Jane Harman... You're going down!

If anyone out there reads this blog regularly or keeps up with the issues facing the Armenian-American community, you probably recall how in October of 2007 the Armenians of the 36th Congressional District in California and around the world were appalled to learn that Congresswoman Jane Harman, a co-sponsor of the Armenian Genocide Resolution was working behind the scenes alongside the Turkish government to ensure the resolution didn’t get put to a vote. You can find the old blogs about the Armenian-American community’s reactions and actions here http://www.cilicia.com/2007_10_01_armo_spiurk-backlog.html

I can’t begin to express how frustrating it is to believe you live in a democracy where your elected officials are supposed to represent you, then come to find you’re being betrayed and to add insult to injury your representative is working with a foreign government to defend their special interest. Surely, I’m not the only person questioning where Harman’s motives and morals lie. She has consistently come in as the richest or second richest member of Congress since she first got elected. Where did all those millions come from? That’s all I’ll say about that, but you do the math! As frustrating as all this is I can always be proud of the ANC and my fellow Armenian-Americans who fight for Hai-Tad because we don’t play dirty. We follow the rules and do things the right way, the honorable way!

Who would have ever guessed that a member of Congress from a random district in California could be such a wedge driving force into our nationwide, if not worldwide effort towards getting the Armenian Genocide Resolution to Congress? This has reached the forefront of Hai-Tad's efforts and it's up to the Armenians in this district to do our part to see to it that this threat to all our hard work is eliminated!

A few months ago Armenian-Americans from the 36th Congressional district which includes the cities of Venice, Playa Del Rey, Marine Del Rey, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance and Lomita met with Marcy Winogard, a progressive Democrat, who will be challenging Harman in the Democratic primary on June 8, 2010. Soon after the meeting the ANC-PAC endorsed Winograd and the community pledged to help her defeat Harman. One of the many strengths of the ANC is mobilizing our community into political action at the grassroots level. We have our work cut out for us in the 36th Congressional district. We don’t have as many Armenian votes here as we do in other districts that have a high contingency of Armenian voters like in Glendale for example, but we are up for the challenge and will work hard to see to it that Marcy Winograd, a real Democrat who deserves this Congressional seat gets on the ticket!
Armenian-Americans in the 36th district have been working to spread the word about Winograd’s candidacy at local farmers markets. We have also started walking precincts and knocking on doors to educate people about Harman’s underhanded tactics, betrayals and encouraging voters to support Winograd, a real Democrat, who wants to serve the people not corporations and foreign governments.

The South Bay Armenian American Community will be holding a public town hall meeting with Marcy Winograd on Sunday, February 28, 2010. The town hall meeting will be held at 5 p.m. at the South Bay Armenian Center located at 2222 Lomita Boulevard in Lomita, California. If you interested in learning more about Marcy Winograd visit her website at: http://www.winograd4congress.com/