Jim Dean, Downtown Seattle Wed 10-25

Written by: Dina Johnson on Oct 23, 2006 11:18 AM EDT

Hi,
I invite all to attend a reception with Jim Dean, Director of DFA and brother of Howard Dean, Wed at 5:30 pm, downtown Seattle, 615 2nd Avenue, a few blocks from the Federal Building.

If you've never met Jim Dean, he's a great guy, very friendly and unpretentious, a fast talker and tireless organizer.

I'll be there--I'm taking the bus. If you want to go with me, call me: 206-517-8033.

You can see details of the event and RSVP here:
www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=148...

I attended the Democratic party's Annual Maggie Awards dinner the other night. Several of our compatriots from the 34th district were honored!

Our chair, Ivan Weiss, shared the "Democrat of the Year" award, despite pretending to grumble that others deserved it more.

Tanya Aguilar, our Vice-chair got two awards :"Rising Star of the Year" and member of the "Best Organizing Effort," the Latino outreach group that registered 5000 new voters this year. Darcy Burner and Jim McDermott presented these two awards. What a thrilling night for Tanya! I will upload a picture on our DFA webpage for you to see.

Russ Feingold gave the keynote speech. He was very inspiring and an excellent speaker. He's Ivan's top choice for our next Presidential candidate and I agree.

I received copies of the video of "UnCaged Cabaret," our August benefit for Jim McDermott, and it was better quality than I expected.

Last night I attended McDermott's fundraiser with a showing of the film "Iraq in Pieces." I got a chance to slip a copy of the "UnCaged" DVD to Mrs. McDermott. "We'll watch it together," she smiled.

Dina Johnson

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Location: West Seattle, WA 98106