From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Sun Oct  2 13:45:55 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 13:45:55 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT NZ Greens disappointed to lose Nandor from
	Parliament
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Feinstein" <mfeinstein at feinstein.org>
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Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 11:48 PM
Subject: USGP-INT NZ NZ Greens disappointed to lose Nandor from Parliament


> http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0510/S00003.htm
> 
> Greens disappointed to lose Nandor from Parliament
> Saturday, 1 October 2005, 1:32 pm
> Press Release: Green Party
> 
> Greens disappointed to lose Nandor from Parliament
> 
> The Green Party is disappointed the party was just 1,246 votes short of 
> getting a seventh MP in the next Parliament, but is pleased the final 
> election results confirm Helen Clark will be the next Prime Minister of 
> New Zealand.
> 
> "We're deeply saddened that Nandor will no longer be an MP but are glad 
> that the centre-left is now in an even stronger position to form the 
> next government," Green Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says.
> 
> "We will certainly be making the most of the six MPs we do have and 
> playing a strong role in the next government that Helen Clark will now 
> be able to form.
> 
> "The silver lining in the final election results is that the margin 
> between Labour and National has doubled, and Helen can now work with her 
> allies to form the next government."
> 
> The Greens' other Co-Leader, Rod Donald, said the party was desperately 
> close to gaining a seventh MP.
> 
> "Although we were quietly confident that we could repeat our 1999 and 
> 2002 successes and pick up an extra seat on the specials, this time we 
> fell agonizingly short. While our final result is a marked improvement 
> on the election night result - from 5.07% to 5.30% - that wasn't quite 
> enough to get Nandor back.
> 
> "By our calculations, had the Greens won 1,246 extra votes - or 0.0545% 
> of the total - we would have got an extra MP off the National Party. In 
> 1999, we got seven MPs with 5.16%. It's very sad that this year 5.30% 
> wasn't enough."
> 
> Mr Donald said Nandor would be a "big loss" to Parliament.
> 
> "Nandor has made a considerable contribution to Parliament over the past 
> six years. His Clean Slate Bill became law, he was influential in the 
> development of the Supreme Court, and he helped to make our Parliament a 
> genuine House of Representatives. I have no doubt that Nandor will 
> continue to campaign hard for the issues he cares deeply about."
> 
> The Co-Leaders said the Greens were looking forward to negotiating with 
> Helen Clark from Monday.
> 
> "Our goal now is to make the best contribution we can to the next 
> government of New Zealand. We look forward to talking with Labour about 
> what that contribution will be."
> 
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From chapillsbury at igc.org  Sun Oct  2 23:38:17 2005
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 23:38:17 -0400
Subject: {news} 9/11 author David Ray Griffin in W.Hartford
Message-ID: <004901c5c7cb$e4902e70$6500a8c0@S0031616584>

This is a reminder about our Forum this Thurs., Oct. 6, 2005 with author David 
Ray Griffin who will challenge the "official" story of 9/11 and the 9/11 
commission report.

These are the details:

             Thurs., Oct. 6, 2005
             West Hartford Town Hall Auditorium
             50 South Main Street
             West Hartford, CT 06107

             David Ray Griffin, a professor and theologian, is the author of 2 
books on 9/11:The New Pearl Harbor & The 9/11 Commission Report Omissions and 
Distortions.  

             This is an event not too miss!

             The program begins at 7:00 PM with a Q & A to follow the speaker.
             It is free and open to the public.  For more info contact Cheryl at
             860-561-2263.  This event  is sponsored by West Hartford Citizens 
for Peace and Justice.   
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From chapillsbury at igc.org  Mon Oct  3 20:56:54 2005
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 20:56:54 -0400
Subject: {news} Protest anti-immigrant group, West Haven,
	Wed. Oct. 5 at 5:30pm
Message-ID: <001401c5c87e$83bcf340$6500a8c0@S0031616584>

Protest anti-immigrant group, West Haven, 10/5Counter-demonstration called by


Unidad Latina En Accion  -  Junta for Progressive Action  -  Amistad Catholic Worker  -  Latinos Contra la Guerra  -   New Haven People's Center  -    West Haven Speaks Out  -  Greater New Haven Peace Council


Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at 5:30p.m.
in front of the American Legion Hall
337 Main Street, West Haven


The above pro-immigrant groups are sponsoring a protest of the CCIC (CT Citizens for Immigration Control) in West Haven, where the CCIC is holding their first anti-immigrant meeting in the New Haven area.

