OILPATCH DEMOCRATS
NEWSLETTER FOR JUNE 17, 2009
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UPCOMING CLUB ACTIVITIES & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Important Climate Meeting to Attend in Houston - on Wednesday the 17th!
From the: The Texas Climate Emergency Campaign
A TOWN HALL MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE and GREEN JOBS
Moderated by: Gene Norman
Chief Meteorologist, KHOU Channel 11
WHO:
Congressman Al Green - Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
State Sen. Mario Gallegos - Rep. Garnet Coleman - Rep. Sylvester Turner
Rep. Ana Hernandez - Rep. Alma Allen - Rep. Carol Alvarado
City Councilmember Ronald Green - City Councilmember Jolanda Jones
NAACP - Houston Branch - American Association of Blacks in Energy- Houston Chapter - Houston Citizen's Chamber of Commerce - Houston Area Urban League - Public Citizen - Environment Texas - Environmental Defense Fund - Sierra Club - Houston ACORN
We'd like to ask all of our Houston supporters to attend this important town hall meeting on Wednesday, June 17th (see below). As you may know, the American Clean Energy and Security Act is on its way to the House Floor, and we need "champions" like Congresspersons Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee to step forward and ask that the bill be strengthened when it reaches the floor. We need stronger cuts in carbon emissions, 100% auctions, and careful monitoring of offsets, and most importantly, we need to follow the science on this issue. PLEASE attend, this could be your last chance to influence this bill, and your last chance to save the future of your children and grandchildren!
WHERE:
Communications Workers of America , Local 6222 1730 Jefferson Street, Houston , TX 77003
WHEN:
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Registration will open at 5:30 p.m. and refreshments will be provided
For more information, contact: Dallas Jones or Brandon Dudley Office of Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis 713-236-0306; Dallas.Jones@senate.state.tx.
Royce Brooks Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
202-789-3528 rbrooks@jointcenter.org
IF YOU CAN’T COME THEN CALL YOUR US CONGRESS PERSON
Then call your own congressperson (numbers below) and tell him or her that you want these provisions from the bill strengthened:
1) you want deeper cuts in carbon emissions, to match what climate scientists are calling for--25 to 40% below 1990 levels
2) you want 100% auctions of pollution credits, bringing more money back to the people from the big corporations
3) you want fewer offsets, which make it possible for polluters to pollute more
Tell your congressional representative, too, that you fully support Congressman Lloyd Doggett's efforts to get a fair hearing for the bill on the full House floor, and that you believe consideration should be delayed until that happens.
Time is running out--on the bill, on the chances for success in the UN conference in Copenhagen, and on the future of our planet. The bill could go to a vote as soon as a week from tomorrow. We learned today that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is going to pour $100 million dollars into defeating this bill and the healthcare bill. It's hard to keep up with those numbers! All we have are our voices---and we must take action now!
Here's a list of Democratic congressional representatives (no point in calling Repubs), along with their DC phone numbers...
Representative Al Green (D - 09) 202-225-7508
Representative Ruben Hinojosa (D - 15) 202-225-2531
Representative Silvestre Reyes (D - 16) 202-225-4831
Representative Chet Edwards (D - 17) 202-225-6105
Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee (D - 18) 202-225-3816
Representative Charles A. Gonzalez (D - 20) 202-225-3236
Representative Ciro Rodriguez (D - 23) 202-225-4511
Representative Solomon P. Ortiz (D - 27) 202-225-7742
Representative Henry Cuellar (D - 28) 202-225-1640
Representative Gene Green (D - 29) 202-225-1688
Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D - 30) 202-225-8885
Thanks, The Texas Climate Emergency Campaign
HOT DOGS AND HOT CANDIDATES THIS SATURDAY
Please join the Harris County Democratic Party on Saturday, June 20, for a free PARTY to meet the Democratic judicial candidates running for judge in 2010 and sign their petitions to qualify for a place on the ballot.
We’ll have hot dogs and lemonade for everyone and it’s all free. Meet the 100 judicial candidates who will be on the ballot in 2010 and sign their nominating petitions.
That’s this coming Saturday, June 20, from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at M. C. Williams Middle School, 6100 Knox Street, Houston, TX 77091.
These candidates must each have hundreds of signatures on nominating petitions, so please come support them and help them get started in their effort as we prepare to Do It Again In Twenty Ten! (Bring your voter registration certificate with you if you have it handy. That will speed things up.)
Call Harris County Democratic Party headquarters at 713-802-0085 for further details.
OPD MONTHLY MEETING ON 25 JUNE FOR PRIDE PARADE
Meetings: 4th Thursday of every month begins at 6:30PM with social time and the “formal” meeting at 7 pm. Location is HCDP headquarters, 1445 N. Loop W., Suite 110, Houston, 77008
Agenda items to include:
- Gay Pride parade
- Energy Transportation conference (winter/spring 2010)
- Discussion of Empower America meeting in May
- Discuss OPD Fall speaker list
RESERVE 27 JUNE FOR PRIDE PARADE
Please reserve Saturday 27 June for participation in the Gay Pride Parade (http://www.pridehouston.org/ . OPD will be marching with Roadwomen and the Harris County Democratic Party (Entry #42). Final details will be addressed at monthly meeting on 25 June and via the next OPD newsletter.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS & STUFF
PLEASE PAY YOUR OPD DUES!!!!!!!!!!!
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS
Position: SR. Drilling Engineer
- Minimum of 10 years of experience planning and executing an offshore well design for oil or gas wells preferably in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Demonstrated experience working with multi-disciplinary teams.
- Previous experience working as a Drilling Engineer.
- Previous responsibility for planning and executing a well design for an oil or gas well.
- Total well planning and design skills, cost estimation and risk analysis, operation support to field team, HSE behaviours, MMS requirements and teamwork skills across multi-disciplinary teams
- Offshore drilling, pore pressure,/frac gradient prediction, drilling mechanics, directional drilling, drilling fluids, cementing, well control, formation evaluation
JOB LISTINGS – Contact Jim Porter phone 713-781-2020, email - jhp356d@yahoo.com
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONTACTS
Do you have any ideas for speakers, events, fundraisers, working meetings, etc.? Contact one or all of the Executive Committee—
John Moffitt (President)—John.Moffitt@nov.
John Preston (Vice President ) -johnwmp@hal-pc.org
Roopa Gir (Treasurer)
Jim Rine (Secretary)—jmrine@hotmail.com
Jim Cargas (General Counsel, PAC Treasurer)—jcargas@aol.com
Oilpatch Democrats
Meetings: 4th Thursday of every month at 7 pm
HCDP headquarters, 1445 N. Loop W., Suite 110, Houston, 77008
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