Congratulations are in order to our endorsed candidates who won their elections!

Greg Wheeler, City of Bremerton Mayor
Michael Goodnow, Bremerton City Council position 5
James Docter, City of Bremerton Municipal Court Judge

Fred Chang, Port Orchard City Council position 6
Jay Rosapepe, Port Orchard City Council at-large position

Kit Kuhn, City of Gig Harbor Mayor
Deborah Krishnadasan, Peninsula School District 401, Director 2

John McCarthy, Port of Tacoma Commissioner 1

The Kitsap Regional Library Levy was passed with 65.1% of voters voting yes.

LD26 Democrats endorsed the upcoming renewal of the South Kitsap Fire and Rescue Levy.  Please, return your ballot marked Yes!

Levy Information Sheet

This proposed levy renewal is the opportunity for SKFR to restore the taxation lid back to the allowable cap of $1.50 per $1000 of assessed valuation (AV). It will generate the revenue needed to hire firefighters and re-staff two of the fire stations that were unstaffed in 2014.

We have the least number of firefighters per 1000 citizens compared to our surrounding jurisdictions.  Let’s get back to full staffing!

Services provided by SKFR include, but are not limited to, all types of natural and human-made emergencies including fire responses, ALS and BLS emergency-medical services and transports, rescue events, hazardous conditions, emergent and non-emergent service calls, company inspections, fire investigations, code enforcement, and public education and information.

The fire district receives no ongoing county, state and federal funding. The majority of the SKFR budget comes from two, separate tax levies from local property taxes.  This measure is one of the two.

Resolution

Recently there has been concern about how the Democratic National Committee represents party members’ will and considers party-members’ votes.  LD26 State Committeeman Drew Williams presented this resolution at our recent Executive Board meeting:

WHEREAS the right to vote is a fundamental right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.

WHEREAS the recognition of integrity of the people’s right to a fair and impartial election is an essential bulwark against tyranny as old as the Greek democracy and Roman republic.

WHEREAS the public expects those holding elections to conduct them impartially and evenhandedly and that the failure to do so breeds contempt and cynicism in the electorate and the party.

WHEREAS the Democratic National Committee (herein after the DNC) has, by virtue of its Charter and Bylaws, expressed its commitment to impartiality and fairness in the electoral process.

WHEREAS Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the DNC allegedly failed to conduct the 2016 primary in an evenhanded and impartial manner in violation of the DNC Bylaws and Article 5, Section 4 of the DNC Charter and were sued in a class action suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Case 0:16-cv-61511-WJZ.   Said class action suit alleges numerous instances wherein the DNC and Debbie Wasserman Schultz failed to conduct the democratic primary in an evenhanded and impartial manner in violation of the DNC Bylaws and Charter.  The suit accuses the DNC of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, violation of DC Code section 28-3904, unjust enrichment, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence.  Among other remedies the suit asks the court to enjoin the DNC to follow the Charter and Bylaws of the DNC.

WHEREAS in defense of said suit the DNC denied that it has an obligation to conduct the primary process in an evenhanded and impartial manner.  The DNC called its own Bylaws and Charter unenforceable political promises.

WHEREAS the DNC defense attorney Bruce Spiva stated in said court that the impartiality clause is, “a discretionary rule that [the DNC] didn’t need to adopt to begin with.”

WHEREAS the DNC has placed its financial interests and desire to control the winner of the primary over the bedrock principles of conducting fair elections and enforcing its own rules.

WHEREAS the DNC has placed every state and local bylaw and charter as well as the delegate selection process in jeopardy by setting the example of calling its own Charter and Bylaws discretionary.

WHEREAS the DNC’s continued refusal to acknowledge its obligation to provide an impartial and even handed primary deepens the disaffection of certain elements within the democratic party.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:

1. The Washington State Democratic Party hereby urges the DNC direct its attorneys to concede that its obligations stated in Article 5 Section 4 of the DNC Charter are enforceable and make a press release reaffirming its obligation to conduct an evenhanded and impartial election as determined by its Charter, Bylaws and applicable rules.
2. The Washington State Democratic Party demands a status report from the DNC in regard to this resolution within 90 days.