The CCIC is an anti-immigrant group that has been organizing around the state since May of this year. To date, they have met in West Hartford, Danbury, Watertown, and Hartford but have never attracted more than 40 participants at their meetings. The CCIC acts in concert with nationwide militia groups such as the Minutemen who raise fear of and spread disinformation about immigrants and immigration among the general U.S. population. Though not openly white supremacist, members of the White Revolution who now vigil every Sunday in Milford claim that  members of the CCIC have stopped by and expressed support for their white supremacist beliefs. An allied group, the European-American Unity and Rights Organization, held a banner  at an anti-immigrant event in Hartford displaying a link to www.davidduke,com. Phil Haskell, who spoke with members of the White revolution in August of this year, reports that he was told: "Members of the CCIC are our good friends and are happy that we speak openly about the superiority of the white race and the need to expel "aliens"' The CCIC just thinks they will get more done if they are not honest and open about their views."

The activity of the CCIC has been countered by pro-immigrant groups around the state, including Unidad Latina en Accion, Latinos contra la Guerra, and others. Pro-immigrants meetings are now being sponsored around the state by churches, union and civic organizations. A statewide unity rally held in Danbury this summer which attracted over 2,000 protesters demanding an end to the Mayor's racist comments regarding immigrants.

Groups around the state are pledging support to a counter protest to the CCIC meeting in West Haven this week. Guadalupe Montiel, of Unidad Latina en Accion, states that "right-minded U.S. citizens must stand up to racist anti-immigrant groups like the CCIC. Immigrants have added much to U.S. society, both economically and culturally, and any changes to immigration policy must help immigrants rather than persecute them."

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From edubrule at sbcglobal.net  Mon Oct  3 22:26:50 2005
From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 22:26:50 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: AFSC Community Calendar 9-30-05
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6-Story Newsletter Template + Images
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From: AFSC Connecticut 
To: edubrule at sbcglobal.net 
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 5:34 PM
Subject: AFSC Community Calendar 9-30-05


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  Connecticut Area Community Calendar 9-30-05   
                                 
                                 .    Friday Night 9-30-05  
                                  .    Connecticut Area Community Calendar (Oct-Dec)  
                                 
                                 
                                 .    This Weekend - Marriage Equality  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    Next Weekend - "NOT YOUR SOLDIER" Youth Action Camp  
                                   
                                 
                                 
                                Friday Night 9-30-05  
                                 
                                Friday, September 30:

                                Winter Soldier Film Opening

                                7:35pm screening 

                                real art ways 

                                56 arbor st . hartford ct 06106 

                                This amazing oral history of the "Winter Soldier" hearings held in Detroit in January and February 1971 and sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War has been rediscovered and re-released by Milestone Picture's new distribution arm Milarian Films. 

                                The testimonies grow in power while veterans talk about how their youthful naivet? led to their disillusion as they witnessed horror after horror. In all, 109 veterans and 16 civilians testified. The film overrides any aesthetic concerns to present a truthful and honest portrait of the men and women testifying -among them the youthful John Kerry. (US, 1972) 96 min.

                                Discussion following 7:35pm screening on Friday 9/30 withVietnam and Iraq vets, an organizer and filmmaker from the Winter Soldier film project.

                                www.realartways.org  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                This Weekend - Marriage Equality  
                                 
                                Saturday, October 1:

                                Rally to Stop Religious Assault on Gays & Allies

                                Marriage EQUALITY Rally
                                12 NOON
                                State Capitol South Side (Cap. Ave. side)
                                Hartford 

                                On Saturday, October 1, the day CT civil unions take effect the Family Institute of Connecticut - allegedly part of a national network of neo-con anti-gay groups - will organize the Religious Right in rallying at the State Capitol for:

                                1) a Constitutional Amendment to outlaw marriage recognition for gays;
                                2) the ouster of all legislators who voted for civil unions.

                                These goals assault the human dignity of LGBT people and attempt to intimidate straight allies who believe in Justice and Equality.

                                If you are concerned about the rise of religious fundamentalism in government . . .

                                If you oppose the manufacture of threats to justify spiritual, political or physical violence . . .

                                If you believe dehumanization anywhere is a threat to humanity everywhere . . .

                                If you believe that love, commitment and virtue define marriage . . .

