From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Tue Nov  1 00:01:23 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:01:23 +0000
Subject: {news} RE: CTGP-news Digest, Vol 15, Issue 45
In-Reply-To: <E1EWIvc-0004Db-00@gandhi.greens.org>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F1002A18EF0327EFD924802D66F0@phx.gbl>

Thanks, Justine.  Your piece "Why does the Green Party in the U.S. support 
Palestinians' Right of Return?" is thoughtfully written and addresses some 
of my concerns.  I hope some of this language is incorporated into future 
resolutions or press releases.


David Bedell



----Original Message Follows----
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:55:00 -0500
From: "Justine McCabe" <justinemccabe at earthlink.net>
Subject: {news} Visit GPUS-International Committee's updated webpage
To: "CTGP-NEWS" <ctgp-news at ml.greens.org>

Dear All,

The International Committee of GPUS has just updated its webpage on the 
national website (www.gp.org)
Please check out http://gp.org/committees/intl for IC policy statements on 
issues like Iraq, Palestine, US-Cuba relations, Venezuela, FTAA and news 
about the Green Federations and Parties around the world.

Peace,
Justine
(GPCT rep., International Committee-GPUS)





From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Tue Nov  1 00:22:08 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:22:08 +0000
Subject: {news} The Day endorses Andy Derr
In-Reply-To: <1130673673.418534.ab3f94e4b7dfa530.58ffe6b4@persist.google.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F7C2E37571C198818D7E23D66F0@phx.gbl>

http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=bd10f413-db9d-4642-8857-f56ab08d3dc1

Featured in Columns & Editorial

Shake Up New London Mix
Voters must shake up the mix to create a more responsible council.

Published on 10/30/2005

An important message to all New London voters: go to the polls Nov. 8. The 
New London City Council needs a vigorous shakeup to end the foolishness of 
the past two years.

It's hard to imagine a group of people so lacking in judgment that they 
would throw down the gauntlet to a governor known for her reasonable 
qualities even as she inherited a mess in the Fort Trumbull project and was 
trying to help. But then again, the same people paid a competent lawyer for 
advice and then acted contrary to what he told them. The council needs a 
reformation, for it has been unable to act consistently and logically.

The worst event on Election Day would be for New London voters to give the 
Democrats a big majority once again and thus impose on the city the 
presumption of the power it has applied for decades. Voters should elect a 
more diverse, practical and consistent group of representatives.

Four parties seek council seats. Here are The Day's recommendations for the 
council: Charles W. Frink of One New London Party; Andrew M. Derrof the 
Green Party; Robert M. Pero and L. Allyn de Vars of the Republican Party, 
and Democrats Kevin J. Cavanagh, Jane Glover and Elizabeth A. Sabilia. Mr. 
Pero, Ms. Glover and Ms. Sabilia are incumbents.

Charles W. Frink is a retired New London High School teacher with a Ph.D who 
is a composer and playwright, and has taught at Connecticut College and 
Three Rivers Community College. Most of all, he is a person who tests the 
validity of ideas rather than rushing to judgment.

Mr. Frink favors revising the City Charter to elect a strong mayor to run 
the city, a position favored by The Day and used as a litmus test for 
candidates considered for endorsement. He also believes the plan for Fort 
Trumbull is ?an antique, a relic of the past,? that the council needs to 
take over leadership of the program from the New London Development Corp. 
and that the city's financial situation, with a very low fund balance 
account, is extremely precarious.

Mr. Frink would question assumptions, would expect logical answers and would 
be a good voice on the council.

Andrew Derr has been active in neighborhood and preservation groups. He 
favors a strong-mayor form of government, and believes the post is necessary 
because the city lacks leadership. But he cautions that the mayor would need 
a good support staff. He would like to see district representation on the 
council because he believes the northern section of New London has been 
disenfranchised as most candidates nominated by the parties and elected come 
from the south end.

Mr. Derr is critical of the city for taking so many people's homes. 
Redevelopment's property takings have plagued the city for decades, he 
contends. He favors disbanding the NLDC which he says is incompetent and has 
never been accountable to the council.

He is a strong advocate for better city schools and he is concerned that too 
many property owners have gotten tax breaks through lower assessments caused 
by letting their buildings get run-down.

Mr. Derr has strong views. In council meetings, he might have to temper his 
approach, but he is an intelligent candidate who respects the people of his 
city and who would contribute substantial ideas to the process of 
government.

Robert M. Perohas matured into an effective councilor who generally has his 
ear to the ground for the feelings of his constituents. He favors a 
strong-mayor form of government and would be willing to form a second 
Charter Revision Commission if, as it appears, the current commission fails 
to recommend a strong mayor.

He says New London needs ?a vision change,? a view held by many residents. 
He favors selling off surplus properties for revenue and wants to explore 
how to improve the quality of life in the city. He says he believes the 
council is now making progress dealing with its problems with the NLDC. He 
believes the city may have to get a new developer in Fort Trumbull and 
thinks there's not a market for a hotel there.

L. Allyn de Vars is a self-employed real es-tate title abstractor who 
believes the city is at a crossroads of opportunity and needs change. It 
must have a council composed of people who have a unified vision of where 
the city can be, he adds. ?We need clarity,? he says. ?A strong mayor would 
provide a clearer path.? Without a strong mayor, there is no place to fix 
responsibility and accountability, he says.

He wants to increase private development in New London and says the plans 
for Fort Trumbull are outdated. He emphasizes economic development, public 
safety and education as the three most important issues facing the city. He 
says both the police and fire departments do not have adequate staffing on 
shifts and lack the needed equipment.

Mr. de Vars is a good thinker who can articulate his ideas and who would 
make a fine addition to the council.

Kevin J. Cavanagh is leaving the Board of Education, where he performed 
energetically and admirably, to seek a seat on the council. He was an 
administrator in the insurance industry in Hartford and brings organization, 
logic and good sense to the table. He also has been active in the Save Ocean 
Beach organization.

He favors adopting a strong-mayor government. He believes public safety is 
the city's highest priority and says both police and fire operations are at 
minimum levels. He says the council should support the good work and vision 
of Superintendent Christopher Clouet in improving city schools.

He says developers will come to New London when they see that the city has a 
vision and knows what it's doing. ?We need to develop long-range planning,? 
he says. Mr. Cavanagh would contribute good ideas and professional planning 
and management skills to the council.

Jane Glover is mayor of New London and a councilor unafraid to speak 
forthrightly on issues. She favors a strong-mayor form of government and is 
disappointed that the current charter commission has not delivered such a 
recommendation.

She is impatient with the pace of progress in New London and believes the 
Fort Trumbull plan needs to be reworked. She favors neither a hotel nor an 
office building there and hopes that Gov. M. Jodi Rell will agree to rethink 
the plan. She would like to see limited tax breaks for property owners 
providing moderate rents to new businesses.

She believes the education system needs a curriculum overhaul to reflect the 
large numbers of blacks and Latinos in the school system.

Beth A. Sabilia is closely associated with the Democratic leadership of New 
London, but she is one of the more candid councilors in expressing her views 
and is usually unafraid to take a controversial stand. She did good work 
trying to help mediate disputes with the NLDC.

She says she currently favors retaining the city manager form of government, 
but also acknowledges that there is a leadership vacuum in the city. ?People 
feel there's no strong voice, no go-to person,? she says.

Despite her inclination to preserve what The Day believes is an 
anachronistic and ineffective form of government, the newspaper recognizes 
that Ms. Sabilia generally is in tune with people's thinking in the city, 
contributes a fine mind to public debate and takes strong stands.

The other candidates are: One New London: Michael Christofaro, Thomas J. 
Picinich, William Cornish and Richard L. Humphreville; Green Party: Robert 
W. Stuller; Republican Party: incumbent councilor Jason Catala, Mike Doyle 
and Kathryn L. Schargus; Democratic Party incumbents Bill Morse, Margaret M. 
Curtin and Gerard Gaynor Jr. and newcomer Elizabeth Garcia Gonzalez.

? The Day Publishing Co., 2005





From smderosa at cox.net  Tue Nov  1 09:24:32 2005
From: smderosa at cox.net (smderosa)
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:24:32 -0500
Subject: {news} David Ionno Gets Endorsement From Two Unions and Greater
	Hartford Labor Council
Message-ID: <20051101142430.WBSP28234.eastrmmtao05.cox.net@userb649154f63>

 

 


Green Party Candidate:
Dave Ionno 
Hartford Board of Education 
Contact: HYPERLINK "mailto:DIonno at aol.com"DIonno at aol.com 
860-233-0927

 
 

 


Endorsed by the Hartford    Federation of Teachers.
Endorsed by Greater Hartford Labor Council
 Endorsed by AFSCME Council   # 4
Biography. I was born in Washington DC on 2/15/51. I was the first-born of
five of a career Army officer. The first half of my life was spent moving
from one military post to another all over the United States; I lived for
four years in Asia. My wife (also an Army brat) and I moved to Hartford CT
in June of 1975.
I enlisted in the United States Armed Forces after graduation from high
school in 1969. I volunteered for service in Vietnam as a combat medic from
1970-71. 
On my return I joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. I am currently
president of the Central Connecticut Chapter of Veterans for Peace; we have
an active teaching program in the Greater Hartford schools for nonviolence
and conflict resolution. I was a co-founder of the HYPERLINK
"http://php.iupui.edu/~hdonle/vera_home.html" \nVeterans Educational
Resources Agency (VERA), which organizes presentations in schools throughout
Connecticut and Western Massachusetts on diverse issues, such as the impact
of the Vietnam War on its veterans and on U.S. society.  The VERA website
can also be reached via the HYPERLINK "http://www.hartfordpl.lib.ct.us"
\nHartford Public Library website -- click on "community" on the home page,
then enter "veterans" in the search box for the Hartford Community
Information Database.)
I hold a BA in History (1997) from Central Connecticut State University,
with a minor in Communications. I work as an assistant librarian at the
Hartford Public Library.  
I was a lifelong Democrat until 1996, when I joined the Green Party. I feel
that the Democrats have abandoned their principles and are indistinguishable
from the Republicans.
Education issues:
I have four daughters. Three graduated from Hartford Public High School, one
is currently at Hartford Public High. I am the Executive Secretary of the
Hartford Public High School PTSO (Parent Teacher Student Organization) and a
member of the Noah Webster PTA (Parent Teacher Association). I have for
years regularly attended public Hartford Board of Education meetings. I have
insisted on parent participation and timely communication from the
administration at the Hartford Board of Education. I have been a supporter
of teachers and their authority in the classroom along with encouraging
creativity and curriculum development.
 
VOTE FOR DAVID IONNO FOR HARTFORD
 BOARD OF EDUCATION:
NOV. 8, 2005
LINE C
GREEN PARTY
DAVID IONNO: UNBOUGHT AND UNBOSSED!
PAID FOR BY DAVID IONNO, 150 Warrenton Ave. Hartford, CT 06105


 

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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Tue Nov  1 12:51:53 2005
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:51:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} The Day endorses Andy Derr
In-Reply-To: <BAY106-F7C2E37571C198818D7E23D66F0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20051101175153.94617.qmail@web81407.mail.yahoo.com>

Check out the nation web site too!!!-

David Bedell <dbedellgreen at hotmail.com> wrote: Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS
http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/

to unsubscribe click here
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http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=bd10f413-db9d-4642-8857-f56ab08d3dc1

Featured in Columns & Editorial

Shake Up New London Mix
Voters must shake up the mix to create a more responsible council.

Published on 10/30/2005

An important message to all New London voters: go to the polls Nov. 8. The 
New London City Council needs a vigorous shakeup to end the foolishness of 
the past two years.

It's hard to imagine a group of people so lacking in judgment that they 
would throw down the gauntlet to a governor known for her reasonable 
qualities even as she inherited a mess in the Fort Trumbull project and was 
trying to help. But then again, the same people paid a competent lawyer for 
advice and then acted contrary to what he told them. The council needs a 
reformation, for it has been unable to act consistently and logically.

The worst event on Election Day would be for New London voters to give the 
Democrats a big majority once again and thus impose on the city the 
presumption of the power it has applied for decades. Voters should elect a 
more diverse, practical and consistent group of representatives.

Four parties seek council seats. Here are The Day's recommendations for the 
council: Charles W. Frink of One New London Party; Andrew M. Derrof the 
Green Party; Robert M. Pero and L. Allyn de Vars of the Republican Party, 
and Democrats Kevin J. Cavanagh, Jane Glover and Elizabeth A. Sabilia. Mr. 
Pero, Ms. Glover and Ms. Sabilia are incumbents.

Charles W. Frink is a retired New London High School teacher with a Ph.D who 
is a composer and playwright, and has taught at Connecticut College and 
Three Rivers Community College. Most of all, he is a person who tests the 
validity of ideas rather than rushing to judgment.

Mr. Frink favors revising the City Charter to elect a strong mayor to run 
the city, a position favored by The Day and used as a litmus test for 
candidates considered for endorsement. He also believes the plan for Fort 
Trumbull is ?an antique, a relic of the past,? that the council needs to 
take over leadership of the program from the New London Development Corp. 
and that the city's financial situation, with a very low fund balance 
account, is extremely precarious.

Mr. Frink would question assumptions, would expect logical answers and would 
be a good voice on the council.

Andrew Derr has been active in neighborhood and preservation groups. He 
favors a strong-mayor form of government, and believes the post is necessary 
because the city lacks leadership. But he cautions that the mayor would need 
a good support staff. He would like to see district representation on the 
council because he believes the northern section of New London has been 
disenfranchised as most candidates nominated by the parties and elected come 
from the south end.

Mr. Derr is critical of the city for taking so many people's homes. 
Redevelopment's property takings have plagued the city for decades, he 
contends. He favors disbanding the NLDC which he says is incompetent and has 
never been accountable to the council.

He is a strong advocate for better city schools and he is concerned that too 
many property owners have gotten tax breaks through lower assessments caused 
by letting their buildings get run-down.

Mr. Derr has strong views. In council meetings, he might have to temper his 
approach, but he is an intelligent candidate who respects the people of his 
city and who would contribute substantial ideas to the process of 
government.

Robert M. Perohas matured into an effective councilor who generally has his 
ear to the ground for the feelings of his constituents. He favors a 
strong-mayor form of government and would be willing to form a second 
Charter Revision Commission if, as it appears, the current commission fails 
to recommend a strong mayor.

He says New London needs ?a vision change,? a view held by many residents. 
He favors selling off surplus properties for revenue and wants to explore 
how to improve the quality of life in the city. He says he believes the 
council is now making progress dealing with its problems with the NLDC. He 
believes the city may have to get a new developer in Fort Trumbull and 
thinks there's not a market for a hotel there.

L. Allyn de Vars is a self-employed real es-tate title abstractor who 
believes the city is at a crossroads of opportunity and needs change. It 
must have a council composed of people who have a unified vision of where 
the city can be, he adds. ?We need clarity,? he says. ?A strong mayor would 
provide a clearer path.? Without a strong mayor, there is no place to fix 
responsibility and accountability, he says.

He wants to increase private development in New London and says the plans 
for Fort Trumbull are outdated. He emphasizes economic development, public 
safety and education as the three most important issues facing the city. He 
says both the police and fire departments do not have adequate staffing on 
shifts and lack the needed equipment.

Mr. de Vars is a good thinker who can articulate his ideas and who would 
make a fine addition to the council.

Kevin J. Cavanagh is leaving the Board of Education, where he performed 
energetically and admirably, to seek a seat on the council. He was an 
administrator in the insurance industry in Hartford and brings organization, 
logic and good sense to the table. He also has been active in the Save Ocean 
Beach organization.

He favors adopting a strong-mayor government. He believes public safety is 
the city's highest priority and says both police and fire operations are at 
minimum levels. He says the council should support the good work and vision 
of Superintendent Christopher Clouet in improving city schools.

He says developers will come to New London when they see that the city has a 
vision and knows what it's doing. ?We need to develop long-range planning,? 
he says. Mr. Cavanagh would contribute good ideas and professional planning 
and management skills to the council.

Jane Glover is mayor of New London and a councilor unafraid to speak 
forthrightly on issues. She favors a strong-mayor form of government and is 
disappointed that the current charter commission has not delivered such a 
recommendation.

She is impatient with the pace of progress in New London and believes the 
Fort Trumbull plan needs to be reworked. She favors neither a hotel nor an 
office building there and hopes that Gov. M. Jodi Rell will agree to rethink 
the plan. She would like to see limited tax breaks for property owners 
providing moderate rents to new businesses.

She believes the education system needs a curriculum overhaul to reflect the 
large numbers of blacks and Latinos in the school system.

Beth A. Sabilia is closely associated with the Democratic leadership of New 
London, but she is one of the more candid councilors in expressing her views 
and is usually unafraid to take a controversial stand. She did good work 
trying to help mediate disputes with the NLDC.

She says she currently favors retaining the city manager form of government, 
but also acknowledges that there is a leadership vacuum in the city. ?People 
feel there's no strong voice, no go-to person,? she says.

Despite her inclination to preserve what The Day believes is an 
anachronistic and ineffective form of government, the newspaper recognizes 
that Ms. Sabilia generally is in tune with people's thinking in the city, 
contributes a fine mind to public debate and takes strong stands.

The other candidates are: One New London: Michael Christofaro, Thomas J. 
Picinich, William Cornish and Richard L. Humphreville; Green Party: Robert 
W. Stuller; Republican Party: incumbent councilor Jason Catala, Mike Doyle 
and Kathryn L. Schargus; Democratic Party incumbents Bill Morse, Margaret M. 
Curtin and Gerard Gaynor Jr. and newcomer Elizabeth Garcia Gonzalez.

? The Day Publishing Co., 2005



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From vogel at myeastern.com  Tue Nov  1 22:59:54 2005
From: vogel at myeastern.com (Robert Vogel)
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 22:59:54 -0500
Subject: {news} Answers, Not Cover-ups
Message-ID: <5940fbb8fbfc9dc8a8c85b0736c5deaf@www.tedkennedy.com>

Dear Friend, 

Scooter Libby and Vice President Cheney withheld critical documents in the Senate's investigation of the use and misuse of intelligence in the decision to go to war and in the management of the war.

These documents must be handed over, because the American people deserve answers.

Please join me and Senator Kennedy; ask the White House to hand over those documents. 

 http://www.tedkennedy.com/page/petition/iraqdocuments/fdlcqh

The American people know the high cost of this misguided war -- 2,000 U.S. soldiers dead, more than 15,000 wounded, hundreds of billions of dollars spent with no end in sight, and a continuing shameful effort by the White House to silence those who try to tell the truth about the war.

We need answers, not cover-ups, by the Administration about these serious issues. Thank you for all your support in trying to get the truth.

 http://www.tedkennedy.com/page/petition/iraqdocuments/fdlcqh

Thanks!



From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Wed Nov  2 11:19:17 2005
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 08:19:17 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Fwd: [media-states] Greensweek,
	November 1: 2005 Election Issue
Message-ID: <20051102161917.4330.qmail@web81410.mail.yahoo.com>



Scott McLarty <scottmclarty at yahoo.com> wrote:From: Scott McLarty <scottmclarty at yahoo.com>
To: usgp-media at gp-us.org, natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org,
media-states at lists.gp-us.org, lavender-caucus at green.gpus.org
Subject: [media-states] Greensweek, November 1: 2005 Election Issue
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 20:07:19 -0800 (PST)

GREENSWEEK

A national Green bulletin
Vol. 3, No. 12
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
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MATCHING FUNDS FOR GREEN CANDIDATES IN NEW YORK

? Gloria Mattera's Green campaign for Brooklyn
Borough President has qualified for 4 to 1
matching funds from New York City's Campaign
Finance program. "I am proud to be the first
Green Party candidate eligible for matching funds
for this office," said Mattera. "This
demonstrates tremendous support for our campaign
from city residents who are tired of watching
[incumbent] Marty Markowitz act as a doormat for
Bruce Ratner and other developers who want to
take over our city. The Campaign Finance Program
levels the playing field for candidates such as
myself who do not accept corporate campaign
contributions, and is a wonderful tool in support
of grass roots democracy." Mattera and other
Brooklyn Greens have been working with local
activists in the Don?t Destroy Brooklyn Coalition
to head off an attempt by billionaire developer
Bruce Ratner to seize homes and businesses to
build a sports arena and luxury condominiums.
Mattera is challenging the plan and has publicly
exposed the secret sweetheart deals between
current president, Markowitz, and Ratner. 
Mattera calls for a moratorium on big scale
development of high rises and big box stores
until developers agree to involve the community
in decision-making and commit to maintaining the
integrity of existing neighborhoods. To qualify
for the matching funds, candidates for Brooklyn
Borough President must receive $49,307 from at
least 100 contributors with a maximum amount of
$250 applying toward matching funds, which will
be at least $200,000 for the Mattera Campaign.
http://www.electgloria.org/

? Robyn Sklar, Green candidate for New York City
Council in Queens, also received matching funds
of about $27,000, a first for a Green running in
NY. On November 6, the Sklar campaign will have
150 volunteers distributing water to runners in
the New York City Marathon and handing out flyers
to the public.
http://www.sklarforcouncil.com/


ELAINE BROWN UPDATE A court decision announced
on October 31 upheld the decision by the Glynn
County Board of Elections disqualifying Elaine
Brown from participating in the November 8
election for Mayor of Brunswick, Georgia. The
board made its decision on October 14, claiming
that she had not lived in Brunswick long enough
to be a candidate. "It's obvious that Elaine was
seen as a significant threat to powerful wealthy
interests who wanted her removed from the race,"
said Rev. Zach Lyde, a member of the Glynn County
Green Party. "We believe these same interests
influenced the Glynn County Board of Elections." 
The Brown campaign has been the Green Party's
most prominent in the 2005 off-year election. 
Stay tuned for news about further action. Greens
are urging stong support for the party's two City
Commission candidates, Gladys Lyde and James
Brooks
http://www.greens.org/georgia/
http://www.elainebrown.org
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_10_19.shtml


GREEN RELIEF FOR KATRINA Andrea Garland
sends a list of urgent
needs in New Orleans, Louisiana and Biloxi,
Mississippi:

? Legal assistance and media assistance,
especially for documentation of abuses in New
Orleans, and for the production of a documentatry
and reports for public access stations, etc.

? Labor rights assistance -- wage thresholds have
been cut; workers are cleaning in the effort to
rebuild without proper protection and without
OSHA protections.

? Scientific assistance, to investigate spraying,
test water and soil, etc. for the safety of
residents.

? Physical assistance, especially hands-on help
(bring respirators, gloves, hand sanitizer, and
insect repellent in addition to food and water). 
Leenie Halbert's and Malik Rahim's homes are
available for camping; Malik has porta-potties.

? Financial assistance. If you can't do any of
the above, please contribute. Call Leenie at
225-615-4905; donate to Leenie and Andrea at
; donate to Malik at
.

More information:
http://www.gp.org/katrina2005/
http://www.gp.org/committees/peace/
http://www.commongroundrelief.org/how_you_can_help/
Article by Leenie Halbert on the 'usufruct'
threat to homeowners in New Orleans
http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/6151.php


~ 2005 GREEN CAMPAIGNS ~


CALIFORNIA

? Hilary Bradbury-Huang is running for the
Pasadena Community College Board. Sharon Gilpin,
Hilary's campaign consultant, has been involved
with other winning Green candidates in the past,
Kevin McKeown and Mike Feinstein. The CCC is
supporting her campaign.

? Jim Harvey, running for re-election to the
Montara Water and Sanitary District, has received
Sierra Club endorsement and is a likely winner.

? James Marsh, running for Coastside County Water
District as one of three candidates running for
two positions, received Sierra Club endorsement.

? Paul Perkovic, running a strong campaign for
reelection to the Montara Water and Sanitary
District, received Sierra Club endorsement.


COLORADO

? Charlie Green is running unopposed for a School
Board Race. 


CONNECTICUT

? David Bedell is running for Stamford Constabl
in a race with 9 candidates running for 7
positions.

? Andy Derr is running for New London City
Council, At-Large, one of 18 candidates competing
for 7 positions. Derr was endorsed by the local
Police Union and by union Local 1378, which
represents the city's public works employees. He
was also endorsed by 'The Day', Connecticut's
only remaining independent daily.
http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=bd10f413-db9d-4642-8857-f56ab08d3dc1

? Miguel Angel Nieves, Green candidate for Mayor
of New Britain, proposed giving undocumented
immigrants a temporary form of ID so they can
open bank accounts, prove their identity to
police, and access social services. Donations to
the Nieves campaign can be sent to Nieves For
Mayor Campaign, 38 West Main Street, New Britain
CT. 06051.
http://www.nieves.politicalgateway.com
http://www.ctgreens.org

? Charles Pillsbury is on the ballot for Alderman
of New Haven, Ward 19. Pillsbury is otherwise
known as Gary Trudeau's college room mate and the
model for Mike Doonesbury.

