Be sure to join us at the Congregational Church of Birmingham, 1000 Cranbrook Road near Woodward in Bloomfield Hills for our next meeting on on Wednesday, March 14th at 7:30pm.

Our featured speaker will be Congressman Sander Levin, ranking member of House Ways and Means, who for the first time will represent part of our BB Dems area due to redistricting will be at our meeting. If he can't come due to a Congressional requirement to stay in D.C. he will be represented by Andy Levin, club member and former candidate for state senate. Andy will focus on the current political situation, the effects of redistricting on our club, and our role in winning a big victory in November. (He will also describe his new renewable energy business.)

On Monday, February 20th from 6:30-8:00 pm at Oakland Community College's Orchard Ridge Campus, Congressman Gary Peters will host a public forum with officials from the newly formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This event will provide a public venue for Michigan residents to learn about how this new federal agency helps families deal with unfair or abusive credit card, mortgage or banking practices.  Below you will find the info for the event as well as a flyer attached to this email.

Bloomfield Hills High School opens in the fall of 2013.  Whether it exists in one up-to-date building or two old buildings will be determined by our community in one final bond vote.  

The details of this bond proposal will be determined by the Board of Education at the Thursday, February 16 Board of Education meeting.

At Thursday's meeting, Superintendent Rob Glass will make recommendations for:

Be sure to join us at the Congregational Church of Birmingham, 1000 Cranbrook Road near Woodward in Bloomfield Hills for our next meeting on on Wednesday, January 11th at 7:30pm.

Congressperson Hansen Clarke will be at our January meeting in an effort to get to know Oakland County and have us know him.  He will speak on why he is running for re-election and about the Iowa and New Hampshire Primary results and the oncoming election as well as the assault on local control and unions underway in Michigan.

Join Dr. Syed Taj as he kicks off his campaign for Michigan's new 11th Congressional District. Come for the food, the fun and to show your support for a great Democrat!

Syed Taj, MD
Candidate for U.S. Congress
Michigan's 11th District

Be sure to join us at the Congregational Church of Birmingham, 1000 Cranbrook Road near Woodward in Bloomfield Hills for our next meeting on on Wednesday, January 11th at 7:30pm.

Our guest speaker this month will be Dr. Syed Taj, MD, Candidate for U.S. Congress in the 11th District. We look froward to hearing and seeing him, and to learning how Thadeus McCotter can be retired.

The following urgent email was just sent out by the Michigan Democratic Party; I'm presenting it below in its' entirety:

Friends,

Today in the Michigan State House Republicans are expected to push through legislation (House Bill 5187) that changes Michigan county redistricting law to allow just one county to redo their redistricting process – Oakland.

Kevin Hirts, Political Organizing Director for the Michigan Democratic Party, met with the Birmingham Dems on November 9th for an informative discussion.

Kevin shared his goals to develop a program that focuses on "Community." People invest in such things as schools, public safety, libraries, and the infrastructure to define "Community." People support the "Community" by overwhelmingly voting for millage proposals. Promoting "Community" increases jobs and improves the economy.

What: Join the Oakland County Democratic Commissioners Caucus second annual : "A Taste of Oakland" fundraiser to take back the majority on the Oakland County Commission in 2012!

When: Wednesday, Nov. 16  6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Where: Club Ventian, 29310 John R, Madison Heights 48071

$30 per person