This Labor Day brings lots of end-of-summer vacation activity to Seneca County. It is also a time to reflect on all the important work that happens here every day, and whether the people doing it are getting a fair shake.  Part of getting a fair shake is adequate health insurance for one's family. We need a representative in Congress who will support programs that provide health insurance so that people can choose to work for the myriad Seneca County employers who can't run health insurance themselves. That security is good for local business and residents who work. Part of getting a fair shake is a fair wage. The Federal government has been pushing so-called "right to work" laws, which are actually "right to underpay workers" laws. We need a representative in Congress who will not vote to enable laws that hurt constituents in Seneca County.  Respect for hard work matters to everyone doing it. Some of our leaders think that hard workers are suckers. We don...

 If you follow the campaign money it’s easy to see which candidate has the interests of NY24 at heart.  A look at itemized individual campaign contributions on the Federal Election Commission website shows only 17 percent of individual contributions to Claudia Tenney’s campaign come from within New York State, leaving 83% of her $1M+individual contribution war chest coming from outside the state.  This doesn’t even include over $1.2M in campaign contributions from Political Action Committees to her campaign.  Corporations expect something in return for the $1.2M – they count on her votes to support their interests, not the interests of NY24 residents. Contrast this with Alissa Ellman, whose individual contributions are the polar opposite – 90 percent within New York and only 10% outside. Ellman has also taken only $7,500 in PAC contributions- 0.6%   of Tenney’s $1.2M! It’s pretty clear which candidate is accountable to NY24 and which is more concerned by kee...

Lets be clear.     Politicians supported by large corporations and billionaires are bought and paid for.     The principle they’re acting on is greed – not the ideals of liberty, equality and fairness of our founders.     They speak and act in whatever ways support their generous donors.     We the people are, quite literally, PAYING THE PRICE for their money-bought morals.     At the gas pump.     At the grocery.     At the Doctor’s office.     So many people living paycheck-to-paycheck, scrimping to make ends meet.     So much hardship and worry.     And the money we pay for overpriced goods and services comes back to be used against us in the form of Corporate political contributions and Lobbyists!     The question is never what’s in the public interest, but how avarice can be packaged and sold as good deeds.   Our Representative in Congress needs to be a person genuinel...

  “Good Trouble Lives On” in Ovid and in towns across the US this weekend Six years after the passing of Congressman John Lewis , at least 600 communities across the nation this weekend host  "Good Trouble Lives On"  events to honor his legacy as a voting rights advocate and promote non-partisan voter engagement.  Indivisible Seneca members will gather in Ovid (Rt 414 and 96 corner) from 11 am to noon to remind people that our voting rights are important and are under attack . We will also be registering anyone how isn't registered to vote now.  In the face of continued efforts to intimidate voters and voting rights organizations away from engaging in our elections, communities are showing up with strength and courage in the spirit of the civil rights movement to protect our sacred freedom to vote. Our elections remain free and fair, but it’s up to all of us to make a plan to vote and to encourage our family members and friends to vote. We must also urge our lo...

Allisa Ellman will oppose Claudia Tenney in the November general election to represent for NY-24 in Congress. We need her to win in order to bring back the fundamental rule of law in America. Claudia Tenney has been aiding and abetting the criminals and scofflaws in this adminsitration, which caused great harm to the people in her district. 

Alissa Ellman won the Democratic primay on June 23rd. She now goes on to face the terrible Claudia Tenney in the general election in November.  A win for Ellman in the fall would benefit the district in many ways. The most important is that a D win in NY24 would very likely be part of a return of the Republicans to the minority. That switch would limit how much damage the House can do to democracy in the next Congress. Tenney has been all to willing to give up Congress' responsibility and authority under the Constitution, responsibilities that are essential to the checks and balances that make our government work.  Ellman would be a positive switch from a Member of Congress who consistently votes for things that hurt the district. Some of Tenney's most harmful votes are in reducing support for health care so that local hospitals have had to close. Many people have lost access to health insurance and can't pay.   Tenney voted against the Respect for Marriage Act, which pro...

 This press release went to local media. In sync with thousands of “Take Back the Flag” protests nationwide, a crowd of local residents lined up along Seneca Falls’ main street on June 14th – despite the rain – to celebrate Flag Day and Pride Month and to protest Trump’s policies on his 80th birthday. Nicole Tedesche of FLX ROAR Feminist Group had invited three neighboring grassroots groups to co-host the event with her: Indivisible Seneca, Indivisible Cayuga County, and Wayne Action for Racial Equality (WARE). Collectively they have several thousand local members who are all volunteers. For over a year Nicole, who grew up in Seneca Falls, has organized protests nearly every Saturday afternoon in the same spot – in front of Women’s Rights National Historical Park. “ This tyranny won’t stop Americans,” she said. “We The People are resisting to defend our Constitution and country. End the war on women!”   Thomas Bjorkman of Varick is a steering member of Indivisible Seneca. Thei...