GUEST POST FROM HEATHER CRONK OF GET EQUAL

I have to be honest -- I just vomited a little in my mouth.

The Senate just voted on whether to bring the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) up for conversation. Not for passage -- just for conversation. It failed.

We all laid everything we could on the line for this bill -- a piece of legislation that would have repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." We all know that gay and lesbian Americans are just as patriotic and capable as straight Americans -- but dysfunctional Senate processes, a homophobic Republican Party, and a spineless Democratic Party got in the way of equality once again.

Let us be clear -- this wasn't the bill we wanted. This compromised piece of legislation was far from the ideal -- it would have left our transgender sisters and brothers behind, it kicked actual repeal to some undefined date later down the road, and it said nothing about how to deal with lesbian or gay enlistees who have partners who must remain second-class citizens because their lives are still ruled by the Defense of Marriage Act.

And even this compromised piece of legislation didn't pass.

If we're ever going to fight back against these kinds of compromises, we've got to build a ground game that disallows anything less than full equality.

We're working on developing that ground game, and we'll have more to say about it in coming weeks.

For now, we mourn for the LGBT service members serving each day in silence -- some of whom will lose their lives without ever tasting equality. We mourn for the lack of courage shown by our elected leaders to put an end to needless discrimination.

But we should remain inspired by the fight left in us. Go on Facebook. Go on Twitter. Get out into the streets. Call up your friends. Get angry, and then get organized.

We'll help -- and we promise that we're going to continue building a movement from the ground up that no longer settles for this kind of political homophobia and transphobia.

-Heather Cronk

Managing Director, GetEQUAL

STONEWALL DEMOCRATS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA & THE CSN CAPITOL CLUB JOINT MEETING

STONEWALL DEMOCRATS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA & THE CSN CAPITOL CLUB JOINT MEETING
Monday 06 December
6-830pm The Arts Factory #215 upstairs 107 E Charleston 89104 at Casino Center
Derek Washington 702-576-4978
Justin McAffee 702-374-6009

Stonewall will be having its monthly meeting as a joint event with the CSN Capital Club. We are going to be discussing various issues including the first day of the Prop 8 appeal trial in California after watching some of the day’s highlights. We are honored to have legal expert Ari Ezra Waldman via Skype for a Q&A session as well as UNLV Constitutional Law expert Thomas B. McAffee to discuss our various topics throughout the evening.

This meeting (with help from Progress Now Nevada’s Brian Fadie) will be an experiment in taking Stonewall to an entirely new level by using technology to expand our range and influence. There is a whole new world of opportunities for Stonewall to explore in both political and community activism, and with online technology we can exploit these opportunities in a way never before done in Nevada by any Democratic political club or caucus. We’re proud to be joined in this first endeavor by CSN’s Capitol Club.

GUESTS:

Nelson Araujo from Senator Reid’s office will join us for updates on Senator Reid’s efforts to pass The DREAM ACT.

Sue Fulton of Knights Out (an LGBT organization of “Out” former Armed Service members) will join us via Skype to talk about the latest DADT news.

Linsey Peckonis and Jerame Davis of National Stonewall will join us via Skype to tell us about what Stonewall chapters around the country are doing.

Shannon Cuttle will speak about the need for all inclusive SAFE SCHOOLS.

Stonewall’s Director of Hispanic Outreach Leo Murrieta will fill us in on his exciting new project, The Nevada Youth Coalition. The Nevada Youth Coalition (NYC) is an organization whose primary goal is to get and keep young people engaged in civics and community service projects. The NYC and its members have actively participated in community events and phone banks in support of the DREAM ACT, the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and will be engaging Nevada's legislature on behalf of our state's education system in next year's legislative session.

Karen Grayson is our Director of Transgender Outreach and she’ll be asking us to brainstorm with her about better outreach through technology to America’s Transgender community. Her “One Step Closer” project will aim to reach out to those people who are not comfortable with a public display of being Transgender and really just need someone to talk to about being Transgender.

Our Vice-Chair Sandy Eddy will give us a report on the very successful Stonewall led Team BATTLE BORN at the Rock & Roll Marathon and tell you how you can support Stonewall when you shop online.

Chris Miller will explain his vision for the Stonewall State Caucus. This vision includes The Stonewall State Caucus taking an active role in the State of Nevada’s political future while making sure that the issues of LGBT Democrats and progressives are on the agenda of our elected representatives.

The club will hear about a proposed partnership with Michael Flores of Progress Now Nevada and Aid For AIDS Nevada on community gardens and other possible projects. These projects will not only help the LGBT community through providing healthy and fresh vegetables for those with HIV, but also help inner city dwellers take charge of their sexual health through innovative HIV awareness projects partnering with the African American and Latino Communities.

Michael will be telling us about a very successful project that he has initiated in on of the impoverished inner city housing projects that was recently featured in a profile in the Las Vegas Review Journal.

Our elected and newly elected Democrats are STRONGLY urged to attend this meeting as well as anyone who has never been to a Stonewall meeting.

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MILITARY UNIVERSITY FACULTY RESPOND TO DADT SENATE HEARING

MILITARY UNIVERSITY FACULTY RESPOND TO DADT SENATE HEARING
Courtesy of Renna Communications

SANTA BARBARA, CA – December 2, 2010 – The Palm Center released a statement by 12 current and former faculty members at Service Academies and Military Universities, responding with factual evidence to claims made at today’s Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

STATEMENT BY CURRENT AND FORMER MILITARY PROFESSORS

Combat Effectiveness

(1) Concerns that repeal would undermine combat effectiveness are inconsistent with available evidence. While it is true that many combat troops say that they think repeal would undermine combat effectiveness, a smaller percentage say that if they were going into a combat situation, fighting alongside gay troops would be a factor. Many troops in foreign militaries said, prior to repeal, that gays would undermine combat effectiveness. Subsequent to repeal, however, foreign militaries reported no decline in combat effectiveness. Statistical analysis by Dr. Laura Miller of the RAND Corporation and a colleague found that even though many troops think that repeal would undermine effectiveness, there is no statistical relationship between whether someone knows a gay peer and the reported cohesion or effectiveness of the unit. If gays actually undermined combat effectiveness, it would be hard to understand why gay discharges always decline during wartime.

Process

(2) Concerns that the Working Group did not ask the troops whether they support repeal are disingenuous. The troops vocally expressed opinions about whether DADT should be repealed in an on-line inbox that received 72,384 comments, in 95 face-to-face forums at 51 bases that included more than 24,000 troops, and in 140 smaller focus groups. These data were not solicited in a scientifically valid way, but the Working Group certainly took them into account and even acknowledged that a majority of comments opposed repeal.

(3) Concerns that we do not know what the troops would say if asked whether they support repeal are not based on evidence. Three different polls, by Annenberg, Zogby, and Military Times, found roughly the same result: approximately 40% of the troops oppose repeal, 30% favor repeal, and 30% don’t know or don’t care. Surveys included combat troops. The Zogby respondent pool, for example, consisted of 545 combat and combat support troops who were serving or who had served recently in the Middle East.

Survey Validity

(4) Concerns about the Survey’s response rate, or that survey results are not reflective of the views of the overall force, are not correct: The 28% response rate is about average both for web-based surveys in general, and for military surveys in particular. The response rate to the military’s 2006 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey was 30% for Active Duty Members. Furthermore, response rates have nothing to do with the validity of a survey’s results, as long as the sample size is large enough and sampling is done properly. In this case, the Working Group survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 1%, much better than most surveys.

