3rd Monday Meetup

Monday August 15 the Peoria County Democrats will have their 3rd Monday Meet-Up. At 6:30 PM at the Itoo Hall on Farmington Rd. Supper will be available for $8. After a brief meeting we will be screening the short video "OutFOXed" Come out for good times with god friends. All are welcome.

Democrats on Parade

The Peoria County Democrats will have an entry in the Brimfield Parade Saturday August 13th. If you are interested in participating Please meet at the east side of Brimfield at 12:30.

Illinois governor's race

The list of GOP challengers for governor is certainly growing.

Regardless of whom the GOP manages to dredge up, we ought to consider how current GOP governors are treating their working class constituents:

"Several Republican governors are trying to weaken organized labor in the one place it has remained strong: representing public employees.

First-term Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt rescinded collective-bargaining rights for state employees this year, undoing an executive order issued by a Democratic predecessor, and has eliminated a state board overseeing union elections for public employees. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, a former Bush White House budget director, overturned an executive order that for 15 years provided collective-bargaining rights for that state's public employees. And Maryland's Robert Ehrlich, backed by the state Supreme Court, suspended a 2% pay increase unions had negotiated for state employees with his predecessor."

For a link to the complete story (posted on the Huffington Post via the Wall Street Journal):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thenewswire/archive/2005/08/three-gop-governors-attac_5458.html

Ollie, who is on vacation in Austin, TX. Austin is in Travis County, which is one of the relatively few Texas counties that went for Kerry in 2004. Others include a Houston county, several in the south border regions, the one containing Big Bend national park, and El Paso.

How we can win at the national level

I wish the national leaders of our party would read the following:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/fred-stembottom/this-is-angry-i-am-yelli_5257.html

This is a post from a truck driver which explains why the GOP has had some success with this group of people.

I am not suggesting that we abandon our core principles but rather we shine our spotlight on issues that may be of concern to the vast majority of working class people.