Past Meetings
Past Meeting: March 28, 2024
U.S. Senate Candidates Debate at Leisure World
Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Angela Alsobrooks and David Trone faced each other in a debate held by the Democratic Club on March 28. More than 200 people attended in person and another 200 on Zoom. The debate was moderated by MoCo360’s Lou Peck and Washington Post reporter Erin Cox.
Both candidates had similar positions on many issues. They compared endorsements with Trone being backed by Democratic Leader Jeffries, and Alsobrooks backed by Governor Moore, Senator Van Hollen and Congressman Raskin.
In the Senate Alsobrooks said she would emphasize the Women’s Health Protection Act, and protecting voting rights including eliminating the filibuster. Trone said he would emphasize drug abuse and suicide.
When asked how they would defeat potential Republican nominee Larry Hogan Alsobrooks said she would go after Hogan’s anti-choice and anti-worker record. Trone said he would nationalize the race on unpopular Republican positions, and that he had the resources for the campaign.
- Past Meeting: January 18, 2024Maryland Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller spoke at the January 18 meeting of the Democratic Club. About 150 people attended in person or on Zoom. Miller started by praising Leisure World for having the highest voting percentage in Maryland. She also praised the club for its investment in democracy and its efforts to boost voter turnout. She talked about the achievements of the administration. All ten pieces of legislation they proposed passed with bipartisan support. They instituted the Service Year program…
- Past Meeting: December 14, 2023The Democratic Club of LW held their monthly meeting on December 14 in the Clubhouse II auditorium in conjunction with the Progressive Club. One hundred and twenty residents attended to watch the movie “The Janes,” and then hear from Heather Booth, the founder of The Jane Collective. “The Janes” is a documentary that provides a brief history of the Jane Collective, a clandestine abortion group working out of Chicago in the late 1960s and early ’70s, told mostly by the…
- Past Meeting: November 9, 2023The Democratic Club of LW held their monthly meeting on December 14 in the Clubhouse II auditorium in conjunction with the Progressive Club. One hundred and twenty residents attended to watch the movie “The Janes,” and then hear from Heather Booth, the founder of The Jane Collective. “The Janes” is a documentary that provides a brief history of the Jane Collective, a clandestine abortion group working out of Chicago in the late 1960s and early ’70s, told mostly by the…