2010 Kilroy
Kilroy Events Update
Posted October 24th, 2010 by gmcluckie
KILROY UPDATE
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GET OUT THE VOTE
Canvass and phone bank
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Tuesday, Oct. 26
Door hanger: 6:00 a.m.
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3:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Press Conference and Rally for Mary Jo
2:00 p.m. In response to the most recent Stivers advertisement, which accuses Mary Jo of voting to ship jobs to China, the campaign has filed for an injunction against the airing of the ad. We need volunteers to join us in support of Mary Jo at Ohio Democratic Party headquarters while a press vonference is held. Please wear "Mary Jo green." We will have a few t-shirts and plenty of stickers and signs. It is very important that we have a very strong showing, as the conference will most likely get press covereage.
Please RSVP to Brittany Brown at bbrown@ohiodems.org or 614/545-4070.
WHAT YOU'RE THINKING
Notes from UAPA supporters
Just finished talking to my CA daughter and she said something which may account for the discrepancy [in polls]: Most kids don't have land phones and thus are not contacted by polls.... and who voted in 2008? You're there :-)) As an 87 year old I've already voted, pure Democratic.... I'm usually more discriminating but the TV ads are so infuriating that I couldn't resist!
It is of course no surprise about the political leanings of the [Columbus] Dispatch. However, I must say that in over 40 years of reading it I have seen them so overtly slant and downright misrepresent every single bit of information to favor the Republicans and slam (often in amazingly twisted ways) the Democrats. Just embarassing for them and for Columbus. Media outlets across the country are reporting that Ohio Democrats hold an advantage in early vote, and many reporters have credited the organizational strength of the Ohio Democratic Coordinated Campaign for that edge. (See what they had to say.) Chuck Todd, MSNBC, 10/22/10: Ohio Democrats Have ‘Perhaps the Best State Party in the Country.’ Politico,10/22/10: Democrats Have About a 10 Point Statewide Edge in Early Vote. Election Analyst Michael McDonald, ABC News, 10/15/10: Ohio Dems’ Advantage in Early Vote Looks Like 2008. Wall Street Journal,10/21/10: Ohio Dems Claim Early Vote Edge; Republicans Concede They’re Behind. Hotline,10/21/10: Ohio Dems’ Early Vote Edge ‘An Indication That the Party’s Turnout Efforts Are Working.’ Washington Post,10/21/10: Ohio Has ‘Best-Organized’ Operation in the Country. New York Times, 9/27/10: Ohio Dems Better Organized than Republicans for Early Vote. Thank you for your support!
Support Kilroy: A champion of healthcare reform
Posted September 22nd, 2010 by gmcluckieSeptember 23, 2010
A day that will live in our memories
September 23, 2010.
It's not a holiday, but it is a date that should be celebrated by every American.
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Today the Affordable Care Act will take us closer to being free from the tyranny of costly and unfair healthcare. And we have brave, determined lawmakers like Mary Jo Kilroy to thank for our freedom.
Just think, we now live in a country where:
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All of us can purchase health insurance.
- We can't be denied because of pre-existing conditions. And, insurers cannot exclude children with preexisting conditions!
- All new policies must cover preventive services such as cancer screening, with no out-of-pocket costs.
- Insurers can't cancel our coverage when we become ill.
- Insurers can no longer set lifetime limits on the amount of benefits they'll pay. Annual limits are restricted and will be phased out.
- Adult children may remain on their parents' policies until their 26th birthday.
- Medicare recipients receive a $250 rebate when they hit the "doughnut hole" gap in Part D drug coverage.
- Small businesses are eligible for a tax credit equal to 35 percent of health insurance premiums.
- Ohio has opted to establish a temporary high-risk pool for people with preexisting conditions, similar to those for car insurance, until new health insurance exchanges are implemented in 2014.
And other benefits will take effect in 2011, 2013 and 2014!
This bill is the first step to wiping out the scenes captured by Upper Arlington native Katie Falkenberg in her photo essay "Appalachia and Beyond: Healthcare in America." She reported on a makeshift clinic in West Virginia, where 3,000 poor patients received free care for three days. And caregivers still had to turn some away.
