Harvest Supper Brings Bounty of Food, Fun, and Political Insights

More than 100 guests turned out for the Sagadahoc County Democratic Committee’s annual harvest supper and silent auction at American Legion Post 21 in Bath on October 23rd. The meal, prepared and served by volunteers using locally produced ingredients, was the first of many highlights of the evening. A fun silent auction, an impromptu skit, and a great acoustic folk band, the Yellow Roman Candles, set the tone for the night: congenial and engaged.

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree was the keynote speaker. Although news from Washington DC was sobering, she offered up hope in the form of farm legislation as well as several other bills on which she has been working. Senator Seth Goodall and Representatives Seth Berry and Mike Clarke talked about some of their work, including Senator Goodall’s efforts to develop a reasonable re-apportionment plan and to stop environmental rollbacks, Representative Berry’s focus on the fiscal matters and a host of other issues, and Representative Clarke’s commitment to healthy and safe communities for all Maine people.

We also welcomed several other special guests. Former Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap and Representative Jon Hinck, each of whom is running for Senator Snowe’s seat, gave the audience a sense of the issues and ideals of importance to them. Maine’s representatives to the Democratic National Committee, Maggie Allen and Sam Spencer, introduced themselves as did the head of the Maine Democratic Party, Ben Grant.

It was truly an informative and fun evening, reminding everyone that Maine is still a place where our politicians are accessible, our voices matters, and our chowder rocks.

Special thanks to our Host Committee

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Maine Democratic Party Vacancies to be Filled Dec. 13

Sagadahoc Democrats will vote on two important positions at our meeting and…

on Tuesday, December 13th at the Inn at Bath. The event will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., with the business portion scheduled to get underway by 6:30 p.m.

“This is a great opportunity to make your voice heard on the issues you care about,” says Bronwen Tudor, County Chair of the Sagadahoc County Democratic Committee. Sagadahoc County is entitled to three representatives on the Democratic State Committee (DSC) in addition to the County Chair who serves ex-officio as a voting member. The DSC is the governing body of the Maine Democratic Party between conventions and includes representatives from each county based on voter registration in the most recent gubernatorial election. It also includes Maine’s members of the Democratic National Committee, delegates from the State House and Senate caucuses, and representatives from the Congressional Offices.

The DSC meets the 4th Sunday of every other month in Augusta from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Representatives do not have to be members of their county committee but must be registered Democrats from their county. Representatives are initially elected at the State Convention by delegates from their county but vacancies must be filled by the County Committee.

The current members of our Sagadahoc delegation are Jane Scease of Topsham and Becky Halbrook of Phippsburg. Monte Hayes of Topsham serves as alternate. To satisfy gender balance guidelines the representative we elect in December should be male. He will serve until June when new representatives will be elected at the State Convention.

We also have three slots on the Platform Committee, which includes representatives from the sixteen counties plus three at-large members from the Democratic State Committee and representatives from affiliated organizations such as the Maine College Democrats. The group will meet four or five times before the end of the year to review, revise, and re-articulate the Maine Democratic Party’s positions on major social and economic issues. The meetings are usually in Augusta.

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