[Tcdp_events] Democratic Events for October 23 - 29

[tcdp_events at lists.traviscountydemocrats.org]

Due to the high number of events each week between now and the election on November 7, Travis County Democratic Party will send a weekly email every Monday highlighting the upcoming week's events.  For more information on these events and other future events, please see the calendar on the Travis County Democratic Party's web site at http://www.traviscountydemocrats.org/calendar.php. 

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TCDP EVENT ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 23-- DEMS GOT TALENT!



Monday, October 23, 2006-- TONIGHT!!!
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Momo's, 618 West 6th Street

Join your fellow Democrats for a FUNraiser to celebrate the start of early voting and the hidden talents of our Democratic candidates. Help us raise money for the TCDP so in November, we can throw out the clowns.

And we already have candidates Sarah Eckhardt and Representatives Mark Strama and Elliott Naishtat signed up to perform but we won't divulge their hidden talents quite yet. You'll just have to come and join in the show!!


MONEY RAISED WILL GO DIRECTLY TOWARDS TCDP'S AWARD-WINNING COORDINATED CAMPAIGN, TRUE BLUE TRAVIS (www.truebluetravis.com)


Contribution levels:
Contortionist $1,000 - Includes a one year membership to TCDP Finance Council, Co-Sponsorship and listing on the Sponsor boards at:
Dems Got Talent -- 8 tickets and a reserved table
Red State Blues on Sunday, Nov. 5 -- 8 tickets/4 regular & 4 VIP

Ventriloquist $250 - Includes a one year membership to TCDP and Co-Sponsorship and listing on the Sponsor boards at:
Dems Got Talent -- 6 tickets/ and a reserved table
Red State Blues on Sunday, Nov. 5-- 6 tickets/4 regular & 2 VIP

Yodeler $120 - Includes a one year membership to TCDP and Dems Got Talent - 4 tickets and a reserved table
Red State Blues on Sunday, Nov. 5 -- 4 tickets

Juggler $50 - Includes 4 tickets to and listing on the sponsor board at Dems Got Talent

Knife thrower $25 - Includes 2 tickets to Dems Got Talent

Single tickets are $15.

Candidates and elected officials are invited to perform in the talent show. Sing, dance, recite poetry or prose - show us your hidden talent! Each participant will have three minutes to perform.


After the show, Band of Heathens will be performing! (www.bandofheathens.com)

To pay online, please go to http://www.traviscountydemocrats.org and click on 'Donate' from the menu on the left-hand side of the page. Please state in the comments box that your contribution is for 'Dems Got Talent'.

If payment by check, please make out to: Travis County Democratic Party
And mail to:
TCDP
P.O. Box 684263
Austin, Texas 78768-4263 



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EARLY VOTING BEGINS MONDAY, OCTOBER 23 AND RUNS THROUGH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3!!!  
YOU CAN GO TO ANY EARLY VOTING LOCATION.
FOR A LIST OF EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS AND TIMES, 
GO TO THE TRAVIS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY WEBSITE 
AT www.traviscountydemocrats.org.

Special Message about the Congressional Races in District 21 and 25!!!



If a voter selects straight-party ticket for the rest of the statewide races, you still have to check a box specifically to select a candidate for the U.S. congressional race. If no box is checked in that race, the ballot won't register a vote for any congressional candidate.



Special Message about the Governor's Race!!!



There is no runoff in this 4-way race. Whoever gets the most votes wins. This means that the winner can become Governor with only 35% of the vote. So make sure that you vote for the ONLY candidate who can beat Rick Perry...Chris Bell!

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SPECIAL CAMPAIGN REQUESTS
 
The following campaigns have said that they need volunteers to phone bank:

John Courage-- Monday-Thursday, 5:00pm-8:30pm at 505 Willow, 637-0855
Valinda Bolton-- Any day, any time before 9:00pm at 505 Willow, 637-0853
Mark Strama-- Any day, 5:00pm-8:00pm at 1921 Cedar Bend Dr., Suite 260, 491-0333
Ted Ankrum- Please contact Byron Stone at 970-5154 or Byron at TedAnkrum.com 

Volunteers from the Raul Gonzalez Campaign are block walking in JP Pct. 4  (households in southeast Austin) after the Ann Richards Memorial event on Sunday afternoon. To volunteer, please call Madge Vasquez or Raul Gonzalez at 914-0833.

