Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Candidates speak at Grassroots Series

I have to say that I'm pretty psyched about the field of Democrats running for York County Commissioner. I saw the three of them last night at the most recent Grassroots Speaker Series, this one held at York Little Theatre.

Doug Hoke, Doug Kilgore, and Ned Grove spent about an hour responding to questions on numerous issues impacting York County, and on their perspectives on county government's role.

Kilgore is the lone Democrat incumbent (of three positions) and spoke most memorably about just why it was important for the county to take possession of the Highpoint property. A former dairy farmer, Kilgore said it's important to always be looking ten years out, at what we want our county to look like. His point in supporting Highpoint as park area has two major areas of emphasis: the preservation of the Susquehannock Indian site there and the importance of conserving the delicate ecosystem that borders the Susquehanna River and eventually impacts the Chesapeake Bay.

Doug Hoke's experience in managing large construction projects came through in a question asked about the significant cost overruns in the new County Courthouse building project. Hoke grew up in a household of public service - his father was a supervisor in West Manchester Township. He owns a small farm and is part owner of two businesses housed there, but will be retiring from his job in December after he wins a commissioner seat.

Ned Grove's main message was that there's no way to achieve tax savings without making cuts - saving on expenses, removing unnecessary personnel from county payrolls, etc. Grove is a real estate agent, but plans to let his license lapse once he's elected commissioner.

Democrats can only move two of these candidates forward to the general election by their vote in the primary May 15. This field of candidates provides a great opportunity for York County Democrats to regain a majority in the Commissioners' Office.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

County Commissioners Forum

This Monday, April 23rd, at 7pm you can hear and meet the Democratic candidates for York County Commissioner at York Little Theatre. This is another of our Party’s Grassroots Speaker Series programs.

The forum will begin with a Question & Answer session led by yours truly and followed by an informal Meet and Greet that will provide audience members the opportunity to talk with each of the candidates one-on-one. (Be advised that this event is not a “debate” between candidates)

York Little Theatre is located at 27 S. Belmont Street near the intersection of Route 83 and E. Market Street. A map is available using this link: click here for travel guidance to the event

You will then want to mark your calendar for Tuesday, May 22nd to join us at the York College campus . . .

“PROJECT CLIMATE” IS THE TOPIC OF THE MAY EVENT OF THE GRASSROOTS SPEAKER SERIES

The DPOYC’s Grassroots Speaker Series is co-hosting its May 22nd program with the Pennsylvania Federation of Democratic Women. The program will take place at 7pm on Tuesday, May 22, in Wolf Hall’s Recital Hall at York College of PA. The program should conclude by 8:30pm.

The program presenter is Lance Simmens. He has been chosen as one of 1,000 Climate Change messengers worldwide to help promote awareness and education on the issue of climate change, and has successfully completed training that will allow him to present the scientific evidence that forms the basis of the documentary “An Inconvenient Truth.”

Mr. Simmens is currently Special Assistant to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. He has held senior public policy positions stretching back to the Carter Administration. For over 30 years he has served in a variety of positions at the Federal, State and local levels of government. His service includes six years on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee, six years with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and eight years in the Clinton Administration.

See the attached files that were provided to us for more detailed information.


Go York Dems . . . Go York Dems . . . Go York Dems ! ! ! ! ! !