Dear Fellow Democrats, After careful review of the candidates for the June 5, 2012, California Primary Election, the Pomona Valley Democratic Club is pleased to announce our endorsement of these four outstanding candidates: 35th U.S. Congressional District— 52nd California Assembly District— Freddie Rodriguez […]

Richard Trumka Threatens to Abandon Democrats in 2012 Unless They Fight Harder for Labor

HuffingtonPost.com/May 20, 2011/ Sam Stein WASHINGTON — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka plans to issue yet another warning to Democrats on Friday, proclaiming that if lawmakers don’t push hard enough to stem attacks on labor’s interests, workers will abandon the party in the 2012 […]

One Pomona project update

Independent California Citizens Redistricting Commission Public Input Hearing Friday, April 29, 2011 San Gabriel Mission Playhouse 320 Mission Drive San Gabriel, CA 91776 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The Pomona Valley Democratic Club encourages residents of Pomona to participate in the hearing process. […]

Civil Rights Legacy Awards Honoring L.A. County Firefighters Local 1014 – May 24, 2011

Come join the Pomona Valley Democratic Club as we honor Los Angeles County Firefighters Local 1014 at our first annual dinner. For many years, Local 1014 has played a major role in Pomona by actively seeking greater democratic reforms in pursuit of empowering […]

Why Social Security Cannot Go Bankrupt

  By John T. Harvey Pragmatic Economics Apr. 8 2011 – 6:16 pm |Forbes.com It is a logical impossibility for Social Security to go bankrupt. We can voluntarily choose to suspend or eliminate the program, but it could never fail because it “ran out […]

America’s Richest Taxpayers See Federal Taxes Dramatically Drop

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER 04/17/11 04:02 PM ET WASHINGTON — As millions of procrastinators scramble to meet Monday’s tax filing deadline, ponder this: The super rich pay a lot less taxes than they did a couple of decades ago, and nearly half of U.S. […]

Journalist’s Death Still Clouded by Questions

Los Angeles Times   February 22, 2011/– Robert J. Lopez and Robert Faturechi As Ruben Salazar report is released, people who knew him say it won’t end suspicions about the case As officials formally released a report Tuesday on the slaying of journalist […]

9 Things The Rich Don’t Want You To Know About Taxes

WWEEK.COM April 13th, 2011 DAVID CAY JOHNSTON For three decades we have conducted a massive economic experiment, testing a theory known as supply-side economics. The theory goes like this: Lower tax rates will encourage more investment, which in turn will mean more jobs […]

Joseph Stiglitz slams US dollar

      From: RTAmerica | Apr 13, 2011             Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize winning economist, Columbia University professor, and former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. In a one-on-one interview at […]

Pomona Police Commission Is Needed

Charter Review Commission City of Pomona 505 S. Garey Avenue Pomona, CA 91769 Co-Chairs Russell, Lyon and Commission Members: The Pomona Valley Democratic Club (PVDC) is urging the members of the Charter Review Commission to establish a Police Commission. Such commissions that have […]