Welcome

Welcome to our NEW mailing list! Roughly every month we'll use it to send local news of interest to Chelmsford Democrats (and others). You don't have to be a Democrat to receive this newsletter, just interested in government that works for the common good. Please forward this to friends and invite them to join our list. All they have is send an email
to "cdtc-news-join@chelmsforddtc.org" and they'll get future mailings.

Candidates Debate

The Chelmsford Democratic Town Committee (CDTC) will be hosting a candidates debate for the April 3rd Chelmsford town election. We hope everyone will attend.

WHAT: 3rd Annual Candidates Debate
WHEN: Friday, March 23
WHERE: Police Station

Town elections are non-partisan, which means Democrats can vote for
candidates of any party. But in the last election, Pat Wojtas and Alex Buck were both workhorses on the Deval Patrick campaign, including phone banking night after night. Pat Wojtas is a Democrat and Alex Buck is Unenrolled (the Commonwealth's term for Independent).

March Meeting, Special Agenda!!

Share your ideas about campaign best practices with state party members. This will form the basis of training sessions at the Democratic State Convention in May. For more information, contact Shawn Hartman (617) 776-2676; shawn.hartman@massdems.org.

WHAT: March Meeting, campaign best practices
WHEN: Thursday, March 29
WHERE: Town Hall, room 205

Honoring Anita Saville

The Third Middlesex Area Democrats (3rd MAD) are having a brunch to honor activists, and our own Anita Saville will be recognized. Martha Coakley Attorney General will be the guest speaker.

WHAT: 3rd MAD: Activists of the Year brunch
WHEN: Sat. April 28
WHERE: Best Western in Waltham, Totten Pond Rd at Rt 128

Let's have a great turnout for Anita, and to celebrate our win.
Kathy Brough is arranging for Chelmsford tables. The cost is $30.
Home: (978) 256-8019, email: kathy.brough@lumenlabs.com

State Convention

The Democratic State Convention is coming up! Sam and Marianne chaired our caucus last month, when we elected 17 delegates and 2 alternates.

WHAT: Democratic State Convention
WHEN: May 19
WHERE: Amherst

Delegates elected:

1 ex-officio: Marianne Peresky, CDTC Chair

8 women: Betty McCarthy, Fran McDougall, Kathie Fitzpatrick, Kathy Brough, Kathy Duffett, Kellie Carter, Mary Beth Marcotte, Mary Tiano

8 men: Art Carmen, Billy Martin, Don Ayer, George Dixon, Mike Combs, Mike Rigney, Scott O'Neil, Steve Flynn

2 alternates: Pat Wojtas, Dennis Ready

Website & Newsletter

I've been trying to make our website a useful resource for everyone. Please take a look at the calendar especially. If you have any suggestions or corrections to any part of the site, let me know.
http://www.ChelmsfordDTC.org

To reach Sam Poulten or Marianne Peretzsky, co-chairs, send
email to: chair@ChelmsfordDTC.org

Likewise, this is my first shot at writing a newsletter, so I'd appreciate
your feedback and items for inclusion in the next issue. Send
email to: admin@ChelmsfordDTC.org

...mike

Mike Combs, proud Democrat
mike@combsnet.com