Newsletter September 21, 2025
Dear Members and Friends,
Have a good week and keep up your good work to inform all about the extreme take over of our government. This week's issue is the assault on our freedom of speech.
Thank you to the 30 strong souls who made our Saturday rally a success. Visit our Facebook page, Alcona Dems, for photos of the event with the many creative signs on display and please share our posts with your friends. And even better, make comments, which will increase our circulation.
Events
-Monday, September 22nd @ 3:00 pm at Alcona Coffee Company in Harrisville is a Meet and Greet with Eli Savit, candidate for Michigan Attorney General. www.eliformichigan.com
-Saturday, September 27th will be an ACDP fundraiser, "Pancakes on the Pond" from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Flyer is attached.
-Sunday, September 28th in the morning is the highway pickup. The exact time will be determined closer to the date. Kathleen Dunckel (989-464-2685) is organizing this and please let her know if you are planning on participating. She will call everyone a few days prior to the event. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0549A8AC2EA3F5C34-58426038-adoptahighway
-Tuesday, September 30th ACDP monthly meeting @ 5:00 pm at Harrisville Library and on Zoom. I will email minutes and agenda on September 27th.
-Saturday, October 4th @ 11:00 am to Noon is our biweekly rally at M 72/US 23 intersection. And the Oscoda demonstration follows 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm in front of the Oscoda Post Office.
-Monday, October 6th @ 5:00 pm is our next Election Committee meeting. The main topic will be about how to effectively use Precinct Delegates. We will be looking at programs in Van Buren and in Iosco Counties instead of reinventing the wheel. All of you are welcome to attend. Please reply to this email if you would like the zoom link.
-Thursday, October 16th @ 6:00 pm is our monthly Chew and Chat. Venue to be determined, stay tuned for more info.
-Saturday, October 18th @ 11:00 am to Noon is our biweekly rally at M 72/US 23 intersection. This is also the "No Kings" event similar to the one we had on Flag Day in June where we had 200 rally goers. Invite your friends and neighbors to help us match or break the 200 mark.
Issue of the week
-Use 5 Calls app "Stop the Assault on Our Freedom of Speech"
Best regards,
Bob Kennedy
ACDP, Chair
Newsletter September 14, 2025
Dear ACDP members and friends,
Thank you for all you are doing to keep our government leaders and the public apprised of our dissatisfaction with the present autocratic takeover. We will continue this communication in all forms possible. According to https://www.impeachtrumpagain.org/impeachment, Trump has committed 25 impeachable offenses but the Do Nothing Congress refuses to do its job! So we will give them lots of encouragement. Our October 18th protest/rally will be an official "No Kings" event like our Flag Day, No Kings, in June. More details to follow.
Events
-September 18th Chew and Chat @ 6:00 pm at The Roadhouse Bar and Grill, 3450 N Hubbard Lake Rd., Spruce, MI 48762. RSVP with Jan @ 313-318-3924.
-Saturday, September 20th 11:00 am to Noon is our biweekly rally at M 72/US 23 intersection. And the Oscoda demonstration follows 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm in front of the Oscoda Post Office.
-Sunday, September 28th in the morning is the highway pickup. The exact time will be determined closer to the date. Kathleen Dunckel (989-464-2685) is organizing this and please let her know if you are planning on participating. She will call everyone a few days prior to the event.
-Monday, September 22nd @ 3:00 pm at Alcona Coffee Company in Harrisville is a Meet and Greet with Eli Savit, candidate for Michigan Attorney General. www.eliformichigan.com
-Saturday, September 27th will be an ACDP fundraiser, "Pancakes on the Pond" from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Flyer is attached.
-Tuesday, September 30th ACDP monthly meeting @ 5:00 pm at Harrisville Library and on Zoom.
Issues
-Send an email to support hazard pay for firefighters in forest and wildland fires:
- Call Rep. Bergman, Sen. Peters, and Sen. Slotkin to demand that congress place some guardrails on Trump using fake emergency declarations so he can eliminate federal workers' rights to collective bargaining:
Bergman: 200-225-4735
Peters: 202-224-6221
Slotkin: 202-224-4822
Author Michael Lewis compiled stories on several of our federal workers. The book title "Who Is Government?" is a time relevant read profiling several government workers and their dedication to job, regardless of political preference!
https://www.michaellewiswrites.com/#top
Have a good week and enjoy our extended summer weather.
Best regards,
Bob Kennedy
ACDP, Chair
Newsletter August 31,2025
Dear ACDP Members and Friends,
Our activities on August 31st in Harrisville were hugely successful! (look at the two photos attached).
Thank you to all who walked in the parade, managed the ACDP outreach tent, and manned the refreshment tent for the after parade party. A special thanks to Sue Oldani for allowing us to use her property as the headquarters for our Harrisville activities. And finally thank you to Alicia Ulrich for her relentless leadership in organizing the Harrisville Parade and related activities for the second year! We would not have our major presence in the community without Alicia and her many helpers.
We’ve posted so many great photos of everyone involved in the August 31st parade and activities on our Facebook page. Go to Alcona County Dems Facebook to join.
Thank you to those of you who attended the candidate meet and greets last week. Chris Swanson, for Governor, came on August 26th and Mark Totten, for AG, came on August 29th. We are appreciative of Alcona Coffee Company for hosting these special events which give us a chance to know the candidates well in advance of next year when we make our choices.
If you have a moment, check out our new ACDP Webpage: www.alconadems.com
Thank you, Roy Dunmaus, for constructing this for us.
Events
-September 6th @ 11:00 am to Noon is our biweekly rally at M 72/US 23 intersection. We will have the signs from our parade and the rally. We received many compliments about the one that read "Workers over Billionaires". And the Oscoda demonstration follows 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm in front of the Oscoda Post Office.
