Hey Amy Lynn. Thanks for the update. Terry is also in my thoughts and prayers. The good thing is that he's young and the brain has an amazing capacity to rewire itself even after something as serious as a stroke. Make sure that Terry finds out from those Bruin docs why he had it in the first place, though, OK? He'll need to do things to prevent another one. And I'm with everyone else about the new album. I know our patience will be rewarded with some
awesome music.
There's some other stuff I heard on WXEG earlier this week - twice - that I won't mention on this post. But I do want to send you my REAL Valentine now instead of waiting until February 14th because of what I heard. Last September at the Epilepsy Foundation leadership conference I talked to Tony Coelho for a while about his career and how he was able to get the opportunity to write the Americans with Disabilities Act. I talked to him about some of my ideas, and he encouraged me to get involved in politics. Last October, Amy, pretty much by accident (or maybe not) I met the regional director of SPAN-Ohio, the Single Payer Action Network of Ohio. I've gone to a couple of their meetings, and know that they're a bunch of bright people with their hearts in the right place. Once we have enough petition signatures, we are going to put a proposal on the state ballot to implement comprehensive health insurance for all Ohioans. The system we're proposing won't increase overall costs, and will be a win for individuals and businesses alike, though we know commercial health insurance companies won't be too happy about it. I'm hosting my first "party" for everyone in my neighborhood to discuss the details of the proposal at my house next Sunday, and the regional director has asked me to be a spokesperson for the organization. I plan to be very active in making sure that people have good health regardless of wealth. Once the voters have passed the proposal in Ohio, we can start working on bringing comprehensive health care coverage for all people in other states.
I hope you like your Valentine, Amy.
And just like last year, I'm doing it because I would do
anything for love. Well, almost.
Love, rich