Timing

(5) Concerns that repeal is being rushed are not based on the historical track-record. The authors of “don’t ask, don’t tell” referred to it as a temporary compromise when the policy was enacted 17 years ago. Generals Colin Powell and John Shalikashvili have changed their views over this time, and military and public opinion shifted dramatically as well. The roughly year-long Pentagon review process has been one of the most comprehensive reviews ever undertaken on any military personnel policy in the history of the U.S. armed forces. More than 20 studies have been conducted on whether gays harm the military.

Recruitment and Retention

(6) Concerns that recruitment will suffer are not based on evidence. In the British and Canadian militaries, approximately 2/3 of male troops said that they would not work with gays if bans were lifted. After the lifting of bans in those countries, there were only a handful of resignations, and no reported problems with recruitment or retention. The percent of troops in the U.S. military who say that they will not work with gays and lesbians is much lower.

Effectiveness of DADT

(7) The claim that DADT has been effective is inconsistent with the evidence. A U.S. District Court found that, according to all available research, DADT has harmed the military in several ways including wasting valuable talent and undermining cohesion and morale. A GAO report found that the policy has led to the discharge of a significant number of mission-critical specialists. No evidence has ever been provided to show that DADT promotes cohesion or is working in any way.

(8) The claim that DADT does not involve situations in which people are hounded day in and day out is inconsistent with available evidence. While it is true that the military has suspended witch hunts and that most DADT discharges follow statements by service members, the District Court found that gay and lesbian troops do have a constant sword hanging over their heads which undermines their ability to focus on their jobs.

Executive Order

(9) The claim that only Congress can provide President Obama with the latitude to sign an executive order is incorrect. Congress already has provided such latitude in the “stop-loss” statute, which allows the President to suspend any law related to military separations during national security emergencies.

Professor John T. Ackerman, Air Command and Staff College*
Lt. Col. Allen Bishop, USA (ret.), former professor, U.S. Military Academy at West Point*
Dr. Kathleen M. Campbell, U.S. Military Academy at West Point*
Lt. Col. Edith A. Disler, USAF (ret.), former professor, U.S. Air Force Academy*
Professor Mark Eitelberg, Naval Postgraduate School*
Professor Barry Fagin, U.S. Air Force Academy*
Professor Craig A. Foster, United States Air Force Academy*
Professor Gregory D. Foster, National Defense University*
Professor Elizabeth L. Hillman University of California Hastings College of the Law, former instructor, United States Air Force Academy*
Professor Janice H. Laurence, Temple University, and former professor, Industrial College of the Armed Forces*
Professor George R. Mastroianni, United States Air Force Academy*
Professor Steven M. Samuels, United States Air Force Academy*

*The views expressed by faculty at US Government Agencies are those of the individuals and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of their Service, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. Non-military institutional affiliations are listed for identification purposes only, and do not convey the institutions’ positions.

The Palm Center is a think tank at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Since 1998, the Center has been a leader in commissioning and disseminating research in the areas of gender, sexuality, and the military. For more information, visit www.palmcenter.org.

THIS WEEK ON THE SAUSAGE FACTORY

THE SAUSAGE November 20, 2010
10AM - 1PM (WEST COAST TIME)

www.vegasallnetradio.com


Activist Astrid Silva will be guest co-hosting with us this week while Laura is away at ROOTSCAMP.

10:18 Chris Hayes takes a few minutes away from shows such as Maddow and Countdown to give us his take on DC and the coming political season.

10:43 Robin McGegee (pt one)of GET EQUAL tells us about her recent trips to the White House, via handcuffs AND the front door.

11am Robin McGehee (pt two)

11:12 Justin Barasky will let us in on one of Harry Reid’s secret weapons during his race against Sharron Angle.

11:27 Autumn Sandeen recounts her esteemed military career and tells us how she ended up chained to the White House fence.

11:42 Ari Ezra Waldman is our “Legal Eagle” who, this week, will cover a myriad of legal cases from across the country.

Noon Our third hour is dedicated to the rise of Latino issues in this years election.

Ruben Kihuen is a rising star in Nevada politics having recently been elected a state senator.

Vicenta Montaya of Si Si Peude Latino Democratic Caucus fills us in on the political realities of Latino life in Nevada.

12:09 Michael Flores of Progress Now Nevada is a young activist who is helping lead the fight for Immigration reform.

12:22 Gloria Nieto will give us her take on the current state of Latinos in the US and immigration reform.

12:34 Mallory Cyr from UNLV on the need for the DREAM ACT.

12:46 Juan Espinoza-Cuellar is an amazing poet who will read us a few of his stunning poetry.

THE SAUSAGE FACTORY November 29 2010
10AM - 1PM (WEST COAST TIME)
www.vegasallnetradio.com

JOHN ENSIGN (R-NV) SUPPORTS REPEALING DON'T ASK DON'T TELL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

SENATOR JOHN ENSIGN SUPPORTS THE REPEAL OF DON'T ASK DON'T TELL


A coalition of Nevada's LGBTQ activists and veterans met with John Ensign's Las Vegas staff to discuss the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell



Las Vegas, NV -- This afternoon US Senator John Ensign's (R-NV) Regional Representative Margot Allen told a group of local LGBTQ activists and veterans Senator Ensign will vote to pass the National Defense Authorization Act with the repeal of the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, that bans gays from serving openly in the military.



Led by Nevada State Senator David Parks, a veteran and the state's first openly gay legislator, Ms. Allen was pointedly asked several times if Senator Ensign supported the repeal and she said under no uncertain terms: Senator John Ensign does not support the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy and will vote to repeal it. Ms. Allen explained that after the Pentagon releases the findings of its study on the effects of repealing the ban, he will vote "YES" to pass the National Defense Authorization Act with the repeal included. Ms. Allen also stated that any news reports citing Senator Ensign as against the repeal were false.



Prior to meeting with Senator Ensign's staff, Stonewall Democratic Club of Southern Nevada's chairman Derek Washington arranged for the group to meet with US Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid's Las Vegas office.



The group was assured that Senator Reid continues to work hard to get the Defense Authorization Act passed with Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal. Senator Reid wants the bill passed in a reasonable amount of time, but wants to also work with Republican leadership to have a fair and rational amendment process.



It is with great pride that we can now say both of our Senator's from Nevada support the repeal of one of the most blatant examples of institutionalized discrimination. We have watched with sickened hearts as people like Senator John McCain of Arizona act like petulant children and continue to defy and disrespect military generals, the Secretary of Defense, President Obama and worst, our troops.



In a press release issued last week Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Mark Udall (D-CO), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) stated:



“The Senate should act immediately to debate and pass a defense authorization bill and repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ during the lame duck session. The Senate has passed a defense bill for forty-eight consecutive years. We should not fail to meet that responsibility now, especially while our nation is at war. We must also act to put an end to the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy that not only discriminates against but also dishonors the service of gay and lesbian service members.



“The National Defense Authorization Act is essential to the safety and well-being of our service members and their families, as well as for the success of military operations around the world. The bill will increase the pay of all service members, authorize needed benefits for our veterans and wounded warriors, and launch military construction projects at bases throughout the country.



“The process established by the defense bill would also allow ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ to be repealed in an orderly manner, and only after the President, Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have certified to Congress that repeal is ‘consistent with the standards of military readiness, military effectiveness, unit cohesion, and recruiting and retention of the Armed Forces.’ If Congress does not act to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in an orderly manner that leaves control with our nation’s military leaders, a federal judge may do so unilaterally in a way that is disruptive to our troops and ongoing military efforts. It is important that ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ be dealt with this year, and it appears that the only way that can happen is if it is on the defense bill.