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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Third Court of Appeals Fundraiser in Williamson County 
TIME:  Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at 5:30pm-7:00pm
PLACE:  Cirkiel & Associates Law Office, 1901 E. Palm Valley Blvd., Round Rock
CONTACT:  Caroline Tanksley at 244-6658

You are invited to a gathering of all the excellent persons asking for your vote and support in the upcoming election for the Third Court Of Appeals: The Honorable Judge Jim Coronado and the Honorable Mina Brees, Bree Buchanan and Diane Henson.



Texas Environmental Democrats Meeting 
TIME:  Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 6:00pm
PLACE:  Twin Oaks Library, 2301 S. Congress Ave. #7
CONTACT:  Marguerite Jones at mommyactivist at aol.com 


Please join Texas Environmental Democrats for their next meeting.



NETCO Monthly Meeting 
TIME:  Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 6:30 pm - Meet & Greet, 7 pm - Meeting
PLACE:  North Rural Community Center, 15822 Foothill Farms Loop, Pflugerville
CONTACT:  Linda Pemberton at 990-7500 or lp_pfdems at yahoo.com


Please join the NorthEast Travis County Democrats (NETCo DEMS) for their monthly meeting. 



Capital City Young Democrats Meeting 
TIME:  Tuesday, August 24, 2006 at 6:30pm
PLACE:  Opal Divine's, 700 W. 6th St.
CONTACT:  Erica at ericarene at gmail.com 


Please join CCYD for their monthly meeting.



An Evening with Jaston Williams 
TIME:  Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 7:00pm to 9:00pm
PLACE:  Home of Lynn Osler and Marvin Williams, 13401 Evergreen Way (corner of Nutty Brown Rd. and Evergreen Way)
CONTACT:  Kathi at kathi at kathithomas.org


Join us for an evening with Jaston Williams as he reads from his new play.

Sponsors $1000, $500, $250
Tickets $100 (limited number)

RSVP on or before Saturday, October 21, 2006



East Austin Initiative Meeting
The East Austin Initiative (EAI), designed to address the new challenges created by changes in demographic and physical changes of East Austin, will "turnout the base" and develop an infrastructure that consistently maximizes the party's ability to maintain and expand its diverse base. The components of the EAI are:

1. True Blue Action Grassroots Campaigning
2. Candidates' Forum/ Town Hall Meeting
3. Culturally, Ethnically Relevant Messaging
4. Politically-oriented Arts/Entertainment
5. Social networking

To implement the EAI, the TCDP Coordinated Campaign needs volunteers to assist in voter education drives throughout East Austin. PLEASE COME TO THIS MEETING TO LET US KNOW HOW YOU CAN HELP!!!  MEETING DETAILS:



TIME:  Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 7:00pm
PLACE:  Carver Library (NOT THE MUSEUM!), 1161 Angelina St.

CONTACT:  Rudy at 637- 0847, 296 - 2432 or rudy at traviscountydemocrats.org  


We are trying to raise $3,000 with just online donations towards this endeavor.  To contribute to the success of this program, please visit:  https://secure.fmp.com/tcdp/donate.php 


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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Austin Tejano Democrats Meeting 
TIME:  Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 5:30pm-7:30pm
PLACE:  El Mercado Restaurant (private meeting room), 1702 Lavaca Street
CONTACT:  Sylvia Camarillo-Brittain at 784-5810 or austintejanodemocrats at yahoo.com  


Please join the Austin Tejano Democrats for their monthly meeting. 



TCDP County Executive Committee (CEC) Meeting 
TIME:  Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 6:00pm
PLACE:  County Commissioners' Courtroom, 11th at Guadalupe, The Granger Building, room #120
CONTACT:  TCDP at 477-7500 or info at traviscountydemocrats.org 


Please join Chris Elliot, Chair Travis County Democratic Party for our next County Executive Committee (CEC) monthly meeting.