? Robert "Bob" Stuller is running for an At-Large
seat on the New London City Council. The Green
Party's national Fundraising Committee mentioned
Stuller's race in a 5,000 piece prospect mailing
targeting the New England region and mentioning
the Supreme Court's unfortunate eminent domain
(Kelo v. New London) decision. Stuller was
endorsed by union Local 1378, which represents
the city's public works employees


GEORGIA

? Along with Elaine Brown, Green candidate for
Mayor (see Top Stories above), there are two
Green City Commission candidates running in
Brunswick, Gladys Lyde and James Brooks.
http://www.greens.org/georgia/


MAINE

? Susan Hopkins is running for Portland School
Committee, and is receiving support from the
Green Party's Coordinated Campaign Committee. 
Current Green School Committee member Ben
Meiklejohn and Hopkins have been working on a
policy that would limit military recruiters in
Portland high schools.
http://www.theforecaster.net/story.php?storyid=4034

? Carol Schiller, candidate for the At Large seat
on Portland City Council (the first Green
Independent to run for Council in Portland), has
been endorsed by the League of Pissed Off Voters.
Schiller, a prominent local civic activist,
brought Planned Parenthood to Maine, initiated
and organized the University Neighborhood
Organization, founded the Greater Portland
Neighborhoods Coalition, served as President of
the Woodfords-Oakdale Neighborhood Association,
and is a mother, former art educator, and arts
advocate. Make checks payable to: Committee to
Elect Carol Schiller and send them to Carol
Schiller, 7 Longfellow Street, Portland, Maine
04103 (phone: 207-772-3243). Report your
occupation if you contribute over $50.
schiller at maine.rr.com
http://www.portlandphoenix.com/features/this_just_in/documents/05040030.asp
http://www.theforecaster.net/story.php?storyid=4032


MASSACHUSETTS

? Chuck Turner is running unopposed in his
re-election bid for Boston City Council, District
7.


MINNESOTA

? Cam Gordon is the strongest in the field of
'newbies' running for as Greens for Minneapolis
City Council. He finished 2nd out of 5 with
37.1% Ward 2. Gordon has received endorsements
from the Minneapolis Star Tribune and from Gente
de Minnesota.
http://www.camgordon.org/
http://www.gentedeminnesota.com/editorial_det.php?nid=10

? Natalie Johnson Lee is seeking reelection for
Minneapolis City Council, Ward 5. Her ward was
gerrymandered by Democrats in order to run two
incumbents against each other, but her popularity
and accomplishments on Council so far might lead
to another win on Election Day.
http://www.nataliejohnsonlee.com/

? Annie Young is running for re-election for
Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board and is
expected to win.

? Dean Zimmerman is running for reelection for
Minneapolis City Council, Ward 6. His ward was
gerrymandered to run two incumbents against each
other. The other incumbent brought his previous
opponent up on charges and the former
officeholder resigned. Accusations against
Zimmerman leading to an FBI raid seem to have
backfired, since he was only 4 points behind in
the Primary. No charges have been filed, and
Greens expect Zimmerman to be reelected.
http://www.votedeanzimmermann.org/

? Lavender Magazine, a GLBT publication in
Minneapolis and St. Paul, gave generous coverage
to Green candidates in its pre-election issue.
http://www.lavendermagazine.com/artman/publish/article_1504.php
http://www.lavendermagazine.com/artman/publish/article_1502.php
http://www.lavendermagazine.com/artman/publish/article_1532.php

? Article on redistricting in Minneapolis, as
engineered by Democrats attempting to unseat
Green Council members Natalie Johnson Lee and
Dean Zimmerman:
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2005/10/redistricting_m.asp


NEW JERSEY

? The Green Party of New Jersey is running a
large slate of candidates in memory of the
party's state co-chair, Earl Gray.
http://www.gpnj.org

? Gubernatorial candidate Matt Thieke was
profiled in an Asbury Park Press article titled
"Green Party's Thieke: Ideas trump money" on
October 18.
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051018/NEWS03/510180306/1024/POLITICS
http://www.mattthieke.com

? Brian Unger, candidate for Freeholder in
Monmouth County received the endorsement of the
Asbury Park Press on October 30.
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051030/OPINION/510300354&SearchID=73225121891600


NEW YORK

? Gloria Mattera and Robin Sklar: see Top Stories
above.

? Alice Green, candidate for Mayor of Albany, has
been endorsed by the Fannie Lou Hamer Political
Action Committee and by NOW. Green was
introduced by the President of SUNY Albany at a
1000 plus person meeting to hear Spike Lee; some
of those present thought the applause for her was
louder than for Lee. On October 28, Green urged
the city to use its cable franchise agreement to
promote democracy and community media, and said
that she supports requiring the city's agreement
with Times Warner to include the establishment of
a community media center where local residents
can produce and air their own television shows.
Folk singer Peter Yarrow, a member of Peter,
Paul, and Mary and composer of "Puff the Magic
Dragon", endorsed Green in mid October. "My
heart beats in sync with what Alice is doing. We
see many things the same way," said Yarrow. 
Green used Yarrow's endorsement to come out
against a decision by the city Board of Education
to allow the use of hand-held metal detectors in
random searches of students, and said programs
like Yarrow's Operation Respect are a better
solution, helping kids settle differences without
resorting to violence or abuse. On October 14,
Green criticized the police department for not
releasing three years' worth of data on traffic
stops meant to show whether minorities are
unfairly targeted, and said, "While the
department has made great strides by becoming
more professional and cooperative with community
leaders, it remains a closed and reactive body
that relies too heavily on racial and ethnic
stereotyping in its work."
http://nys.greens.org/alicegreen
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=410370&category=ALBANY&BCCode=LOCAL&newsdate=10/19/2005
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=410840&category=REGION&newsdate=10/20/2005
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/storyprint.asp?StoryID=413555

? Chris Hilderbrant, Green candidate for the
Monroe County Legislature (Legislative District
6, containing Charlotte and most of East Greece),
has received the endorsements of The Rochester
Democrat & Chronicle, Empire State Pride Agenda,
Rochester NOW, the Rochester Labor Council, and
Democracy for America.
http://hilderbrant.org/
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051026/OPINION04/510260342/1041/OPINION
http://www.prideagenda.org/pressreleases/pr-10-21-05.html

? Mary Jo Long is running unopposed for Afton
Town Council, Chenango County.

? Will Maksuta, candidate for New Paltz Town
Clerk, has announced that he will issue same-sex
marriage licenses. Maksuta is running against
Marion Cappolini, the sitting town clerk who
refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex
couples. He follows in the footsteps of Mayor
Jason West, who faced prosecution for solemnizing
same-sex unions in New Paltz.
will.maksuta at gmail.com

? Darin Robbins, candidate for Corning Alderman
(Ward 7), is receiving assistance from the
Coordinated Campaign Committee.

? Read about Sustainable Syracuse and Green
candidates Howie Hawkins for Mayor of Syracuse,
Gary Bonaparte for 2nd District Councilor, David
Linton for 17th District Legislator, and Cosmo
Fanizzi for 16th District Legislator. Syracuse
Greens are offering an alternative to a
corporate-welfare mall-building boondoggle called
Destiny USA, which is backed by local Democrats
and Republicans.
http://www.syracusegreens.org
http://www.syracuse.com/news/poststandard/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1130229681245841.xml&coll=1


PENNSYLVANIA

? Derf Maitland is running unopposed for Union
Township Auditor.

? Michael Morrill was appointed to an open seat
on the West Reading Borough Council earlier this
year and is running unopposed to keep the seat.

? Titus North was among the candidates for Mayor
of Pittsburgh covered in "Mayoral candidates tout
platforms", in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on
October 26.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05299/594927.stm
http://www.north4mayor.org

? Jennaro Pullano is running for Reading City
Council, District 5, with assistance from the
Coordinated Campaign Committee
.

WASHINGTON

? Of the three Greens running in the General
Election in Washington State, Steve Ludwig,
running for San Juan County Commissioner,
District 3 is the front runner. (Greens in
Washington state consistently added one new
office holder per year.)


~ OTHER NEWS ~


ARKANSAS Jim Lendall, a former state legislator
who wants to run for governor
in 2006 as a Green Party candidate, says he'll
probably have to sue to get on the ballot. 
Lendall, a nurse at Arkansas Children's Hospital
and a former Democratic state representative from
Mabelvale, called Arkansas law concerning
third-party candidates confusing and unfair. 
According to Arkansas election law, independent
candidates need only 10,000 signatures from
registered voters, while third-party candidates
must have a number of signatures equal to at
least 3% of the votes cast in the last race for
governor. A 1996 court decision said Arkansas'
signature threshold for third-party candidates
was unconstitutional because it's significantly
easier for an independent to get on the ballot.
"Ex-legislator says lawsuit likely in
gubernatorial bid", Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
October 14 http://www.ardemgaz.com
http://www.arkgreens.org


CALIFORNIA (1) On October 20, California Greens
endorsed an initiative to raise the state's
hourly minimum wage to as much as $8.75 from the
current $6.75 within three years. The
'California Fair Wage Initiative' will appear on
the November 2006 ballot. (2) On October 25,
Greens criticized Gov. Schwarzenegger's refusal
to answer a question about the tax burden of
working people and tax relief for corporations,
saying that the Governor's avoidance revealed his
that he has no intention of providing genuine
reform. 3) On October 26, the Green Party of
California (as did the national party; see below)
mourned the 2,000 Americans killed in the war in
Iraq, including more than 200 dead from
California, and blamed Republicans and Democrats
in office who voted for the war, and continue to
sanction the killings by refusing to
call for the war to end. Greens helped organize
vigils across the state. "Despite public opinion
polls which clearly show the vast majority of
Americans want the war to end, and the killing
stopped, Democratic politicians refuse to call
for an immediate withdrawal. They continue to de
facto support the Bush Administration," said Pat
Driscoll, a Vietnam-era veteran and former Green
Party congressional candidate. (4) Supervisor
Ross Mirkarimi (Green) released a final study
from a San Francisco State University exit poll
that reported positive results for Ranked Choice
Voting in the November 2004 election: study
authorized by the Board of Supervisors. Read the
report at
.
http://www.cagreens.org


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA On October 17, DC Statehood
Greens urged City Council to allocate an
additional $1 billion for desperately needed
school renovations and modernizations, and called
on the Council's Education Committee to vote
'yea' on the School Modernization Financing Act
of 2005. "We need for that billion in the next
five years to bring our schools up to 21st
century standards," said Rick Tingling-Clemmons,
DC Public School parent and Ward 7 Representative
to the Statehood Green Party's Steering
Committee.
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
FixOurSchools.net http://www.FixOurSchools.net


MASSACHUSETTS Green Party member Michael
Castronova has been appointed to the Pittsfield
School Board after the seated school board member
stepped down. He was next in line with votes. 
Appointed to an elected office, Castronova is the
Green Party's 225 officeholder, and brings the
number in Massachusetts to 24 officeholders.
http://www.massgreens.org


MINNESOTA In the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Green
mayoral candidate Farheen Hakeem spoke about the
challenge of bringing Muslim and GLBT communities
together in political alliance, and with typical
humor noted that it must be Bush's worst
nightmare to see "terrorists and perverts"
working together. 
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5670262.html
http://www.mngreens.org


OREGON The Pacific Green Party of Oregon joined
the American Friends Service Committee, the Bill
of Rights Defense Committee, and other groups in
opposing the creation and use of a new recruiting
database by the US Department of Defense. The
purpose of the database, called the Joint
Advertising and Market Research Studies, is ?to
provide a single central facility within the DoD
to compile, process, and distribute files of
individuals who meet age and minimum school
requirements for military service.?
http://www.pacificgreens.org


SOUTH CAROLINA Columns by Gregg Jocoy of the
South Carolina Green Party can be read at
, including the recent
"We Have Met The Enemy"
.
http://www.scgreenparty.org


WISCONSIN (1) On October 12, Wisconsin Greens
endorsed a state bill that would allow
municipalities the option of using Instant Runoff
Voting in local elections. Although the party
endorsed the bill, they also expressed
disappointment in the bill's limitations. "Rep.
Pocan's Bill applies only to local, non-partisan
elections and is optional for communities," said
Bob Poeschl. "Although this bill will enable
communities to do a better job of electing the
officials that most people want and save money at
the same time by using IRV, it does nothing to
address the so-called 'spoiler' issue that
Democrats and Republicans complain about whenever
a third party candidate enters a partisan race." 
2) US Senate candidate Rae Vogeler (on the ballot
in 2006) sharply criticized congressional leaders
over the looming budget fight, and said that it
was hypocritical of Republicans to speak of
fiscal discipline when their war spending and tax
cuts for the rich have exploded the federal
deficit. On October 30, Vogeler expressed shock
at news reports of unprecedented third quarter
profits for oil companies, stating "I cannot
believe the nerve of oil executives to take
advantage of tragedies like Hurricanes Katrina
and Wilma in order to price gouge consumers." 
Vogler noted that the incumbent, Herb Kohl, voted
for the Bush Administration's Energy bill that
Vogeler argues was "written by oil companies for
oil companies." (3) The Lake Winnebago Green
Party member Ben Farrell has been appointed to
the Winnebago County Board of Supervisors. A
senior at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh
studying English and Philosophy, Farrell has been
an active member of the UW Oshkosh Campus Greens
and the Student Environmental Action Coalition.
Farrell will start his term in November and will
be up for election on April 6. He fills the seat
(D16) previously held by UW Oshkosh Green David
Machotka.
htp://www.VoteRae.org
http://www.wisconsingreenparty.org
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/prlib.htm
News and information on Wisconsin Greens' state
referendum to bring US troops home from Iraq:
http://www.wisconsingreenparty.org/iraqreferendum
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=58325&ntpid=6
http://www.shepherd-express.com/10_20_05/newsandviews.htm


NATIONAL recent press releases from the Green
Party of the United States: 

? October 26: Green mark the announcement that
2,000 members of the US Armed Forces have been
killed in Iraq, with vigils, protest rallies
against the continued occupation, and other
events.
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_10_26b.shtml

? October 26: Greens mourned the passing of Rosa
Parks, and encouraged Americans to recognize that
the struggle for human rights and freedoms -- of
which Ms. Parks remains a towering symbol -- is
far from over.
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_10_26.shtml

? October 19: Greens pledged support for Elaine
Brown, Green candidate for Mayor of Brunswick,
Georgia, after the Glynn County Board of
Elections announced that Ms.
Brown was disqualified from participating in the
November 8 election (more above under Top
Stories).
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_10_19.shtml

? October 11: Greens, warning of the
'Iraqification of New Orleans', urged Congress
and all Americans to reject the White House's
intention to turn New Orleans and all disaster
areas into zones of military control, weakened
human rights protections and oversight of federal
agencies, and corporate profiteering similar to
occupied Iraq.
http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_10_11.shtml


NATIONAL The Green Party Task Force on Haiti is
extending the 'Season of Solidarity with Haiti'
for the next 6 months, and invites Green Party
members and friends to do actions and events of
Solidarity with people of Haiti from October 2005
through April 2006. The Task Force seeks
endorsements from Greens and other supporters and
organizations. Contact: Logan Martinez,
937-275-7259, greensofwcohio at hotmail.com or
loganmartinez at hotmail.com 


NATIONAL Green Pages, the national newspaper of
the Green Party of the United 
States, seeks concise opinion pieces (op-eds) for
the Winter 2005 issue, as well as timely reports
from states, caucuses, and committees. Green
Pages also seeks editorial cartoons with Green
themes; see the web site for specifications.
http://www.gp.org/greenpages/ 
Information, deadlines, etc.
http://www.gp.org/greenpages/submissions.php
Questions: greenpages at greens.org or
estereditor at mosquitonet.com


GREENS ON THE AIR A new web page at gp.org lists
broadcast and webcast programs hosted or produced
by Greens. Visit the page to learn about
broadcasts in your area, and if you're a Green
involved in programs aired on radio, cable or
broadcast television, or over the Internet, add
your listing.
http://www.gp.org/onair/ 
http://www.gp.org/forms/onair/


INTERNATIONAL Julia Willebrand, co-chair of the
Green Party's International Committee,
represented the Green Party of the United States
at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Federation of
Green Parties of the Americas (FPVA) in Iquitos,
Peru, October 12 to 15, and submitted a detailed
report to the committee.
http://www.gp.org/committees/intl/


READ ABOUT and get involved in your state Green
Party
http://www.gp.org/states.shtml
Read about and get involved in a national Green
Party caucus
Lavender Greens Caucus (gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgender, queer, and intersex Greens)
http://www.lavendergreens.org/
Women's Caucus
http://www.gp.org/committees/women/
Youth Caucus discussion list
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/youth-caucus
Latino Caucus (site to be announced) 
Disability Caucus http://immuneweb.org/dg/


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http://web.greens.org/news/


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E V E N T S


MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 March On Gretna, Louisiana. 
Rally at 10 am at the Convention Center, 900
Convention Boulevard, New Orleans, then march
over Crescent City Connection Bridge to Gretna's
Oakridge Mall. In the aftermath of Katrina,
authorities directed people to evacuate the city
by crossing the Crescent City Connection Bridge
over the Mississippi River linking New Orleans to
Gretna. However, if you were black or in the
company of blacks, you were blocked by armed
Gretna police with guard dogs acting under orders
from Gretna Police Chief Arthur Lawson to seal
off the bridge and deny safe passage. Gretna
police officers fired shots and held people at
gunpoint.
http://www.upfordemocracy.org
Contacts: Charles Young, 202-545-0113; Diane
Shamis, 845-661-3754.


TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 Election Day: Good luck to
our 116 Green candidates!


NOVEMBER 13 - DECEMBER 31 Buy Local, Organic,
and Fair Made: Boycott Wal-Mart and the Chains. 
The Organic Consumers Association is launching
the next stage of Breaking the Chains: Buy Local,
Organic, and Fair Made. Adam Eidinger of the DC
Statehood Green Party is one of the organizers.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/sos.cfm
http://walmartwatch.com/
Find independently owned businesses near you and
sign the Breaking the Chains pledge: 
http://www.organicconsumers.org/btc.htm 
Local events
http://www.organicconsumers.org/rd-btc.htm


DECEMBER 3-6 International Day of Action Against
Global Warming, December 3. From the Climate
Crisis Coalition: "...On December 6th we will
deliver the People's Ratification of the Kyoto
Global Warming Treaty to the United Nations
climate conference taking place in Montreal. It
is the first official meeting of the signers of
the Kyoto Protocol since it went into effect in
February of this year. Since Kyoto is at best
only a first step, this meeting will also be a
critical forum for laying the groundwork for what
happens after Kyoto. Once again the United States
delegation will be obstructing progress on all
fronts.... Environmentalists around the world
have declared December 3rd an international day
of action to stop global warming. Demonstrations
will be held in England, Scotland, France,
Ireland, Belgium, Greece, Turkey, and Australia. 
More countries are still joining this list. As
coordinators of the Climate Crisis, USA Join the
World campaign we're working hard to organize
demonstrations around the country.... The
People's Ratification campaign has gathered over
35,000 signatures, representing all parts of our
country." Contact: Ted Glick, coordinator,
973-338-5398, usajointheworld at igc.org
http://www.kyotoandbeyond.org
Donate:
http://www.climatecrisiscoalition.org/donation.html


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CALL CONGRESS 
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? Contact information: 
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==> Urge your Senators to support ADAP, the AIDS
Drug Assistance Program, which is
critical not only for those who depend on their
drug regimen to remain healthy but also to
prevent lapses in the treatment, which fosters
the emergence of more drug resistant strains of
the virus.
Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project / CHAMP
http://www.champnetwork.org


==> Tell Congress to support the Elimination of
Barriers for Katrina Victims Act, introduced by
Congressman Bobby Scott. Currently, if you you
have a drug conviction on your record, you are
ineligible for many forms of assistance,
including food -- which threatens survival for
many families in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
http://actioncenter.drugpolicy.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=28395


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GOOD READS
Recommended articles, books, web sites


Carnival of the Green: a traveling Green blog,
launched by City Hippy
and TriplePundit
.
http://cityhippy.blogspot.com/2005/10/news-carnival-begins.html
http://cityhippy.blogspot.com/2005/10/feature-carnival-of-green.html


Food is Medicine: Recovering Traditional Foods to
Heal the People. Book by Winona LaDuke with Sarah
Alexander, jointly published by Honor the Earth
and the White Earth Land Recovery Project. 
LaDuke was Ralph Nader's running mate in the 2000
presidential election. The book reviews issues
ranging from Navajo livestock reduction and
genetic modification to the impact of
industrialized food production on Native
America's health and ecology. Food is Medicine
documents Indigenous communities' strategies to
address diabetes and the loss of biodiversity
through the restoration of traditional
agriculture. Send a check or money order ($8
each, including S&H) to Honor the Earth/Tides
Center, 2104 Stevens Avenue South, Minneapolis,
MN 55404, or call 612-879-7529.
Purchase online:
http://www.lakotamall.com/shops/hte/hte1.asp?pgid=books


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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Wed Nov  2 18:15:17 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:15:17 +0000
Subject: {news} Joshua Broekstra in Meriden Record-Journal
Message-ID: <BAY106-F16132FA1BAB66FCB981AEBD66E0@phx.gbl>

Joshua appears to be the only candidate opposed.

http://www.record-journal.com/articles/2005/11/02/news/news01.txt

Was Meriden power plant a mistake? Incumbents stand by their decision

By Bill Yelenak, Record-Journal staff

MERIDEN ? A majority of City Council candidates believe that the half-built 
power plant on Cathole Mountain will be completed and, despite the project?s 
problems, the plant has benefited the city.

During interviews this week, all of the candidates who were on the City 
Council in 1998 said they still support the decision to amend zoning 
regulations to allow the power plant.

Mayor Mark D. Benigni and City Councilors Joseph Ferrigno Feest, Brian F. 
Kogut, Michael S. Rohde, Walter A. Shamock Jr. and Anthony D. Tomassetti all 
supported the zone change.

At large City Council candidate Joseph J. Marinan Jr., who was mayor at the 
time, also still believes it was a good idea to have the Power Development 
Co. of Boston and El Paso Energy of Houston build the 544-megawatt plant. 
But he has not been involved since those two companies sold the plant to 
power giant NRG Energy Inc. in 2001, he said.

?When NRG bought out PDC, my involvement with the whole plant ended,? said 
Marinan, who called himself ?one of the individuals that was key to bringing 
it to the city of Meriden? during the 2001 mayoral debate. ?I had no role in 
the current deals.?

Benigni, during the same mayoral debate, said the power plant ?obviously is 
a great deal for the city of Meriden.? The mayor stood by those comments 
this week, because of the more than 300 acres of surrounding land to which 
the city is entitled and a $111-million tax agreement between NRG and the 
city.

?The city?s recouped over $11 million in tax payments, and we?re 
anticipating a significant land donation,? Benigni said. ?I think someday, 
because there?s a need for energy and power, I do see someone coming in and 
utilizing that property and that structure as a power plant.?

NRG spokesman Jay Mandel said this week that additional equipment was being 
moved off the site as part of the sale of the power plant?s turbines.

?It?s just the equipment that?s being sold with the turbines,? Mandel said. 
?I don?t have specifics on what the actual equipment is.?

NRG remains committed to the project, he said.

Kogut and Feest, along with Majority Leader Stephen T. Zerio, make up the 
City Council?s ad hoc power plant committee.

?We?ve gotten a significant amount of tax revenue, and we?re going to get a 
significant amount of land for the taxpayers,? Kogut said. ?Two or three 
years from now, we expect an operational plant.?

The plant?s owner is current on its taxes and the state attorney general is 
leading a court battle to have transferred the more than 800 acres promised 
to Meriden and Berlin.

?If Enron did not happen, the city of Meriden would have a power plant 
working up on top of that mountain,? Feest said. ?The only thing that would 
be different is the power plant would be up and running. We?ve gotten all 
the money we?re supposed to get up to date.?

Others on the council at the time ? Rohde, Shamock and Tomassetti ? all 
still believe the plant is beneficial for the city. Shamock called the deal 
a ?home run.?

?If (a plan) came to the council again to obtain $11 million from any 
business, I?d definitely vote for it,? Shamock said, referring to how much 
money the city has received under the tax agreement to date.

?I eventually see it online and being a major taxpayer in the city,? Rohde 
said.

Tomassetti only wishes the plant had been completed before the energy market 
collapsed.

?It?s too bad we didn?t move quicker on it in the beginning and the thing 
would have been up. That?s history. You can?t move backward, you?ve got to 
move ahead,? he said.

Clermont, the only council incumbent who wasn?t on the legislative body when 
the zoning regulations were changed, said he did not think the power plant 
was a bad idea, but he is unhappy with its location near Meriden?s Hanging 
Hills.

?To compromise that much open space and to compromise the view of the hills 
for the tax revenue just doesn?t seem worth it,? he said.

His opponent in Area 4, Democrat David Salafia, wants to make sure the city 
receives the land it?s owed.

?We need to recapture the land that?s owed us, that?s for sure. That?s in 
litigation now,? he said. ?We need to fight for it and do everything we can 
to get those acres. We really need to get that.?

