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Quote of the Moment:
Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah to 'undo the heavy burdens and let the oppressed go free
-- President John F. Kennedy
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News: Meetings of Interest Nov 6 - 17
Posted by : assante on Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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SCDW MEETING November 16, at Fulin's Asian Restaurant, 206 Anderson Lane, Hendersonville (near Walmart.) 6:30 dinner/7:15 business. Join the SCDW for their last meeting of the year. Everyone is invited. Bring a canned good for the Sumner County Food Bank. Contact Jeanatte for details.
The November meeting of the SCDP is going to be at the Sumner County School Board meeting on November 17. Hendersonville Vice-Chair Tony Jackson is on the agenda to speak to the school board about their "double standard" surrounding the president's address to school children. Please plan to attend this important meeting Tuesday, November 17, 6pm, in the Board Meeting Room of the Education Central Office, located at 6 P.M. in the Board Meeting Room of the Education Central Office, located at 695 East Main Street in Gallatin.
Also, from the "You May Not Have Heard" file...
The Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization transportation workshops have invited the community and business leaders in Gallatin and the surrounding areas to attend upcoming workshops hosted by the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) regarding the Northeast Corridor Mobility Study.
The study is a regional planning effort to analyze future development scenarios and transportation improvements between these communities. Citizens will have the opportunity to weigh in on recommendations and share ideas in these workshops.
The workshop schedule is as follows:
Hendersonville:
5:30 pm, Monday, November 9
Hendersonville Public Library, 140 Saundersville Rd, Hendersonville 37075
615- 824-0656
Goodlettsville:
5:30pm, Wednesday, November 11
Goodlettsville City Hall, 105 South Main Street, Goodlettsville 37072
615-851-2200
Gallatin:
5:30pm, Thursday, November 12
Sumner County Administration Building, 355 N. Belvedere, Gallatin 37066
615-452-3604
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Sen. Diane Black's race problem...
Posted by : secretary on Monday, June 15, 2009
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The Sumner County Democratic Party asks for the immediate resignation of Senator Diane Black’s Executive Assistant, Sherri Goforth, who recently admitted to sending a racist email from her state-provided email account to the “wrong list of recipients” in violation of state conduct policies.
In addition, we require full accountability from Senator Diane Black, our elected official, for the following questions:
Since her assistant’s half-hearted apology for this outrageous act was to claim to have sent the email to the “wrong list,” who is on the “right list?”
Is it acceptable practice in the Tennessee Legislature for Republican law-makers or their staff to engage in racist and dishonorable activities as long as they keep it among themselves?
And lastly, how will Senator Black’s constituents, yes even those of color, even those of another political affiliation, know that their concerns are being heard when the very gate-keeper of their Senator’s office finds a picture of the President of the United States represented as a “spook” to be so humorous that it should be forwarded by email to her colleagues and associates?
Senator Diane Black should address these questions quickly and publicly if she is to restore the confidence that We the People have lost in her. And unless she demands her Executive Assistant’s resignation, we will know her words are hollow.
We invite the Sumner County Republican Party to join us in condemning this sort of bigotry and stereo-typing that so frequently flies under the cover of humor, yet damages our communities, our economic prosperity, and our American Spirit.
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News: Statement on Dr. George Tiller
Posted by : assante on Monday, June 01, 2009
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The Sumner County Democratic Party wishes to send condolences to the family, friends, and patients of Dr George Tiller, who was gunned down in the sanctuary of his church home the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kansas on Sunday morning. Dr. Tiller was murdered because as part of the comprehensive medical care he provided, he also granted access to safe, legal abortions.
The Sumner County Democratic Party strongly condemns this murder and the network of hatred and ignorance that encouraged it. We strongly condemn the concept of "justifiable murder" that permeates certain cells of our culture.
We invite other community leaders to join us in condemning this act and extending our sympathies to Dr Tiller's family. We seek dialogue within our own membership and with other members of the community at large to find common ground that will reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies in America, and thereby reduce the number of abortions.
We do not believe that the brutal murder of one man does anything to accomplish the goal of reducing abortions in our country, but does much to promote lawlessness and disrespect for our society's values. If we are to remain a safe and law-abiding community, our leaders must join together to pursue understanding and knowledge, not move to inflame the already polarized viewpoints around this most personal, difficult, and tender issue.
Another blood-stained church protects neither the born nor the unborn children of this world.
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