Join Us - Highway Cleanup is Tonight @ 5:30 PM

FIRST HIGHWAY CLEANUP OF 2025 IS TONIGHT!

COME JOIN US FOR THE FIRST HIGHWAY CLEAN UP OF 2025!

The Houghton County Dems will be out on the road again for our first highway clean up of this summer. We’ll be cleaning our stretch of highway as part of the Adopt-A-Highway program — M-26 from just past Goat Hill Rd heading out of Ripley, and on through to Dollar Bay.

Join us TONIGHT, Tuesday, May 20th at 5:30 PM. (Rain Date is the following Tuesday, May 27th). Parking is available at the Adopt-A-Highway sign just past Goat Hill Rd. We provide gloves, safety vests and bags. 

Questions? — Need any clarifications? Call Barb Turuc at (906) 370-5496.

IT’S STILL EARLY IN THE SEASON BUT ITS ALWAYS ADVISABLE TO BRING YOUR OWN WATER BOTTLES.

NEXT ACTION MEETUP TOMORROW

THE APRIL ACTION MEET UP WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21ST AT THE 5TH & ELM.

COME JOIN US! 5TH AND ELM CAN HAVE PIZZA PIPING HOT WHEN YOU ARRIVE - CALL (906) 483-2294 IN ADVANCE TO ORDER, THE EARLIER THE BETTER!

WHEN: 6 PM Wednesday, May 21st.

WHERE: 5th & Elm at the Orpheum Theater, 426 Quincy Street in Hancock (Google Map).

#HandsOffMedicaid

The item that follows is a direct reprint from Rogan’s List, and gives information on actions you can take to help fight back against the Republican’s budget bill that threatens to cut billions from Medicaid:

ROGAN’S LIST

📢 TOOLS AND TALKING POINTS FOR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AGAINST MAGA’S BUDGET 📢

The MAGA murder budget would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in U.S. history (check out summaries from the Center for American Progress and the Progressive Caucus). And House Republicans are struggling with each other to make it even worse, with so-called moderates fighting for more tax cuts for high-income families and the Freedom Caucus angry that they’re not kicking even more than 8.6 million low-income folks off Medicaid. Right now, it’s not clear they have enough votes to make it through the Budget Committee. This is an opportunity we have to take advantage of.

We can speak out against this by writing letters to our local editors pushing back, and Moms Rising is here to help us. We can look here to find sample talking points and all the tools we need to write a strong letter to the editor protesting the GOP’s cruel, deep cuts to Medicaid.

We can also:

• Keep calling our members of Congress ourselves here

• Reach out to our neighbors with Indivisible’s Neighbor2Neighbor program here

• Sign up to knock doors in key districts here

• Join the Medicaid Defenders and Working Families Party for phonebanks to folks in key districts next week here and here

• Find even more ways to help here

Rogan’s List is one of several “Resources for Action and Education” that a group of HCDP members put their heads together and come up earlier this year. You can find the full list of these resources on our website here (the list is in a table format best viewed from your desktop or tablet).

05/27: HOW TO RUN FOR LOCAL OFFICE

HOUGHTON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY

One of the best actions you can take to help preserve and defend our constitution and our democracy is to run for office.

Considering a run for a local school board, township council or other local seat? Be sure to attend the HCDP Recruitment Committee’s session on How to Run for Local Office.

The session will be held at the 5th & Elm, 426 Quincy Street in Hancock next Tuesday, May 27th, starting at 6 PM. Pizza and drinks will be available.

06/14: NO KINGS DAY NATIONALLY / BRIDGEFEST LOCALLY

You are likely aware that a coalition of national pro-democracy groups is calling for another No Kings Day on June 14th. It’s being billed as “A Nationwide Day of Defiance”. That date has been chosen to coincide with the scheduling for Donald Trump’s military parade / birthday-party-at-taxpayer-expense in Washington, D.C.

Here in Houghton County June 14th is the Sunday of the annual Bridgefest weekend. That means that the Lift Bridge, our best and most visible venue for local protests, will NOT be available. Because of this, there is no coordination occurring locally to hold a No Kings Day rally and/or bridge march.

BUT WAIT - YOU CAN STILL HELP!

Both the Houghton County Dems and Keweenaw Indivisible are busy planning entries into the Bridgefest Parade, and could use your help!

If you are interested in becoming involved with our planning, or in participating with us in the Parade, please drop us an email at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (906) 523-1233.

Likewise, if you’re interested in assisting Keweenaw Indivisible, contact them at [email protected].

SAVE THE DATES!

HOUGHTON COUNTY DEMOCRATS — SUMMER EVENTS

• June 7:  Keweenaw PrideFest Tabling (Calumet Colosseum)

• June 13:  March in Bridgefest Parade (Hancock/Houghton)

• June 13-14:  Bridgefest Tabling (Houghton)

• July 4:  March in South Range 4th of July Parade

• July 12:  March in Strawberry Festival Parade (Chassell)

• August 16:  Pastyfest Tabling (Calumet)

• August 21-24:  Houghton County Fair Tabling (Hancock)

• August 31:  (Tentative) HCDP Community Picnic 

More information will follow about marching, and opportunities to staff the HCDP Information Table at some of these summer events!

MDP Legacy Dinner

The Michigan Democratic Party will hold the Legacy Dinner, the party’s annual Ball and fundraiser, at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center on Saturday, June 7th.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer, State Party Chair Curtis Hertel, and many elected leaders from across the state will be in attendance. The night’s special guest is Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.

U.S. Senator Gary Peters has been announced as the 2025 Legacy Award recipient. Senator Peters has dedicated 35 years of his life to public service, improving the lives of Michiganders and working to build a better future for us all. If you haven’t already, reserve your seat to join your fellow Michigan Democrats in honoring Senator Gary Peters at this year’s Legacy Dinner.

Tickets, starting at $250 for Bronze seating, are available via ActBlue.

Governmental & Community Meetings

TUE MAY 20

The Laurium Village Council meets tonight at 6 PM in the Council Chambers of the Town Hall. More info can be found on the Village Council's web page. 

The Calumet Village Council meets tonight at 6:00 PM in the Village Council Chambers. More information on the Council, it's committees, and minutes of past meetings can be found on the Council's web page. The Zoom link for the meeting can be found on the Village’s News and Events web page.

WED MAY 21

The Hancock City Council meets at 6 PM in the Hancock City Hall Council Chambers.

This newsletter is paid for with regulated funds by the Houghton County Democratic Party, and is not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee.

Contact us by email at [email protected] or by text or voicemail at 906-523-1233