Posts from — March 2010

In the article discussing President Obama’s call for a final vote on health care reform, I found the most compelling quote by the President to be, “for those of us who were sent here to lead…”

For me, that captures both the why and the genesis of the problem afflicting political leadership on every level from school districts, to county commissioners, to state elected officials, to our federal senators and representatives.  Persons whom we elect to office are sent there with the shared trust to lead and to do so with courage and compassion.

It’s been written and proclaimed by this blogger many times before, yet, where, O, where are the leaders on every level who display courage, wisdom and heart?  When will we, the electorate, demand leaders who lead with what’s best for the people not what’s best for their particular political party and who display courage for doing what is best for the common good not the special interests?

The following article is the most recent movement in the ongoing journey towards enacting some type of health care reform.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/health/policy/04health.html?th&emc=th

All in. Jonathan Cohn. The New Republic. March 4, 2010.

Today is a perfect day to make contact with your state senator and your state representative!  On this date, 3 March, Alexander Graham Bell was born.  Celebrate his invention of the telephone and place a phone call to your state elected official.  “What do I say?” you ask.  For starters, ask them if they will be a champion and speak out against the cruel cut of SSI funds to PA’s most vulnerable citizens.  For more information and talking points read this: Take Action_Mailer

Also, on this date the first postage stamps were issued.  In celebration of the power of the written letter, draft a note to your elected officials and tell them our Commonwealth needs leaders who have courage, wisdom, and heart.  For more on this ask, please read Yellow brick bunch

As our advocacy, like the weather, heats up, we need to make frequent connections to our elected officials….today is a great day to begin!

The following column from E.J. Dionne offers a key distinction between the two parties that was highlighted during the recent health care summit and is at the center of political debates:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10060/1039345-109.stm