At large candidate Trevor Thorpe has a special connection to the project, he 
said, because he lives near the site. The transfer of the surrounding land 
is imperative and, if elected, he will do everything in his power to make it 
happen, he said.

?It?s the last big tract of land in the city of Meriden; one of the last, 
but probably the biggest,? Thorpe said. ?It?s really, really important to 
have that for open space.?

Both of Kogut?s opponents in Area 3, Republican Daniel Brunet and 
petitioning candidate Diane Morenz, don?t necessarily disagree with the 
decision by Kogut and the council to change the zoning and allow the power 
plant. Brunet believes the plant still has a future and thinks ?every effort 
is going to be put forth in the council to do something with (the power 
plant) as quickly as possible.? As the other candidates, Morenz believes the 
transfer of the land around the plant should be the city?s highest priority.

?I think we should most aggressively go after the land,? Morenz said. ?We 
should have that now.?

Petitioning candidate David Parian, a Republican, would like to see the 
plant operational.

?It would generate jobs, it would generate electricity, it would generate 
tax revenue,? he said.

Green Party candidate Joshua Broekstra differs from the others. Broekstra 
said he never would have voted to allow the plant. ?I honestly feel it 
wasn?t something Meriden needed at the time,? he said.

The two other Area 1 candidates, Republican Todd Harwood and Democrat Hilda 
Santiago, both said they haven?t really looked into the power plant issue. 
Harwood, however, believes the city should help find a company to take over 
the project. ?It would be a boost for the city,? he said.

Santiago said she would have to explore the question. ?Hopefully, it would 
be something that does come to fruition and be something that would have to 
be good for Meriden,? she said. ?But at this point it?s difficult for me to 
comment.?

While Benigni believes the power plant eventually will be built, he said the 
property could serve other uses. He could see the property cleaned up and 
used for other things, including passive recreation, he said. Because it is 
in a Planned Development District, almost anything is possible when thinking 
about what could occupy the site if the power plant falls through, City 
Planner Dominick Caruso said.

?It?s a mixed-use zone; almost anything?s allowed,? said Caruso, who 
believes the district is the city?s most flexible zone. ?The best 
development would be a comprehensive approach.?

City Manager Lawrence J. Kendzior said legal proceedings on the land 
transfer are ongoing. The next pretrial meeting is set for Nov. 7.

But city officials still hold out hope that one day, the power plant will be 
completed, and the structure will help the city for years to come.

?There?s a definite need for additional power on the Connecticut grid. At 
some point in time, it?s going to make sense for someone to build that plant 
and complete it,? Kogut said. ?At that time, the tax dollars are going to 
start rolling back in.?

byelenak at record-journal.com

(203) 317-2231





From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Nov  3 19:21:35 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:21:35 +0000
Subject: {news} New London Greens Plan Party
In-Reply-To: <1131049904.798229.e02332501a6ebbad.7dbe823d@persist.google.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F19014369E88F871E629C13D6600@phx.gbl>

http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=D3742CA3-1AA1-4FC7-96DD-345F5B505F4E

Featured in Politics

NL Greens Plan Party


Published on 11/3/2005

New London ? The New London Greens will host a pre-election party Friday, 
featuring the party's City Council candidates, Bob Stuller and Andy Derr, 
and Board of Education candidate Kenric Hanson.

The party, part of the party's Get Out the Green Vote campaign, will run 
from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the Golden Street Gallery.

Singer Hugh Birdsall will perform. For more information, call 447-8803.


? The Day Publishing Co., 2005





From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Sat Nov  5 06:33:57 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 06:33:57 -0500
Subject: {news} Anti-war Conference Sat. 11/5 at CCSU Directions/ Resolutions
	etc.
Message-ID: <0f7901c5e1fc$cfcc5450$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

Dear CT Greens
Reminder--Please come to anti-war conference at CCSU Saturday, 11/5
Justine
==============================

Directions/ Resolutions for next Sat. CTUP conference



Details about the conference including location, parking
http://thestruggle.org/ctup_confr.htm

resolutions to be considered
http://thestruggle.org/resolutions.htm

Also Kathy Kelly in Westport Friday
http://thestruggle.org/
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Mon Nov  7 10:45:44 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:45:44 +0000
Subject: {news} Shapiro and Brown get passing reference in Newsday
In-Reply-To: <1131221938.956772.2dd0f846b23992c7.766682d5@persist.google.com>
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Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--dualcandidates1105nov05,0,4886611.story

DeStefano, Malloy running for two seats at the same time

By SUSAN HAIGH
AP Political Writer

November 5, 2005, 12:06 PM EST

HARTFORD, Conn. -- New Haven Mayor John DeStefano and Stamford Mayor Dan 
Malloy want voters to know they're the right men for the jobs: all three of 
them.

The two Democrats are running for re-election as mayor of their respective 
cities on Tuesday. They're also running for the highest office in the state 
_ governor _ in November 2006.

Both men claim they are committed to their cities and that competing for the 
Democratic gubernatorial nomination doesn't take anything away from their 
dedication. In fact, they claim most of their constituents are enthusiastic 
about their aspirations for higher office.

"I think the reality is, overwhelmingly, people know that it is probably 
good to have a governor from your hometown," said Malloy, who is seeking his 
fourth term as mayor.

But not everyone is so enthusiastic. In both mayoral races, the challengers 
have accused Malloy and DeStefano of hedging their bets, not wanting to risk 
losing their day jobs for a chance at governor. The challengers also 
insinuate that both politicians are not fully committed to leading their 
respective cities.

"He's running for governor and he's running for mayor and he's supposed to 
be running the city of Stamford," said Malloy's Republican challenger, Chris 
Munger, a special agent with the FBI for 25 years. "It's amazing the number 
of people who've come up to me and who've said, 'I'm voting for you. How can 
he run for governor?"'

Munger has posted "Stamford First" on his signs in a reference to Malloy's 
campaign for two jobs.

Malloy also faces Green Party candidate Darek Shapiro.

Munger said he believes Malloy is trying to get as much public exposure with 
the voters as possible in hopes of boosting his chances for governor. Malloy 
has been running a TV ad that features his accomplishments as mayor. The 
spot is running across the state, including on Hartford television stations 
that traditionally don't have large audiences in Stamford.

Malloy maintains he is only attempting to gain maximum exposure for his 
mayoral race.

"I have devoted precious little time to running for governor in the last 
month," he said. "I serve as the Democratic mayor in a city that has the 
second largest Republican Party in the state. I am focused right now at 
being re-elected mayor. It has my attention, let me assure you."

In New Haven, DeStefano faces three opponents: Independent candidate Gary 
Jenkins, Green Party candidate Eric J. Brown Jr. and write-in candidate 
Leslie Harper Blatteau.

Blatteau, who is running on the Guilty Party line, is distributing a flyer 
door-to-door that features a caricature of DeStefano holding two sacks of 
money. It reads: "DeStefano's bags are already packed for Hartford. The LAST 
thing New Haven needs is an absentee mayor. Tell John to run for governor on 
his own time."

Blatteau said New Haven voters have concerns about crime and rising rents, 
and many feel DeStefano has been too preoccupied with his campaign for 
governor.

"He tried to sort of sell it at the debate that all of New Haven is running 
for governor," she said. "I'm not running for governor. My neighbor isn't 
running for governor. We want a mayor who is going to be here and take care 
of the needs of the city."

DeStefano, who is seeking his seventh two-year term, maintains he is 
committed to his mayoral race despite his political ambitions.

"We take the mayoral campaign seriously, just like I do the governor's job. 
They're two different efforts, and we're managing them," he said.

Ken Dautrich, a professor of public policy at the University of Connecticut 
and an expert on polling, said he doubts any new name recognition DeStefano 
or Malloy pick up during their mayoral races will help them much in a 
matchup with Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who has a near 80 percent 
approval rating among Connecticut voters.

"They know it's a huge uphill battle to run against Jodi Rell. Rell is the 
strongest incumbent probably in the state's history, at least since we've 
been doing polls," Dautrich said. "I don't think, in their heart of hearts, 
Malloy or DeStefano are deluded into thinking they have a good chance of 
winning."

Dautrich said he believes both men are running for mayor because they want 
to have a job after the gubernatorial election. In the meantime, Dautrich 
said, they can hedge their bets that Connecticut's economy might tank or 
some unforeseen political scandal develops.

Dautrich said he also believes DeStefano and Malloy are positioning 
themselves for the 2010 gubernatorial election.

Both Malloy and DeStefano have dismissed Rell's high poll numbers and 
predicted her approval ratings will drop once she is challenged on key 
issues such as Connecticut's dismal job growth and rising college tuition.

___

EDITOR'S NOTE: Susan Haigh has covered the Connecticut statehouse and 
political scene since 1993.

Copyright 2005 Newsday Inc.





From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Mon Nov  7 11:31:26 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 16:31:26 +0000
Subject: {news} candidate profiles in Stamford Advocate Voter's Guide
Message-ID: <BAY106-F21AE7B32DA76997D1E26D7D6650@phx.gbl>

A Voter's Guide insert was distributed with the Friday, 11/4/05 edition of 
the Stamford Advocate and its sister paper the Norwalk Advocate.

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/scn-voters_guide-2005-sa-nor,0,3233079.acrobat

Stamford mayoral race

Name: Darek Shapiro
Party: Green
Occupation: Architect
Age: 52
Address: 123 Surrey Road
Education: Bachelor?s degree in architecture, Pratt Institute, 1976; 
certified as environmental inspector mental inspector, Institute of 
Bau-biologie & Ecology, Clearwater water, Fla., 1995
Public service: In 2004, founded Stamford?s 20 percent by 2010 Clean Energy 
Committee that got the Board of Representatives to agree to buy clean 
energy; Environmental Council of Stamford board of directors, 2004; 
Wellington Homeowners? Association treasurer; American Institute of 
Architects; Committee on the Environment; Connecticut Climate Change 
Coalition; Peace Action CT
Issues/Goals:
? Air is more polluted, cancer rate is up, and it?s rising fastest near the 
nuclear reactors. Solution: GoCleanEnergy.com instead of dirty polluting 
coal, oil and nuclear generation.
? Traffic on Interstate 95 is at 300 percent capacity while train tracks are 
underutilized. Solution: Add trains while making daytime driving to downtown 
parking pricier. Provide local van service to downtown and train stations.
? Housing, heating and taxes. Solution: Zoning incentives for low-cost 
housing, as affordable housing isn?t. Solution: Tax rebates for insulating 
and energy efficiency; it saves money twice.
? Schools: Offer more preschool, early diagnosis of special education 
children and use proven new tools with them.
Personal: Married; no children

Stamford Board of Education

NAME: Trish Dayan
PARTY: Green
OCCUP OCCUPATION: Clinical social worker
AGE: 64
ADDRESS: 45 Cousins Road
EDUCATION: Bachelor?s degree, magna cum laude, Duquesne University; master?s 
degree in social work, Bryn Mawr College; master?s degree in business 
administration, University of Connecticut
PUBLIC SER SERVICE: Justice of the peace, Stamford; psychological evaluator 
for Physicians for Human Rights working with refugees seeking political 
asylum; therapist for people suffering from effects of the attacks of 9/11 
with the New York Disaster Counseling Coalition; group facilitator for 
Sexual Assault Center. Volunteer experiences include eight-year 
co-leadership of interfaith couples group with rabbi and priest; 
professional and women?s groups; environmental and animal welfare groups; 
volunteer for years with Democratic and Green parties
PRIORITIES: Transition of new superintendent of schools into Stamford 
educational community. Assist effective collaboration between Mr. Starr and 
his staff with the teachers, the Board of Education and the parents, 
enabling the best education possible for every student.  A true team 
approach is essential and would ensure that the expertise of the classroom 
teachers is fully recognized. Coordination of educational system with 
businesses, technical schools, colleges, community agencies, bringing in 
more resources and volunteers to broaden involvement in readying children 
for the global economy. We need to think creatively rather than focusing 
solely on achievement standards.
PERSONAL: Married; five children

New Canaan

OFFICE SOUGHT: First Selectman

NAME: Margaret Manion
PARTY: Green
OCCUPATION: Substitute teacher, New Canaan
AGE: 49
ADDRESS: 637B Valley Road
EDUCATION: Bachelor?s degree, St. John?s College; law degree, University of 
San Diego.
PUBLIC SERVICE: Amnesty International assistant state coordinator for 
Connecticut, 2002 to present, and area coordinator for Alaska, 1995-2000; 
co-organized Stop Violence Against Women Forum at UConn-Stamford, March 
2005; National Organization for Women, acting state president for Alaska, 
2000-03; election worker, Alaska and Anchorage, 1988-2002; organized 
Peoples? Earth Day in Anchorage, 1995; volunteered with Alaska Center for 
the Environment after Exxon-Valdez oil spill, 1989.
ISSUES/GOALS: Maintain Green Party?s standing in New Canaan
PERSONAL: Divorced; two sons



(My profile was omitted from the list of Stamford constables, but I got them 
to insert it in Sunday's Advocate, p.2--right under the Arnold 
Schwarzenegger-Warren Beatty confrontation in San Diego.)

Editor's note

David Bedell is running for constable in Stamford.  His informaiton was 
omitted from the Voter's Guide 2005 in Friday's editions of The Advocate.  
The following is Bedell's profile:

OFFICE SOUGHT:  Constable
NAME: David Bedell
PARTY: Green Party
OCCUPATION: Program director at Sabin Vaccine Institute
AGE: 43
ADDRESS: 12 Ardsley Road
EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree, Swarthmore College; master's degree in 
English, University of Alabama
PUBLIC SERVICE: Connecticut Green Party, Fairfield County chapter secretary; 
Teachers Against Prejudice board member; former teacher of citizenship and 
English classes for immigrants; bicycle advocate
PERSONAL:  Partnered; one child





From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Tue Nov  8 00:49:01 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 05:49:01 +0000
Subject: {news} The Day endorses Kenric Hanson!
In-Reply-To: <1131310155.94016.6e22cae4a9197635.70b95ca0@persist.google.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F213EF6131F030578B47425D6640@phx.gbl>

http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=4BA6A92F-4550-4E0C-A4EC-7E17E81B85CF

Featured in Columns & Editorial

New London School Board


Published on 11/6/2005

The hiring of an energetic and effective schools superintendent in New 
London has awakened the city from an educational malaise and residents can 
begin to measure improvements in the system. The city, under the leadership 
of Dr. Christopher Clouet, still has a long, uphill struggle to produce an 
excellent system, but no one can deny that the superintendent is making 
progress on a variety of fronts.

Happily, Dr. Clouet's tireless activity to improve the schools has attracted 
some excellent Board of Education candidates who want to help him. This is 
good for the schools, for Dr. Clouet and his staff and, most especially, for 
the students and residents of New London.

Here are The Day's endorsements for the New London Board of Education: 
Democrats Susan Marie Connolly, Mark W. Matson, John A. Scott III and 
Timothy D. West; Republicans Ulysses BayonaandJames E. Pearceand Green Party 
candidate Kenric Hanson.

. . .

Kenric Hanson ? Like Mr. Pearce, Mr. Hanson, who manages his own real 
estate, has volunteered in the school system. A member of the Green Party, 
he has served on the Science Curriculum and Curriculum Standards committees, 
has tutored in math and literacy and is a member of Community United for a 
Renaissance in Education. He has children in the school system.

He sees the schools' multicultural population and New London's colleges as 
huge assets. He also believes Dr. Clouet has worked effectively with the 
community. He says the city's schools should become, in effect, community 
centers offering a variety of educational and other activities.

He would make a good board member.

. . .

? The Day Publishing Co., 2005





From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Tue Nov  8 01:35:20 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 06:35:20 +0000
Subject: {news} New Canaan Advertiser: Green Party runs to stay on ballot
In-Reply-To: <1131200601.783.38792.m34@yahoogroups.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F3F38A100752453829D962D6640@phx.gbl>

http://www.acorn-online.com/news/publish/article_2138.shtml

New Canaan Advertiser

Election 2005: Green Party runs to stay on ballot
Nov 7, 2005

Running to preserve the Green Party?s spot in local elections, Margaret 
Manion hopes the prospect of fresh eyes and opinions in Town Hall will have 
voters checking her name on the ballots this Tuesday, November 8.

A resident since 2003, Ms. Manion has only seen the workings of one 
administration in New Canaan, but has had experience on the Board of 
Elections in Alaska, where she lived for two decades before moving east.

Area coordinator of Amnesty International in Connecticut, Ms. Manion said 
she believes in her party?s platform, which includes: A commitment to 
grassroots democracy; social justice; ecological wisdom; nonviolence; 
decentralization; economic justice; gender equity and cooperation; respect 
for diversity; personal and global responsibility, and future focus.

If elected, she told the Advertiser, the first thing she would do is have an 
open house at Town Hall to invite feedback from community members.

?I think local politics is probably the most important because it impacts 
directly on people?s lives,? said Ms. Manion, who has never before held 
public office.

She cited finding a ?more permanent or acceptable solution? for school bus 
parking and preserving open space as two major issues she would undertake if 
elected.

John Amarilios was the 2003 Green Party candidate for first selectman, but, 
Ms. Manion said he was unavailable this year. She added that she was chosen 
to represent the party in New Canaan so that it would not have to repetition 
for ballot access.

In Alaska, Ms. Manion was acting state president of the National 
Organization of Women.

No money, she said, has been spent on her campaign.

?Sometimes it is the case that someone from outside can notice things that 
just by virtue of being in the community you don?t notice as easily,? Ms. 
Manion said. ?It?s important to get another voice in there.?

? Copyright by Hersam Acorn newspapers





From jherkimer at snet.net  Tue Nov  8 16:58:03 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:58:03 -0500
Subject: {news} MCP Workshop: Facilitator Training - *Final Call*
Message-ID: <04e801c5e4af$817586e0$0ad73ccc@k8h9a3>

Modified Consensus Process Workshop: Facilitator Training

Sunday, November 13, 2005, 9:00am-3:30pm

Sponsored by the Women's Caucus of the Green Party of CT and generously made possible by former member, Rachel Goodkind. Guest workshop leaders from New York: Lynne Serpe and Mark Jacobs.

Kent Town Hall, 41 Kent Green Boulevard (off of Route 7 in center of Kent; look for the green "Town Hall" sign on the east side of Route 7; use side entrance to Town Hall)
http://www.kentct.org/

Confirmed Participants:
John Battista
David Eliscu
Judy Herkimer
Justine McCabe
Tim McKee
Karin Norton
Charlie Pillsbury
Tom Sevigny

Confirmed Observers:
Allan Brison
Hartford Chapter - "few people" (please provide names)
Kim Herkimer
Lynah Linwood

A continental breakfast and afternoon snacks will be served to all attendees. 
Vegetarian lunch will be provided to registrants at no cost. 
Lunch is available to observers for $10 on a pre-payment basis (will be collected morning of the workshop).
If you are an observer and would like to purchase lunch, please let us know so enough sandwiches are ordered.
Feel free to bring your own lunch and there are restaurants close to Town Hall.

Registration is required.  DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION - NOVEMBER 10TH AT 8PM.
Any GPC member is welcome to attend as an observer. 
Observers will be allowed an opportunity to comment, participate and ask questions as time allows and at the discretion of the workshop leaders.

Please reply to gpcwc at lists.riseup.net if you will attend and are not listed above.

If you are not able to attend, but would like to ask a question to our guest leaders, please forward them to gpcwc at lists.riseup.net and we will circulate the questions and answers.

Regards to all,
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Wed Nov  9 11:34:41 2005
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 08:34:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Election results? highlights? Putting a Press release out in
	24 hours on our gains?
Message-ID: <20051109163441.21447.qmail@web81409.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear Greens,
 
Now that the results are starting to coming in.. and the candidates can breath a little..
 
Can we list how our candidates did? increases in votes?
 
please do assume that everyone saw the results!
 
New areas we ran in? for the first time?
 
Endorsements of candidates? newpapers? unions? Any for the first time?
 
We should put out a general press release on how we did this election and what gains we had in the next day or so.and we need your information as soon as possible
 
Quotes- a good press release should have good.. postive quotes and contacts numbers for the people quoted. Our GP officers should comment and candidates can send in quotes and if we have space we will include them.
 
(I saw a few results from NL and Jean was real close in her run with channel 8 showing her the winner or at least leading for a while. I do think she was second.)
 
Thanks for sending in these in advance- 
 
 


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      THE GREEN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT is the third largest political party in CT. The Greens are also the third largest political party in the US, with 220 Greens officeholders in 27 states. Over 80 countries in world have Green Parties. Wangari Maathai, the 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is Kenya's assistant minister for environment and an elected Green Party member.
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From jherkimer at snet.net  Wed Nov  9 17:14:27 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 17:14:27 -0500
Subject: {news} Kelly McCarthy 40.3%
Message-ID: <029f01c5e57a$fb1734a0$4dd83ccc@k8h9a3>

[Way to go Kelly!]


http://www.vote4kelly.com/index.php/archives/2005/11/08/the-results-are-in/
The results are in
Thanks to all who voted and supported my campaign, we managed to pull in a whopping 631 votes today. Alas, it was not enough to beat the Democrat, Willie, who pulled in 770 votes, but he did not win by much. And for a third-party candidate, with no major party backing, it is unheard of in our town.

To put it in perspective:
* We lost by a mere 139 votes.
* The Republican, Henry, only managed to pull 163 votes.
* We took 40.3% of the vote.
* The Dems managed 49.2% of the vote.
* We only lost by 8.9%.

So, while we may not have won, we did an incredible job and demonstrated to the town and the dominant political machine that WE WANT CHANGE. While I don't know what lies ahead, I do know that the movement we've started doesn't end here. I feel as though I have a few hundred new friends! Thank you for everything. 

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From chapillsbury at igc.org  Wed Nov  9 17:15:59 2005
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 17:15:59 -0500
Subject: {news} Kelly McCarthy 40.3%
Message-ID: <011201c5e57b$2a1c19f0$6901a8c0@EXDIR04>


Congratulations to Kelly!  What a tremendous effort and a fantastic showing.  

Meanwhile, without spending a penny or making a phone call, I received 30% of the vote (122 out of 400) in Ward 19.  In addition, Eric Brown received 12% of the mayoral vote citywide, besting the three other minor party or independent candidates in New Haven.  Congratulations to Eric and his campaign manager Ralph Ferrucci!

Charlie Pillsbury
203-865-6575
chapillsbury at igc.org

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


[Way to go Kelly!]

http://www.vote4kelly.com/index.php/archives/2005/11/08/the-results-are-in/
The results are in
Thanks to all who voted and supported my campaign, we managed to pull in a whopping 631 votes today. Alas, it was not enough to beat the Democrat, Willie, who pulled in 770 votes, but he did not win by much. And for a third-party candidate, with no major party backing, it is unheard of in our town.

To put it in perspective:
* We lost by a mere 139 votes.
* The Republican, Henry, only managed to pull 163 votes.
* We took 40.3% of the vote.
* The Dems managed 49.2% of the vote.
* We only lost by 8.9%.

So, while we may not have won, we did an incredible job and demonstrated to the town and the dominant political machine that WE WANT CHANGE. While I don't know what lies ahead, I do know that the movement we've started doesn't end here. I feel as though I have a few hundred new friends! Thank you for everything. 

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 8th, 2005 at 11:37 pm





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From apbrison at hotmail.com  Wed Nov  9 17:23:55 2005
From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:23:55 -0500
Subject: {news} Kelly McCarthy 40.3%
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From jherkimer at snet.net  Wed Nov  9 18:25:18 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:25:18 -0500
Subject: {news} Tom's campaign in Canton
Message-ID: <02f801c5e584$da9a0d60$4dd83ccc@k8h9a3>

Dear Greens,
Tom Sevigny got a whopping 711 votes, which is double the amount of votes he received in Canton when he ran for State Senate.  He would have needed another 400 votes to get elected and was only 230 votes away from the next candidate. Kim and I had a great time walking through Collinsville distributing his campaign literature and talking to the voters. Tom's signs and banners were *plastered* throughout town. These are not loosing campaigns...we are doubling our votes and percentages! Some of Tom's endorsements are below. 

Big thanks to EVERYONE who ran, to their families and to all the campaign supporters.

