Welcome! This is the homepage of the Harrison County  Democratic Executive Committee (HCDEC) of Mississippi.  Our next meeting will be at 9:00 AM on Saturday,  June 5,  2010 at 425 Division St. Biloxi MS 39530. Map: http://tinyurl.com/lr6xk5
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Here are letters from local Democrats concerning healthcare reform. We all have stories to tell about how the current system let you or someone you know down. America can do better. Together, in honest discussion, we can fix our bloated health care system. Send us your story for inclusion!

Read the letters for healthcare reform

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Obama’s First Year Highlights

• Stopped the Bush Depression by passing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that put the economy on the path to recovery.

• Turned attention from Bush’s war of choice in Iraq towards the war of necessity against the terrorist that attacked us in Afghanistan.

• Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

• Expanded the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

• Repealed the Bush ban on embryonic stem cell research.

• Ordered the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp so the terrorist can no longer use it as a recruiting tool.

• Nominated Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic, to the Supreme Court.

• Placed new regulations on power plants, factories and oil refineries in an attempt to limit greenhouse gas emissions and to curb global warming.

• Signed the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which expanded the federal hate-crime law to include sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.

• Signed into law the Car Allowance Rebate System, known colloquially as "Cash for Clunkers" to help the troubled auto industry.

• Became the first sitting U.S. President to preside over a meeting of the United Nations Security Council.

• Ordered the U.S. military to conduct a rescue mission to free Captian Richard Phillips who was held hostage by the pirates for five days.

• Began negotiations with Russia with the aim of reducing nuclear inventories to 1,000 warheads on each side.

• Won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

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Barack Obama’s One Year Anniversary Ball was held on January 23^rd 2010 at Treasure Bay Casino / Resort.

The celebration had a live DJ, dancing, food and drinks with Master of Ceremony: Rip Daniels. A special presentation was made in front of the sell-out crowd to Clare Rhodeman for 38 years of service to the Democratic Party.

Coast Democrats celebrated President Barack Obama's first year of history in style and danced the night away on top of the town in Treasure Bay's 9th floor ballroom.

Click here for pictures from the Ball
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Mississippi corporate welfare costs millions and with no taxpayer safeguards the true cost of this welfare remains hidden while the benefits are exaggerated.

Harrison County assembled a subsidy package put at $2.3 million for a Wal-Mart Supercenter in D'Iberville that opened in 1999. $363.5 million subsidy package for the Canton Nissan plant, $330 million for Toyota in Blue Springs. $71 million for the failed Mississippi Beef Processors plant in Oakland, MS.

Oreck Manufacturing left south Mississippi as the plant’s 10-year property tax exemption ran out. State and local subsides totaled more than $20.3 million for the Oreck plant. Even Mississippi jails are being operated by private companies under tax-exempt status.

For all this free money to corporations over the last 20 years MS is still 49th in economic development despite spending far more per capita on economic subsidies than other states. We're not getting the results we should for tax dollars spent. Below is the full report prepared for the American Federation of Teachers on this tragic waste of resources.

AFT report on Economic Development Subsidies in Mississippi
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This website is owned and operated by the Harrison County Democratic Executive Committee. The HCDEC includes the cities of Biloxi, D'Iberville, Gulfport, Long Beach and Pass Christian. Send email to info@hcdec.net  webmaster: Renick Taylor Last modified: March 09, 2010