Dear nancy, Good Afternoon!
Remember to vote ! Get involved with your local CERT team, tornado season is upon us. Make sure I know about your group's events!
May 11 Election Day for City and School Elections- there is early voting this week! Check with your county election office for sites and times.
Thanks,
Nancy Cunningham
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Cartoonists Demand Action | Some of the nation's best loved cartoonists are calling on Congress to not back down and take action to enact common sense gun laws that will prevent violence and save lives. 
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SPCA of Texas "Critter Camp" Summer Day Camp for Kids who Love Animals | 
Critter Camp is Filling Up Fast! SPCA of Texas "Critter Camp" Summer Day Camp for Kids who Love Animals! $225 Registration Fee Register your child today at www.spca.org/crittercamp! Give your child the chance to spend the summer learning about and interacting with the animals. Campers will learn the basics of animal care from our professional staff and hear about how our rescue teams work to stop animal cruelty. They'll find out what they can do to help pets in their own neighborhoods. Session 3 July 8th - 12th Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center in Dallas Session 5 July 29th - August 2nd Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center in Dallas Each Session: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Don't wait! Register before sessions fill up. For more information, call 214-461-1811 or email education@spca.org. |
Become part of the Dallas Community Emergency Response Team - represent your church or neighborhood | 
Interested in helping yourself, your family and your community during and after a disaster? Check out our CERT group at http://www.dallascert.com/. We have a class beginning on May 11. Contact our CERT Program Manager, Cassandra Wallace for more details at cassandra.wallace@dallascityhall.com. Dallas CERT training promotes a partnering effort between the Office of Emergency Management, Dallas Fire-Rescue, Dallas Police Department and the Citizens of Dallas. The goal is for emergency personnel to train members of neighborhoods, community organizations, businesses, and places of worship to apply all aspects of their CERT training if a disastrous event overwhelms or delays the community's professional response. If you are interested in hosting training or would like to receive more information, please send an email to oem@dallascityhall.com,, with "CERT" in the subject line or call 214-671-8969. In addition to this initial basic training, CERT volunteers are offered continuing education classes in order to refresh and enhance their skills. Since its inception in March 2007, CERT members have completed the following continuing education classes: Ham Radio Operator's Technician Class / Incident Stress Management Strategic National Stockpile (large-scale medicine and antidote distribution) / And several disaster exercises Current Class Schedule |
North Texas Progressive Calendar | 
Tuesday, May 7: - Irving Texas Democratic Women (6:30 PM, East China Buffet, 4023 W Airport FWY, Irving)
- 820 Corridor Democratic Action Club The 820 Corridor Democratic Action Club will be involved in voter registration, voter education and getting out the vote. Location: Tastebuds Restaurant, 7674 McCart Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas
Telephone: (817) 361-5500
Wednesday, May 8: - Texas Coalition of Black Democrats (6:30 PM, Quick's Bar & Grill, 1011 Corinth St., Dallas)
- Labor Dallas Meeting (7 PM, union hall, 2218 E Main in Grand Prairie
- North Texas Asian Democrats Inaugural Spring Festival and Sake Tasting See more at this page. ALL ELECTRONIC ADS ARE DUE BY MAY 1. For more info email to michele AT wongkrauselaw.com. (7 pm to 9 pm, Hunan Dynasty, 8150 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving)
Thursday, May 9 : - Denton County Democrats Public Executive Committee Meeting May 9, 7:00 p.m. Landmark Grille /1297 Justin Rd. (FM 407) / Lewisville Our meetings are open to all. If you plan to order dinner please arrive early.
· CGS Democrats The CGS area primarily focuses on Colleyville, Grapevine, and Southlake. 6:30 to eat, 7:00 to meet Where: Mimi's Cafe (banquet room), 1449 Texas 114, Grapevine, TX 76051For more information, contact: Clancy Cummings at clancifer@gmail.com or 972 523 1501 Friday , May 10th: - Drinking Liberally Plano's Second Birthday /Friday, May 10th ' The Rugby House SEC Preston and 121 - Back room 6:30 - 8:30 pm.
Saturday, May 11: - Election Day For City, County, And School Elections Sample ballot here [pdf]. (7 AM - 7 PM, Locations here [pdf].)
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| AG Greg Abbott Bans Same-Sex Benefits In Cities, Counties & School Districts, Sorta | 
Attorney General Greg Abbott, in an ironic twist of timing, has struck down the ability of cities, counties and school districts to offer domestic partner benefits. By almost any measure, today was a landmark day for the GLBT community, with all eyes focused on basketball player Jason Collins, the first and only gay working professional athlete in any major sport. However, that announcement, hailed by many in the NBA community, is being bookended in Texas with Abbott's decision that benefits cannot be created since the state cannot create a legal status identical or similar to marriage.
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Edible Dallas & Fort Worth Films | 
Join us for the Chipotle Food Film Series presented by Edible Dallas & Fort Worth. Films start at 7pm and will be followed by a panel discussion featuring local experts.
A minimum $2 donation will be accepted at the door in support of local charities, and all attendees will receive a Buy One/Get One card good at all Chipotle restaurants.
The films are Eating Alabama (4/16), Grow! (4/30), Cafeteria Man (5/14), In Organic We Trust (5/28) 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas 75206 |
Texas League of Young Voters Phonebanks Dallas ! | 
JOIN US for a phonebank shift this week in Houston or Dallas. This election will determine the next mayor, city council and school board members who make decisions for citizens of Dallas. Sign up here to engage young Texans with us! If you have any questions, please contact Ariana Williams at 281-849-VOTE (8683) or ariana@youngvoter.org. Let's help get out the vote in Dallas. Let's win! http://texasyoungvoters.org/ |
Rick Perry's target practice video is the talk of NRA meeting | Mix Governor Rick Perry, a Ted Nugent song, a military style rifle and an egg exploding during target practice, and you get the most talked about introduction video at this week's National Rifle Association meeting in Houston. The short video played just before Perry took the stage to a welcome applause from the crowd. It shows Perry taking aim at an egg from about 100 yards out with a LaRue Tactical rifle, which is made by a company that recently opened up shop in Texas. The video then shows Perry hitting metal targets like a marksman.
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| The Chutzpah Caucus
by Paul Krugman
NYTimes | 
At this point the economic case for austerity - for slashing government spending even in the face of a weak economy - has collapsed. Claims that spending cuts would actually boost employment by promoting confidence have fallen apart. Claims that there is some kind of red line of debt that countries dare not cross have turned out to rest on fuzzy and to some extent just plain erroneous math. Predictions of fiscal crisis keep not coming true; predictions of disaster from harsh austerity policies have proved all too accurate.
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A War Criminal's Final Chapter: The George W. Bush "Lie-Bury" | 
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Perry loves the smell of deregulation | 
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After Casting Key Fifth Vote For Bush, Justice O'Connor Now Regrets Bush v. Gore | 
Looking back, O'Connor said, she isn't sure the high court should have taken [Bush v. Gore]. "It took the case and decided it at a time when it was still a big election issue," O'Connor said during a talk Friday with the Tribune editorial board. "Maybe the court should have said, 'We're not going to take it, goodbye.'" The case, she said, "stirred up the public" and "gave the court a less-than-perfect reputation."
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Sen Al Franken: Cheetos Are Delicious | 
| Sen Al Franken: Cheetos Are Delicious |
Senator Al Franken says you wouldn't trust a doctor that's being paid by "big snack food" to give you advice if 98 out of 100 doctors were telling you something different. He says that's the same logic you should use with climate change where the vast majority of scientists say climate change is real and we need to do something
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