Hello Beavercreek and Friends,
Below is information on several upcoming events:
For Montgomery County residents: tonight, Tues, Feb 21, 7:00 pm, South Dayton Democratic Club hosts a “meet the candidate” with Caroline Gentry, candidate for the Ohio House for the 41st District (Centerville, Kettering, Oakwood, Moraine, currently held by Jim Butler). Please RSVP to Fred Schindler at fredrickmschindler@yahoo.com Event at the Fred and Anne Schindler residence, 5324 Oakbrooke Dr Kettering 45440-2631
Wed, Feb 29, 7:00 pm, “Fracking: Facts and Fears,” League of Women Voters of Greater Dayton Forum, UD School of Law, Keller Hall Courtroom, Free Parking one block away in Lot A at corner of Stewart and Alberta Streets, free and open to the public, more details at http://www.lwvdayton.org/Program/Fracking.htm
Tues, March 6, Election Day,
Early Voting for Greene County Residents is at 551 Ledbetter Road, Xenia 45385
Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM with last day of early voting on Friday, March 2.
Extended hours, as follows:
Thurs, Feb 23, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sat, Feb 25, 9:00 AM – noon
Thurs & Fri, March 1 & 2, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Information on Issues and Candidates on the Ballot at http://www.co.greene.oh.us/boe/BOE_Election_Information.htm and http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/voters-guide/
Tues, March 13, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Grand Opening of First Greene County Obama 2012 Office, 1337 Hanes Rd, Beavercreek, 45434. RSVP by replying to this email with your name(s) or online at
https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/officeopening/gpprsr
Help us make invitation calls for the Grand Opening! Every week the Obama 2012 re-election effort needs the help of volunteers. We’ve already had many great and well-attended events around Greene County. We have much to do and our efforts will benefit all Democratic candidates and progressive issue work by registering voters and turning out a large number of Democratic and progressive voters. There are several events every week, some volunteer and some informational. I will not be able to separately post all events in an email.
I hope you will do one or more of the following:
- Frequently check for event listings by going to barackobama.com , click on “volunteer” and then click on “find events” and/or
- Respond to this email with your name, town, (and, if you wish, phone number) and I will pass that info to the person coordinating activities in your area, so they can keep you up-to-date. (I don’t know the names of about half of the people whose email addresses are on this email list).
- Check the Greene County Dem web site at gcdp.org
- Alternatively, you can contact Linda Fisher for volunteering in Yellow Springs, fisher1380@sbcglobal.net, 767-1380; Matt Caffrey for volunteering in north Beavercreek or Fairborn, matthewbcaffreyjr@gmail.com, 426-7318; me for volunteering in south Beavercreek, abufflg@gmail.com, 657-0426, Christman Bowers for volunteering in Xenia, 440-382-5081, Tom Perlic for Bellbrook organizational meeting this Thursday, teperlic@gmail.com.
A great, easy, enjoyable and much needed way to help is to join us in making phone calls to invite people to the Grand Opening of the first Greene County Obama office. It’s also enjoyable to meet other local supporters. Last week in just south Beavercreek we had two phonebanks with a total of 15 callers; thanks to all who helped! There are already six such phonebanks scheduled in Beavercreek in the next two weeks. Check them out at https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_simple?source=primary-nav
Thank you and please let me know if you wish to discontinue receiving these emails.
Lynn Buffington, volunteer, abufflg@gmail.com 657-0426
Message of 2/11/2012
Hello Beavercreek and Friends,
In this email are several items. In this increasingly busy political time, I am sure to miss items, so know that I cannot be comprehensive. (1) Sunday, Feb 12, 2:45 pm – 5:00 pm, South Beavercreek, reprise of Monday’s satisfying phone calls to voters statewide for Obama 2012 (2), Sunday, Feb 12, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Xenia, Obama 2012 phonebank (3) Monday, Feb 13, 7:00 – 9:00 pm, South Beavercreek, calls to invite other Beavercreek South supporters to a House Party/Meeting (4) Tuesday, Feb 14, Beavercreek, 6:00 pm, Candidates’ Forum, (5) Thursday, Feb 14, 5:00 – 8:00 pm, Yellow Springs, potluck and phonebank, (6) Thursday, Feb 14, 6:00 – 8:00 pm, Bellbrook, phonebank, (7) Feb 12, 1:00 pm, Yellow Springs, talk by Equality Ohio Director (8) Link to petition in support of access to contraception, (9) Link to Occupy Dayton activities, (10) Link to article, updating on Ohio Republican legislators’ plans regarding HB 194,
(1) Reminder and Update: Sunday, Feb 12, 2:45 pm – 5:00 pm, South Beavercreek, 176 Debs Dr, Beavercreek, 45434. Reprise of Monday’s satisfying North Beavercreek phone calls to voters: last Monday we had been tasked with making 400 phone calls statewide as part of a method’s test to assist the campaign in formulating future phone efforts. We made 397 calls! It was a very satisfying effort especially at the end when everyone pitched in with those who had finished their assigned sheets taking on unfinished sheets from others. Please RSVP to me ABUFFLG@gmail.com, 657-0426. Don’t worry if you have limited cell phone minutes; we have several campaign cell phones. Thanks in advance to the Chandra’s for hosting and providing light refreshments.
