You are invited to a “Take Back the Tea” party and rally for Watauga County’s Democratic Party candidates who will be on the November ballot: NC House candidate Cullie Tarleton; NC Senate candidate Roy Carter; County Commission candidates John Welch, Virginia Roseman, and Billy Kennedy; and School Board candidates Brenda Reese, Barbara Kinsey, and Jay [more]

Climate Impacts Day … Connect the Dots, which is allied with 350.org, will be observed in Boone on Saturday, May 5th, starting at noon with a free cookout at Boone Park on Horn in the West Drive. Connect the Dots’ only purpose is to educate the public about the slow-motion catastrophe of climate change. The [more]

Bob Etheridge Will Be in Boone Sunday

Former Congressman and current Democratic candidate for governor Bob Etheridge will hold a meet-and-greet at Café Portofino on Sunday afternoon, April 22, from 7 – 8:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Etheridge is a former county commissioner, state representative, and state superintendent of public education. He served in the U.S. [more]

This is a partial list, and plants are being added on a daily basis. This list is organized mainly by common name, and it has not yet been alphabetized. Details about the Sale: One day only! June 23, 2012, starting at 7 a.m. (sorry, no early sales). Prices start at $1 and range upward, depending [more]

By Anna Oakes, in the Watauga Democrat: The impending May 8 referendum on a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in North Carolina was chief among the issues discussed at the annual Watauga County Democratic Convention Saturday. The Rev. Marcia Cham, a retired United Church of Christ minister and vocal opponent of the amendment, [more]

By Anna Oakes, in the Watauga Democrat: The Watauga County Democratic Party will hold its annual convention Saturday, April 14, at the Watauga County Courthouse. Registration and a potluck luncheon will begin at noon in the top floor lobby outside of Courtroom No. 1. The convention will begin at 1 p.m. inside the courtroom. Delivering [more]

Profiles of the two Democrats in the May 8th primary by Lisa O’Donnell, in the Winston-Salem Journal: Since Virginia Foxx was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004, the Democratic primary has been, for all intents and purposes, an exercise in futility. Hugely popular in the heavily Republican 5th Congressional District, Foxx [more]

Complete research on all the candidates on the Democratic half of the May 8th primary ballot, along with a discussion of Amendment 1 … now available at www.pamspicks.net.

Congressional Candidates Share Views

Travis Fain, in the Winston-Salem Journal: More than 120 people gathered Saturday to hear from Democratic Party candidates during a forum at Shiloh Baptist Church. They also heard from party leaders, and the Rev. Paul Lowe, Shiloh’s pastor, about the importance of getting out the vote and voting against a proposed amendment to add the [more]

Rev. Marcia Cham Will Keynote Democratic County Convention

United Church of Christ minister and author Rev. Marcia Cham will deliver the keynote address, “Compassionate Politics: Oxymoron or not?” at the Watauga County Democratic Party 2012 County Convention on April 14. Convention delegates and guests will gather at noon for registration and potluck luncheon in the top floor lobby outside Courtroom # 1. The [more]

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