Democratic Club
by Mary Larson
LW contributor
The LW Democratic Club’s membershop meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 28, in Clubhouse 3, Room 9, at 1 p.m. Members and supporters can choose to join the meeting in person or via Zoom. To receive login information, call (562) 412-0898. During the meeting, Stephanie Campbell will present information on the General Election ballot measures. Marlys Davidson will speak about the situation facing the local school board, as well as school boards throughout the U.S. Campbell is the chair of the local League of Women Voters Speakers Bureau. She was a founding member of the Orange County chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State in 2004. She is also the current president of the chapter, as well as a former member of the organization’s National Board of Trustees.
Campbell is also the county action coordinator for Compassion and Choices. She is a naturalized US citizen—born in England—who lived in Israel for two years prior to coming to the United States.
Davidson is a member of the Los Alamitos School District Board of Trustees. She was a teacher in Los Alamitos at the elementary and secondary school levels for 25 years. In 2010, she was honored as the district’s Teacher of the Year. After retiring in 2016, she worked as an education consultant to the district.
Davidson is running for reelection in the November General Election, although not in one of the LW school districts. However, Leisure World voters living in Trustee Area Three, will be asked to choose between incumbent board president Diana Hill and Republican Partysupported Rona Goldberg.
There will be no election in Trustee Area Four, where a recent attempt to recall Trustee Scott Fayette failed. This was not the first time Fayette had been targeted by a recall. In December 2021, an effort to recall Fayette, trustee Megan Cutuli and current Board Vice President Chris Forehan also failed.
••• Weather permitting, the club’s Information and Hospitality Booth will be open in the parking lot outside Clubhouse 6 from 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 26.
In October, the booth will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Information concerning candidates supported by the Democratic Club will be available at the booth, as will information about membership in the club.
For more in-depth reporting about plans for the upcoming General Election, as well as information about the club’s programs for the coming months, LW Democrats and no preferred party supporters can subscribe to the club’s newsletter by emailing democraticclubsblw@ gmail.com.
People are asked to include their full name, address, phone number and party affiliation.