(2) Sunday, Feb 12, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Xenia Phonebank for Obama 2012, 87 East Main Street, (Greene County Dem HQ), details and RSVP at https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gppjbg
(3) Monday, Feb 13, 7:00 – 9:00 pm, South Beavercreek, 2764 Stauffer Dr, Beavercreek, 45434. We’ll be making calls to invite other Beavercreek South supporters to an upcoming House Party. These are easy calls, issuing an invitation! RSVP to Pat Tuffey at 361-5308 or online at https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gppl43 As in (1), don’t worry if you have limited cell phone minutes; we have several campaign cell phones. Thanks in advance to Rebeca Morgann and Carrol Day for hosting and providing light refreshments.
(4) Tuesday, Feb 14, Beavercreek, 6:00 pm, Candidates’ Forum sponsored by Beavercreek Chamber of Commerce, Main Elementary School, Dayton-Xenia Rd.
(5) Thursday, Feb 16, 5:00 – 8:00 pm, Yellow Springs, One Lawson Place, Apt 32, 45387, Potluck and Phonebank for Obama 2012, More details and RSVP at https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gppl5h
(6) Thursday, Feb 16, 6:00 – 8:00 pm, Bellbrook, 2410 Portage Path, 45305, Phonebank for Obama 2012, More details and RSVP to Tom at 305-8922 or online at https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/phonebank/gppgkq
(7) Sunday, Feb 12, 1:00 pm, Yellow Springs, talk by Equality Ohio director http://events.activedayton.com/yellow-springs-oh/events/show/240369064-ohio-samesex-marriage-update-with-ed-mullen
(8) Petition to support access to contraception by opposing new legislation limiting implementation of the free preventative care services by the Affordable Care Act, sign National Women’s Law Center’s petition at https://secure2.convio.net/nwlc/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=745&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=ta626va0l2.app213a
(9) Information on Occupy Dayton efforts, follow at http://www.facebook.com/occupydayton?sk=wall (public site, accessible whether you are on Facebook or not). Occupy Dayton is participating in nationwide showings of the documentary about the 2008 financial crisis, Inside Job today. (more at http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=126152 ). Sorry for the short notice.
(10) Link to article, updating on Ohio Republican legislators’ plans regarding HB 194, http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2012/02/ohio_senate_republicans_plan_t.html This article describes how some Ohio Republican legislators wish to make an end run around the efforts to repeal HB 194 (sometimes called the voter suppression law). Last year’s successful petition effort has placed HB 194 on the November ballot. Note that local organizing for Obama 2012 (as in many events listed above) will contribute to our ability to fight back against such possible attacks on voter’s rights in Ohio.
Thank you and take care,
Time is short and so I do not have a summary at the beginning of this email; sorry. Thanks to everyone who made the various Greene County State of the Union Watch parties a big success. You can see photos at http://www.facebook.com/ofa.oh?sk=photos (some of the photos have comments saying where they were taken)
Thursday night, Feb 2, from 7:30 to 8:00 PM, First Lady Michelle Obama will address Ohio supporters and volunteers over the phone. She will also answer a few questions. You can sign up to listen to the call at http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/KGOVNHGTDOT1P95 and you will receive a phone number to call to listen in.
If you live in North Beavercreek (roughly north of Route 35) or in Fairborn, and you would like to volunteer for President Obama’s re-election, then you are invited to combine listening to the First Lady’s call with a team meeting from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Caffrey residence, 3237 Suburban Dr, Beavercreek. You can sign up at https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/neighborhoodteammeeting/gppgtm
Other scheduled events can be found at https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_simple?source=primary-nav including other team meetings and office openings. There is an Obama 2012 office opening on Feb 2 in Dayton with special guest, Ohio Supreme Court justice Yvette McGee Brown
Stay tuned for neighborhood team meetings in other parts of Greene County. I expect to be organizing one for South Beavercreek and Bellbrook in mid February. Also, stay tuned for an Obama 2012 opening in the Beavercreek/Fairborn area.
