Vicki Baker America celebrated the 245th anniversary of its founding over the July 4th weekend. It was a time to show our patriotism and extol our freedoms. It was a time to come together after more than a year curtailed by coronavirus pandemic restrictions, greeting each other with hugs, handshakes, and high-fives, emphasizing the importance…
Tag: Democratic Club
Clubs and Classes, July 2019
Democratic Club hosts spring social
Vicki Baker The Robson Ranch Democratic Club (DCRR) shares a common political philosophy, but in May, they also shared good times and laughs at the club’s spring Margarita and Hamburger Social. Members gathered on the Wildhorse Grill’s patio for food, friends and fun. The social committee’s Margo Ways, Susan Engstrom, Phyllis Ayers, Jan Lands, Janie…
Clubs and Classes, July 2019
Democratic Club news
Vicki Baker Few things are as disappointing as reading a news story that reveals allegations of corruption and wrongdoing in city government. It takes only one scandal to give the public the impression that elected officials are not to be trusted. How can local officials build the community’s trust in city government? By cultivating a…
Clubs & Classes, May 2019
Democratic Club hosts candidate forum at monthly meeting
Vicki Baker The RR Democratic Club takes a keen interest in knowing what is happening in our local government. But it goes deeper than that. We are made up of citizens who live and work in Denton. This is home, and our members want to know who their elected officials are and where they stand…
Clubs & Classes, January 2019
Democratic Club slam dunks the junk
Vicki Baker Did Robson Ranch Road look a bit cleaner over the past several months? The Democratic Club RR hit the road again in October for its quarterly Adopt-a-Road-Clean Up event. Prior to getting started, the county was asked to mow both sides of the road in advance making the clean-up a bit easier and…
Clubs & Classes, January 2019
Democratic Club – looking back, moving foward
Vicki Baker There’s just something special about this time of year – the lights, the parties, the brisk, chilly air. There’s also a renewed energy and optimism about going into the new year. It’s a time to recognize our accomplishments and define what it means for Democrats moving forward. The highs and lows of 2018…
Clubs & Classes, November 2018
Democratic Club readies for “here comes the judge”
Vicki Baker Often referred to as “The People’s Court”, the Justice of the Peace is the legal jurisdiction closest to the average citizen. Required by the Texas Constitution, these lower courts have jurisdiction over minor criminal offenses and minor civil cases. Among their duties, the justices handle traffic tickets, small claims civil litigation, landlord or…
Clubs & Classes, August 2018
Democratic Club hosts Blue Wave social
Vicki Baker The Democratic Club of Robson Ranch recently hosted it’s “Blue Wave Margarita and Hamburger Social”. Members gathered on the Wildhorse Grill’s patio for food, friends and fun. The social committee’s Phyllis Ayers, Janie Cindric, Tracy Olson, Susan Engstrom, Patti Kelly, Margo Ways, Kay Pfister and Janice Stanton coordinated the event making it a…
Clubs & Classes, June 2018
Democratic Club gets into the green scene
Vicki Baker More than 60 percent of trash that ends up in landfills can be recycled. Plastics take around 500 years to decompose; aluminum cans take up to 200 years; batteries take 100 years; glass takes millions of years and Styrofoam never decomposes. Living in Denton, you likely do some form of recycling of paper,…
Clubs & Classes, May 2018
The ABC’s of the Denton ISD Bond
Vicki Baker Did you know that Denton ISD has 42 campuses with 29,000 students? That the district covers 180 square miles and contains all or parts of 18 cities, communities or major developments? That DISD has a 95 percent graduation rate with 92 percent of those students continuing onto college? That DISD has a…