                                Join us for a nonviolent counter-action:

                                Marriage EQUALITY Rally
                                Saturday, October 1, 2005
                                12 NOON
                                State Capitol South Side (Cap. Ave. side)

                                featuring a Gay Wedding with Marriage Licenses
                                at 1:00 PM

                                plus Speakers, Singers, Tabling

                                Sponsored by the CT Marriage Equality Coalition http://www.ctEQUALITY.org 

                                Register to Attend, Sponsor, Table or receive a Marriage License:
                                http://ctequality.org/contactus.html

                                Map of downtown area:
                                http://ctequality.org/images/map.gif

                                Poster Suggestions:

                                Gays Marry
                                Recognize It

                                Equal Dignity
                                Equal Respect
                                Equal Rights

                                Separate is Never Equal

                                Dehumanization Anywhere
                                Is a Threat to
                                Humanity Everywhere

                                Focus On Your Own Family

                                Connecticut Marriage Equality Coalition 860-841-5006 
                                http://www.ctEQUALITY.org/  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                Next Weekend - "NOT YOUR SOLDIER" Youth Action Camp  
                                 
                                October 8-10th

                                "Not Your Soldier" Youth Counter-Recruitment Action Camp

                                Voluntown, CT (transportation provided) 

                                Counter Recruiting Action Camp for Youth Ages 15-20
                                3 Day Action Camp

                                3 day intense organizing training

                                For ages 15-20

                                Dorm-style rooms and camping available

                                Network with youth activists from across New England

                                Learn skills and tools for organizing and activism

                                Limited wheelchair accessibility - scholarships available

                                WE STILL HAVE A FEW SPOTS OPEN FOR PARTICIPANTS - CALL TODAY! 

                                This camp is open to everyone - scholarships make it possible for a diverse group of students to attend - If you are able to make a donation to help with the costs please contact Kasha at 860.523.1534

                                Contact AFSC 860.523.1534 for information about the New England Camp 
                                More info, visit www.afsc.org/ct  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                Connecticut Area Community Calendar (Oct-Dec)  
                                 
                                *Friends Please Note: This calendar is always available on our website: http://www.afsc.org/ct/CommunityCaledar.htm 
                                in a format that's easier on the eye
                                Calendar additions are welcome by sending an email to connecticut at afsc.org*

                                Friday, September 30:

                                Winter Soldier Film Opening

                                7:35pm screening 
                                real art ways 

                                56 arbor st . hartford ct 06106 

                                This amazing oral history of the "Winter Soldier" hearings held in Detroit in January and February 1971 and sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War has been rediscovered and re-released by Milestone Picture's new distribution arm Milarian Films. 

                                The testimonies grow in power while veterans talk about how their youthful naivet? led to their disillusion as they witnessed horror after horror. In all, 109 veterans and 16 civilians testified. The film overrides any aesthetic concerns to present a truthful and honest portrait of the men and women testifying -among them the youthful John Kerry. (US, 1972) 96 min.

                                Discussion following 7:35pm screening on Friday 9/30 withVietnam and Iraq vets, an organizer and filmmaker from the Winter Soldier film project.

                                www.realartways.org 
                                ____________________________________

                                Saturday, October 1:

                                Rally to Stop Religious Assault on Gays & Allies

                                Marriage EQUALITY Rally
                                12 NOON
                                State Capitol South Side (Cap. Ave. side)
                                Hartford 

                                On Saturday, October 1, the day CT civil unions take effect the Family Institute of Connecticut - allegedly part of a national network of neo-con anti-gay groups - will organize the Religious Right in rallying at the State Capitol for:

                                1) a Constitutional Amendment to outlaw marriage recognition for gays;
                                2) the ouster of all legislators who voted for civil unions.

                                These goals assault the human dignity of LGBT people and attempt to intimidate straight allies who believe in Justice and Equality.

                                If you are concerned about the rise of religious fundamentalism in government . . .

                                If you oppose the manufacture of threats to justify spiritual, political or physical violence . . .

                                If you believe dehumanization anywhere is a threat to humanity everywhere . . .

                                If you believe that love, commitment and virtue define marriage . . .

                                Join us for a nonviolent counter-action:

                                Marriage EQUALITY Rally
                                Saturday, October 1, 2005
                                12 NOON
                                State Capitol South Side (Cap. Ave. side)

                                featuring a Gay Wedding with Marriage Licenses
                                at 1:00 PM

                                plus Speakers, Singers, Tabling

                                Sponsored by the CT Marriage Equality Coalition http://www.ctEQUALITY.org 

                                Register to Attend, Sponsor, Table or receive a Marriage License:
                                http://ctequality.org/contactus.html

                                Map of downtown area:
                                http://ctequality.org/images/map.gif

                                Poster Suggestions:

                                Gays Marry
                                Recognize It

                                Equal Dignity
                                Equal Respect
                                Equal Rights

                                Separate is Never Equal

                                Dehumanization Anywhere
                                Is a Threat to
                                Humanity Everywhere

                                Focus On Your Own Family

                                Connecticut Marriage Equality Coalition
                                http://www.ctEQUALITY.org/
                                860-841-5006
                                ____________________________________

                                Saturday, October 1
                                8 p.m. to Midnight 
                                Four Points Sheraton Hotel
                                275 Research Parkway, Meriden 

                                "Celebrate the Love: Civil Union Today.Marriage Tomorrow!" 

