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Monthly Archives: December 2009
MYD in 2009
Well, folks. It’s been about nine months since we relaunched MYD’s online presence and www.goMYD.com was brought into the world. It’s been a great year for the organization, and we thought the best way to share our successes is with a very self-indulgent, four-minute video and photo montage. I’m off for the next couple weeks on some much needed vacation, so things will be slow around here until the new year. A huge thanks to you, our readers and supporters, who have helped us get the site established and have contributed to its fantastic growth since launch. Check out Al’s post below on Board positions opening up in January. We need great leaders who are willing to work their asses … More >>
Reason To Love New York 2009 #2: Because Our Politicians Refuse to Quit
New York is the city of ego; that’s part of our excellence, the belief that we’re the best, the most indispensable, the toughest, the fighter who won’t quit even when bloodied and dizzy. Sometimes, of course, that attitude blusters into shamelessness and produces questionable results. But Governor Paterson’s Brooklyn declaration of resilience is a perfect expression of admirable New York indomitability, a quality shared by an entire crop of our current politicians: They refuse to go away, even when the law, the voters, or sanity says they should. New York Magazine
Stop The Bait-and-Switch on Annual Limits
NYBri on TAP: The AP is reporting, via Jon Walker at FireDogLake, that Senator Reid has gutted one of the most important consumer protections in the HCR bill, the ban on annual limits. The fact that this language has found its way back in the bill despite promises on the part of the Democratic leadership that protecting consumers of health care (and those who need it most BTW) was priority number one, is an especially large outrage among a series of outrages. Here’s the language the HELP committee’s bill had in it regarding limits: SEC. 2711. NO LIFETIME OR ANNUAL LIMITS. `(a) In General- A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage … More >>
Last General Meeting Of The Year + Bring A Toy!
Join us for our final meeting of 2009 at 7PM tonight. You can learn about how to get involved in leadership positions for next year and celebrate MYD’s (insane list of) accomplishments from this past one. You made it happen — so come see what you’ve helped to build! When: TONIGHT, Tuesday, December 15, 7pm – 8pm Where: NY State Democratic Committee HQ 461 Park Avenue South, 10th Floor New York, NY, 10016 (map) And don’t forget to bring a toy for our toy drive!
