Please remember to vote in the Mid-Term Elections on November 6, 2018. To find your polling location, please click on Your Voter Information on the Michigan Voter Information Center website. The list of Democratic candidates pertaining to Genesee County are listed below along with links that were available:...
Author: Charna Flynn
Statement on the Flint Water Crisis
The Genesee County Democratic Party stands with the people of our county-seat, the City of Flint, who have been and continue to be without safe drinking water since 2014 when a series of unelected dictators appointed by the Republican Governor under the Republican “Emergency Manager” law made the decision to switch the source of...
Higher Education in Michigan
Guest Blogger, Edie Robbins, spent over 40 years in the healthcare management field. She holds both a bachelor and Master degrees and founded a family planning clinic in the mid-1970s in Big Rapids. It provided services for students at Ferris State University and other citizens of the Mecosta County area in need of low...
Budget Battle for Infrastructure
Dayne Walling is the former Flint Mayor and is a candidate for state representative in the 49th house district. Dayne is a Flint native and Rhodes Scholar who owns 21Performance, a policy and management consulting company and teaches at Kettering University and Baker College. The talk in Lansing about fixing the roads has been...
May Is Mental Health Awareness Month
To Our Fellow Democrats – During our county party meeting on April 12, 2018, we, the Genesee County Democratic Party, passed a motion to recognize May as Mental Health Awareness Month. The Genesee County Democratic Party is also asking the Michigan Democratic Party and membership to recognize May as Mental Health Awareness Month due...
The Need for Trade Education
Guest blogger, Rich Fox, is a long time resident of Genesee County and has volunteered for the Democratic Part in several capacities. Rich is also an alumni of Albion College (undergraduate) and received is MBA from University of Michigan. The current state of our educational system has left our workforce without the skills that employers are...
Rep. Neeley Invites Residents to Annual Golden Egg Hunt
***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Contact: Rep. Sheldon Neeley Phone: (517) 373-8808 Rep. Neeley Invites Residents to Annual Golden Egg Hunt FLINT — State Rep. Sheldon Neeley (D-Flint) encourages Flint residents to attend his 14th annual Golden Egg Hunt at two separate times on Saturday, March 31, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Bethel United Methodist...
Why all the focus on guns?
Guest blogger, Pegge Adams, is a former Genesee County Commissioner and a graduate of Central Michigan University (BS, MA) with most of her pre-retirement years spent in various areas of education. She is a lifelong resident of Genesee County as well as a card-carrying Democrat and Precinct Delegate for over a decade. On Thursday,...
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE FLINT CITY CHARTER
During our March Monthly Meeting the GCDP Policy Committee presented the following resolution supporting the City of Flint’s Charter that was to be implemented on January 1, 2018 but has not been thus far. The Resolution was unanimously passed by the members. RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE FLINT CITY CHARTER WHEREAS, on August 8, 2017, residents of...
RESOLUTION TO THRIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE
This resolution was present by the GCDP Policy Committee at the 2018 Winter County Convention and passed by the members present. RESOLUTION TO THRIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE WHEREAS, from 1980 to 2014, the pretax income received by the American Middle-Class has stagnated or declined while costs have grown out of control for necessities like...