OCTOBER 2022 edition The Beacon Donate to Support ICDP Candidates & Projects FINAL STRETCH – GET OUT THE VOTE! We are geared up for the next five weeks of GOTV. Click on the link below for a short summary of the actions we will take. UPCOMING ACTIVITIES BEFORE ELECTION DAY candidate & issues card MAKE GOOD TROUBLE FOR LINE 5 ICDP member Sue Duncan is urging members to make a LOUD NOISE and GOOD TROUBLE by taking a few minutes by Friday, October 14 to be heard in this first stage of public comment to the US Army Corps of Engineers on the Line 5 Tunnel. Click on the link below for additional information. submit comments here CINDY SCHWEDLER CAMPAIGN SUPPORT Deb Carmichael, ICDP member pulled a small group of volunteers together to have a table at Oscoda's busy annual art and craft show. Deb said, “(We had) a great spot in the hallway where everyone had to funnel past! Lots of literature was distributed (and) lots of comments from people glad we were there! Signs lined the window behind the table.” Thanks so much to this group for taking the time to promote our Democratic candidate for Iosco County Board of Commissioners in the 2 nd district, Cindy Schwedler! Attendees at Richard Douglass' fundraiser on September 8, 2022 VOTING FUNDRAISER A SUCCESS On Thursday, September 8 th Richard Douglass hosted more than three dozen people at his Tawas City home to raise funds for the ICDP. Richard served homemade Ukrainian themed food and lead a small group exercise for attendees to discuss why people vote, why they don’t vote, and what we could do to encourage voting participation. As an inspiration, he shared an observation from his granddaughter, Hailey. read article here ICDP ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY MAKES A DIFFERENCE ICDP MEMBER ACTIVE IN PFAS MITIGATION Cathy Wusterbarth, an ICDP member and co-founder of Need Our Water (NOW) in Oscoda and a Great Lakes PFAS Action Network community leader, has been active in the community in addressing PFAS contamination. Here’s a link to her testimony at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Field Hearing in East Lansing on PFAS contamination hosted by Sen. Gary Peters. In addition, Cathy was featured in a Safe Drinking Water Ad for Rep. Dan Kildee. sen. gary peters hearing rep. dan kildee ad Get Involved in ICDP Events! The Service & Events Committee encourages you to attend events as we start to wrap up the year. Bring a friend to expand our impact! service & events calendar here PROPOSAL BALLOT LANGUAGE Here are the three proposals that will be on the ballot in November in their officially approved wording. Review and share with others in advance of November 8. proposal 1 proposal 2 proposal 3 DID YOU SEE THIS AD? The Communications Committee ran the following ad in the October editions of What’s Happenin’, a free newspaper reaching 7,000 residents on the west side of the county, and The Good Life, a free paper published by the Iosco News Herald. Have feedback for The Beacon? We want to hear from you! Click on the link below with your comments and articles, and we’ll be in touch! Gloria Brooks, Editor Be sure to add
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