“We are pleased that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has also called on Congress to repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ We must act upon our responsibility to our troops and their family members and to the thousands of gay and lesbian service members who serve their nation bravely and honorably by passing the National Defense Authorization Act before the end of the year.”



We call on all LGBTQ activists, allies and veterans to call on their Senators, especially those who live in Maine, Ohio and Arkansas, and tell them that they can not, with good conscious, end the year without passing this bill, with the inclusion of the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell



Organizations present:

Stonewall Democratic Club of Southern Nevada

Stonewall Democrats of Nevada

Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada

Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network of Southern Nevada

Equality Nevada

OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR HARRY REID FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS

The Honorable Harry Reid
U.S. Senate
522 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510


Dear Senator Reid,

A very narrow window exists during the post-election session of Congress in which swift and decisive leadership must be displayed in order to secure successful repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT). With all of the hard work that you have done to get this repeal as far as it has progressed thus far, it would be simply unacceptable for Congress not to get a chance to repeal DADT before the 111th Congress concludes its term.

As Senate Majority Leader, you control whether, when, and how bills are brought before the full Senate chamber. As a strong and principled supporter of ending the discriminatory DADT policy, you have the power to see that DADT gets acted upon in the lame duck session. We, therefore, ask you, the Senate Majority Leader, to oppose any effort to strip language repealing the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

The current language in the Senate Armed Services Committee-approved version of the NDAA offers important and overdue protections for servicewomen and military dependents, as well as provides those service members who are lesbian, gay or bisexual the opportunity to serve their country with honesty and integrity. Time is of the essence with ensuring that DADT is not removed from NDAA. We have the votes to end DADT this year. Now we must see more strong leadership from you, Senator Reid.

We know that you are committed to ending the dangerous and discriminatory policy that is DADT. We know that you are one to keep your promises, and we fully expect NDAA to be brought back up before you recess for Thanksgiving. We know you will follow through on your commitment to our LGBTQ community and our military here in Nevada, and across the nation, by ensuring that the DADT repeal provision is not excluded when NDAA is brought forward for a vote.

Sincerely,



STATE SENATOR DAVID PARKS (D-NV)

ROBERTA LANGE CHAIRWOMAN CLARK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY

CANDICE NICHOLS DIRECTOR OF THE GAY & LESBIAN CENTER OF SOUTHERN NEVADA

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

EQUALITY NEVADA

GLSEN

LAMBA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

LV EQUALITY

NEVADA STONEWALL DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS

PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF LESBIANS AND GAYS / CARSON, NEVADA REGION

PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE OF NEVADA

PROGRESS NOW NEVADA

SI SE PUEDE LATINO DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS

STAND OUT FOR EQUALITY

STONEWALL DEMOCRATS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA

STONEWALL DEMOCRATS OF NORTHERN NEVADA



VETERAN & STUDENT ALLIES

Jonathan Abbinett

Ronald Ramsey

Conroe Brooks

Loretta Harper

Jennifer Webb

Nancy Kuhns

Christopher Mendez-Preciado

Marcos Penaloza

Adriana Felix

Robert Cavazos

James Lee

Edith Byrd

A VERY SINCERE THANK YOU

LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

Hi All,

Well, we did it. We won some and we lost some. Most importantly, Stonewall Democrats of Southern Nevada stepped up and helped out several campaigns in a way that has never been done before.

We should be especially proud of our efforts on behalf of Senator Reid and Congresswoman Titus. I’d also like to pat you all on the back for the work we’ve done getting to know our judicial candidates. I know quite a few Stonewall members became “go-to” people on sample ballots that people took to the polls and of that I am most proud.

I have to say thank you to Chandler Levrich for getting us through the rough patches in the beginning when we needed to know how the club actually operated “backstage”.

None of what we’ve accomplished this year could have been without our board, Sandy Eddy, Chris Miller, Laura Martin, Leo Murrietta and our newest board member, Nathaniel Phillips.

I have to heap special praise on two board members. Andrew “Nerdrock” Davey is not only our Secretary; he is our Political Director who guided us through so many issues so that Stonewall has always had a ready answer when needed for our membership and politicians who needed guidance on our issues. He has been a tireless and dedicated campaign helper for several candidates and I’m not only thankful to him, but, proud as well.

Karen “Tool Time Barbie” Grayson has been an amazing Director of Transgender Outreach and been an excellent volunteer on every event we have had. In addition, I feel safe in saying; we could not have built the Senator David Parks Lending Library at The Center without her. She also has empowered the Transgender community with her tireless personal outreach to our Nevada politicians and candidates. All of this led us to present her with the very first “Stonewall Member of the Year” award named in her honor.

Sandy, Chris and Laura have been exceptional in making Stonewall one of the top clubs in the party and helping Stonewall have a national presence through our activism and Laura’s press releases.

I expect great things from Nathaniel as well. Now that he is free from his two consecutive campaigns, we hope Leo will be able to expand on the work that we have been doing in the Latino / Immigrant rights movement.

I also wish to thank Alptamise Hailey and Kimberly Michelle who helped us raise quite a bit of our election war chest through their generosity.

There are no words to express the amazing support that the staff of Senator Reid has given Stonewall. I simply say thanks.

Wes, Debra, Gayle, Tina and Ryan at The Arts Factory and Bar Bistro helped us make our name as the best place to learn about politics in the entire state, thank you!

Thank you Genevieve Flores and Linsey Peckonis for your brief but vital stay here in our state helping to “Elect Equality”.

I would be remiss if I didn’t say thank you to Rob Schlegel, Kelly MacFarlane Smith, Qvegas Magazine and the LGBT Statewide Coalition for their support as we expanded our role into helping build the LGBT community into a political force and an agent of social change in Nevada with the respect of the local media and politicians.

This letter could not be complete without a heartfelt thank you to Clark County Democratic Chairwoman Roberta Lange. She has been our advisor, friend and our champion. She and her husband Ken have been extraordinary in their support of our club and its goals. Thank you so much Roberta.

Thank you all,

Derek Washington
Chairman Stonewall Democrats of Southern Nevada

LETS ELECT EQUALITY!

HELP ELECT EQUALITY THIS WEEKEND!
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO ELECT EQUALITY!

East Las Vegas Canvass & Call location
501 N. Lamb Blvd, Las Vegas, NV
corner of Lamb & Bonanza

Spanish speakers especially needed!
Call Genevieve Flores with any questions
805-754-1942 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              805-754-1942      end_of_the_skype_highlighting


shifts--
Saturday
10am to 2pm
2pm to 6pm
6pm to 9pm

Sunday
10am to 2pm
2pm to 6pm
6pm to 9pm

Monday
10am to 2pm
2pm to 6pm
6pm to 9pm

Tuesday
9am to 1pm
1pm to 4pm
4pm to 7pm

If you live in Henderson, call Andrew Davey for canvass and phonebanking in your area at 702 -806-1340.

Join us for an Elect Equality walk for Dina Titus and Harry Reid tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM. We'll be meeting at 2758 Woodbine in Henderson (89074, near Pecos & Robindale). You can also phone bank tomorrow at Dina Titus' Henderson office (2925 N Green Valley Pkwy, Henderson 89074) from 1:00 PM until 8:00 PM.

