April 2009

Marblehead Democratic Town Committee

Monday, April 28th , 7:30pm

26 South Street

Marblehead, MA 01945

Telephone: 781-631-3570 Fax: 781-639-1786

e-mail philsweeney@comcast.net

Chairman Phil Sweeney called the meeting to order at 7:30pm.

Annual Picnic:

First order of business was to confirm the date of the summer picnic,

which will be on Monday, August 4th, starting at 5:00PM. Phil has reserved the VFW in Marblehead for the event.

Phil asked for volunteers to get involved. Lynn Nadeau will work on the program. Marcia Sweeney will contact local politicians. Ruth Zirin will work on the setup. Phil will be in charge of cleanup. Still need volunteers to work on publicity and decorating the venue.

There was a discussion on what amount should be the donation for the event…TBC.

Elected the following as regular members: Cheryl Smith, Marilyn Segal,

Lara Ward, John Arata ,Thomas Mills

Campaign Finance Report: Phil Sweeney reported that Bill Corbett, former Chairman of MDTC, is a defendant in a complaint filed in Superior Court by the Attorney General of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Office of Campaign and Political Finance. The complaint asserts that Corbett failed to file a campaign finance report for the MDT in 2006 with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance. The AG’s office contacted Phil Sweeney and asked if he could help straighten this matter out.

Phil Sweeney reported that there is no record of our finances in 2006. He is working on straightening it out.

We do have $2,700 in the bank right now.Reminder: If you have not paid your dues, please give your check of $15 to Jon Jennings.

Website update: The site is being worked on.

Guest Speaker:

Finally, our guest speaker, Michael Goldman, addressed the committee.

He spoke for almost two hours, and everyone seemed enthralled by his

talk. He spoke about presidential history, campaign tactics, and many

other interesting topics.

Michael was very optimistic that we will have a victory in the 2008

Presidential Campaign.

Attendees

Reminder:

The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 27, 2008.