Welcome to the Rio Vista Democratic Club
Mark your calendars: Nov. 8, 2011
Congressman John Garamendi to speak at our RVDC meeting
(Click on "Events" tab above for more info)
The Rio Vista Democratic Club (RVDC)
is chartered by the Solano Democratic Central Committee to further ideals of the Democratic Party. The RVDC works to further Democratic causes and to elect Democratic representatives at all levels of government.
The RVDC welcomes interested Democrats among our friends, neighbors, and newsletter readers to join us as we combine our efforts to work for a politically healthy community.
The RVDC welcomes interested Democrats among our friends, neighbors, and newsletter readers to join us as we combine our efforts to work for a politically healthy community.
Executive Committee Members
Bonnie Bowen, Events Committee
Jim Cousland, Alt. representative to Central Committee
Karen Dozier, Webmaster
Robert Johnson, Newsletter distribution
Kevin McNamara
Al Medvitz
Norman Richardson, Events Chair
George Sasaki
Paul Stichick, Newsletter editor & Central Committee representative
Jim Cousland, Alt. representative to Central Committee
Karen Dozier, Webmaster
Robert Johnson, Newsletter distribution
Kevin McNamara
Al Medvitz
Norman Richardson, Events Chair
George Sasaki
Paul Stichick, Newsletter editor & Central Committee representative
Officers
Paul Stichick, Chair
Marie Johnson, Vice-Chair
Karen Dozier, Secretary
Carol Turgeon, Treasurer
Marie Johnson, Vice-Chair
Karen Dozier, Secretary
Carol Turgeon, Treasurer
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Mailing Address
Rio Vista Democratic Club
P.O. Box 722
Rio Vista, CA 94571
www.riovistademocraticclub.org
P.O. Box 722
Rio Vista, CA 94571
www.riovistademocraticclub.org
Why a donkey?
The now famous Democratic Donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 Presidential campaign. His opponents called him a donkey and Jackson decided to use the donkey image on his campaign posters.
Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the donkey in the 1870 Harper's Weekly cartoon to represent the "Copperhead Press" kicking a dead lion, symbolizing President Lincoln's Secretary of War Edward Stanton who had recently died. Nast intended the donkey to represent an anti-war faction with whom he disagreed, but the symbol caught on with the public and Nast continued to use it to indicate some Democratic editors and newspapers.
By 1880 the donkey was established as a mascot for the Democratic Party.
Historically the Democratic Party stands for Labor and was formed to support the working class of America. At the time the Democratic Party was formed, the Donkey was the mainstay of labor. It was used in mining, railroad, construction, and many other industries. It was the backbone of the country and did the work done today by trucks of all sizes.
The Donkey is a loyal animal, working from sunrise to sunset and for these qualities was chosen as the symbol of the Democratic Party. The Party of the working class. The Party representing families and the living wage.