Join us for an Elect Equality walk for Dina Titus and Harry Reid on Sunday morning at 10:00 AM. We'll be meeting at 2758 Woodbine in Henderson (89074, near Pecos & Robindale). You can also phone bank tomorrow and Sunday at Dina Titus' Henderson office (2925 N Green Valley Pkwy, Henderson 89074) from 10:00 AM until 8:00 PM.



POTLUCK CELL PHONE PARTY TO REELECT HARRY REID,Dina Titus and all of the Stonewall endorsed candidates! Almost 30 came last night, let's double that! 6-9pm at The Arts Factory 107 E Charleston 89104. Bring a dish, your cell phone/charger and a laptop (if you have one). Let's party while we make sure it's Harry not Scary who triumphs on election day!

Questions?
Derek Washington
702-576-4978
derekisademocrat@gmail.com

FISH FRY TODAY WITH HARRY REID & BARBARA LEE!

Early Vote Day Party and Fish Fry with



Senator Harry Reid

Rep. Barbara Lee (Chair, Congressional Black Caucus)

And Special Guests



Friday, October 29, 2010

Noon - 3:00 p.m.



Clark County Government Center, Pyramid Building

500 S. Grand Central Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, NV



RSVP online at www.harryreid.com/dayparty



VOTE EARLY at the nearby RTC Building



For more information please call 702-631-2224

DAN CHOI: MEDIA BULLY or IT DOESN'T GET BETTER

I know Dan Choi and I know Harry Reid.

Both are former officers.

Only one is a gentleman.

It's not Dan Choi.

Dan Choi has finally jumped the shark with his completely uncalled for remarks about Harry Reid in the Village Voice and I feel sad for the LGBT activist movement and Dan. He has it wrong. Harry Reid is not a "pussy", Dan Choi is.

I personally introduced Dan to Harry over a year ago at a dinner and we were both shocked when Harry told the two of us that he "and the President were working on getting rid of this foolish policy, DADT, because it makes no sense." Harry admired Dan's medals and they had quite a friendly chat.

Since then, with the country in economic ruin and people losing their homes left and right, Harry and the President have still been working on making sure that DADT repeal is moving forward. But it's not moving fast enough for Dan and his puppet masters who have an axe to grind against the Democratic party. So, Dan pulls cheap stunts such as making Netroots Nation all about him by climbing on the stage to give his West Point ring to Harry.

I will fill Dan and his army of sycophants in the blogosphere in on something. If Harry didn't want Dan to have that moment, his security detail would have taken Dan down like a Predator drone on a car full of insurgents on a Basra back road. Dan came off the stage proud that he had hijacked the day of a room full of people, I was proud that Harry handled this public pout with aplomb and grace.

Like a gentleman.

When I saw the awful things that Dan said about Harry in the Village Voice, I thought to myself, "what an idiot". Then I realized that Dan is no idiot.

He's a bully.

If the light isn't shined on him and Rachel isn't calling regularly, something must be done, and right away.

For Lt. Dan Choi, it doesn't get better.

And it won't because once it does, he floats down the stream with all of the flotsam and jetsam of history. He is grabbing his moment in the media glare and I hope he enjoys it because it's minute 13 as we speak and there's a shark that he just jumped behind him.

HAVE LUNCH & PHONEBANK WITH SENATOR AL FRANKEN!

You're Invited

To a "Meet and Greet" Phone Bank with

Senator Al Franken

Wednesday, October 27
12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Nevada State Democratic Party - East Headquarters
3100 East Charleston Blvd. at Mojave
Las Vegas, NV

Lunch will be provided! There is no cost to attend.

RSVP required online at:
http://www.harryreid.com/page/s/oct27franken

Don't forget to vote early - click here to find the nearest location: vote.harryreid.com/

LA LOCA STRIKES AGAIN! ANDALE LOCA! ANDALE!

Democrats, Republicans, Latino Leaders Unite vs. Hispanic Voter Suppression Efforts; Univision Pulls the Ads; Angle Silent

Inexplicably, Sharron Angle remains silent as the national uproar over her comments to local Hispanic high school group grows louder and louder



LAS VEGAS – Within hours of an out-of-state right-wing Latino front group with ties to the Bush Administration announcing they’d run television ads with the shameful and appalling goal of suppressing the Latino vote in the November 2nd election, local Latino leaders denounced the group and challenged both candidates and media outlets to denounce and refuse to air these un-American ads and their despicable message.






In addition to Sen. Reid, both gubernatorial candidates Rory Reid and Brian Sandoval were quick to denounce the ads and call for them to be pulled from the airwaves for their offensive and abhorrent message to suppress the Hispanic vote right here in Nevada. News outlets are now reporting Univision will not air the group’s offensive, un-American message on its airwaves.



And while bipartisan opposition to this out-of-state, anti-Latino filth was unanimous from the moment the ads were released until the announcement Univision would pull them from the airwaves, we heard nothing but deafening silence from Republican Sharron Angle.



Perhaps that’s because Angle didn’t want to address the national uproar surrounding her pathological assertion to a group of local Hispanic teenagers that her widely-criticized immigration ads aren’t actually about Latinos, but rather they’re about Canada and our northern border. Perhaps it’s because of Angle’s keen interest in suppressing the Latino vote since her extreme anti-Hispanic agenda has been exposed throughout the course of the campaign. Whatever the reason, Sharron Angle’s silence in the face of this serious threat to suppress the voices of Nevadans is completely reprehensible.








“Since the moment that news of these despicable voter suppression tactics were made public, bipartisan Nevada leaders and the Latino community have spoken out against these un-American tactics with one unified voice – except for Republican Sharron Angle, who’s involved in a national media firestorm over anti-Hispanic remarks she refuses to explain,” said Reid campaign spokesman Kelly Steele. “The fact that Sharron Angle refused to speak out against these truly abhorrent tactics should tell all Nevadans, and especially the Hispanic voters she’d prefer be silenced, everything they need to know about why she’s unfit to represent our state in the US Senate.”



When in doubt, do like Sharron, BLAME CANADA

LIES! LIES! DAMN FOOL LIES! OR, DID YOU KNOW THAT SHARRON ANGLE'S NAME IN SPANISH IS MENTIROSA?

Sharron Angle Lies to Hispanic Teens, Then Lies About Lying to Hispanic Teens



LAS VEGAS – Sharron Angle was asked about her inflammatory TV ads by a member of the Hispanic Student Union at Rancho High School in Las Vegas – ads that have been referred to as “Sharron Angle’s ‘Willie Horton’” and widely panned for using incendiary, nefarious-looking photos of Latinos and scurrying across a fence and imposed in front of a map of Mexico.



In response, Angle told the Hispanic teenagers they’d misinterpreted her ads, questioned that the premise the ads were about Latinos (seriously), and said the issue in the ad was security of our northern border with Canada.



Now that she’s being called out by local and national media, her DC handlers have been rushed in to control the damage, issuing a statement suggesting Angle’s statements were completely innocuous:



“Sharron is making the point that this country is a melting pot and you cannot judge people based on stereotypes or the way they look.”



But like Angle’s statement that she’s not sure the Mexican men in her ad are Latino and that the ad is about northern border security with Canada, her campaign’s assertion is a complete and total lie. Angle’s ad is a clearly a fear-mongering, inflammatory attempt to scare Nevadans, and nearly every member of the media is calling her on it:



Ralston: The video is Angle “telling a group of Hispanic children at Rancho High School that images of Latinos in her ad that are clearly Latinos may not be. Indeed, the images in the ad are of Hispanics in Mexico, as The Washington Post and others have pointed out. And it is no mystery what race they are, as she claims. … But then she takes it far -- even for her -- by talking about how the real problem is the northern border!”









