Welcome! Every day I receive dozens of political posts. Some of them overlap, some are duplicates, some are contradictory, in that one action may interfere with another one. I've tried pointing people to our Democratic Club website, but it's time consuming to keep up the format.
I thought I'd try a Blog, where, aside from my formal position as a Democratic club president (Democrats of Greater Irvine), I could make some informal comments, and pass along some news.
I hope you will comment and add to my knowledge and my listings.
Sharon Toji
First set of conflicts: Our monthly meetings are always the fourth Sunday at 4:30 pm. Once in a while, we take a break, as we did in December. We just announced our monthly meeting, with a very timely topic, "The Healthcare Movie," for Sunday, January 22. The film should run no later than a little after six if we can get started right away. The California legislature is debating single payer for California right now, and of course in June, the Supreme Court is going to decide if the Individual Mandate is constitutional. They could even knock down the entire healthcare plan. This Tuesday, our healthcare bill goes to the Appropriations Committee, and if it passes, it will go to the entire state Senate.
ReplyDeleteThere are conflicts! I've found a local planning meeting for the group trying to get money out of politics. It's at 4 pm. Even more important, and of even broader interest, is the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and the vigil sponsored by NOW at the Circle in Orange. Of course Roe v. Wade is particularly important this year, with all the politicians running who have vowed to get rid of it!
So, you'll have to choose: Money in politics, versus healthcare policy, versus Roe v. Wade! I hope you choose all of them, and support the two events that you can't attend in other ways.