Welcome to the home page of the Moraine Township Democrats! This is the front page, on which you will find news, announcements, and upcoming events. For a chronological list of events, click here. Check back frequently for updates!
Welcome!
HELP! Replace Clothing Items Lost in Fire!
Can you help Waukegan Township residents succeed in their efforts to find jobs? We are in great need of clothing that is appropriate for job interviews and for the workplace. The organization that has been supporting this part of the program had their entire clothing inventory destroyed by fire. Your donations of clothing would be so helpful, and so very much appreciated.
Through the Community Connection office in Waukegan, Tenth Dems are very involved in Waukegan Township’s efforts to help people find employment. A key element of the township’s program is “Dress for Success to Impress,” which offers advice and clothing for job candidates and for the workplace. Please help us rebuild their inventory.
We need professional clothing for both men and women, including jackets, skirts and trousers, blouses and shirts, sweaters, shoes, belts, and ties. It’s a real confidence-booster to walk into that job interview knowing you are dressed appropriately. And, of course, every day afterwards when you dress for that job you now have.
Clothing donations will be directed to Democrats United For Fairness (DUFF). Two drop-off sites are listed below, or call 1-847-266-8683 (1-847-266-VOTE) to make other arrangements. If you’re planning to drop off your donations with the Moraine Township Democrats, please call first to be sure that someone is in the office to receive them.
- Moraine Township Democratic Organization (MTDO)
442 Central Avenue, Highland Park, 2nd floor (above Enaz Boutique)
847-433-8344
- Park Place Senior Services
414 South Lewis Avenue, Waukegan
847-244-4900
Thank you so much!
We Need Your Gently Used Laptops
Do you have an old laptop taking up space? Local Democratic organizations would gladly put it to good use. If you have a laptop you would like to donate, please let us know and we will make arrangements to pick up, or tell you where you can drop it off. Call 847-266-VOTE (8683) or email info@tenthdems.org. Thank you!
Help Needed: Community Connection Center
Community leaders and visitors cut the ribbon at the opening of the Community Connection office in Waukegan on January 15, 82nd anniversary of Martin Luther King's birthday
Our new Community Connection storefront office at 118 Genesee Street, Waukegan, is a place for people in the Waukegan/North Chicago area to meet, to learn, to talk about community issues, and to go to when they have a question or problem or need advice or to connect to the appropriate government or non-profit agency.
Volunteer opportunities: We are looking for lawyers, teachers, personal financial consultants, health and fitness professionals, small business consultants, job counselors, receptionists, Spanish speakers and writers, and much more. We need your talents and your desire to volunteer some of your time to work with people who want to build better lives for themselves and their families. If you are interested in coming to visit or help out at the Community Connection Center, please click below to email us or call 847-266-VOTE (8683).
Donations needed: We’re still looking for some basic supplies including: office supplies (paper, pads, pens, calendars, posters, etc), radio/boom-box, desk chairs and folding chairs, coat racks, small bookcases, laptops, cellphone chargers, desk items, small couches, throw rugs, toilet paper, paper towels, hand soap (pump kind), garbage cans and waste basket liners, or gift cards to any store which sells these things. If you have any of these items (or others!) that you’re able to drop off, or if you wish to volunteer or donate money to this program, please call 847-266-VOTE (8683) or email volunteers@tenthdems.org
Help Monitor Congressional Actions
The new Congress is in session, and Tenth Dems is taking a close look at what it is doing. We are looking for volunteers to join our research team, monitor congressional voting, and help publicize our findings. If you like to research, you can help. If you like to write, you can help. If you like to read and comment on blogs, or have any experience in dealing with the news media, you can help. If you are a well-organized person who has an interest in electing Democrats, you can help.
Whatever your skills, we can find a role for you to assist in this grassroots team effort to watch what our elected officials do, and to spread the word about our findings. Contact volunteers@tenthdems.org or call 847-266-VOTE (8683) to volunteer.
Moraine Dems Weather GOP Storm
State Rep. Karen May
County Board Rep. Anne Bassi
- Judge-elect Mark L. Levitt
Democratic candidates fared better locally in the November 2 election than their counterparts in much of the rest of the country. Among the Democratic winners representing Moraine Township are Karen May (reelected as State Representative, District 58), Anne Flanigan Bassi (reelected to the Lake County Board, District 23), and Mark L. Levitt (elected as Judge of the 4th Subcircuit). Dan Seals lost his third bid for a seat in the U.S. Congress (10th District) by a razor-thin margin — a surprising feat in a Republican year — but took Moraine Township by more than 64%.
What’s more, all candidates on the Democratic ticket carried Moraine Township, most of them by wide margins. (See table.)
| Candidate | Office sought | % of vote in MT |
| Alexi Giannoulias | U.S. Senate | 52.4%* |
| Dan Seals | U.S. Congress (10th) | 64.4% |
| Pat Quinn** | Governor | 66.3%* |
| Jesse White** | Secretary of State | 81.4%* |
| Lisa Madigan** | Attorney General | 78.0%* |
| David Miller | State Treasurer | 51.7%* |
| Robin Kelly | State Comptroller | 58.4%* |
| Karen May** | State Representative (58th) | 69.7% |
| Dan McDermott | Regional Supt. of Schools | 66.6% |
| Laura Tomsky | Lake County Clerk | 55.5% |
| Doug Roberts | Sheriff | 55.3% |
| Mark Levitt** | Judge (4th Subcircuit) | 66.8% |
| Anne F. Bassi** | Lake County Board (23rd) | 71.9% |
*For statewide races, percentages shown are of the two-party vote.
**Winner
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all who ran!
Our Local Democrats in Action: Survey of Mooney’s Cemetery Begun
(Updated October 4, 2010)
Moraine Township Supervisor Mari Barnes (D-Moraine Twp.) announces that the Township has engaged Tim Horsley, PhD, an English archaeological geophysicist, to conduct a survey of its historic Mooney’s Cemetery. Township officials hope to gain clarity on what lies beneath the grass and trees at the cemetery on Ridge Road in Highland Park. Horsley, an assistant research scientist at the University of Michigan’s Museum of Anthropology in Ann Arbor, typically is called upon to explore what may lie beneath planned excavation projects in historically sensitive locations. His work has taken him to Greece, China, and Iceland, among other places.
Horsley predicts that his report may take several months to complete. According to Barnes, the township hopes that when the report arrives, “We will be in a better position of knowing where there are bodies buried and where there are none. And from that, perhaps we will be able to resume grave sales, or at least be confident of burying people in deeded plots where there are no previous bodies.
“Once again,” says Barnes, “we urge residents who think they have a deed to a Mooney’s (or Daggitt) Cemetery plot to please check with the Township in advance of need to see if our records match theirs. When the situation arises for burial, and the residents claiming ownership have no deed and the Township has no record, problems ensue.”
You can check out Horsley’s progress and read about the history of the Township’s two cemeteries, Mooney and Daggitt, online at http://MoraineTownship.org. The summer issue of the Talk of the Township newsletter, posted on the site, has the second of two feature articles on the cemeteries, and the Township has begun posting documents and photographs concerning their histories and present condition. Links to human services resources and photos of Moraine’s Pantry Plants Garden Project also have been posted.
