Rochester
ACORN- The GOP’s Bait and Switch
by Jon Greenbaum, Lead Organizer, Metro Justice
If you believe that all Americans have the right to vote you are in good company. Although the United States got its start as a nation in which only property-owning white men enjoyed the right to vote, Americans organized at the grassroots to expand voting rights to every citizen. Community groups like Metro Justice continue this tradition by launching extensive voter registration drives. This year Metro Justice registered close to 5,000 Rochester city residents.
The Obama Grassroots re-energized
by Diana Cihak, Western New York Organizer
Yes, we had a disappointing weekend.
It appeared that the Administration we worked so hard to elect was backing away from our strongest mandate – true health care reform through a strong public option.
But every cloud has a silver lining!
Buffalo Organizer Diana Cihak Tell’s Fox’s Neil Cavuto Why We’re Going to Win Real Health Care Reform
Citizen Action of New York/Health Care for America Now organizer in Buffalo, Diana Cihak, was interviewed tonight on Neil Cavuto’s show on the Fox Business Channel.
Diana disagreed with Neil’s prediction that the public option is dead. She made the case that an overwhelming majority of Americans support a public option and support H.R. 3200. In [...]
Congressman Massa – do you support health care reform?
Today we held a press conference at Congressman Eric Massa’s Pittsford, NY office. Congressman Massa is one of the freshman Democrats that has effectively slowed down and possibly stalled the passage of HR3200, the bill being debated in front the House of Representatives for health care reform. Frankly we were shocked when we found out [...]
Is Unshackle Upstate’s Brian Sampson a liar or is he just plain incompetent?
Cross-posted here.
Unshackle Upstate’s Brian Sampson is making the news circuit these last few weeks with the message that Fair Share Tax Reform would cause small businesses to fire workers (the Fair Share Tax Reform is making progress in Albany with bills that would create new NYS marginal tax brackets starting at $250,000). He says that [...]
Photo of the Week
Pictured above is Sarah at the Governor’s Town Hall Meeting in Rochester on Wednesday afternoon.
