The Central Florida Democracy for America June Meetup

Public Option - Healthcare Initiative: Continuing actions we can take to help ensure that whatever Healthcare Plan is passed by Congrees contains, at a minimum, a public option and is not simply rearranging the blocks of the existing mess of employer-based private insurance. There has been a great deal of backsliding by some members of Congress in recent weeks. Most of us understand that Single Payer would be ideal but at this stage we cannot even count on some of our Democrats to vote for a public option (i.e., the ability to opt-in to affordable coverage similar to Medicare, or what our elected representatives and employees have.

Redistricting Petition Drive: Update on Fair Distrcts Florida plans to get the Redistricting Standards Petitions on the ballot! Bring in your signed petitions; sign the petitions if you haven't yet done so; pick up Petitions; and get your friends, family and co-workers to sign. It's easy and so very important.

If you need motivation, look no further than the effort to ram a truly dreadful Elections Law Bill through the legislature this session.

Meeting Location & Directions--Location May Change--Please Watch for Notice:

We will be meeting at the Orange County Democratic Party Headquarters, 47 E. Robinson St., Suite 201, Orlando, FL 32801. The office is located in the two-story, reddish-brick colored building on Robinson St. across from St. James Diocese and the downtown Post Office. It is the same building as the FedEx/Kinko's on the corner of Robinson & Magnolia. The office is on the second floor (there is a small elevator).

Parking and access (through double glass door in center of ground floor) is at the rear of the building. Turn north on Magnolia as though you were driving straight into the County Courthouse. Magnolia deadends and loops around going back south. Turn right into the parking lot behind the building just before you get back to Robinson. Parking is free at night. Look for the double glass doors. When you enter go down the hall, turn right, then left and use either the stairs or the elevator.

Looking for new Meeting Locations:

We were back at the Orlando Public Library for the February meeting. Now parking is a more serious problem than ever as the fees have gone up. Stardust is not available to us on our meeting night and the parking is tight. We've also checked out Dandelion Communitea, but there are several problems such as parking (even worse than Stardust), tiny rooms, and no reservation of a room, as they have had some bad experiences.