"Dock" Walls Update

Dock Walls has dropped out of the Democratic primary and is going to run as an Indpendent in the Fall Gubernatorial election.. I spoke with Dock last week and he is very impressed with the students he met at the forum. He requested that if students are still interested in helping him get elected they can do 2 things. First they can help get signatures to get his name on the ballot in November. This effort does not start until March 23, 2010.  Also he is interested in a grassroots effort to set up some social networking sites for the youth vote. If you are interested in helping Dock design his youth social networking effots, grab a group of your friends and start designing facebook, twitter, webpage sites that organize youth for Dock. Stay in touch with his campaign by giving Sheila Hubbard a call at 773-285-7803. This is a great chance for some independent election work that has potential for great exposure.

Election Homepage Suggstion

Check out the Trib's beautiful new election site, http://elections.chicagotribune.com/ . This site gives you the latest news, opinions, and a link to "Clout Street" the Trib's election blog. It has a well organized "Issues" link on the RHS that makes it very easy to find out where the candidates stand on issues..something like what we did at the forum. I think it would be a great choice for your homepage from now until Feb 2.

"Dock" Walls Contact Info

Several students were interested in working for Bill "Dock" Walls.  Our contact is Sheila Hubbard and she can be reached at 773-285-7803.  Sheila accompanied Dock to the candiate forum..perhaps you met her?

Dold for 10th Volunteer Opportunities

Robert Dold, http://www.doldforcongress.com/ ,  is a Republican candidate for the 10th Congressional District. There are opportunities for students  to volunteer for his campaign. You can contact Cristen O'Meara at cristen@robertdoldforcongress.com . She is a college student and lives in Barrington and is eager to help Mikva students.

10th Congressional Candidate Forum, Saturday Jan 9th

The League of Women Voters is sponsoring an 10th Congressional  District Candidate Forum on Saturday, January 9th beginning at 9:00 at Arlington Heights Village Hall. Both Republican and Democratic Candidates have been invited. If you can't make it to the forum, you can catch it LIVE on Comcast channel 17. See the LWV website for more details http://www.lwvah.org/calendar.html

Lake County Democratic Candidates Meet and Greet

The 8th District Democrats are sponsoring several meet and greets with the candidates. These events provide a perfect informal time for you to talk to candidates.  One event that is close to a couple of our schools is on Sunday, Jan 10 at 2:00 at the Lakeside Inn in Wauconda  Candidates for many different offices will attend. Visit the website for further information on this event and other meet and greets.  http://www.illinoiseddi.com/.

Meister for Senate Volunteer Opportunity

Jacob Meister is a Democratic candidate for Senate and has field officies in the suburbs that might be easy for students to get to.
His website, http://www.meisterforsenate.com/ , has information on issues and good links to news articles.
Two of the suburban offices are 123 N. Milwaukee Ave, Wheeling and
17949 S. Halsted St., Homewood. Wendy Meister 312-933-5676 will help you organize a group. They are wonderful to work with and very accomodating.