little letter writing heart~ I got an email last night from the area Obama for President, chief organizer.
Pretty exciting..
"Hello, everyone. Mohawk Valley for Obama is now Organizing for America - Mohawk Valley. Our mission is to help support the President we elected last November and enact the changes we worked for so hard last year. It begins with health care reform and it begins now. I'm using our old mailing list as a starting point (if you'd rather not receive e-mails, please let me know!)
Our immediate tasks are:
1. Mobilize support for health care reform.
� On October 20th the House and the Senate will be debating their respective health care bills. Please call Congressman Arcuri (202- 225-3665 or 315-793-8146/8147 on Tuesday October 20th to urge him to support a bill that includes a robust public option. Tell him his vote on this issue is vitally important to you.
� Call Senators Schumer (202-224-6542 or 315-423-5471) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (02-224-4451 or 315-448-0470) with the same message.
� Call your friends and family and ask them to do the same.
� Go to
http://my.barackobama.com/deliver for more information on how to get involved.
� There will be a phone bank on 10/20 in Syracuse reaching out to Obama supporters from the last campaign and urging them to call their Representatives and Senators with the same message. We are attempting on short notice to create a phone bank here in Utica. Please watch your email and my.barackobama.com for further details.
2. Mobilize support for the President's Agenda.
� The President has an ambitious agenda for change and he needs our ongoing support. Upcoming issues include clean energy, reform of the financial system, job creation, education for the 21st century, and rebuilding America's infrastructure. The grass roots campaign that elected President Obama is even more crucial to advancing the change we need. To achieve it, we need to stay focused and active, especially by showing our Representative and Senators that we have their back as they support the President. To be candid, we dropped the ball this summer by allowing the extreme right wing to dominate the debate on health care. We have to fight back on that issue and not make the same mistake again.
� Please forward this email to other Obama supporters and ask them to take action. If they would like to be a part of Organizing for America - Mohawk Valley, just send me their e-mail address.
Much thanks for your past and future efforts on behalf of President Obama and our country."
Ray Bepko