Mike Nickerson Congressman Tom O’Halleran was the featured speaker at our monthly meeting on Jan. 11. The meeting was held over Zoom because of the recent Omicron spike. Because SaddleBrooke has been moved from Congressional District 1 to Congressional District 6 due to the redistricting commission, he will be our representative for only one more…
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Clubs & Classes, February 2018
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…
Clubs & Classes, October 2017
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…
Clubs & Classes, January 2015
Representative Kirkpatrick visits with the SaddleBrooke Democrats
On Saturday, December 13 Representative Ann Kirkpatrick visited with SaddleBrooke Democrats at the home of Rollie Prager. It was her second annual holiday visit to thank all those who assisted in her recent victory, to share information and to get input from her constituents. She first discussed her recent election, informing us that it was…
June 2014
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…
May 2014
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.