The refusal of three of our county commissioners to close the coverage gap hurts working North Carolina residents. Our elected officials need to raise themselves up above simple party ideology and act with common sense and knowledge of the facts. The county commissioners who derailed this resolution have done neither, and that will hurt our friends and neighbors in Transylvania County. Remember this at election time.

In the last 2 months, 6 other WNC Republican County Commissioners PASSED resolutions in favor of expanding Medicaid BUT Transylvania County Republicans said NO -- this is an embarrassment. Their vote demonstrated their lack of compassion and understanding of the needs of their constituents.

Local elections have one of the biggest impacts on your day-to-day life -- because the farther down the ballot you get, the closer the impact to your front door. Don’t sit them out! Make your plan to vote.

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we are all weary, wishing for an end to this global virus. Let us come together to show our appreciation and our admiration for teachers and school staff. The least we can do is require masks and encourage vaccinations for eligible students.

Republicans will cut taxes for big business and the wealthy but deny healthcare for working people. Their policies have caused rural hospitals like ours to cut services (our birthing center closed in Feb 2015). Across North Carolina, 7 rural hospitals have closed completely.

The Transylvania County Board of Education voted twice, on August 2, 2021 and August 16, 2021, to have an official “masks optional” policy in Transylvania County Schools despite rising numbers of COVID-19 cases. These votes are against the recommendations of the CDC, numerous other medical and scientific based organizations.

The Transylvania County School Board’s decision was “deliberately indifferent” to the health of the students and in violation of its constitutional duties to provide safe access to public education.

The CDC lists Transylvania County as an area of high transmission of COVID-19 over the past 7 days.

Brevard/Rosman families to benefit from a tax cut monthly, helping to cover expenses like childcare, preparing for back to school, and supporting return to work for folks who lost their jobs or income during the pandemic – especially mothers.

Families with Kids in Brevard and Rosman, NC —- the American Rescue Plan passed by President Biden and Democrats in Congress is working for you.

The American Rescue Plan provides $6.6 million in stimulus funding to Transylvania County.

Medicaid Expansion failed AGAIN in the NC state government because Republicans voted against it.

“These proposed rules would provide clarity in election processes for county boards of elections, as well as political parties” said Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the State Board.

County Democrats discussed three Resolutions written in our county’s March precinct meetings.

If the commissioners are going to pass toothless resolutions like the one they passed earlier this year, they should certainly adopt the Unity Resolution proposed by former commissioner Mike Hawkins.

Don’t know your precinct? Use the NCSBE Voter Look Up to verify your voter registration. Look under the Jurisdiction tab.

Note: Deadline to withdraw notice of candidacy is July 13, 2021 at 5 PM. Deadline to file a challenge to a candidate is July 30, 2021 at 5 PM

The officers of the Transylvania County Democratic Party call upon Speaker Pelosi to open an ethics investigation into Madison Cawthorn for his role in the insurrection in the Capitol on January 6th.