Highlands Ranch & Lone Tree Democrats

Hello Everyone!  Here are two exciting events happening in Highlands Ranch this month.  Hope to see you all there!

MLK, Jr Unity Walk
Highlands Ranch
Sunday January 17^th, 2010

 Join the Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree Democrats at the 2010 Highlands Ranch Martin Luther King Unity Walk!  Meet at 12:30 pm on Sunday January 17^th in the parking lot of Highlands Ranch High School (9375 Cresthill Lane, Highlands Ranch, CO, 80130).  Shuttle busses will ferry us to Fox Creek Elementary (6585 Collegiate Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO, 80130), where the walk will begin at 2:00 pm proceeding 1.7 miles to Highlands Ranch High School.  Refreshments and entertainment at the High School from 3:00 – 4:00 pm!

Stop the Prop!
Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree Democrats Meeting
Wednesday January 20^th, 2010

Come to the first meeting of the Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree Democrats of 2010 on Wednesday January 20^th, 7:00 pm, Highlands Ranch Library, 9292 Ridgeline Blvd.  Our very special guest speaker will be Rich Jones, Director of Policy and Research at Colorado’s Bell Policy Center, a progressive think tank.  Rich will speak about Proposition 101, a new ballot initiative that seeks to reduce government revenues/services by over $2.3 billion, and two other anti-government measures.  Come learn why we need to “Stop the Prop!”

As November is Election Month, our theme for the month is “Civics”.

We will have two speakers: Judge Christopher Cross from the Our Courts project of the Colorado Bar Association who will speak about Colorado’s State courts system, and Jack Arrowsmith, Douglas County Clerk and Recorder, who will speak about the role of the Clerk and Recorder’s Office in our elections.

We will spend some time to hear what topics folks would like to focus on in our 2010 monthly meetings.

Thursday, Nov 19th is the last meeting for 2009.

Come to Drinking Liberally this Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 at 8PM

Where does the time go? Only 15 days until Thanksgiving, only 50 days until the end of the year, and over 2,955 days in Afghanistan. In honor of Veterans Day, remember to toast and thank our troops, here and abroad, past & present, as you lift your pint tonight.

Of course, you can make a toast again tomorrow, when we meet at Drinking Liberally Denver South Metro at 8pm (Thursday Nov. 12th). As always, we’ll be meeting at the Lansdowne Arms in Highlands Ranch. See you there and Bring A Friend!

Cheers,
- Rick

Drinking Liberally Denver South Metro meets every 2nd Thursday at 8pm and every 4th Thursday at 5:30pm at the Lansdowne Arms Bistro & Bar in Highlands Ranch – the heart of Colorado Congressional District 6. For more info, check out our web page on DrinkingLiberally.org.For those of you on Facebook, there is now a Facebook group for Drinking Liberally Denver South Metro. Check it out here. Also, if you follow Twitter, I’ll be tweeting meeting announcements & reminders; just follow the DL Denver South twitter account.

The Progressive Book Club will be discussing "The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power" by Jeff Sharlet at the November meeting.

Book: The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
Author: Jeff Sharlet
ISBN: 0060560053

Described by Tattered Cover Bookstore:  They insist they are just a group of friends, yet they funnel millions of dollars through tax-free corporations. They claim to disdain politics, but congressmen of both parties describe them as the most influential religious organization in Washington. They say they are not Christians, but simply believers. Behind the scenes at every National Prayer Breakfast since 1953 has been the Family, an elite network dedicated to a religion of power for the powerful. Their goal is "Jesus plus nothing." Their method is backroom diplomacy. "The Family" is the startling story of how their faith--part free-market fundamentalism, part imperial ambition--has come to be interwoven with the affairs of nations around the world.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 7:00 PM