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A great time at the Independence Day Bash

Fried chicken and all that goes with it
Fried chicken and all that goes with it

Democrats and friends from throughout Lake of the Woods, Orange County and Central Virginia kept the Independence Day spirit going with the club’s first Independence Day Bash at the LOW Community Center on July 14.

Traci Dippert, our party’s choice for the Virginia State Senate for the 17th District, was a special guest. Though the election isn’t until next year, Traci is already mounting a campaign that will make us proud.

The Demettes, songstresses and political satirists, entertained picnic goers with a memorable number to the tune of “The Hokey-Pokey.”

The club provided plenty of delicious fried chicken, and club members provided a table full of other picnic favorites.

Tables were loaded with door prizes and no one who bought a ticket left without a prize or two.

Chris Carr and Lois Powell, special events chairs, and their hard-working committee are to be congratulated for their work in organizing another successful club event.

View a slide show of the fun at the Independence Day Bash

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Food, fun and fellowship

With liberty and justice for all!
With liberty and justice for all!

Don’t let your Independence Day celebration end with the fireworks! Attend The Lake of the Woods Democratic Club’s Independence Day Bash and keep the party going.

The event will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 12 at the cool, air-conditioned comfort of the LOW Community Center. There will be catered fried chicken and homemade side dishes and beverages provided by club members.

Beautiful door prizes and a Blue Donkey raffle will give attendees the opportunity to go home with something more than full tummies and smiles on their faces. The “Demettes,” will perform some of their traditional political satire for your entertainment.

Special guests will include Traci Dippert, Democratic candidate for the Virginia State Senate in 2015.

Tickets are $5 per person and are available at the door. Youngsters under the age of 12 will be admitted without charge.

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Film examines income inequality in U.S.

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Robert Reich

The Lake of the Woods Democratic Club will present a showing of the documentary film “Inequality for All” at 1:30 p.m. June 19 in the LOW Community Center.

The film, featuring economist, author and professor Robert Reich, secretary of Labor under the Clinton Administration, examines the widening gap in income in the United States — where the 400 richest Americans now own more wealth than the bottom 150 million combined — and its implications for our democracy and our nation.

Over the last thirty years, before the latest recession, the U.S. economy doubled. But, according to this documentary, these gains went to a very few: the top 1 percent of earners now take in more than 20 percent of all income—three times what they did in 1970.  While this level of inequality poses a serious risk to all Americans, regardless of income level, much of the rhetoric on this subject has been fueled by anger and resentment from a frustrated middle class who feel their birthright – the American Dream – has been taken away from them.

The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and won a U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking.

The public is invited to attend the screening, regardless of political affiliation. Popcorn and other refreshments will be served.

More information about the film and the topic of income inequeality is available at the following links:

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Club activities

May Steering Committee Meeting

The  LOW Democratic Club Steering meeting is early this month due the calendar.  The meeting is May 8th at 2:00 at the home of Lalli Omar, 619 Mt. PLeasant.
The house is next to the mail station on the curve of Mt. Pleasant and has a circular driveway.
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May meeting

Robert Martin, a member of the 7th Congressional District Committee and an at-large member of the LGBT Democratic Caucus of Virginia, will speak at the club’s May 15 meeting on issues facing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning/queer community.