WDMC Meeting - 09 January 2006

The Wake Democratic Men's Club met on January 9, 2006 at the Clarion Hotel on Hillsborough St. in Raleigh. The monthly meeting was well-attended by Club members, present office-holders and future office-seekers.

Our guest speaker was the Hon. Franklin Freeman, senior aide to Governor Easley and former Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Judge Freeman spoke at length about the many accomplishments the Easley Administration - working closely with the General Assembly - was able to achieve. Among these are the new Education Lottery, hurricane relief for western North Carolina, meth lab prevention, increased funding for education at all levels, environmental programs such as increased funding for the Clean Water Trust Fund and an open space preservation program, and new business incentives.

At the conclusion of his formal presentation, Judge Freeman answered questions from the audience on a wide array of topics. We thank Judge Freeman for his content-rich, informative presentation and hope he will address the Club again in the future.

Club President Richard Rudy then presented the following business items to the Membership.

1. Max Adams gave a brief report on the work of the Raffle Committee.

2. The Membership, upon recommendation of the Board of Directors, unanimously elected Jay Sable to serve as Club Secretary for the remainder of Bill Bryant's unexpired term (ending 30jun06).

3. The raffle was won by Lindy Brown, who returned her winnings to the Club.

4. The meeting adjourned at approximately 8:10 PM.
   

Submitted by Jay Sable, WDMC Secretary, sablejb@nc.rr.com