FLAGLER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY ENEWSLETTER August, 2012

Volume 2, Issue 8

IN THIS ISSUE
Message from the chairman Primary Election Gotta Vote.org Ambassador Club Location and Meeting Dates Democratic Women Meeting Flagler Beach Parade Democrats Strategy Presidents Jacksonville Visit Florida Democratic Party News Clips Healthcare Law Reduces the Deficit OFA Flagler County Office Structure of Flagler County Democratic Party Donate / Volunteer Policy Page 2. Page 3. Page 4. Page 6. Page 7. Page 8. Page 9. Page 10. Page 11. Page 12. Page 13 Page 15. Page 16. Page 17. Page 18.

ONE HARGROVE GRADE, BLDG A, SUITE 1D, PALM COAST , FLORIDA 32164

Flagler County Democratic Party

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Message from the Chairman

Hi Everyone,
July 19th, 2012 Rally

August 14th,2012, Primary Day is rapidly approaching. Everyone that applied for and received a Vote by Mail Ballot, should have made their selections by now. They should have placed a Ballot in the supplied envelope, place the appropriate stamp on it and mailed to the Supervisor of Elections. By doing that, you will alleviate any chance of misplacing or forgetting to mail the Ballot. Early Voting begins this coming Saturday, August 4th, 2012. This is another opportunity to go in and vote prior to August 14, 2012. Once again the candidates and the party would rather have your vote in prior to Election Day. For those of you that prefer to vote on Election Day, please commit to casting your vote on the 14th, if it is at all physically possible. When you go to vote take any of your friends, neighbors and family that have not voted. Remember, a vote not cast for the candidate of your choice is a vote for the opposition! See you at the polls!

Dan Parham Chair Flagler County Democratic Party (DEC)

Primary Election
ELECTION DAY AUGUST 14, 2012

Early Voting Schedule : August 4 August 11, 2012 Monday Friday : 10:00 a.m. 6:00p.m. Saturdays and Sunday 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.

EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS : Flagler County Public Library

2500 Palm Coast Parkway, N.W, in Palm Coast. Flagler County Supervisor of Elections 1769 E. Moody Blvd, Building 2, suite 101 in Bunnell.

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FLORIDA
1. GET REGISTERED
Get registered to vote with your current name, at your current address, by 29 days before Election Day. For the November 2012 general election, you must be registered by October 9, 2012. If you mail your voter registration form, it must be postmarked by October 9, 2012. You can get your registration started right now. Get Registered: http://www.GottaRegister.com

2. WHAT TO BRING
Florida requires a valid picture identification and a signature to vote. The following photo IDs will be accepted: Florida drivers license Florida identification card issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles United States passport Debit or credit card Military identification Student identification Retirement center identification Neighborhood association identification Public assistance identification If your photo identification does not contain your signature, you can show a second ID that does. For example: your student photo ID + your debit card. If you have additional questions about voting in Florida, please contact your local Supervisor of Elections at http://election.dos.state.fl.us/SOE/supervisor_elections.shtml or call Floridas Voter Assistance Hotline at 1-866-308-6739.

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3. VOTE!
Election Day is Tuesday, November 6th, 2012. Polls are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Election Day. Any voter who is standing in line at 7 p.m. is still eligible to cast a vote. Find your polling place: http://registration.elections.myflorida.com/CheckVoterStatus Vote Early Florida has early voting, beginning 10 days before an election and ending on the third day before the election. Early voting sites and hours are set by the Supervisors of Elections at least 30 days prior to Election Day. Note: If you live in Collier, Hardee, Hendry, Hillsborough, or Monroe Counties, early voting begins 15 days before an election and ends the Saturday or Sunday before the election. Check with your Supervisor of Elections for the most up-to-date information. Vote by Mail Anyone may vote by mail in Florida. To vote by mail, your request for a ballot must be received by the Supervisor of Elections no later than 5 p.m. on the 6th day before the election. You can obtain a vote by mail ballot in person up to and including Election Day. Your ballot must be received by the Supervisor of Elections no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day. Vote by Mail You can request an absentee ballot: In person By telephone By mail

