THE 2012 PCDO EXECUTIVE BOARD

The PCDO membership elected the following officers and Executive Board members at its meeting on January 29, 2012:

President: Dan Preston
VP Borough: Sheldon Sturges
VP Township: Walter Bliss
Treasurer: David Cohen
Assistant Treasurer: Ginger Lennon
Corresponding Sec: Peter Wolanin
Recording Sec: Peter Lindenfeld

Borough At Large:

Donald Dowd
Anne Neumann
Patrick Simon
Bainy Suri
Kate Warren
Tom Zucosky

Township At Large:

Jose Alcantara
Doreen Blanc Rockstrom
Sondra Bierman
Kip Cherry
Liz Cohen
Jim Floyd
 

These are the new voting districts that will take effect for the consolidated municipality.  The polling places have not been finalized.

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Sunday, January 29, 2012 – 6:30pm
UNITARIAN CHURCH, 50 Cherry Hill Rd, Princeton, NJ (please note the location!)

*** FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ***

It’s time for our annual potluck dinner (bring a dish!) and election of the PCDO Executive Board. Most of all, we’ll enjoy each other’s company as we share food and drink and get fired up for this important year ahead.

Note: Everyone is welcome to attend, but only full PCDO members who reside in Princeton and have paid dues by 1/15/2012 will be eligible to vote.

ELECTION OF THE PCDO EXECUTIVE BOARD

All PCDO members who indicated interest in running for an Executive Board position and who submitted their names by the January 14 deadline will be on the ballot. There will be no nominations from the floor. The candidates are:

President: Dan Preston
VP Borough: Sheldon Sturges
VP Township: Walter Bliss
Treasurer: David Cohen
Assistant Treasurer: Ginger Lennon
Corresponding Sec: Peter Wolanin
Recording Sec: Peter Lindenfeld

Borough At Large (vote for 6):

Donald Dowd
Anne Neumann
Patrick Simon
Bainy Suri
Kate Warren
Tom Zucosky

Township At Large (vote for 6):

Jose Alcantara
Doreen Blanc Rockstrom
Sondra Bierman
Kip Cherry
Liz Cohen
Jim Floyd
Charles Rojer

Statements by the candidates are at www.princetondems.org/execboard2012

[Letter to editor, submitted to our local papers]:

As the President and Vice Presidents of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO), we invite all local Democrats to join our organization. Membership runs for one year beginning on January 1st of each year. Our annual membership meeting and leadership election will be held on Sunday, January 15, 2012. New members are especially welcome.

The PCDO, which presently includes over 400 members, votes to endorse candidates at all levels of government. For the upcoming year our endorsement process will be especially impactful as we will elect an entirely new local government. 2012 will, of course, have the added excitement of the presidential campaign as well as Senate and House elections. We hope all Democrats will join us in this process.

We are always interested in inviting new candidates for local office. By facilitating communication with Princeton's most active and interested Democratic voters through email, the PCDO website (www.princetondems.org), our postal mailing list and at meetings, the PCDO gives candidates meaningful support that allows them to compete without a large initial expenditure or campaign organization.

All Princeton Democrats are welcome to join the PCDO as voting members, and if you are interested in running, it’s never too early to start planning. Our endorsement meeting will take place on March 25, 2012, about two weeks prior to the April deadline for filing a petition to run in the June primary election.

Please visit our website www.princetondems.org for more information and to download a membership form. Membership is open to all registered Democrats residing in Princeton for a suggested yearly dues of $15 with a reduced rate of $5 available.

We look forward to hearing from new members and candidates and again, we warmly invite all Democrats to join us.

Dan Preston, President
Heather Howard, Vice President, Princeton Borough
Margaret Griffin, Vice President, Princeton Township
Princeton Community Democratic Organization

OCCUPY WALL STREET, INEQUALITY, and the 2012 ELECTION

Sunday, November 20, 7:30pm

Suzanne Patterson Center (behind Borough Hall)

*** FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ***

Finally, we have a movement focusing the national debate on the real needs and concerns of “the 99 percent.” But will it make any difference in next year’s elections? Will corporate money and conservative backlash counter any hope for change? And will the Occupiers themselves see any point in political participation, including voting?

• Nolan McCarty, Chair, Dept of Politics at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. Professor McCarty's areas of expertise include U.S. politics and the political impact of economic inequality and poverty. 
• Deborah Howlett, President of New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP), Trenton, NJ. Ms. Howlett will discuss NJPP's recent report "The State of Working New Jersey 2011: The Lost Decade." 
• Kate Whitman, Assistant Director of the Coalition for Peace Action based in Princeton. Ms. Whitman will speak about her experiences with the Occupy movement in NYC, Trenton and Philadelphia.

Please follow this link for a statement by:
Dan Preston, President, Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO)
Peter Wolanin, Chair, Princeton Borough Democratic Committee
Jon Durbin, Chair, Princeton Township Democratic Committee

on the 2011 Borough Mayor's race, and some points about the candidates' records:
http://www.princetondems.org/candidates-and-their-records