Allegheny County Democratic Committee
February 24, 2020
Dear Democratic Committee Members,
When I ran to be your County Chair you shared with me legitimate concerns about not having your voices heard by Party Leadership. At that time I was the City of Pittsburgh Chair
and I agreed with you.
Upon being elected as your County Chair I saw that our Committee numbers were at an all time low and since then we have worked hard to appoint 728 active new members to vacant
committee seats within the last 18 months. Attended events and rallies and worked to elect our candidates up and down the ballot. I campaigned on an open door for all the members and to
always be available to hear your concerns, thoughts and ideas.
My commitment to all of you has not and will never waiver. I do believe that our party is strong and that it is working. All of you make that possible and many of you now believe that it is
time for another review of our rules.
In consideration of my commitment to all of you, your importance to this Democratic Party AND the role we must all play this year, I will be forming a By-Laws Committee.
This By-Laws Committee will be charged with reviewing the rules in their current form and making proposed amendments which will then be voted upon by a meeting of the entire County Party. Any rule changes which you approve will then be submitted to the State Executive Committee for ratification.
A diverse group of membership will be selected that will represent all the interests of our Party to serve on this Committee. The formation of this Committee and the scheduling of
meetings is to begin immediately. I will ask the By-Laws Committee to move expeditiously, as I will schedule a meeting of the entire County Committee, as many of you have requested once
we have a proposed set of rule changes to vote upon.
In Election Year 2020, the Democratic Party, AT ALL LEVELS, is the last line of defense to save this country from a despot in the White House.
We must, at all times, remember in this cycle that removing this disastrous President from office is one of our Prime Directives.
Democratically yours,
Eileen Kelly, Chair
Allegheny County Democratic Committee
