Progressive Dems meet June 24 in Nyack

The Rockland Progressive Dems will meet on Wed., June 24 @ 7:30 pm, on the 2nd floor of Nyack Village Hall. The major focus of our meeting will be to mobilize our organization for Thom Kleiner, our Orangetown Supervisor and the Democratic candidate for County Executive. Representatives from Kleiner’s campaign will be there to help us coordinate a grassroots “get out the vote” effort. We will discuss petitioning, canvassing, phone banking and other critical campaign activities.

This election hinges entirely on voter turnout and a strong turnout depends on person-to-person campaigning, so we need all the grassroots volunteers we can get.

I also want to thank all of you that have been attending the Rockland Progressive Democratic Caucus meetings. I’m very happy to see so many people have chosen to stay politically active, and work to create the same change on the local level as we did in Washington, DC. Last fall, grassroots volunteers were able to turn this formerly red county blue in the 2008 presidential election, but the work doesn’t stop there. We need to continue on with this good work and elect a Democrat as our County Executive.

For those of you that want to get an early start on campaigning, Thom Kleiner’s temporary office has opened across Lydecker from the Runcible Spoon. The address is 23 N Broadway. Stop by.