As you’ve hopefully heard by now, the YCDP is hosting an Election Season Kickoff Rally and Barbeque on September 11th at the Boyd Hill Recreation Center... »
2009
Happy New Year! (Reorganizing our Precincts)
I hope you had a meaningful holiday season. Now that the hustle, bustle and gentle reflection of December are past, it is time to face the challenges of the New Year – an important election year. Those challenges include: electing a Democratic Governor, electing a Senator we can be proud of, electing as many... »
Fort Mill Forum, Oct 1 – Sheheen Visits!
Join us at a different location: Beef O’Brady’s, 940 Market St (in Baxter Village), Fort Mill, SC at 7:00 PM. PROGRAM: Vincent Sheheen - Candidate for Governor Kathy Cantrell – Democratic Candidate for SC House District 48 Special Election Marion Davenport – Nonpartisan Candidate for Fort Mill School Board For more information, contact Chris... »
YCDP Executive Board Meeting – Tues, Sept 22
YCDP Executive Board Meeting Tues, Sept 22, 2009 - All are invited Location: River Rat Restaurant 5301 Hwy 557, Lake Wylie directions from RH – take Hwy 5 toward York – turn right on Hwy 274 – continue about 9 miles, hang a left on Hwy 557 and there you are. »
Nation must reform health care now
By Chris Ogden, Chairman Fort Mill Democratic Forum The cost of health care has become astronomical and will only get worse unless our leaders act now. I urge my fellow constituents to call and write members of Congress and tell them, “Enough already.” The time to act has arrived. We need this legislation now... »
Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity
By Jim Watkins One of my favorite quotes is from Oliver Wendell Holmes, “I don’t give a fig (translation – I don’t care) about simplicity on this side of complexity, but I will give my life for simplicity on the other side of complexity.” As we think about health care reform, it seems to... »
Don Quixote Rides Again ! (Voter Rights/DMV Photo ID with Bill #H3418)
This is an op-ed piece I have submitted to our local news organizations. Voter rights are obviously very important, so much so that members of the Black Caucus walked out of the House in protest. I would encourage everyone to contact your representatives in the General Assembly and ask them to oppose Bill #H3418. ... »
Class Warfare
Tom Conley tom@tomconley.tc Conservative commentators and politicos appear to have decided to deliberately create misunderstanding regarding this whole uproar about raising the taxes of those in higher income brackets. The Democratic Party is not starting class warfare. That war commenced almost 30 years ago when Ronald Reagan began the campaign to destroy organized labor... »
Inauguration Memories
-Linda Dyer Hart Words will never express the experience of being there to see Barack Obama sworn in as our 44th President. How wonderful it sounds to say the words “President Obama.” A friend of mine flew up from Palm Beach to Charlotte and we drove up and stayed at my daughter Deirdre’s apartment... »
Celebrating the Inauguration in York County
-Mary Keenan On January 20, starting at 10:00am, friends began to get together to watch on television the joyous event of Barack Hussein Obama’s inauguration as President of the United States. We were the Democrats “left behind”-the ones who could not make it to Washington D.C. Several of us thought we should celebrate this... »