En caravana y armados de cocos, el grupo Upper Action Network llevaron alrededor de 300 cocos a la oficina del republicano vulnerable, Carlos Curbelo, con mensajes para proteger a la Ley de Cuidado de Salud Asequible y exigirle que se reúna con los constituyentes del Sur de la Florida.
Carlos Curbelo votó por una propuesta republicana para desmantelar y remplazar la ley sanitaria que incrementa costos, le quita el cuidado de salud a 24 millones de personas, impone un nuevo impuesto basado en edad a personas mayores de 50 años, y elimina las protecciones para personas con condiciones preexistentes. Desde ese voto, Curbelo se ha negado a tener foros comunitarios en el Sur de la Florida.
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Keys Activists Drop Off Hundreds Of ‘Coconut Telegraphs’ at Congressman Carlos Curbelo’s Office | WLRN News
By: Holly Pretsky
June 5, 2017
They called themselves the “coconut caravan.”
The Upper Keys Action Network, or UKAN was formed after the 2016 election as a way for people in the Keys to stay politically engaged. This week, 10 women from UKAN drove an estimated 300 coconuts to Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo’s Miami office.
The women and many others had painted the coconuts with messages like “Save ACA [the Affordable Care Act],” “country over party,” and “Climate change is real.”
It’s all to call on the congressman, whose district includes the Keys, to hold an in-person town hall in the Keys.
“The overall message is ‘Hey, come to the Keys. Come meet with us. Come hear what your constituents have to say,’” says Lindsey Crews, an organizer with UKAN who helped coordinate the coconut project. She says this isn’t the first time coconuts have been used to send a political message.
Curbelo is in Washington DC, so he wasn’t there to receive the coconuts in person.
“Carlos meets with constituents in-person in both Miami and the Keys during district work periods… and he held a tele-townhall for constituents in May,” said Joanna Rodriguez, a spokesperson for Curbelo. She said that tele-townhall reached thousands, but the women of UKAN say they’d like to have the opportunity to ask questions face-to-face.
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