New Month! New candidate at the top of our ticket! Ninety something days to go before the November election! Let’s do this! Vice President Kamala Harris has reinvigorated voters around here and around this nation. She is about to officially become our party’s nominee. And I think we can all agree, her nomination (along with the entire month of July of 2024) is certainly one for the history books.
Are you excited? We are! The energy is electric, the momentum is in overdrive, and like President Joe Biden always reminds us, “There’s nothing we can’t accomplish if we do it together. Nothing.” So join us! Mark your calendar for this month of FMAD meetings and events and make your plans to attend. Democracy is still in the balance and on all of our upcoming ballots. That hasn’t changed. But we have a new and exciting Democratic nominee for President, and that gives us hope!
First Fridays Happy Hour
When: Friday, August 2nd, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Where: Guitars & Growlers location
What: Come join your fellow Dems for a few pints, some good eats, and good times. These happy hours have been well-attended events. Come get connected. Check out their menu here. Guitars & Growlers Menu
FMAD August Club Meeting
When: Wednesday, August 21st, 6:45 – 8:00 pm
Where: Office Building at 1720 S. Edmonds Ln., Lewisville, TX, 75067 *** Signs with FMAD on it are strategically placed just prior to the meeting to help you along. ***
What: Come gather with your fellow Democrats to strategize, organize, and become better informed. Social time for the first 15 minutes. Meeting to start promptly at 7:00. At this month’s meeting we are going to hear from a number of local down-ballot candidates, several of whom are hoping to represent you in our Texas legislature: Michelle Beckley (HD 63) and Detrick DeBurr (HD 65). Come meet these candidates, hear from them directly, and find out how you can help them get elected. We need their votes in our state legislature if we want to turn Texas blue, fund our public schools, protect our LGBTQ community, and restore our reproductive rights. And they need your help to get them there. We are partnering with the Denton Water Project through the summer to provide water for the homeless in this Texas heat, so be sure to bring your donations of bottled water to the meeting.
FMAD Breakfast Club
When: Saturday, August 24th 9:00 am
Where: Texas Star Cafe 1901 Long Prairie Rd, Flower Mound, TX 75022
What: Come eat breakfast and socialize with your fellow Democrats. Look for a long table of fellow Democrats drinking coffee and ordering up all the breakfast goodness.
Adopt-A-Precinct Multi-Candidate Block Walk
When: Saturday, August 31st 10:00 am
Where: TBA
What: Block walking, getting election information and candidates information directly to the doors of Democrat voters — This is how we make a big difference and get out the vote for Democrats up and down our ballots. You bring your sunscreen, bottled water, a fully charged cell phone with the MINI-VAN app downloaded onto it, and a willingness to help Dems get elected, and we’ll provide the rest. This is how we win elections. Non-voters will vote if they have the information they need about when to vote, where to vote, and who the candidates are on their ballots. Join us!
LBJ/Obama Dinner
When: Saturday, August 24th. Cocktail Hour 6:00 – 7:00 pm, Dinner & Program 7:00 – 10:00 pm
Where: Hilton Garden Inn, Lewisville, TX
What: Don’t miss Denton County Democrats’ biggest fundraiser. LBJ Obama Dinner — Denton County Democratic Party (dentondemocrats.org) Purchase Tickets: Denton County Democratic Party (TX) — Donate via ActBlue
“May you live in interesting times.”
Yes, we do seem to stay living in interesting times these days. Yes, we all want to find that person who cursed us with it. But we have to recognize that right now, we have the opportunity to do great things. The future of our nation and whether or not it gets to continue on as a democracy or “a Republic, madam, if we can keep it,” depends on us and our combined efforts. If we come together and we do this right, we get to not only preserve our democracy and save our nation, if we come together and we do this right, we get to say, for the first time, together, as a nation, “Madam President.”
Join us.
The FMAD Leadership Team
***A Quick Word on Venue Etiquette***
We are always grateful to the venues that are willing to host us for our gatherings. Out of appreciation for their willingness to host and accommodate us and out of respect to the waitstaff who work hard to serve us, let’s make sure each of us are 1) Being extra-patient with and respectful of waitstaff who are waiting upon a sometimes extra-large group of us. 2) Paying not just our tab but tipping extra (20% is reasonable, customary, and highly recommended).
We are the Flower Mound Area Democrats. Showing our appreciation and respect for the venues that host us and the service workers that serve us in these spaces is not just about ensuring our image in the community is a positive one, it’s simply the right thing to do.
Flower Mound Area Democrats 