margaret's blog

Last Thursday, I had an appalling experience I thought never could happen in the United States.

I was one of a small group of Congresswoman Hayworth's constituents that was prevented from entering into her district office building in Fishkill.  Ironically, we were there to deliver a letter, expressing our disappointment that Hayworth had not held a single town hall during the August Congressional recess and inviting her to the town hall we have organized for her so that her constituents could ask her questions.

“HANDS OFF OUR SOCIAL SECURITY,
MEDICARE, AND MEDICAID!”
Press Conference and Rally
Thurs. July 21 at 12 p.m.
The Hudson Valley’s part of the “Restore the American Promise” statewide caravan
Outside Rep. Nan Hayworth’s office, 268 Route 202 in Somers  

What kind of person is so lacking a conscience that she can speak in front of a group of dedicated people whose goal in life is to provide healthcare to those in most need in our community, after she, in vote after vote, has done all that she can to deny their funding?

She isn't the kind of person we want to represent us in the 19th CD.

You Call This Support?

Nan Hayworth needs to go back to school - Schoolhouse Rock, that is.

She followed the Republican leadership (would she follow them over a cliff?) and voted in favor of the Government Shutdown Prevention Act  which would "declare the House-passed spending bill, H.R.1, to be enacted if the Senate does not pass a FY2011 spending bill by April 6."

Looks like Nan Hayworth is getting caught in her own double talk – the New York Times reports in “District Liked Its Earmarks, Then Elected Someone Who Didn’t” that our newly minted Congresswoman believes that even important and needed projects in her district are not worthy of her time or effort on our behalf.

According to Hayworth, funding for these projects should be taken care of by some vague “other authority” and not by “federal dollars”. Huh? Didn’t you and I pay in those “federal dollars” out of our hard earned income? Isn’t it OUR money?