After long and careful deliberation, your CDC Board voted
overwhelmingly to dissolve the CDC Political Action Committee. As a
matter of course, and in accordance with our by-laws, the decision
will now rest on the votes of our CDC members. During our October 7
program, the CDC Board will present our decision and place before the
attending, dues-paid members a motion to formally dissolve CDC PAC.

The Columbia Democratic Club has always played an important role in
the local elections process in Howard County. The Board's decision to
dissolve the Political Action Committee will not impact the services
that we provide to the community and to candidates in local
elections. The CDC will continue to hold candidate forums,
fundraisers, and endorsement meetings. The CDC can still produce and
distribute our "blue-ballot" as a service to the community and to the
candidates we support. Without the PAC, we can still hold fundraisers
and we can still make modest financial and effort-based contributions
to the candidates we endorse.

A further review of the rationale and impacts of this decision will be
discussed at the October 7 meeting. The Board anticipates a great
deal of discussion on this topic, so we will be dedicating a
substantial portion of the meeting for this purpose. Please note that
only DUES-PAID CDC members will be able to vote. This will be
determined in a fashion similar to what we use for our endorsement
meetings. If you would like to become a due-paying member of CDC,
please contact our Membership Chair, Brigitte Pribnow at:
bwinter...@gmail.com at least one month prior to the October meeting.

As always, your Board thanks you for the opportunity and priviledge to
lead our organization and please feel free to contact any one of us
(our contact information is in the "files" section of this website) if
you would like to discuss this matter further.

Sincerely,

Ethan Moore
CDC, President

First, I would like to thank everyone who participated and attended
our August "Friend-Raiser" joint club picnic. With beautiful weather
and a great crowd, I think we can all call it a huge success!

I would also like announce our upcomming September program. Starting
at 7pm on Wednesday, September 10 at the Jeffers Hill Community
Center, 6030 Tamar Drive, CDC will hold a community forum on slots!!

Our slots discussion will be lead by pro-slots advocate, our own
Delegate Frank Turner and the chariman of "Stop Slots", Aaron
Meisner. Each representative will have time to present their views,
after which the floor will be open for questions and answers.

Please feel free to spread the word about this program, our programs
are always open to the public. Thank you for your continued support
and I look forward to seeing you all on the 10th!

-Ethan
CDC, President