Category Archives: Featured

September 11th Event

As you’ve hopefully heard by now, the YCDP is hosting an Election Season Kickoff Rally and Barbeque on September 11th at the Boyd Hill Recreation Center in Rock Hill (1165 Constitution Boulevard).  This event will begin at 5 PM and is free and open … Continue reading

Posted in 2010, Featured, Meet the Candidate, News

YorkDems Yahoo Group

For the latest local news and opinions about the York County Democratic Party, please consider subscribing to YorkDems Yahoo Group. If you are a Democrat or interested in the Democratic platform, this is a place to meet new people, and … Continue reading

Posted in 2010, Featured, News

John Spratt's Health Care Town Hall Meeting

Thursday Sept. 3, 5-6:30pm – Baxter Hood Center at York Tech.  Doors open at 4 – come early to support John.

Posted in Featured

Nation must reform health care now

By Chris Ogden, Chairman Fort Mill Democratic Forum The cost of health care has become astronomical and will only get worse unless our leaders act now. I urge my fellow constituents to call and write members of Congress and tell … Continue reading

Posted in 2009, Featured

Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity

By Jim Watkins One of my favorite quotes is from Oliver Wendell Holmes, “I don’t give a fig (translation – I don’t care) about simplicity on this side of complexity, but I will give my life for simplicity on the … Continue reading

Posted in 2009, Featured

You are invited to become a more active member of the York County Democratic Party

-Pat Calkins The York County Democratic Party (YCDP) needs you. It needs your ideas, your energy and your time to formulate and implement policies to expand the membership and outreach of the party. Will you help by joining one or … Continue reading

Posted in 2009, Featured

View from the Chair

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Posted in 2008, Featured | Leave a comment

How to Write a Letter to the Editor

Make your opinion clear from the beginning. Don’t try to combine opinions on two or three issues in one letter. Keep sentences, paragraphs and letters short. One page is enough. Short letters have a better chance of being published. Be … Continue reading

Posted in 2008, Featured | Leave a comment