Washington Monthly: “Angle's race-baiting ads, some of the ugliest since Jesse Helms, have all the subtlety of a wrecking ball. She shows viewers images of Mexicans and a map of Mexico over on-screen text about "illegal aliens." But she's "not sure that those are Latinos"? Her point relates to Canada? After 20 years following politics closely, I've just never seen anything so pathological. Sharron Angle is either mentally disturbed or she thinks the people of Nevada are morons.”



POLITICO: “The ad in question clearly shows an image of three Hispanics who are identified in the spot as “illegal aliens.” In fact, the picture shown in the ad is the same one used by in an ad from Sen. David Vitter (R-La.). That ad has the words ‘benefits for illegals’ written over the image.”








Washington Independent: “In the ad, a picture of three Latino men appears on screen with the words ‘ILLEGAL ALIENS’ while a voice-over discusses Reid’s support for immigration reform measures. The ad has been called ‘anti-Latino’ and ‘race baiting’ by critics, but Angle said she did not see it that way. ‘I’m not sure that those are Latinos in that commercial,’ she said. ‘What it is, is a fence and there are people coming across that fence. What we know is that our northern border is where the terrorists came through.’”



Washington Post: “A couple of weeks ago, Angle released an ad with sinister overtones showing Latino ‘illegal immigrants’ sneaking through a ‘border fence.’ It even uses a stock photo Republican Senator David Vitter deployed in a similar advertisement. The ad restates a number of debunked claims about Reid's record on immigration, but the most egregious part of the ad is where she contrasts an image of ‘scary-looking’ Latino ‘migrants’ with a group of happy, white college students while saying, ‘Reid wants to give preferred college tuition rates to none other than illegal aliens.’ … She had released a similarly racially tinged ad weeks earlier. But during an appearance before a group of Hispanic children at Rancho High School in Nevada, Angle implausibly claimed she had no idea that the people in the ad were meant to be Hispanic, and claimed the ad was about the ‘northern border.’”

