Heidi Sellers Party for Harrison County Democrats

Heidi Sellers wants to thank Democrats in District 70 for all their help this year. She will be having a get together on December 26 at 4:00 PM. The address is at 2916 Glendale Court, Memphis, Indiana. Let's get behind Heidi early. And hold on to any of those Heidi signs. 2014 was a bad year for Democrats, but 2016 will be a lot better. We may not have been able to send Heidi to Indianapolis in 2014, but we may be able to in 2016!

Heidi Sellers for State Representative

Heidi is the clear choice if you want policies to help public education and working families.

A Note from Heidi Sellers: We Need Your Help This Weekend

Well friends, 7 days 1hour and 21 minutes til Election Day !!! I know we have all worked hard but it is get out the vote time!!! I am sorry I could not join you last Saturday at headquarters due to Floyd co vote centers opening. However, this Saturday is Harrison County day!! Jake, Senator Young and I would like to invite all candidates and as many volunteers as we can find to run 1 1/2 hour shifts on Saturday from headquarters from 9:30-5! Senator Young and I will provide chicken and sides for lunch from 11:30-1. See if you can round up help. Maybe Rachel will bring her truck and some people can call to get SD and LD out to vote and some of us can canvass.

Let me know you are coming and how many so we can plan food. We will see everyone at headquarters Friday night for trick or treat and we can finalize plans. Shifts can run 9:30-11,
11-12:30, 12:30-2, 2-3:30, and 3:30-5. We need help on Monday too.

Let's all kick in these last 72 hours and ALL WIN!!!!!!

Hugs to all and thanks for all your work on my behalf too!!

Heidi Sellers
Candidate State House 70

Heidi Sellers talking to the Colins.

Rhonda Rhoads: No Show at Another Debate

Rhonda skipped the North Harrison education forum last night. Heidi Sellers and Richard Young were there. Rhonda shows nothing but contempt for the taxpayers of her district. Let's take away her chair in Indianapolis come November 4!

So, Rhonda, why do you vote against public education and working families?

Rhonda Rhoads Skips Another Debate

Rhonda skipped the Lanesville education forum last night. Let's see if she shows tonight at Morgan Elementary. Given she taught there, she probably knows were it is. Heidi Sellers will be there. Maybe this is how Heidi will have to debate Rhonda.

Clint debating No-Show Rhonda?

Halloween Parade: Walk or Ride with Harrison County Democrats

The annual Halloween Parade will be this Saturday. The Harrison County Democratic Party will again have its Little Red Wagon as an entry. Our candidates will also be very active.

The parade starts at 6:00 PM from the fairgrounds. If you would like to walk or ride with us or our candidates, try to get there by 5:00-5:30 PM. Check our candidates facebook sites, as many of them have updates on what they are doing in the parade. They would love to have as many people as possible and might even have a shirt for you. The weather looks great, so there will likely be a big crowd and this is the last parade before Election Day.

Here is a list of our candidates facebook pages if you want to check them out. They would also appreciate any "likes" or "shares".
Dennis Byrd for Judge
Rachael Armstrong for Prosecutor
Heidi Sellers for State Representative
Richard Young for State Senate
Bill Bailey for Congress
Donnie Hussung for County Council, District 2
Terry Miller for Commissioner
Carl Attwood for Sheriff

Education Forums at Lanesville and Palmyra this Week

The Lanesville Education Association (LEA) has a forum Wednesday, October 22 at 6:30 PM in the Lanesville High School Cafeteria. The North Harrison NHCTA will be having a forum Thursday, October 23 at 6:30 at Morgan Elementary. Rhonda Rhoads has been invited. Heidi Sellers will be there. The public is invited, so this is also to remind citizens concerned about public education to attend and see where the candidates stand. Rhonda's record has been among the worst for public education in the General Assembly, and given their policies, that is saying something. She needs to be held accountable for these votes. The local newspaper won't do it, so it is our job as citizens.

