THE VOORHIS VOICE
                    A Liberal Voice of the Inland Empire
                                October 2009

claremontdemocrats@yahoo.com                               www.claremontdems.org

Editor: Laura Ditte Lo

MEETINGS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

Village Venture October 24th, Saturday, Claremont Village

General Meeting October 26th, Monday our programs will feature Mary Caenepeel,
Democratic candidate for CUSD and Gerry Kominski, UCLA health policy program.
Pilgrims Place Porter Hall 7:00.

Luncheon November 13th Lyl Garden Chinese restaurant, (formerly Captain KJ),
located at 921 West Foothill Blvd., Claremont. The program begins at 12:00 and
ends at 2:00.

Claremont Unified School District School Board Election, November 3rd.

* Please note that the luncheon venue has returned to Lyl Garden.

DARCEL WOODS - CANDIDATE FOR 59TH ASSEMBLY SEAT

New Energy - New Directions - New Voice

Hello Neighbor,

I began this campaign journey in June. I have been to and introduced myself at
11 of the 15 city/town council meetings within the 59th AD. I will be
continuing to make those appearances but I am now beginning my connection with
the democratic clubs and county central committees.

For those of you getting to know me, let me tell you a little about myself. I
moved to the Pomona Valley in 1963 with my Teamster father and educator mother.
My work history includes 10 years as a peace officer at both the county and
state levels. Eighteen years as a college professor at Mt. SAC and Chaffey
College. Nine years as an education administrator for a local Regional
Occupational Program (ROP) heading up their Special Projects Department. I have
served as a San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors appointee to the
county's Workforce Investment Board's Youth Council for 9 years and recently
completed a term as a governor appointed Commissioner on the State Board of
Parole Hearings. I hold a B.A. in Education from Cal State University Fullerton
and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of La Verne.

Let me say I recognize the core and common thread issues of education, jobs,
mortgages, prison reform, labor unions under attack, health care reform and
the integrity of our representatives that is driving the discord in California,
as well as across our entire nation. I have been a labor union member my entire
professional career. I believe in their value for working families and support
them in their efforts to maintain their hard fought ground with employers. We
need legislators who support that school of thought. We need representatives
with solid moral compasses. Representatives who understand, and more
importantly, care about the individual who lost their job after many years of
hard work and dedication, and is a month away from losing their car and/or home
because of their lack of employment; not their lack of desire to work.
Representatives who have an idea of what that incoming freshman at the college
or university is experiencing when their enrollment is accepted but find that
so many class sections have been cut and faculty placed on furlough that they
can not get the classes they need in order to maintain the financial aid
awarded to them. I am in the midst of those scenarios every day of the week at
the college where I teach and within my community. I don't have to tell you
about the countless number of homes in foreclosure and what that means to our
communities. Or the fact that those with health insurance are still struggling
to pay their share of cost each year and those no longer with health insurance,
due to loss of employment, grappling with how to get the medical attention for
themselves or their loved ones. These are some of the issues we are facing
right now. Californians should not have to continue to face them without the
assistance of their legislators. I know this and so do you.

Having worked within the Criminal Justice System as a Deputy Sheriff, Probation
Counselor, Correctional Youth Counselor, Field Parole Agent in Los Angeles
County and culminating that career recently as a Commissioner on the Board of
Parole Hearings presiding over Life with the Possibility of Parole decisions,
gives me insight into the problems and ensuing issues inherent in that system.
Not only have I taught the subject at the collegial level but I've worked in
it, alongside some of the most dedicated and professionally competent
individuals at all three levels of the system who deserve our respect and
support. Yes the system is flawed and yes it needs serious rehabilitation, but
this too can be accomplished.

The above mentioned issues are but a few of the things I want to take a
leadership role in helping to resolve once I am elected in 2010. I have a
proven record of working with Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike on
issues that matter in our communities: home valuations, poverty and
neighborhood crime, water conservation, teen pregnancy prevention, school drop
out reduction, gang and drug trafficking suppression, economic development in
urban settings, victim advocacy, job training for displaced workers, senior
quality of life, and prison reform. None of these issues of concern are
insurmountable but it will take some thinking out of the box, collaboration on
the part of all stakeholders, and a receptive California constituency.

To win this Assembly seat I'll need my district's democratic clubs to continue
to register democrats and get them to the polls, volunteers to walk the
precincts and phone bank, and a grassroots effort that includes constant
fundraising. I want and need the support of educators, labor, business, law
enforcement, judicial branch employees, correctional peace officers, community
based organizations, students, religious leadership and our fire fighters to
stand with me as I work to bring a New Energy, A New Direction, and a New Voice
for California.

Will you stand with me? Together We Can Rebuild California.

                                Darcel Woods
                Candidate for the 59th Assembly District 2010
                                FPPC# 1321073

SUSTAINABLE CLAREMONT 

Ned Freed, our webubermeister and executive board member, has agreed to be our
representative to the Democratic Club of Claremont. He will be working on the
issues surrounding gray water systems in Claremont.

CAENEPEEL NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT

Mary Caenepeel, an incumbent candidate for Claremont School Board, is the only
registered Democrat running for office.  She is in need of phone bankers. If
you can donate some time to phone banking for her campaign, please call Teddie
Warner @ (909) 621-2580 or email @ tkwarner@verizon.net. If you volunteer,
please let them know you are from The Democratic Club of Claremont.  Needless
to say, she also needs your vote.   

WERNER WARMBRUNN MEMORIAL

A memorial will be held at Pitzer College honoring the life of club member and
professor emeritus Werner Warmbrunn on Wednesday, October 28th. The event will
take place at 5pm in the Broad Center Performance Space, Pitzer College. The
celebration will commence with a reception followed by a service at 6 pm.
Professor Warmbrunn died on July 19, 2009 at the age of 89.

Memorial donations may be made to VNA Hospice of Southern California, 150 W.
First St., Suite 270, Claremont, CA 91711.

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF CLAREMONT

President:               Zephyr Tate-Mann 626-5566    Mann5566@verizon.net
VP Organization:         Gar Byrum        621-9730    garlandbyrum@aol.com
VP-Education:            Merrill Ring     626-8467    mring@earthlink.net
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