Highlands Ranch & Lone Tree Democrats

Tuesday March 16 is the big day, the Colorado caucus. In Colorado, the first step in selecting our Democratic nominee for US Senate and for other elective offices, is to elect delegates to represent them in the nomination process. There is only one way to do this, by attending your neighborhood caucus. Please mark your calendar:

Colorado Democratic Caucus
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 7:00pm-9:00pm
15 locations across Douglas County

Read more about the 2010 Caucus at the Douglas County Democrats website.

We already have a speaker for our March Meet Up.  Military 101 will be here to give us talking points about the military. Our meeting will be on March 11th @ 7:00pm at the Highlands Ranch Library.

On Wednesday, March 10 the book club will be reading "Money Driven Medicine" by Maggie Mahar at Tattered Cover Book Store.

Drinking Liberally wil continue to meet the second and fourthThursday of the month at the Landsdowne Arms.  For more information view Upcoming Events.

Of course the big event in March is the caucus.  This will be held March 16th at 7:00pm.  For the location of your caucus you can go to the Douglas County Dems. Web site. Or you can check with the Douglas County Clerk and Recorder.

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.