Rhonda has avoided these forums so far, so let's see if she shows up this time. Don't the taxpayers deserve as much from our State Representative? 

When will Rhonda Rhoads debate Heidi Sellers?

When will Rhonda Rhoads debate Heidi Sellers? That is the question at hand. Heidi Sellers has invited Rhonda to numerous forums across District 70. She has skipped events in Sellersburg and Corydon to date. Rhonda said she was too busy and could not come. This is despite Rhonda pulling in more than $58 thousand for her part time job in the Legislature. You would think she could sit by her opponent, side by side, for voters to compare and here both of their positions on the issues.

Well, Rhonda has a couple more chances. The Lanesville Education Association (LEA) has a forum October 22 at 6:30 PM in the Lanesville High School Cafeteria. The North Harrison NHCTA will be having a forum October 23 at 6:30 at Morgan Elementary. Rhonda has been invited. The public is invited too, so this is also to remind citizens concerned about public education to attend and see where the candidates stand.

Why is Rhonda skipping these events? Maybe she does not want to answer for her horrible record on public education, where she has voted for vouchers that rob public schools of money, and for the Tony Bennett corporate school agenda. Maybe she doesn't want to have to explain why she got a 0% rating from the AFL-CIO, but 82% from the Koch Brothers.

Rhonda: Its Time to Debate Heidi Sellers!

Charles Allen: Republicans continue to dismantle public school system

Republicans continue to dismantle public school system

The assault on Indiana's public schools began with Mitch Daniels and his man Tony Bennett, but Gov. Pence is determined to continue the assault. Only trouble is, Bennett was defeated for Superintendent of Education by Glenda Ritz, who got more votes than Pence himself, and this was before Bennett's several scandals became breaking news.

Even so, Pence remains determined in his assault on public schools and, for partisan purposes, seeks to undermine Ritz's commitment to Indiana's public schools by using political appointees to personally attack independently-elected Ritz and thus undermine the Department of Education's effectiveness.

Pence has also set up a Center for Education and Career Innovation, a costly shadow agency that overlaps the responsibilities of the Department of Education and four other state agencies. The CECI costs taxpayers over $3 million and is chaired by a non-educator who serves as the governor's special assistant at a salary of $120,000, more than the governor's $112,000 salary or the Superintendent of Education's $88,000 salary. The CECI also employs a staff of 16, six of whom earn more than $100,000 each.

Pence has further pursued his anti-public school agenda through the GOP-dominated state legislature. Its current budget gives schools their lowest funding for the last generation in a year not in recession. Rep. Rhonda Rhoads voted for this budget.

Then, from the already underfunded money allocated for public schools, the GOP took money to pay for a greatly-expanded voucher program for additional students already in private schools, costing Indiana taxpayers and the public schools $15.8 million. Rhonda Rhoads voted for vouchers originally and then for their expansion.

The GOP also continues in its enthusiasm for charter schools, whose students take with them money from the public schools. These charters are for-profit, corporate-operated schools whose performances, on average, are no better than, if as good as, those of public schools. One of Bennett's scandals was that he raised the grade of a charter school whose owner was a contributor to his campaign.

The Republicans continue to work against teacher unions, which provide the only voice for those who actually teach our kids. The Republican legislature has worked to lower standards for teacher licensing, compromising the education, training and professionalism of those who teach our children.

Rhonda Rhoads has been a consistent and loyal supporter of the GOP's assault on the public schools even to the point of using tax dollars for corporate and private school funding.
Charles Allen
Corydon, Ind.
October 08, 2014

Rhonda Rhoads: Ineffective State Representative

State Rep. Rhonda Rhoads has not been effective this years as a member of the General Assembly. She authored three bills this session. None passed.

She co-authored 11 bills, resolutions, or constitutional amendments. Only one was signed into law by the Governor. She did manage to pass a constititional amendment to enshrine discrimination into our state constitution. It was amended to make it not as bad. But, the U.S. District Court, the 7th Circuit Court, and now the U.S. Supreme Court have rebuffed Rhonda on that one.

