CT Gubernatorial Race Update – Who Will You Voting For?

Fourteen candidates, the last time I checked, have tossed their hat into the rink.  With the ideology in Washington from the far side of the right beginning to trickle down, many of us are doing all that we can to ensure change comes to Connecticut in the form of a Democratic governor.

The 2010 races are beginning to look more and more like a presidential run, as the should.  There is too much at stake to be complacent, or to not go to the polls for every race that comes along.  Just before we crossed over into this century, there was a global concern about Y2K.  ”The Millenium bug was a problem for both digital (computer-related) and non-digital documentation and data storage situations which resulted from the practice of abbreviating a four-digit year to two digits.”[....]  We managed to get through crossing over into he new millennium without too many problems.  There were no mass problems.  Companies installed the necessary computer software to prevent what was being touted as eminent disaster such as our financial institutions toppling.  The clock struck midnight and all was well.

As usual, it was not a computer glitch or some solar eclipse or unusual alignment of the stars that almost did us in — it is people.  People who are lead by greed, avarice and stupidity.  More specifically, the fat cats on Wall street, the banks, the insurance industry; a financial industry so out of touch with reality that it thinks it is okay to award huge bonuses after the little guy bailed them out.

We need to treat every election like a presidential election and come out and vote and bring someone with us.  So here’s the most recent line up or the Governor’s seat in Connecticut.  Who are you voting for? Vote in the GPoll.

The Road to Parent/Guardian Involvement. Education 2010

The first of Education 2010’s series was an incredible success. Over 120 people, including students, parents, teachers, administrators, elected officials and community leaders and religious leaders — the village came out — converged on the Hartford Public Library last Wednesday for an evening of lively and substantive conversation lead by an incredible panel. Supporting the theme of The Achievement Gap were four breakout sessions. One of those sessions was The Road to Parent/Guardian Involvement.

Parents and guardians are a critical element in a child’s education and growth. Whether one is a biological parent, a foster parent, a grandparent, adoptive parent, legal guardian, aunt or uncle, older sibling, the need to be there is critical. These individuals are the glue between a child, that child’s education and the school.

Tell Congress to Pass Health Care Now

All you hear is the same old same old from the GOP, “No no no no no.” The Massachusetts election has emboldened the GOP to justify its determination to do nothing by trying to convince us that health care is dead. The answer to that is simple and one they should readily understand, “NO.”

All across America organizations built by and for the people are uniting with petitions and asking us to be a part of national call-day to tell Congress to finish the job and pass health care now.  Here’s such a message from Ben Jealous, CEO of the NAACP:

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The NAACP continues to push ahead for comprehensive, high quality health care access for all Americans, even as nay-sayers push to prevent it from happening this year. But we are going to need your help.

Pass Health Care Now. If Connecticut can, so can America!

Connecticut’s capitol, Hartford, is known as the “insurance capitol of the world.”  If we can pass health reform in Connecticut, surely we can pass health reform for all of America.  Let’s echo the recent statement from David Plouffe, “pass health care now.” Here’s a message from Connecticut’s Healthcare4every1:

The national health care reform debate has dominated the headlines in the past month, playing on the hopes and fears everyone.

Healthcare4every1 is keeping a close watch on the negotiations in Washington and remains in contact with Connecticut’s Congressional delegation.  Their goal:  Urge Washington to get the job done right and put our nation on the path to quality affordable health care we can all count on.

Alaska Sen. Murkowski Lost on her Dirty Air Act

Now that the Supreme Court has opened the flood gates to special interests groups, lobbyists and those who seek only to make money off of the backs of Main Street, our commitment to ensure the voice of the people to be heard most be even more vigilant.  We must not let up not even for a minute.

Last week, the power of the people put a stop to a dangerous attempt to gut the Clean Air Act and let our biggest polluters off the hook. Thanks to intense pressure from ordinary ciitizens, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski did not get sufficient votes last week to pass her outrageous, lobbyist-penned proposal and was unable to bring it to the Senate floor as threatened.