[Sosfbay-discuss] Single Payer Healthcare Coalition Rallied Today Outside Zoe Lofgren's Office

[Drew Johnson]

Today the Santa Clara County Single Payer Health Care Coalition held a
rally at our so-called "Representative" Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren's
office.  Note that this coalition is one that the Santa Clara Greens
helped start (Jim Doyle, Fred Duperrault and I went to the inaugural
meeting which I myself helped come up with the coalition's name) and that
we continue to participate in.  Coalition -- its how we Greens operate.  I
also connected with and talked to Lynn Huidekoper on MLK/Freedom Train Day
up in SF were she was busy promoting Single Payer to the folks gathered
there.  She's the Energizer Bunny of Single Payer Healthcare lobbying.


Green is Coalition!

Drew

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Subject: Re: URGENT: Come join us for a Single Payer pep Rally outside Zoe
Lofgren's o...

In a message dated 1/31/2009 7:30:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
lynn_huidekoper at hotmail.com writes:

COME JOIN US MONDAY AM: ZOE  LOFGREN'S OFFICE
Monday, Feb. 2 10:15AM
635 No. First  St.
San Jose 95112
408-271-8700

Congresswoman  Zoe Lofgren is meeting with a Single Payer delegation on
Monday, 2/2 at  10:40AM for a 20 minute visit. The room can only hold 10
people.
Katherine  Bock from the Santa Clara County Single Payer Health Care
Coalition
and Low  Income Self-Help Center is organizing the visit with representatives
from  labor, CNA, Labor Party, HCA, CWA, business, homeless and low income
advocates, etc.

Zoe has not met with us for 3 years even though  we have tried. She has had
her aide, Kathleen Collins, meet with us. She  worked for Blue Cross and
Medi-Cal. At the end of our visits she would hand us  the health insurance
industry
brochure!! At a FORUM(Fed. of Retired Union  Members) annual BBQ lmeeting ast
April where all the local legislators  come Kathleen said that "there were
only 93 Congress Co-Sponsors so  obviously there's not a lot of support
for it!".
I could barely hold myself  from running over and strangling her!!!

So join us to put  pressure on her from the outside. We are planning to meet
after the lobby  visit at IHOP or somewhere nearby so the inside folks can
fill us in on what  Zoe said. I am planning on bringing some of my placards.
Please bring any you  might have.

Let me know if you have any questions. Feel free to  forward this to your
folks.

Lynn
650-322-9609
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