Catching Up and Upcoming Events - Tue June 3rdThis entry was originally published at Brevard County Young Democrats
Hello Everyone. I want to start out by first thanking everyone for all their hard work, especially Beth McMillen who has to be some kind of cyborg with her ridiculously high work ethic.
Over the past couple of weeks we've had some exciting
events happen.
- We finished up collecting petitions for candidates all over the county. A lot of them have shared their thanks with me and I want to make sure you all know you are very well appreciated. One of our own, Wes McCarville, has confirmed he qualified by petition. He's a candidate for Florida House of Representatives, District 29.
- Our blog has been nominated for Best Professional Blog by the 2008 Florida Netroot Awards. We had enough votes to make into the top three and the winner will be announced at the Jefferson-Jackson Event in Hollywood on June 14th. The Netoots conference starts at noon and the awards will be announced at 2:30. In addition to that the Florida Young Democrats website has been nominated for Best Party Website. The voting is still open for that category so please take a moment and vote for it. Please also go to our blog and participate in the conversation.
- This past Saturday the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee finally decided on the fate of Florida's (and Michigan's) delegate problem. For Florida they have ruled to allow all of our delegates sat each getting 1/2 a vote.
- Today marks the end of Presidential Primary Season. It's been a long one with plenty of bumps in the road but that's what happens when you have so many Democrats ready to have their voices heard and with so many candidates in play. Soon enough we will have our nominee and once again our party can unite in an effort to achieve our main goal which I talk about below.
We are all participating in party politics for one reason or another but we all share the same goal
and that is,
GET DEMOCRATS ELECTED! With all the excitement around the presidential race we need to harness it into achieving that very goal. I want Democrats elected from city government on
up. We have a lot of well qualified candidates
and we all need to do our part to get them elected. That being said here is the main goal the Brevard County Young Democrats will be focusing on from now until November: Get Out The
Youth Vote. I've selected the top 5 precincts with Democratic voters under 40
and we will be targeting them over the next few months. Three of them are in Palm Bay, one in Melbourne,
and one in Titusville. Below is a list of
upcoming events.
- Canvassing: this Saturday, June 7th, we will be meeting near the main entrance to Wickham Park at 9:30am. We will discuss our strategy their and move out at 10am until 2pm. When you come in the main entrance turn right at the stop sign and we will meet immediately to the left (along the lake).
- Friday Fest: Friday, June 13th, we will be meeting at 5pm in front of Island Pasta (Downtown Melbourne) for setup. Friday Fest is from 5-10pm. Come on down, bring a friend, and show this county that there are Democrats out trying to change things.
- 2008 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, Saturday June 14th: Meet Democrats from around the state at the annual Florida Democratic Fundraiser. There is a whole day of events so check out the schedule to see what's happening.
- Check out the Brevard Democrats Calendar to see other Democratic events this month. You can also check out their Google Calendar as well as the Brevard County Young Democrat's Google Calendar.