Judy Herkimer



Tom Sevigny is a very intelligent, caring and knowledgeable candidate who I am very proud to support. I only wish that all candidates had the integrity and background that Tom has. Candidate Sevigny and his beautiful family are, frankly, Canton treasures.
Judi Friedman

Tom would bring a fresh perspective and new insight to Canton's Board of Finance. He has studied how Connecticut's financing of education contributes to sprawl, but more importantly, he has learned how towns can mitigate its impact. Preserving open space is critical to our ability to control residential development and the resultant school enrollment increases. This will, in turn, enable us to continue to provide Canton's students with an excellent education.
Peg Berry, Friends of Canton Education

It is apparent that Mr. Sevigny has a depth of understanding of the issues facing Canton in the funding of our public schools. The Hartford Courant's endorsement of his candidacy for the 8th Senatorial District seat last October, over the incumbent, is evidence of that. Mr. Sevigny will bring a balanced perspective to the Board of the relationships between and among the need for increased State funding of education, too much reliance on property taxes, and the need to give a high priority to community open space needs. He also is a team player who will serve the best interests of the citizens of the Town of Canton. It is my pleasure to support his candidacy as a member of the Board of Finance.
Del P. Higham, Ph.D. (R), Member, Canton Economic Development Agency

Tom will bring fresh ideas to solving long standing problems. He will stimulate a broader discussion about what the issues really are and how to effectively approach them. I know that a Board benefits enormously from a member who questions the traditional and encourages innovation.
Ruth Small (D), Former Member, Board of Finance and Board of Selectmen

Tom Sevigny's personal history and his involvement in the enhancement of our town will add positive diversity to Canton's Board of Finance. He will bring a wonderful viewpoint to our town's fast growing economy. Mr. Sevigny has a passion to keep Canton beautiful and yet allow it to grow in a healthy and successful way.
Trish Z. Blair, Business Owner, Country Sports

Tom Sevigny is someone who cares deeply about Canton, has ideas on how we can more fairly and successfully fund education, and would take a leadership position in encouraging the Board of Finance to work more proactively for a solution to fiscal pressures, rather than accepting without a fight the limitations of the status quo. We support the election of Tom Sevigny to the Canton Board of Finance.
Richard and Gretchen Swibold 
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From capeconn at comcast.net  Wed Nov  9 18:17:53 2005
From: capeconn at comcast.net (Tom Sevigny)
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 18:17:53 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: [GP-US CCC] U.S. Greens win at least 16 races in November
	elections according to early returns
Message-ID: <00c301c5e583$cf8bf6a0$e58f0218@sevigny8wcbjrd>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Feinstein" <mfeinstein at feinstein.org>
To: <ccc at lists.gp-us.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 8:35 AM
Subject: [GP-US CCC] U.S. Greens win at least 16 races in November elections 
according to early returns


>
> ==========================================
>
> U.S Greens in November 2005 Elections
> A Preliminary Report, November 9th, 2005
> By Mike Feinstein
> http://www.greens.org/elections
>
> ==========================================
>
> According to early U.S. Greens have won at least 16 races in November
> elections, bringing to at least 31, the number of Greens elected in 2005.
>
> Most prominent among the November 2005 victories were
>
> - Cam Gordon, City Council, Ward 2, Minneapolis, Minnesota
> After losing by 108 votes for the same seat in 2001, Gordon won this
> year by 141 (2481-2340).
>
> - Annie Young, at-large seat, Parks and Recreation Board, Minneapolis,
> Younn was re-elected to her fourth term, her third as a Green. Both
>
> - Chuch Turner, City Council, Boston, Massachusetts.
> Turner ran unopposed and won with 98.81% of the vote, retaining a Green
> City Council seat one of America's largest cities.
>
> - Susan Hopkins, School Committee, At-Large, Portand, Maine
> Hopkins finished 1st among three candidates for one seat and becomes the
> fourth Green on the nine member Committee, joining Ben Meiklejohn,
> Stehen Spring and Jason Toothaker.  Portland also boasts the only U.S.
> Green current state legislator, John Eder, who was elected there in 2002
> and 2004.
>
> - Hilary Bradbury-Huang, Board of Trustees, Pasadena City College,
> California
> Bradbury-Huang finished 1st with 51.1% in a two way race against a
> well-funded, long-term Republican incumbent.  She won by 232 votes
> (5299-5067) in a major upset victory.  Bradbury Huang's campaign manager
> Sharon Gilpin, previously managed the victories City Council campaigns
> of Santa Monica Greens Mike Feinstein and Kevin McKeown.
>
> Overall, six out of eight Green incumbents were re-elected.
>
> The two that were the the Minneapolis Green City Councilmembers elected
> in 2001 - Natalie Johnson Lee and Dean Zimmerman.  Both suffered from a
> redistricting plan design to take them out of office, as they were
> forced to run in new districts against incumbents.
>
> Zimmerman finished wand lost by 46 votes (1,539-1,492) and finished with
> 49.1%, while Johnson Lee finished with 44.1% in a district that designed
> to bring in more conservative voters to help unseat her.
>
>
> Greens Winning Races in November 2005 Elections
>
> California (4)
>
> Hilary Bradbury-Huang
> Board of Trustees, Pasadena City College (Los Angeles)
> Place: 1st, 2 running for 1 seat
> 5299 votes, 51.12%
>
> Jim Harvey
> Sanitary District Board, Montara Water and Sanitary District (San Mateo)
> Incumbent
> Place: 1, 4 running for 3 seats
> 1028 votes, 28.37%
>
> Paul Perkovic
> Water and Sanitary District Board, Montara Water and Sanitary District
> (San Mateo)
> Incumbent
> Place: 2nd, 4 running for 3 seats
> 973 votes, 26.86%
>
> Nicole Vigeant
> Community Service Area, Tomales Village (Marin)
> Incumbent
> 3 running for 4 seats
>
> Maine (1)
>
> Susan Hopkins
> School Committee, At-Large (Cumberland)
> Place: 1st, 3 running for 1 seat
> 6231 votes, 38.1%
>
> Massachusetts (1)
>
> Chuck Turner
> City Council, District 7 (Suffolk)
> Incumbent
> Place: 1st, 1 running for 1 seat
> 6625 votes, 98.81%
>
> Minnesota (2)
>
> Cam Gordon
> City Council, Ward 2 (Hennepin)
> Place: 1
> 2 running for 1 seat
> 2048 votes, 50.7%
>
> Annie Young
> Park & Recreation Board, At-Large (Hennepin)
> Incumbent
> Place: 3rd, 6 running for 3 seats
> 18633 votes, 16.5%
>
> New York (1)
>
> Mary Jo Long
> Town Council (Chenango)
> Place: 1st, 1 running for 1 seat
>
> Pennsylvania (6)
>
> Michael Morrill
> Borough Council, West Reading (Berks)
> Incumbent
> 6 running for 4 seats
>
> Marty Qually
> Borough Council, Ward 1 (Adams)
> 1st, 3 running for 1 seat
> 140 votes, 40.6%
>
> Steve Baker
> Inspector of Elections, Springettsbury Township (York)
> Place: 2
> 3 running for 2 seats
>
> Shawnya Calp
> Inspector of Elections, Penn Twp. (York)
> 2 running for 2 seats
>
> Mike Mangles
> Inspector of Elections, York City (York)
> 2 running for 2 seats
>
> Brenda Jo Samryk
> Pennsylvania
> Inspector of Elections, York Township (York)
> 1 running for 2 seats
>
> Derf Maitland
> Auditor, Union Township (Adams)
> 1 running for 1 seat
>
>
> November 1st Elections
>
> Colorado (1)
>
> Charlie Green
> School Board, District E, Fremont RE-3
> 1 running for 1 seat
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From amderr at ctol.net  Wed Nov  9 19:11:12 2005
From: amderr at ctol.net (Andy Derr)
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:11:12 -0500
Subject: {news} New London results
Message-ID: <a05200f05bf984082befe@[69.24.45.13]>

	Hello, folks.  We didn't win in New London yesterday, but we 
came pretty close.

	Bob Stuller and Andy Derr got 1094 votes and 1186 votes 
respectively, placing 13th and 10th out of 19 candidates for City 
Council. The top 7 candidates were elected, and the #7 winner got 
1319 votes, so we were both within 225 votes of getting elected.  Two 
years ago we were 800 and 1000 votes from election.  Major progress!

	Ken Hanson placed 8th of 14 candidates in his race for Board 
of Education; the top 7 candidates were elected.  He was 50 votes 
short of election!  So close!  He received 1280 votes, over 550 more 
than in 2003.  This one was a heartbreaker.

	This was by far our best campaign and our best finish!   Wait 
till next time!  Can you tell I'm a Red Sox fan?  We'll post more 
complete results on our <http://www.nlgreens.org/>web site as soon as 
we can.

	Andy Derr, for the New London Greens
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Thu Nov 10 06:48:13 2005
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:48:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Who is an Elected Green in CT?
Message-ID: <20051110114813.3136.qmail@web81407.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

The national party has these two gentlemen as the only two in CT? Yes? no?
other elected? did Juan give up his seat after this election?
ken change party?
 
hurry. asap 
 
Tim
 
>>>Connecticut (2)

Ken Keskinen, Selectman, Cornwall
Juan Perez, Selectman, Wilmantic Service District, Windham





===========================================================
      THE GREEN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT is the third largest political party in CT. The Greens are also the third largest political party in the US, with 220 Greens officeholders in 27 states. Over 80 countries in world have Green Parties. Wangari Maathai, the 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is Kenya's assistant minister for environment and an elected Green Party member.
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National Committee member from Connecticut: Tim McKee (860) 324-1684

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From TDayan at aol.com  Thu Nov 10 11:48:11 2005
From: TDayan at aol.com (TDayan at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:48:11 EST
Subject: {news} Election results? highlights? Putting a Press release out
	in 24 ho...
Message-ID: <19a.40e36dda.30a4d3cb@aol.com>

I definitely agree a press release should be put out - who does it?  In 
Stamford, the local papers gave us real good coverage, and Darek Shapiro and I won 
enough to hold the ballot openings (he got 3% and I got 6% - don't know yet re 
David Bedell).  I found lots of people interested in Green Party!  Apparently 
anger over Nader and 2000 has finally worn down.  I personally am writing 
thanks to Stamford Advocate and Stamford Times for their coverage.
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From TDayan at aol.com  Thu Nov 10 11:51:28 2005
From: TDayan at aol.com (TDayan at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 11:51:28 EST
Subject: {news} Tom's campaign in Canton
Message-ID: <219.dc91fea.30a4d490@aol.com>

And another big congratulations to Tom Sevigney!  Almost there for sure.  
Let's not give up - the Greens are gaining!
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Fri Nov 11 20:39:06 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:39:06 +0000
Subject: {news} RE: [CTGP-elections] Who is an Elected Green in CT?
Message-ID: <BAY106-F18CC00B30493790CE897B1D6580@phx.gbl>

Ken Keskinen switched back to Democrat, though it didn't get as much 
attention as Joyce Chen's switch.  Ken had only become a Green for that one 
election.  Judy & Kim Herkimer could tell you more.

Juan Perez is currently the only elected Green in office in CT.  Altho a 
registered Green, he was elected on the WFP ballot line.  His term ends 
soon, and he did not run for reelection.

After he steps down, the only elected Green will be Hector Lopez; he was 
just elected Constable in New Canaan with 6 write-in votes and will assume 
office next week (sorry you didn't get him into the press release!)

Peace & Power,

David



----Original Message Follows----
From: Green Party-CT <greenpartyct at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: CTGP-elections at yahoogroups.com
To: ElectionsCTGP <CTGP-elections at yahoogroups.com>,  Jean de Smet 
<demac at galaxyinternet.net>, GPCT <ctgp-news at ml.greens.org>
Subject: [CTGP-elections] Who is an Elected Green in CT?
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:48:13 -0800 (PST)

The national party has these two gentlemen as the only two in CT? Yes? no?
other elected? did Juan give up his seat after this election?
ken change party?

hurry. asap

Tim

 >>>Connecticut (2)

Ken Keskinen, Selectman, Cornwall
Juan Perez, Selectman, Wilmantic Service District, Windham





===========================================================
       THE GREEN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT is the third largest political party 
in CT. The Greens are also the third largest political party in the US, with 
220 Greens officeholders in 27 states. Over 80 countries in world have Green 
Parties. Wangari Maathai, the 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is 
Kenya's assistant minister for environment and an elected Green Party 
member.
===========================================================
National Committee member from Connecticut: Tim McKee (860) 324-1684





From demac at galaxyinternet.net  Sat Nov 12 10:37:13 2005
From: demac at galaxyinternet.net (demac)
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 10:37:13 -0500
Subject: {news} RE: [CTGP-elections] Who is an Elected Green in CT?
In-Reply-To: <BAY106-F18CC00B30493790CE897B1D6580@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <002f01c5e79e$f7f31840$17f8f504@jean1oa1rgr0ov>

Juan Perez' term ends Nov. 22, as the new board takes office.

Jean


-----Original Message-----
From: David Bedell [mailto:dbedellgreen at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 8:39 PM
To: CTGP-elections at yahoogroups.com
Cc: demac at galaxyinternet.net; ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
Subject: RE: [CTGP-elections] Who is an Elected Green in CT?

Ken Keskinen switched back to Democrat, though it didn't get as much 
attention as Joyce Chen's switch.  Ken had only become a Green for that
one 
election.  Judy & Kim Herkimer could tell you more.

Juan Perez is currently the only elected Green in office in CT.  Altho a

registered Green, he was elected on the WFP ballot line.  His term ends 
soon, and he did not run for reelection.

After he steps down, the only elected Green will be Hector Lopez; he was

just elected Constable in New Canaan with 6 write-in votes and will
assume 
office next week (sorry you didn't get him into the press release!)

Peace & Power,

David



----Original Message Follows----
From: Green Party-CT <greenpartyct at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: CTGP-elections at yahoogroups.com
To: ElectionsCTGP <CTGP-elections at yahoogroups.com>,  Jean de Smet 
<demac at galaxyinternet.net>, GPCT <ctgp-news at ml.greens.org>
Subject: [CTGP-elections] Who is an Elected Green in CT?
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:48:13 -0800 (PST)

The national party has these two gentlemen as the only two in CT? Yes?
no?
other elected? did Juan give up his seat after this election?
ken change party?

hurry. asap

Tim

 >>>Connecticut (2)

Ken Keskinen, Selectman, Cornwall
Juan Perez, Selectman, Wilmantic Service District, Windham





===========================================================
       THE GREEN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT is the third largest political
party 
in CT. The Greens are also the third largest political party in the US,
with 
220 Greens officeholders in 27 states. Over 80 countries in world have
Green 
Parties. Wangari Maathai, the 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is 
Kenya's assistant minister for environment and an elected Green Party 
member.
===========================================================
National Committee member from Connecticut: Tim McKee (860) 324-1684








From edubrule at sbcglobal.net  Mon Nov 14 17:38:00 2005
From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:38:00 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: AFSC New Online Calendar of Events
Message-ID: <011901c5e96c$5962bcb0$9730f704@edgn2b574u14bi>

6-Story Newsletter Template + Images
----- Original Message ----- 
From: AFSC Connecticut 
To: edubrule at sbcglobal.net 
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: AFSC New Online Calendar of Events


                                     Connecticut AFSC Announcement  
                                 
                                In This Issue:   
                                 
                                 .    New Online Calendar of Events  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    November 11 - November 17, 2005  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    November 18 - November 24, 2005  
                                   
                                 
                                 
                                New Online Calendar of Events  
                                 
                                AFSC Connecticut has just launched a great new Online Calendar of Events for the Connecticut Area.

                                This calendar has new features:
                                - it looks like a real calendar!
                                - add your events directly
                                - subscribe to receive email reminders of events

                                Please take a moment to check it out now.
                                Trust me, it looks good.

                                A summary of the events in the next few weeks follows - visit the online calendar for the event details. 
                                View the Calendar Now!  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                November 11 - November 17, 2005  
                                 
                                The Connecticut Calendar 
                                November 11 - November 17, 2005


                                Nov/11 
                                FRI EROS Film Festival 2005 - Summer Storm 
                                Cinestudio, Trinity College 
                                7:30 AM - 9:00 PM


                                Nov/11 
                                FRI Hip Hop History Month - OPENING NIGHT 
                                ArtSpace, 555 Asylum Ave Hartford, CT
                                6:00 PM - 1:00 AM


                                Nov/11 
                                FRI World Youth Festival (Venezuela) reportback 
                                New Haven Peoples Center 37 Howe Street, New Haven
                                7:00 PM - 8:30 PM


                                Nov/11 
                                FRI EROS Film Festival 2005 - Saving Face 
                                Cinestudio, Trinity College Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 9:00 PM


                                Nov/11 
                                FRI EROS Film Festival 2005 - The Dying Gaul 
                                CineStudio, Trinity College Hartford, CT
                                9:30 PM - 11:00 PM

                                Nov/12 
                                SAT Voluntown Peace Trust - Work Day 
                                539 Beach Pond Road (Route 165) Voluntown, CT 06384
                                1:00 AM - 1:00 AM


                                Nov/12 
                                SAT Trans Health Screening Day 
                                HGLHC offices, 1841 Broad Street Hartford, CT
                                12:00 PM - 4:00 PM


                                Nov/12 
                                SAT EROS Film Festival 2005 - Fish Can't Fly 
                                Cinestudio, Trinity College Hartford, CT
                                2:30 PM - 4:00 PM


                                Nov/12 
                                SAT Hip Hop History Month - UGC Film Showcase 
                                ArtSpace, 555 Asylum Ave Hartford, CT
                                7:00 PM - 1:00 AM


                                Nov/12 
                                SAT SONGS FOR AFRICA benefit concert 
                                Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford 
                                7:00 PM - 9:00 PM


                                Nov/12 
                                SAT EROS Film Festival 2005 - The Aggressives 
                                Cinestudio, Trinity College Hartford, CT
                                9:40 PM - 11:00 PM


                                Nov/13 
                                SUN Tree of Life Conference 
                                FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF OLD LYME, 2 Ferry Rd. Old Lyme, CT
                                1:00 PM - 9:00 PM


                                Nov/13 
                                SUN EROS Film Festival 2005 - The Laramie Project 
                                Cinestudio, Trinity College Hartford, CT
                                2:30 PM - 4:00 PM


                                Nov/13 
                                SUN Outfoxed: Rupert Murdock's War on Journalism 
                                Kream, 318 State St New London, CT
                                3:00 PM - 11:59 PM


                                Nov/13 
                                SUN The 1000th Execution - Vigil 
                                State Capitol Hartford, CT
                                3:00 PM - 1:00 AM


                                Nov/14 
                                MON Interfaith Relations: Why They Matter to Local Congregations 
                                Hartford Seminary, 77 Sherman St Hartford, CT


                                Nov/14 
                                MON Voting Machine Demonstrations 
                                Manchester Buckland Hills Mall, 194 Buckland Hills Drive Manchester, CT
                                10:00 AM - 9:00 PM


                                Nov/14 
                                MON VIGILS: EVERY SATURDAY IN WEST HARTFORD CENTER 
                                Farmington Avenue and Main Street West Hartford, CT
                                11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
                                Nov/15 
                                TUE TUESDAY NIGHTS BY CANDLELIGHT! 
                                Farmington Ave. and Main St. West Hartford, CT
                                8:00 AM - 5:00 PM


                                Nov/15 
                                TUE Voting Machine Demonstrations 
                                North Windham Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 N. Windham Road North Windham, CT
                                10:00 AM - 8:00 PM

                                Nov/16 
                                WED Voting Machine Demonstrations 
                                Woodbridge Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven, 360 Amity Road Woodbridge, CT
                                9:00 AM - 8:00 PM

                                Nov/17 
                                THU Voting Machine Demonstrations 
                                Bridgeport Bridgeport City Hall, 45 Lyon Terrace Bridgeport, CT
                                9:00 AM - 8:00 PM


                                Nov/17 
                                THU Public Hearing on Low Wages at Wal-Mart 
                                Legislative Office Building, Room 2D Hartford, CT
                                1:00 PM - 2:00 PM


                                Nov/17 
                                THU A People's History of Science: Miners, Midwives, and 'Low Mechanicks' 
                                La Paloma Coffee House, 405 Capitol Ave Hartford, CT
                                7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

                                View the Calendar Online  

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                November 18 - November 24, 2005  
                                 
                                The Connecticut Calendar 
                                November 18 - November 24, 2005

                                Nov/18
                                FRI "Not Your Soldier" community conversation and PARTY 
                                Pope Park Rec (Hillside and Park Street) Hartford, CT
                                6:00 PM - 9:00 PM 

                                Nov/18 
                                FRI Shut Down the School of the Americas and Change Oppressive U.S. Foreign Policy! 
                                Fort Benning, Georgia


                                Nov/18 
                                FRI "National Stand Down Day" 

                                Nov/18 
                                FRI Voting Machine Demonstrations 
                                Southbury Town Hall, 501 Main Street Southbury, CT
                                9:00 AM - 8:00 PM


                                Nov/18 
                                FRI NEWS TO ME - Gala Benefit 
                                CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER, 21 Charter Oak Ave. Hartford, CT
                                6:30 PM - 9:00 PM


                                Nov/18 
                                FRI CEO Hosts Robert Greenwald's film:Wal-Mart: The High Cost of the Low Price. 
                                Vernon Senior Center, 26 Park Place Vernon, CT
                                7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

                                Nov/19 
                                SAT Shut Down the School of the Americas and Change Oppressive U.S. Foreign Policy! 
                                Fort Benning, Georgia


                                Nov/19 
                                SAT "The Supreme Court" - Film & Discussion 
                                Main Community Program Room 133 Elm Street New Haven
                                10:30 AM - 7:00 PM


                                Nov/19 
                                SAT The Discovery of Puerto Rico 
                                La Paloma Sabanera, 405 Capitol Avenue Hartford, Ct.
                                2:00 PM - 5:00 PM


                                Nov/19 
                                SAT Margaux Hayes 
                                La Paloma Sabanera Coffeehouse and Bookstore 405 Capital Ave. Hartford, CT
                                8:00 PM - 11:59 PM

                                Nov/20 
                                SUN Hartford's Fourth Annual Day of Remembrance... 
                                MCC/Hartford Chapel 1841 Broad Street, Hartford


                                Nov/20 
                                SUN Shut Down the School of the Americas and Change Oppressive U.S. Foreign Policy! 
                                Fort Benning, Georgia

                                Nov/20 
                                SUN Hartford's Fourth Annual Day of Remembrance 
                                MCC/Hartford Chapel, 1841 Broad Street, Hartford 
                                6:00 PM - 11:59 PM

                                Nov/21 
                                MON VIGILS: EVERY SATURDAY IN WEST HARTFORD CENTER 
                                Farmington Avenue and Main Street West Hartford, CT
                                11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

                                Nov/22 
                                TUE TUESDAY NIGHTS BY CANDLELIGHT!
                                Farmington Ave. and Main St. West Hartford, CT
                                8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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From jherkimer at snet.net  Mon Nov 14 20:46:06 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:46:06 -0500
Subject: {news} Executive Committee meeting
Message-ID: <007601c5e986$5e821500$17d83ccc@k8h9a3>

Dear GPC,
I have booked the Torrington City Hall, Room 206A, November 21, 7-9pm for
the November Exec. Committee meeting.

Facilitator: Justine McCabe

Please be advised that the Executive Committee has not met since July 11,
2005. Despite what is written in the minutes, I have been available for
every Exec. Comm. meeting, coordinated the venue and facilitator for the
August through October meetings, and have reinforced to the other officers
of our responsibility to meet.

The EC meetings are open to other members as observers who are
always provided an opportunity to speak.

I will convene this meeting with our without the other officers and
encourage you to attend. In the absence of the secretary distributing a
draft agenda for this Exec. Comm. meeting, I will do so within 48 hours.
Please feel free to send any proposals to this listserv.





From smderosa at cox.net  Mon Nov 14 21:29:18 2005
From: smderosa at cox.net (smderosa)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:29:18 -0500
Subject: {news} Executive Committee meeting
In-Reply-To: <007601c5e986$5e821500$17d83ccc@k8h9a3>
Message-ID: <20051115022609.FUMQ9108.eastrmmtao06.cox.net@userb649154f63>

Dear Judy:
Barbara and I will be happy to attend the meeting on Nov. 21st 2005.  

Please be advised that we still operate under under our by-laws ane
established procedures. 

Please respect other people in your e-mails. Also, some of us may want some
input into the the

details of our EC Meetings.

Sincerely,
Mike DeRosa
Co-chair
CTGP



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Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 8:46 PM
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Subject: {news} Executive Committee meeting

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Dear GPC,
I have booked the Torrington City Hall, Room 206A, November 21, 7-9pm for
the November Exec. Committee meeting.

Facilitator: Justine McCabe

Please be advised that the Executive Committee has not met since July 11,
2005. Despite what is written in the minutes, I have been available for
every Exec. Comm. meeting, coordinated the venue and facilitator for the
August through October meetings, and have reinforced to the other officers
of our responsibility to meet.

The EC meetings are open to other members as observers who are always
provided an opportunity to speak.

I will convene this meeting with our without the other officers and
encourage you to attend. In the absence of the secretary distributing a
draft agenda for this Exec. Comm. meeting, I will do so within 48 hours.
Please feel free to send any proposals to this listserv.



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From smderosa at cox.net  Mon Nov 14 21:33:36 2005
From: smderosa at cox.net (smderosa)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:33:36 -0500
Subject: {news} Executive Committee meeting
In-Reply-To: <20051115022609.FUMQ9108.eastrmmtao06.cox.net@userb649154f63>
Message-ID: <20051115023009.FGLO4997.eastrmmtao04.cox.net@userb649154f63>

 

Dear Judy:
Barbara and I will be happy to attend the meeting on Nov. 21st, 2005.  

