Letter and appeal from County Chair Lois Zarish

If you're like me, you have had quite enough of the Obama-bashing that has taken center stage during the Republican primary campaign. Each of the candidates has attacked the President while staking out the most extreme right-wing positions. None has acknowledged the fact that the financial collapse occurred during the Bush presidency and that only bold action by a Democratic president stabilized the economy. Unfortunately the same tune is being carried by New Jersey Republicans led by Chris Christie and all the members of our County Board of Chosen Freeholders…

Read the entire letter here. Make your secure, online donation here.

Important info for delegates to the national convention in Charlotte, September 3-6

Are you interested in being a New Jersey delegate to the 2012 convention? Or just want to know how the process works? Below are the relevant documents (all PDFs). Read them here or download them, as you like.

Letter from NJ Democratic Party Chair
Delegate selection rules
Guide to becoming a delegate
NJ state delegate districts
Representation goals

You can also download all five PDFs in this handy zip file.

New Congressional and state legislative maps

All of Hunterdon County is now in the 7th Congressional district (along with parts of other counties). If you live in Hunterdon and have been in the 12th District, you are no longer.

Download a poster-sized map (PDF) of all New Jersey Congressional districts. Download an alphabetical list (PDF) of all New Jersey towns by district.

Hunterdon County is now part of the 15th, 16th and 23rd state legislative districts. Download a poster-sized map (PDF) of all state legislative districts.

Our water is at risk of being poisoned by oil and gas developers

Three million people -- that's a third of New Jersey's population -- get their drinking water from the Delaware River. The river is now under serious threat of being poisoned by "fracking".

This short pamphlet has more info. Also see the River Keeper web site for details.