Democratic Club

by Mary Larson

LW contributor

The Democratic Club’s membership meeting featured a panel discussion about the future of public schools with a special emphasis on the local community. Marlys Davidson, vice chair of the local Los Alamitos Board of Trustees, moderated. She was first elected to the school board in 2018 with the help of the LW Democratic Club. Her term in office expires in 2026.

Davidson was joined on the panel by Chris Forehan and Matt Bragman, two candidates running for election to the school board in November. Unfortunately, Farnaz Pardasani, who is also running for election to the board, was unable to join.

The Democratic Club will support all three candidates. However, potential voters need to be aware that each of these candidates—if elected in November— will be representing a different section of Leisure World. Their names will appear only on the ballot of voters residing in the section of the community that they will represent.

Forehan is running for reelection in School District Trustee Area 2. If re-elected in November, he will continue to represent voters in Mutuals 7, 8, 9 10 and 11. Bragman is running for election to succeed Meg Cutuli in Trustee Area 5. If elected, he will represent voters in Mutuals 3, 4, 5 and 6. If elected, Pardasani will represent Area 4, which covers Mutuals 1 and 2.

The Democratic Club’s monthly Voter Information Series meeting on June 19 will focus on the history of fascism. This second meeting on the same subject has been scheduled as the result of a unanimous request coming from those who attended the first session in April. That session dealt with fascism in the 1930s and 1940s. The emphasis in the upcoming meeting will be on whether or not America is ripe for fascism today. All Democrats and their supporters are welcome to attend. Reservations are not required.

The LW Democratic Club believes that:

• Health care is a right.

• Diversity is a strength.

•The economy should work for everyone.

• Facts and truth matter.

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