Orange County Democratic Party
Come back with me to the summer of 2009. Filing just ended for the Chapel Hill Town Council and Mayoral races when powerhouse Council Member Bill Strom suddenly announced he was resigning and moving to New York. Strom was called "Machiavellian" and much worse.
First it was just the typical Strom haters that accused him of attempting to manipulate the process by waiting until just after the filing period, so that his replacement could be chosen by his friends on the Town Council. Strom himself claimed the timing was purely accidental. However, in the following weeks information trickled out showing that Strom’s actions were every bit as intentional as they looked to the skeptics.
From an email just received:
Dear Friends,
This is my last newsletter to you. After a great deal of thought, I have decided to resign my position in the North Carolina Senate. It has been a great privilege and I have been honored to be chosen to represent the people of this district. Thank you for the opportunity to serve in this way, thank you for sharing your thoughts and ideas and for your support over the years.
Recently the Orange County Democratic Party signed a lease
for office space located at 209 Lloyd Street (Suite 310 – back of the building)
in Carrboro. The office is very amenable to what the Party’s work will be in
2012 and hopefully beyond into the future.
Currently, we’re allowing the Coalition to Protect N.C.
Families, OCDP is a coalition partner, to use our office space for the purposes
of turning out the vote against Amendment 1. This is just part of the strategy we've adopted in promoting Democratic values in Orange County and statewide, especially since Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough all offer same-sex partner benefits that will be unconstitutional under this amendment.
This year will be a tough one, but will be one where we will
fight night and day until November 8th to play our part in taking
back the General Assembly and defeating Pat McCrory. We also will be pushing
forward in promoting our candidates in Orange County in the general election.
Two weeks ago, I had the honor and good fortune of being elected the new chair of the Orange County Democratic Party. This is an extremely humbling experience, as I became the youngest county chair in the North Carolina Democratic Party. However, it is my pleasure to serve my party in Orange County with the tasks ahead. With that comes the responsibility of communicating with our community and promoting greater inclusion.
What I want to do is simple: broadcast our message out to the voters of Orange County and get people talking about the issues affecting them. We have the fortune of living in one of the most Democratic and progressive counties in North Carolina. With that comes the responsibility of being one of the most active parties in the state. Additionally, this means taking a pro-active role in our community, especially when it comes to issue advocacy, as we are the very definition of grassroots.
Check the Orange County Democratic Party website for more information coming soon.
ORANGE
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY COUNTY CONVENTION
AL
STANBACK MIDDLE SCHOOL, April 9, 2011
AGENDA
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12:15
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Welcome
and Call to Order
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Jim
White, OCDP Chair
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Pledge
of Allegiance
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12:25
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Address:
Congressman David Price
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Andrew
Short
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12:40
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Recognition
of elected officials
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Cathy
Chapman, 1st
Vice Chair
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12:50
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Approval
of Standing Rules
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Jim
White
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1:00
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Election
of County Officers
Chair
First
Vice Chair
Second
Vice Chair
Third
Vice Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
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OCDP
Chair
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2:00
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Election
of SEC members
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OCDP
Chair
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2:15
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Election
of District Convention delegates
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OCDP
Chair
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2:30
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Announcements
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OCDP
Chair
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2:35
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Consideration
of Resolutions from the Precincts
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Hank
Elkins, Resolutions Chair
Mark
Kleinschmidt, Parliamentarian
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3:45
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Other
Party Business
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OCDP
Chair
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4:00
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Adjourn
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Date:
Saturday, April 9, 2011 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Location:
Stanbeck Middle School, 3700 NC 86 S, Hillsborough
This is being released to the press today:
Jim White, Chair of the Orange County Democratic Party and Bill
Knight, Chair of the Orange County Republican Party issued the
following joint statement today:
Last week a mailing was sent to residents of Chapel Hill that was
supposedly from an organization calling itself “CHC PAC.” There is
apparently no such political action committee registered with the
Orange County Board of Elections and no contact information or mailing
address on the postcard. The postcard is designed to look like a
mailer supporting mayoral candidate Mark Kleinschmidt, and contains
attacks on mayoral candidate Matt Czajkowski.
On Thursday October 15, the Town Hall and Hogan Farms precincts of the Orange County Democratic Party will host a Carrboro mayoral and alderman forum. The forum will be held at the Lake Hogan Farms Clubhouse, located at 101 Commons Way in Carrboro, and will begin at 7PM. The forum will begin with a brief meet-and-greet with the candidates (all eight of whom will be there!) and then at 730PM a Q&A session moderated by Orange County Democratic Party chair Jim White will begin.
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