United front
Protesters line up outside Rep. Doug LaMalfa’s Oroville office
Bill Bynum (left) and Kirk Draper were among hundreds of concerned citizens who rallied outside Rep. Doug LaMalfa’s Oroville office on Monday (Feb. 27). The event, which focused on health care, was organized by the Democratic Action Club, the Butte Health Care Association and the California Nurses’ Association and attracted over 200 people, according to spokesman David Welch. Besides health care, Welch said, the event was also put together because “Rep. LaMalfa has been so unwilling to hold open events in the district, so he does events for carefully preselected audiences. There were a lot of people who really wanted to send a message that we’d like more contact with our representative.” Welch gave LaMalfa’s staffers a heads up about the demonstration. In response, they shut down the office for the day, forcing participants to tape their comments to the building’s door.
Photo by Linda Draper
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