West County Democrats Monthly Meeting
United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 655
300 Weidman Road, Ballwin, MO 63011
http://www.westcountydemocrats.org
Monday, February 10, 2020
(always on the 2nd Monday of the month)
9 a.m. Refreshments and socializing
9:30 Business meeting, announcements
10:30 Presentation
Topic: Fighting GOP Extremism with Aggressive Tactics
Speaker: Charles Jaco is a journalist and author who worked for Fox 2, KMOX, KTRS, CNN and NBC News. He covered wars and conflict throughout the Middle East and Latin America, as well as Congress, the White House and the Pentagon. He is best known for his coverage of the Gulf War 1 for CNN and his “legitimate rape” interview with GOP Congressional candidate Todd Akin.
His three Peabody awards were for the following coverage:
1980-Mr. Jaco’s NBC radio documentary on the rise of the religious Right
1991-as a member of the CNN team covering Gulf War I
1993- a CNN team member covering the David Koresh Waco siege and raid
He has received dozens of other honors including five Edward R. Murrow awards. We are very pleased to invite him back at our members’ request.
– Circle of Concern, a local food pantry supported by West County Democrats, is collecting canned goods including peanut butter, fish and meat as well as paper products. Any such items brought to our monthly meetings will be delivered to the pantry. Cash and checks are welcome.
– Please join us for lunch following the meeting at the Pasta House on Manchester just west of Weidman. 14007 Manchester Rd. Ballwin, MO. 63011
FREE FOOD FREE DRINKS FREE INFORMATION
Protect Union workers: DO NOT bring Walmart items to West County Democrat meetings. Contact person: Erlaine Eltomi erlaine.eltomi@att.net