Month: September 2013

  • Remembering Gloria Johnson, Trailblazer for Equal Rights

    Remembering Gloria Johnson, Trailblazer for Equal Rights

    This week San Diego Democrats mourn the passing of Gloria Johnson (1937-2013), who was known for four decades as one of California’s most forceful activists for feminist and lesbian issues and Democratic politics. Gloria became the first openly LGBT person to serve on the San Diego County Democratic Central Committee in 1976; she was named…

  • Sep 26 – Inequality For All, Free Screening

    Sep 26 – Inequality For All, Free Screening

    Hillcrest Cinemas, 3965 5th Avenue (Map) San Diego, CA 92103 Thursday, September 26th, 7:00 PM Please sign up for this gathering right away! In this timely and entertaining documentary, noted economic policy expert Robert Reich takes on the enormous question of what has been happening to our economy. He distills the story through the lens of…

  • Angela Merkel’s Triumph, With A Catch

    Angela Merkel’s Triumph, With A Catch

    How the outcome of Germany’s federal elections will effect the country and the Eurozone Never has a vote in Germany been followed so closely across Europe. Germany is Europe’s largest (and the world’s fourth largest) economy, its government has the leading voice in governing the Eurozone. Merkel’s steady stewardship of the country through the Eurozone…

  • Best Political Ad Ever?

    Best Political Ad Ever?

    In the viral campaign ad that has received national attention, Carl Sciortino Jr., the liberal Democratic state representative running for Congress in Massachusetts’s 5th Congressional District, goes back and forth with his father, Carl Sciortino Sr., an unabashed conservative and Tea Party member. The ad plays with the fact that not only is Sciortino Jr.…

  • How To Post Comments Online

    How To Post Comments Online

    The election for San Diego Mayor is coming soon! Make your voice heard by posting online comments. Follow the instructions here: Democrats Posting.

  • Sep 22 – Monthly Meeting – Covering California With Obamacare

    Sep 22 – Monthly Meeting – Covering California With Obamacare

    The Point Loma Democratic Club will be focusing on the new California healthcare initiative for our September and October meetings. There are members of our club, children of club members, plus friends and neighbors who do not currently have affordable healthcare. We want to do everything we can to help everyone feel comfortable with and…