Ohio and two other states have been asked to participate in some important groundwork for Obama 2012 persuasion calls to voters. Yellow Springs volunteers participated in the first such Greene County persuasion test phonebank last week. The next two persuasion test phonebanks in Greene County will be Monday, Feb 6 and Sunday, Feb 12 in Beavercreek. Thanks to the several volunteers who already signed up for these (signed up at the State of the Union Watch Parties)! We do need several more volunteers in order to make the required number of calls. Please sign up if you can, by RSVP’ing for one of the following phonebanks:
1. Monday, Feb 6, 7:00 to 9:00 PM, Flaherty residence, 2952 Persimmon Dr, Beavercreek, 45434. Please RSVP to Gloria Flaherty at 429-9757 or flahertg@sbcglobal.net
2. Sunday, Feb 12, 3:00 – 5:00 PM, Chandra residence, 176 Debs Dr, Beavercreek, 45434. Please RSVP to me by email, abufflg@gmail or, after Sunday, Feb 5, by phone at 657-0426 (I will not be answering emails and phone calls for a few days due to having thyroid surgery).
March Election: Early voting for the Ohio primary has started. The deadline for postmark or hand delivery of voter registrations is Feb 6. Election day is March 6. There is a Candidates’ Night at 7 PM on Tues, Feb. 7 at the Fairborn Senior Center, 325 North 3rd Street, Fairborn, 45324, hosted by the League of Women Voters and the Fairborn Liberty Group (!). There is another Candidates’ Forum at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, Feb 14 at Main Elementary on Dayton Xenia Rd, hosted by the Beavercreek Chamber of Commerce. There are contested primaries for both Democrats and Republicans for both the Ohio Assembly (current office holder is Jarrod Martin) and for U.S. Congress (current office holders are Steve Austria and Mike Turner). There is also a Beavercreek School levy (info at http://beavercreek.k12.oh.us/Page/7529 ) . You can see what is on the ballot in your area at http://www.co.greene.oh.us/BOE/BOE_Election_Information.htm
If you have not already done so, please consider signing one of the petition supporting a constitutional amendment designed to overturn the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling (that corporations have the same rights as people). One place to sign is:
http://www.sherrodbrown.com/petition/w1112cu/
Thank you,
Lynn Buffington, volunteer, abufflg@gmail.com 657-0426
1/21/2012
Hi Beavercreek and Friends,
Next Tuesday evening there is a great chance for Obama supporters to get together to talk and watch President Obama’s State of the Union speech (SOTU). You can find the State of the Union Watch Party closest to you by going to http://www.barackobama.com/state-of-the-union/attend-a-watch-party?source=hero and entering your zip code. Some of the Greene County Watch Parties currently listed are:
North Beavercreek, 3237 Suburban Dr, 45432. 7:30 PM, hosts Matt and Gail Caffrey
Directions: Suburban Drive is off N. Fairfield Rd about 0.7 miles north of Dayton Xenia Rd. The Caffrey residence is a little more than a block east of North Fairfield Rd, on the right.
RSVP: You can RSVP online at https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/stateoftheunionwatchparty/gppcpc Or you can RSVP directly to Matt or Gail Caffrey, 426-7318 or to me at ABUFFLG@gmail.com, 657-0426.
South Beavercreek, 176 Debs Drive, 45434. 7:30 PM, hosts Suresh & Inder Chandra
Directions: Debs Drive is in the Tara subdivision. Take Tara Trail west from Alpha Bellbrook Rd. Turn left on Debs Drive. The Chandra’s are on the left.
RSVP: You can RSVP online at https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/stateoftheunionwatchparty/gpp2sx Or you can RSVP directly to the Chandra’s at schandra@yahoo.com, 426-0047 or to me, Lynn Buffington, at ABUFFLG@gmail.com, 657-0426.
Fairborn, Wright State University, 2150 Zink Rd, Apt 3E, 4324. 7:45 PM, host Spenser Loy
You can RSVP online at
https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/stateoftheunionwatchparty/gpp2yt
Yellow Springs, 440 Stewart Dr, 45387, hosts Pat Brown and Linda Fisher, 8:00 PM
You can RSVP online at https://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/stateoftheunionwatchparty/gpp2t2
Thanks! Please do RSVP soon so hosts can plan accordingly. I’ll be sending another email soon about other upcoming events. There are several watch parties in Montgomery and Clark Counties which you will find at the link at the beginning of this email.
Lynn Buffington, volunteer, ABUFFLG@gmail.com 657-0426