http://www.blogforamerica.com/Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Afternoon News Roundup
Governor Dean will be a guest today on The Ed Shultz Show to discuss the verified voting petition currently on the Democracy for America homepage. Tune in at 4:35 PM EST to hear Governor Dean's thoughts on this critically important issue. You can listen to The Ed Shultz Show on XM Satellite Radio, Channel 167 or online. (Or Sirius radio 143)As their past records and recent news demonstrate, the Dean Dozen are no strangers to standing up for progressive values.
Assemblyman Jonathan Bing recently kicked off his campaign with a street clean-up project and a press conference on gun control. Bing has pledged to continue pressing the policies he advocated for after his first election to the 73rd Assembly District in Manhattan. "Education, Arts & Cultural funding, rent control - things that affect residents, all need money from the state." Post 9/11 Bing fought for the rights of his constituents by organizing over 250 lawyers to provide free legal services to New Yorkers affected by the attack on the World Trade Center.
http://www.bing2004.com/Standing up for small business, Samara Barend launched her Small Business Roundtable Tour meeting with small business owners across southern New York last Thursday.
http://www.samaraforcongress.com/Wednesday, candidate for Salt Lake County mayor Peter Corroon introduced a two-part plan and full investigation toward responsible use of county vehicles, eliminating abuse and waste, saving tax dollars, and improving efficiency of county government in Utah. At a record setting 1,500 person rally, Corroon recently took 70 percent of the county convention vote, winning the local democratic party's support for his outspoken of criticism of the area's special interest dominated energy policy. "We don't need our county to run like a mini-Enron," Corroon said.
http://www.votecorroon.com/Alisha Thomas Morgan was awarded the Joe Mack Wilson People's Champion Award earlier this month for her work advocating for those who may not otherwise have had a voice. Fighting to block an amendment banning gay marriage in the Georgia House of Representatives earlier this spring, Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan told her colleagues, "how is it when you talk about less government, you want to talk about what people can do? <...> I urge you to have some guts," she told her colleagues. "Have some courage."
http://www.alishathomas.com/This April Kalyn Free was endorsed by the Native American Times for building a "career going to bat for those who couldn't fight for themselves".
http://www.freeforcongress.com/After receiving the endorsement of the Women's Campaign Fund earlier this year, Illinois candidate for U.S. Congress Christine Cegelis this month received the endorsement of the National Organization for Women. "She demonstrates strong support for women's issues including reproductive rights, economic justice, lesbian/gay rights, and elimination of violence against women," said Bonnie Grabenhofer, President of Illinois NOW.
http://www.cegelisforcongress.com/Other Dean Dozen candidates continue to make headlines. Lesbian News called Colorado House candidate Donna Red Wing "a ferocious activist and one of the most impassioned speakers in the gay and lesbian community."
http://www.donnaredwing.com/pages/1/index.htmThe Houston Chronicle covers growing support for Richard Morrison's run against Tom Delay for Texas district 22. Morrison's homepage has a download of his appearance Monday on Air America Radio.
http://www.richardmorrisonfordistrict22.com/news/040524_HC.htmAfter Kim Hynes became one of the Democracy for America's Dean Dozen, her opponent for the Connecticut House stated, "endorsements from some group from another state or another planet really doesn't make that much of a difference."
http://kimhynes.smartcampaigns.com/index.php?q=node/view/24Posted by Tanner Brooks at 03:06 PM