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Guests from LD 26 and friends from all over Tucson were in high spirits inspired by the outstanding Sunnyside High School Mariachi band directed by Cuco del Cid. The event concluded with a chance to take a whack at the Pachyderm Pinata, filled with campaign buttons and candy.
Phil Lopes urged attendees to support a single-payer public option health care plan by calling, emailing and faxing members of Congress in Arizona and key players in Washington. He stressed that it is important to act now to support President Obama as he gives speeches to town halls across America to ramp up popular support for the public option.
Raymond Graap, M.D. Democracy for America Tucson, and member of Physicians for National Health Care advocated for a single-payer plan and described the burden and expense physicians have while trying to deal with 70 health plans with over 300 different benefit packages in Tucson. The public option is facing formidable corporate opposition in the U.S. Senate, and from Blue Dogs in the U.S. House.
Democratic Chairman Max Baucus and two other Democratic Senators, members of the Finance Committee compromised with the Republicans to oppose Obama's plan. The Arizona Daily Star published Op Eds Monday by Rep. Lopes and Dr. Graap. Both are republished at 26dems.blogspot.com along with a copy of the Health Care Reform Resolution that will be presented to the State Meeting of the Arizona Democratic Party at 26dems.blogspot.com
The good news is that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wrote an Op-Ed published Sunday in the Arizona Daily Star. Rep. Lopes urged that constituents call her to give support for a single-payer public option. That Op-Ed is also on the blog.`
Enjoy this collage of the memorable Mariachi Monsoon Madness to fire up determination. It's not too late to make a donation.
