Democratic Club
by Mary Larson
LW contributor
The Leisure World Democratic Club’s meeting, originally scheduled for Nov. 23, has been postponed to Wednesday, Nov. 30. The meeting will be held in Clubhouse 3, Room 9, and via Zoom at 1 p.m.
Diana Carey will deliver a speech titled “Where Do We Go from Here?” at the meeting. The title comes from Martin Luther King’s speech delivered at the 11th Annual ACELC Convention in Atlanta, on Aug. 16, 1967.
Carey is well known by long term club members as a former vice-chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County and as the recipient of the club’s “Democrat of the Year” award. She is currently a member of the Huntington Beach Union High School District Governing Board. Carey was first elected to that board in 2018, and was re-elected for another four years in this year’s General Election on Nov. 8. Election of the 2023-2024 Democratic Club Board of Directors will be held during the Nov. 30 membership meeting. Members will also have an opportunity to discuss the results of the General Election and brainstorm about the future. Of special interest will be the Jan. 31 run-off election for the seat on the Seal Beach City Council.
The last time Leisure World residents living in Seal Beach City Council District 5 voted for their representative on the Council, there was only one candidate on the ballot. In this year’s General Election, four candidates ran to represent District 5 ,which covers the western half of the community.
None of the four 2022 candidates for District 5 received 50% + 1 of the votes. As a result, the two who received the most votes—Mariann Klinger and Nathan Steele—will face one another in the Jan. 31 run-off.
Klinger is currently serving on the city’s Planning Commission— a post she has held for the past seven years. She was appointed to this position by City Council member Sandra Massa-Lavitt.
The Democratic Club will support Klinger during the weeks leading up to the Jan. 31 election.
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