                                Party with Love Makes A Family as we commemorate a step towards full equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people across Connecticut. On the day that the Civil Union law is enacted, we'll celebrate the love and commitment of same-sex couples, and shine a spotlight on our ultimate goal-MARRIAGE EQUALITY! Join us in the ballroom of the Sheraton for dancing, cash bar, and mouth-watering hors d'oeuvres and desserts. Dance the night away to benefit Love Makes A Family's continued campaign for full marriage equality for same-sex couples! This fabulously festive occasion is not to be missed! Individual tickets are $35. Visit http://www.lmfct.org/site/PageServer?pagename=celebratethelove for more information.

                                ____________________________________

                                Saturday Oct 1:

                                "Current Status of the Patriot Act" 

                                10:30AM
                                New Haven Free Public Library
                                133 Elm Street
                                New Haven, Ct, 06510 

                                FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION 
                                New Haven Free Public Library in conjunction with the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union and the Greater New Haven Peace Council 
                                Discussion led by Roger Vann Executive Director of the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union 
                                In addition there will be a screening of a documentary on the dangers of the Patriot Act 

                                Refreshments will be served. For More Information
                                Main Community Program Room 133 Elm Street For more information call 946-8130 ext 211 or e-mail Seth at sgodfrey at nhfpl.org 
                                Seth Godfrey, Reference Librarian Tel: 203-946-8130 ext 211 

                                ____________________________________

                                September 10-December 11: 

                                The Disasters of War: From Goya to Golub Ezra and Cecile Gallery

                                Wesleyan University 

                                283 Washington Terrace, Middletown, CT

                                The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University presents The Disasters of War: From Goya to Golub, an exhibition of contemporary and historic works by nineteen artists that explore the effects of wars spanning four centuries. Organized by Nina Felshin, curator of Zilkha Gallery, the exhibition is comprised of major historical works from Wesleyan's Davison Art Center collection and contemporary work in various mediums including paintings, videotapes, DVD projections, photographs, and installations that explore recent international events. Incorporated into this exhibition will be the exhibition Inconvenient Evidence: Iraqi Prison Photographs from Abu Ghraib, curated by Brian Wallis and co-organized by the International Center of Photography in New York and The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. 

                                Thursday, October 27 at 8pm
                                The Coup and Lifesavas, two hip-hop bands known for their style as well as their social commentary, will perform in Crowell Concert Hall 

                                Friday & Saturday, October 21-29 at 8pm
                                Sunday, October 23 & 30 at 3pm and 7pm, 
                                51 Green St. in Middletown)

                                Independent of Zilkha Gallery but relevant to the exhibition, the Green Street Arts Center and Connecticut Heritage Productions will present the verbatim theater Guant?namo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom, created from personal stories, legal opinion and political debate surrounding the detentions in Guant?namo Bay 

                                For up-to-the minute information about events related to the exhibition, call 860-685-3355 or visit www.wesleyan.edu/cfa. The Zilkha Gallery will be closed November 24-28
                                ____________________________________

                                Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2005

                                Smith College 

                                Northampton, Massachusetts

                                Northeast Anti-Sweatshop Conference for High School Students

                                Calling high school students across the Northeast U.S.! During the weekend, we will learn about the sweatshop economy and how student power can make a difference. We'll learn skills in media, fundraising, leadership development, coalition building, and more. Join us in building and strengthening a network of high school anti-sweatshop leaders! Register online now!
                                ____________________________________

                                October 1st-8th

                                KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE WEEK

                                International Week of Protest To Stop The Militarization of Space
                                For more information, visit the website of Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space at www.space4peace.org or call 207-729-0517.
                                ____________________________________

                                Thursday, October 6

                                David Ray Griffin

                                Public Forum
                                7pm
                                West Hartford Town Hall, 3rd floor,
                                20 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT

                                Theologian Charges White House Complicity in 9/11 Attack

                                Author of THE NEW PEARL HARBOR and THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT - OMISSIONS AND DISTORTIONS,

                                David Ray Griffin, a respected philosopher of religion at the Claremont School of Theology since the 1970s raises questions that even President Bush's harshest critics are afraid to think, let alone ask aloud. That of the administration of taking a dive on September 11 and giving Al Qaeda terrorists an unobstructed shot at the World Trade Center.

                                www.westhartfordpeace.org
                                ____________________________________

                                Friday, October 7: 

                                Friday Vigil Against the War 

                                Fed bldg. Main Street, Hartford, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM. 
                                ____________________________________

                                Saturday, October 8: 

                                Joel Gonzales

                                La Paloma Sabanera Coffeehouse and Bookstore

                                405 Capital Ave.Hartford, CT

                                8 p.m.

