Welcome to the Daviess County Democratic Party’s new website page, “News & Views.” This is where we’ll bring party and candidate position statements as well as local, state, and national news to your attention and facilitate your access. Our focus is on issues we believe important to the Owensboro, Daviess County, and Western Kentucky communities. And, we will pay particular attention to HEALTH CARE, the ENVIRONMENT, the ECONOMY, LABOR, and EDUCATION. We hope this resource will prove useful. As always, whatever your choice, PLEASE BE SURE TO VOTE!
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Free training from Kentucky Occupational Safety & Health
Don’t miss an opportunity to receive free Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) training on a myriad of subjects while networking with safety professionals from across the Commonwealth!
Kentucky Occupational Safety & Health is teaming with the Maysville Area Chamber of Commerce and Maysville Community & Technical College to present a one-day occupational safety training event in Maysville, Ky., Dec. 7.
The event will feature free courses on a wide range of topics including machine guarding, lockout/tagout, hazard communication, ergonomics, fall protection, and much more. The event is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Fields Auditorium on the Maysville Community & Technical College campus.
Lodging is available nearby. See attached flyer below for more details. Register today at the following link: https://linktr.ee/maysvillechamber.
Biden-Harris Administration Immediate Priorities
President Biden will deliver bold action and immediate relief for American families as the country grapples with converging crises. This will include actions to control the COVID-19 pandemic, provide economic relief, tackle climate change, and advance racial equity and civil rights, as well as immediate actions to reform our immigration system and restore America’s standing in the world. Read More.
Remarks by President Biden on Collectively Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity AUGUST 25, 2021
THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you all for being here to discuss the core national security challenge we’re facing, the American people are facing, and — and our economy is facing with cybersecurity.
We’ve seen time and again how the technologies we rely on — from our cell phones to pipelines, to the electric grid — can become targets of ha- — hackers and criminals.
At the same time, our skilled cybersecurity workforce has not grown fast enough to keep pace. We’re about — the estimates many of you have given us and we’ve concluded are — on our own — about a half a million cybersecurity jobs remain unfilled.
That’s a challenge, but it also is a real opportunity. And I’ve made it — this a priority for my administration from the outset. Read more.
Most comprehensive global climate science report ever.
The U.N. has released the most comprehensive global climate science report ever. It is unequivocal: Humans must stop burning fossil fuels or suffer catastrophic impacts. Read more about it.
Source: NPR
2020 Democratic Party Platform
2020 Democratic Party Platform: “America is an idea—one that has endured and evolved through war and depression, prevailed over fascism and communism, and radiated hope to far distant corners of the earth. Americans believe that diversity is our greatest strength. That protest is among the highest forms of patriotism. That our fates and fortunes are bound to rise and fall together. That even when we fall short of our highest ideals, we never stop trying to build a more perfect union. When the American people go to the polls this fall, we will be choosing more than a candidate. Character is on the ballot in this election. The character of our President, yes, but more than that: the character of our democracy, our society, and our leadership in the world.” READ MORE
DCDP Endorses Contract For Rural & Working America
On Saturday, August 8, 2020 the Executive Committee of the Daviess County Democratic Party voted to endorse the Contract for Rural and Working America. Linderman introduces the contract: “For far too long, rural America has been abandoned, by government and by business. This has left large parts of the country devastated – with not nearly enough good paying jobs, insufficient health care, obstacles to education and opportunity, and a general feeling of being left behind. This is why I helped create “The Contract For Rural & Working America”, a set of aspirational goals for government to apply to the very specific needs of rural and working America. And, as you read this collection of proposals, understand that implementing these will lead to more opportunity and economic security for the rest of America as well.” Read more