a prime chance for kpete to share her wealth

[shadeaux]

kpete could redeem herself right now if she wanted to.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002181311

Tue Jan 17, 2012, 04:56 PM

MaggieTheVoter (30 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore


 Please help demodonkey, a DUer in URGENT need.

I am posting this with Skinner's permission (thank you, Skinner!) to ask you all to help a long-time DUer get back on her feet after the tragic loss of her mother and family breadwinner.

Demodonkey has been on DU for many years. She was one of Andy's Angels who helped Andy Stephenson when he had his operation. She is a fierce fighter for better elections who was one of Regional Coodinators on the ground in Ohio for the 2004 Recount. Coming home to Pennsylvania, she founded the very active voting rights and election integrity group VotePA.us and has been working for better voting systems and a lot of other improvements in Pennsylvania's elections ever since. I am one of her organization's members, and I can vouch that there is truly NO OTHER PERSON doing as much for fair and accurate elections in Pennsylvania as demodonkey. I know demodonkey is single-handedly responsible or mostly responsible for getting numerous counties in PA to switch to paper ballots from unverifiable touch screens. Despite all that she has on her plate, she is still helping us work on the rest of the Pennsylvania counties that still use paperless vote-eater machines. She skillfully leads our fight for paper ballots and fair elections in PA, fighting the powers that be for change to the better. But unfortunately up to now our group has not been able to raise enough money to pay demodonkey even a small salary for the great work she does.

What many people do not know is that through all this demodonkey has also been an unpaid full time family caregiver. She gave up a career in the 1990s to help her mother take care of her autistic brother. He passed several years ago, but in the meantime her mother was physically disabled by a severe stroke. Demodonkey has taken care of her mother, who was wheelchair dependent, at home pretty much 24/7 for the last three years or so. She and her mother were very close, an amazing team really, and best friends as well as mother and daughter. Despite the stroke her mom cared deeply about elections as much as demodonkey, and travelled with demodonkey whenever possible in a loaned wheelchair van.

Last summer tragedy struck when demodonkey's mother died after an accident at home. Demodonkey was present when the accident happened but was unable to prevent it. It must have been horrible.

Demodonkey and her mom maintained their home on her mother's small retired teacher's pension and social security. So now, in addition to having lost her mother and best friend, she has no income at all. She received a little money from her mother's small life insurance, and has lived on that since her mother's passing, but she has only enough left to get through this month and then she will have nothing. In the meantime she is dangerously low on heating oil, her car needs major repairs (in the meantime she is still driving the loaned van that eats gas and IT has needed expensive repairs too), and she needs some repairs on her house as well to keep it safe.

In the meantime demodonkey is sending out resumes galore to get other work (she would be a GREAT find for someone), but having been a full time caregiver and unpaid activist for so many years is apparently working against her. She has not gotten even one interview. She has nothing left that she can cash in, sell quickly, or borrow from. She has no children, husband, ex, or close family to help her. This is it. She really needs someone to step in now and give her some support to get through the next few months. She desperately needs at least a few thousand dollars to help her get through this winter safely and to hang on until our organization can pay her or until she finds something that can.

I am writing to ask everyone on DU who is able, to PLEASE kick in whatever you can and help demodonkey get back on her feet. There are several things you can do:

** To send a gift donation directly to demodonkey via PayPal, use her email account sunnykay1 AT comcast DOT net.

** If you want to send something by snail mail or help by other means, please send me a private message and I will let you know how to do this.

** If you want to send something to VotePA in memory of demodonkey's mother or otherwise (all these donations will go toward our organization paying demodonkey for her work) please go to http://www.VotePA.us/donate

I know times are tough for so many people, but demodonkey is a really special case. She has done so much for so many for so long and despite her tragic loss this past year she tells us that she wants to hang on so she can do more. I know every dollar that people invest in helping her will get paid forward many times over.

Please help demodonkey.

MaggieTheVoter in Pennsylvania
 

Peg's in.  That's what I'm talkin' bout.  

A little background

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9842490

[shadeaux]

grasswire (32,594 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

6. please beware about posting information that makes her identifiable...

....because those sociopaths over at the web site that hates DU can and will try to make trouble for anyone they can ID. Seriously. This kind of compassionate attempt to help another human stirs them into fits. 

 

[Tucker]

In other words, demodonkey was a parasitic deadbeat.

[franksolich]

My, my, the fecund grasswire primitive's been full of beans lately, hasn't she?

[franksolich]

In other words, demodonkey was a parasitic deadbeat.

Ah, possibly, but because Beth isn't involved in it, it's obviously upfront and straightforward.

I'd like to see the primitives respond to it with something other than pictures of their hands or healing white light, though.

[Tucker]

Ah, possibly, but because Beth isn't involved in it, it's obviously upfront and straightforward.

I'd like to see the primitives respond to it with something other than pictures of their hands or healing white light, though.

Why isn't a husband, ex-husband or children mentioned?

Liberals only think of the here and now, not giving any thought to the future. When the future inevitably arrives, it finds them alone and destitute, requiring society to pay for their past lifestyle choices.

[Ogre]

Ah, possibly, but because Beth isn't involved in it, it's obviously upfront and straightforward.

I'd like to see the primitives respond to it with something other than pictures of their hands or healing white light, though.

I would like to see that too, but something tells me that when it comes to helping people, the DUmmies will give you the shirt off of someone else’s back.

[SarasotaRepub]

grasswire (32,594 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

6. please beware about posting information that makes her identifiable...

....because those sociopaths over at the web site that hates DU can and will try to make trouble for anyone they can ID. Seriously. This kind of compassionate attempt to help another human stirs them into fits.  

