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Alert! PGDEMS Strategy Meeting FEB 8

05 Monday Feb 2018

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Prince George Virginia Democrats

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Prince George Dems Strategy Meeting:

Please make plans to attend our strategy meeting at 6 pm on Thursday, February 8th, in the Prince George Human Services Building, 6450 Administration Drive, Prince George Government Complex.  You are invited to attend even if you have never been a member of the Prince George Dems.  Are you part of another organization that might like to share ideas with us?  Come meet with us.  More information will follow so what Facebook and your email.  You may contact Carol Woodward at woodwardcd@aol.com or by Messenger at Carol Dois Woodward.

Other quick announcements:

4th CD – Primary June 12

The 4th Virginia Congressional District Committee, of which our Local Committee is a

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Donald McEachin

part, selected a Primary (June 12) as our candidate selection process.  Congressman McEachin is very comfortable with that and asks our help in getting signatures on his petition to get his name on the ballot.  If Congressman McEachin does not have a Primary opponent, we can cancel the Primary.

 

Delegate Lashrecse Aird (63rd Virginia House District) is the Chair of the 4th CD Committee.

 

Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA)

The next Central Committee Meeting is on March 3 in Richmond at DPVA Headquarters, 919 E. Main Street, Sun Trust Building.  The eleven Congressional District Committees meet quarterly to conduct business governing the State Party.  Visitors are welcome.  Remember that all Democratic Party meetings are open to the public.  Carol Woodward is Secretary of the 4th CD Committee and accordingly, will be attending.  If you would like to attend as an observer you are welcome to ride along and learn more about the Party.  Learn more about the Democratic Party of Virginia.

Next Regular Meeting of the PG DEMS.

We meet next for our regular business meeting on March 1 at 6pm at the Prince George Human Services Building.  Learn more about the PG DEMS.

 

 

 

Thank you, John Oliver

15 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Prince George Democrats, Virginia Politics

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The comedian, John Oliver, had his end of season program last week after the election and brought me out of my doldrums.  His advice … basically to get ou of our bubbles. Subscribe to some real newspaprers so that we get information rather than just memes. A favorite of this writer is The Guardian, owned and published by the Scotland Trust.

He also urges that we donate our time and our treasure to organizations representing groups and causes that will be at risk under this atavistic administration.  Some of his suggestions were:

ProPublica- a non profit dedicated to real journalism.

Planned Parenthood

Center for Reproductive Rights

Natural  Ressources Defense Council

International Refugee Assistance Project

The Trevor Project

Mexican American Legal Defense Fund

NAACP Legal Defense Fund

and others, organizations you respect and have vetted.

Please vett and reply with any organizations you can recommend.

And don’t forget the Democratic Party of Virginia which has caucuses related to veterans, Latino, Asian and Pacific Islanders, LGBTQ, women, business owners, labor, and so on.

We are ‘Stronger Together’.

 

 

Hillary Clinton to keynote Democrats’ Jefferson-Jackson dinner – Richmond.com: Virginia Politics

14 Thursday May 2015

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Virginia Politics

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This real focus of this article is on the demographics of Democratic politics in recent statewide Virginia elections despite the tightly focused headline about Hillary.

Keep in mind that the Democratic Party of Virginia has a new Chair … Susan Swecker, a tough politico in her own right.  She is obviously making changes at the Party. Good changes from what I see.

This year the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner (“JJ Dinner” for short)  may be … hold your breath … in Northern Virginia.  Hold your breath again  … it may not be called the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, even.  Swecker is quoted as saying “Its not going to be your granddaddy’s JJ Dinner”.

Go Susan, go!  I am tired of our party being dominated by our past and some of that past is disgusting.  We have evolved.  We are evolving.  Let’s look to the future, not to a past dominated by slave owners and abject racists, even if they were founding fathers, war heroes, presidents, state governors or legislators. Let’s atone for our past mistakes by creating a humane, competent, stewarding future.

Hillary Clinton to keynote Democrats’ Jefferson-Jackson dinner – Richmond.com: Virginia Politics.

