VOTE THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET

Virginia House and Senate, Mason District – vote for one in your district. Refer to your new voter card if you are not sure of Senate or House district.

• Senate
  • 34th J.C. “Chap” Petersen
  • 35th Richard L. “Dick” Saslaw
  • 37th Dave W. Marsden
• House
  • 38th L. Kaye Kory
  • 39th Vivian E. Watts
  • 49th Alfonso H. Lopez
  • 53rd James M. “Jim” Scott

Fairfax County, Mason District – vote for all.

• Commonwealth’s Attorney
  • Raymond F. Morrogh
• Sheriff
  • Stan Barry
• Chairman Board of Supervisors
  • Sharon S. Bulova
• Board of Supervisors Mason District
  • Penelope A. “Penny” Gross
• NoVA Soil & Water Conservation District Director
  • Johna Good Gagnon
  • George Lamb
• School Board at Large
  • Ryan McElveen
  • Ilryong Moon
  • Theodore S. “Ted” Velkoff
• School Board Mason District
  • Sandy S. Evans
• School Bond to Build and Improve Public Schools
  • Vote YES

Sunday, September 18th, 2010 4-6:30 pm

Kommen, essen und trinken – German music and food! German beer and wine. New: dancing and polka instruction!

Join Chairman of the Board Sharon Bulova for her annual fundraiser at the new location in the Lorton Workhouse Arts Center (9601 Ox Road, Lorton, VA 22079; map click here).

4:15 tours of the historic Workhouse Facility

Tickets online, click here. Mail-in registration form, click here.
Individual Ticket $50; Family $75; Friend $500; Sponsor $1,000; Patron $2,500; Benefactor $5,000; Angel $10,000.

Annual Fundraiser to Re-Elect Sharon Bulova, PO Box 19 Fairfax Station, Virginia 22039, www.SharonBulova.com. Please RSVP by mail or mail to BulovaRSVP2011@gmail.com. For more information, call 703-663-8001. Make checks payable to: “Re-Elect Sharon Bulova”. Paid for and Authorized by Sharon Bulova.

Your members came out in the downpouring rain to put up the lights and the tent for the Mason District Democratic Committee Crab Feast (44th Annual) even though we scratched it for the day. What troopers they are!! If you see any of these guys at the crab feast please be sure to thank them!

Victory for Women’s Health

Thanks to the affordable care act, women can receive preventive care without additional costs

President Obama worked tirelessly to ensure Americans have access to quality and affordable health care and the Affordable Care Act achieved that goal.

• One of the highlights of this legislation is its focus on preventive care, which helps stop health problems before they start. And on Monday, Health and Human Services announced new guidelines for women’s preventative care.
• Before the Affordable Care Act, women were more vulnerable to high health care costs than men.
• Since women require more regular contact with health care providers for preventative measures like yearly pap smears and mammograms, their out-of-pocket costs are higher.
• And too often, the combination of women’s lower incomes and burdensome out-of-pocket health costs means that women forgo necessary preventive services.
  • Women have unique healthcare needs throughout their life and many can struggle with chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
  • Yet, while women are more likely to need preventive health care services, a recent national survey found that nearly half of women (44%) reported delaying or avoiding needed care because of cost, compared with 35% of men.
• But thanks to these new preventative care guidelines, the cost sharing requirements are removed. This improves women’s access to important preventive services.
• One study found that the rate of women getting a mammogram went up as much as 9 percent when cost sharing was removed.
• The Affordable Care Act requires new health insurance plans to cover women’s preventive services including well-woman visits, screening for gestational diabetes, breastfeeding support, domestic violence screening, counseling and screening for sexually transmitted infections and access to FDA contraception without charging a co-payment, co-insurance or a deductible.

Additional Stats:

• Virtually all women (more than 99%) aged 15–44 who have ever had sexual intercourse have used at least one contraceptive method. [Guttmacher Institute, accessed 8/3/11]
• Overall, 62% of the 62 million women aged 15–44 are currently using a method. [Guttmacher Institute, accessed 8/3/11]
• Almost one-third (31%) of these 62 million women do not need a method because they are infertile; are pregnant, postpartum or trying to become pregnant; have never had intercourse; or are not sexually active. [Guttmacher Institute, accessed 8/3/11]
• Thus, only 7% of women aged 15–44 are at risk for unintended pregnancy but are not using contraceptives. [Guttmacher Institute, accessed 8/3/11]

Sandy Evans, who is running for re-election to the Mason District seat on the Fairfax County School Board, has served since she won the seat in a special election on March 2, 2010. Sandy has been committed to ensuring our school system maintains the highest educational standards and that it truly involves parents, students, and the community.

Sandy will not have a Republican-endorsed opponent in the November 8th General Election (Fairfax GOP met on June 16th to endorse candidates for school board – no candidate in Lee or Mason Districts).

Look for Sandy to get around to your community group, PTA, homeowners association over the next few months. If you’d like to have her speak with your group just let her know.

Evans4sb.org

YOU’RE INVITED!

Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 7:00 pm (flier, click here)

• Tickets online, click here.
• Tickets at the door $5 more and checks only, please (no cash transactions accepted).

At the home of Sonny Schick (3219 Valley Lane, Falls Church, VA 22044; map: click here).

Directions: From Annandale, Columbia Pike to left on Sleepy Hollow Road; in 2 miles turn right onto Valley Lane and in 0.3 mile house is on your right. Street parking is limited, so please park at 6201 Leesburg Pike across Juniper Lane from the Sears at Seven Corners. FREE shuttle service begins at 6:30 pm.

Adults $50 (Senior Citizens 65+ $40, Children 6-16 $20, Children 5 and under – Free, Families $120; other contribution levels appreciated).

For more information call Rachel Rifkind at 703-941-9574.

Please join Delegate Kaye Kory for her 2011 Re-Election Campaign Kickoff Celebration. June 3, Friday  7-8:30 pm at the home of Chris and George Delta (6619 Goldsboro Road, Falls Church, VA 22044; map / directions, click here).

Tickets/contributions online, click here (individual $50, other levels available and appreciated).

38th House District – map and profile, click here

NVSWCD (http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/) is governed by a five-member Board of Directors. Three directors are elected in a general election every four years, and two, including a Virginia Cooperative Extension agent serving Fairfax County, are appointed by the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board.

George is currently one of our two* FCDC endorsed NVSWCD Directors, currently serving the remainder of the board term left by the death of Sally B. Ormsby (endorsed by FCDC) who passed away September 15, 2008.

* The other NVSWCD FCDC endorsed Director is Johna Good Gagnon, who is also running for re-election.