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OCTOBER 16 (SATURDAY) TO OCTOBER 29 (FRIDAY)
GENERAL ELECTION EARLY VOTING IS
SITES GENERALLY OPEN EVERY DAY FOR ALL 14 DAYS OF EARLY VOTING
VOTING IS EASY at the 84 convenient early voting sites or on Election Day at your polling
place. Any voter registered in Clark County may vote before Election Day at any early voting site.
SITES OPEN 5 - 7 DAYS FOR EARLY VOTING
OCTOBER 16 - 22, SATURDAY - FRIDAY
OCTOBER 23 - 28, SATURDAY - THURSDAY
Trailer in Parking Lot Across from OfficeMax
W.Tropical Pkwy.@ Centennial Pkwy.-Blvd. , Las Vegas
Mon. - Fri. (except Last Fri.): 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sat. - Sun.: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Last Fri.,Oct. 29: 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Centennial Center
East Las Vegas Community Center
Room 139B
250 N. Eastern @ Stewart Ave., Las Vegas
All Saturdays: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
All Sundays and Fri.,Oct. 29: CLOSED
All Mondays: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tues. - Fri.,Oct. 19 - 22: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Tues - Thurs.,Oct. 26 - 28: 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Galleria at Sunset Sat.,Oct. 16, and Mon. - Fri.,Oct. 18 - 22: 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
All Sundays: 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sat.,Oct. 23, and Mon. - Fri.,Oct. 25 - 29: 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Kohl's Court, 1 Floor st
1300W. Sunset Rd.@ N. Stephanie St., Henderson
Dr. William U. Pearson Community Center
Aerobics Room 1625W.Carey Ave. @ M.L.King Blvd., Las Vegas
Sat. - Sun.: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Mon.- Fri.: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Doolittle Community Center
Room "B" 1950 "J" St. @ Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas
Mon.- Thurs.: 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sat.: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sun. and Fri.,Oct. 29: CLOSED
Sat. -Wed.,Oct. 16 - 27: 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Last Thurs. - Fri.,Oct. 28 - 29: 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Las Vegas Outlet Center (Formerly Belz)
Green Food Court
7400 Las Vegas Blvd. South @ E.Warm Springs Rd., Las Vegas
Las Vegas Athletic Club
Trailer by Club Entrance
5200W. Sahara,west of Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas
Sat. - Sun.: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Mon. - Fri. (except Last Fri.): 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Last Fri.,Oct. 29: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sat.,Oct. 16, and Mon. - Fri.,Oct. 18 - 22: 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
All Sundays: 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sat.,Oct. 23, and Mon. - Fri.,Oct. 25 - 29: 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Boulevard Mall
3528 S.Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas
Between E.Desert Inn Rd. and E.Twain Ave.
JCPenney EAST Court atMall's Back Entrance
Meadows Mall Sat.,Oct. 16, and Mon. - Fri.,Oct. 18 - 22: 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
All Sundays: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sat.,Oct. 23, and Mon. - Fri.,Oct. 25 - 29: 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sears Court, 1 Floor st
4300 Meadows Ln. @ S.Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas
Clark County Government Center,
Regional Transportation Comm. (RTC) Bldg.
RTC Council Chambers, Inside RTC Building
600 S. Grand Central Pkwy.@W.Bonneville Ave., Las Vegas
Sat. - Sun.: CLOSED
Last Fri.,Oct. 29: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Mon. - Fri. (except Last Fri.): 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
NEIGHBORHOOD EARLY VOTING SITES
DATE/LOCATION ADDRESS/CROSS STREETS TIME
Arroyo Market Square (Trailer) I-215 / Rainbow 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Arroyo Market Square (Trailer) I-215 / Rainbow 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Silverado Ranch / Maryland Pkwy. 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Silverado Ranch / Maryland Pkwy. 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Liborio Market Cheyenne / Las Vegas Blvd. 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Craig / Decatur 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Craig / Decatur 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Vons Charleston / Rampart 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Craig / Decatur 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Liborio Market Cheyenne / Las Vegas Blvd. 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Smith's - Sunrise Marketpl. (Trailer) Nellis / Stewart 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Smith's - Sunrise Marketpl. (Trailer) Nellis / Stewart 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons Tropicana / Maryland Pkwy. 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons Tropicana / Maryland Pkwy. 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Arroyo Market Square (Trailer) I-215 / Rainbow 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
SaharaWest Library 9600W. Sahara @ Grand Canyon 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Smith's - Sunrise Marketpl. (Trailer) Nellis / Stewart 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons - Las Palmas Village (Trailer) E.Windmill Ln. / Bermuda 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Paseo Verde Library 280 S.Green Vly.Pkwy.@ Paseo Verde 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Arroyo Market Square (Trailer) I-215 / Rainbow 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Silver Mesa Recreation Ctr. 4025 Allen Ln.@ Alexander 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Smith's - Sunrise Marketpl. (Trailer) Nellis / Stewart 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Sunrise Library 5400 Harris @ Nellis 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Vons Windmill Pkwy. / Pecos 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
West Flamingo Senior Ctr. 6255W. Flamingo @ Jones 8:30 a.m. - 6: 30 p.m.
Solera Anthem Community Ctr. 2401 Somersworth @ Andromeda 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Smith's - S.HighlandsMktpl. (Trailer) Southern Highlands Pkwy. / Cactus 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
SaharaWest Library 9600W. Sahara @ Grand Canyon 10:00 a.m. -8: 00 p.m.
North Las Vegas City Hall 2200 Civic Center @ Lake Mead Blvd. 8:00 a.m. - 5: 00 p.m.
UNLV Lied Library Harmon, East of Swenson 8:00 a.m. - 5: 00 p.m.
Aliante Library 2400W.Deer Springs @ Clayton 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
West Flamingo Senior Ctr. 6255W. Flamingo @ Jones 8:30 a.m. - 6: 30 p.m.
Vons Windmill Pkwy. / Pecos 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Solera Anthem Community Ctr. 2401 Somersworth @ Andromeda 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Smith's - Siena Town Ctr. (Trailer) Tropicana / Hualapai 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Clark County Library 1401 E. Flamingo @ Maryland Pkwy. 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Aliante Library 2400W.Deer Springs @ Clayton 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Albertsons College / Horizon 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons - Las Palmas Village (Trailer) E.Windmill Ln. / Bermuda 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons Charleston / Rampart 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Smith's - Siena Town Ctr. (Trailer) Tropicana / Hualapai 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Buy Low Market Owens / H St. 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Stephanie / Horizon Ridge 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Flamingo / Durango 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons College / Horizon 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons - Las Palmas Village (Trailer) E.Windmill Ln. / Bermuda 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons Charleston / Rampart 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Smith's - Siena Town Ctr. (Trailer) Tropicana / Hualapai 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Buy Low Market Owens / H St. 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Stephanie / Horizon Ridge 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Flamingo / Durango 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons College / Horizon 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
OCTOBER 16, SATURDAY
OCTOBER 17, SUNDAY
OCTOBER 18, MONDAY
OCTOBER 19, TUESDAY
NEIGHBORHOOD EARLY VOTING SITES
OCTOBER 22, FRIDAY
Albertsons Charleston / Town Center 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons - Trails Village Ctr. (Trailer) Village Ctr.Circle / Trails Ctr. 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Spirit Mountain Activity Ctr. 1975 Arie, Laughlin 8:00 a.m. - 5: 00 p.m.
SaharaWest Library 9600W. Sahara @ Grand Canyon 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Silver Mesa Recreation Ctr. 4025 Allen Ln.@ Alexander 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Paseo Verde Library 280 S.Green Vly.Pkwy.@ Paseo Verde 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Alexander Library 1755W.Alexander Rd.@ M. L. King 10:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Winchester Cultural Ctr. 3130 McLeod @ Desert Inn 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Smith's - S.HighlandsMktpl. (Trailer) Southern Highlands Pkwy. / Cactus 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
West Charleston Library 6301W.Charleston @Torrey Pines 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Lowe's Parking Lot (Trailer) 2570 E. Craig @ Losee 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Alexander Library 1755W.Alexander Rd.@ M. L. King 10:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Lake Mead Pkwy. / Boulder Hwy. 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Lowe's Parking Lot (Trailer) 2570 E. Craig @ Losee 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Food4Less Lake Mead Blvd. / Nellis 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Lake Mead Pkwy. / Boulder Hwy. 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Eastern /Warm Springs 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Charleston / Town Center 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Horizon Ridge / Eastern 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Chinatown Plaza 4215 Spring Mountain @ Arville 11:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Food 4 Less - Renaissance III (Trailer) E. Flamingo / Pecos 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons - Trails Village Ctr. (Trailer) Village Ctr.Circle / Trails Ctr. 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
UNLV Lied Library Harmon, East of Swenson 8:00 a.m. - 5: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Cheyenne / Rampart 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Eastern /Warm Springs 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Lowe's Parking Lot (Trailer) 2570 E. Craig @ Losee 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Food 4 Less Bonanza / Pecos 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Lake Mead Blvd. / Hollywood 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons El Capitan / Farm 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Craig / Tenaya 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Blue Diamond Rd. / Decatur 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Tropicana / Jones 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Pecos Plaza (Trailer) 3365 E. Tropicana @ Pecos 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Horizon Ridge / Eastern 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Lakes Lutheran Church 8200W. Sahara @ S.Cimarron 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Charleston / Bruce 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Cheyenne / Rampart 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Tropicana / Jones 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Charleston / Bruce 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Food4Less Lake Mead Blvd. / Nellis 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Horizon Ridge / Eastern 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
UNLV Lied Library Harmon, East of Swenson 8:00 a.m. - 5: 00 p.m.
Pecos Plaza (Trailer) 3365 E. Tropicana @ Pecos 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Whitney Library 5175 E.Tropicana @ Nellis 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Whitney Library 5175 E.Tropicana @ Nellis 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Sunrise Library 5400 Harris @ Nellis 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Searchlight Community Ctr. 200 MichaelWendellWay 10:00 a.m. - 3: 00 p.m.
Smith's - S.HighlandsMktpl. (Trailer) Southern Highlands Pkwy. / Cactus 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Cheyenne / Rampart 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Arroyo Market Square (Trailer) I-215 / Rainbow 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Pecos Plaza (Trailer) 3365 E. Tropicana @ Pecos 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
OCTOBER 21, THURSDAY
OCTOBER 20, WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 23, SATURDAY
NEIGHBORHOOD EARLY VOTING SITES
Sun City Anthem Community Ctr. 2450 Hampton @ Anthem Pkwy. 9:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
OCTOBER 26, TUESDAY
OCTOBER 25, MONDAY
OCTOBER 24, SUNDAY
Albertsons Desert Inn / Pecos 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Charleston / Town Center 8:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Chinatown Plaza 4215 Spring Mountain @ Arville 11:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Food 4 Less - Renaissance III (Trailer) E. Flamingo / Pecos 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Food 4 Less Bonanza / Pecos 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Lake Mead Blvd. / Hollywood 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons El Capitan / Farm 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Craig / Tenaya 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Blue Diamond Rd. / Decatur 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Silverado Ranch Plaza (Trailer) 9725 S. Eastern @ Silverado Ranch 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Moapa Valley Community Ctr. 320N.MoapaVly.Blvd.@N.Andersen 8:00 a.m. - 5: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Flamingo / Hualapai 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Boulder City,City Hall 401 California @ Arizona 7:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Sun City Anthem Community Ctr. 2450 Hampton @ Anthem Pkwy. 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Vons - Rhodes Rnch.Town Ctr. (Trailer) Durango /Warm Springs 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons - Trails Village Ctr. (Trailer) Village Ctr.Circle / Trails Ctr. 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Ann /Drexel 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Desert Inn / Pecos 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Desert Vista Community Ctr. 10360 Sun City Blvd.@ThomasW.Ryan 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Sun City Aliante Community Ctr. 7390 Aliante Pkwy.@ Elkhorn 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Silverado Ranch Plaza (Trailer) 9725 S. Eastern @ Silverado Ranch 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Flamingo / Hualapai 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Boulder City,City Hall 401 California @ Arizona 7:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Sun City Anthem Community Ctr. 2450 Hampton @ Anthem Pkwy. 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Vons - Rhodes Rnch.Town Ctr. (Trailer) Durango /Warm Springs 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Ann /Drexel 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Desert Inn / Pecos 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Desert Vista Community Ctr. 10360 Sun City Blvd.@ThomasW.Ryan 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Sun City Aliante Community Ctr. 7390 Aliante Pkwy.@ Elkhorn 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
City ofMesquite,Deuce 2 Building 150 N.Yucca @W. 1st North St. 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Whole Foods Marketplace (Trailer) 7290W. Lake Mead Blvd.@Tenaya 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons - Rhodes Rnch.Town Ctr. (Trailer) Durango /Warm Springs 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons - Trails Village Ctr. (Trailer) Village Ctr.Circle / Trails Ctr. 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Rainbow Library 3150 N. Buffalo Dr. @ Cheyenne 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Rainbow Library 3150 N. Buffalo Dr. @ Cheyenne 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
NEIGHBORHOOD EARLY VOTING SITES
OCTOBER 27, WEDNESDAY
Silverado Ranch Plaza (Trailer) 9725 S. Eastern @ Silverado Ranch 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Buffalo / Vegas 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Vons - Rhodes Rnch.Town Ctr. (Trailer) Durango /Warm Springs 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Ann /Drexel 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Ann / Simmons 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Flamingo / Hualapai 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Sunset / Green Valley Pkwy. 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
City ofMesquite,Deuce 2 Building 150 N.Yucca @W. 1st North St. 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Whole Foods Marketplace (Trailer) 7290W. Lake Mead Blvd.@Tenaya 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Henderson City Hall 240 S.Water @W.Atlantic 7:30 a.m. - 5: 30 p.m.
DesertWillow Community Ctr. 2020W.Horizon Ridge@GreenVly.Pkwy. 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Vons (Trailer) W. Lone Mountain / Decatur 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
OCTOBER 29, FRIDAY (NEVADA DAY HOLIDAY)
OCTOBER 28, THURSDAY
Desert Breeze Community Ctr. 8275 Spring Mountain @ Durango 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Hollywood Recreation Ctr. 1650 S.Hollywood @ E.Charleston 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Vons Horizon / Horizon Ridge 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Silverado Ranch Plaza (Trailer) 9725 S. Eastern @ Silverado Ranch 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Nellis / Vegas Valley 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons - Rhodes Rnch.Town Ctr. (Trailer) Durango /Warm Springs 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Ann / Simmons 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Buffalo / Vegas 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Sunset / Green Valley Pkwy. 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Whole Foods Marketplace (Trailer) 7290W. Lake Mead Blvd.@Tenaya 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Liborio Market Charleston / Lamb 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
DesertWillow Community Ctr. 2020W.Horizon Ridge@GreenVly.Pkwy. 8:00 a.m. - 6: 00 p.m.
Vons (Trailer) W. Lone Mountain / Decatur 9:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Desert Breeze Community Ctr. 8275 Spring Mountain @ Durango 9:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Hollywood Recreation Ctr. 1650 S.Hollywood @ E.Charleston 8:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons Horizon / Horizon Ridge 9:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Silverado Ranch Plaza (Trailer) 9725 S. Eastern @ Silverado Ranch 9:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Nellis / Vegas Valley 9:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Vons - Rhodes Rnch.Town Ctr. (Trailer) Durango /Warm Springs 9:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Ann / Simmons 8:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Buffalo / Vegas 8:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Albertsons Sunset / Green Valley Pkwy. 8:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Whole Foods Marketplace (Trailer) 7290W. Lake Mead Blvd.@Tenaya 9:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Liborio Market Charleston / Lamb 9:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
DesertWillow Community Ctr. 2020W.Horizon Ridge@GreenVly.Pkwy. 8:00 a.m. - 7: 00 p.m.
Vons (Trailer) W. Lone Mountain / Decatur 9:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.
Rainbow Library 3150 N. Buffalo Dr. @ Cheyenne 10:00 a.m. - 8: 00 p.m.