"For me, this is personal," Mary Jo said of healthcare reform in October 2009. As a person with multiple sclerosis, she deals with a potentially debilitating disease. But, she said, "I have been lucky because I have had the benefit of health insurance. Because of those group plans I have been able to afford the treatment that delays the onset of disability."
She has seen many who are not lucky. They are Americans who are without coverage because they have preexisting conditions - some life-threatening, some insignificant. Others can't afford medications that allow them to live their lives to the fullest. People are sick with conditions that could be easily prevented by routine tests or treatments.
We need to remember that the fight is not over. The Los Angeles Times reports, "Major health insurance companies ... have decided to stop selling policies for children rather than comply with a new federal healthcare law that bars them from rejecting youngsters with preexisting medical conditions."
Mary Jo stands with President Obama, who has condemned Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna Inc. and others that will sidestep the law by refusing to write new child-only policies in California, Illinois, Florida, Connecticut and elsewhere.
Whether we are healthy, and want to stay that way, or are already dealing with cancer, asthma or diabetes, she is determined to serve our needs. She will ensure low-income, working poor, middle class, and higher-income families all have affordable and competent treatment.
U.S. Representative Mary Jo Kilroy is the kind of lawmaker we need for the 15th District.
Here are the steps you can take:
- Send this message to your friends and family.
- Display a Kilroy sign in your yard.
- Donate to the Kilroy for Congress campaign.
Let's make sure Mary Jo is back in Washington for another four years!
Sources: "The Future of Healthcare," USNews & World Report, August 2010; "All Sides with Ann Fisher" WOSU-AM, Sept. 16, 2010; ProgressOhio, Sept. 21, 2010; "Six health reform changes that could affect you," Ameriprise Financial; "Big health insurers to stop selling new child-only policies," Los Angeles Times, Sept. 21, 2010.
For more information on the Affordable Care Act :
http://www.healthcare.gov/
http://www.consumersunion.org/health.html
Join The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius in Support of U.S. Representative Mary Jo Kilroy this Thursday, August 19
Posted August 18th, 2010 by uamakPlease join
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
in support of our Congresswoman
U.S. Representative Mary Jo Kilroy
this Thursday, August 19
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
at the home of Barbara Sokol
2346 Fishinger Road
Please rsvp by calling 545-4079
VIP $2400 Host $1000
Co-Host $500 Guest $250
If you can't attend, please consider making a contribution to:
Kilroy for Congress
P.O. Box 2582
Columbus, Ohio 43216
Join The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius in Support of U.S. Representative Mary Jo Kilroy this Thursday, August 19
Posted August 18th, 2010 by uamak
Please join
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
in support of our Congresswoman
U.S. Representative Mary Jo Kilroy
this Thursday, August 19
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
at the home of Barbara Sokol
2346 Fishinger Road
Please rsvp by calling 545-4079
VIP $2400 Host $1000
Co-Host $500 Guest $250
If you can't attend, please consider making a contribution to:
Kilroy for Congress
P.O. Box 2582
Columbus, Ohio 43216
Volunteer to reelect Kilroy
Posted August 16th, 2010 by gmcluckieHelp return Kilroy to Washington
Kilroy for Congress has opportunities every day to help get Mary Jo reelected. A phone bank gets started around 5 p.m. Monday-Friday at the campaign office at 747 Chambers Road. And you can canvas every weekend, starting around 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Call 614-545-4070 or sign up online.
Rebecca Pronsky concert for Kilroy July 27
Posted July 23rd, 2010 by gmcluckieConcert for Mary Jo Kilroy
Tuesday, July 27, 6-9 p.m.
Stivers advocates for repeal of the 17th Amendment
Posted June 2nd, 2010 by sdybiecJune 3, 2010
Stivers advocates for repeal of the 17th Amendment
The Tea Party is on a quest to repeal the 17th Amendment, which provides for direct popular election of U.S. senators.
And the repeal has support from Republican candidate for the Ohio's 15th Congressional District, Steve Stivers.