                                $12-B.Y.O.B

                                Experience the newest addition to Hartford's storied jazz scene. La Ploma Sabanera serves as the backdrop for this series which features the regions best jazz musicians with a special emphasis on the young guns taking jazz into the next generation.

                                www.lapalomasabanera.com

                                ____________________________________

                                October 8-10th

                                "Not Your Soldier" Youth Counter-Recruitment Action Camp

                                Voluntown, CT (transportation provided) 

                                Counter Recruiting Action Camp for Youth Ages 15-20
                                3 Day Action Camp

                                3 day intense organizing training

                                For ages 15-20

                                Dorm-style rooms and camping available

                                Network with youth activists from across New England

                                Learn skills and tools for organizing and activism

                                Limited wheelchair accessibility - scholarships available

                                More info, visit www.afsc.org/ct

                                We still have a few spots open for participants - call today! 

                                Contact AFSC 860.523.1534 for information about the New England Camp

                                ____________________________________

                                Friday, October 7:

                                Haiti: The Truth about the Occupation 

                                7p.m. CCSU Marcus White Living Rm. 

                                Haiti: The Truth about the Occupation 

                                An Analysis of the Struggle 
                                Speakers: Daniel Simidor: A leading NYC activist with the Grassroots Haitian Solidarity Committee. Marty Goodman: Witnessed the fall of Duvalier as a writer for the Guardian newspaper, volunteered as a election observer in 1990 when Aristide was elected, served on the board of the Haitian Refugee Center of Miami, and reports regularly on Haiti for Socialist Action Newspaper. Sponsored by Connecticut Socialist Action, 860-478-5300 

                                ____________________________________

                                Sunday October 9:

                                Celebrating Andalusia

                                Can adherents of the three Abrahamic religions live together again in harmony?

                                4:30 - 8:00pm
                                Hartford Seminary
                                77 Sherman St., Hartford, CT 

                                Sponsored by We Refuse To Be Enemies: Jews, Muslims, and Christians in Coalition for Peace 

                                Featuring Dr. Joel Kovel Scholar, author and Political activist, Professor of Social Studies, Bard College

                                Program and Pot luck dinner

                                4:30 PM Arabic and Sephardic music
                                5:00 PM Dr. Joel Kovel
                                6:10 PM The significance of the holy month of Ramadan, Dr. Ali Antar
                                6:20 PM Breaking of the Moslem fast / Pot luck dinner*,
                                7:50 PM Significance of the Jewish High Holy Days, Dr. Sam Goldberger
                                8:00 PM Closing 

                                *Please bring your favorite food with extra to share

                                For more information contact Elizabeth Aaronsohn: aaronsohn at mail.ccsu.edu or Fatma Antar, fantar at mcc.commnet.edu
                                ____________________________________

                                Sunday, October 9

                                Power and Terror ? Noam Chomsky in Our Times

                                And Every 2nd Sunday of the Month
                                Peace & Justice Film Series

                                Kream, 318 State St, New London 

                                The films begin at 3 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month from October through March at Kream, 318 State St.. A discussion period will follow each film. The series includes films that examine environmental, political, social justice, and spiritual issues. The series is sponsored by the Southeast Conn. Peace and Justice Network. There is no charge; donations are accepted. Contact: Ronna Stuller 860-447-9823

                                In a series of interviews and lectures, Nobel Prize winning linguist Noam Chomsky examines the context of the 9-11 attacks and provides thought-provoking analysis of what terrorism means in the 21st century.

                                Beginning with the fundamental principle that the exercise of violence against civilian populations is terror, regardless of whether the perpetrator is a well-organized band of Muslim extremists, or the most powerful state in the world. Chomsky, in stark and uncompromising terms, challenges the United States to apply to its own actions the moral standards it demands of others. 74 minutes.
                                ____________________________________

                                Tuesday, October 11:

                                Hurrican Kristina: An Un-Natural Disaster

                                7:00 PM
                                Hartford: Location To Be Announced

                                Teresa Gutierrez will speak about her recent fact-finding trip to the Gulf Coast, which included visits to many of the most devastated African-American and Latino communities. Teresa will also discuss the national campaign to build solidarity with Katrina Survivors and the call for national days of action against racism, poverty and war, December 1-3. Teresa Gutierrez is a Latina activist with the national Troops Out Now Coalition and International Action Center in New York.
                                For more information, contact Peter Goselin at pgoselin at yahoo.com, or 860-570-4638
                                ____________________________________

                                Friday, October 14:

                                Walking Tour of Hartford's History of Struggle

                                4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

                                Meet in front of Christ Church Cathedral on the corner of Main and Church in Hartford

