Minutes from Monday, August 15 meeting of the Jay/Wilmington Democratic Committee Meeting conducted at the Au Sable Acres Pavilion. In Attendance: Frank and Sue Pagano, Knut and Marisol Sauer, Herb and Lisa Pace, Marie-Anne and Charlotte Ward, Tim Follos, Melinda Beuf, Joe De Marco and Mary Ann Dee Frank called meeting to order at 7:08…
This month’s guest speaker was Jean Lapper, Democratic NY State Senate candidate for our district (NY45) against Republican incumbent Dan Stec. District is 6900 sq. miles including Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Warren and parts of St. Lawrence and Washington Counties. She’s a CPA (and mom!) originally from Long Island, but living in Queensbury for the…
Billy introduced himself to the large (for us!) audience and took questions. What a great venue, and the hospitality from Santa’s Workshop was, as usual, superb. If he wins reelection in November – remember to vote for him, he’s a Dem…and a good one – Assemblyman Jones will be our new representative in the NY…
(Prepared by Marie-Anne Azar Ward) This month featured guest speaker, Au Sable Valley Central School District School Board candidate Shannon Stanley, wife of Jay Town Supervisor, Matt Stanley. (The school board election is May 17 from noon to 9pm in the cafeteria at the Middle School – High School in Clintonville.) The meeting was called…
Essex County Dem Committee Meeting notes: Treasurer’s report shows around $7300 balance…not bad. If you receive an absentee ballot and change your mind to vote in person, you’ll have to vote via provisional ballot (affidavit). That’s a change to accommodate the new process of opening absentee ballots and counting them as they are received. This…
It was in person! And we had a guest! And it was cold when the sun went down. Matt Purtorti, Congressional candidate for NY21 spoke to us and answered questions. We had a large turnout and it was so nice to see everyone in person again. Given today’s polarized and toxic political environment, it’s reassuring…
Our August 9 meeting was at the country’s oldest theme park – Santa’s Workshop in Wilmington NY. We had a good turnout for Assembly Member Matt Simpson’s visit, which ran 1.5 hours – as with most of our meetings, over time and we still had plenty to talk about. I didn’t vote for him, but…
Our July meeting at the Acres pavilion featured three candidates: Tom Matszewski, Independent candidate for Jay Town Clerk, plus Democrats Matt Stanley, candidate for Jay Town Supervisor, and Knut Sauer, candidate for Jay Town Council. Tom introduced himself and answered questions from us. His campaign Facebook page is here. Matt and Knut updated us on…
UPDATE: Schedule meeting will be held via Zoom. Back in the day, we had in-person JDC meetings. Then we Zoomed. Now, perhaps, we know enough to cautiously resume in-person meetings – but outside, where, combined with social distancing and common sense, there’s a low risk of virus transmission. The plan is to hold our June…
We had a rousing Zoom meeting on Monday (thanks, Knut) many attendees, almost an hour and a half! There will be a town board meeting tomorrow night (4-9) closed to the public but recorded and available on the Town of Jay’s website. Wally updated us on the Cobb campaign and the challenges of going virtual….