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Greetings from your new Williamson County Democratic Party Chairman.
January, 2007
Dear Friends,
If we have not yet had the opportunity to meet, my name is Todd Sharp and along with my friends Wanda Bruce Graham (Vice Chair), Karen Kendall Fite (Treasurer), and Sandy Dimick (Recording Secretary) we bring greetings and high hopes for our Party. I know I can speak for all of us in saying that we are honored to have been nominated and elected to these positions by our friends in the Williamson County Democratic Party - no finer group of people to be found anywhere.
Our deepest respect and gratitude for their extraordinary service goes to the retiring: John Brake (Chairman), Mary Winton Hughes (Vice Chair), Dana Smyth (Treasurer), Marie McEntire (Recording Secretary), and Maggie Throckmorton (Communications Director). These fine people have done an amazing job in advancing the membership and participation of this party from the "meeting in a phone booth" days. Our new crew has big shoes to fill.
If I may take a few paragraphs to tell you a little about myself and why I accepted this position:
I have been a Musician my entire life and have enjoyed reasonable success with a few records of my own and a few charting songs as a songwriter for others - as well as a very interesting career playing with many well known artists. My wife Angela and I have three children Alex, Sarah, and Lily and have been Franklin residents for 12 years.
Today at the ripe young age of 50, it is a little bit less about me and a little bit more about all of us. Perhaps like many of you, these last 6 years have stirred something that simply will not allow me to sit idly while our Nation veers further away from the principles of true democracy and the representative republic that we are founded upon. So I am showing up to do what I can toward making a difference where I live in serving the Democratic Community of Williamson County. Be they Democratic candidates, current elected officials or everyday citizens like you & I.
Since becoming an active Williamson County Democrat I have discovered a great fellowship of like minded people and have found many satisfying experiences in volunteering. Particularly in coordinating our door to door canvassing campaign for the 2006 election and organizing our Town Hall Meeting on Social Security in November 2005.
My hope is that we might all better seize opportunities to more actively participate in our governance, and by doing so - maybe leave this place a little better than we found it. Because we believe in the American Dream, and because it is our duty to uphold it and to see that it remains tangible for our Children and Grandchildren - regardless of their social or economic class. That is why I am a Democrat, and that is why I have accepted this position.
I pledge my best effort in moving us forward, growing our Party, supporting Democrats for public office, and continuing to strengthen our presence and pride in this Community. I am proud to be a Williamson County Democrat and I hope you are too.
Our immediate goal is to keep our Headquarters on East Fowlkes Street open year round where we host activities such as:
Monthly Potlucks with Guest Speakers (First Thursday - 6:30pm)
Democratic Veteran’s Council Meetings (Second Thursday - 7pm)
Democratic Women’s Meetings (Fourth Saturday - 10am)
Executive Committee Meetings (Last Thursday - 7pm)
Saturday Coffee Klatches (Every Saturday 9am until 1pm)
Young Democrats of Williamson County (coming soon)
Raising operating funds takes the #1 spot on our agenda for the New Year. We will be forthcoming with some new ideas on how we might all be able to help the WCDP keep the doors open and to continue to outreach to our community. FYI: All of our officers are volunteers and receive no payment for their service.
That's about all I have for now, but I will keep you posted. Speaking of which, we have a Yahoo news group which you can link to elsewhere on this sight for blogging and updates about our activities.
Please feel free to email me with ideas, suggestions, greetings, perhaps your willingness to be of service now or in the future (the 2008 Elections will be here before we know it), and of course if you should like to contribute some money to the WCDP - we are accepting donations 24 hours a day seven days a week. Just toggle the Donate button to make a contribution.
Thank you for this opportunity to be of service. Let's look forward to good things in our future.
We will be updating this web site regularly so please come back and visit often.
Respectfully,
Todd Sharp
Chairman
Williamson County Democratic Party
tsharp@wcdemocrats.com
(615) 591.4186
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