                                Steve Thornton will lead us to some important sites of labor, abolition, women's suffrage, and civil rights struggles. This is a fund raiser for Connecticut Center for a New Economy. Suggested donation is $25.00. For more information call Renae Reese at CCNE Hartford at 860-524-9341. Rain Date: Sunday, October 16, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
                                ____________________________________

                                Friday, October 14: 

                                Friday Vigil Against the War

                                Fed bldg. Main Street, Hartford, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM.
                                ____________________________________

                                Friday & Saturday, October 21 & 22:

                                ILLICIT DRUGS
                                CITY OF HARTFORD PRESENTS A Two-Day Conference

                                Mather Hall,Trinity College, Hartford,CT

                                The conference is organized to bring law enforcement groups;
                                state agencies; state and city representatives; and national experts with creative talent, to meet the problem head on.
                                BURDEN & POLICY
                                The point: The conference is organized to bring law enforcement groups; state agencies; state and city representatives; and national experts with creative talent, to meet the drug scourge head on.
                                The aim: To challenge these experts to tell us what resources are needed to increase success rates
                                in efforts to reduce drug use and its associated social and criminal ramifications.
                                The audience: City policy makers, state agency representatives, legislators, care givers from a wide range of social services, medical providers, representatives of problem solving committees
                                and neighborhood organizations, church members and city residents.
                                The goal: The outcome of the conference should provide up to the minute information which will lead to 'next steps" conclusions, on-going discussions, and a community of advocates for possible
                                policy changes that will make a real difference in people's lives.
                                Presented by City of Hartford, Hosted by Trinity College, Sponsored by Aetna Foundation

                                For more information: http://www.efficacy-online.org/

                                Or Contact: Mercy Center at Madison email: info at mercybythesea.org web: http://www.mercybythesea.org 
                                ____________________________________

                                Friday, October 21: 

                                Friday Vigil Against the War

                                Fed bldg. Main Street, Hartford, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM.

                                ____________________________________

                                Saturday, October 22: 

                                Richie Barshay

                                La Paloma Sabanera Coffeehouse and Bookstore

                                405 Capital Ave.Hartford, CT

                                8 p.m.

                                $12-B.Y.O.B

                                Experience the newest addition to Hartford's storied jazz scene. La Ploma Sabanera serves as the backdrop for this series which features the regions best jazz musicians with a special emphasis on the young guns taking jazz into the next generation.

                                www.lapalomasabanera.com
                                ____________________________________

                                October 22-23, 2005 

                                Civil Union? Gay Marriage? None of the above? Sorting Out the Issues 

                                A Weekend with Marvin Ellison 

                                Rev. Marvin Ellison's work focuses on the ethical issues relating to sexuality, spirituality, and justice. His Same-Sex Marriage? A Christian Ethical Analysis explores the issues behind one of the most urgent discussions facing Christians. 
                                ____________________________________

                                Saturday, October 22 

                                Same-Sex Marriage and Beyond: What Do Good Relationships Ask of Us All 

                                Westminster Presbyterian Church, West Hartford. (directions on opposite side) Civil and religious debates about same-sex marriage havefocused attention onquestions aboutintimacy, sexual difference, moral values, and the role of church and state in promoting families and healthy relationships. 

                                This event includes a free keynote and Q & A session (which may be attended separately) followed by an in-depth workshop that includes lunch. The workshop helps participants explore the tough personal questions about gay marriage and civil unions that couples need to explore as they make decisions that are appropriate for who they are. It is a chance to sort out the issues in a supportive spiritual environment! All are invited to the keynote and Q & A session. There will be a charge for the workshop. Enrollment will be limited. To register, see opposite side. 

                                ____________________________________

                                Sunday, October 23

                                Rev. Ellison will preach at Wilton Presbyterian Church, 48 New Canaan Road in Wilton, CT (directions on opposite side) Worship begins at 10:00 AM. Rev. Ellison is a graceful, humorous preacher whose message is informed by ethical nuance and commitment to social justice. 

                                Marvin M. Ellison is a Presbyterian minister who teaches Christian social ethics at Bangor Theological Seminary. He founded Maine's Religious Coalition against Discrimination to support civil rights protections for LGBT people. He co-chairs the Maine Interfaith Council for Reproductive Choices. His publications include Same-Sex Marriage? A Christian Ethical Analysis, and Body and Soul: Rethinking Sexuality as Justice-Love. He lives in Portland, Maine with his partner. 

                                Join us for both events. 

