COASTSIDE DEMS HEAR ABOUT THE DROUGHT

 

The September membership meeting for the Coastside Democratic Club was a look at the issues around water on the Coastside. Held at the lovely Klein home in El Granada, two excellent speakers provided thought-provoking information for Club members in attendance.   

Cathleen Brennan, Club President Bill Kehoe, and Kellyx Nelson at the September Club meeting

Cathleen Brennan, Club President Bill Kehoe, and Kellyx Nelson at the September Club meeting

Kellyx Nelson, Executive Director of the Resource Conservation District, spoke about the RCD and its programs and services to the Coastside community. The RCD is a special district that provides assistance to private and public landowners wishing to best manage their natural resources.  The RCD helps the Coastside be resilient to drought, flooding, and climate change as well as working to restore habitat for wildlife, to improve water quality, and more.

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Cathleen Brennan, Water Resources Analyst with the Coastside County Water District. She began by explaining how her agency functions, and then talked about the current drought, mandatory water conservation, alternative water supplies and El Nino. She went into some detail about alternative water supplies, including talking about groundwater, graywater, recycled water, storm water catchment and backflow prevention. There were many questions and comments from the audience.

Club Authorizes the establishment of candidate caucuses

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The Club Board has voted to allow members to form caucuses in support of various Democratic presidential candidates during the primary process. Of course, once the Party has selected a candidate, the Club will support that person. The caucuses will be listed on the web site along with ways to reach each caucus.

Board Members have volunteered to lead the caucuses. For Bernie Sanders, contact Dennis Paull (dpaull@svpal.org), for Hillary Clinton, it’s Barbara Dye (blkdye@gmail.com), and for Martin O’Malley, contact Kathy Klein (kathyrklein@hotmail.com). 

CLIMATE CHANGE EVENT POSTPONED TO EARLY 2016

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OUR SPEAKER HAS HAD TO POSTPONE HIS TALK. WATCH THIS SITE FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE RESCHEDULED EVENT.

Climate Change is real and is affecting our planet in many negative ways. The question is how individuals can make a real difference on this issue of global significance. The Coastside Democratic Club meeting on November 14, from 3-5 pm, will help answer this question with a presentation by Gary White from the Gore Climate Reality Project that will provide practical solutions and individual and political steps to make a difference.

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With what has been called “the most important climate change meeting in history” coming up this December in Paris, concerned citizens are encouraged to come and learn about what can be done regarding climate change. The meeting will be held at a private home in El Granada (1076 Columbus St.; see map below) and will include Gary White’s presentation, questions and a social hour.

Gary White is a locally-based climate activist who was trained by Al Gore and his Climate Reality Project. As a Climate Reality Leader, Gary educates and motivates people on the climate crisis. Prior to becoming active in the movement to address climate change, Gary worked as an HR & Corporate Social Responsibility executive for 30 years in high tech in the Silicon Valley at companies such as Apple, Intuit, and Palm. He is a member of the San Mateo Rotary Club and lives with his wife of 15 years in Belmont.

MAP TO 1076 COLUMBUS ST. EL GRANADA

MAP TO 1076 COLUMBUS ST. EL GRANADA

SUCCESSFUL VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS AT THE PUMPKIN FESTIVAL

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Volunteers at the Democratic Club booth included (l to r) Dan Haggerty, Dennis Paull, June Baxter, Barbara Dye, Harvey Rarback, Doreen Gerrity and Frank Gerrity.

The Coastside Democratic Club provided a very successful information and voter registration booth at the HMB Pumpkin Festival. Led by Board Member Dan Haggerty, the Club registered or re-registered a total of 96 people over the two days.  The Club also accepted donations for pins and bumper stickers for the three major candidates for the Democratic nomination for President.

John Lynch encouraged traffic to the booth!

John Lynch encouraged traffic to the booth!

 

 

 

Dan Haggerty commented “I believe it was an enjoyable experience for all, and it was an relatively easy task for me to take on, but it would not have been successful if it were not for the volunteers that helped me at the booth.  Thank you to Dennis Paul, John Lynch, Fran Pollard, Sabrina Brennan, Frank and Doreen Garrity, Deborah Penrose, Barbara Dye, and Harvey Rarback for following through on your commitment to help our club.”

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Many Bernie Sanders supporters stopped by the booth. Here Dan Haggerty shows his own enthusiasm!

 

 

 

Those who might be interested in helping with future voter registration efforts should email Dan Haggerty at Coastdemdan@gmail.com.

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