CALL TO ACTION
Blue Monday Social Hour with
LaPorte County Democrats
Join us!
Blue Monday: LaPorte
NEW VENUE!
Get to know your fellow Democrats and
Explore running for office in LaPorte!
WHEN? Monday, June 12th, 6 PM
(The Second Monday of Each Month)
WHERE?
3rd Base Bar & Grill
1201Pine Lake Ave
LaPorte, IN 46350
Blue Monday: Michigan City
Get to know your fellow Democrats!
WHEN? Monday, June 26th, 6 PM
(The Fourth Monday of Each Month)
WHERE?
Shoreline Brewery
208 Wabash St.
Michigan City, IN 46360
Are You A Democratic Golfer?
The LaPorte County Democratic Civic Club is hosting a golf outing on June 9th. Sign up to spend a day on the links with fellow Democrats.
LaPorte County Democratic Civic Club Golf Outing
Whispering Pines Golf Course
Friday, June 9, 2023
Registration: 9 AM (LaPorte time)
Shotgun Start: 10 AM
Entry Fee: $300 per team
$50 hole sponsorship
Plenty of prizes, food and drink
Contact: John Lake, 219 380-4481
Congrats Minnesota for an amazing legislative session!
See what is possible when Democrats govern!
The Status Kuo by Jay Kuo on Substack
Excerpt:
That meant, for the first time in eight years, that the DFL held a majority in both chambers of the legislature and, with Walz in the governor’s mansion, there was a trifecta for Democratic government.
This time, the party wouldn’t waste any of its momentum. With many younger, first-time committee chairs in place, progressive leaders in the House, banking on their one-vote margin in the state Senate, pushed forward with a long-sought agenda to transform Minnesota. They tackled everything from labor laws to climate change, education to voting rights, bodily autonomy to gun safety. And they did it in five furiously paced months of hard work.
It was a 30-point checklist, and they hit all of their priorities. They paid for the programs with increases on sales taxes in the Twin Cities metro area, increases in vehicle registration fees, taxes on companies receiving global income, and reduced deductions for the wealthy. The GOP predictably hated these tax increases and complained bitterly about its inability to prevent the legislation from advancing. But unless and until they have their own trifecta in place, it will be hard to undo much of this.
Today I want to walk through these groundbreaking legislative victories for three reasons.
First, they are a model for what is possible under unified Democratic governance, and other states should take note. (I’m looking at you, New York.) Second, they show that moderates and progressives within the Democratic Party can come together and pass meaningful, transformative legislation, even if they have to ignore Republican protests and overcome their intransigence and obstruction. And third, with so much of the former Confederacy backsliding into an authoritarian hellscape, we really need some wins to celebrate. And boy are these some wins.
So let’s talk about the New Vikings and what they did. In this summary, I’m borrowing heavily from the research and list created by metro policy analyst Will Stancil, from PBS, from Democracy Docket, and from local media such as the Duluth News Tribune.
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