff@aol.com 28th Ward (website) Sen. Joseph P. Keaveny EmailHome ]]> http://citydems.org/blog/central-committee/feed/ 0 Mass Meeting Locations http://citydems.org/blog/mass-meeting-locations/ http://citydems.org/blog/mass-meeting-locations/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:17:43 +0000 admin http://citydems.org/?p=789 St. Louis City Democrats will once again have the opportunity to vote and express their preference for the Democratic Nominee while they begin the process of electing delegates to the Missouri State Convention.

A meeting will take place on Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 PM in each St. Louis City ward, where delegates and alternates will be elected to attend the next step of the delegate selection process.

The Missouri Democratic Party recommends Missouri voters wanting to participate as a Democrat attend a meeting in their ward on Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 PM.

Please visit www.missouridems.org/content/how-be-delegate-0 for more information about how to become a State Convention or National Convention Delegate.

If you have any questions about your mass meeting location, please contact City Dems Executive Director Jack Coatar at 314-827-4850 or jack@citydems.org.

MASS MEETING LOCATIONS

Ward 1:  The United House of Prayer -  3300 N. Kingshighway

Ward 2:  Charlotte’s Hall -  8709 Riverview Blvd

Ward 3:  Clay Elementary School -  3820 N. 14th

Ward 4:  Pleasant Grove Baptist Church -  2411 Bell Glade Ave

Ward 5:  Jonas Hubbard Support Center -  1629 Biddle Street

Ward 6:  Southside Wellness Center -  3017 Park Ave.

Ward 7:  Mardi Gras Community Room -  2200 Dolman

Ward 8:  Southwest Gardens Neighborhood Assoc. -  4950 Southwest Ave.

Ward 9:  Ninth Ward Headquarters -  1905 Arsenal St.

Ward 10:  St. Ambrose School Cafeteria – 5110 Wilson Ave.

Ward 11:  Carondolet Rex Plex (Honesty Room) -  930 Holly Hills Blvd

Ward 12:  Immaculate Heart Church Rectory -  4092 Blow

Ward 13:  Firefighters Local 73 -  4721 Delor St.

Ward 14:  Firefighters Local 73 -  4721 Delor St. (same location as Ward 13)

Ward 15:  Carpenter Branch Library -  3309 S. Grand Blvd

Ward 16:  Buder Branch Library -  4401 Hampton Ave.

Ward 17:  St. Louis College of Health Careers – 909 S. Taylor Ave.

Ward 18:  Jolly 7 Social Club -  933 Walton Ave.

Ward 19:  Mt. Zion Senior Residence House -  3300 Park Ave.

Ward 20: Monroe School Cafeteria – 3641 Missouri Ave.

Ward 21:  Wesley House – 4501 Lee Ave.

Ward 22:  Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church -  5515 Dr Martin Luther King Dr

Ward 23:  Mt. Tabor United Church -  6520 Arsenal

Ward 24:  Latitude 26 Restaurant -  6407 Clayton Avenue

Ward 25:  Gretchen’s Inn -  4200 S. Grand Blvd

Ward 26:  Union Memorial Church -  1141 Belt Ave.

Ward 27:  City Hope Bible Church -  5868 West Florissant

Ward 28:  Dressel’s Public House – 419 N. Euclid Ave.


]]> http://citydems.org/blog/mass-meeting-locations/feed/ 0 MO Presidential Primary Watch Party http://citydems.org/blog/mo-presidential-primary-watch-party/ http://citydems.org/blog/mo-presidential-primary-watch-party/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:29:32 +0000 admin http://citydems.org/?p=782  You are cordially invited to a

 Sixth Ward Democratic Organization

MO Primary Watch Party

Tuesday, February 7

Fox Park Grill

Corner of Nebraska & Shenandoah

 7:00 PM — 9:00 PM

$5 at the Door

Light Appetizers, Cash Bar & Grill

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Four years ago many of us gathered at The Royale on South Kingshighway to witness history together. Now, four years later, the Republicans are holding caucuses to find their nominee.

