| Oconee Democrats to reorganize Feb. 23
Please allow me to give a few good reasons why my fellow citizens should attend the Oconee Democratic Party combined precinct re-organizational meetings on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Walhalla. I have heard many of our own elected officials say they were not leaving the Democratic Party, rather the party had left them. One problem, the same folks are still in office and we still maintain the same troubles, except with a higher tax burden, expanded government and less freedom. It is time for a change and it begins at the local level with this grassroots organizational meeting. We will elect precinct officers and county executive committee members to carry out the local Democratic Party agenda. Resolutions include addressing clean elections and paper-verified ballots, control of unregulated growth, county litter control efforts, protecting our drinking water, increasing representation on our school board and county council seats and letting the voters decide on whether to allow or deny funding issues related to local option sales tax increases.
Put a price on carbon emissions: Suzuki
Canada needs a massive scale-up of effort in fighting climate change, and that has to start with a strong carbon price," said Matthew Bramley of the Pembina Institute. "It also requires major new investments in energy efficiency and low-impact renewable energy. Right now, Canada is at the back of the class, and that has to change." .
State looking to smokers to finance health care law
A $1 increase would bring it to $6.41, or about 32 cents per cigarette. Harwich resident Carol Hughes said the price hike wouldn't keep her from smoking. "I won't stop, but I would have to smoke less," she said, working at a Christy's in Dennisport on Route 28. Hughes said she used to smoke 10 packs a week, but as state taxes have risen, she's reduced it to five packs a week. "To me, they are forcing you to stop smoking," Hughes said.
Driven by health careThe cost of the state's new health care law is driving the cigarette tax debate. Since last year, 300,000 state residents have signed up for private or state subsidized health care plans. Gov. Deval Patrick proposed spending $400 million more on health care in the 2009 fiscal budget, in part as a result of rising enrollment in the state's subsidized health insurance programs.
Breast cancer not just worry for women
He had recently started his own contracting company and did not have health insurance when family members noticed swelling in his right breast.
I kept telling him that Id seen things like that on TV and he needed to see a doctor about it, but hed just say You watch too much TV, Willo Mae said. If hed gone then, hed probably still be here now.
Willo Mae was still recovering from the death of her first husband when she met Willis in 1977.
As a young widow working two jobs to support her three children, Willo Mae said romance was far from her mind when their paths crossed at the Kingsbury Volunteer Fire Departments annual barbecue.
I was sitting talking to Martha and her husband when Willis walked up, she recalled. He didnt say a word, just led me out onto the dance floor.
Saints stars go out on loan
SAINTS' financial problems came back to haunt them yesterday as they off-loaded star striker Grzegorz Rasiak and midfielder Rudi Skacel. Czech Skacel has gone to Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin on loan for the rest of the season with a view to a permanent move. Prolific Polish hitman Rasiak has joined Bolton on loan until the end of the season with a view to a permanent move. Rasiak and Skacel were two of the club's top earners. Raziak was believed to be on around £12,000 a week and Skacel is also on top wages. That saving in wages, combined with the potential fees for the two most expensive purchases in the Saints squad, proved too much for the cash-strapped club to turn down. Saints tried to put a brave face on the deal by saying it was also a way of easing the log-jam of strikers' but in reality it was another massive dent to their promotion hopes.
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