Stivers said in a 9-12 Project questionnaire last year that he supported repealing the 17th Amendment. He reasserted that same position in a January 2010 interview with The Hill. And in a January news story, Stivers was receptive to the idea of repealing the amendment, calling it a states' rights issue.
Here is Stiver's unconditional answer in his response in the Tea Party questionnaire:
A May 31, 2010, NYTimes Op-Ed mentions Stivers' almost immediate flip-flop --- Stivers now claims he didn't really mean it when he called for an end to Senators elected directly by the people they represent.
Petition: Guns and alcohol don't mix
Imagine loaded guns in family restaurants and in crowded bars. Imagine loaded guns at a sold-out Ohio State football game or Cincinnati Reds baseball game.
Last week a bill allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns into bars, restaurants and sporting events that serve alcohol passed the Ohio Senate.
It's now in the hands of Ohio House members --- including our Representative in the 24th District, Ted Celeste --- to kill this bill.
Please sign our online petition so we can let Ted Celeste and the other members of the Ohio House know that you don't think guns and alcohol mix and that the Ohio House should bury Senate Bill 239.
The Ohio Restaurant Association opposes the measure, as does the state's Fraternal Order of Police.
And editorial staffs of the Columbus Dispatch, The Plain Dealer Editorial Board, and Toledo Blade all blasted the bill.
Fight inhumane treatment of farm animals
Volunteers and donors are needed to get an issue on the November ballot to set minimum standards for livestock care and food safety. Ohioans for Humane Farms needs your help to donate and/or gather the 600,000 signatures to put this initiative on the ballot.
Deadline is June 30, 2010 to get all the petition signatures to the Secretary of State. The group is about halfway to their goal of more than 600,000 signatures.
Attend a ballot signature gathering event or donate
Organizing for America Vote 2010 Kick-Off
11 a.m., Saturday, June 5
Columbus/Grandview Heights Coordinated Campaign Office
747 Chambers Rd
Columbus, OH, 43212
http://my.barackobama.com/KickOffEvents
Stivers advocates repeal of the 17th Amendment
Posted June 1st, 2010 by sdybiecFrom the Department of Colossally Stupid Ideas comes the Tea Party's quest to repeal the 17th Amendment, which provides for direct popular election of U.S. senators. And it has support from Republican candidate for the Ohio's 15th Congressional District, Steve Stivers.
Stivers said in a 9-12 Project questionnaire last year that he supported repealing the 17th Amendment. He reasserted that same position in a January 2010 interview with The Hill. And in a January news story, Stivers was receptive to the idea of repealing the amendment, calling it a states' rights issue.
Here is Stiver's unconditional answer in his response in the Tea Party questionnaire:
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A May 31, 2010, NYTimes Op-Ed mentions Stivers' almost immediate flip-flop --- Stivers now claims he didn't really mean it when he called for an end to Senators elected directly by the people they represent:
Around the country, Tea Party affiliates and some candidates have been pressing for repeal — though there also has been a lot of hasty backtracking by politicians once the voters realized the implications. .... Steve Stivers, the Republican candidate in an Ohio Congressional race, said he wanted to repeal the amendment, until his Democratic opponent, Representative Mary Jo Kilroy, made an issue of it, after which he seemed to back off.
Stivers also “disagrees” with the statement that global warming is a scientific fact and that catastrophe will ensue if carbon emissions aren’t lowered. In addition, he suggests that any of the federal departments not mandated under the Constitution — everything except State, Defense, Justice and Treasury — could be eliminated to return to a “constitutionally pure government.”
Imagine repealing away voting rights that citizens of the United States have enjoyed for nearly a hundred years --- the right to vote directly for one's representative in the U.S. Senate.
Countdown's Keith Olbermann weighed in on 17th amendment repeal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9sl45u-MFI. As he says, "Don't tread on me -- just take away my vote!"