The race is a political junkie’s dream. Today’s Des Moines Register poll suggests that the winner in Iowa will either be a radical right candidate like former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum or Texas Congressman Ron Paul.  Or Perhaps Iowa Republicans will pick the Republican establishment candidate of choice – Mitt Romney.

Please join Steve Smith, owner & proprietor of The Royale, and me for an Iowa Caucuses Watch Party on Tuesday, January 3 at 7:00 PM at the Royale.  We’ll have a few drinks, watch the results and gear up for the 2012 General Election.

See you tomorrow night!

Sincerely,

Brian Wahby

Chairman
St. Louis City Democrats
]]> http://citydems.org/blog/iowa-caucuses-watch-party/feed/ 0 Welcome to MO Gov. Romney http://citydems.org/blog/welcome-to-mo-gov-romney/ http://citydems.org/blog/welcome-to-mo-gov-romney/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:53:37 +0000 admin http://citydems.org/?p=742 Dear Governor Romney,

It just came to my attention that you will be fundraising for your Presidential campaign in St. Louis today. I just wanted to take a moment and welcome you to the great state of Missouri.

I know that you don’t make it to Missouri as much as you visit our neighbors to the north in the Hawkeye State, but you’ll see while you’re here that Missourians are some of the most hard-working and entrepreneurial folks in the entire country.

While we’re happy to have you in our state, we hope that you take some time to answer a few questions. It seems that unlike most people running for office, you are unwilling to answer questions from voters and the press, and your staff even claims that you’re not “ready” to appear on a Sunday show.

As a career candidate like you knows, fielding questions on your proposals and explaining your record are really a cornerstone of the political process. Unfortunately, it looks like the only questions you’ll be taking today are from donors, so we took the liberty of putting together a few questions we hope you’ll answer:

1) Last night Senate Republicans voted to raise taxes on nearly 160 million Americans just so millionaires and billionaires don’t have to pay their fair share. Why do you support raising taxes on middle-class Americans?

2) The President’s payroll tax cut would let the typical Missouri family keep an extra $1,520 of what they earn. Why do you think that $1,520 is nothing more than a “little band-aid” for middle-class families?

3) Your campaign says that you’re not “ready” to sit down for a Sunday show. If you’re not ready for a few tough interviews, what makes you think you’re ready to lead the country?

4) Reckless behavior on Wall Street led us to the brink of economic disaster in 2008, so why do you want to repeal the safeguards that protect America’s taxpayers and why do you want to let Wall Street write its own rules again?

5) In a recent interview, you refused to answer a question about what book you are reading – are you ready to stop dodging the simplest questions?

I look forward to your speedy reply and again, welcome to Missouri.

Sincerely,

Brian Wahby

Chairman

St. Louis City Democrats

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STL City & County Democrats Holiday Party

Thursday, December 15
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
IBEW Local 1 located at 5850 Elizabeth Ave.

Please RSVP here

]]> http://citydems.org/blog/2011-holiday-party/feed/ 0 Game 7 Watch Party! http://citydems.org/blog/game-7-watch-party/ http://citydems.org/blog/game-7-watch-party/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:45:16 +0000 admin http://citydems.org/?p=736 The City Dems Annual Halloween Party is tonight during Game 7 of the World Series.  Put on your costume and/or Cards jersey and join us for Game 7!

We will have the game on multiple TVs at Maggie O’Brien’s located downtown at 20th and Market.
Buy a ticket online and come downtown to watch Game 7 of the World Series with you fellow Democrats!

If you don’t want to  buy tickets online, you can pay at the door via cash, check or credit card.

Go Cards!

You are cordially invited to the

City Democrats & Young Democrats of Greater St. Louis

2011 Halloween Party

TONIGHT! Friday, October 28th at 7:00 PM

Maggie O’Brien’s (2000 Market St.)

Open Bar, Appetizers and a Costume Contest!

$25 per person or pay at the door

Purchase tickets here or contact jack@citydems.org or call 314-827-480

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