-September 18th Chew and Chat @ 6:00 pm at The Roadhouse Bar and Grill, 3450 N Hubbard Lake Rd., Spruce, MI 48762. Facilitator is Jan @ 313-318-3924
-Saturday, September 20th 11:00 am to Noon is our biweekly rally at M 72/US 23 intersection. And the Oscoda demonstration follows 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm in front of the Oscoda Post Office.
-Saturday, September 20th or Sunday, September 28 is the highway pickup. Kathleen Dunckel (989-464-2685) is organizing this and she is awaiting your feedback on which date works better, so please contact her with your preference. Thank you.
-Monday, September 22nd @ 3:00 pm at Alcona Coffee Company in Harrisville is a Meet and Greet with Eli Savit, candidate for Michigan Attorney General. www.eliformichigan.com
-Saturday, September 27th will be an ACDP fundraiser, "Pancakes on the Pond" from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Flyer is attached.
-Tuesday, September 30th ACDP monthly meeting @ 5:00 pm at Harrisville Library and on Zoom.
Issues
-on 5 Calls app: Demand the Release of the Epstein Case Files (Updated 9/2). Please make this call at least to Bergman. It appears that the House has enough support to force a vote on this. Keep the pressure on Bergman. Let's see if he truly supports transparency.
I hope you have a good week.
Respectfully,
Bob Kennedy
Chair, ACDP
Newsletter August 24, 2025
Dear ACDP members and friends,
We are gearing up for a very active week as the Harrisville Harmony Weekend Arts & Crafts Festival will be held on Saturday & Sunday. The Harrisville Arts Council will host over 300 vendors and thousands of people for the last holiday weekend of our summer. We will have a float and a large walking contingent in the parade on Sunday. We always celebrate workers on Labor Day and this year with the autocratic takeover of government our special emphasis is workers over billionaires. Please join us on Sunday. The details are provided below.
Events:
-Aug. 26th @ 11:30 am at Alcona Coffee Company in Harrisville is an opportunity to meet Chris Swanson who is running for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Chris is currently The Sheriff of Genesee County. Here is a link to an interview he did with the Detroit News in May of this year. I am hoping for a good turnout at this event which will send a strong message to all Dem candidates that you should include Alcona County in your campaign planning. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/31/qa-chris-swanson-on-running-for-governor-and-his-stance-on-abortion/83932958007/
-Aug. 26th @ 5:00 pm is our monthly meeting at the Harrisville Library. The packet for this meeting will be included in a separate email.
-Aug. 29th @ 3:00 pm at Alcona Coffee Company in downtown Harrisville we have a meet and greet scheduled with Mark Totten, Democratic candidate for Attorney General of Michigan. Here is a link to his website: https://www.marktotten.com Please come on Friday and bring your questions for Mark.
-Sunday, August 31st-Mark your calendars to help make another big splash with our Labor Day Parade entry at the Art and Crafts Festival Parade in Harrisville! With the theme, “We Support Workers”, we’re teeing up the midterms showing Dems as the party of Workers over Billionaires. Joined by neighboring counties and Union partners, we’ll have great handouts, music and professional signage, including blackboards for teacher members saying “Union Teachers Grow our Future”, a nurse member in scrubs with “Nurses Save Lives”, and even a Scientist from Black River with his lab coat and dry ice smoking with a sign stating “Dems Support Scientists”. If you have clothing representative of a particular worker group in Alcona, ie, Farmer, Forest Worker, Waitress, Veteran, etc, contact Parade Organizer, Alicia Ulrich aulrich@me.com Otherwise, wear your Proud Dems T-shirt, ($25 for those who would like one), Union T-shirt, or Red, White and Blue. Staging will begin at noon on 6th street. Parking is available on Church St. and Swamp Rd. near the Church St. intersection. The parade starts at 1:00 pm.
Don’t want to march but want to help? We need volunteers at our important outreach tent along the Parade route, where we’ll also be setting up a post parade celebration with water, light snacks, fellowship with like minded folks, and some encouraging words from local Dem leaders. Watch for our volunteer sign-up on our Alcona Dems Facebook Page, or email Events Chair, Jan Kornacki janicekornacki@gmail.com
Issue:
-Congressman Jack Bergman's hypocrisy!!!!
It is just a little hypocritical for Congressman Bergman to call on Canada for not doing enough to mitigate the wildfires and at the same time blindly backing everyone of Trump's orders to ramp up fossil production and eliminate incentives for solar and wind energy. Please phone or email Jack Bergman and let him know that climate change and increased numbers and intensity of forest fires are indeed related.
202-225-4735 or 231-944-7633
constituent.bergman@mail.house.gov
Here is the link to the article:
Feel free to use my letter or parts of it if you prefer to email our Representative:
August 21, 2025
Dear Congressman Bergman,
Since 30% of our country's energy production was exported in 2024 (according to eia.gov) how can we possibly have an energy emergency in the United States of America? On this issue, you should stop bowing down to the president! Under his fake emergency his Energy Secretary has ordered a toxic coal fired power plant in Michigan to remain open even after the owner said it caused too much air and water pollution and was not profitable to operate.
Instead of blaming the Canadians for the air pollution from wildfires this season, again you should call out the true culprit, Donald Trump, for his total failure to address climate change as the driver for doubling the number of wildfires over the past decade.
It is past time for you to provide the guard rails which the Constitution calls for and put the brakes on an out of control executive branch.
Respectfully,
Robert Kennedy
2090 N US 23
Harrisville, MI 48740
All of you have a great week and I look forward to seeing you at our events in the next few days.
Best Regards,
Bob Kennedy
Chair, ACDP