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Fresno County Democrats and aspiring candidates gathered July 29 for the annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, sponsored by the Fresno County Democratic Women’s Club. Gubernatorial Candidate San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was the keynote speaker, and an array of candidates for local and regional and statewide offices addressed the crowd of nearly 200 attendees.
Newsom encouraged those in attendance to keep striving to improve California. “Our best days are not behind, but ahead of us,” he said. “Those who would say otherwise have forgotten the ideals that we Democrats hold as our core values and beliefs.”
During his address, Newsom spoke about a range of programs instituted during his tenure as Mayor of San Francisco, including:
Universal pre-school for all children in San Francisco;
Health care coverage for all citizens living in San Francisco; and
Raising the bar on cleaning up the environment, by setting standards which will represent a 20 … Read the details.
From FCDCC Chairman Gary Alford:
Here is a story about health care — or the lack of it — from one of the websites I follow. The piece is interesting and depressing at the same time, and calls attention to the need for meaningful health care reform right now. From truthout.com:
It was a Third World scene with an American setting. Hundreds of tired and desperate people crowded around an aid worker with a bullhorn, straining to hear the instructions and worried they might be left out.
Some had arrived at the Wise County Fairgrounds in Wise, Virginia, two days before. They slept in cars, tents and the beds of pickup trucks, hoping to be among the first in line when the gate opened Friday before dawn. They drove in from 16 states, anxious to relieve pain, diagnose aches and see and hear better.
“I came here because … Read the details.
It’s a Code Blue, but the California Republicans will be the ones having the heart attack after we turn Fresno County blue. They’re in intensive care right now, with a registration margin of only a few thousand voters. And we’re going to change that the weekend of Aug. 8, 9, and 10.
Come for a morning. Come for a day. Come for the whole weekend. We’ll have voter registration canvasses in parks, malls, and neighborhoods. We’ll have good folks and good fun. On Monday Aug. 10 ,we’ll wrap up the weekend with registration at the monthly naturalization ceremony for the Central Valley.
Bring your family, friends, and neighbors and come to Fresno and help. We particularly need people who speak Spanish or Hmong. The Fresno County Democratic Central Committee will provide walk lists, registration forms, clipboards, pens, and scripts. They’ll also have plenty of sunscreen and drinks. You bring comfortable shoes, a … Read the details.
From our friends at Whitehouse.gov:
In his weekly address, President Obama discusses a key factor that has been considered in the development of the health insurance reform proposals that are being considered: the impact of reform on small business.
The White House Council of Economic Advisers released a major report on the subject in conjunction with this address — read the report as a web page or in PDF format.
If the viewscreen below is not visible, President Obama’s weekly address is available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a61gCsuWq4Q.
From our friends at Whitehouse.gov:
In his weekly address, President Obama calls on Congress to seize this opportunity – one that may not come again for decades – and finally pass healthcare reform.
“It’s about every family unable to keep up with soaring out of pocket costs and premiums rising three times faster than wages. Every worker afraid of losing health insurance if they lose their job, or change jobs. Everyone who’s worried that they may not be able to get insurance or change insurance if someone in their family has a preexisting condition…”
If the viewscreen below is not visible, President Obama’s remarks are available on YouTube.
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