Please be advised that we still operate under under our by-laws and
established procedures. 

Please respect other people in your e-mails. Also, some of us may want some
input into the 

details of our EC Meetings.

Sincerely,
Mike DeRosa
Co-chair
CTGP



-----Original Message-----
From: ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org
[mailto:ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org] On Behalf Of Judith Herkimer
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 8:46 PM
To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
Subject: {news} Executive Committee meeting

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Dear GPC,
I have booked the Torrington City Hall, Room 206A, November 21, 7-9pm for
the November Exec. Committee meeting.

Facilitator: Justine McCabe

Please be advised that the Executive Committee has not met since July 11,
2005. Despite what is written in the minutes, I have been available for
every Exec. Comm. meeting, coordinated the venue and facilitator for the
August through October meetings, and have reinforced to the other officers
of our responsibility to meet.

The EC meetings are open to other members as observers who are always
provided an opportunity to speak.

I will convene this meeting with our without the other officers and
encourage you to attend. In the absence of the secretary distributing a
draft agenda for this Exec. Comm. meeting, I will do so within 48 hours.
Please feel free to send any proposals to this listserv.



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legal inquiry or analysis which would be applied in the case of a formal
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the CT Green Party. The responsibility for any messages posted herein is
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From jherkimer at snet.net  Mon Nov 14 22:25:49 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 22:25:49 -0500
Subject: {news} Executive Committee meeting
References: <20051115022609.FUMQ9108.eastrmmtao06.cox.net@userb649154f63>
Message-ID: <00bd01c5e994$477049a0$17d83ccc@k8h9a3>

Dear Mike,
Good that you and Barbara will attend the 11/21 EC meeting. Kelly and Aaron
have traditionally indicated that the third Monday is NG for them as they
have town committee meetings. They will be missed and I look forward to the
EC getting back on track now that campaigns are closed.

The regularly scheduled EC meetings that we originally agreed on is two
Mondays prior to the next SCC meeting. That was tonight 11/14 and I received
no communications, no notice and no draft agenda for the EC meeting.

In order for the EC to satisfy the bylaws and established procedures, we
need to meet in order to create the SCC agenda and address other
administrative duties.

I reread my email and found nothing disrespectful in what I consider was an
objective accounting. Please accept my apologies if I have offended you in
any way. Email inherently carries with it the potential for
misinterpretation.

Will Barbara be distributing a draft agenda for the EC meeting?

Thank you,
Judy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "smderosa" <smderosa at cox.net>
To: "'Judith Herkimer'" <jherkimer at snet.net>; <ctgp-news at ml.greens.org>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 9:29 PM
Subject: RE: {news} Executive Committee meeting


> Dear Judy:
> Barbara and I will be happy to attend the meeting on Nov. 21st 2005.
>
> Please be advised that we still operate under under our by-laws ane
> established procedures.
>
> Please respect other people in your e-mails. Also, some of us may want
some
> input into the the
>
> details of our EC Meetings.
>
> Sincerely,
> Mike DeRosa
> Co-chair
> CTGP
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org
> [mailto:ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org] On Behalf Of Judith Herkimer
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 8:46 PM
> To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
> Subject: {news} Executive Committee meeting
>
> Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS http://www.ctgreens.org/ -
> http://www.greenpartyus.org/
>
> to unsubscribe click here
> mailto://ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org
> Dear GPC,
> I have booked the Torrington City Hall, Room 206A, November 21, 7-9pm for
> the November Exec. Committee meeting.
>
> Facilitator: Justine McCabe
>
> Please be advised that the Executive Committee has not met since July 11,
> 2005. Despite what is written in the minutes, I have been available for
> every Exec. Comm. meeting, coordinated the venue and facilitator for the
> August through October meetings, and have reinforced to the other officers
> of our responsibility to meet.
>
> The EC meetings are open to other members as observers who are always
> provided an opportunity to speak.
>
> I will convene this meeting with our without the other officers and
> encourage you to attend. In the absence of the secretary distributing a
> draft agenda for this Exec. Comm. meeting, I will do so within 48 hours.
> Please feel free to send any proposals to this listserv.
>
>
>
> To be removed please mailto://ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org
> _______________________________________________
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> CTGP-news at ml.greens.org
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> intended only for the recipient listed above.  If you have received this
> transmission in error, please notify us immediately by email and delete
the
> original message.  The text of this email is similar to ordinary or
> face-to-face conversations and does not reflect the level of factual or
> legal inquiry or analysis which would be applied in the case of a formal
> legal opinion and does not constitute a representation of the opinions of
> the CT Green Party. The responsibility for any messages posted herein is
> solely that of the person who sent the message, and the CT Green Party
> hereby leaves this responsibility in the hands of it's members.
>
> NOTE: This is an inherently insecure forum, please do not post
confidential
> messages and always realize that your address can be faked, and although a
> message may appear to be from a certain individual, it is always possible
> that it is fakemail. This is mail sent by a third party under an illegally
> assumed identity for purposes of coercion, misdirection, or general
> mischief.
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> immediately notify the sender by e-mail at the address shown.  This e-mail
> transmission may contain confidential information.  This information is
> intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity to whom it is
> intended even if addressed incorrectly.  Please delete it from your files
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From smderosa at cox.net  Mon Nov 14 23:05:48 2005
From: smderosa at cox.net (smderosa)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 23:05:48 -0500
Subject: {news} See Wal-Mart Movie: THIS FRIDAY @ GH GREEN PARTY OFFICE: NOV
	18, 2005 7:30PM; WORLD PREMIERE!
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THUMBS UP!" 	
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Mon Nov 14 23:21:25 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 04:21:25 +0000
Subject: {news} Fw: AFSC New Online Calendar of Events
In-Reply-To: <E1Ebn1h-0007Ez-00@gandhi.greens.org>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F93CDE2C81E76D1F6DD85ED65D0@phx.gbl>

Here's the link, which may not have come through:

http://www.afsc.org/calendar/calendar.php





From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Tue Nov 15 01:39:04 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 06:39:04 +0000
Subject: {news} Green growth--Norwich Bulletin
In-Reply-To: <1131830903.1385919.94d5f20d9313926a.3fe6adab@persist.google.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F33F2A7C396B436AD59EB00D65D0@phx.gbl>

http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051112/NEWS01/511120317/1002

Green Party sees growth in state

HARTFORD-- Green Party of Connecticut officials announced continued growth 
looking at the 2005 municipal election in the state and across the country.

Strong showing in local elections, with second place finishes, new and first 
time races and growth of large numbers of new voters highlight the Green 
Party's 2005 election results.

Nationwide, 34 Greens were elected this year, bringing the total to about 
223 Greens in elected office, said Tim McKee, Connecticut Green Party 
national committee person. Jean de Smet, running for first selectman in 
Windham, lost by 665 votes, but finished second, beating the Republican 
candidate.





From embrancato at netzero.com  Tue Nov 15 19:12:13 2005
From: embrancato at netzero.com (Elizabeth M. Brancato)
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:12:13 -0500
Subject: {news} please unsubscribe me
Message-ID: <437A795D.5060207@netzero.com>

Thank you.



From chapillsbury at igc.org  Thu Nov 17 20:39:53 2005
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 20:39:53 -0500
Subject: {news} Visit with German Green on Tues. 11/29 7:30pm
Message-ID: <016701c5ebe0$f9c5d220$6b01a8c0@EXDIR04>

Dear NH/CT Greens:  First, I apologize that this may conflict with the State Party monthly meeting, but this was the only evening he was available before he leaves Yale on Dec. 11 (and I only learned that he was here last Sunday at church).

My wife Allie Perry and I, Dan and Carol Wade, and other members of the Shalom United Church of Christ are hosting this after-dinner discussion at my house at 7:30 p.m. on Tues. Nov. 29 with Sascha M?ller-Kraenner, whose bio is cut and pasted below.   He is currently a World Fellow at Yale.

Charlie Pillsbury
247 Saint Ronan Street
New Haven CT 06511
203-865-6575
chapillsbury at igc.org

Sascha M?ller-Kraenner - Germany, 42

As the Director for Europe and North America at the Henrich B?ll Foundation, Sascha M?ller-Kraenner develops strategies relating to international policy, activism, and civil society. Affiliated with Germany's Green Party, the B?ll Foundation administers public education programs in approximately 50 countries worldwide through collaboration with an international network of political leaders, think-tanks, and NGOs. 

M?ller-Kraenner, 42, founded and directed the Washington, D.C. office of the B?ll Foundation, where he worked closely with both the Clinton and Bush administrations, and initiated critical dialogues among German and American leaders. M?ller-Kraenner is also a co-founder and senior adviser to Ecologic, a non-profit center for international and European environmental policy located in Berlin. M?ller-Kraenner continues to work in the policy field, focusing on such key issues as environmental security in the wake of global change, the rise of crime and terrorism in failing states, and the proper role of the European Union in managing these problems.
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From smderosa at cox.net  Thu Nov 17 21:04:29 2005
From: smderosa at cox.net (smderosa)
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:04:29 -0500
Subject: {news} Reminder: See Wal-Mart Movie: THIS FRIDAY @ GH GREEN PARTY
	OFFICE: NOV 18, 2005 7:30PM; WORLD PREMIERE!
In-Reply-To: <20051115040251.HHKS29285.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@userb649154f63>
Message-ID: <20051118020427.OWSO14098.eastrmmtao05.cox.net@userb649154f63>

 

   _____  

From: smderosa [mailto:smderosa at cox.net] 
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:06 PM
To: HartfordGreens at yahoogroups.com; robin.schafer at yale.edu;
newhavengreens at yahoogroups.com; ralphferrucci at sbcglobal.net;
ctgp-forum at ml.greens.org; CTGP-elections at yahoogroups.com; 'smderosa';
ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
Subject: See Wal-Mart Movie: THIS FRIDAY @ GH GREEN PARTY OFFICE: NOV 18,
2005 7:30PM; WORLD PREMIERE!


"HYPERLINK "http://www.walmartmovie.com/reviews_nytimes.php"BREATHTAKING"
"HYPERLINK
"http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/11/03/btm/index_np.html"MESMERI
ZING" 	  "HYPERLINK
"http://www.walmartmovie.com/wmtv/2005/11/ebert_roeper_two_thumbs_up.php"TWO
THUMBS UP!" 	
-Anita Gates, HYPERLINK "http://www.walmartmovie.com/reviews_nytimes.php"NY
Times  	 -Andrew O'Hehir, HYPERLINK
"http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/11/03/btm/index_np.html"Salon.c
om  	 -HYPERLINK
"http://www.walmartmovie.com/wmtv/2005/11/ebert_roeper_two_thumbs_up.php"Ebe
rt & Roeper  	
HYPERLINK "http://www.walmartmovie.com/"WAL-MART Documentary Movie
 
WHAT: WORLD PREMIERE OF WAL-MART MOVIE  ( HYPERLINK
"http://www.walmartmovie.com"www.walmartmovie.com ) (98Min. USA) Another
Progressive Movie Night.  Producer/Director HYPERLINK
"http://www.robertgreenwald.org/about.php"Robert Greenwald
 
WHERE: GREATER HARTFORD GREEN PARTY OFFICE, 418A NEW BRITAIN AVE.  HARTFORD,
CT (FOR DIRECTIONS: HYPERLINK "http://www.mapquest.com"www.mapquest.com )
 
WHEN:  THIS FRIDAY, NOV. 18, 2005, 7:30PM
 
WHY: BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A MOVEMENT!!
 
SPECIAL NOTE: SEE THIS MOVIE ON OUR NEW LARGER SCREEN!
 
FOR MORE INFO ON THIS SCREENING: CALL 860-919-4042
 
Come join our special, Global Village Or Global Pillage presentation of the
movie WAL- MART, The High Cost Of Low Price.  We are one among thousands of
special World Premiere Screenings across CT and the nation of this special
movie.   But why travel far when you can see this special movie right in our
own backyard and with a very special audience(if you can't attend FRI go to
above website and look for a screening near you). Special guests and other
surprises.
 
WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price takes you behind the glitz and into the
real lives of workers and their families, business owners and their
communities, in an extraordinary journey that will challenge the way you
think, feel... and shop.
 
WAL-MART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE is a feature length documentary that
uncovers a retail giant's assault on families and American values. The film
dives into the HYPERLINK "http://www.walmartmovie.com/people.php"deeply
personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling
to fight a goliath. A HYPERLINK
"http://www.walmartmovie.com/diane_devoy.php"working mother is forced to
turn to public assistance to provide healthcare for her two small children.
A HYPERLINK "http://www.walmartmovie.com/red_esry.php"Missouri family loses
its business after Wal-Mart is given over $2 million to open its doors down
the road. A mayor struggles to equip his first responders after Wal-Mart
pulls out and relocates just outside the city limits. A community in
California unites, takes on the giant, and wins!  Producer/Director
HYPERLINK "http://www.robertgreenwald.org/about.php"Robert Greenwald created
the movie Out Foxed! and the "UN" movies.
 
 
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From smderosa at cox.net  Thu Nov 17 21:05:04 2005
From: smderosa at cox.net (smderosa)
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:05:04 -0500
Subject: {news} Reminder: See Wal-Mart Movie: THIS FRIDAY @ GH GREEN PARTY
	OFFICE: NOV 18, 2005 7:30PM; WORLD PREMIERE!
In-Reply-To: <20051115040251.HHKS29285.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@userb649154f63>
Message-ID: <20051118020407.QAAS8508.eastrmmtao02.cox.net@userb649154f63>

 
"HYPERLINK "http://www.walmartmovie.com/reviews_nytimes.php"BREATHTAKING"
"HYPERLINK
"http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/11/03/btm/index_np.html"MESMERI
ZING" 	  "HYPERLINK
"http://www.walmartmovie.com/wmtv/2005/11/ebert_roeper_two_thumbs_up.php"TWO
THUMBS UP!" 	
-Anita Gates, HYPERLINK "http://www.walmartmovie.com/reviews_nytimes.php"NY
Times  	 -Andrew O'Hehir, HYPERLINK
"http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/11/03/btm/index_np.html"Salon.c
om  	 -HYPERLINK
"http://www.walmartmovie.com/wmtv/2005/11/ebert_roeper_two_thumbs_up.php"Ebe
rt & Roeper  	
HYPERLINK "http://www.walmartmovie.com/"WAL-MART Documentary Movie
 
WHAT: WORLD PREMIERE OF WAL-MART MOVIE  ( HYPERLINK
"http://www.walmartmovie.com"www.walmartmovie.com ) (98Min. USA) Another
Progressive Movie Night.  Producer/Director HYPERLINK
"http://www.robertgreenwald.org/about.php"Robert Greenwald
 
WHERE: GREATER HARTFORD GREEN PARTY OFFICE, 418A NEW BRITAIN AVE.  HARTFORD,
CT (FOR DIRECTIONS: HYPERLINK "http://www.mapquest.com"www.mapquest.com )
 
WHEN:  THIS FRIDAY, NOV. 18, 2005, 7:30PM
 
WHY: BECAUSE THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A MOVEMENT!!
 
SPECIAL NOTE: SEE THIS MOVIE ON OUR NEW LARGER SCREEN!
 
FOR MORE INFO ON THIS SCREENING: CALL 860-919-4042
 
Come join our special, Global Village Or Global Pillage presentation of the
movie WAL- MART, The High Cost Of Low Price.  We are one among thousands of
special World Premiere Screenings across CT and the nation of this special
movie.   But why travel far when you can see this special movie right in our
own backyard and with a very special audience(if you can't attend FRI go to
above website and look for a screening near you). Special guests and other
surprises.
 
WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price takes you behind the glitz and into the
real lives of workers and their families, business owners and their
communities, in an extraordinary journey that will challenge the way you
think, feel... and shop.
 
WAL-MART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE is a feature length documentary that
uncovers a retail giant's assault on families and American values. The film
dives into the HYPERLINK "http://www.walmartmovie.com/people.php"deeply
personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling
to fight a goliath. A HYPERLINK
"http://www.walmartmovie.com/diane_devoy.php"working mother is forced to
turn to public assistance to provide healthcare for her two small children.
A HYPERLINK "http://www.walmartmovie.com/red_esry.php"Missouri family loses
its business after Wal-Mart is given over $2 million to open its doors down
the road. A mayor struggles to equip his first responders after Wal-Mart
pulls out and relocates just outside the city limits. A community in
California unites, takes on the giant, and wins!  Producer/Director
HYPERLINK "http://www.robertgreenwald.org/about.php"Robert Greenwald created
the movie Out Foxed! and the "UN" movies.
 
 
HYPERLINK
"http://gobnf.org/i/wm/buttons/smiley/highres_smiley_right.jpg"HYPERLINK
"http://gobnf.org/i/wm/buttons/smiley/highres_smiley_right.jpg"HYPERLINK
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From eaton at spazmo.com  Fri Nov 18 23:24:12 2005
From: eaton at spazmo.com (Bob Eaton)
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:24:12 -0500
Subject: {news} Cliff Thornton on WFSB Sunday
Message-ID: <op.s0gzumnq4ekyom@spazmo>


As many of you know Cliff Thornton is planning to run for
the Governor of Connecticut with the Green Party in 2006.

Cliff will be interviewed along with Hartford City Councilman,
Dr. Bob Painter on "Face the State" with Al Terzi (WFSB)
Channel 3 on Sunday the 20th at 11:00 AM. Efficacy

Cliff and his wife Margaret Thornton founded Efficacy:
http://www.efficacy-online.org/
Efficacy is a Connecticut-based, non-profit organization
advocating peaceful ways to respond to social problems.

At the present time, Efficacy is concentrating efforts
on drug abuse and crime prevention. We encourage citizens
to re-examine drug policy. We challenge the mentality of
the drug war and find that present policies have been
counter-effective. We promote open discussion of
alternatives and public-health awareness.
-----------------

-- 
Bob Eaton / Head Spazmo
http://www.spazmo.com
Patriot ? Lemming



From edubrule at sbcglobal.net  Sat Nov 19 23:13:32 2005
From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 23:13:32 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: Stand Against Hate This Sunday [recent hate crime against
	two lesbians]
Message-ID: <006b01c5ed89$f4d15870$dda4f504@edgn2b574u14bi>

6-Story Newsletter Template + Images
----- Original Message ----- 
From: AFSC Connecticut 
To:  [Ed DuBrule]
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: Stand Against Hate This Sunday


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  Stand Against Hate   
                                 
                                 .    Rally Sunday - Against Hate Crimes  
                                  .    AFSC Community Calendar - Now Online  
                                 
                                 
                                 .    Call to Action  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    Hartford's Fourth Annual Day of Remembrance  
                                   
                                 
                                 
                                Rally Sunday - Against Hate Crimes  
                                 
                                We are outraged at the recent hate crime against two lesbians in the south end of Hartford. We have been working with the Hartford Police Department and city and state officials this week to ensure that all hate crimes are dealt with immediately and appropriately. Please join us on Sunday to stand as a community united for justice and against violence.

                                STOP THE HATE: EDUCATE, LEGISLATE AND REMEMBER

                                Call to Action
                                Join us Sunday,
                                November 20, 4:30 PM
                                at Barry Square, Hartford
                                Intersection of Campfield ave. and Maple ave.

                                PROGRAM

                                4:30 PM Barry Square Park/Speakers
                                5:30 PM Procession to LGBT Community Center
                                6:00 PM Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance

                                SPEAKERS

                                Jerimarie Liesegang, Hartford Commissioner on LGBT Issues, Director CT TransAdvocacy Coalition
                                Rev. Cornell Lewis, Community Activist, Founder of Men of Color Inititative
                                Magdelena, Latinos Contra La Guerra
                                Cheryl Linear, Community Activist, Linear Consulting Services
                                Robert O. Trestan, Anti-Defamation League Civil Rights Counsel
                                Mayor Eddie Perez, City of Hartford
                                Jose Lopez, Deputy Police Chief, Hartford Police Dept.
                                R. Jo Winch, Assistant Majority Leader Hartford City Council

                                sponsored by the Task Force for Race, Class and Social Justice

                                www.faithct.org 860.841.5006 
                                http://www.faithct.org  

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                Call to Action  
                                 
                                We are outraged by the recent hate crime against two lesbians in the Southend of Hartford.

                                We recognize that physical violence is the ultimate expression of prejudice and hatred towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

                                We deplore the rhetoric that dehumanizes and promotes discrimination against LGBT people and ultimately leads to physical violence. When we fail to stop the rhetoric we condone this behavior.

                                We recognize that this rhetoric is often directed toward other marginalized communities on the basis of their race, ethnicity, religion, immigration status or physical/mental ability.

                                For every hate crime that is reported countless others go unreported or unrecognized because victims often fear recrimination from the very systems which purport to protect and execute justice.

                                Any time a marginalized community rises up or demands equality and human rights a backlash of denigrating rhetoric and physical violence occurs. Witness this most recent hate crime and the lack of intentional response and sensitivity by the Hartford police department.

                                Seventeen years ago Connecticut responded to a brutal and tragic hate crime resulting in the murder of a gay man, Richard Reihl, by passing Connecticut's hate crime law. Since then we have amended and expanded the scope of this law. However, this recent hate crime shows how little progress our society has made in overcoming prejudice in its most brutal manifestation.

                                We demand comprehensive police training and appropriate application of the existing hate crime laws to ensure a sensitive and effective response to hate crimes.

                                We demand an immediate cessation of the religious and political rhetoric that dehumanizes LGBT people and fosters an environment of prejudice and discrimination in which hate crimes thrive.

                                We stand in solidarity with members of the Southend community who may experience or witness violence in an ongoing basis. We oppose all forms of violence in our communities. As we have stood up when young people have been murdered or against police brutality, we are standing today against a hate crime against two lesbians.

                                We call on all communities to acknowledge that prejudice hatred and violence permeates our society, our neighborhoods and our families. Only by working together on each of these levels can we hope to build a just and nonviolent society. 
                                   
                                 
                                 
                                Hartford's Fourth Annual Day of Remembrance  
                                 
                                Hartford's Fourth Annual Day of Remembrance
                                Sunday, November 20, 2005
                                6:00 PM
                                Metropolitan Community Church
                                1841 Broad Street, Hartford.

                                The Trans community and allies will be remembering
                                the 27 individuals who were brutally murdered due to
                                anti-transgender violence over the past twelve months.

                                The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester,
                                whose murder on November 28th, 1998, was a primary impetus
                                behind the "Remembering Our Dead" web project and a
                                San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999.

                                Rita Hester's murder -- like most anti-transgender murder cases --
                                has yet to be solved.

                                Such Transphobic hate crimes are not just against transgender people,
                                but anyone who transgresses the so-called acceptable masculine/feminine
                                norms of our society.

                                Hartford's vigil also provides a time for us as individuals
                                and as a community to open our hearts, to open our minds
                                and to confront prejudices by reaffirming our being an ally
                                and advocate on behalf of the Trans and Gender non-conforming communities.

                                Info:
                                http://www.TransAdvocacy.com
                                http://www.mcchartford.com/dr2005.jpg
                                http://www.rememberingourdead.org/day/index.html

                                Sponsored by the
                                Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition
                                Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford
                                People of Faith for Gay GLBTI Civil Rights

                                http://www.TransAdvocacy.com  

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                AFSC Community Calendar - Now Online  
                                 
                                View the NEW AFSC Community Calendar Online Now

                                Keep up to date on upcoming peace and social justice events in the Connecticut area

                                Add upcoming events yourself


                                View the Calendar Now  

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                American Friends Service Committee
                                Connecticut Area Office
                                56 Arbor Street, Suite 213
                                Hartford, CT 06106
                                Phone: 860.523.1534
                                Fax: 860.523.1705
                                Email: connecticut at afsc.org  Visit AFSC CT Online  
                             
                       
                 
           
     


     
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From roseberry3 at cox.net  Sun Nov 20 00:24:29 2005
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:24:29 -0500
Subject: {news} Agenda for EC CTGP meeting in November 2005
Message-ID: <20051120052326.VOTD8508.eastrmmtao02.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

**Date: Monday, 11-21-05 or   Tuesday, 11-22-05

Time: 7pm to 9pm

Place: Torrington Town Hall, Room 206A, Main Street, Torrington, CT

 

 

 

Agenda:

1)       prepare the agenda for November 2005 SCC meeting.

2)       review/discuss any budget proposal, if provided, by the Budget
Committee member(s).

 

 

***Kelly McCarthy and Aaron Gustafson have commitments for 11-21-05.

    We are waiting for a response from them about their potential
availability for 11-22-05.  

