Press Releases from Polk County Democrats http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=pressrelease 2012-02-06T01:03:08+01:00 text/html 2011-05-15T06:33:06+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=11 United States SenateWashington D.C. 20510Connect with BillMEDIA RELEASE Thursday May 12 2011 CONTACT Dan McLaughlin 202-224-1679 Nelson goes after BP for shifting oil-spill cleanup costs to taxpayer Senator follows grilling of oil exec with legislation below to strip tax break WASHINGTON D.C. -- Amid rising public angst over exorbitant gas text/html 2010-05-16T10:37:50+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=10 You may have heard about the story today concerning a former Miami-based staff person who worked for Kendrick and abused his position of trust and authority years ago. The story appeared May 15 2010 in the Miami Herald and the individual in question no longer works for Kendricks office and text/html 2010-05-09T16:11:02+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=9 Post from OFA BlogToo big to fail meet too loud to ignoreBy Christopher Hass - May 7th 2010 at 1038 am EDTFrom OFA Director Mitch Stewart At hundreds of events across the country everyday Americans are sending an urgent message to their senators Pass strong Wall Street reform. With a text/html 2010-05-02T04:01:35+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=8 Monday 2010 Online Strategy Session with Mitch Stewart and David Plouffeby Erica SagransFriday April 30 2010 3463 PMOrganizing for America Director Mitch Stewart just sent the following email inviting supporters to join him and David Plouffe for an online strategy session on the 2010 elections this Monday This week President text/html 2010-04-27T16:36:24+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=7 League Protests Todays House Passage of Anti-Voter AmendmentLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FLORIDA540 Beverly CourtTallahassee Florida 32301Email lwvf1comcast.netFax 850 222-4485Telephone 850 224-2545For Immediate Release April 26 2010ContactDeirdre Macnab President 407 415-4559Marilynn Wills Vice President 850 570-6237The League of Women Voters of Florida strongly objects to the vote today by the text/html 2009-09-14T17:43:58+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=6 Polk County Democratic Party ResolutionPolk County Democratic Party ResolutionWHEREAS the health care system of the United States is in crisis with almost fifty million Americans lacking any health insurance tens of millions more lacking adequate coverage and millions more who do have private coverage paying increasingly unaffordable premiums resulting in text/html 2009-09-04T14:56:47+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=5 A Media Release from Florida League of Women Voters President Deirdre MacnabCell Contact 407 415 4559 Tallahassee Office 850-224-2545www.TheFloridaVoter.orgAmerican Healthcare Who Says We Need ChangeOrlando FloridaIts been said Americans love progress but hate change. Well first can we agree that progress is neededFirst consider the personal imperative of reform - text/html 2009-09-21T14:51:13+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=4 In case you missed it Last week the Tampa Tribune reported on an effort here in Florida to pass a constitutional amendment that would outlaw the most common forms of contraception -- even the ordinary birth control pill. The proposed amendment would also eliminate a womans right to choose even text/html 2009-08-13T08:12:53+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=3 By Tom PalmerTHE LEDGERBARTOW Polk County Commissioner Jean Reed has filed to run in 2010 for a second term.Reed 61 of Winter Haven is a Democrat and represents District 4 the area that covers much of northeast Polk County. While commissioners must live in the geographic district they represent they text/html 2009-08-11T10:24:55+01:00 http://polkdemocrats.org/ http://polkdemocrats.org/index.php?page=pressrelease&content=extended&id=2 Dear Friend Anyone thats watched the news in the past few days knows that health insurance reform is a hot topic 128148 and that rumors and scare tactics have only increased as more people engage with the issue. Given a lot of the outrageous claims floating around its time to