Posted by YWC!LI
on February 8, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Friends,
Thanks to our membership’s continued support Yes We Can! Long Island is the independent, grassroots, progressive organization on Long Island representing your interests via advocacy and activity. We begin our third year looking to build upon what we have achieved so far. We are currently planning our March 20 Spring Conference.
We are asking you to stand with us by submitting your dues for 2010 and participating in our activities throughout the year.
Over the past year, we have accomplished much. Starting with our hugely successful founding convention last winter, we have worked to advance the vital issues of the day, such as healthcare reform and environmental quality. Our members have
Our redesigned website and regular mailings have helped to keep you informed of matters of importance to progressive causes.
In the coming year, we will expand our agenda with new initiatives adding job creation/expansion and campaign finance reform to our priorities. Both issues rated ‘very important’ in our recent member survey. Please support YWC!LI efforts to continue and to expand our resources and activities by renewing your membership today.
Our first major event will be our Going Green—Climate Change Conference, Saturday, March 20, once again at The Metropolitan in Glen Cove . Together we will explore the science and legislative issues central to climate change and engage participants in ways to ‘go green’. Look for announcements of our speakers—environmentalists who are leading major efforts involving sustainable energy. Vendors of ‘green’ and sustainable energy products and services will have booths set up to address questions of conference participants.
As a dues-paying member, you will be able to participate in our events throughout the year at no additional expense. We have begun to explore conducting job and health fairs and a major event focusing on campaign finance reform at which we will collaborate with national organizations who share our commitment to CFR.
Please demonstrate your commitment to progressive issues on Long Island by your support of Yes We Can! Long Island by extending your membership.
- For conference pre-registrants annual dues are $20 for the year–$30 for family membership–and include admission to all of our organization’s activities including the upcoming Going Green– Climate Change Conference. Pre-registration for our conference ends March 18.
Pre-register at our website by clicking here.
Please renew your membership now. Send a check or money order for $20 ($30 family), payable to Yes We Can! Long Island, c/o Paul Tusa, Treasurer, 1818 Bellmore Ave, Bellmore, NY 11710
Members who pre-register by March 18 via our website and elect to pay at the conference will have annual dues of $20 ($30 family).
- For those who register after March 18 or register at the conference on March 20, annual dues will be $25 ($35 family). Payment can be made cash, check, or credit card on March 20.
Our organization’s goal continues to be able to raise sufficient funds to provide events and resources throughout the year without seeking additional contributions from membership. Your continued support is greatly appreciated.
The Board of Yes We Can! Long Island
Yes We Can! Long Island is a registered PAC. Contributions to YWC!LI are not tax-deductible.
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Posted by Ellis
on February 8, 2010 at 9:12 am
Who benefits from the controversial U.S. Supreme Court in the Citizens United case besides huge corporations looking to impose their will on the American people? Madison Avenue.
A story at Media Daily News calls the ruling “good news for TV stations — but not so much for TV viewers” and warns of an “endless campaign” now that corporate entities are free to exercise “First Amendment rights” without impunity, thanks to the people who forced George W. Bush upon you.
That’s how Borrell Associates describes the new political advertising landscape, and in particular, the 2010 season, which is estimated to hit a record $4.2 billion.
A sizable piece of this big number comes from the recent landmark Supreme Court decision to give corporations the freedom to buy and attach their names to political advertising.
As a result of the high court’s ruling, Borrell lifted its estimates 10% to the current $4.2 billion level. The group says about 75% of these dollars will be going to local TV.
Folks, without a game changer, i.e. campaign finance reform that will lessen the impact of corporate spending and restore the balance of power between corporations and the people, we are in store for a continuation of the political quagmire in Washington, Albany and other seats of power. Corporations and other powerful interested will continue to use their financial clout to impose their will and maintain a status quo that benefits and advances their interests to the detriment of everyday people.
Campaign finance is the issue of our times if we have any hope of remaining a true democracy instead of transforming our government into a subsidiary of corporate cartels in industries like finance, insurance and energy. In the weeks ahead I expect to write more on this topic. You can read the entire Media Daily News report here.
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Posted by Ellis
on February 6, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Contrary to a report in today’s Newsday, President Obama today said he would continue to press the battle for healthcare reform.
“Let me be clear: I am not going to walk away from health reform,” Obama said, bringing the audience in the hotel ballroom to their feet.
“We can’t return to the dereliction of duty,” Obama said. “America can’t afford to wait, and we can’t look backward.”
Full story at MSNBC
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Posted by Phil
on February 5, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Once Long Island was a leader in cutting-edge technology, such as aerospace, today China has taken the lead in manufacturing the equipment for wind turbines and solar panels. Yes We Can! LI sees this as an equivalent challenge to the race to space, and encourages business and political leaders to take up this new challenge and start creating jobs, jobs jobs, for a new clean energy future.
President Obama, in his State of the Union speech last week, sounded an alarm that the United States was falling behind other countries, especially China, on energy. “I do not accept a future where the jobs and industries of tomorrow take root beyond our borders — and I know you don’t either,” he told Congress.
Read the rest of this article from The New York Times.
Posted in Energy & Environment.
Tagged with China, Economy, Energy, Environment.
Posted by Ellis
on February 2, 2010 at 8:24 pm
According to a survey of more than 2,000 voters who self-identify as Republican, a large number think President Obama is a racist, socialist, non-citizen. Thank you, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Orly Taitz & Co. for reminding us that if you repeat a lie enough people start to believe it.
“This is why it’s becoming impossible for elected Republicans to work with Democrats to improve our country,” said Markos Moulitsas, founder and publisher of Daily Kos. “They are a party beholden to conspiracy theorists who don’t even believe Obama was born in the United States, and already want to impeach him despite a glaring lack of scandal or wrongdoing. They think Obama is racist against white people and the second coming of Lenin. And if any of them stray and decide to do the right thing and try to work in a bipartisan fashion, they suffer primaries and attacks. Given what their base demands — and this poll illustrates them perfectly — it’s no wonder the GOP is the party of no.”
Read more in Sam Stein’s column on the Huffington Post.
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Tagged with Republican Party.
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