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Guest
speaker
Congressman Jim McDermott
Congressman Jim McDermott connected the dots between campaign finance and health care reform.
He felt this year featured a convergence of situations which made the passage of health care reform, with publicly funded health care funding, a practical possibility.
Rep. McDermott explained that when hundreds of thousands of citizens got laid off in the past year, thuis losing their employer's insurance, they came to understand that health care is a crisis not only for poor folks, but for average middle-class families.
Organization
of the Year: COMMON CAUSE
WPC
Director Craig Salins, Cody Flynn, Sarah Chandler, Derek Cressman, Jim
Street, Roger Douglas
NW Field Director Derek Cressman
accepted the award to Common Cause
State Rep. Mark Miloscia presented the
Organization of the Year award.
Leadership
in Public Service: Representative Marko Liias
Rep.
Marko Liias worked on the judicial bill in the State legislature.
He accepted his award via video from Finland.
Betty Ogden—volunteer leader of WPC’s Tacoma-Pierce County chapter — began volunteering with WPC over five years ago.
A video presented images of Betty's exceptional life of caring and daring.
Her always-sunny and low-key disposition keeps others involved — who figure, “If Betty can keep at it, so can I.
Above:
Craig Salins, Betty Ogden, Marcee Stone.
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