So Rhonda has passed only one law she co-authored and tried to deny rights to Hoosiers. Hey Rhonda- how about the JOBS? How about PUBLIC EDUCATION?

Good thing is that we have a candidate that is focused on jobs and public education: Heidi Sellers.

Pictures of Democrats at the Pal-Wow in the Park

We wanted to share some pictures of Democrats at the Pal-Wow in the Park at Buffalo Trace Park in Palmyra.

Pictures of Democrats at the New Middletown Community Festival

We wanted to share some pictures of Democrats at the New Middletown Community Festival.

Meet Your Democratic Candidates-(Rhonda Rhoads has also been invited) Thursday, October 2 at the Leora Brown School

We will be having a meet the candidates meeting on Thursday, October 2. It will be at the Leora Brown School in Corydon on Summit Street from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. Pop in at anytime to meet our candidates and enjoy some refreshments. Thanks to Rachael Armstrong for helping us to set it up. We will have further events all around Harrison County as the election approaches.

As a special bonus, Rhonda Rhoads has been invited to a forum with Heidi Sellers. At this time, we have not heard whether or not Rhonda will be attending. We will update if we here further. 

UPDATE: Rhonda Rhoads has said that she does not have time to attend this forum, or the other three forums across District 70 proposed by Heidi Sellers. Note that Rhonda is retired, and as a part-time legislator, her duties were over in mid-March. Draw your own conclusions there.

Leora Brown School

Pictures of Democrats at Lanesville Heritage Weekend, Part III

We wanted to share some pictures of Democrats at the Lanesville Heritage Weekend. We will have this in several installments. Today will be part III and the last of the pictures.

Pictures of Democrats at Lanesville Heritage Weekend, Part II

We wanted to share some pictures of Democrats at the Lanesville Heritage Weekend. We will have this in several installments. Today will be part II.

Walk or Ride with Harrison County Democrats in Lanesville Heritage Parade this Saturday!

The Lanesville Heritage Weekend Parade in Lanesville will be held on Saturday, September 13. It will begin at 1:00 PM that day. It is this Saturday.

The Harrison County Democratic Party will again have our little red wagon in the parade. Our candidates will also be out in force during the weekend and especially during the parade. If you are interested in walking or riding with the party, we will begin lining up around 11:30 AM that morning in the field at the intersection of Highway 62 and Crandall-Lanesville Road. This will also be were our candidates will be as well. You may want to check with them for more instructions.

One way you can ask any questions to our local candidates is via their facebook pages, where you can send them a message. To make things easier, here is a linked list of our candidates that have launched their facebook pages:

Dennis Byrd for Superior Court Judge
Rachael Armstrong for Prosecutor
Terry Miller for Commissioner, District 3
Donnie Hussung for County Council, District 2
Heidi Sellers for State Representative, District 70
Richard Young for State Senate, District 47
Carl Attwood for County Sheriff

Pictures from the J-J Dinner, Part I

We wanted to share some pictures from the Harrison County Jefferson-Jackson Dinner this year. We will be putting this on the website in a few parts. A big thanks to Rachael Armstrong for the pictures!

Sen. Richard Young

Terry Miller, Bob Adams and Buck Mathes

Mike Claytor and Glenda Ritz

Debbie Mathes, Alvin Brown, Deanna Brock, Bill Brock, Barbara Mathes, Chuck Mathes

Ron and Sharon Simpson

Terri Byrd, Dennis Byrd, Leisa Emily

John and Kelly Colin talking to Heidi Sellers

Chairman Jim Kincaid addressing the packed house

The biggest J-J crowd in many years

The crowd getting the delicious meal prepared by Amy Valentine

Franklin Township Trustee thinking about gravy while Marvin and Dorothy Capehart fill their plates

Doris Bliss and Webster Township Trustee Merlin "Dick" Lillpop enjoying the food

Morgan Township Trustee Fred Uhl

Former Auditor Pat Wolfe enjoying the evening

Glenda Ritz and Sen. Richard Young