Hate DU??? Are these idiots insane??? We LOVE DU here and on CU. As has been said before, DU is the best free entertainment on the Intertubes...

[Ballygrl]

She really needs to contact a Church, if they have the funds they can help her with her heat, and they usually have food banks so that can help her with food.

[shadeaux]

In other words, demodonkey was a parasitic deadbeat.

Well yeah.

Still, it's one of their own.  They ALL need to help her.

Pam better make a donation.  Put the travel money aside, be a giving Christian woman.  She could even sell a Coach purse for the greater good.

[Ballygrl]

BTW, not trying to be bitchy, but how come no 1 from the voter group she founded even thought to invite her to Christmas Dinner? how come they haven't come to her defense and pooled their resources together?

ETA: It's not nice at all that this poor woman had to spend Christmas alone, I always make a point to invite people to dinner if I know they have no place to go, sometimes they choose to come other times they don't. How is it that people "supposedly aware to other peoples plight" are the most blind when the need is around them?

[franksolich]

I would like to see that too, but something tells me that when it comes to helping people, the DUmmies will give you the shirt off of someone else’s back.

Unlike Beth's scam nearly seven years ago, this one appears legit.

In fact, it's so honest and straightforward that franksolich himself would be willing to donate dollar-for-dollar, for every dollar that the fecund grasswire primitive and Omaha Steve donate.....but as that would demand exchange of real-life information for purposes of verification, alas I'll have to pass.

Special note to the primitives: this fund-raiser has franksolich's Seal of Approval.  One of your own is in dire need, and it's a good opportunity to demonstrate your social consciousness by helping out.  But sending healing white light won't do it; only U.S. currency will do.  Do it.  Waste no time.  Do it.

[Tucker]

She really needs to contact a Church, if they have the funds they can help her with her heat, and they usually have food banks so that can help her with food.

Church to a DUmmy is like light to Bela Pelosi Lagosi

[Ogre]

grasswire (32,594 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

6. please beware about posting information that makes her identifiable...

....because those sociopaths over at the web site that hates DU can and will try to make trouble for anyone they can ID. Seriously. This kind of compassionate attempt to help another human stirs them into fits.  
 

Again DUmmies, who here hates you.

I personally don't know any of you and don't want too.

I reserve hatred for those who truly deserve it, (hint: not many, namely first wife).

No, what I feel for you is pity, I know I shouldn't as you are unworthy of it.  

Your own choices have led you to where you are in life, you made your bed now sleep in it.

[shadeaux]

Virtual hugs, vibes, karma, long distance healing thoughts will not feed and heat this woman.

The problem I see though is she will forever need help.  Kpete should give till it hurts.  Sell some art to her rich friends.  Donate every penny to this woman.

[Ogre]

Virtual hugs, vibes, karma, long distanace healing thoughts will not feed and heat this woman.

The problem I see though is she will forever need help.  Kpete should give till it hurts.  Sell some art to her rich friends.  Donate every penny to this woman.

I couldn't agree more, what did she want to take from the rich, 75%?  Surely she could willing part with a large portion of her disposable income to help the needy, right?

[shadeaux]

Right.

http://www.facebook.com/MarybethForStateCommittee       

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Again DUmmies, who here hates you.

I personally don't know any of you and don't want too.

I suppose my many urgings that they die in a machine/fire/machine-that-is-on-fire might be mistaken for hate but even that would solely be for entertainment purposes.

[Tucker]

Right.

http://www.facebook.com/MarybethForStateCommittee       

BS for not giving a warning before opening that link and seeing that face.

[shadeaux]

 

Here's another one

http://www.votekuznik.com/

[shadeaux]

Ant

Grasshopper

DUmmie

Grasswire got a pie up her butt because she knows someone will find out the majority of DUmmies didn't prepare for life like one needs to.  Volunteering your whole life for free instead of planning is just well DUmb.

The internet makes it easy to verify everything.



What DID DUmmies do before the internet ?  Put an ad out in the newspaper for donations ?

[delilahmused]

Doesn't she have experience as a caregiver? Why not put an ad on Craigslist or something? Granted, I can see where there might not be much use for a paid volunteer activist since that pretty much defeats the whole purpose of the "volunteer" part but you'd think she could use the caregiver skills. However, she's had this nonprofit voting rights organization and still hasn't created enough interest in it or done enough useful, quality things to make it worthy of grants and donations so maybe she's not all that great at protecting voters.

Cindie

[shadeaux]

Somebody wants to make meat pie beefeater.       Better watch out !

Marybeth Kuznik holds degrees in Music Education and Speech from Seton Hill College and the University of Pittsburgh, and comes from a prior career background in education and non-profit arts management with nearly two decades of writing, producing, and performing educational theatre arts programs for young audiences.

Marybeth resides with her mother on their three-generation family farm in Penn Township, Westmoreland County. She holds active membership in several state-wide agricultural organizations and has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Penn Ag Democrats.

Earlier this fall I got one little part-time job that was bringing in about $45 a week (not enough to make a dent in my bills, but it was $45 I didn't have otherwise.) Then, the Republican "job-creator" in charge fired me even from that a few days ago.

In the meantime many, many people tell me that the job for me is to keep doing exactly what I am doing now. People say they need for me to continue and that no one else is going to lead the fight against bad voting systems in Pennsylvania unless I do (this is probably 100% true BTW.)

OKAY.

[shadeaux]

http://votepa.us/newsarchive/andystory.html

Carrying on the dream with someone else's dime.  That's how I see it.

[franksolich]

Right.

http://www.facebook.com/MarybethForStateCommittee       

Well, but no matter the merits or demerits of the primitive needing help, the plea is honest and straightforward.

I think the primitives should donate.