Tag: Democrat Club

SaddleBrooke Dems get climate change facts

Tim Koch At their January meeting, the SaddleBrooke Dems welcomed Mike Carran of the SaddleBrooke Citizens’ Climate Lobby, a non-partisan local affiliate of the international Citizens’ Climate Lobby, a ‘grassroots’ environmental group. Mike began his presentation with the succinct and fervent message: Climate change is here and climate change is now. Mike said that he…

Democrats review state organization structure

Tim Koch The SaddleBrooke Democratic Club recently held its monthly business and information meeting at the HOA1 Activity Center. Vice Chair Tim Koch provided copies of renowned linguist George Lakoff’s recent article, Why Hate Speech is Not Free Speech and addressed the fiscal challenges faced by Arizona’s public district schools and universities. Ralph Atchue, Democrat candidate…

David Garcia speaks to Democratic club

Anne Hammond “Education is Arizona’s most important issue,” stated Dr. David Garcia, candidate for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction. He has served as a state Associate Superintendent, an education policy analyst and a consultant for the U.S. Department of Education. He is widely recognized as a national expert on education policy and research and is…

Democratic Club Adopt-A-Highway program

Elisa Hauptman It was a beautiful morning on March 26 when members of the SaddleBrooke Democratic Club went out to remove the trash along route 79 so that we could all enjoy the spring flowers. Taking part in Arizona’s Adopt-A-Highway Program were, left to right, Joel Hauptman, Steve Groth, Bernie Schaber and Elisa Hauptman.