Welcome to our Suwannee County Democratic Party
"We, the Democrats of Florida, united in common purpose, hereby dedicate ourselves to the principles which have historically sustained our Party. We recognize that a political party which wishes to lead must listen to those it would lead, that a party which asks for the people's trust must prove that it trusts the people, and that a party which hopes to call forth the best the state and nation can achieve must embody the best of the state's and nation's heritage and traditions.
The Florida Democratic Party, at all levels, shall encourage voter registration without discrimination on grounds of race, color, creed, sex, age, national origin or physical disability.
What we seek for our state and nation we hope for all people: individual freedom in the framework of a just society; political freedom in the framework of meaningful participation by all citizens."
(Preamble of the charter of the Florida Democratic Party as amended on July 15, 1998.)
Anyone who wants to help elect Barack Obama President of the United States of America! Please contact Ryan Hurst at: (386) 697-1027 or e-mail at RHurst@Floridaforchange.com
The Suwannee Democratic Party Endorses
Barack Obama for President of the United States of America
Glenda B. Williams - Supervisor of Elections
Lamar Jenkins - Property Appraiser
Randy Hatch - County Commissioner District 5
Allen Boyd - U.S. Representative - District 2
Suzan Franks - State Senator District 3
Debbie Boyd - State Representative District 11
"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote!"
On Sunday, we were lucky enough to attend the "Change We Need Rural Tour" in Columbia County. It featured former Florida Senator and Governor Bob Graham, present Senator Bill Nelson, Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus and South Carolina Governor Jim Hodges. Shawana Wilson of Columbia County gave a speech worthy of a political candidate to start things off. She was followed by our own DEC Chairman Samuel Beasley, who did the Pledge of Allegiance. He was followed by Reverend Cleopatra Steele, who did a prayer. Our newly-elected State Attorney Robert L. "Skip" Jarvis introduced the guests of honor, and then Governors Graham, Mabus and Hodges and Senator Bill Nelson talked about the state of our nation and the importance of the upcoming election. They used different words, but each in his own way painted a grim picture of America after almost eight years of Republican George Bush's Administration, and why we have to elect Senator Barack Obama to the Presidency. Our national debt is $9,600,000,000,000.00, unemployment rose from 5.7 to 6.1 percent in August as all our good-paying jobs are moved to other countries, we are mired in a war in Iraq that is bleeding us dry, most of our citizens have either no or inadequate health care, inflation is going sky high, especially for necessities such as food and gas, wages are stagnant or shrinking, our seniors are losing their pensions and their homes, mostly due to medical and prescription costs, our schools are the worst they've ever been -- "no child left behind" is leaving all our children behind, gas prices soar yet the only solution the Republican party has is to drill in areas that will ruin our country and won't help for ten years anyway. Tax breaks for the top one percent of our citizens have dried up money coming into our states, who in turn cut money to our local governments. Charlie Crist and his Republican cohorts in Tallahassee have cut funds to our County, hurting our schools, which started the year off $2 million and 37 teachers short, as well as other vital services, such as police, fire and EMS departments. Now we are facing a financial crisis the likes of which hasn't been seen in this country since the Great Depression of 1929!
It is more imperative than ever to see to it that we elect our Democratic representatives to go not only to Washington, DC, but to Tallahassee, as well. So, let's send Senator Barack Obama to the White House, Allen Boyd to Congress, Suzan Franks to the State Senate and Debbie Boyd to the State House of Representatives. They ALL need our support, and they need to know that we support them!
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