Republicans have a Carbon County Headquarters, located on First Street in Lehighton. It’s not open every day, but it provides a focal point for the party, a place to meet, a space to store materials, and a location for phone banking.
The Republicans, of course, represent the stratum of society that has money to rent a headquarters.
Carbon County Democrats managed to rent a temporary headquarters on First Street in 2008. In 2010 the Democrats rented another headquarters next to the Dollar General. It was used heavily in state and federal campaigns, but it was shuttered a few weeks after the election.
How can the party, which lives from election to election, manage a permanent headquarters? My suggestions is that 100 Carbon Democrats agree to donate $100 a year to a headquarters fund. The $10,000 raised annually would be banked until the party had enough for a down payment on an office. The mortgage would have to be less than $10,000 a year, since insurance and utilities would be added costs.
I suppose the party could have multiple tiers--perhaps Wolves, who contribute $100 a year, Coyotes, who contribute $50 a year, and Foxes, who give $25, but I like the idea of a clean $100 per contributor.
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