Kilroy seeks volunteers
Posted March 27th, 2010 by gmcluckieWant to volunteer for the Mary Jo Kilroy campaign? Sign up for the e-mail list here: http://www.kilroyforcongress.com/2008/1/volunteer.html
Join the Kilroy campaign after work to stuff weekly mailings and do follow-up
Kilroy Brunch -- March 28
Posted March 27th, 2010 by gmcluckieSunday Brunch with Mary Jo Kilroy
Gourmet food and great conversation
Sunday, March 28, 2010
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
RSVP for location: 614-545-4070 or lindsay.molnar@kilroyforcongress.com
Suggested contributions
Platinum $250
Gold $100
Silver $50
Tea Partiers Mock And Scorn Parkinson's Victim
Posted March 19th, 2010 by sdybiecThis video shot by the Columbus Dispatch from this week's Honk and Wave in Support of Health Care at Congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy's district office contains a segment where the teabaggers mock and scorn a Parkinson's victim telling him "he's in the wrong end of town to ask for handouts", calling him a communist and throwing money at him to "pay for his health care". Watch it:
The Parkinson's patient, Robert A. Letcher, 60, is a former nuclear engineer with a doctorate from Cornell University. Today the Dispatch posted a follow-up story on the rally and Letcher:
Columbus Dispatch: Parkinson's patient gains national attention from health-care rally confrontation
A demonstrator at a Columbus health-care rally who was chided for looking for a handout "on the wrong end of town" actually is a former nuclear engineer with a doctorate from Cornell University.
Robert A. Letcher, 60, had no way of knowing that attending the rally would make him a flashpoint in the raging national health-care debate.
But the treatment of Letcher, who suffers from Parkinson's disease, by two opponents of health-care legislation instantly became the topic of Internet chatter and bloggers and was given a prime spot on cable-news programs in the past two days.
The national press covered the rally:
Washington Independent: Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy Gets a Gift From Tea Partiers
http://washingtonindependent.com/79585/rep-mary-jo-kilroy-gets-a-gift-from-tea-partiers
NPR: Protesters Focus On Rep. Kilroy As Health Vote Nears
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124758589&ft=1&f=1006
MJK penned a story on HuffPost: Stand Up for Decency
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-mary-jo-kilroy/stand-up-for-decency_b_504778.html
23 Democrats
Posted November 12th, 2009 by sdybiec
November 12, 2009
23 Democrats
23 Democrats voted to restrict a woman's right to choose and against health care. But our very own Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy already in ultra-competitive race, voted for reproductive choice and for health care reform, despite Republican attacks. 
MoveOn.org has started a campaign to raise $150,000 in 48 hours to help Rep. Kilroy. If you can't give $400, any amount helps.
Dear MoveOn member,
Saturday night was bittersweet. The House passed sweeping health care reform --- but included a severe anti-choice provision in the bill.
23 Democrats voted wrong on both counts, first voting to restrict a woman's right to choose, then siding with Big Insurance to vote against a health care bill they had just succeeded in weakening.
On the other hand, there were principled Democrats in tough re-election fights who have been under fire from Republicans and the insurance industry for months. They faced intense pressure --- first to vote to limit women's access to reproductive choice and then to vote down health care altogether.
But they didn't give in --- they courageously stood up for women and for all Americans who can't afford to wait for health care.
And now they're facing even harsher attacks for their votes. Mary Jo Kilroy and other health care heroes are about to see some of the nastiest attacks against them yet and they need our support. Together we can show that when Democrats stand up and fight, people will stand up with them.
https://pol.moveon.org/give/healthcare_heroes2.html
In response to this week's email, MoveOn members pitched in funds to launch our biggest ad campaign ever holding Democrats accountable, targeting some of the 23 Democrats who voted wrong. Now we need to show that we'll get the backs of those pro-choice Democrats who cast the deciding votes for health care reform.
That includes Reps. Carol Shea-Porter of New Hampshire and John Hall of New York, both of whom voted for health care reform and are in competitive races in swing districts.2
Mary Jo Kilroy's Republican opponent, Steve Stivers, is the same candidate she narrowly defeated last year. His strategy? Hope that "urban" turnout declines without Barack Obama on the ballot.3
A former banking lobbyist,4 Stivers can tap special interests to raise millions for his campaign, but Kilroy, who MoveOn members first supported in 2006, is counting on grassroots support from folks like you.
