Thursday, June 22, 2006

PenDemorandum for June 22

Convention Edition
Dems meet in Huron this weekend!
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1. Calendar
2. South Dakota Dems Meet in Huron
3. PennDems meeting June 29 (not tonight)
4. Why are we stuck on coal?
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1. Calendar

* June 22-25, SD Dem Party State Convention, Huron, SD
* Friday, July 7, PenDem Friday Forum
Dunn Brothers Coffee House, 719 Omaha, Rapid City
Topic: Dem State Legislature Candidates
* Thursday, June 29, Penn Dems Monthly Meeting

2. South Dakota Dems Meet in Huron
The South Dakota Dems are meeting in Huron this week. Keep the delegates and officers of the Party in your thoughts and prayers and on your speed dials. For updates, you can follow:
http://sddp.org
http://billionforgovernor.com

3. PennDems will meet June 29
The regular Penn Dems meeting will be held one week late because of the state convention. Get an update on what happened and join us, Thursday, June 29 at 6 pm, at the Rapid City Public Library, Helen Hoyt Room.

4. Why are we so stuck on coal?
Do we really need to continue to use government money to generate acid rain, mercury pollution, and greenhouse gases? South Dakota should be leading the way with wind and biofuels, not more dirty coal power. Here are two issues to follow and make yourself heard about:
* Proposed coal plant in East River:
http://cleanwateraction.org/sd/
* Federal loan guarantees for transport of dirty coal, set up by a certain freshman Senator, who before his election was a lobbyist for the very train company that has applied for the Federal help. Why aren't we instead securing loans to develop wind and solar power in South Dakota instead? Think what could be done with $35 billion in guarantees!
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060529/29earmarks.htm
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