IS SHARRON ANGLE'S WORLD ONE YOU WANT TO LIVE IN?

Imagine, if you will, a world with Sharron Angle as the US Senator representing Nevada.

That world would be one where Gays & Lesbians would not be allowed to provide children with a happy and loving home. She would rather please her hate filled financial puppet masters and deny children the one thing all kids crave, a loving family.

If you lost your job and had trouble finding another one to put food on your table or to have gas for your car to look for a job, Sharron Angle would consider you, “lazy”. As far as she’s concerned, you should be at the whims of fate with no help at all from your hard earned Unemployment Benefits even though you’ve done your duty and paid into the system your entire working life. How many people do you know who have lost their lives during the Bush Recession? Are they just a bunch of lazy bums? To Sharron Angle, they are.

Forget about ever retiring. If social extremist Sharron Angle has her way, your Social Security will go directly to Wall St to the bankers who gambled with our money and got us into this mess in the first place.

Is that the future you want to be your reality?

I don’t.

That’s why we HAVE TO ELECT HARRY REID so he can go back to DC and make sure the LGBT community is represented by someone who knows and understands what is not only best for us as a community, but for the United States of America as a country and an ideal.

There's only 12 hours left to cast your vote for the candidate you'd like the Forward Together PAC to support next.

That candidate is SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, HARRY REID.

Click here to cast your vote FOR HARRY REID, before midnight tonight.

http://action.forwardtogetherpac.com/o/5614/p/salsa/web/questionnaire/public/?questionnaire_KEY=419&key=138138

Thanks so much for your help. Together, we can make a difference in this year's elections.

It takes under a minute to help keep Nevada and our country safe from the extremist agenda of Sharron Angle.

VOTE HARRY REID!

TELL YOUR SENATOR TO SUPPORT CARL LEVIN & HARRY REID ON REPEALING DADT NOW!

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FACEBOOK NETWORKS NATIONWIDE NOW!

Also, text DADT to 42779 for the latest updates on Senator Reid's fight to get it passed.

Call the Senate switchboard now at 202-224-3121and ask to speak with your Senator.

Example Script for Your Call:

Hello, my name is __________ and I'm calling from __________ (city, state).

I know the a vote on the Defense bill could come as early as Tuesday. I'm calling to ask the Senator to stand with Sen. Reid and Sen. Carl Levin in opposing any filibuster or amendment to strike a repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" from the Defense bill. This discrimination is wrong and I believe that it is critical that they vote and finish the Defense bill before they leave for the election recess..

Will the Senator stand with Sen. Reid and Sen. Levin in opposing any attempt to strike a repeal of DADT from the Defense bill?

Thank you,

Derek Washington
Chairman of Stonewall Democrats of Southern Nevada

COMING UP AT STONEWALL OF SOUTHERN NEVADA & THE SAUSAGE FACTORY!

HI All,

We at Stonewall Democrats of Southern Nevada are proud to announce that our September meeting will take place this Monday from 630-8pm at The Arts Factory 107 E Charleston 89104 @ Casino Center (upstairs). Our very special guest will be Democratic Lt. Governor Candidate Jessica Sferrazza! Please let your friends and networks know about the event so that they may come and meet Jessica and ask her your questions about her positions as she runs for the second highest office in the state.

We will also be introducing you to Daniel Leskow who is working with "LGBT for Harry Reid". He'll be giving you information on how you can help Harry Reid get reelected.

And our new "ELECT EQUALITY" staffer Genevieve Flores will be on hand to talk about what Stonewall can do to help Dina Titus win her race again.

Also on our agenda is an update on the new David Parks Library that Stonewall is working on with the Clark County Democratic party. If you're free this weekend, come on down and pick up a paint brush at the Gay & Lesbian Center 953 E Sahara to help us finish the library in time for next Wednesday's unveiling. We'll have volunteers helping 9am - 4pm on Saturday and Sunday.

