February Meeting
We meet on the First Thursday of each month at 6pm. We are currently conducting our meetings in person with a 1/2 hour social gathering time prior to the formal meeting. Our featured speaker is Curtis Gibson, candidate for Mayor of Lake Wales
Our Mission
The Lake Ashton Democratic Club (LADC) of Polk County, Florida is an active political organization that serves as a common meeting ground for all Democrats. Dedicated to furthering the ideals of the Democratic Party, we also welcome non-party affiliated kindred spirits.
Snowflakes Are Back!
Get Involved with a great group of like minded individuals to help prepare for the 2023/2024 Elections. We meet every Tuesday evening at the HFC Community Ctr in the poker room from 6-8pm.
Snowflakes at Work!
This is important work that helps your fellow Democrats to be (re)Elected!
Our Democratic Way of Life Is At Risk!
If you want to save our Democracy, you have to VOTE!
If you want a say in what gets put into law – VOTE!
(You know what the Republicans stand for! If you want that, vote Republican)
That means vote in local and county elections. That means vote in State elections. That means vote in National elections.
That means vote in EVERY election!
DON’T LET DEMOCRACTY DIE FROM APATHY
80 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS DON’T VOTE!
DON’T LET DEMOCRACY DIE FOR YOUR CHILDREN
Save yourself time and frustration… Vote by Mail!
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Upcoming Events
Lake Ashton Democratic Club Monthly Meeting
The Lake Ashton Democratic Club meets at the Lake Ashton HFC on the first Thursday of every month at 4:00pm. Please join us.
Pictures from our three Socials
Please Join Us for the Next Social Get-Together – TBD
The club is supplying Pizza, Beer, Wine, Soft Drinks and Water. If you would like to contribute food, salads would be recommended. Please contact Dee Mayne (dee.mayne@gmail) to coordinate. Our Februrary Monthly Meeting is going to be taking place as well. This should be a good time to meet your Democratic neighbors as will as other LADC members for fellowship.
LAKE ASHTON DEMOCRATIC CLUB PRESENTS
ISSUES WE CARE ABOUT
- Jobs and the Economy
- Taxes and the Budget
- Social Security * Medicare * Health Care
- Quality Education for Us and Our Grandchildren
- Environment/Climate Change
- Energy: Now and in the Future
- National Security and Immigration
- Income Inequality
- Women's Rights
- Voter's Rights
Please join fellow Democrats...
In helping the Polk County Democratic committee have sufficient money to do their JOB and turn Polk County Blue. How is that possible? After all, we are very busy and our time is worth a lot!
Simply sign up for a small monthly re-occurring donation. Polk County DEC supports ongoing monthly contributions automatically charged to your credit card. It’s simple and painless. For less than the price of lunch out, you can help support our candidates. Just go to Polk County Democrats/contribute!
Personal Opinions...
Florida Young Democrats ponder the future
‘We feel defeated, but I think we’re getting energy from each other’
Return of Archie Bunker
“Archie Bunker is back. This February, MeTV started airing reruns of the 1970’s SitCom, “All In The Family.” But wait. Wasn’t he already back in the person of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis?
Biden’s Bully Pulpit Is Giving Him Wins Congress Couldn’t
On child care and pharmaceutical prices, pressure on the private sector is working.
To Tired Blue People Living in Red America: Keep Going
I’ve spoken to a lot of exhausted people this week, even with the good news that many of us have experienced through this country.
Though, nationally there was no massive Red Wave as predicted by the pollsters and the media, these activists and caring human beings have been battered by the surrounding flood waters for a long time now.
They are self-proclaimed blue dots living in red areas who are tired of fighting what feels like a losing battle.
America is Leaning Towards an Autocracy
Our country is heading towards an Autocracy! Is that a bad thing? Yes! The leader of an autocratic county doesn’t care about its people, and if you are against that leader and his party, you stand the risk of being jailed or worse.
Ron DeSantis ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill and the new GOP ‘Snitch Culture’
The GOP proposals sweeping the country that restrict the teaching of race have an obvious purpose: to make teachers feel perpetually on thin ice, so they shy away from difficult discussions about our national past rather than risk breaking laws in ways they cannot themselves anticipate.
