Tricounty DFA Announcement: Candidate Forum Wednesday For Tim Merrick For State Senate, Tabling, Vigil Tomorrow
In this update:

1. Candidate Forum Wednesday At Rockhill Cafe For Dr. Tim Merrick
2. News: Pell, Guller Out of Democratic Primary. Guller to run on Liberal Party Line.
3. Tabling At Farmer's Market Saturday
4. Vigil Saturday
5. Suggestions Needed For Candidate Appearances
5. Washington County Picnic July 22
6. Sixty Cents Per Gallon

1. Candidate Forum Wednesday At Rockhill Cafe For Dr. Tim Merrick

Greater Glens Falls Democracy For America would like to invite both its members and the general public to an open public forum for Dr. Tim Merrick of Plattsburg, who is running for the Senate for New York's 45th Senatorial District. "Dr. Tim" as he is known will speak and then answer questions.

The Forum will be held at the Rockhill Bakehouse Cafe Wednesday, July 19 at 7:30pm. The Cafe is located at the corner of Elm and Exchange Streets and Hudson Avenue in downtown Glens Falls.

As you know, at our last meeting DFGGF unanimously voted to endorse Tim for New York State Senate.

For more information or to get directions: http://www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=10527

2. News: Pell, Guller Out of Democratic Primary.

In other news tonight of interest to the Gillibrand campaign and its supporters: Morris Guller and Edwin Pell have announced they will drop out of the Democratic Primary race. Pell effectively endorsed Gillibrand, but Guller, who has received the endorsement of the Liberal Party, will campaign in the General Election on that line. Maury Thompson has more on this in the Post Star: http://www.poststar.com/articles/2006/07/14/highlights/campaign_trail/doc44b76ff6deace110166788.txt

3. Tabling At Farmer's Market Saturday

A group of us will be tabling tomorrow to support our candidates-- Kirsten Gillibrand, Tim Merrick and others-- at the Farmer's Market on South Street in downtown Glens Falls from 9 to noon. Anyone who wants to help, come on down! For info or to RSVP: http://www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=10475

4. Vigil Saturday

The vigil for peace and to bring our troops home will also be held from 11am until noon at the Five Corners in downtown Glens Falls. The construction hasn't started yet, there's lots of shade on the corner, so come again and bring a friend. For info or to RSVP: http://www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=10448

5. Suggestions Needed For Candidate Appearances

I heard from Tim Merrick today; he wants to start making more appearances in the Glens Falls metro area, Warren and Washington Counties, and is opening up his campaign process to the grassroots for suggestions and to help him decide where to go! Tim really believes in grassroots politics and it is great to see this kind of spirit in a candidate. So-where would we suggest Tim go to meet and greet the largest number of voters he can? Shoot back suggestions to me or to Tim and his campaign manager Kevin Richardson at votemerrick@charter.net .

5. Washington County Picnic July 22

Don't forget the Washington County Democratic Picnic is coming up on July 22nd at the Salem Fish & Game Club (on the beautiful Battenkill River) from 10 am until 2 pm. I went to this event last year and it was a lot of fun and much food. Come meet Democratic candidates and dignitaries. Tickets are $15 for adults and $6 for students. Tickets can be purchased from any Washington County Democratic Committee person or call (518) 642-9566

Directions from Northway–North & South: Take Exit 15 east and follow Route 29 through Schuylerville and Greenwich. Just past East Greenwich look for Salem Fish and Game sign on right, turn at sign proceed to pavilion on right. From Troy / Albany take Route 40 North to the intersection of Route 29 and turn right through Greenwich (see above). From Hoosick Falls take Route 22 north and 9 miles past Cambridge turn left at the intersection of Route 29 and travel 1 mile to sign and take left

6. Sixty Cents Per Gallon

Finally, there are all kinds of costs to war. The sacrifices made by those who have been killed and injured are the greatest of all. But it not an exercise in philistinism to point out everyone is paying something: as this piece in the Washington Post today makes clear, because of Bush's war and the middle eastern instability it has caused, we all pay at least a 60 cent per gallon premium on gasoline. That's twelve dollars on every 20 gallon fill up. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/13/AR2006071301686_pf.html

How bad is that instability? According to a London Times piece on dKos, the violence of what is now clearly a civil war in Iraq is so extreme that every Iraqi who can flee is doing so. This is a huge and missed story, for these are mainly the educated people who are the only ones who can make the place work. Everytime a middle class Iraqi family gets in a car and heads for Jordanian border, the prospect of any "success" collapses that much further.

Too bad our troops can't do the same.

Thanks everyone!

Larry
- posted by Larry Dudley @ 6:39 PM