News From Over the Mountain Democrats

HEALTHCARE DEBATE

Hi Carolyn, I am grateful for the updates you send each week. I am responding on another issue and I hope you can forward my email to Congressman Davis and other staff in the office as you see fit. My comment is on the pending Health Care Reform bill that will likely come up for a vote this weekend.

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Welcome our New Board

Starting this week we will feature a weekly column by one of our recently elected board members. Or at least Tim will share something from time to time. Chair:  Craig Niedenthal – craigniedenthal@gmail.com Vice Chair:  Bob Parker VP of Membership – Patty Warren VP of Finance – Norman Berk Chair Emeritus – John Crenshaw VP Issues & Programs – TBD

Faith and Politics Roundtable Lunch

Faith and Politics Roundtable Lunch. Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:30 AM @ Formosa Chinese Restaurant, Lorna Road, Hoover. Eat some great Chinese food and talk faith and its workings within the political world (yeah, we talk about that in between barbs about Alabama vs. Auburn football).

A Lottery?

A few years back we had a gubernatorial candidate who ran on a platform of “Lottery, Lottery, Lottery!”.  He won.  But when it came time to get the lottery going he got turned down.  Well, even though we did not want the lottery, this guy was still a better choice for governor than the alternative.  (Who was that alternative, anyway?)

Well, it has come to my attention that there is another gubernatorial candidate running on a lottery platform.  Why do we think that the people are now more ready for a lottery than they were all those years ago.  Apparently they have come to realize the facts:

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Questions

Some questions about our organization.

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