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Pickens County Democratic Party

Pickens County, Georgia
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Contact us, the members of your Pickens County Democratic Committee, with your comments and ideas.
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Election 2010:
Democratic candidates
for Georgia!
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Have you read this?
The Political Brain, book cover

...and this?
Thinking Points: Communicating Our American Values and Vision -- A Progressive's Handbook, book cover

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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.
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The Economy

Changes in U.S. Employment

"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


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.
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Democratic Legislative Achievements
in the 111th Congress
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Health Care Resources

Updated 7/29/2010
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Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA):
What's in it!
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There Is No Social Security Crisis
The American Prospect, February 24, 2009
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Political News
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Local
Pickens County Progress (weekly; includes news of local governments)
North Georgia Politics Covering Georga's 9th Congressional district and key local races
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Georgia

ajc.comAtlanta Journal-Constitution:

Georgia General Assembly

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

Georga Political " Policy Digest

PolitiFact Georgia

National - Newspapers

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The New York Times Politics; Washington

USA TODAY

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National - Television

ABC News

CBS NEWS  
CNN.com Politics

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      The Rachel Maddow Show
the Online NewsHour  (PBS)

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.

Congress.org

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AlterNet

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

See blogs as sources of political opinion.

National - Fact-checking

Media Matters for America

PolitiFact.com

FactCheck.org
Meetings and Events
See also

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - General Primary Runoff

Saturday, August 14, 2010 - Athens: Democratic Party of Georgia State Convention.

Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, 7:00 p.m. - Pickens County Democratic Committee monthly meeting. LOCATION: Microtel Inn & Suites, Hwy. 515 at Philadelphia Rd., Jasper (additional map, Microtel at "B").

Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 - North Georgia Progressives monthly meeting. Buffet ($11) at 6:00, program at 6:45. Fireside Cafe, 260 Foothills Pkwy (corner of Ga. Hwy 53 & Steve Tate Rd.), Marble Hill, GA.

Monday, October 4, 2010 - Last day a person may register and be eligible to vote in the November General Election

Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 - General Election

Paid for and authorized by the Pickens County Democratic Committee, P.O. Box 1634, Jasper, GA 30143. David Robinson, Chairman; Tom Kramer, 1st Vice-Chair; Marty Aldridge, 2nd Vice-Chair; Steve Greenwell, Secretary. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

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Updated 7/29/10