 

 

Barbara Barry, CTGP secretary

 

 

 

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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Sun Nov 20 19:53:21 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 19:53:21 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: MERIP report: Urban Violence in France;
	The Mehlis Report and Lebanon's Trouble Next Door
Message-ID: <04bb01c5ee35$fbba5fe0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

From: "Middle East Report Online" <ctoensing at merip.org>
To: <justinemccabe at earthlink.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 7:45 PM
Subject: Urban Violence in France


> On November 15, 2005, the French National Assembly voted to extend by three
> months a "state of emergency" declared eight days earlier in response to two
> weeks of clashes between police and youths in decaying suburban housing
> projects across the country. The clashes broke out following the October 27
> electrocution of two teens, both housing project residents, who were fleeing
> what they believed was police pursuit. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy
> went on national television to promise "zero tolerance" for what he called
> the "scum" torching cars and attacking state property in protest.
> 
> The immediate causes of the ongoing confrontations are the two teens' deaths
> and Sarkozy's inflammatory rhetoric. But as Paul Silverstein and Chantal
> Tetreault argue in their essay, "Urban Violence in France," the deeper cause
> is a concatenation of state policies developed over decades that has
> endeavored (and failed) to "integrate" the children of immigrants and poor
> whites into the system, while simultaneously stigmatizing those youths as a
> threat to public security. These policies point to an "enduring logic of
> colonial rule within post-colonial metropolitan France."
> 
> Silverstein and Tetreault's essay is now available in Middle East Report
> Online:
> http://www.merip.org/mero/interventions/silverstein_tetreault_interv.htm
_____________________________________________________________________

The UN-authorized investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese
Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri, now well into a second phase of heightened
brinkmanship between Damascus and Washington, also has Lebanon holding its
collective breath.

Journalist Marlin Dick explains how the first Mehlis report, and the wait
for the second, have left both Lebanese politics and Lebanese-Syrian
relations in a state of paralysis. Read "The Mehlis Report and Lebanon's
Trouble Next Door," in Middle East Report Online at:
http://www.merip.org/mero/mero111805.html.
Middle East Report Online is a free service of the Middle East Research
and Information Project (MERIP).
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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Mon Nov 21 08:45:49 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 08:45:49 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT Urgent News -- Colombia
Message-ID: <001701c5eea1$e5becfc0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Carl Romanelli 
To: Green Party International ; Scott McLarty 
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 7:25 AM
Subject: USGP-INT Urgent News -- Colombia


Dear IC,
    We have just learned that President Uribe is planning a military strike under the guise of freeing the hostages.  As most may know, such a move will lead to the execution of the hostages.  Below you will find the press statement of Ingrid's mother, released Saturday.  I'll get back with more after dealing with what I hope is a busy media day.

Peace,
Carl Romanelli
Pennsylvania

      Press Statement
      November 19th, 2005 

        We have learned through a reliable source that President Uribe has re-issued orders to his army to start a military operation to rescue hostages held by FARC. 
        Fully aware that FARC leaders have ordered their men to execute hostages in such a rescue operation, the Colombian Government, by proceeding in this way, is imposing a death sentence on the hostages.
        Viable alternatives exist that would allow the hostages to be re-united safely with their families; the implementation of a humanitarian agreement such as recommended by International Humanitarian Law.
        As members of Ingrid's family, we are totally opposed to an intervention by military means, as we have always been, and we demand once again that President Uribe cancel this order, not only for Ingrid's sake but also for the sake of all the other hostages involved.
        Just as Ingrid stated in her video message of May 2003, we want to remind the Colombian Government and the International Community that it is President Uribe who would be personally held responsible before International Justice for all the consequences of such an order.

        Yolanda Pulecio, mother of Ingrid, on behalf of all the family, 



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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Mon Nov 21 15:36:49 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:36:49 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: Patriot Act Reform Stands in the Balance: Act Today -
	FCNL
Message-ID: <00f901c5eedb$4df81680$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

Legislative Action Message -- Patriot Act Reform Stands in the Balance: Act Today - FCNL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Kathy Guthrie 
To: Justine Mccabe 
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 3:31 PM
Subject: Patriot Act Reform Stands in the Balance: Act Today - FCNL



            
            Legislative Action Message
            
      
      Patriot Act Reform Stands in the Balance: Act Today - FCNL

                     

                  A bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives last week blocked an attempt by the congressional leadership to steam-roller Congress into reauthorizing, or renewing, expiring provisions of, the USA PATRIOT Act. But both chambers of Congress will act on the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act when they return from the Thanksgiving recess in early December. They need to hear from you during the Thanksgiving recess (before Dec. 5).

                  In the past two weeks, the majority party leaders met behind closed doors and devised a congressional maneuver to force the Congress to reject modest improvements to the Patriot Act contained in the unanimously adopted Senate version of the Patriot Act reauthorization bill. The majority party leaders then added new provisions that make the Patriot Act even worse than the 2001 version.

                  In a revolt against the draft "conference report" (the revised bill to be presented by the conference committee to the House and the Senate for final approval), a bi-partisan group of senators and representatives are gathering support, refusing to accept the secretive, steam-roller tactics of the conference committee's majority. You can help.

                  Take Action
                  Contact your senators and representative while they are home for the Thanksgiving recess. As a constituent, your voice counts more than any others.

                  While these members of Congress are at home, you have many options for action: speak up at town hall meetings, call them when they are on talk radio, place an op-ed piece in your local newspaper, join your friends and call on them or their staffs in their district offices, or send them a message by phone or mail to those home offices. See FCNL's web site to find the location of your members' district offices: http://capwiz.com/fconl/dbq/officials/

                  Here's a suggested message:


                    a.. Tell your members to join the opposition to the conference report. 
                    b.. Ask them to send the conference committee back to an open bi-partisan process. 
                    c.. Urge them to adopt the preferred Senate version of the USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization bill (H.R. 3199). 
                    d.. Tell them about your heartfelt concerns about civil liberties in the United States in the years since Sept. 11, 2001.

                  After you contact your members, please email us at field at fcnl.org. Let us know what you did and any response you received. Thank you!

                  Background
                  Just when advocates thought that the Patriot Act reauthorization bill had reached the end of its legislative process, civil liberties protectors have been presented with an unexpected opening for positive action. The USA PATRIOT Act, passed in fear and haste in October 2001 in response to the 9/11 attacks, included 16 provisions that will expire Dec. 31, 2005, unless reauthorized by Congress. These "sunsetting" provisions include some, but not all, of the most controversial sections of the bill. From FCNL's perspective, the sunsets are helpful because they ensure that Congress examines controversial provisions carefully, choosing on a case-by-case basis which provision to extend and which to allow to expire. Note that these sunset provisions can be extended ("continued") past the deadline by routine congressional action, so that the deadline can be easily delayed.

                  During the summer and fall of 2005, reauthorization measures passed through the House and the Senate that made most of the 16 provisions permanent, but also addressed some of the problems with the original USA PATRIOT Act that the last four years have exposed. Although civil liberties advocates were disappointed at the modesty of the improvements to the original bill, the Senate version contained more favorable provisions. (For a comparison, see http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item.php?item_id=1509&issue_id=68.)

                  The House and Senate versions were to be reconciled in a "conference committee," with members named by House and Senate leadership. The party split in the conference committee reflects the party split in Congress, with Republicans in the majority. The conference committee would, following usual congressional order, issue a "conference report" containing the final version of the bill, and both houses of Congress would (usually) vote to adopt the report.

                  The conference committee for the Patriot Act reauthorization bill has been no exception - so far. First, the House leadership delayed formally naming the House conferees for weeks, setting up an artificial hurry-up atmosphere for consideration of the reauthorization bill. Then, over the weekend of Nov. 12-13, the conference committee's minority party members were abruptly cut off from participation in the negotiations, and officials from the Department of Justice and the White House met with conference committee leaders. A tentative deal was struck. The majority party conferees began circulation of a draft conference report mid-week (Nov. 16-17). The draft conference report not only ignored the unanimous instruction passed by the House (calling for the Senate's shorter, four-year extensions of three sunset provisions), but it also ignored the unanimously passed provisions of the Senate version of the bill, and even added provisions not passed by either the House or the Senate. Here are some of the problems with the draft conference report being circulated on Thursday, Nov. 17 for review by the conference committee:


                    a.. The Senate version included a common sense requirement, not in the original USA PATRIOT Act, that to get permission to search business records (including library and medical records), the FBI must offer some facts showing that the records relate to a suspected spy or terrorist. Unfortunately, that reform was dropped from the conference report. 
                    b.. The FBI currently has permission to issue "National Security Letters" (NSLs) demanding information from telecommunications providers about use of internet and phone lines. The Washington Post recently revealed that in the last year, the FBI has issued over 30,000 such NSLs, a one-hundred fold increase. . The conference report not only does not rein the FBI in, it adds authorization for the FBI to issue contempt citations for failure to comply with an NSL and criminal penalties for disclosing its existence to anyone. 
                    c.. The Senate version would have renewed the sunsets for three provisions (including the library records provision, roving wire taps, and the provision for a terrorism investigation of an individual acting alone) for four years. The conference report lengthens the sunsets to seven years from now, thus diluting congressional oversight. 
                    d.. Although the conference report seems to give the right to challenge orders for records and gag orders, those rights are illusory.. Under the conference report, recipients of record demands could contact an attorney, but only limited court challenge would be available. And, because the conference report gives the FBI a "presumption" of need for secrecy if the FBI claims national security or other interests, the right to challenge a gag order (telling anyone that the order was delivered) is ineffectual. 
                    e.. Fourteen of the 16 sunsetting provisions were made permanent in the conference report. 
                    f.. And, in perhaps the most undemocratic stroke of the conference committee leadership, new provisions (not passed by either the Senate or the House) were added to the conference report, including expansion of the number of crimes for which the death penalty can be imposed and seriously altering the right of habeas corpus for domestic criminal imprisonments.

                  By Thursday night, Nov. 17, members of the Senate and House were in nothing short of a bi-partisan revolt. Experienced "Hill watchers" reported that they have never seen anything like it. Six senators (Feingold (D-WI), Craig (R-ID), Durbin (D- IL), Sununu (R-NH), Salazar (D-CO), and Murkowski (R-AK)) have vowed to use every legislative tool available, including the filibuster, to fight final approval of the conference report as circulated. A bi-partisan group of House members (Sanders (I-VT), Nadler (D-NY), Rohrabacher (R-CA), Scott (D-VA), and Mack (R-FL)) joined the Senators at a Friday morning press conference, standing united in the effort to fight the conference report. They were joined at the press conference by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Specter (R-PA), who hinted that he might oppose Republican efforts in the Senate to cut off debate on the conference report. 

                  This is an historic moment. Please join the tens of thousands of civil liberties advocates across the country letting their congressional delegation know that further increases in law enforcement authority must not come at the expense of U.S. constitutional rights. During this congressional recess, tell the members of your congressional delegation that they must resist the conference report on the Patriot Act reauthorization bill and insist on further bi-partisan consultation before voting on the measure. 
                 
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Wed Nov 23 17:00:21 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:00:21 +0000
Subject: {news} Burton asks Blumenthal to study goats at Millstone
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http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=fcc12736-94cc-46b0-b51e-8d120ec463f7


Featured in Health

DEP Probing Radioactivity In Goat's Milk
Anti-nuke coalition leader sought study of Waterford data


By PATRICIA DADDONA
Day Staff Writer, Waterford
Published on 11/23/2005

Waterford ? State and local officials are scrutinizing renewed claims that 
radioactivity in goats' milk at a former farm in town indicates a potential 
health threat, but said they want to see evidence before taking any action.

On Nov. 15, Nancy Burton, the leader of the Connecticut Coalition Against 
Millstone, took a goat to the state Capitol and renewed her past calls for 
evaluation of levels of the radioactive isotope Strontium 90 in goats' milk.

The farm, at 120 Dayton Road, has been sold to a developer, who plans to 
build houses there.

Strontium 90, a byproduct of nuclear fission, can cause cancer in high 
concentrations. What constitutes a high concentration is a matter of 
disagreement among nuclear experts and scientists.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Attorney General Richard Blumenthal have asked the 
state Department of Environmental Protection to conduct a ?comprehensive 
technical review? of test data collected in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

?I am always concerned by reports of pollution that may threaten public 
safety and the environment,? said Blumenthal in a prepared statement 
Tuesday. ?We will await the results of DEP's analysis before deciding if 
action by my office is warranted.?

Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, the owner of Millstone Power Station, monitors 
levels that might ?bio-accumulate? in goats, as well as in the water and 
air, said spokesman Pete Hyde.

Burton said in March that data collected by Dominion shows the level of 
Strontium 90 in the goat milk as 55.5 picoCuries per liter, more than double 
the amount found because of nuclear weapons testing in the atmosphere in the 
1960s. Ernest Sternglass, a consultant for the coalition, said last week 
that its presence in milk at eight other locations across the country is 
minute by comparison.

?For us to have been responsible for that amount of Strontium 90 in goats' 
milk, we would have to released an enormous amount of Strontium 90, so it is 
not from us,? said Hyde.

Neil Sheehan, a spokesman for the NRC, said Tuesday that radioactive 
releases from Millstone are monitored and documented and do not constitute a 
threat to the community.

Burton has circulated a petition stating that even if Millstone is not 
responsible, the amounts in the goat milk warrant investigation and action.

Millstone Power Station is home to three reactors, two of which are 
operational. Licenses for those two are expected to be renewed through 2035 
and 2045 when the NRC releases its decision on Dominion's re-licensing 
application Monday.

The DEP's radiological experts have already begun an analysis of the test 
data, said Communications Director Dennis Schain.

In a letter Tuesday to Burton, Blumenthal said, ?Should DEP request my 
assistance in initiating any type of enforcement action, I will be prepared 
to assist vigorously and promptly.?

Waterford Planning Director Thomas V. Wagner said Tuesday that the farm has 
been approved by the Inland Wetlands Commission for 14 homes that developer 
Francis ?Skip? Adams of Ailanthus Farm Estates LLC has dubbed ?Cohanzie 
Village.?

Wagner said he stands by the approval of the land use permit, and has seen 
no new evidence of contamination that would warrant a denial or ?changing 
the way we do business.? He would not rule out addressing the issue in the 
future but said he is skeptical that the presence of Strontium 90 is 
exclusive to the farm.

?There's no evidence the land is unfit for habitation,? Wagner said. ?We 
followed the Inland Wetlands Act in approving the property for development 
and basically believe the measures incorporated into the development are 
intended to prevent any migration of soil into the wetlands. If there's 
concerns about the soil, we've done our job from a development standpoint.?

?Why is this particular piece of property unique?? he said. ?There are a lot 
of sources for Strontium 90. Just go on the Internet and you'll be surprised 
at what you see: luminous signs, nuclear batteries.?

Adams could not be reached for comment.


? The Day Publishing Co., 2005





From roseberry3 at cox.net  Thu Nov 24 23:28:12 2005
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 23:28:12 -0500
Subject: {news} agenda for 11-29-05 CTGP SCC meeting at Portland Public
	Library
Message-ID: <20051125042643.GLBP9108.eastrmmtao06.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

Place: Portland Public Library, Mary Flood Room, 20 Freestone Avenue,
Portland,  CT

Phone: 860-342-6770

Time: 7PM to 9PM

 

Facilitator: to be determined

 

A.	Preliminaries:

1.	(2-3 minutes): Introductions of attendees and chapters. Recruit
timekeeper.
2.	(1 minute): Identify attendees who are NOT voting representatives.
3.	(1 minute): Adopt ground rules.
4.	(2-4 minutes): Approval of tonight's proposed agenda, additions and
deletions.
5.	(2-4 minutes): Comments and approval of 10-25-05 SCC minutes.
6.	(5 minutes): 11-21-05 EC meeting presentation by Barbara Barry and
approval.
7.	(5 minutes): Discussion of minutes (suggested by Judy Herkimer).
8.	(15 minutes): Presentation of Treasurer's monthly report.
9.	(15 minutes): Presentation of Treasurer's quarterly report to
Secretary of State's Office.

 

B.	Reports:

1.	(5 minutes, each for): Chapter reports.
2.	(15 minutes): Women's Caucus report including recent Modified
Consencus Training.
3.	(10 minutes): U.S. Green Party report by CTGP representatives: Tim
McKee and Thomas Sevigny.
4.	(5 minutes): V.O.T.E.R. report from Mike DeRosa.
5.	 (15 minutes): Budget Committee suggestions/talking points from Bob
Eaton, former treasurer.

 

 

 

C.	Proposal 1:

PRESENTER :  Hamden Chapter
CONTACT:  Aaron Gustafson, 83 Treadwell St. Hamden, 230.9726,
aaron at easy-designs.net

SUBJECT: Adopting new organization structure and goals for the GP of CT

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE : After holding several state-wide planning sessions,
we feel the proposed changes in our organizational structure and the
inclusion of specific goals as outlined below and as further decided upon in
Committees will benefit the GP of CT.

PROPOSAL: The GP of CT should adopt a formal organizational structure
(including goals, and allowing for occasional Committees that will not
function as "standing," but will convene as the need arises) as follows:

MEDIA COMMITTEE (MC): Aaron Gustafson, Co-chair
      Implement press release dissemination system
       Explore alternative media outlets
       Letters to the editor/op-ed team
       Develop & maintain newsletter, email lists, listservs, websites and
blogs
       Work w/ ELC on candidate/campaign support
       Work w/ LC on legislation support
 
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE (LC): Mike DeRosa, Co-chair
        Research three issues for candidates @ each level:
local/state/federal
        Develop CTGP platform & position papers for candidates
        Educational campaign for 2005/06: IRV
        Research & support referendums
        Work w/ MC on current legislation activity
        Work w/ ELC on platform development

ELECTIONS COMMITTEE (ELC): Kelly McCarthy, Co-chair
      Identify good races & groom candidates to achieve electoral goals
      Electoral Goals 2005: 10 Local candidates
      Electoral Goals 2006: 1 Statewide candidate; 5 State candidates (State
Senate or Rep.); 2 U.S. Rep candidates; Candidate for Secretary of the State
      Keep track of deadlines for petitions and paperwork
      Develop sliding scale funding formula for endorsed candidates
      Research endorsements
      Organize candidate workshops
      Publish a state-wide resource directory for candidates by 2006
       Work w/ LC on platform development
       Work w/ MC on candidate/campaign activities

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE (FC): Judy Herkimer, Treasurer
      Implement fund raising plan
      Research & produce merchandising (according to budget)
      Provide tabling kits for all chapters
      Implement endorsement funding for all candidates on sliding scale
      Work w/ ELC, LC, MC on fund raising activities & monitor goals
 
INTERNAL COMMITTEE (IC): Barbara Barry DeRosa, Secretary
       Overhaul & maintain bylaws
      Develop & implement budget (w/ Treasurer & FC)
      Organize yearly internal elections
      Create & maintain approved proposal reference book for EC (include
proposal & date, divided into procedural, endorsements, financial & other)
      Maintain SCC Reps' voting record
      Monitor registration goals w/ FC, ELC, LC, MC (increase Greens by
10%=250 people by end of 2006)

Guidelines for Member Involvement
Each individual should:  1. Assess personal strengths & interests 2.
Estimate your weekly availability & time commitments 3. Choose the one
Committee (Media/Legislation/Elections/ Fund raising/Internal) that suites
you best 4. Commit to focusing on that Committee's tasks & goals 5. If your
availability

changes, inform your Committee as soon as possible, so that your duties may
be reassigned.

 

 

Proposal 2:

September 1, 2005

PRESENTER:  Hamden Chapter, Northwest Chapter

CONTACT:  Judy Herkimer?

SUBJECT:  Storage, cataloging and access to tape recordings of SCC meetings.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We have established the ability for the Secretary to
tape record SCC meetings to assist in accurate record keeping and
transparency, but we have no procedure for storing, cataloging and accessing
said tape recordings.

PROPOSAL: 

1.Tape recordings will be made at all regular SCC meetings, and will be
announced at the start of each meeting.
2.These tapes will then be used by the Secretary to compose the meeting's
minutes.
3.The Secretary will be responsible for copying the tapes to digital format
and posting them to the archived minutes on the ctgreens.org website (when
this feature becomes available) within 1 month of the meeting.
4.The Secretary will then label, catalog and store the original tape in the
Hartford Chapter's office, or another designated location, so that they may
be checked out to individual party members. This should occur within one
month of the meeting.
5.The physical tapes and the dated catalog will be kept available for a
period of two years, at which time they may be recycled or reused.
6.The digital files will be maintained on the GPCT server for a minimum
period of 5 years, or until server space is needed, which ever comes first.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Fri Nov 25 18:18:58 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 18:18:58 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: Nation Needs to Move Beyond Democrats to Green Insurency
Message-ID: <017a01c5f216$a0b7ce90$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>


It's Time To Dump The Dems, Support The Green Insurgency

by Scott McLarty 

November 22, 2005 

Can anyone still take the Democrats seriously as an opposition party after leaders like Senators Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), and John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) firmly distanced themselves from Rep. John Murtha's (D-Penn.) call on November 17 for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq?

In a recent editorial, The Nation declared that it "will not support any candidate for national office who does not make a speedy end to the war in Iraq a major issue of his or her campaign.  We urge all voters to join us in adopting this position." ("Democrats and the War", November 9, 2005 <http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051128/editors>) 

The Nation's editors should be congratulated for taking this stand.  But will The Nation and other publications that have opposed the war redirect their support towards candidates and parties that have consistently opposed the war from the beginning and called for withdrawal -- such as the Green Party?

Many publications on the left have undermined their own principles by remaining loyal to Democrats who have abandoned theirs.  It's no longer acceptable to endure the accelerating retreat of Democrats, or insist that, since we live in a two-party system, we must continue to support Dems in order to keep Republicans out of power, until a third party insurgence grows strong enough to deserve attention.

Until they begin to promote such an insurgence, such publications are merely helping to maintain the political status quo.   And what a dreary status quo it is: Republicans drift towards ever greater extremism, while the mainstream of the Democratic Party more and more ignores its traditional principles and goals -- Fascism Lite vs. GOP Lite.

In 2004, many progressive, antiwar, and ecologically minded voters called their votes for Mr. Kerry's deeply flawed candidacy a necessity, fretting that nothing was scarier than another four years of George W. Bush.  The reelected President did not disappoint expectations.  But there is something indeed scarier: another century of Bush vs. Kerry.

The Nation has consistently covered and promoted liberal and progressive Democrats, and Greens have likewise been privileged to work along side principled Democrats like Reps. John Conyers, Dennis Kucinich, Cynthia McKinney, Jesse Jackson, Jr., and others on everything from opposition to the Iraq War to promotion of national health insurance to the crisis of the right to vote in the wake of the 2000 and 2004 election irregularities.  (Let's not forget that it was Greens and Libertarians, not Democrats, who initiated the vote recounts in Ohio and New Mexico after evidence emerged that Republican officials obstructed votes cast by African Americans and young people and manipulated computer voting outcomes.)

Even progressive Democrats have remained loyal to their corporate-funded corporate-friendly party. Witness the role progressive Dems have played in national elections during the past generation:
outstanding candidates like Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jerry Brown, and Mr. Kucinich ultimately support whichever pro-corporate pro-war candidate wins their party's nomination, herding those who voted for them back into the the fold of a party that has rejected their ideals.

This pattern will repeat in 2008.  The Democratic nominee will not be someone who challenged the deceptions behind the decision to invade Iraq or demanded quick withdrawal.  The nominee will not be a critic of international trade authorities, an advocate of single-payer national health insurance or repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act, or leader of a movement for energy conservation, decreased oil drilling, and other urgently needed measures to curb global warming.  He or she will have the full blessing of the CEOs who sit in the skyboxes at the Democratic convention every four years.

As David Cobb, the Green Party's 2004 presidential nominee, said during his campaign, "The Democratic Party's presidential primary is where progressive politics goes to die."

If nominated in 2008, will Hillary Clinton -- who helped her husband kill our most recent chance for single-payer in 1992; who, under pressure from credit card lobbies, voted for the Bankruptcy Bill in March, 2001; who calls for 80,000 more U.S. troops in Iraq, who now soft-pedals her earlier support for women's reproductive rights -- get widespread support among progressives?  According to The Nation's editorial pledge, they should not.

But Democrats have also shown a talent for historical revisionism.  Significant numbers of Democrats in Congress swallowed the Bush Administration's deceptions and brushed aside contrary evidence, voting enthusiastically in October 2002 to transfer their constitutionally mandated war power to the White House, and cheering the invasion that killed over 2,000 American servicemembers and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians.  Nearly all congressional Dems voted for the USA Patriot Act.  Now they're having second thoughts.  As the Iraq venture turns more and more disastrous, we may see eleventh hour conversions among warhawks like Sen. Clinton as the 2008 race heats up. Will The Nation reward such feeble demonstrations of leadership with an endorsement?

As Sam Smith, editor of The Progressive Review, has observed, progressives stuck in the Democratic groove have become like abused spouses unable to get up and leave.

The Nation's editors have not entirely written off third parties.  They have occasionally promoted the Working Families Party, which emerged first in New York and is now branching out in other states.  But the Working Families Party, despite some excellent candidates of its own, pursues a strategy that includes cross-endorsement of Democrats in many races and avoidance of challenges against Dems in statewide and national elections.  In states like New York, which allows fusion, cross-endorsement serves immediate ballot-status goals.  But the Working Families' lack of independence makes it an ancillary party to the Democratic juggernaut (a winning Democrat-Working Families candidate is recognized publicly as a Democrat) and will ultimately consign it to the same fate as the New Party (now defunct) and the late Tony Mazzocchi's Labor Party (moribund).

