New members piling in to Miami-Dade Democratic Party

Here's a quick few seconds of video from the Monday night meeting of the Miami-Dade Democratic Party. Late in the agenda new members came forward to be sworn in, and there were almost two dozen! Great work by our recruiters and the credentials committee that made sure the applications were in order.

Chairman BJ Chiszar said there were about 70 people still in the pipeline now to be awarded membership in the Democratic Executive Committee, as the official body is known. We're heading for a membership close to 400.

New members at packed meeting

Swearing in new members at DEC July meeting

People are NOT complaining about lack of room at party meetings nowadays -- even though the room can be over-full. Hey, new members are coming in every month, no wonder it's standing-room-only when the Democratic Executive Committee gets together. Even if it's July in Florida? Yes!

At the regular monthly meeting July 16 about a dozen new members were sworn in. I've got to say, that oath needs tuning up, but anyway. And in recent months even larger crowds have been inducted. To say there's a surge of interest in the Democratic Party is a more accurate use of the word surge than we see emanating from the White House/Military Industrial Complex. We are the rising tide here, but the idea is not just to float around but to act, do, work, demonstrate, and be smart about it.

Also present at the meeting were a dozen candidates for office, who each got a snip of time to declare the office they're contending for. Many in the larger crowd were confirmed as delegates to the state convention of the Florida Democratic Party in October. It's not too late to ask to attend: call the office in Doral 305 477-4994.

Cindy Lerner, state committeewoman and former member of the state House of Representatives, reported on another area of growth: Clubs, where four new club organizations are applying. "Our intention is to grow new clubs throughout the county," Lerner said.

This blog also aims to help promote clubs and their news. Email the blog through the link in the right-hand column, and your club news will be posted. And you can look for club info on the calendar at the party website, MiamiDadeDemocrats.com. Click on the bigger calendar there.

Bret Berlin, state committeeman, announced a cleanup work event on July 28, site to be determined. Volunteers will get gold stars for stepping forward!

One of the new clubs, the Cuban-American Democratic Club, was given the task of formulating a resolution about Cuba travel bans, so that Miami-Dade Democrats can go on the record soon on this vexing problem in our current government policy on Cuba.