Democrats of Douglas

At its caucus on March 28, 2007, the Democrats of Douglas nominated and endorsed the following slate of eleven strong candidates for election to important town offices.

Board of Selectmen (3 years): Shirley M. Mosczynski, Chair of the Board of Selectmen, is running for re-election. Pamela R. Holmes, currently Chair of the Finance Committee, is running for the term last held by David Furno.

School Committee (3 years): Margaret V. Reed, Chair of the School Committee, is running for re-election. Michael R. Belleville is running for the seat being vacated by Thomas Navaroli. Both are running unopposed.

Planning Board (5 years): David St. George and David Windoloski are both running. There are two seats open on the Planning Board.

Tax Collector (3 years): Pamela A. Carter is running for re-election and she is unopposed.

Constable (3 years): Carol E. Field and David St. George are running for re-election.

Cemetery Commission (3 years): Shirley Cooney, Commission Chair, is running for re-election.

Trustee of the Public Library (3 years): Tess Cooney is running unopposed for the open seat.

The town will hold its annual election on Tuesday, May 8th following its Annual Town Meeting on Monday, May 7th.

This is the information referred to by Senator Moore in our program discussing the new Health Insurance law. If you have not seen the program, please check with your local Public Access station for their schedule. If you have high-speed internet access, you can also view the program online anytime.

The first file, Health_Reform_Presentation.pdf, is a good powerpoint-style overview of the new changes.

The second file, Health_Reform_Conference_Cmte.pdf, is a more thorough review of the same changes. This is the official Health Care Access and Affordability Conference Committee Report from the Massachusetts Legislature.

The Commonwealth has additional information available at these web sites:

Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector - The web site of the independent public authority created to implement significant portions of the new landmark health care reform legislation.

Division of Health Care Finance & Policy - The division of the Office of Health and Human Services overseeing the program.

Health Care Quality and Cost Information - Provides information about the quality and cost of health care provided in Massachusetts.

Commonwealth Care Health Insurance Program - A program run by the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector. This program connects qualified Massachusetts residents with affordable health insurance if they do not have it.

If you have suggestions for additional information to list here, please let us know.

We’ve just finished a great evening with Senator Richard T. Moore, including an in-depth discussion of the new Health Care law here in Massachusetts. Joining the Senator was Beth Helenius of Fallon Community Health Plan.

The video of the discussion will air very soon on Cable TV here in Douglas and in other towns in the Senator’s district.

We will also be posting several files and web links provided by the Senator relating to the program. Please check back soon.

Yesterday the Democrats of Douglas manned the corner of Main and Depot Streets supporting our state candidates. State Senator Richard Moore stopped by to share the excitement as we supported his re-election campaign along with that of Governor-elect Deval Patrick. We’re also very happy about the re-election of State Representative Paul Kujawski, Senator Ted Kennedy, Congressman Richard Neal, and the rest of the Democratic slate. In addition to the Governor-elect we’re very excited to see Martha Coakley elected as the state’s Attorney General.

Special thanks goes out to Margaret and Chris Reed for hosting the election-eve celebration party.

Thanks everyone for all the hard work!