Online www.elections.myflorida.com

For the latest information on where, when and how to vote early or absentee, contact your county Supervisor of Elections. Get the info:

http://www.elections.myflorida.com/SOE/supervisor_elections.shtm
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Ambassador Club
Dear Fellow Democrats, The Flagler County Democratic Party wishes to thank you for your response to our appeal for donations to meet our immediate financial needs. Your continuing financial support makes it possible for us to maintain our office and to help our Democratic Candidates who are running for elective office. Our primary fundraising program is the Ambassador Club. Ambassador Club Members are requested to donate $120 per year. This may be paid in total, or in payments of $10 per month. However, any amount, large or small, will be greatly appreciated. You can donate in various ways: Mail a check to: Flagler County Democratic Party (DEC) P.O. Box 350928 Palm Coast, FL 32135 By Pay Pal to: http://flaglerdemocratic party.com. By Telephone: 3862834904. We will arrange to receive your donation. Visit our office: Flagler County Democratic Party 1 Hargrove Grade Building A, Suite 1D Palm Coast, FL 32137 Thanks again for your support, Dan Parham, Chairman Flagler County Democratic Party

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Flagler County Democratic Party

LOCATION
One Hargrove Grade Building A, Suite 1 D, Palm Coast, Florida, 32164 Mailing Address : P.O. Box 350928 Palm Coast, Florida, 32135

Dates and location of DEC and Club Meetings

Our Democratic Executive Committee meets the 2nd Monday of every month @ 7pm. Next schedule meeting will be August 13th, 2012. Meeting are held at Flagler Democratic Party Headquarters, One Hargrove Grade, Bldg. A, Suite 1D. ( Palm Coast Pkwy SW to US1, make right on US1, approx. 500 ft. make first left on US 1 onto Hargrove Grade) .

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Our Democratic Club meets the fourth Tuesday of every month @ 7 pm. The next scheduled meeting will be August 28th , 2012. Location : TBA. For more information : Call ( 386 ) 586-3601

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DEMOCRATIC WOMEN CLUB

Our Democratic Women Club hold their regular meeting on the first Saturday of every month. The Guest Speaker, Ms. Patricia Gill scheduled for the 1st. Saturday in August will not be able to appear due to death in her family. Therefore, this months meeting will be held on the 2nd Saturday, August 11th, 2012 . Location and Time will be announced .

Democratic Women Club meeting notice : Change of monthly Meeting. Our September meeting will also be moved from the 1st Sat. to the 2nd Saturday, September 8th, 2012. The change is due to Labor Day Holiday Weekend. Location and time will be announced

* Regular Meeting date resumes in October, 2012 *

( 386) 793-1561 / (386) 445-4746 OR THE OFFICE ( 386) 283-4904

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Democrats' 2012 strategy includes attacks on Scott

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON The Associated Press HOLLYWOOD, Fla. The fact that Gov. Rick Scott isn't on the ballot this year isn't stopping Democrats from making him an issue as they try to keep President Barack Obama and Sen. Bill Nelson in office. Party officials gathered for the Democrats' largest annual fundraiser repeatedly held Scott up as an example of Republican extremism. While Scott isn't up for re-election until 2014, his approval rating is low. Democrats want to take advantage of that by casting guilt by association with Republicans who are running this year. "Two words that I'll use tonight and for the rest of this campaign: Rick Scott," Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith said Saturday evening. "We are absolutely convinced that Rick Scott is the face of the tea party, is the voice of the tea party in Florida. He's been speaking for the tea party, and for the next three of four months we're going to make sure that his statements and his method of governance is well discussed." Scott was criticized for his education policy, including a proposal that would allow parents to petition to have poor-performing public schools taken over by private charter school managers; his opposition to Obama's health care overhaul; and his support of new voting laws that Democrats say make it more difficult for some people to vote. He was portrayed as an enemy of the middle class. "The last two years we have been dealing with really an extremist agenda in Tallahassee," said Senate Democratic Leader Nan Rich, who is already running for the nomination to challenge Scott in 2014. Before making an argument against presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz criticized Scott for budget decisions, saying he cut investigators who try to capture pedophiles using the Internet to prey on children as well as money for rape treatment centers. "The extreme policies pursued by Florida Republicans led by none other than Rick Scott has placed their party at odds with millions of hardworking Floridians. Governor Scott and the Republican Legislature have pushed through some of the most draconian cuts you've seen in the country. Cuts to K through 12 and higher education, the loss of thousands of jobs and important infrastructure by rejecting high speed rail funding," she said. Scott's spokesman said Democrats are ignoring the positive things the governor has done, like increasing school spending by a billion dollars last year, passing a law designed to reduce auto insurance fraud and passing laws aimed at improving the state's economy. "If that's what the Democrats think is extreme, I don't think anything can satisfy them," said Brian Burgess. And while the focus is on November's election, Alex Sink, who narrowly lost to Scott in 2010 in an election where Republicans far outperformed Democrats, said she is thinking of running for governor again. "There's an enormous amount of buyers' remorse. I have strangers come up to me and say, 'Oh I made a mistake,'" Sink said. "Here we are almost two years away from that campaign and every day I get stopped somewhere the Circle K in Thonotosassa and people say 'Please run again. We need you.'" She said she will make her decision after the November election.

