Florida Keys Democrats

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NOVEMBER MEETING OF THE MONROE COUNTY DEC

The next Democratic Executive Committee Meeting will be held on Monday November 16th at 6pm in Marathon. The meeting will be held, following our social hour with our special guest speaker Monroe County Sheriff Bob Peryam, at 7pm at the Marathon Power Squadron which is located in the Brady Building - at 2011 Loggerhead Lane in Marathon, behind the Panda-House Restaurant which is across from PUBLIX Grocery. (Turn onto 52nd St Gulfside, then the 1st turn to the right onto Loggerhead).

All Democrats are welcome! For more info or to carpool, call the DEC Chair, Liz Lustberg at (305) 849-2109 or liz.lustberg@gmail.com

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REPORTS FROM THE
2009 FLORIDA STATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE

Fellow Monroe County Democrats,
Several of us attended the State Democratic Party Conference in Orlando this past weekend, and enjoyed meeting and hearing from party leaders and candidates, including Congresspeople Karen Thurman, Ron Klein, and Alan Grayson, the last as sharp and funny in person as he has been on recent talk shows. Grayson referred to the Republicans as "nattering nabobs of negativism," a nice if ironic tribute to the late William Safire, and suggested we change the names of Democrats and Republicans to "the conscience party" and "the selfish party" respectively. We also heard from Bill Nelson, Alex Sink, Kendrick Meek, and others who will be important next year. Interestingly, Sen. Nelson predicted that Obama would have a health care bill on his desk by the end of November, and that it would include some form of public option.......... Read the rest of this report by Susanne Woods by following the link below.......

• The DEC Report by Susanne Woods
• The GLBT Caucus Report by Anne Shaver
• Images from the Conference


State Committeeman George Maurer and State Committeewoman Pam Martin
were among the several Monroe County Democratic delegates to this year's conference.

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Senator Bill Nelson on Health Care and the Public Option


Watch his speech at the Florida Democratic State Conference in Orlando, FL - October 10, 2009

Senator Nelson’s office provides periodic electronic news briefs highlighting a variety of legislative issues affecting Floridians. These e-Briefs are designed to provide an update on Senator Nelson’s activities in Washington behalf of Floridians. Click the link below to sign up for these informative updates.

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MARATHON CITY ELECTIONS
Congratulations to the new Marathon City Councilman, Democrat Richard Keating!

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