MRDC and DFA wrap-up.

The first meeting of the Montachusett Region
Democratic Coalition was this past May 23, 2005 at
Slatterys in Fitchburg. It was a very rainy evening,
but there was a good turnout of 8 people, including
three of us from my town committee.. We had
a good discussion about what the purpose and
objectives for the MDRC will be. The minutes are
on the MRDC blog

Last night I attended the monthly Democracy for
America meeting in Littleton.

DFA is joining with an organization called Wake-up
Wal-Mart for an action designed to put pressure on
Wal-Mart to provide affordable health care to all of
their workers.

You can read more about the action
here.

Also highlighted was a new film from Robert Greenwald
(director of Outfoxed and Uncovered: War on Iraq)
entitled, Wal-Mart: The High Costs of Low Price

There was some lively discussion about this topic as
you can imagine. It's an important topic for sure,
but I was a bit surprised about DFAs involvement in
this issue. My understanding about DFA is that it is
designed to help get progressive democrats elected to
office and to offer instruction and training to the
grassroots.

Also, and this is just one democrat's opinion, if DFA
is going to get involved in any cause, I would prefer
that cause to be Verified Voting. If Americans cannot rely on fair, open and transparent elections with a non-partisan certified result, we're not likely to get the folks in office that can make universal health care a reality.