July 28 Meeting: Panel Discussion on A’s Stadium Site
METROPOLITAN-GREATER OAKLAND DEMOCRATIC CLUB Program Announcement: Tuesday July 28, 2020
Dear MGO Members and Friends:
Please join us at our next monthly program presentation and membership meeting:
Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 7:30 to 9:00 P.M.
Online
CONTROVERSY OVER THE A’S STADIUM SITE
METROPOLITAN-GREATER OAKLAND DEMOCRATIC CLUB Program Announcement: Tuesday July 28, 2020 Dear MGO Members and Friends: Please join us at our next monthly program presentation and membership meeting: Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 7:30 to 9:00 P.M. Online CONTROVERSY OVER THE A’S STADIUM SITE  |
| Featuring: ZENNIE ABRAHAM CHAIRMAN & CEO: ZENNIE62MEDIA, INC DAN LINDHEIM FORMER OAKLAND CITY MANAGER ANDY DOLICH FORMER OAKLAND A’S EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT MIKE JACOB VICE PRESIDENT PACIFIC MERCHANTS SHIPPERS ASSOCIATION This event will be on Zoom. Register/Join at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErfuirpz4tGNxEnUzqxHnZUhwpx_d4c1AD After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. A vote will be held on the club’s position on a date after the presentation. Members should attend this meeting in order to be able to vote. |
| The Metropolitan-Greater Oakland Democratic Club (MGO) is the oldest Democratic club in Oakland, and has been involved in Oakland politics and public policy for over 60 years. Metropolitan-Greater Oakland Democratic Club 60 Years in Oakland Presenting Local Government–Keeping It Accountable–Promoting Democratic Values |
6/23 Oakland City Council District 1 Candidate Forum
METROPOLITAN-GREATER OAKLAND DEMOCRATIC CLUB
Program Announcement: Tuesday June 23, 2020
Dear MGO Members and Friends:
Please join us at our next monthly program presentation and membership meeting:
Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 7:00 to 9:00 P.M.
Online
Oakland City Council District 1 Candidate Forum
Featuring Dan Kalb, Tri Ngo, and Steph Walton
Co-hosted with the East Bay Young Democgrats, MGO Democratic Club will be taking up the first in a series of candidate forums for the 2020 general election. Candidates Dan Kalb, Tri Ngo, and Steph Walton will be participating in this candidate forum. The forum will primarily be structured as a Questions & Answers format.
The first city council district in Oakland spans from Temescal, located in North Oakland, centered on Telegraph Avenue, up to Bushrod, in North Oakland, centered on Shattuck Avenue, just south of Ashby BART Station in South Berkeley.
This event will be on Zoom. Register/Join at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82538587916
or call in at 1-213-338-8477, Meeting ID: 825 3858 7916
An endorsement vote will be held later this year. To vote in the endorsement, members need to be paid-up on dues, and new members of the club must have been members for at least 20 days.
Members who have not paid paid dues since January 1 are not paid-up.
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Program Announcement: Tuesday March 10, 2020
Dear MGO Members and Friends:
Please join us at our next monthly program presentation and membership meeting:
Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 7:30 to 9:00 P.M.
Family Room, Montclair Presbyterian Church
5701 Thornhill Drive, Oakland
Our speaker will be Thomas Peele.
INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM: GETTING THE FACTS BEHIND GOVERNMENT CURTAINS
Mr. Peele is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter on the staff of the Bay Area News Group, which includes the East Bay Times. He has worked at newspapers, including Newsday, for 34 years in California and elsewhere, focusing on government accountability, public records and data and often speaking about transparency laws publicly. In addition to a 2017 Pulitzer, his more than 60 journalism awards include Investigative Reporters and Editors’ Tom Renner Award for organized-crime reporting and the McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage. He is also the author of the book “Killing the Messenger,” on the murder of Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey. He also lectures at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
Come at 7:00 p.m. for a half hour of socializing and light refreshments. A great chance to catch up with other club members or to meet them for the first time.
A short membership meeting will follow the presentation.
METROPOLITAN-GREATER OAKLAND DEMOCRATIC CLUB – MARCH 3, 2020 PRIMARY ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS
13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
BARBARA LEE
9TH STATE SENATE DISTRICT
NANCY SKINNER
15TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
BUFFY WICKS
18TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
ROB BONTA
DISTRICT 4 ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERVISOR
NATE MILEY
DISTRICT 5 ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERVISOR
KEITH CARSON
15TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT MEMBER CENTRAL COMMITTEE
ELIZABETH ECHOLS
KATHY NEAL
IGOR A. TREGUB
MICHAEL BARNETT
18TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT MEMBER CENTRAL COMMITTEE
PAMELA PRICE
TONYA D. LOVE
ROBIN TORELLO
MEASURES: STATE, COUNTY, OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 13 (CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND MODERNIZATION OF SCHOOL, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES)
YES
COUNTY MEASURE C (EARLY HEALTH AND EDUCATION FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY CHILDREN)
YES
OAKLAND MEASURE Q (BOND SUPPORTING HOMELESS SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, TRASH REMOVAL, PARK AND TRAIL MAINTENANCE, PARK RESTROOMS, IMPROVED WATER QUALITY, PARK FACILITIES REPAIRS)
YES
OAKLAND MEASURE R (AMEND CHARTER TO ELIMINATE REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNATION OF CITY’S OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER)
YES
OAKLAND MEASURE S (INCREASE APPROPRIATION LIMIT IN CALIFORNA CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT TO ALLOW CITY TO CONTINUE TO EXPEND REVENUES FROM TAXES PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY OAKLAND VOTERS FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES)
YES
February 11, 2020 Endorsement Meeting
| Dear MGO Members and Friends: Please join us at our candidate endorsement meeting for the March 3, 2020 election. The meeting will be held on and at: Tuesday, Feb 11, 2020, 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. Thornhill Room, Montclair Presbyterian Church 5701 Thornhill Drive, Oakland We will cover the following ballot measures and candidate races: Member Dem. County Central Committee, A.D. 15th Member Dem. County Central Committee, A.D. 18th 13th Congressional District 9th State Senate District 9 Assembly District 15 Assembly District 18 Superior Court Judge, Seat 2 Member County Board of Education Trustee Area 2 County Board of Supervisors District 4 County Board of Supervisors District 5 State Proposition 13 County Measure C (Health & Child Care) Oakland Measures Q, R, S If you have received your ballot pamphlets before the meeting, you may find it helpful to bring them. Light refreshments will be available. MGO can only endorse candidates who are currently registered members of the Democratic Party. However, the club is permitted to allow candidates for non-partisan offices to speak to the Club during its candidate meetings. At the conclusion of the presentations club members will go into closed session to discuss the potential endorsements and exchange views. Member participation is encouraged but not required. Paper ballots will be distributed for private balloting.members can cast those ballots at any time during the meeting. The Metropolitan-Greater Oakland Democratic Club (MGO) is the oldest Democratic club in Oakland, and has been involved in Oakland politics and public policy for over 60 years. |
| Metropolitan-Greater Oakland Democratic Club 60 Years in Oakland Presenting Local Government–Keeping It Accountable–Promoting Democratic Values |