In the mid 1850s, right-thinking Americans faced a national crisis for which the existing system and prevailing political parties offered no humane resolution, and the abolitionist Republican Party was founded.  A new, independent party, one that seeks to abolish corporate domination, empire, and reckless ecological policy, is no less a necessity at the beginning of the 21st century.

The establishment of a permanent, independent, noncorporate people's party with significant numbers of registered voters and a presence in Congress, state legislatures, and other offices in the coming decades would be a tremendous progressive victory.  There are lots of obstacles, and it won't make Democrats happy. 
But it is achievable.

If progressives retreat from a third party challenge, and if the direction established under President Clinton continues, we can look forward to decades of dreary Dem vs. Repub races, narrow public debate from which the ideals of progressives are absent and the interests of working people disregarded, and probable further drift to the right within both establishment parties.  The Democrat Party will not overcome its addiction to corporate money.

The Nation's pledge is admirable, but it says nothing about supporting antiwar candidates.  Is this a loophole, in order not to offend Democrats?  Or is the pledge a serious statement that its support for Democrats can no longer be guaranteed?  If the latter, we invite all who oppose the Iraq war and the bipartisan consensus to consider seriously the Green insurgency, support our candidates, and join us in making the Green Party the great political endeavor of the 21st century.


Scott McLarty serves as national media
coordinator for the Green Party of the United States <http://www.gp.org>.  He lives in Washington, DC.





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From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:28:11 -0500
Subject: {news} Updated agenda for 11-29-05 CTGP SCC meeting at Portland
	Public Library
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SCC Meeting 11/29/05

Place: Portland Public Library, Mary Flood Room, 20 Freestone Avenue,
Portland,  CT

Phone: 860-342-6770

Time: 7PM to 9PM

 

Facilitator: to be determined

 

A.	Preliminaries:

1.	(2-3 minutes): Introductions of attendees and chapters. Recruit
timekeeper.
2.	(1 minute): Identify attendees who are NOT voting representatives.
3.	(1 minute): Adopt ground rules.
4.	(2-4 minutes): Approval of tonight's proposed agenda, additions and
deletions.
5.	(2-4 minutes): Comments and approval of 10-25-05 SCC minutes.
6.	(5 minutes): 11-21-05 EC meeting presentation by Barbara Barry and
approval.
7.	(5 minutes): Discussion of minutes (suggested by Judy Herkimer).
8.	(15 minutes): Presentation of Treasurer's monthly report.
9.	(15 minutes): Presentation of Treasurer's quarterly report to
Secretary of State's Office.

     10.   (15 minutes): Discussion regarding EC meeting and SCC meeting
should be held in December 2005.

 

B.	Reports:

1.	(5 minutes, each for): Chapter reports.
2.	(15 minutes): Women's Caucus report including recent Modified
Consencus Training.
3.	(10 minutes): U.S. Green Party report by CTGP representatives: Tim
McKee and Thomas Sevigny.
4.	(5 minutes): V.O.T.E.R. report from Mike DeRosa.
5.	(15 minutes): Budget Committee suggestions/talking points from Bob
Eaton, former treasurer.

 

 

 

C.	Proposal 1:

PRESENTER :  Hamden Chapter
CONTACT:  Aaron Gustafson, 83 Treadwell St. Hamden, 230.9726,
aaron at easy-designs.net

SUBJECT: Adopting new organization structure and goals for the GP of CT

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE : After holding several state-wide planning sessions,
we feel the proposed changes in our organizational structure and the
inclusion of specific goals as outlined below and as further decided upon in
Committees will benefit the GP of CT.

PROPOSAL: The GP of CT should adopt a formal organizational structure
(including goals, and allowing for occasional Committees that will not
function as "standing," but will convene as the need arises) as follows:

MEDIA COMMITTEE (MC): Aaron Gustafson, Co-chair
      Implement press release dissemination system
       Explore alternative media outlets
       Letters to the editor/op-ed team
       Develop & maintain newsletter, email lists, listservs, websites and
blogs
       Work w/ ELC on candidate/campaign support
       Work w/ LC on legislation support
 
LEGISLATION COMMITTEE (LC): Mike DeRosa, Co-chair
        Research three issues for candidates @ each level:
local/state/federal
        Develop CTGP platform & position papers for candidates
        Educational campaign for 2005/06: IRV
        Research & support referendums
        Work w/ MC on current legislation activity
        Work w/ ELC on platform development

ELECTIONS COMMITTEE (ELC): Kelly McCarthy, Co-chair
      Identify good races & groom candidates to achieve electoral goals
      Electoral Goals 2005: 10 Local candidates
      Electoral Goals 2006: 1 Statewide candidate; 5 State candidates (State
Senate or Rep.); 2 U.S. Rep candidates; Candidate for Secretary of the State
      Keep track of deadlines for petitions and paperwork
      Develop sliding scale funding formula for endorsed candidates
      Research endorsements
      Organize candidate workshops
      Publish a state-wide resource directory for candidates by 2006
       Work w/ LC on platform development
       Work w/ MC on candidate/campaign activities

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE (FC): Judy Herkimer, Treasurer
      Implement fund raising plan
      Research & produce merchandising (according to budget)
      Provide tabling kits for all chapters
      Implement endorsement funding for all candidates on sliding scale
      Work w/ ELC, LC, MC on fund raising activities & monitor goals
 
INTERNAL COMMITTEE (IC): Barbara Barry DeRosa, Secretary
       Overhaul & maintain bylaws
      Develop & implement budget (w/ Treasurer & FC)
      Organize yearly internal elections
      Create & maintain approved proposal reference book for EC (include
proposal & date, divided into procedural, endorsements, financial & other)
      Maintain SCC Reps' voting record
      Monitor registration goals w/ FC, ELC, LC, MC (increase Greens by
10%=250 people by end of 2006)

Guidelines for Member Involvement
Each individual should:  1. Assess personal strengths & interests 2.
Estimate your weekly availability & time commitments 3. Choose the one
Committee (Media/Legislation/Elections/ Fund raising/Internal) that suites
you best 4. Commit to focusing on that Committee's tasks & goals 5. If your
availability

changes, inform your Committee as soon as possible, so that your duties may
be reassigned.

 

 

Proposal 2:

September 1, 2005

PRESENTER:  Hamden Chapter, Northwest Chapter

CONTACT:  Judy Herkimer?

SUBJECT:  Storage, cataloging and access to tape recordings of SCC meetings.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We have established the ability for the Secretary to
tape record SCC meetings to assist in accurate record keeping and
transparency, but we have no procedure for storing, cataloging and accessing
said tape recordings.

PROPOSAL: 

1.Tape recordings will be made at all regular SCC meetings, and will be
announced at the start of each meeting.
2.These tapes will then be used by the Secretary to compose the meeting's
minutes.
3.The Secretary will be responsible for copying the tapes to digital format
and posting them to the archived minutes on the ctgreens.org website (when
this feature becomes available) within 1 month of the meeting.
4.The Secretary will then label, catalog and store the original tape in the
Hartford Chapter's office, or another designated location, so that they may
be checked out to individual party members. This should occur within one
month of the meeting.
5.The physical tapes and the dated catalog will be kept available for a
period of two years, at which time they may be recycled or reused.
6.The digital files will be maintained on the GPCT server for a minimum
period of 5 years, or until server space is needed, which ever comes first.

 

 

Proposal 3:

 

PRESENTER:  Greater Hartford Green Party Chapter  SUBJECT:  Reimbursement of
Chris Reilly for rent payments he made.

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:  

     The SCC on 11/14/2000 agreed that the Hartford chapter would pay half
the rent and half the utilities of the Hartford office, and that the CTGP
would pay the other half of the rent and utilities.  (The April 2004 SCC
meeting decided that the CTGP will no longer pay half the rent and utilities
of the office.)

     In 2003-4, during the period when Bruce Crowder was treasurer, Chris
Reilly paid $2,650 of his own money to the landlord of the Hartford office,
New Britain Ave. Real Estate, LLC.

     The reasons Chris made these payments have been explained in the
minutes of the August 2004 and October 2004 SCC meetings, written by
secretary Ed DuBrule (Appendices 1 and 2).  In e-mails to Ed dated 9/8/04
and 11/7/04, Chris Reilly stated that these minutes extracts are accurate.
Bruce also commented on the accuracy of the August SCC minutes extract,
saying, in part, "This seems fairly accurate, except that I don't think I
ever 'asked' Chris to cover any bills.  More like he offered and I agreed,
but that's not an important distinction."  Bruce's complete comments are in
Appendix 3.  (Ed did not request that Bruce comment on the accuracy of the
October SCC minutes extract.)

     The dates and amounts of Chris' rent payments are in Appendix 4.

     In brief, the reasons why Chris chose to pay the landlord from his own
pocket are:

(1) For months previously Chris had handled the rent payments.

(2) There were problems transitioning from the former treasurer (Chris
Nelson) to Bruce.  Among these problems were an inability of Bruce to write
checks because he hadn't gotten the Party's checkbook and because of
problems with bank paperwork.

(3) Often in the past Greens had spent thousands of dollars of their own
money and had been reimbursed later by the CTGP.

(4) Chris expected that the CTGP would send out an annual fundraising letter
to thousands of Connecticut Greens, as in past years, and that this letter
would bring in many thousands of dollars, as in past years, enough to
reimburse him.  (Despite this expectation, a fundraising letter to only 1000
Greens was sent out, many months after Chris had made most of his rent
payments, and it netted only at most $500.)   In past years about $2,000 in
postage and printing costs had been required to send out the annual
fundraising appeal, and one reason Chris paid the rent was so that the CTGP
checking account balance could be preserved and used for these costs.  (When
Bruce took over as treasurer, the CTGP checking account held only $2000 or
less.)

     Six of the seven rent payments made by Chris were made in the period
April 2003 through September 2003.  One additional payment toward the rent
was made by Chris in March 2004;  Chris explained this payment as follows:
The GP/CT, for whatever reason (perhaps financial?) only sent a check for
$350.  Because the rent was $500, I needed to make up the difference with
$150 of my own money".  [E-mail response to Ed, 5/27/05.]

     During 2003-4 Chris also paid money from his own pocket to cover CTGP
envelopes, postage, printing, and domain name registration expenses.  The
October SCC decided to reimburse Chris for these expenses at a rate of
$74.24 per month over twelve months.

 

PROPOSAL:  The SCC should instruct the treasurer of the Connecticut Green
Party to reimburse Chris with a check for $2,650 immediately.

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Appendix 1.  Minutes extract of August 2004 SCC meeting.

3. Budget (Appendix 5)

(a) Budget item relating to unreimbursed expenditures made by Chris Reilly.
One line of the proposed budget is payment of $900 to Chris Reilly.  Chris
distributed a handout (available from the Secretary) showing amounts he
spent from his personal funds which were never reimbursed.  The budget entry
says "this is partial re-payment;  balance to be repaid in future budget
years".

     The handout begins with a check for $800, paid by Chris to the landlord
of the Hartford office on 4/1/03 for April and May rent.  It includes 5
other rent checks paid to the landlord of the Hartford office ranging from
$150 to $500.  The sum of the rent checks is $2650.

     The handout also includes 10 checks, ranging from $6.29 to $370, for
envelopes, postage, and printing;  these ten checks sum to $855.82.
Finally, the handout includes one check for $35 for domain registration
renewal for the CTGP website.  The sum of the rent checks,
envelopes/postage/printing checks, and domain name check is $3,540.82, and
Chris is requesting reimbursement from the CTGP of this amount.  The last
check on the handout was written 3/12/04.

     Chris explained how these unreimbursed expenses had come about.  He
said that the November 2000 SCC meeting had decided that the state Party
should pay half the office rent and utilities; he was one of two people at
this meeting to vote against this decision.  He was Party treasurer for
several years and had gotten in the habit of paying the rent.

     Bruce Crowder became treasurer as a result of the February 2003
internal elections.  There were problems transitioning from the former
treasurer (Chris Nelson) to Bruce.  Among these problems were "problems with
the accounts" and an inability of Bruce to write checks because he hadn't
gotten the Party's checkbook.  Bruce, Chris continued, asked Chris to pay
the rent.

     Chris described how for several years he did the bulk of the work in
getting the annual CTGP fundraising letters out.  These letters had cost,
each year, about $2000 in printing, postage, and related expenses.  Greens
had donated, as a result of these mailings, about $8000 each of these years,
for a net gain to the Party of about $6000 each year.  During the period May
to September 2003, the SCC repeatedly affirmed that it wanted a fundraising
letter to go out, as in previous years.  Chris continued to pay the office
rent out of his personal funds, expecting that he would be reimbursed from
the proceeds of the fundraising letter.  The fundraising letter finally went
out in September 2003;  the handout includes, as noted above, expenditures
Chris made for envelopes/postage/printing for this mailing.  [Note from the
secretary:  it appears, from the dates on the handout, that Chris also spent
money for envelopes/postage/printing for the mailing associated with the
March 2004 internal elections.]

     Chris said that he stopped paying the rent when proceeds from the
fundraising letter came in to the Party.

     Lynah asked if the Executive Committee during this time (co-chairs Tom
Sevigny, Justine McCabe, and Mike DeRosa;  Bruce as treasurer;  Ed DuBrule
as secretary) had known of these facts.  Tom said that Bruce never informed
that Executive Committee of this situation.  Justine said that she hadn't
known of this situation.

     Elizabeth Horton Sheff pointed out that Chris said that Bruce had asked
Chris to pay the rent.  Elizabeth believes that expenditures authorized by a
treasurer are legally binding on a Party.  Chris said he agreed with the
latter statement;  the state Party is therefore responsible for reimbursing
him.  Justine pointed out that the SCC had agreed to pay only half the
office rent and half the office utilities--how does that affect this
situation?  Chris pointed out that the Hartford chapter should have gotten
30% of the proceeds from the fundraising letter.

     Justine said that it would be desirable for Bruce Crowder to come to an
SCC meeting to explain what happened.  Chris pointed out that Bruce used to
report chapter balances to the SCC, including the large negative Hartford
chapter balance which related to this situation.

     Lindsay and Jean asked why Bruce hadn't reimbursed Chris from the
proceeds of the September 2003 fundraising letter.  Ed DuBrule pointed out
that the proceeds of that fundraising letter were much smaller than previous
fundraising letters.  (Ed attributed this, in part, to Chris not being
involved in many of the details of getting the letter out in 2003--others
Greens merged chapters' mailing lists and made the arrangements for postage
and printing, details that in the past Chris had handled.)  (Ed and Chris
spoke of many bags of bad-address envelopes returned from that mailing;  per
the mailing plan selected with the post office, each of these bad-address
envelopes required the Party to pay a 92 cents fee to the post office.)

     Chris agreed with Ed that over time the quality of our mailing lists
have deteriorated.  Ed said that the Executive Committee, at its August 2004
meeting, had spoken of a desire to get the 2004 fundraising letter out the
third week in September.  He wondered if that was a realistic goal, in view
of the deterioration in quality of the mailing lists.

     Tom noted that last month the SCC passed a set of financial policies
for the CTGP and that the SCC at tonight's meeting was discussing a budget.
The CTGP has never had such financial policies before, nor a budget;  these
deficiencies may have allowed the situation of Chris' unreimbursed
expenditures to arise.

     Elizabeth Horton Sheff said that in her opinion Chris should be
reimbursed, for both legal reasons and because he acted with the best
interests of the CTGP in mind.  She hoped that the issue of whether or not
to reimburse Chris would not become reduced down to the legal issue of
whether Bruce had approved each check written by Chris from his personal
funds.  Elizabeth Brancato said that it is the opinion of the Executive
Committee that this is a true debt owed to Chris.  Elizabeth also said that
Bob, our current treasurer, has done excellent work;  he should be protected
from any legal issues arising from the failure of the CTGP to reimburse
Chris.

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Appendix 2.  Minutes extract of October 2004 SCC meeting.

Unreimbursed expenditures of Chris Reilly.   The Executive Committee
requested that Chris make a presentation to the SCC tonight on his
unreimbursed expenditures.  During his presentation, Chris responded to the
questions raised in the Women's Caucus proposal on those unreimbursed
expenditures (Appendix 1).   That proposal includes the following questions:

 

"1) why Chris Reilly, founder of the GPC and former treasurer, did not
communicate the presence of the loans to at least two of the co-chairs (Tom
and Justine), despite his obvious knowledge of GPC process;  

"2) why Chris wasn't repaid (if the loans were regarded as short-term and
'informal' by Bruce and Chris) once there was income from a fundraising
letter;

"3) why half of the rent for the Hartford office wasn't paid by the Hartford
chapter, even if the SCC half was paid through a loan from Chris."

 

     Chris passed out an Excel spreadsheet listing expenditures he made and
for which he has not been reimbursed.  The spreadsheet lists 17
expenditures;  the earliest is dated 4/1/03 and the latest is dated 3/12/04.
Six of the expenditures are rent payments for the Hartford office.  The rent
payments range from $150 to $800 and total $2,650.  Ten of the expenditures
are for envelopes, postage, or printing.  They range from $6.29 to $370 and
total $855.82.  Finally, there is a $35 check made out to Network Solutions
for domain registration renewal for the CTGP website.   The total of the
unreimbursed expenditures is $3540.82.

     Chris passed around, for viewing by all SCC attendees, a cancelled
check, cash register receipt from OfficeMax, receipt from the US Postal
Service, or similar documentation for each of the seventeen entries on the
spreadsheet.  Tim, the facilitator, asked if any attendees had any questions
relating to the receipts and cancelled checks that Chris had passed
around--no one did.

     Chris said that the November 14, 2000 SCC meeting had decided that the
state party would pay half the rent and half the utilities for the Hartford
office.   At this time the rent was $400 per month.  For months after that
the CTGP treasurer wrote a check for the entire rent for the office and made
an accounting entry for the Hartford chapter's half of the rent (this
accounting entry was made in the Hartford chapter's "setaside" account, also
known as the "chapter balance").  During this period Chris sent the
treasurer a reminder that the rent was coming due, the treasurer sent Chris
the check, and Chris brought the check to the landlord.

     Then in February 2003 Bruce Crowder was elected treasurer.  In early
April 2003 Chris learned from Bruce that the rent hadn't been paid for two
months.  Due to problems with bank paperwork, Bruce had been unable to sign
CTGP checks.  Bruce agreed that Chris should pay two months' rent
($800--March and April), and Chris did this.  Later the landlord informed
Chris that they had received a $400 check from Chris Nelson, the former
treasurer, so that the $800 paid by Chris became rent for April and May.
Chris straightened out the problems at the bank with the paperwork.

     Chris said that in 2000 the CTGP had raised over $25,000, including
nearly $9,000 from the annual fundraising letter.  In 2001 almost $15,000
had been raised, including close to $10,000 from the letter.  But in 2002,
after Chris had stopped being treasurer, a fundraising letter did not go
out.  Thus in early 2003, when Bruce took over the treasurer position, the
party checking account held only $2000 or less.  It required about $2,000 in
postage and printing costs to mail the annual letter, so Chris proposed
paying the office rent for a month so that CTGP funds could be used for the
mailing.  Some progress was made toward putting together the mailing--Ed
Savage worked on merging the chapters' lists.  The next month Chris e-mailed
Bruce and again offered to pay the office rent.

     Chris distributed an excerpt from the minutes of the 7/21/03 Executive
Committee meeting.  Chris' handout included, in part, the following:

 

5. Hiring of staffperson(s).  A proposal submitted by Tim McKee to the
Executive Committee is appended ....

     The Executive Committee will need to write a job description  ...  Due
to the Connecticut Green Party's low bank account balance, it would make
sense to hire this person, perhaps, as an independent contractor, though
reservations were expressed as to whether progressive organizations should
be using independent contractors ....

     The Executive Committee would post the position opening/job description
....  The Executive Committee would interview candidates and make a
recommendation as to hiring to the SCC.  ...  A proposal will be submitted
by the Executive Committee to the July SCC meeting.

 

6. Fundraising.  The annual fundraising letter (sent out in September last
year) might bring in $2500 (a guesstimate).  Perhaps, because of the low
bank account balance of the Connecticut Green Party, postage could be spent
on sending the letter initially to 1000 names.  With donations received from
this initial mailing, the rest of the names could be mailed to.  Or a loan
from a Party member could be sought for postage costs.

     Chapters should be encouraged to hold fundraisers, sharing revenues
with the state.

 

Chris pointed out, in particular, the sentence above which reads "Or a loan
from a Party member could be sought for postage costs."

 

     Chris distributed an excerpt from the minutes of the June 24, 2003 SCC
meeting.  The attendees at that meeting included all members of the
Executive Committee (co-chairs Mike DeRosa, Tom Sevigny, and Justine McCabe;
secretary Ed DuBrule, and treasurer Bruce Crowder).   Chris' handout
included, in part, the following:

 

5  Treasurer's report.   The Party bank account has holds $2,200;  $1200 is
owed in debt.  In a typical month, there is $400 in operating expenses but
only $300 comes in.   

 

Chris said that the $1,200 owed in debt referred to the rent payments he had
made thus far.  At this meeting, much to Chris' embarrassment, Mike publicly
thanked Chris for paying the rent.  Other minutes from this period also
mention a debt in the Treasurer's report, Chris said, though a calculation
may need to be made.  Tom read the Treasurer's report in one of those
minutes.

     Eventually a mailing was done to 1000 names.  It had a poor financial
return.  It raised at most $1500 but cost nearly $1000 to do.  No follow-up
mailing was done.  Therefore Chris did not ask for reimbursement at this
time.

     Bob Eaton was elected treasurer in March 2004.  By this time the office
rent had risen to $500 per month.  One of the rent checks on Chris'
spreadsheet is for $150--Bob wrote a check for $350 and Chris wrote a check
for $150.

     Ed DuBrule said that he had sent an e-mail to Bruce a few days ago,
asking if Bruce could come to tonight's meeting, but received no reply.
Bruce had told the Executive Committee previously that he is now very busy
with graduate school and a new job.  Ed said that he has multiple copies of
an e-mail from Bruce relating to these matters which he could distribute.

     Question 1 above asks "why Chris Reilly ... did not communicate the
presence of the loans to at least two of the co-chairs (Tom and Justine),
despite his obvious knowledge of GPC process".  Chris said there has never
been clear process in the CT Green Party;  there has been talk of putting
together a policy-and-procedures manual, but no one has ever done it.
(Elizabeth reminded us that the July 2004 SCC meeting passed a proposal on
financial management.)  Chris pointed out that he worked with the treasurer,
Bruce, in these matters.  Andy asked if Mike and Ed, who had been on the
Executive Committee during these events, had known about Chris' spending his
own money.  Mike said that he had been generally aware of the situation.  Ed
said that he had been aware that there was a problem involving Chris'
spending his own money, though he hadn't understood the details.  Lynah said
that the Executive Committee had failed in its responsibility to inform the
SCC of the situation.

     Mike said that often in the past Greens spent thousands of dollars and
were reimbursed later by the Connecticut Green Party.  Chris agreed with
this statement.

     Question 3 above asks " why half of the rent for the Hartford office
wasn't paid by the Hartford chapter, even if the SCC half was paid through a
loan from Chris."  Chris said again that the Hartford chapter's share of the
rent was paid for (in some sense) by an accounting entry in the "setasides"
account (Hartford chapter balance).  The Hartford chapter balance is now
large and negative.  Chris further noted that per an SCC decision, 30% of
donations made to the CTGP are sent back to the chapter of the donor--the
failure during 2003 to do a fundraising mailing which included Hartford
chapter members had left the Hartford chapter low on funds.

     Chris said he hoped that a successful annual mailing could be done
soon.  He said, however, that he was concerned about the condition of the
mailing list.

     The facilitator asked if the secretary could put into the minutes that
Chris had addressed all the questions in the Women's Caucus proposal to the
best of his ability.  There were no objections to this request.  Elizabeth
said that the intention of the Executive Committee was that Chris should not
have to spend his time at future SCC meetings addressing this issue;  the
hope was that all questions chapter members had could be addressed tonight.
Chris had also explained the unreimbursed expenses at the August 2004 SCC
meeting.

     The meeting turned to the proposal from the Executive Committee on
partial repayment of Chris (Appendix 2).   Mike, Ed DuBrule, and Elizabeth
explained that this proposal divided Chris' unreimbursed expenses into two
categories:  expenses related to the rent payments for the Hartford office,
and other expenses (envelopes, postage, printing, and website domain name
registration).  The Executive Committee feels that consensus may be
reachable tonight on repaying Chris the "other expenses";  more discussion
among SCC members and chapter members may be needed before consensus is
reached on reimbursing Chris for the rent-related expenses.  This proposal
totals the "other expenses" ($890.82--see proposal) and proposes paying back
Chris this amount at the rate of $74.24 per month for twelve months.

