I just got this in my in-box, and I’m psyched. No, things aren’t going to turn around overnight. But the toxic nature of the Rethuglican brand nationwide means that we shouldn’t leave Sussex County to the R’s and what passes for leadership in the moribund D ranks. Read and, if you’re from Sussex, get involved:
We Are Sussex
We’re working to change our county, and we’re going to need your help.
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I learned a lot about our county during our campaign for State Representative last year…
and now, along with Stacie Burton and others that we’ll introduce over the next few weeks, we’ve started a group to tackle the issues that stand in the way of Democrats winning elections in Sussex County. I learned that it’s not issues that stand in the way of winning. In fact, many of the people behind the 10,000 doors we knocked on agreed with us that we need higher minimum wages, increased, affordable access to health care, to clean up our water, and a host of other issues. What stands in our way is a lack of organization, a lack of knowledge about what our elected officials are (or, most likely, are not) accomplishing, and a lack of avenues to promote information from candidates. We’re going to change that.
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| Stacie Burton is the founder and chair of We Are Sussex, she also serves on the National Board for the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial, representing the State of Delaware, is the chair of the Sussex County Women’s Democratic Club, and is a board member for the Bryan A. Stevenson School for Excellence. She has worked in county and state government for over 10 years. |
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How is We Are Sussex going to affect state and local elections?
By organizing. The average campaign volunteer in Sussex is different than it is in the rest of the state, both in age and experience, but they’re just as motivated. We need to continue to maintain and increase the volunteer base that exists, so it’s ready to mobilize behind candidates. We’ve already hosted our first social event, and we’ll be announcing our next event soon. We’re also working to support candidates financially. If a candidate supports the Delaware Democratic Party’s platform, and is putting in the work necessary to win, we’ll do what we can to support them.
By educating. We’re going to focus on educating the public about what their representatives are doing in Dover, through social media posts, and more importantly, targeted ads on social media. The expectations on what our elected officials are doing for us is too low. We’re going to fix that. If you can’t go to Dover and accomplish anything, you don’t belong there.
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I don’t live in Sussex, why should I care?
If you care about what happens in Delaware’s state government, you should. Did you know that Sussex County is responsible for almost 50% of the growth in our state’s population since the last census? For every 1 person that moved to New Castle County in the past 8 years, 2 people moved to Sussex County. Sussex County is going to have an increased say in what happens in our state. If we don’t start winning in Sussex, there will be an impact on the laws and progress that we can accomplish in Delaware.
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You want my money, don’t you?
You’re getting enough emails from one of the 58 presidential candidates now, you know a fundraising email when you read it. But in this case, your hard earned dollar will go towards building a grassroots movement in Sussex County that will help bring change to our state. We didn’t win last year, but we did start something special. We worked as hard as we could, but came up short. We Are Sussex will help candidates win.
Sincerely,
Don Allan
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and stay tuned for news on upcoming events hosted by We Are Sussex. If you’d like to volunteer for We Are Sussex, email us at WeAreSussex@gmail.com
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| We are Sussex is a registered Political Action Committee, and is not affiliated with any political party or candidate. |
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The Dem “leadership” is only moribund if you are expecting Democratic outcomes. It is the model of vigor and activity if you favour Republican outcomes.
What passes for ‘leadership’ serves only one person–Pete Schwartzkopf. I seem to recall his proctologist posting here awhile back. And he’s probably happy that it doesn’t serve other masters. He’ll probably see this as a threat–not as an opportunity to build the party. Prove me wrong, Pete.
I’m sure Sussex has the largest share of Dixiecrats, who are notably not progressive. And those are the folks on our side. And don’t discount right-wing religious values, that seem to cross party lines here. So yes, Sussex is not as progressive as NCC. Moribund D ranks? I think you might benefit from a field trip. RD36 meeting Monday, August 19, 2019, 7:00PM, Arena’s conference room, Milford.
I know Sussex is not as progressive as NCC. I also know that D’s have almost stopped playing here. I also know that most of the growth has been in eastern Sussex, which is not Jesusland. I think that someone like, say, George Bunting, could still get elected there, and he was not a Dixiecrat, not by a long shot. But not if we don’t try. I also know that a voter registration drive in and around Georgetown could reap benefits, although it might ruffle both D and R feathers. To which I say too bad.
Be the first to admit I don’t know all that much about Sussex, but I do know that people are moving into the area rapidly, and their mostly not conservative or obsessed with religion. For the Dems that’s a very good thing, the old and the ignorant is dying off and not being replaced. It’s either an opportunity or one in the making.
It’s actually an environmental disaster in the making.
I could not agree more, the area is fragile and like usual their packing them in.
If you zoom on the map at this link, you’ll see that population growth in the Sussex flood plain is higher than in any flood plain on the East Coast north of Florida.
https://www.governing.com/gov-data/census/flood-plains-zone-local-population-growth-data.html