C'mon down for an evening with friends!

And don't forget, Saturday means it's time for The Sausage Factory!

THIS WEEK ON THE SAUSAGE FACTORY

Join your hosts Derek Washington, Chris Miller and Laura Martin for a show that will make you think, laugh and just maybe answer the question..."What's actually in that sausage?"

Saturday, September 11, 2010 10am to 1pm Pacific Time www.vegasallnetradio.com


Mike Rogers. Blogger, Activist and star of the Documentary "Outrage" www.blog.blogactive.com

Jon Ralston. Nevada's top political reporter, writer for the Las Vegas Sun, www.ralstonflash.com and Host of Face to Face

Progressive Political Blogger Desert Beacon www.desertbeacon.blogspot.com

Wayne Besen From Truth Wins Out www.truthwinsout.org

Brad Listi, Founding Editor of The Nervous Breakdown and Author of "Attention Deficit Disorder www.thenervousbreakdown.com

Ari Ezra Waldman our "Legal Eagle" to tell us the latest on DADT.

Don't forget our regulars... J. Webb with Sports / Ask a Tranny / Twitter Trenz

PROGRESSIVES! MEET UP TOMORROW FOR AIDS WALK 2010!

THIS YEAR'S AIDS WALK WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A FAMILY PICNIC ($7 INCLUDES FOOD AND A FESTIVAL FOR THE KIDDIES).

MEET AT MUNDO RESTAURANT PATIO @ THE WORLD MARKET CENTER 455 GRAND CENTRAL PKWY (DOWNTOWN NEXT TO THE PREMIUM OUTLET MALL)

830AM WALK BEGINS WITH THE FESTIVAL RIGHT AFTER THE WALK IS DONE.

WEAR YOUR GROUP'S T-SHIRTS ,OR, WEAR ONE WE SUPPLY TO SUPPORT THE BEST SENATOR IN THE COUNTRY, HARRY REID!

C'MON DOWN AND HAVE FUN WHILE RAISING MONEY FOR A GREAT CHARITY!

FOR MORE INFO CALL OR TEXT DEREK WASHINGTON @ 702 576 4978

STONEWALL DEMOCRATS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA STRAW POLL RESULTS

STRAW POLL RESULTS: STONEWALL DEMOCRATS RELEASE RESULTS OF 2ND STRAW POLL ELECTION
 
Contact:
Laura Martin
Stonewall Democrats of Southern Nevada
Communications Director
laurakmmartin@gmail.com
702-292-1279
 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
 
Las Vegas, NV 04/06/10:  Nearly 70 people packed an upstairs gallery of Downtown Las Vegas’ Arts Factory for Stonewall Democratic Club of Southern Nevada’s April membership meeting. Two very special guests, Robin McGehee and Erin Neff inspired the crowd to fight back against bullying, harness the same type of energy the Tea Party and other seditious organizations have and use it for good and continue to call out the bias and lies printed daily in the conservative Las Vegas Review Journal. A new board was elected (results below) and we conducted our 2nd Straw Poll Election for the 2010 midterms
 
Candidates who do not have a primary opponent were not polled. If a candidate’s name is not listed on the results, it is because they received 0% or no votes.
 
In no way should these results be interpreted as an endorsement. The state Stonewall board is conducting a candidate interview process which will results in the endorsement of Democratic candidates. Southern Nevada members are free to organize and vote for any candidate of their choosing. These results serve as more of a guide for both candidates and members.
 
US Senate
Harry Reid 100%
 
US Congress CD02
46% None of the above
15% Kenneth McKenna
15% Nancy Price
15% Other
6% Denis “Sam” Denhe
 
US Congress CD03
97% Dina Titus
3% Other
 
Nevada Governor
100% Rory Reid
 
Nevada Lt. Governor
73% Paul Murad
15% Jessica Sferrazza
6% Robert Randazzo
6% None
 
Nevada Senate 7-B
55% Mark Menendo
21% Kathy McCalin
18% None
6% Other
 
Nevada Senate 8
Mark Brandon 52%
Tammy Peterson 33%
Republican challenger 12%
Other 3%
 
Nevada Senate 9
58% Benny Yerushalmi
21% None of the above
15% Steven Saxe
6% Other
 
Nevada Assembly 4
76% Gary Fisher
21% None
3% Other
 
Nevada Assembly 6
45% Harvey Mumford
40% None
15% Other
 
Nevada Assembly 7
73% Carolyn Essex
15% Dina Neal
9% None
3% Other
 
Nevada Assembly 8
58% Jason Frierson
18% None
12% Jesse Cantero
9% Other
3% Kevin Child
 
Nevada Assembly 11
Olivia Diaz 73%
None 24%
Other 3%
 
Nevada Assembly 13
64% Lou DiSalvio
21% None
9% Brian Boothe
6% Other
 
Nevada Assembly 14
48% Maggie Carlton
30% None
13% Karen Hayes King
9% Other
 
Nevada Assembly 15
37% Chernia Klevin
27% Lou Toomin
18% Elliott Anderson
15% None
3% Other
 
Nevada Assembly 18
58% Venicia Considine
21% Richard Carillo
18% None
3% Lou West Enwright
 
Nevada Assembly 19
33% None
28% Steven Brooks
18% Meghan Smith
9% Brandon Casutt
9% Scott Hafen
3% Piange B Jackson
 
Nevada Assembly 22
58% None
15% Randy Spoor
15% Other
9% Kevin Donavan
3% Zachary S. Campbell
 
Nevada Assembly 42
48% Irene Bustamente Adams
25% Sam Christos
21% None
3% Kyle Greenwood
3% Other
 
Nevada State Board of Education
64% Jose Solorio
24% None
6% Annie Yvette Wilson
6% Other
 
Nevada State University Regent 3
88% Ken Lange
9% None
3% Other
 
Nevada State University Regent 7
55% None
21% Lucille I Thaler
15% Other
9% Bob Hasegawa
 
Nevada State University Regent 12
70% Dwayne Chestnut
15% None
12% Mark Newburn
3% Other
 
Clark County Commission G
67% David Parks
33% Greg Esposito
 
District Court Department 26
75% Gloria Sturman
9% Other
9% None
6% Bruce L Gale
 
District Court Department 28
82% Ron Israel
9% None
6% John Hall Howard Jr
3% Other
 
District Court Department 30
52% Jerry Weise
27% Patricia “Trish” Palm
12% None
6% Michael Davidson
3% Other
 
District Court Department 31
64% Philip Dabney
15% Joanna Kishner
12% Joshua Kunis
6% Other
3% None
 
District Court Department 32
61% Rob Bare
27% None
6% Ellen Stoebling
6% Other
 
District Court Department S
85% Vincent Ochoa
6% Ethan Kotler
3% Greta Muirhead
3% Other
3% None
 
District Court Department T
58% Gayle Nathan
30% Carl F Piazza
6% None
3% Terrance Marren
3% Other
 
Stonewall Democratic Club of Southern Nevada election results:
Chair: Derek Washington
Vice Chair: Sandra Eddy
Treasurer: Christopher Miller
Secretary: Andrew Davey
 
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Stonewall is America's only grassroots Democratic LGBT organization. We focus on creating change in three ways: educating the LGBT community about the differences between the political parties; mobilizing the LGBT community to get out to vote on Election Day for fair-minded Democrats; and standing up when Republicans attack our families and our civil rights while we lead the Democratic party to continue improving its record on issues important to our community. For more info: http://sdcsn.blogspot.com/