                                ____________________________________

                                Saturday, October 22: 

                                Same-Sex Marriage and Beyond: What Do Good Relationships Ask of Us All 

                                Keynote talk with Q & A, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., 

                                Workshop: 11:00 - 2:30, lunch included in registration 

                                Registration fee: $25 (includes lunch) 

                                Directions to Westminster Presbyterian Church, West Hartford 

                                2080 Boulevard, West Hartford (at the intersection of Ridgewood Road and the Boulevard) 860-521-6240 

                                ____________________________________

                                Tuesday, October 25 

                                Dahr Jamail - Independant Journalist 
                                Speaking Tour 

                                Central Connecticut State University

                                Time TBA

                                Speaking tour hosted by American Friends Service Commitee. Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist from Anchorage, Alaska who has 
                                spent 8 months reporting from inside occupied Iraq. He writes regularly for the Inter Press Service and the Sunday Herald in Scotland, and has also contributed to The Nation, Asia Times and The Guardian, among others. He is the Flashpoints Pacifica special correspondent in Iraq, as well as reporting for other radio outlets such as Democracy Now!, BBC, Air America, Radio Hong Kong, and many others.

                                He maintains a website at: www.dahrjamailiraq.com
                                ____________________________________

                                Thursday, October 27

                                7:30 p.m.

                                Connecticut Repertory Theater

                                2132 Hillside Road, Storrs, CT 

                                Tara's Crossing ...

                                The Rainbow Center at UCONN Storr's presents the Connecticut premiere of the acclaimed New York Production about political asylum for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Refugees; Since 1994, LGBT refugees have been eligible for asylum in the United States. The play recounts one such remarkable journey. From the confines of US Immigration detention, Tara, a transgender asylum seeker from Guyana, struggles to tell the story that could set her free. $5 for non-UCONN students and $10 for the general public. 

                                ____________________________________

                                Tuesday, November 1:

                                Witness to the Human Cost of the Iraq War 

                                Lift the Prophetic Voice in Congressional Offices

                                An Interfaith Public Witness 

                                November 1 is All Saints' Day in the Christian tradition, devoted to prayers for the dead. On this day we will make the toll of an immoral war more visible, by organizing clergy and people of faith to gather at local Congressional offices and read the names of the nearly 2,000 American soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq, along with the names of an equal number of Iraqi civilians who have died. 

                                November 1 is also the first Tuesday of November, marking one year after the re-election of President Bush and one year before the 2006 mid-term elections. More than 770 U.S. soldiers have died since Election Day 2004. 

                                How many more of our sons and daughters will die before our Congressional representatives are called to account on Election Day 2006? 

                                Honor the Dead, Keep Faith with the Living

                                October 17-31: Jewish and Muslim holy days are observed during this period, and from each of our faith traditions we raise our voices for peace. For the two weeks leading up to November 1 we will demand that our Congressional representatives begin leading our nation back toward peace. 
                                We will challenge them publicly to:

                                demand a halt to this immoral war, bringing our troops home;

                                call for an independent investigation into the abuse of detainees, and repudiate the use of torture and extraordinary rendition;

                                affirm that no permanent U.S. bases should be left in Iraq; and

                                call for a redistribution of resources away from the military and toward relief of the humanitarian crisis brought on by Hurricane Katrina.

                                Act on your faith.

                                An action called by the Fellowship of Reconciliation (www.forusa.org) and Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice (www.ReclaimingthePropheticVoice.org) 

                                For information about plans in your congressional district, contact: PropheticVoiceNov1 at yahoo.com
                                ____________________________________

                                November 4th-6th

                                Transcending Boundaries Conference

                                Sheraton Hartford Hotel 

                                East Hartford 

                                Transcending Boundaries will hold its fourth conference for bisexual/pansexual, trans/genderqueer, and intersex people and our allies. We are pleased to announce that this year's conference will be held in conjunction with America's Conference on Bisexuality, a biennial conference for bisexuals and those interested in bisexuality from all over North, South, and Central America.

                                The conference begins with a reception Friday evening and includes workshops all day Saturday and Sunday, entertainment, and a keynote luncheon with nationally known speakers.

                                Registration materials are available on-line at
                                www.transcendingboundaries.org/registration/

                                For more information, contact us at:
                                E-mail: transcendingboundaries at gmail.com
                                Phone: Call Sharon at (860) 559-6150
                                Web: www.transcendingboundaries.org
                                ____________________________________

                                Saturday, November 5: 

                                Victor "Papo" Sterling

                                La Paloma Sabanera Coffeehouse and Bookstore

                                405 Capital Ave., Hartford, CT

                                8 p.m.

                                $12-B.Y.O.B

                                Experience the newest addition to Hartford's storied jazz scene. La Ploma Sabanera serves as the backdrop for this series which features the regions best jazz musicians with a special emphasis on the young guns taking jazz into the next generation.