SCC DECISION:  By consensus the SCC passed this proposal.

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Appendix 3.  Bruce Crower's comments on the minutes extract of the August
SCC meeting:

e-mail from Bruce to Executive Committee members sent 9/16/04:

Hi Ed.  This seems fairly accurate, except that I don't think I ever 
"asked" Chris to cover any bills.  More like he offered and I agreed, 
but that's not an important distinction.  I think it was awfully 
considerate of him to do this.  I would agree with EHS that these were 
authorized expenses -- authorized by the chapter -- and we have a 
commitment to reimburse Chris.  I'm pretty sure we did discuss this at 
exec meetings and I know at least Tom was aware of the situation but 
perhaps my memory fails me.

One thing to note is that half of the rent for the office comes from 
the Hartford Chapter.  At some point after I took the rent payments 
back over from Chris, I began the practice of only paying the SCC 
portion because the Hartford's balance was in the red.  If Chris 
covered the rest of those particular payments out of his pocket, it 
seems to me that he should get his reimbursement from the Hartford 
chapter.  If the Hartford chapter cannot reimburse him for those 
payments, then the SCC may decide to increase the Hartford debt to the 
SCC by that amount.

I'd say the chances of me coming to an SCC meeting are pretty small.  I 
just started graduate school and a new job and any spare time I devote 
beyond that comes out of my sleep.  Hope things are going well.

-Bruce

On Sep 13, 2004, at 9:40 PM, edubrule wrote:

> Hi Bruce: how are you?--long time no see! The SCC is now considering 
> a one-year budget for the CTGP--one line of that proposed budget would 
> pay back $900 to Chris Reilly for unreimbursed expenses. Future 
> years' budgets would pay off the rest of Chris' unreimbursed expenses.
> Over the past couple of months, the Executive Committee 
> (Elizabeth Horton Sheff, Elizabeth Brancato, Mike DeRosa, Bob Eaton, 
> and I) has set aside time to learn about the circumstances of Chris 
> having spent so much money without being reimbursed. We asked Chris 
> to submit the details of those unreimbursed expenses--he submitted a 
> spreadsheet (attached to this e-mail.) We have concluded that 
> we believe that Chris be should be reimbursed the entire amount 
> ($3540.82). One reason we believe this is because we believe that 
> expenses authorized by a political party's treasurer are legally 
> binding on the party.
> This issue was discussed, as part of the discussion on the 
> proposed budget, at the August SCC meeting. A section of my minutes 
> for that meeting--not yet "published"--is pasted below. During that 
> SCC meeting I proposed that Chris explain the circumstances of his 
> expenditures, and Chris and the SCC agreed that Chris should make that 
> explanation. We, the Executive Committee, feel that it is proper that 
> you should be given the opportunity to comment on what Chris said and 
> what I have written. Further, we ask that you do submit written 
> comments on what Chris said (e-mail response fine); we propose to 
> bring those comments to the SCC, as information related to the 
> decision to be made by the SCC as to whether the budget should include 
> $900 to begin reimbursing Chris. Chris reviewed the minutes extract 
> below and said that they are an accurate representation of what he 
> said at the SCC meeting.
> I believe you have had some discussion of these matters with Bob 
> (860-379-0632). I'm sure he'd be willing to talk further with you, as 
> would I (860-523-4016). I have cc'd this e-mail to the members of the 
> Executive Committee, and to Chris.
> I hope to "publish" my minutes later this week. They are long 
> overdue (they're supposed to be published within one week of the 
> 8/31/04 SCC meeting). The September SCC meeting will be, as usual, 
> the last Tuesday of the month (9/28/04); we plan to hold it in 
> Middletown or Portland (location still being worked out).
> --Ed
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Appendix 4.  CTGP finances during the period Chris made the rent payments
from his own funds.

[Word file created from Excel file month-by-month 2003-4 rents
payments.xls.]

 


month

rent charged

Chris paid

Hartford chapter paid

CTGP paid

 Sheff campaign paid

Totals

 

charged to Hartford chapter balance


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   


A

B

C

D

E

F

G

 

     H


Apr-03

$400

$400

0

0

0

$400

 

0


May-03

400

400

0

0

0

400

 

0


Jun-03

400

400

0

0

0

400

 

0


Jul-03

400

400

0

0

0

400

 

0


Aug-03

400

400

0

0

0

400

 

0


Sep-03

500

500

0

0

0

500

 

0


Oct-03

500

0

0

1,000

0

1,000

 

500


Nov-03

500

0

0

0

0

0

 

0


Dec-03

500

0

0

500

1000

1,500

 

250


Jan-04

500

0

0

0

0

0

 

0


Feb-04

500

0

0

350

100

450

 

100


Mar-04

500

150

0

0

0

150

 

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2,650

0

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From chapillsbury at igc.org  Mon Nov 28 21:18:40 2005
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:18:40 -0500
Subject: {news} German Green in New Haven
Message-ID: <005501c5f48b$3704cc60$6500a8c0@S0031616584>

REMINDER:  For those who can, please come to my house (address below) Tues. 11/29 at 7:30 p.m. for coffee and dessert to hear Sascha Muller-Kraenner speak.   Sascha directs the Henrich Boll Foundation which develops strategies relating to international policy, activism and civil society.  The Boll Foundation is affiliated with Germany's Green Party and administers public education programs in approximately 50 countries.

Charlie Pillsbury
247 Saint Ronan Street
New Haven CT 06511
203-865-6575
chapillsbury at igc.org

P.S.   Again, apologies for the conflict with the state party meeting. 
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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Tue Nov 29 12:06:17 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:06:17 -0500
Subject: {news} GP RELEASE: Greens, pressing Palestinian rights,
	urge boycott of Israel
Message-ID: <046301c5f507$384c7c40$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>


GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org

For Immediate Release:
Monday, November 28, 2005
 
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
mclarty at greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805,
starlene at greens.org
Mohammed K. Abed, Wisconsin Green Party,
608-332-9900, mkabed at wisc.edu
Justine McCabe, International Committee,
860-354-1822, justinemccabe at earthlink.net

 
GREENS, CALLING FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS, URGE
DIVESTMENT FROM ISRAEL

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Green Party of the United
States has endorsed a statement calling for a
comprehensive strategy of boycott and divestment
that would pressure the government of Israel to
guarantee human rights for Palestinians.

The resolution, introduced by the Wisconsin Green
Party and passed in the Green Party's National
Committee, seeks reversal of Israel's current
policies.  The text is appended below.

 
"Israel's treatment of Palestinians -- those who
are Israeli citizens as well as those in the
territories -- is comparable in many ways to
South African apartheid, and has resulted in a
cycle of violence and lack of security for both
Israelis and Palestinians," said Mohammed Abed, a
member of the Wisconsin Green Party.  "A stable
and just resolution of the conflict requires the
full realization of the human rights of
Palestinians and Israelis."

 
Greens allege that the 'peace process' will
ensure neither peace nor human rights, and have
called the Gaza Disengagement Plan a smokescreen
to buy time and accumulate political capital for
the Sharon government while it pursues a plan to
force Palestinians into disconnected reservations
on less than half the West Bank.

 
The Green Party is already on record as
supporting the right of Palestinian refugees to
return to their homes and to receive compensation
for their losses; immediate Israeli withdrawal
from all lands acquired since 1967, including the
West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem (see
<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article329199.ece>);
maintenance of Jerusalem as a shared city open to
people of all faiths; suspension of U.S. military
and foreign aid to Israel; complete dismantling
of the Israeli separation wall; and serious
consideration of a single secular, democratic
state as the national home of both Israelis and
Palestinians.  Greens have affirmed the right of
self-determination for both Palestinians and
Israelis.

 
"The Green Party is on the side of the many
Israeli and Palestinian organizations working
together to achieve a just resolution through
nonviolent means," said Ruth Weill, co-chair of
the Wisconsin Green Party.  "As proven in South
Africa in the 1980s, divestment and boycott are
an effective means to achieve justice for the
oppressed."

 
Greens note that direct U.S. aid to Israel has
been conservatively estimated at nearly $105
billion since 1949, which does not include
recently proposed assistance such as the $1.2
billion package for developing the Negev and
Galilee.

 
"American taxpayers' money is subsidizing
 Israel's mistreatment of its Palestinian citizens
and of Palestinians in the occupied territories,"
said Peter LaVenia, chair of the Albany, NewYork
Greens.

RESOLUTION
Adopted by the Green Party of the United States,
November 21, 2005

1. The Green Party of the United States (GPUS)
publicly calls for divestment from and boycott of
the State of Israel until such time as the full
individual and collective rights of the
Palestinian people are realized. 

To maximize the effect of the Green Party's
support for divestment and boycott of Israel:

2. The party calls on all civil society
institutions and organizations around the world
to implement a comprehensive divestment and
boycott program. Further, the party calls on all
governments to support this program and to
implement state level boycotts.
 
3. The party urges the Campus Greens network to
work in cooperation with other campus
organizations to achieve institutional
participation in this effort.

 
4. The GPUS National Committee directs the Green
Peace Action Committee (GPAX) to encourage the
larger anti-war movement to promote the
divestment/boycott effort.

 
5. The GPUS National Committee directs the
International Committee to work with our sister
Green parties around the world in implementing an
 international boycott.

 
MORE INFORMATION

Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
Washington, DC 20009.
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193

 
Green Party International Committee
http://www.gp.org/committees/intl/

 
Green Party Peace Action Committee
http://www.gp.org/committees/peace/


University of Wisconsin Divest from Israel
Campaign http://alawda.rso.wisc.edu/links.htm


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From jherkimer at snet.net  Tue Nov 29 14:00:46 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:00:46 -0500
Subject: {news} GPC October 2005 Treasurer's Report
Message-ID: <00f701c5f517$3ea54a80$d2d73ccc@k8h9a3>

Contact me with any questions or difficulty opening the document.

Thank you,
Judy Herkimer
Treasurer
jherkimer at snet.net
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Tue Nov 29 16:57:07 2005
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:57:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} 20% of CT for Greens to get matching campaign finance!!!
Message-ID: <20051129215708.90848.qmail@web81407.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

 

Closing In On Election Reform 

Top Democrats Back Public Financing Plan 

ADVERTISERS
---------------------------------
Advertise on ctnow
-->By MARK PAZNIOKAS
And CHRISTOPHER KEATING Courant Staff Writers

November 29 2005

House and Senate Democratic leaders have agreed on sweeping campaign-finance reforms that will be put to a vote Wednesday, potentially ending a stalemate that has dominated Connecticut politics since June.

Senate President Pro Tem Donald E. Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, and House Speaker James A. Amann, D-Milford, pledged for the first time Monday to gather enough votes from majority Democrats to pass and send a reform bill to Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell by week's end.

The bill would ban campaign contributions from state contractors and lobbyists and create a voluntary system of publicly financing campaigns for every state office, beginning with legislative races in 2008 and contests for governor and other statewide offices in 2010.

"On Wednesday," Amann said, "history will be made."

No legislature in the nation has been willing to adopt public financing - which is intended to increase competition for legislative seats as it lessens the influence of special interests - for its own campaigns. Voters in Arizona and Maine have passed public-financing laws through petitions and referendums.

Rell and legislative Democrats have sparred over campaign finance reform most of the year, but the governor signaled a willingness Monday to embrace the measure - if a summary released by Democrats accurately describes the legislation.

"It's a win for all of us if we can get a bill that is appropriate and that everybody can agree to," Rell said.

House Minority Leader Robert M. Ward, R-North Branford, and Senate Minority Leader Louis C. DeLuca, R-Woodbury, were not as sanguine, though the quick vote called by Democrats gives them little time to mobilize opposition.

Williams and Amann announced their agreement with great fanfare, appearing before television cameras with Lt. Gov. Kevin B. Sullivan, the House and Senate majority leaders, and reform advocates who seemed willing to believe that passage was imminent after numerous false starts.

"This proposal, if enacted, would represent the strongest set of campaign finance reforms ever passed in the nation and put Connecticut at the forefront of states with meaningful campaign finance reform laws," said Andy Sauer, executive director of Common Cause of Connecticut.

Legislators said the system would cost an estimated $16 million annually, providing public grants to qualified candidates ranging from $25,000 for House races to $3 million for a gubernatorial general-election campaign. The Democratic plan would create a special election fund, paid for with revenue the state now collects from unclaimed property.

Democrats and Republicans who opted to participate in the public-financing system would qualify by meeting financial thresholds that demonstrated public support.

To qualify for $3 million, a candidate for governor would have to raise $250,000 in increments of $100 or less, with 90 percent of the money coming from within Connecticut. No money would be paid until a candidate qualified for either a primary or general-election ballot, but the rules for exploratory committees would be liberalized to allow early campaigning.

Minor-party and petitioning candidates would have great difficulty qualifying for public funds. A petitioning candidate would have to gather signatures from 10 percent of all voters to obtain a partial grant and 20 percent for a full grant.

"It's unfairly restrictive and quite possibly unconstitutional," Ward said. "It's a clear way to stop third-party participation in the electoral process."

But Democrats said the language was borrowed from federal election laws and the restrictions were necessary to prevent fringe candidates from collecting public grants.

Joseph Brennan of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association said he feared that the legislation, by barring lobbyist and contractor contributions, would erode the influence of business at the General Assembly. The legislation did nothing to restrict the ability of labor unions to influence campaigns by arranging for volunteers and other in-kind contributions, Brennan said.

The attention paid to details such as minor-party candidates and the competition between business and labor are signs that legislators and lobbyists are finally taking campaign finance reform seriously.

On the last day of the regular legislative session in June, the House and Senate passed competing campaign finance bills, a maneuver that allowed a majority of legislators to vote for reform knowing that passage was impossible.

Rell revived the issue, creating a special bipartisan study group this summer and then calling the legislature back into special session in September. But passage seemed unlikely until Monday.

Williams had been meeting with senators for weeks to line up support, but Amann was widely seen as reluctant to push his caucus toward legislation that would remake election laws under which Democrats have thrived, winning nearly two-thirds of the seats in both chambers.

Passage requires 76 votes in the House and 19 in the Senate. By Amann's own count nearly two weeks ago, fewer than 60 of the 99 House Democrats were leaning toward a finance bill.

One question is whether Amann, who frequently defers to the will of the majority, will exert the leadership necessary for campaign reform's passage.

The reform bill almost certainly would weaken the influence of the House and Senate leaders, who use political action committees to funnel lobbyist donations to rank-and-file members, often earning their loyalty.

Under current law, those PACs can make unlimited contributions.

By banning contributions from lobbyists and contractors, instead of restricting them, the Democrats bowed to a demand by Rell. A complete ban, however, is likely to be challenged in court as infringing on lobbyists' and contractors' free-speech rights. 
Copyright 2005, Hartford Courant 

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      THE GREEN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT is the third largest political party in CT. The Greens are also the third largest political party in the US, with 220 Greens officeholders in 27 states. Over 80 countries in world have Green Parties. Wangari Maathai, the 2004 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is Kenya's assistant minister for environment and an elected Green Party member.
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Wed Nov 30 22:46:46 2005
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:46:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} (PRESS RELEASE) GREENS OUTRAGED AT ANTI-THIRD PARTY
	PROVISIONS IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE PROPOSAL
Message-ID: <20051201034646.53247.qmail@web81403.mail.mud.yahoo.com>




Press release- For Immediate Release- December 1, 2005 

Contact: Tim McKee, CT Green Party National Committee Person, (860) 643-2282 or cell (860) 324-1684 

Mike DeRosa, State Co-Chair (860)956-8170 or (860) 919-4042 (cell)

 

GREENS OUTRAGED AT ANTI-THIRD PARTY PROVISIONS IN DEMOCRAT'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE PROPOSAL



HARTFORD, CT- Green Party of Connecticut officials express outrage at anti-third party provisions in the Connecticut Campaign Finance Reform proposals that have the backing of many General Assembly Democrats and some "reform groups' such as Common Cause of CT.

 

Tim McKee, CT National Committee Person for the Greens said, "The Green Party has long backed so called 'Clean Money' or public financing of campaigns, both locally and nationally for years, but this current Democrat backed proposal has anti-third party with provisions. We would have to gather 20% of the almost two million state voter?s signatures to qualify for any matching funds. Despite special rules that only third parties and Independent candidates must meet, such as qualifying for the ballot for offices such as Governor or other state wide offices with over 7,500 valid signatures, we would have to go thru even more special rules with another massive, expensive petition drive?"

 

McKee explained the other provision in the Democrat proposal calls for match funds for the Governor?s race by collecting over an amount of $250,000 in small donations of less than $100 dollars each. He added ? If we collect say, $50,000, $75,000 or even $100,000 dollars, most people would consider those to be very serious campaigns with serious candidates, but we would get NOTHING in matching funds. Greens would rather see prorated amounts to campaigns as incentives to show state wide support, rather than an everything or nothing approach than will shut out third parties." 

 

Allan Brison, Chair of the New Haven Greens chapter wrote to CT. Common Cause and other CT. reform groups opposing these special anti-third party measures saying, "The bar set for donations and/or petition signatures is so high that no 3rd party candidate could ever qualify. We desperately need to open up the political process. The two major parties, even with campaign finance reform, with still continue to represent the same special interests they do today. We need more voices at the table.?

 

McKee noted that even state Republicans, such as Senator Ward are saying this may be unconstitutional. 

 

Mike DeRosa, Green Party Co-Chair, said, ?We just want a level playing field for all candidates and parties, not rules that in practice, will shut out legitimate people running for office. We still want the fairest public financing of campaigns, but we may have to look to legal action if this passes.?

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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Wed Nov  2 08:30:04 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:30:04 -0000
Subject: {news} "The Washington gadfly: Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh
	is no longer a lone voice in the wilderness,
	" By MICHAEL POSNER, Monday, October 31,
	2005 Posted at 5:16 AM EST, Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Message-ID: <0cc701c5dfb1$7dbcfc70$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>


Excellent article on Seymour Hersh and the Iraq war and the Bush regime.
>From Monday's Globe and Mail.

The Washington gadfly: Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh is no longer a
 lone voice in the wilderness

 By MICHAEL POSNER

 Monday, October 31, 2005 Posted at 5:16 AM EST

>From Monday's Globe and Mail (Tornoto)

 Seymour Hersh, one of journalism's crankier bulldogs, was in an upbeat
 mood. At least for him. A confidential, well-placed source had told him
 that
 U.S. special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's 22-month inquiry into the
 outing
 of former CIA agent Valerie Plame, wife of ex-diplomat Joseph Wilson IV,
 would go further than anyone had heretofore thought.

 "He's going to save America," Hersh predicted, on the phone from his home
 in Washington, just days before Fitzgerald announced indictments against I.
 Lewis (Scooter) Libby, U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, on
 Friday.

 "Because it's not just about Wilson," maintained Hersh, who, as a New York
 Times reporter in the late 1960s, first blew the lid off the My Lai
 massacre in  Vietnam and, more recently, exposed abuses at Abu Ghraib, the 
prison west
 of Baghdad where U.S. forces engaged in torture and humiliation of
 prisoners. He appears in Toronto tomorrow to speak to the group Canadian
 Journalists for Free Expression.

 "Fitzgerald's going deep. He may just unravel the whole conspiracy,"
 continues Hersh, who might be proven right. While Libby resigned after
 being indicted for perjury, obstruction of justice and making false
 statements,
 Fitzgerald continues to investigate Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's
 influential deputy chief of staff.

 All this to determine whether senior White House operatives leaked Valerie
 Plame's name to select reporters in order to discredit her husband, Wilson.
 Wilson had previously been dispatched by the Bush administration to Africa
 to verify reports that Saddam Hussein was buying nuclear technology from
 Niger, but had found no evidence to support those allegations. In a
 subsequent op-ed piece in The New York Times, he questioned the legitimacy
 of America's war in Iraq.

 But Hersh said last week that the Plame/Wilson affair was only part of the
 saga. At its heart, the whole conspiracy ? in the minds of blue-state
 Americans that revile the George Bush presidency ? encompasses the notion
 that the Iraq war was planned and orchestrated long before the
 administration
 began to build its case for regime change; and that the case it
 attempted to
 build, as laid out by former secretary of state Colin Powell to the United
 Nations, was essentially a fraud (and known to be a fraud).

 Two thousand U.S. military personnel and tens of thousands of Iraqis have
 since died in what many would thus consider an illegal war. In Hersh's
 eyes,
 anything that might hasten the departure of its chief architects, the hated
 neocons, would be welcome.

 "We're so out of control," he says of the United States. "We have a
 colossus
 out of control. It's the end of the world, brought to you by the neocons."

 Hersh recently got hold of a copy of the United Nations interim report by
German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis on the assassination of former Lebanese
prime minister Rafik Hariri. The document cited "converging evidence" that
senior levels of the Syrian government were involved in the murder.

 But according to Hersh, the Mehlis report is built on the same anemic
foundations as Powell's UN presentation in February, 2003. "He is
 relying on
intercepts of an unnamed source inside the Iranian air force, someone
 without
> inside stuff. It's not empirical." On the basis of this thin evidence,
> he says, the
> Bush administration is campaigning at the UN for sanctions on Syria.
>
> But what seems to gall him even more is the behaviour of the American
> press,
> not excluding his alma mater, the Times ? Hersh now writes mainly for The
> New Yorker. "The problems there go way beyond Judith Miller," he says,
> referring to the Times reporter jailed for 85 days for refusing to
> disclose the
> name of the White House source who is alleged to have leaked Valerie
> Plame's name.
>
> She was released only after one of her sources, Lewis Libby, signed a
> personal waiver allowing her to discuss their conversations with 
> prosecutor
> Fitzgerald. The Miller affair has caused a serious internal rift at the
> Times
> and, says Hersh, damaged its reputation.
>
> "It's still the most important newspaper in America," he says. "But it
> was the
> standard bearer, and I don't get that sense now." Meanwhile, about to
> sign a
> contract for a new book on Iraq, Hersh is pleased to find that he's no
> longer a
> lonely voice on the issues. "I'm almost superfluous," he says. "A lot of
> stuff I
> was writing about, everybody is now writing about. So I'm just sitting 
> back
> collecting notes for the book."
>
> Still, he thinks his colleagues in the press are missing something in
> Iraq. The
> so-called insurgency isn't rooted, he maintains, in "Jihadism." It's
> about the
> Sunnis making a stand against the Shia. "Ninety per cent of the Arab
> world is
> Sunni. They do not want another Shia society and Shia government that
> dominates the oil. That's the real issue."
>
> America's current troubles in Iraq might be less severe, he says, if Al
> Gore
> had won the election. But Hersh is under no illusions. Even before Bush,
> "the
> Clinton administration had made it repeatedly clear that it was
> interested in
> only one thing in Iraq ? regime change. And Al Gore was part of that
> policy."
>
> Although Bush is sometimes seen as a political marionette, manipulated by
> unseen masters, Hersh isn't so sure. He recalls a Saturday Night Live skit
> from the Reagan years that portrayed the then-president as a doddering 
> fool
> who, once the cameras were off and the doors closed, calls a National
> Security council meeting, starts speaking Chinese and gives a detailed
> assessment of strategic threats.
>
> "So sometimes I wonder," says Hersh. In Toronto, he says, he will talk
> about
> responsibility and war crimes and "make the case that gets Bush in the
> middle
> of it. There is a case for the President's direct participation. It's
> not something
> that happened without his acquiescence. I'd like to think he knows what's
> going on."
>
> In the meantime (Hersh is waiting to see if Fitzgerald drops more
> indictment
> bombs), "he's the sleeper, a true unassailable. The White House calls him
> Eliot Ness [the Prohibition-era federal agent whose team of 'Untouchables'
> helped bring down mobster Al Capone], not with affection, so I've heard."
>
> Hersh predicts that "every day will get worse in Iraq. Another 30,000
> Iraqis
> will die if we keep going. Fewer will die if we get out. There are only 
> two
> options, as I see it: Pull out now or pull out tomorrow."
>





From amderr at ctol.net  Wed Nov  9 09:55:45 2005
From: amderr at ctol.net (Andy Derr)
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 14:55:45 -0000
Subject: {news} Election results
Message-ID: <a05200f01bf97bab3944a@[69.24.45.18]>

	Hello, folks.  We didn't win in New London yesterday, but we 
came pretty close.

	Bob Stuller and Andy Derr got 1094 votes and 1186 votes 
respectively, placing 13th and 10th out of 19 candidates for City 
Council. The top 7 candidates were elected, and the #7 winner got 
1319 votes, so we were both within 225 votes of getting elected.  Two 
years ago we were 800 and 1000 votes from election.  Major progress!

	Ken Hanson placed 8th of 14 candidates in his race for Board 
of Education; the top 7 candidates were elected.  He was 50 votes 
short of election!  So close!  He received 1280 votes, over 550 more 
than in 2003.  This one was a heartbreaker.

	This was by far our best campaign and our best finish!   Wait 
till next time!  Can you tell I'm a Red Sox fan?  We'll post more 
complete results on our <http://www.nlgreens.org/>web site as soon as 
we can.
		Andy Derr, for the New London Greens
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