{"id":1841,"date":"2021-09-08T20:02:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T00:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gcdp.org\/staging\/2069\/?p=1841"},"modified":"2021-09-08T20:02:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T00:02:06","slug":"a-word-from-our-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcdp.org\/staging\/2069\/a-word-from-our-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"A word from our Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A Message from Our Chair<\/strong>:
A lot of voters are overwhelmed by the extent of the paranoia of the ultra-conservatives today. You should realize that reasoning with the unreasonable is a gesture in futility. Anything that goes right or wrong during President Biden\u2019s term will be painted as evil by the conservatives. \u00a0
I agree with an article by Perry Bacon Jr. from the Washington Post, \u201cOn most issues,<\/em> Biden has popular opinion behind him, He should drop the pretense that bipartisan agreement is possible, and \u201cfight on more polarized issues instead of trying to dodge them.\u201d \u00a0
For those who have not participated in the Fair Districts hearings, I would like to bring home one very clear point: Gerrymandering is simply one of the republican\u2019s best tool of Voter Suppression. When people feel their votes do not count, why\u00a0bother to vote?\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0
Fair Districts should be the norm regardless of what party is in office. Democracy is not a democracy when money and corporations continue to manipulate us. Don\u2019t give in, fight, email, call your elected officials and demand they do right by all Americans, not just the domestic terrorists who are intimidating them. (You can see\/download a list of your elected officials after every certified election. Keep it next to your computer\/phone and whenever they support issues that\u00a0affect us adversely, demand they grow a backbone.) \u00a0\u00a0
Participate in our party, don\u2019t just show up a few days before an election. Come and observe the Executive meetings, (always the 3rd Thurs. of each month 7 PM)\u00a0 the Democratic Club, (always 2nd Sat. at noon.) I need Volunteers for committees, like a regular 4-man crew, with a couple of trucks, to haul equipment to Fair, festivals, parades, setup, teardown, and return equipment to HQ. (The virus may put a hitch in a lot of those events right now.)\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0
We will still need people to do literature drops, hand out candidates lists at BOE for early voting, become Precinct Captains, make phone calls, attend local government meetings to keep us informed of issues in their part of our county, run for public office, or volunteer on a local candidate\u2019s campaign, become a \u201cSupporting Member,\u201d etc.\u00a0
\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t allow yourself to be bullied or depressed. Democracy is a living breathing, messy thing, it is constantly evolving but we must provide guidance as citizens, that is each of our responsibility.
Read a great little book \u201cA User\u2019s Guide to Democracy, How America Works\u201d by Nick Capodice and Hannah McCarthy from NPR, for those who want to refresh their memory of Government class or those who aren\u2019t political junkies.

Yours in Solidarity,\u00a0 Doris Adams<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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