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When we recorded Episode 28 , after we finished talking about the upcoming YCDP Convention , Gary asked the assembled Board members to get political for a bit. And they did.

In this episode, YCDP Executive Board members discuss the upcoming Annual Conventiuon , and a little bit about the State Convention. Details on the Convention itself are here on the websit e. Here are the basics: Date: March 15, 2025 Time: 10 AM Location: Union Baptist Church, 1195 Hands Mill Hwy, Rock Hill, SC 29732 (Newport) We’d like you to register if you plan to come. That and lots of other s...

When you get down to the level of School Board, many voters find themselves in the dark. School board seats are non-partisan, and the YCDP does not endorse any. There is a fairly new organization in York County called CAPE (Community Advocates FOR Public Education) that has taken on the mission of getting the word out. CAPE is also non-partisan and education focused, but they do advocate for all s...

On this episode, Nikita Jackson (YCDP Chair) and John Holder (too many to list) were two of the official Delegates to the DNC in Chicago , and we also have two 'Honored Guests' who also attended: Hattie Ross and William 'Perk' Perkins . They had fun, they have stories, and at least John has COVID😷. So, that Show Open thing .... So far, I've just started the shows by sitting in front of the Studio...

YCDP Chair Nikita Jackson , 2nd Vice-Chair Ryan Stephens and multiple office-holder John Holder are among the delegates from York County and the 5th Congressional District who will be headed to Chicago in a couple weeks to participate in the Democratic National Convention . We talk about what they're expecting, and the big changes in the party with President Joe Biden dropping out of the race and...

Have you participated in any of those mass Zoom calls.... events.... in support of VP Kamala Harris ' run for President? Your producer (Gary) hasn't, but Nile, Monica and Pat have. They talk about the experience and the energy that built so quickly after President Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris.

Evangeline Hundley launched her campaign for US House from the South Carolina 5th Congressional District (including all of York County) with a party at the Mercantile in Rock Hill on June 12, the day after the Republican Primary. Matt Vilardebo , candidate for SC House from Fort Mill (District 26) introduced her. Hundley did not have a Primary opponent, so moves directly to the November 5th Genera...

The South Carolina Democratic Party Convention was held on May 18 in Columbia. The YCDP sent over 60 delegates. Our job was to approve rules and a platform, and elect some of the delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this summer. YCDP will send several delegates and alternates to that convention. In this program, we talk to several of the delegates from York County and the res...

March 16 was the first day that candidates for the ‘down ballot’ offices in South Carolina could file for the June 11 Primary . The YCDP-TV production crew (just me - Gary) headed out to the Government Building in the County Seat (the Town of York) to catch the action. I was going to meet Matt Vilardebo – Matt was filing to make his second run at the SC House in District 26 (Fort Mill area). I exp...

The YCDP held our 2024 Convention on Saturday, March 9 in Rock Hill. Officers were elected, Matt Vilardebo was introduced as candidate for SC House from District 26, several Resolutions were passed (and sent to the SCDP), and our keynote speaker was Carol Fowler from the SCDP and Richmond County Democratic Party. And it’s all here on our YouTube Channel! The video at our YouTube Channel has an ext...

Student debt relief isn’t just a headline . It impacts real people, many of them here in York County. And in this episode, we’ll meet two of them. Mary Long is a retired mother of two, and took on a buden of debt to put her kids through college, an opportunity she never had. But a series of plant closings left her unemployed for a time, while the interest on that debt kept mounting. Kizmet Moore p...

Matt Vilardebo has announced his second run for SC House District 26 which covers the Fort Mill area in York County. This year, incumbent Republican Raye Felder has announced that she is not running for reelection, making the seat wide open, and a better chance to flip Democrat. At this point, Matt is the only candidate to declare for this seat in the Democratic Primary (to be held June 11). The d...

The First in the Nation Democratic Presidential Preference Primary is over. The media have moved on. South Carolina had its moment in the spotlight. But for us here in York County, it’s worth taking time to reflect and review what it was all about, and what it meant to us. The outcome wasn’t a surprise, and we expected a low turnout. But was it ‘good enough’? Joining us are YCDP Chair Nikita Jacks...

Wes Climer is the Republican State Senator from District 15 in York County. On February 1, 2024, he presented a 'Town Hall' on his Facebook page, talking about some of the issues before the state Senate and taking a few questions. The session ran about 30 minutes. We edited that down to a 4- minute synopsys, without any editorial comment of our own, just to give you an idea of what he had to prese...

Don’t look now, but it’s election season 👀. South Carolina is host to the First in the Nation Democratic Party Presidential Preference Primary on Fegruary 3rd. That’s First, plus or minus New Hampshire just ignoring the DNC’s mandate (but without Joe Biden on the ballot 😮). And the RNC sticking to their traditional calendar and voting three weeks later in February, well after Iowa and New Hampsh...

South Carolina is playing catch-up . 22 other states have beaten us to the punch in passing anti-trans legislation , specifically laws that prohibit giving kids under 18 what’s called ‘ Gender Affirming Care ’. But we’re getting back in the game. The first legislation the ‘3M’ committee in the SC House took up in the new session in January 2024 was our own anti-trans bill. It’s H-4624 . They call...

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