Obamacare for America

28 Thursday Jun 2012

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See Ashley Bauman’s synopsis on how Obamacare will help Americans, and yes, Joe …it’s a BFD —

Thursday, June 28, 2012

HEALTH REFORM: Supreme Court Affirms Americans’ Right to Quality, Affordable Health Care; Mitt Romney Would Repeal Obamacare and Refight Old Political Battles

Key Point: All three branches of government have now agreed that President Obama’s health care law is the right thing to do. The law is already helping millions of Americans and will help millions more in the years to come. It’s time to move past the same political battles and fully implement the law. Mitt Romney promises to repeal health reform on “day one,” refighting old political battles of the past and denying millions of Americans affordable health care.

  • Today the Supreme Court ruled that Obamacare is constitutional. The individual mandate was upheld, along with all the reforms that ensure Americans, not their insurance companies, have control over their health. By 2014, all Americans will have access to quality, affordable health care.
  • Obamacare Is Already Working: Obamacare is already helping millions of Americans save money and live healthier lives, and will help millions more in the years to come. Americans aren’t losing coverage or going bankrupt just because they get sick, preexisting conditions are being covered, and millions of Americans will keep saving money on their premiums, preventive care and prescription drugs.
  • Largest Health Care Tax Cut in History: Obamacare will save middle-class families up to $2,300 a year on top of its largest health care tax cut in history, worth an average of $4,800 to about 19 million middle-class Americans. Because the rest of us have to pay for those who can afford health insurance but refuse to get it, the court’s decision today means that free riders either have to get insurance or pay a small fine – which would apply to only about 1 percent of Americans. The individual responsibility requirement is the same policy Mitt Romney put in place in Massachusetts.
  • It’s Time to Move On: The American people want Washington to move past the political battle over health reform and get to work on the economy. Congress passed health reform, the President signed it, and today the Court ruled that it’s constitutional. It’s time to move on and fully implement the law so we can cut costs and ensure all Americans get the care they need.
  • Mitt Romney and Republicans in Congress want to keep refighting the political battles of the past. Romney has made it clear that he would repeal Obamacare, saying he would “kill it dead.” That would hurt millions of middle-class families, women, seniors and young Americans – and he’s pledged to start on “Day One” of his presidency.
  • Romney Would Take Away All of Obamacare’s Benefits:
    • Banning Insurance Abuses: Insurance companies can’t drop you because you got sick, made a mistake on your application or hit an arbitrary cap on coverage. Already 105 million Americans no longer have lifetime caps on their coverage.
    • Free Preventive Care: 86 million Americans got more access to preventive care – from lifesaving cancer screenings to regular checkups to immunizations – covered by Medicare or their insurance without a co-pay or deductible.
    • Rebates on Excessive Premiums:By August 1, 12.8 million Americans will have gotten rebates from their insurance company because it spent too much of their premium dollars on administrative costs or CEO bonuses.
    • Coverage for Young Americans Starting Their Careers:3.1 million young adults who would’ve been uninsured have coverage through their parents’ plans.
    • Discounts on Prescription Drugs:More than 5 million people got discounts on their prescription drugs in the Medicare “doughnut hole” – each saving an average of more than $600 last year.
    • Covering Preexisting Conditions: Starting in 2014, insurance companies won’t be allowed to deny coverage or charge more based on health conditions, protecting the up to 129 million Americans with preexisting conditions. Already up to 17 million kids with preexisting conditions can’t be denied coverage anymore.
    • Affordable Coverage for Everyone:People who couldn’t afford insurance will either be able to get insurance through Medicaid or get generous tax credits that finally make coverage affordable. A typical middle-class family could pay up to 60 percent less for the same coverage – the largest-ever health care middle-class tax cut.
    • Stronger Medicare:Medicare will stay solvent through 2024, eight years longer than without Obamacare.
    • Smaller Deficits: Obamacare will reduce the deficit by more than $120 billion by 2021.
    • Romney is Attacking the President for the Same Tax He Created in Massachusetts. The individual mandate in Massachusetts – which Romney personally championed and signed into law – is almost exactly the same as Obamacare’s similar requirement. Massachusetts’ penalties are administered through the tax code, labeled “tax penalties” and are about the same as Obamacare’s fines on free riders.

 

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