The Executive Council

• Executive Council OKs Medicaid Work Rules Outreach, Pay Hikes, Rape Kits Tracking Funds

By Gail Ober, InDepthNH.org 

• Government Shutdown Puts State Food Programs at Risk, Councilors Told 

By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org

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Calling All Supporters of Public Education in NH

The effort by Sununu and his Ed Commissioner, Edelblut, to starve public education in deference to private educational opportunities has not gone away.

See the Concord Monitor editorial from 1-17-19 entitled: Edelblut’s diagnosis of what ails N.H. education is way off.

Your support for public education is most important even if you can manage only one email or phone call each year.
Thank you, Margaret Campbell
Chair, UVD Education committee

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Monday, January 28, UVD Program

Please join us for our first meeting of the year, Monday, January 28.

 Upper Valley Senior Center
10 Campbell Ave, Lebanon

6.00 p.m.
The potluck starts at 6 p.m., and all are welcome to contribute a dish.

6.30 p.m
The first order of business will be the Upper Valley Democrats officer elections at 6.30 p.m. Link to the proposed slate. We will also take nominations from the floor.

7.00 p.m.
Steve Marchand
Leading in the Age of Trump:
Making Sununu Accountable

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Tuesday, January 29, Senate Bill 1: Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance

The date for the legislative hearing on Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (Senate Bill 1) is officially set. 

We need to make a big showing of support at this hearing to let New Hampshire lawmakers know that working families need paid family and medical leave now. Please sign up if you are able to attend the hearing and let us know if you would be willing to testify in support! 

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All executive board meetings are held on the second Monday of the month and are open to the public.   All UVD programs are held on the 4th Monday of the month. 

Steve Marchand, Leading in the Age of Trump: Making Sununu Accountable

Steve Marchand will be our keynote speaker as we start the new year with a Democratic majority in New Hampshire’s House and Senate.

The program will start at 7 p.m., Monday evening, January 28, Upper Valley Senior Center, 10 Campbell Avenue, Lebanon

Democrats have the real opportunity to take existing bills in 2019 and stitch them into an agenda that is intellectually and ideologically consistent, that is absolutely passable through the House and Senate, and that will put Governor Sununu in a position where he must choose to sign bills into law or explain why he vetoed those bills or actively work with the legislature to create compromises that genuinely move the ball forward. Steve will address what a successful Democratic agenda can really be, right now.  We shouldn’t settle as a party for what we hope Sununu will sign; we should be thoughtful and then pass what we want to see happen. The onus is on Sununu — he is surrounded by Democratic majorities.

Come early and join the potluck!

6.00 p.m.
The potluck starts at 6 p.m., and all are welcome to contribute a dish.

6.30 p.m
The first order of business will be the Upper Valley Democrats officer elections at 6.30 p.m. The proposed slate is below; we will also take nominations from the floor.

Upper Valley Democrats Slate:
Co-Chairs: Ann Garland and Barbara Jones
Treasurer: Margaret Campbell
Secretary: Bill Secord