The TCDP Executive Committee is made up of all our Democratic precinct chairs in the county. Meetings are open to the public and are held the last Wednesday of the month.



University Democrats Meeting 
TIME:  Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 8:00pm
PLACE:  GSB 2.124, the Business School on 21st St. on the UT Campus
CONTACT:  Nick Chu at president at udems.org  


Please join the University Democrats for their weekly meeting.

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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Meet the Editors - Hacked! High Tech Election Theft 
TIME:  Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 7:00pm
PLACE:  Book People, 603 North Lamar
CONTACT:  Abbe Delozier at 736-5802 or abbe at austin.rr.com  

Meet the editors of Hacked! High Tech Election Theft in America, 11 Experts Expose the Truth who are on a mission to educate American Citizens on the dangers of an all electronic election. Editors Abbe Delozier and Vickie Karp will be at Book People, along with three of the book's contributors, to discuss electronic voting.

This event is free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by: VoteRescue, www.voterescue.org
  
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Friday, October 27, 2006

Chris Bell at the Broken Spoke 
TIME:  Friday, October 27,2006 at 6:00pm-9:00pm
PLACE:  Broken Spoke, 3201 S. Lamar Blvd
CONTACT:  Katelyn Patterson at 713-524-0009 or katelyn at chrisbell.com


Join Chris Bell for a fun time and some really great food and music.

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Saturday, October 28, 2006

Yeller Dawg/Saturday Sages Meeting 
TIME:  Saturday, October 28, 2006 at 11:00am-1:00pm
PLACE:  Tres Amigos Restaurant, 1801 S. Capitol of Texas Hwy (AKA 360)
CONTACT:  Bill McAfee at bmcafee at austin.rr.com     


Please join the Yeller Dawg/Saturday Sages for their weekly meeting.



Blockwalking for Valinda Bolton 
TIME:  Saturday, October 28, 2006 at 10:30am
PLACE:  TCDP's 2006 Coordinated Campaign Office, 505 Willow St.
CONTACT:  Tommy at 637-0853 or volunteer at valindabolton.com 

Please join Valinda Bolton blockwalk District 47 and spread her message of real solutions to education, health care, open government, and other issues. Valinda needs your help to ensure that Travis County's legislative delegation becomes completely Democratic. 

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Sunday, October 29, 2006

Blockwalking for Valinda Bolton 
TIME:  Saturday, October 28, 2006 at 10:30am
PLACE:  TCDP's 2006 Coordinated Campaign Office, 505 Willow St.
CONTACT:  Tommy at 637-0853 or volunteer at valindabolton.com  


Please join Valinda Bolton blockwalk District 47 and spread her message of real solutions to education, health care, open government, and other issues. Valinda needs your help to ensure that Travis County's legislative delegation becomes completely Democratic. 

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SAVE THE DATE- NOVEMBER 5, 2006-- RED STATES BLUES

Sunday, November 5, 2006
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm 
Threadgill's World Headquarters, 301 W. Riverside at Barton Springs Road, South Austin

Please join the Travis County Democratic Party for their second Red State Blue Concert! The first in October 2004 was fabulous and this year's concert promises to be no less. All proceeds will benefit TCDP's 2006 Coordinated Campaign called TrueBlueTravis (www.truebluetravis.com)

Entertainment provided by Sara Hickman, Kacy Crowley, Lucky Tomblin Band, Jimmy LaFave and Friends, and Grupo Fantasma! It promises to be a terrific event!

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

To pay in advance online, please go to http://www.traviscountydemocrats.org and click on 'Donate' from the menu on the left-hand side of the page. Please state in the comments box that your contribution is for "Red State Blues."  ADVANCE PAID TICKETS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE EVENT.
If payment by check, please make out to: Travis County Democratic Party
And mail to:
TCDP
P.O. Box 684263
Austin, Texas 78768-4263
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