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Current Issues	Political News	Meetings and Events

SEEKING LOCAL CANDIDATES

     It seems early, but the 2012 election is closer than you think. Locally, in Pickens County, there are many partisan elections for which the Pickens County Democratic Committee is looking to recruit—and/or assist—candidates on the Democratic slate in Pickens County.
     The County Commission Chair and two Commissioners, two posts on the Pickens Board of Education, Coroner, Clerk of Superior Court, Magistrate Court Judge, Sheriff, as well as District Attorney, Georgia House representative, and other state constitutional and federal positions.
     If you're interested, email the PCDC at candidaterecruitment@pickensdemocrats.org.

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Build for our Future:
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Democratic National Committee

Current Issues

Pickens County
CARES
Community Assistance Resources and
Emergency Services

Please donate through the C.A.R.E.S. Website (www.pickenscares.org) or by check made out to CARES, Inc., P.O. Box 1342, Jasper, GA 30143. You also may take food donations by their facility (directions). For more information, call (706) 253-4777.

American Jobs Act
(Fact sheets, summaries, videos, complete text)

NEW!
Federal Debt and Trust Funds
(Social Security and Medicare)

Social Security: Materials from AARP

"Major Health Care Reforms Take Effect January 1." December 31, 2010

"Health Reform Implementation Timeline." The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

White House health care site

Remarks to Fannin County Democrats
November 9, 2010

The Economy

Changes in U.S. Employment
Updated Sept. 6, 2011

"Aughts were a lost decade for U.S. economy, workers." Jan. 2, 2010
"There has been zero net job creation since December 1999. No previous decade going back to the 1940s had job growth of less than 20 percent. Economic output rose at its slowest rate of any decade since the 1930s as well."

Federal Debt/Surplus History

RECOVERY.gov

After passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, see how and where your tax dollars are spent.

MYTHS on the Recovery Act!

"Economic Stimulus: What's in It for You?" AARP Bulletin, March 2009, p. 3.

State of Georgia Stimulus Accountability
(Georgia Governor's site)

The FY 2011 Federal Budget
(begins Oct. 1, 2010)

Budget Charts

Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA):
What's in it!

Political News

Local

	(weekly; includes news of local governments)
North Georgia Politics	Covering Georga's 9th Congressional district and key local races

Georgia

Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

ajc.com, Georgia Politics

Atlanta Progressive News NEW!

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Georgia General Assembly

"...the state’s leading consumer group advocating for Georgia’s citizens and families and working to give families a voice in critical public debates."

Georgia - Blogs

NEW! See blogs focused on Georgia.

National - Newspapers

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Nation / World

Politics; Washington

National - Television

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National - Congress

The Library of Congress
THOMAS—legislative information from the Library of Congress

The U.S. Congress Votes Database. This site lets you browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991.

National - News "Aggregators"

truthout News/Politics (references many sources as well as reports written for the site)

National - Blogs

See blogs as sources of political opinion.

National - Fact-checking

Meetings and Events

Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, 9:00 p.m. - President Obama's 2012 State of the Union Address

Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. Social gathering instead of a business meeting. Location and time TBA.

Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2012 - Presidential Preference Primary

Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2012, 7:00 p.m. - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. LOCATION: Microtel Inn & Suites, Hwy. 515 at Philadelphia Rd., Jasper (additional map, Microtel at "B").

Tuesday, Apr. 17, 2012 - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. Social gathering instead of a business meeting. Location and time TBA.

Saturday, Apr. 21, 2012, 8:30 a.m. - 9th District delegate selection caucus

Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 7:00 p.m. - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. LOCATION: Microtel Inn & Suites, Hwy. 515 at Philadelphia Rd., Jasper (additional map, Microtel at "B").

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. Social gathering instead of a business meeting. Location and time TBA.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 7:00 p.m. - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. LOCATION: Microtel Inn & Suites, Hwy. 515 at Philadelphia Rd., Jasper (additional map, Microtel at "B").

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - General Primary/Non-Partisan

Aug. 1 - Sept. 14 - Period for election of PCDC

Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. Social gathering instead of a business meeting. Location and time TBA.

Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 - General Primary/Non-Partisan Run-off

Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, 7:00 p.m. - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. LOCATION: Microtel Inn & Suites, Hwy. 515 at Philadelphia Rd., Jasper (additional map, Microtel at "B").

Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. Social gathering instead of a business meeting. Location and time TBA.

Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 - General Election

Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, 7:00 p.m. - Pickens County Democratic Party monthly meeting. LOCATION: Microtel Inn & Suites, Hwy. 515 at Philadelphia Rd., Jasper (additional map, Microtel at "B").

Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 - General Election Runoff

Monday, Dec. 31, 2012 - Deadline for PCDC officer election

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