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  • Vocal crowd turns out for health care forum [Napa Valley, CA]

    08/05/2009 11:33:02 AM PDT · by kaehurowing · 18 replies · 1,484+ views
    Napa Valley Register ^ | August 5, 2009 | Natalie Hoffman
    Vocal crowd turns out for health care forum Wednesday, August 05, 2009 By NATALIE HOFFMAN Register Staff Writer A packed Napa church hosted a boisterous meeting Monday night regarding health care reform. The meeting drew some 500 people to listen to — and occasionally shout at — a panel of speakers that included Rep. Mike Thompson, D- St. Helena. The audience at First United Methodist Church demonstrated varying policy viewpoints. Some asked mild questions, others pointed ones, and still others burst into verbal attacks at panel members. Shouts of “This is America!” and “What’s wrong with profit?” emerged from a...