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Party Information
2010 Plan for Victory event OFA will be rolling out the ‘2010 Plan for Victory’ in Fort Wayne on March 18th, from 7pm-9pm at the Allen County Democratic Headquarters. This is a unique chance for volunteers, supporters and activists in our community to meet and talk with OFA staff and Community Organizers about OFA’s legislative and electoral plan for 2010. After [...]
Commentary
When you have lost Joe the Plumber…. Remember Sam Wurzelbacher (aka Joe the Plumber)? The darling of the right wing has decided he no longer cares for John McCain OR Sarah Palin.
From the Chicago Tribune:
“John McCain is no public servant,” Wurzelbacher said Saturday to a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Gubernatorial candidate Sam Rohrer, a Republican state representative, held the rally to woo [...]
Upcoming events
Third District Breakfast Club- February 27th Third District Breakfast Club Meeting- February 27th
8:30am @ Brevins Restaurant in Churubusco , Tom McKenna, will be our speaker. Cost is $5.00, plus cost of your own breakfast from menu.
Please RSVP to Randy Schmidt at
260 432-8215
National
The Big Story on the Stimulus From the Washington Post:
The macroeconomic story. According to private forecasters — we’re not talking Obama administration folks, but private firms that are paid by other private companies to accurately analyze the market — the stimulus worked.
Read the full story here.
State
Senate rejects Rokita bid for ad exemption From the AP:
Don’t look for Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita to hand out birth announcements on the floor of the state Senate anytime soon.
As Rokita and his wife, Kathy, celebrated the birth of their second son, Ryan, on Wednesday, the Senate went out of its way to skewer the Republican for using more than [...]
Local
Wayne Township Trustee announces re-election bid Wayne Township Trustee Richard A. Stevenson, Sr., announced his bid for re-election to a second term on Thursday, February 18, at noon at Democratic Headquarters, 1920 Bluffton Road.
Trustee Stevenson, a Democrat, was elected to serve as Wayne Township Trustee in November of 2006 and took office in January of 2007. During his announcement, Trustee Stevenson [...]