FLAGLER COUNTY DEMOCRATS RALLY WITH THE PRESIDENT

JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA, JULY 19TH, 2012

FDP News Clips -- July 19, 2012

1. FL DEMS OUT-REGISTER GOP FOR 5 STRAIGHT MONTHS [FL Dems] (From the FDP News Clips Below) " As the President travels to Florida, the Florida Democratic Party today released state June voter registration data showing that, for the fifth consecutive month, Democrats out-registered Republicans this time by nearly 10-points. Over the past five months, Democrats have steadily increased monthly gains over the GOP from a 3-point advantage in February to roughly 10-points in April, May and June. "

_________________________________________________________________________________ FL Dems ED: Florida's Middle class doesn't like Romney's outsourcing record [CBS News] "'It's a part of our state that has a lot of middle class issues that don't like outsourcing, and the Bain issue is really hitting home,' he said." __________________________________________________________________________________ OTHER NEWS WE THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW

Advocates for hospitals and the poor push back on Floridas refusal of federal Medicaid money to expand health coverage [Palm Beach Post] "Advocates for hospitals and the poor are ramping up lobbying in an effort to persuade state legislators to block Gov. Rick Scotts refusal to expand health insurance for the poor, under the Affordable Care ActBut the advocates counter that Scotts stance is short sighted and political. They say it will cost the state money and rob about 1 million Floridians of health care."

West a "poor fit" for FL-18 [National Journal] " The firebrand freshman needs no introduction to cable newsviewers, but he has needed to introduce himself to thousands of new constituents after switching to a more conservative seat after redistricting. But this is a moderate swing district through and through: George W. Bush won 50.5 percent here in 2004, while President Obama won 51 percent in 2008. That middle-of-the-road profile suggests Wests rhetoric is a poor fit"

Budget office: Obama health law reduces deficit

By The Associated Press Published: July 24, 2012 Updated: July 25, 2012 - 6:45 AM TBO

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will shrink rather than increase the nation's huge federal deficits over the next decade, Congress' nonpartisan budget scorekeepers said today, supporting Obama's contention in a major election-year dispute with Republicans. About 3 million fewer uninsured people will gain health coverage because of last month's Supreme Court ruling granting states more leeway, and that will cut the federal costs by $84 billion, the Congressional Budget Office said in the biggest changes from earlier estimates. Republicans have insisted that Obamacare will actually raise deficits by trillions, according to presidential candidate Mitt Romney. But that's not so, the budget office said. The office gave no updated estimate for total deficit reductions from the law, approved by Congress and signed by Obama in 2010. But it did estimate that Republican legislation to repeal the overhaul passed recently by the House would itself boost the deficit by $109 billion from 2013 to 2022.
Repealing

