Perhaps Matt Brown could tackle our health care system.
Brown is the Columbia University graduate, law school student and Providence resident who spearheaded the Democracy Compact, a grassroots volunteer organization that promised to dramatically increase the number of Rhode Islanders voting in the November 2000 election.
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The effort worked, as 55,000 new voters headed to the polls and the Ocean State moved from 24th to 14th in the country in terms of voter participation.
We applaud Brown and all of his volunteers for their hard work and dedication to such an important cause. There is nothing more important to a citizen than exercising his or her right to vote. We also credit the business community for stepping to the plate. A story in the “Current PBN Issue” section of this week’s paper points out, for example, that CVS Corp. and Bank Rhode Island displayed and distributed educational materials at all of their 75 stores and branches.
The work of the Democracy Compact is further illustration that big things can come out of small places — and in fact, that often they do. Now Brown is planning on expanding the efforts of the Democracy Compact to at least four or five other states, using Rhode Island as a model. Fitting, really, to use Rhode Island as a model to invigorate democracy.
We suspect that Brown will accomplish the lofty goals he has set for the Democracy Compact and we wish him well.
Now, about our health care system.