"We cannot sit back and accept the status quo," she said in declaring her support for the health care bill.5 Let's help her fight for change. Make your contribution now:
https://pol.moveon.org/give/healthcare_heroes2.html
Thank you.
---Adam, Wes, Marika, Kat, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. Final vote results on passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act, Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, November 7, 2009
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll887.xml
Final vote results on adoption of the Stupak of Michigan Amendment, Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, November 7, 2009
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll884.xml
2. Cook Political Report, Nov. 4, 2009.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85149&id=17914-5643971-B8GjaCx&t=5
3. "Ohio Could See Two 2008 Rematches Next Year," Roll Call, May 12, 2009.
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_129/politics/34812-1.html
4. "Lobbyists make a run for congressional seats," USA Today, Nov. 3, 2008.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85150&id=17914-5643971-B8GjaCx&t=6
5. "Kilroy Announces Support of Affordable Health Care for America Act," Rep. Kilroy's website, Nov. 6, 2009.
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85151&id=17914-5643971-B8GjaCx&t=7
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy speaks at unveiling of deficit neutral Health Care Reform bill
Posted October 30th, 2009 by sdybiec3rd Annual Salsa Party for Mary Jo Kilroy
Posted February 16th, 2009 by sdybiec
Please join us for a night of Salsa music and dancing in support of
Mary Jo Kilroy
Representative from Ohio’s 15th Congressional District
3rd Annual Salsa Party – Thursday, February 19th at BoMA
583 East Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215
Sponsor Reception: 5:30 pm General Reception: 6:00 pm Music: 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Contribution Levels:
Gold Sponsor: $500 — Silver Sponsor: $250 — Admission: $50 per person
or join Club 15 at $15 monthly through November 2010 at www.kilroyforcongress.com/club15
Complementary Latin refreshments provided.
Sponsors: 2 drink tickets provided, General Admission/Club 15: 1 drink ticket provided.
RSVP to: Tyler — (614) 545-4070 x2 or tyler@kilroyforcongress.com
Please make checks payable to: Kilroy for Congress, PO Box 2582, Columbus, OH 43216
GOTV continues in the 15th district and we need your help to elect Mary Jo Kilroy!!!!!
Posted November 7th, 2008 by sdybiecAs you probably know, the fight for the 15th Congressional District is long from over. Here's the situation:
| Candidate | % of Votes | Number Of Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Stivers, Steve (R) | 45.61% | 130,282 |
| Kilroy, Mary Jo (D) | 45.56% | 130,136 |
| Noble, Mark (L) | 4.57% | 13,044 |
| Eckhart, Don (I) | 4.26% | 12,153 |
| Casper, Travis (I) | 0.00% | 0 |
A margin of only 146 votes! Mary Jo believes the votes she needs to win are in the yet-to-be-counted provisional ballots, which won't be tallied for 10 days.
In all, over 50,000 absentee and provisional ballots in Franklin County have yet to be counted.
Why does Mary Jo believe the provisional ballots will favor her? In the 2006 election against Deborah Pryce, she trailed by 3,536 votes in unofficial totals announced the day after the election, but the gap narrowed to 1,062 when uncounted absentee and provisional ballots were factored in and a mandatory recount was completed a month after the election.
That's why we need your help! We need to reach Mary Jo's voters to remind them to make sure their critical vote is counted.
Signup in the form below to help Mary Jo.
We have call shifts from Friday, November 7th to Friday November 14th:
- Shift 1: Arrive 8:30 am Start 9:00 am Stop 12:00 pm
- Shift 2: Arrive 12:30 am Start 1:00 pm Stop 4:00 pm
- Shift 3: Arrive 4:30 pm Start 5:00 pm Stop 8:00 pm
The Kilroy campaign is located at 271 E. State Street. They ask that volunteers come in a half an hour early for a quick training.
Signup in the form below to help Mary Jo.
