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Category: Action Alert
Saturday
Day of action against PA-8’s Mike Fitzpatrick. Can you be there?
Yoo hoo, Bucks County
LANGHORNE – Once again Big Bird will take center stage in the 2012 election with Mitt Romney and Rep. Fitzpatrick detractors welcoming the traveling “Bain Worker Bus” to Sesame Place on Wednesday at 5:30pm.
The Bain Worker Bus is a nationwide tour with a contingent of workers from companies owned by Bain Capital, the private equity firm Mitt Romney founded and continues to profit from.
The bus will stop in front of Sesame Place, where a crowd of local supporters, including a costumed Big Bird character, will welcome the Bain workers. The Bain workers will be speaking out, along with local unemployed, under-employed and outsourced workers about the dangers of a “Romney Economy” where good jobs are outsourced and minimum wage jobs, with no benefits, remain.
“We know that this election is not about Sesame Street, but it says a lot that politicians like Mitt Romney and Rep. Fitzpatrick would rather end funding for Big Bird than end tax breaks for big oil,” said Earl Williams of Levittown.
WHAT: Sesame Place Showdown: Big Bird Meets Bain Capital
WHEN: Wednesday, October 10, 5:30 pm
WHERE: Sesame Place, 100 Sesame Road, Langhorne, PA
(in front of the Sesame Place main entrance)
WHO: Big Bird, local community members, Bain workers
Election volunteers needed for PA
This election day isn’t just about Obama — it’s about all the downticket races, too, and sending a “fuck you” message to Republican extremists (who, God help us, make the Democrats look almost liberal). Daily Kos is helping to organize a massive get out the vote operation in Pennsylvania with the Urban League’s Occupy the Vote (as you know, Republicans are doing their best to fix the election here by suppressing Democratic votes).
So you can 1) sit on your hands and complain about what the Republicans are doing, or you can 2) volunteer even a few hours of your time FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME to make phone calls. If you are physically able and willing, you can also do canvassing, work voter registration tables, do data entry or give rides to the polls.
Holy crap
Even for Pennsylvania, this is outrageous:
LET ME TELL YOU about a bill that’s been flying through Harrisburg with so little public input, it seems meant to screw us.
House Bill 2224 would allow political leaders to get rid of certain types of public parks any time they felt it was for the best – and “best” could mean whatever they wanted it to mean.
So they could sell off a park if, say, their borough needed cash to pay for a new firehouse. Or if a favorite developer needed a lucrative site to build townhouses. Or if they thought a strip mall would make better use of the land than a baseball diamond would.
And no matter how we yelled or threatened to vote these people out of office if they took our parks, HB 2224 would let them do it anyway. Because the bill takes away the court oversight that currently protects these parks from political whim.
I wish I were making this up. But I’m not. And I wish there were more time to halt HB 2224 so the public could debate its merits and drawbacks. But there isn’t.
To contact your senator about HB 2224, go to philaparks.org and click on “Take Action Now!” (on the right). The links will help you find and contact your senator.
Payday lending in PA
Via email:
We are in mile 26 of this marathon! We need one final push to kill this bill. Please call800.515.8134 today.
HB 2191, which would legalize 369% interest rates in PA, has not yet come out of committee. That’s a good thing and it’s because of YOUR calls to your state Senators letting them know that you oppose predatory lending in PA. Thank you!
To keep HB 2191 off the floor, we still need calls to our state Senators this week. The AARP has graciously extended the use of the patch-through number. All you have to do is call 800.515.8134, listen to a short explanation of the issue (good background), enter your zip so the system can find your Senator and then leave your message asking your Senator to vote NO on HB 2191.
We are close to stopping HB 2191 and predatory lending for this legislative session but the payday loan lobbyists are working hard to defeat us. The only chance we have to keep 369% interest rates out of PA and payday lenders out of your communities is if we let our state Senators know that we are watching this bill and that we do not want it to pass.
Here’s another great editorial opposed to HB 2191. Please share it and 800.515.8134 with all your PA friends and family.
Lehigh Valley Opinion:
http://www.lehighvalleylive.
Thanks for everything you’ve done and will do to keep predatory payday lending OUT of Pennsylvania. Your voice is the best tool we have to keep Pennsylvania’s families and our economy safe from predatory lending.
Call your senator
These are the Democrats who didn’t sign that letter:
Max Baucus, Michael Bennet, Jeff Bingaman, Tom Carper, Bob Casey, Kent Conrad, Chris Coons, Dick Durbin, Dianne Feinstein, Kay Hagan, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Herb Kohl, Mary Landrieu, Joe Lieberman, Claire McCaskill, Ben Nelson, Bill Nelson, Mark Pryor, Jeanne Shaheen, Jon Tester, Mark Udall, Mark Warner, Jim Webb.
If your senator’s name is on that list, call them!
Freeloaders to protest at Romney’s Doylestown headquarters
DOYLESTOWN- Fallout continues over the secret video showing Mitt Romney expressing his disdain for half the nation at a private fundraiser held at the Florida home of 76ers co-owner, Marc Leder. On Wednesday at 12:00pm local residents will gather at Romney Headquarters in Doylestown to protest Romney’s “inelegant” comments and call on Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick to stand up for his constituents who need Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid by denouncing Romney’s statements. Since the story broke, Republicans like Linda McMahon have distanced themselves from Romney’s remarks. On Wednesday, protesters will ask Rep. Fitzpatrick to do the same.
What: Romney “47% Freeloaders” Protest
When: Wednesday, September 19, 12:00p.m.
Where: Romney HQ,, 115 North Broad Street, Doylestown, PA.
Catfood Commission road show here today
Go and tell them you don’t want a Grand Bargain!
Temple University
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM EST
Hosted by the Fox School of Business
Location: Alter Hall, 1801 Liacouras Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Governor Rendell is participating. AC 360 will be filming the event and it will air on Wednesday.
University of Pennsylvania
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM EST
Hosted by the Fels Institute
Location: Amado Recital Hall in Irvine Auditorium
Corner of 34th & Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Governor Rendell is participating. AC 360 will be filming the event and it will air on Wednesday.
To learn more about the event, please go here.
True the Vote
Ballot box bullies are coming to a state near you — and true to wingnut tradition, will be doing their best to do the exact opposite of what they say they’re doing.
Common Cause, League of Women Voters, the NAACP and other organizations are training poll watchers to report any intimidating activity. Targeted states include Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia.