Events

Executive Committee Meeting
Executive Committee Members, the Next meeting will be held on Thursday March 19th at 7 pm. You are encouraged to attend but If can not be there, please email Mike Oatney at: moatney@columbus.rr.com.
Event Details  ·  Mar 19, 2015

Aug 5 Filing deadline for Non partisan races
Filing Deadline for Non Partisan Races in the November Election
Event Details  ·  Aug 5, 2015

Dec 9 filing deadline for Partisan races 2016 primary election
Declarations of candidacy for partisan candidates must be filed by 4 p.m. (90 days before presidential primary election)
Event Details  ·  Dec 9, 2015

News Articles

If the Ferguson police department is shut down, it'll be like another notch on Darren Wilson's belt
Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson As the Department of Justice prepares to release its full report into the Ferguson Police Department and Municipal Court System, it is becoming increasingly clear that the entire Ferguson Police Department may be forced to shut down. "My guess is it's going...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Mar 4, 2015  

Sen. Lindsey Graham apologizes for sexist crack about Rep. Nancy Pelosi
We are so very tired of you. Sen. Lindsey Graham has apologized for his remarks about Nancy Pelosi. Miffed that she was not having the proper reaction to American not-President Benjamin Netanyahu's very important speech, he said after the speech: “Did you see Nancy Pelosi on the floor?...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Mar 4, 2015  

Senate votes to block worker protections, but Obama threatens veto
The Senate voted Wednesday to block a new rule streamlining and modernizing union representation elections, possibly setting the stage for President Obama's next veto. It's the latest step in the Republican and corporate assault on the National Labor Relations Board, which passed the rule in...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Mar 4, 2015  

Ferguson federal probe reveals racist emails
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says report shows deep distrust and hostility in the community.
News Item  ·  Yahoo News Democratic Party  ·  Mar 4, 2015  

U.S. ambassador attacked in Seoul
The US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, was slashed on his face and arm by a blade-wielding assailant shouting anti-war slogans in an attack in Seoul Thursday, police and television reports said. The United States strongly condemned the "act of violence" which left the...
News Item  ·  Yahoo News Democratic Party  ·  Mar 5, 2015  

Benghazi committee subpoenas Hillary Clinton's emails
The House Select Committee on Benghazi is planning to subpoena Clintonmail.com.
News Item  ·  Yahoo News Democratic Party  ·  Mar 4, 2015  

“It Was Him”
At this morning’s opening statements in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the alleged Boston Marathon bomber, two things became clear: 1) The prosecution has amassed mountains of evidence implicating Tsaranev—the heft of it certain to be convincing, the grains of it certain to be horrifying. 2)...
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Mar 5, 2015  

High Drama for Obamacare at the High Court
When the Supreme Court last heard oral argument on the Affordable Care Act, in NFIB v. Sebelius, arguments stretched over three long days, protesters were bused in to holler at each other, and questions about whether Congress could fix a law if it wanted to were not met by derisive laughter. But...
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Mar 5, 2015  

Op-Ed Columnist: The Feds vs. Ferguson
The Ferguson Police Department and the municipal courts treated citizens like a revenue stream, violating their constitutional rights in the process.
News Item  ·  New York Times Op-Ed  ·  Mar 4, 2015  

Taking Note: No Comment Necessary: Ben Carson on Prisons and Gay ‘Choice’
The neurosurgeon and potential presidential candidate said being gay was a choice because some go into prison straight and come out gay.
News Item  ·  New York Times Op-Ed  ·  Mar 4, 2015  

Letters: Clash of Views on Netanyahu’s Speech
News Item  ·  New York Times Op-Ed  ·  Mar 4, 2015  

Justice Department Calls On Ferguson to Overhaul Its Criminal Justice System
A report compiled in response to the shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer said that the city had engaged in so many constitutional violations that they could be corrected only by its abandoning its entire approach to policing,
News Item  ·  New York Times  ·  Mar 5, 2015  

Fate of Obama’s Trade Agenda May Rest on Oregon Senator
Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon. The Obama administration and Republican negotiators say they have bent over backward to win his support on trade legislation.
News Item  ·  New York Times  ·  Mar 5, 2015