The Orange County Democratic Committee will meet at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, at 135 Warren Street, Orange.
The agenda will include the following:
- Jim Phillips of Richmond, the third candidate seeking the 7th District Democratic Congressional nomination to oppose Eric Cantor will be at our meeting this Saturday to meet with the Committee and introduce himself to us. He will be introduced by Joseph T. Samuels Jr., the son of Joseph T. Samuels Sr., commissioner of the revenue for Orange County for many years.
- 7th District Democratic Congressional Convention — This convention is scheduled for Saturday, April 28. Orange County has been allocated nine delegates and two alternates. There is a pre-filing deadline and other rules. We can discuss these concerns at the meeting.
- Orange County Committee meeting dates — Here are the future meeting dates: March 31, April 23, May 19 and June 23. The March meeting will have to be in Orange County Library, 143 North Madison Road, due to the Community Room not being available in March.
- Spring Event — We need to plan a spring fundraising event to raise money to meet our coming needs. Wayne Garnett suggested Wednesday, April 18. This needs to be discussed at our meeting.
- Piedmont District Meeting — Suzanne Long, chairman of the Madison Committee, has arranged for the first meeting in George James Community Center, located Route 230 in Radiant on Saturday, March 10 at 9 a.m. A buffet breakfast will be available for $10. We hope to get the chairmen from Orange, Madison, Culpeper, Louisa and Rappahannock Counties together with committee members from each jurisdiction.
- Lake of the Woods Democratic Club — Next meeting on Sunday, March 25 at 2 p.m. in the lower level of the Lake of the Woods Clubhouse. The guest speaker will be Dr. Christopher Lillis who will speak about the Affordable Health Care Act.
- Concerns from the floor.