Get Involved in Greensboro’s Budget Process 

The City of Greensboro District Council members are holding meetings to seek input on the 2010-11 Budget.  YOU CAN BE INVOLVED WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR HOME!   Just go on line and fill out the form provided.  There are three questions:

1. What do you consider to be the most essential services the City provides?

2. Which services could be reduced with the least impact on the community?

3. What programs and/or services would you like the City to consider adding in the future?

YOU HAVE UNTIL MARCH 15 TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY.

If you are unsure what programs you consider important, as one (Willie Taylor) involved in the Greensboro Public Library, I would like to make you aware that the Library lost 8 of the 13 positions cut last year and two in the year before.  None of these positions has been restored.  The Library is open 12 hours a day, M-F, 9 hours on Saturday and 4 hours on Sunday afternoon.  Additionally for every $1 taxpayers invest in the Library, we get a $5.64 return. 

Each of us is aware of a service worthy of support.  Submit your responses immediately.  Make your voice heard.

See Health Care Links below

Download this two sided bookmark in PDF format, print, and share with friends and members of your organization.

The LWVPT co-sponsored Civics 104 on Health Care in Spring 2008.

Graphs and Slides from the First Lecture by Jonathan Oberlander, edited by Robin Lane. PDF format

Photos from the series and links to information.

News and Record article on session 2

• National League website. See the left hand side for action

•  Elected Officials for the Piedmont Triad (this page updated frequently)

• Advocacy Tips (PDF format)

• Health Care links:

  If you missed UNCTV's panel on health reform on August 25, you may view it online.

  Activities in NC.

  The League of Women Voters of Arizona has prepared a study of health care in the US and compared costs and services with other developed countries. The study is filled with facts, figures, and graphs. References are included for those wishing more information. All readers are urged to read the second page on permissions for use. The file is in PDF and requires the reader to have Adobe Reader installed on her/his computer.

  Articles in the New Yorker by Atul Gawande

  Getting There From Here  from the New Yorker
  The Cost Conundrum from the New Yorker

  Other Resources
  For Up to Date Information on Fast Breaking Developments the LWVPT recommends the following sites:
  If you want to know more about
  ·         The Uninsured and other Issues in Health Care (NC statistics available at this site)   
  Visit Families USA at
   http://www.familiesusa.org
  ·          Policy and the government is proposing for Reform (legislation)
   Look at side by side comparison of current legislative proposals at:         http://www.kff.org/healthreform/sidebyside.cfm
  ·         What the National League of Women Voters is Doing to Promote Positive Change
  Visit the League of Women Voters US at http://www.lwv.org

  Background Papers by the LWVUS Health Care Education Task Force 2009

  At-Risk Americans: The Uninsured And Underinsured
  (Word format)

  Quick Facts On Health Care Costs
  (Word format)

  Understanding Healthy Competition
  (PDF format)

  From SCHIP to CHIPRA
  (Word Format)

  History of Major Changes in U.S.Health Care System Since 1994
  (Word Format)

   

   

Lunch with the League
Innovative Women, Innovative Judicial Programs
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
12:00 P.M.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Haywood Duke Room
607 N. Greene Street, Greensboro
The program is free.  Reservations for lunch ($10):  tkwhitacre@gmail.com
or 643-2131 on or before March 11.  If paying by check, please write check, in advance,  to LWVPT.

Sunshine Day Celebration to feature investigative journalism, the City of Greensboro's new internal response to public records requests and Nina Totenberg

The state's celebration of open government is scheduled for Tuesday, March 16th in Greensboro at the newly opened International Civil Rights Center and Museum.  The afternoon will feature the importance of open government in the work of investigative journalism.   The City of Greensboro will showcase its revamped and aggressive response to public records requests. We will also hear a summary of recent legislative and legal issues involving the state's open government laws.  The day ends with a keynote by NPR's Nina Totenberg.  Click here <http://www.elon.edu/docs/e-web/academics/communications/ncopengov/sunshineday2010agenda.pdf> to see the full agenda.

The Sunshine Day event also marks the final countdown in the North Carolina Open Government Coalition's efforts to meet a Knight Foundation challenge grant for $250,000.  So far believers in the importance of a vibrant open government center in the state have pledged $201,000.  We are $49,000 away from our goal.  Please consider a gift to open government and make a pledge when you register for Sunshine Day in North Carolina.

Click here <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8KPDTQL>  to register online for Sunshine Day.

Click here <http://www.elon.edu/docs/e-web/academics/communications/ncopengov/sunshinereg2010.pdf> to print the registration form and FAX (336-278-5734) or mail to:  North Carolina Open Government Coalition, Elon University, Campus Box 2850, Elon, NC 27244.

Click here <http://www.sitinmovement.org/>  to visit the International Civil Rights Center and Museum website.