Local Democratic Party News
Local Democrats Protest Doc Hastings Fundraiser
August 22, 2011-Wildhorse Wind Farm, Washington:
On August 22nd, local and regional democrats gathered at the Wildhorse Wind Farm to protest a fundraiser for Congressman Doc Hastings of the 4th Congressional District.The Democrats were on hand to point out Hastings' poor record in supporting alternative energy while cheering on Big Oil. The best sign was awarded $100 by the 4th Congressional Democrats.
The Daily Record also covered the event which you can read about here.
KC Dems Endorse Tabb and Miller for Council
First Annual Summer Fundraiser a Success.
August 6, 2011 - Ellensburg, Washington
The Kittitas County Democratic Central Commitee hosted its first annual Summer BBQ fundraiser on August 6th at the home of Chair Theresa Petrey. The event was catered by Kent Verbeck and featured a large buffet of tasty BBQ, salads and deserts.
The event was also attended by local non-partisan candidate Fennelle Miller as well as 4th Congressional Candidate Jay Clough. All told, the democrats raised over $2500 to give the organization a boost going into the 2012 election cycle.
Attendees chatting over some good grub.
Congressional candidate Jay Clough with his daughter.
June 23, 2011-Ellensburg, Washington:
The Kittitas County
Democratic Central Committee endorsed Bruce Tabb for Ellensburg City Council
Position 4 and Fennelle Miller for Ellensburg City Council Position 3.
Tabb, who is the current mayor of Ellensburg, is running
unopposed for a second term on the city council. He is well known in the
greater Central Washington area as the Executive Director of Elmview, an
organization supporting disabled persons and their families. Tabb stated that
he was particularly interested in seeing the completion of the council’s work
on Land Use and Transit issues.
Miller, a current Ellensburg City Councilwoman, is
running for position 4 which is the position formerly held by George Bottcher
and is a two year term. Ms. Miller is owner of Fenelle DeForest Miller
consultants, a cultural resource management firm located in Ellensburg. Ms.
Miller indicated that she had initially not planned on running again, but had
decided to run for the position with the two year term because it would allow
her to see a few of the projects, such as the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, the
current council is working on completed.
The endorsements were followed by a candidates
workshop which was open to members of all parties interested in running for
non-partisan or partisan elected office in the County. Kittitas County Auditor
Jerry Pettit, a Democrat, and, Steve Williams, a former campaign manager who
has worked on 8 campaigns and is a former 2-term Ketchikan, Alaska city
councilman, gave presentations. Over 10 current and potential future candidates
considering a run for either partisan or non-partisan office this year or in
the future were in attendance, including an Independent and two Republicans.
Auditor Pettit counseled the attendees to be very sure about why they are
running and advised them to develop a working relationship with the Public
Disclosure commission early in the process. Williams advised the candidates to
get a small paper calendar and work backward from the date of the election and
to schedule important personal dates, such as anniversaries, first.
Early Endorsement of Jay Clough.
The Kittitas County Democratic Central Committee voted unanimously to make an early endorsement of Jay Clough for Congress in 2012. In 2010 Clough ran in the 4th Congressional District for the seat that has been held by Richard "Doc" Hastings since 1995.
Although Clough did not win the seat, he showed a great deal of passion and energy, running an impressive campaign and connecting personally with many voters across this large district.
Democrats will be meeting at the home of Colin and Margaret Condit on St. Patrick’s Day to eat corned beef and cabbage and to greet Clough, who will be the guest speaker for the event.
Jay Clough was born and raised in the Tri-Cities area, enlisted in the armed forces after high school, and upon the completion of active duty, he used the GI Bill to attend Central Washington University, earning Bachelor’s degrees in both Pacific Asian Studies and Chinese Language. Jay studied abroad at both Beijing University in Beijing, China, and Ewha University in Seoul, South Korea. After graduation, he spent three years teaching English in Japan. Jay currently works at Hanford for Washington River Protection Solutions, on the clean-up effort.
Clough believes that we need to bring common sense leadership to Washington, D.C., stating that “For too long we have let the extremes in our politics carry the conversations and define our policies, and the average American middle-class family always seems to lose ground. This has happened because we've let career politicians escape accountability.”
The Kittitas County Democratic Central Committee meets the last Thursday of every month at the Rodeo City Barbeque, and welcomes all to attend. The St. Patrick’s Day dinner at Condits will give those in attendance the opportunity to hear Jay Clough speak about his upcoming campaign.
Press Officer / Media Contact:
For information regarding the Kittitas County Democratic Party please contact Ben Oblas at:
bz_oh@hotmail.com
509-607-2308
