Meade County Democrats
Chair: Mack McGillivray
Vice Chair: Jesse Levin
Treasurer: Heidi McGillivray
Secretary: Adam McClean
Central Committee Man: Bob Young
Central Committee Woman: Nyla Knigge
Address: 813 Virginia Lane, Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: 605-341-0207, cell: 605-484-5097
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NEXT MEETING:
Thursday, August 19, at the Meade County Extension office (just west of the Courthouse in Sturgis) 6:00-8:00 P.M.
MEADE COUNTY/LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 29 CANDIDATES!
District 29 House: DaleArletta (Dale) Volmer This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Website
Meade Co. Commission, Dist 1: Fred McPherson This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Meade Co. Commission, Dist 5: Wanda Valandra This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
More Information Coming Soon
RECENT/UPCOMING EVENTS
Meade Co. Democrats' Annual Chuckwagon Feed and Candidate Forum
August 28, 2010, 3-7 PM, Sturgis City Park - Woodland Shelter
Free Food, Speakers (Steve Jarding, Julie Bartling, and others TBA) 2 Raffles (1/4 beef, Registered Quarter Horse Filly), Silent Auctions, Door Prizes.
FUN FOR ALL!
Health Care Reform Resolution
WHEREAS, the heath care system of the United States is in crisis, with almost fifty million Americans lacking any health insurance, tens of millions more lacking adequate coverage, and millions more who do have private coverage paying increasingly unaffordable premiums, resulting in inadequate access to care and premature death, illness, or financial ruin for millions of Americans; and
WHEREAS, public polls show that an overwhelming majority of Americans want health care reform to offer the choice of a robust public option in order to, in the words of President Obama, “keep the insurance companies honest,” while co-ops or so-called “triggers” are inadequate in and of themselves to address the health care crisis by creating significant competition for the medical insurance industry; and
WHEREAS, Republicans and their allies in the health insurance industry have organized and funded groups of extremists to disrupt efforts on the part of the Democratic majority and administration to reasonably discuss the issue with the American people, and have demonstrated an utter unwillingness to compromise in any way to pass meaningful health care reform; and
WHEREAS, President Obama declared in his address to Congress on September 9, his support for a public option, and his statements that "the time for bickering is over, the time for games has passed, now is the season for action.";
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Meade County, South Dakota Democratic Party urges Senator John Thune, Senator Tim Johnson, and Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin to vote for only such healthcare reform proposals as containing a robust public option.