The law's mix of spending cuts and tax increases would more than offset new spending to cover uninsured people, Elmendorf explained. Today's budget projections were the first since the Supreme Court upheld most of the law last month but gave states the option of rejecting a planned expansion of Medicaid for their low-income residents. As a consequence, the budget office said the law will cover fewer uninsured people. Thirty million uninsured people will be covered by 2022, or about 3 million fewer than projected this spring before the court ruling, As a result, taxpayers will save about $84 billion from 2012 to 2022. That brings the total cost of expanding coverage down to $1.2 trillion, from about $1.3 trillion in the previous estimate. The Congressional Budget Office has consistently projected that Obama's overhaul will reduce the deficit, although previous estimates aren't strictly comparable with today's report because of changes in the law and other factors. At the time it was approved in 2010, CBO estimated the law would reduce the deficit by $143 billion from 2010 to 2019. And CBO estimated that last year's Republican repeal legislation would increase deficits by $210 billion from 2010 to 2021.
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the (health care law) will lead to an increase in budget deficits over the coming decade, though a smaller one than previously reported, budget office director Douglas Elmendorf said in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

Health Law Reduces the Deficit . Continue from page 13 That may sound like a lot of money, but it's actually a hair-thin margin at a time when federal deficits are expected to average around $1 trillion a year for the foreseeable future. When the law is fully in effect, 92 percent of citizens and legal residents are estimated to have coverage, as compared to 81 percent now. Democrats hailed today's estimates as vindication for the president. This confirms what we've been saying all along: the Affordable Care Act saves lots of money, said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Actually, the government will spend more. It just won't go onto the national credit card because the health care law will be paid for with a combination of spending cuts and tax increases. GOP leaders sought to shift attention from claims about the deficit and focused instead on the additional spending. What we know from today's CBO report is that the new health law is dramatically increasing health care spending and costs, said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Republicans said they remain unswervingly committed to repealing what they dismiss as Obamacare. When combined with other budget-cutting measures, GOP leaders say that repeal will ultimately reduce deficits. Romney says if elected he will begin to dismantle the law his first day in office. Medicaid has been one big question hanging over the future of Obama's law since the Supreme Court ruled.

Some GOP-led states, such as Texas and Florida, say they will not go forward with the expansion. Others are uncommitted, awaiting the voters' verdict on Obama in November. Although the federal government would bear all of the initial cost of that expansion, many states would have to open their Medicaid programs to low-income childless adults for the first time. CBO analysts did not try to predict which specific states would jump in and which would turn down the Medicaid expansion. Instead, they assumed that many states would eventually cut deals with the federal government to expand their programs to some degree. As a result, the budget office estimates that more than 80 percent of the low-income uninsured people eligible under the law live in states that partially or fully expand their programs. The big coverage expansion under the law doesnt start until 2014, with middle-class uninsured people signing up for subsidized private plans and more low-income people picked up through Medicaid.

Organizing For America Flagler Headquarters Office Grand Opening ! KEEP FLAGLER COUNTY BLUE
July 25, 2012

Cheered the fired up crowd ! ONE

It Takes

Make one more phone call Knock on one more door

David Meluskay Andrew Prickett Field Organizer Regional Field Organizer

Have one more conversation

Location : 4882 W, Palm Coast Pkwy Suite 4. Units opposite Sears Store.

Flagler County Democratic Party

Democratic Executive Committee

Dan Parham, Chairman

One Hargrove Grade, Suite 1D Palm Coast, Florida, 32164

Konnie Rea, Vice Chair Connie Parham , Secretary Melba Mc Carty, Treasurer Melba Mc Carty, State Committeewoman Dan Parham, State Committeeman Donald Hoskins, Parliamentarian

Phone : ( 386) 283-4904

flaglercntydem@gmail.com
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Office Hours
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CLUBS AND CAUCUS

Democratic Club
Merrill Shapiro, President, Diana LeBrun, 1st. Vice President Ronale Bowman, 2nd. Vice President Roxanne Convery, Recording Secretary Konnie Rea, Correspondence Secretary Ivory Johnson, Treasurer

Democratic Womens Club

Courtney Chaplin, President Connie Parham, Secretary Audrey Gore Marcus, Treasurer

Young Dems

NEWSLETTER STAFF
Mamie Godfrey, Editor Andrea Levy, Associate Editor Connie Parham, Associate Editor

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