Category: Meetings

Kaine staffer says, “We have the better candidate”

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Post date July 19, 2012

tyee_davenport — Club members listen intently to Tyee Davenport

Tyee N. Davenport, political director for the U.S. Senate campaign of former Gov. Tim Kaine, told the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club July 19 that the more voters get to see Gov. Kaine and his opponent side by side the more likely they are to vote Democratic.

“We will take advantage of every opportunity to get Tim Kaine and George Allen in the same room,” she said. “The more that happens, the better it is for us. We know we have the better candidate.”

Ms. Davenport said the governor is committed to at least eight face-to-face debates, though Allen, a one-term ex-senator closely aligned to the politics of Georg W. Bush, has shown little enthusiasm for joint appearances.

Ms. Davenport said Gov. Kaine has already conducted 67 roundtable conversations with Virginians throughout the Commonwealth, listening to their concerns and responding to questions.

“We can’t let big money buy this election,” Ms. Davenport told club members. She said that the Senate election in Virginia is one of the first tests of the effect of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision and that special interest PACs are spending millions of dollars on false television advertising in their attempt to elect a compliant Virginia senator.

She said she looks forward to working with volunteers in Lake of the Woods to spread the governor’s message here.

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Club will hear political director for Kaine campaign

Post author By admin
Post date July 10, 2012

Tyee Davenport

Tyee Davenport, political director for Gov. Tim Kaine’s campaign for the U.S. Senate, will address the club on the progress of the campaign at its July 19 meeting.

Ms. Davenport will answer questions about the Kaine campaign and suggest ways in which club members can support Gov. Kaine. His election is a key factor in keeping the Senate under Democratic control.

The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Lower Level of the Lake of the Woods Clubhouse. Guests are welcome, regardless of political affiliation.

Ms. Davenport has served as deputy political director at the Democratic Party of Virginia since April 2010. Previously, she worked as the Richmond and Hampton Roads political director for the Jody Wagner campaign for lieutenant governor. In 2008, she served as political outreach organizer for the state party’s Coordinated Campaign, where she assisted Congressman Bobby Scott’s campaign in Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District. Davenport also brings eight years of private sector experience where she worked for a Fortune 500 logistics company.

Ms. Davenport is a graduate of Strayer University and holds a master’s degree from Virginia Tech.

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July Club Meeting

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Post date June 10, 2012

Tyee Davenport, political director of the Senate campaign of Gov. Tim Kaine, will address the club.

Meetings

July Steering Committee Meeting

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Post date June 10, 2012

The July Steering Committee meeting will take place at the home of Martha Keys at 100 Butler Court.

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What’s being done for Orange County’s homeless?

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Post date May 17, 2012

zielinski-cathy — Cathy Zielinski speaks to the club about homelessness

A change in philosophy at the national and state level about how best to address homelessness contributed to the closing of the Sheltering Arms emergency shelter in Orange, according to Cathy Zielinski, program manager-human services planning for the Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission.

Ms. Zielinski presented a status report on homelessness to the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club at its May 17 meeting.

The topic is of particular interest to club members because they had supported Sheltering Arms with their money and volunteer time for years before it closed last fall. The shelter was one of the few emergency shelters in the region and the only one that served single men.

Ms. Zielinski said federal and state authorities are now emphasizing getting homeless persons into permanent housing rather than temporary shelters and transitional housing. The philosophy is that public funds should be directed toward permanent solutions to the problem of homelessness rather than to short-term fixes. The result, she said, is that emergency shelters have suffered severe budget cuts.

The regional strategy for combatting homelessness is to provide a continuum of care directed to getting the homeless into permanent housing they can afford, she said.

The Piedmont Housing Network, which includes Orange, Culpeper, Madison, Fauquier and Rappahannock counties, the Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board and the area agency on aging, maintains four emergency shelters, six transitional housing units and a permanent supportive housing unit for persons with disabilities. Efforts have begun to work with landlords and property owners in the region to establish a system of permanent housing.