Since posting a suggestion to give your municipal Democratic Committee a second chance, I received notes from Fall River and Mattapoisett Dems. Again, Democrats aren’t perfect, but they’re all that’s standing between you and some local version of Ron DeSantis. So give your local committee a hand. It’s now or never for democracy. Truly.
Fall River - "For inquires about the Fall River Democrats contact Fall River Democratic City Committee Vice Chair & Acting Chair Jason Burns at JasonJBurns@comcast.net or 774-319-9570. The Committee is now recruiting delegates to the MassDems convention in Lowell. Interested Democrats should contact Jason before June 10th."
Mattapoisett - "We have a very active Democratic committee. Anyone interested should contact Nicki Demakis at ndemakis@tidlaw.com Nicki is head of our committee and you can subscribe to the MattDems mailing list at mattdems.org. We managed to fight off the book banners and anti LBGTQ haters at our recent town election."
You can also contact the MassDems for a list of Town and Ward Committees at:
Finally, a quick list of SouthCoast contacts (from the list above):
Dartmouth - Contact James Griffith at jgriffith@umassd.edu
Fairhaven - Contact Diana Painter at dianamarie13@gmail.com
Fall River - Contact Jason Burns at jasonjburns@comcas.nett
Marion - Contact Sharon Matzek at sharonmatzek@yahoo.com
Mattapoisett - Contact Nicole Demakis at ndemakis@tidlaw.com
New Bedford - Contact Richard Drolet at branch18nalc@yahoo.com
Rochester - Contact Jordan Latham at jordan.pouliot.latham@gmail.com
Somerset - Contact James Pimental at unionbrickie@aol.com
Swansea - Contact Steve Healey at stevehealeypol@comcast.net
Westport - Contact Megan O'Brien at obrienmegn@aol.com