Sudbury Democratic Town Committee
P.O. Box 252
Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776
Beverly Guild 54 Woodside Road Sudbury, MA 01776 (978) 443-2561 bjguil@aol.com |
John Riordan 12 Pendleton Road Sudbury, MA 01776 (978) 460-1575 johnriordan51@hotmail.com |
| Next meeting: Tuesday, January 17 (7:15 PM) at the Grange Hall | |
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in the Senior Center (in the Fairbanks Community Center) at the intersection of Fairbanks Road and Hudson Road Saturday, February 18 1:00 PM This caucus is open to all registered Democrats in Sudbury. The caucus will elect delegates to this year's State Democratic Convention, which will be held in Springfield on Saturday, June 2. Please note that the rules of the state Democratic party are quite strict, and people arriving late will not be able to vote. | |
Who We Are
The Sudbury Democratic Town Committee represents the Massachusetts Democratic Party in Sudbury. We serve as advocates for Democratic principles and values. We organize to support Democratic candidates. We speak out on public issues of local, state, and national concern.
Our Meetings
We meet once a month at the Grange Hall, 326 Concord Road, in Sudbury Center — this is at the intersection of Route 27 and Concord Road, right next to Town Hall.
All our meetings are from 7:15 — 9:00 PM, and all are open to the public. We are always happy to have people join us. Just show up — you don't need a reservation!
We meet on the second floor. You can get there either by a stairway or an elevator. And there's plenty of parking right in back, in the Town Hall parking lot.
What We've Been Doing
We support Occupy Boston. At our meeting on October 20, 2011, we passed a resolution of support for the Occupy Wall Street movement and its sister movements around the country, notably Occupy Boston.
At our meeting on May 25, 2011, we passed a resolution in favor of a statewide graduated income tax. We feel it would be more equitable, enable those of massively greater wealth to pay their fair share, and take the stress off the property tax which hurts those with lower incomes.
On March 24, we passed two resolutions on U.S. military actions:
- We voted in support of a resolution originated by Democratic Town Committees in the Middlesex, Norfolk and Worcestor Democratic Alliance urging our government to withdraw support from the Karzai government in Afghanistan and swiftly withdraw militarily from that country.
- We voted in favor of a resolution opposing military intervention in Libya.
Edward M. Kennedy in Memoriam A statement by the Sudbury Democratic Town Committee on the occasion of the death of Senator Kennedy.
Single-Payer Universal Health Care—An Idea Whose Time Has Come Here we outline the serious problems with health care in the United States, examine some approaches to dealing with the problem, and explain carefully why we support single-payer universal health care as the most practical, beneficial, and cost-effective solution. In addition, we discuss the nature of the opposition to single-payer universal health care—what motivates the opposition, but also, and quite essentially, the world-view of extreme individualism and cynicism about democratic government that the opposition uses—often very effectively—as a substitute for honest discussion. We believe these tactics can be effectively disarmed, and we write about them here to bring this out into the open.
The Case for Rapid and Complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. A paper laying out the argument that our country should withdraw promptly, in a matter of a few months, and completely, from Iraq. This differs from the plan currently being considered by President Obama.
And here is a shorter version of the paper on withdrawing U.S.forces from Iraq, suitable for use as an op-ed piece.
Towards a Progressive Future in the United States. An essay prepared by the Sudbury Democratic Town Committee.
A resolution opposing casino gambling in Massachusetts. A copy was sent to Governor Patrick.
The Patriot Act
- We proposed a resolution, Sudbury Citizens' Resolution for the Protection of the Civil Liberties of its Citizens at the 2004 Sudbury Town Meeting, opposing the Patriot Act. It passed overwhelmingly.
- We supported by letter a bill in the Massachusetts state legislature in opposition to the Patriot Act.
The War in Iraq
- On January 23, 2003, shortly before the war started, we passed a resolution opposing it.
- We published an op-ed in the Sudbury Town Crier on January 22, 2004 detailing grounds for impeachment of President George W. Bush.
- In 2005 we started holding vigils against the war in Sudbury Center. These vigils continue weekly every Saturday from noon to 12:30.
- For several years, we have been marching in Sudbury's July 4 Parade. In 2006 we carried signs against the war, and passed out this flyer.
Social Security
- In 2005, when President Bush and the Republicans were pushing hard to privatize Social Security, we wrote and distributed a report, Honoring the Compact, Keeping the Trust, explaining the facts in detail and debunking the myth that Social Security was in crisis.
- We followed this up with an op-ed in the Sudbury Town Crier.