Young Dems in Ulster County ?????

What is going on with the Young Democrats in Ulster County? In a year where youth was mobilized all over the country, here in Ulster County it was dismal at best. That was thanks to the leadership of Shannon Schreibman and crew.

Under Schreibman's leadership, the Ulster Young Dems really took a nose dive and they are now without a chair or any real leadership, which is again a shame because there were some great people involved.

The first thing that needs to be done is reorganizing and electing a new chair, Jay Mahler, Jeremy Blaber and Stefanie West immediately come to mind as possible people that can do the job effectively. While a Mahler or Blaber chairmanship is tempting we think Stefanie West, of New Paltz is the person at this time to do the job.

Stefanie is currently the vice-chair of the YD's and like Blaber and Mahler, a member of the Ulster County Democratic committee. Again, any one of them would do a credible job but we feel Stefanie is in a position to move the organization forward and make it one that will be active and EFFECTIVE in local elections. Her work on behalf of Sennett, Hein and Auerbach gives her the necessary experience to that.

No matter who gets in office the UC Young Dems need to something with the age limit, while, it's been awhile since the staff at the UC Fishbowl has been eligible to be considered a "young Dem", word on the street is if we hold off in a few years we may be eligible!!! It seems that every time Shannon and Julian have a birthday, the age to be a young Dem keeps going up! Everywhere in NYS it's 30, in Ulster County 39...the same age as Julian and Shannon. We hear soon that Senator Byrd will be appointed for member outreach.