Town of Strafford Democratic Committee
We are a local grassroots organization
in Strafford, NH, working to elect
Democrats in all levels of government.
We generally meet on the first Tuesday
of the month, 7:00 PM at the Hill Library
in Strafford. However, for July
we are meeting at a house party for
Andru Volinsky right here in Strafford.
Meet Executive Council Candidate Andru Volinsky
Join us on Sunday July 17 from 3-5 PM at the home of Joyce and Dan Capiello, 18 Lake Shore Drive, Strafford, to meet Andru Volinsky candidate for Executive Council. Volinsky is a New Hampshire lawyer and education advocate whose diverse experience includes teaching law, serving as a New Hampshire Public Defender, and working in a private practice. He is perhaps best known for fighting to protect public funding for schools as the attorney in the Claremont School Funding lawsuit. He currently represents the City of Dover and the Dover School District in their school funding lawsuit. He represented the New Hampshire Secretary of State which resulted in the return of over $100 million to NH property taxpayers and worked to protect public workers’ pensions as council for New Hampshire Retirement Security Coalition. PLEASE RSVP to andruvolinsky@gmail.com .
2015 Strafford Democratic Committee Family Picnic Photos - thanks to all our wonderful dedicated committee members who helped out at the event!
At our July meeting, the committee
heard a presentation by Joe Cicirelli, a Field Organizer for the State
Employees Union, which represents 12,000 state and municipal workers around New
Hampshire. He explained how the state budget that has not yet passed for the
current biennium has big implications for the public, state agencies and public
sector workers. Governor Maggie Hassan vetoed it because it includes tax cuts
for businesses that would “put a hole in the future budget of the state to the
tune of tens of millions of dollars,” said Cicirelli. He urged attendees to
stay in touch with their legislators as the budget is finalized in coming
months.
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Thank you to our candidates and volunteers!
Thank you to Bob Perry, Ellen Phillips and Nancy Fraher for your hard work and dedication to Democratic principals.
Although our candidates for state representative and senate did not prevail we are proud of their efforts and the campaigns that they ran during a tough election cycle.
Ellen Phillips and Bob Perry
Although our candidates for state representative and senate did not prevail we are proud of their efforts and the campaigns that they ran during a tough election cycle.
Ellen Phillips and Bob Perry
Notable Quote:
"People often say with pride, 'I'm not interested in politics.' They might as well say, 'I'm not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future or any future...' If we mean to keep control over our world and lives, we must be interested in politics." -- Martha Gellhorn (1908 -1998) American novelist, travel writer and journalist