                                www.lapalomasabanera.com
                                ____________________________________

                                Saturday, November 5:

                                Mobilizing the Majority 

                                DAY- LONG CONFERENCE AT CCSU
                                Central Ct State University 
                                New Britain, CT 

                                Keynote speaker Kathy Kelly Activist, author and humanitarian
                                Keynote Speaker: Gilbert Achcar, Author of "Clash of Barbarism" GILBERT ACHCAR teaches politics and international relations at the University of Paris-VIII, and is a frequent contibutor to Le Monde Diplomatique. He is author of several books on contemporary politics published in French, and editor of The Legacy of Ernest Mandel (Verso, 2000). 
                                The committee is planning a full day of workshops, panel discussions, informal times for networking, and plenary session. Lunch and snacks will be available on site. 

                                More details to come; donations appreciated! 

                                Mail donations to PO Box 514, Portland, CT 06480 
                                Questions: call 860 347 5488
                                ____________________________________

                                Wednesday , November 9th

                                Ray McGovern

                                Ex -CIA analyst raises tough questions about the Iraq War

                                7 pm

                                West Hartford Town Hall, 3rd floor,

                                20 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 

                                Veteran CIA analyst challenges the Iraq War. Over the past several months, he and his colleagues have made numerous TV, radio and lecture appearances in the US and Europe. They also have appeared in several recent video documentaries-notably, "Uncovered: the Whole Truth About the Iraq War" (Robert Greenwald) and "Break the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror" (John Pilger).

                                www.westhartfordpeace.org
                                ____________________________________

                                Thursday, November 10:

                                The Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition of Equity and Justice 
                                invites you to a forum for action

                                Challenging the Structures of Racism
                                in Public Education, Health Care, Immigration

                                Featuring Joh Powell, author, activist, policy analyst

                                6:00pm Registration
                                6:30pm Worship
                                7:00pm Forum

                                The Learning Corridor
                                Theatre of the Performing Arts
                                359 Washington St, Hartford, CT

                                For more info: 860.548.1744, email: info at ghicej.org 
                                ____________________________________

                                Saturday, November 12, 2005: 

                                "SONGS FOR AFRICA" benefit concert

                                7:00pm - Doors Open at 6:30pm 

                                Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford 

                                "DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS" -DARFUR relief and health providers "BYEA & NTOMA PRIMARY SCHOOLS" TANZANIA (a local grassroots organization started and run by a woman in Tolland who has been travelling to Tanzania to bring food, health care, water, and education to an impoverished community).

                                Please SAVE THE DATE AND VOLUNTEER TO TAKE ACTION WITH US TO DEVELOP THIS FUNDRAISER FOR THESE HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS

                                TICKET SALES BEGIN OCT. 3:
                                University of Hartford Box Office (800) 274-8587
                                www.hartford.edu/hartt
                                $25 General/ $50 Reserved/ $15 UHa Student 

                                FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

                                * REPLY: mim.k at excite.com or margedavepeace at yahoo.com

                                * CALL: Marge and Dave Schneider at (860) 872-6899 

                                * SEE: www.savedarfur.org

                                www.doctorswithoutborders.org
                                ____________________________________

                                Sunday, November 13 

                                Outfoxed: Rupert Murdock's War on Journalism

                                Kream, 318 State St, New London 

                                3 p.m. 

                                A documentary on media manipulation and the reported conservative bias of the Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel, which promotes itself as "Fair and Balanced." Material includes interviews with former Fox employees and the inter-office memos they provided. MoveOn.org. representative Jenny Slemp will lead the discussion following the film. 75 minutes.
                                ____________________________________

                                Friday, November 18, 7:00pm 

                                CEO Hosts Robert Greenwald's film:

                                Wal-Mart: The High Cost of the Low Price. 

                                The place is to be announced. 

                                For more information, please contact Beverley Brakeman at 860-674-0143 at CEO - Citizens for Economic Opportunity.
                                ____________________________________

                                Saturday, November 19: 

                                Margaux Hayes

                                La Paloma Sabanera Coffeehouse and Bookstore

                                405 Capital Ave. Hartford, CT
                                8 p.m.

                                $12-B.Y.O.B

                                Experience the newest addition to Hartford's storied jazz scene. La Ploma Sabanera serves as the backdrop for this series which features the regions best jazz musicians with a special emphasis on the young guns taking jazz into the next generation.

                                www.lapalomasabanera.com

                                ____________________________________

                                Sunday, December 11:

                                Chavez, Venezuela and the New Latin America

                                Kream, 318 State St, New London 

                                3 p.m. 

                                A U.S. backed coup attempt failed to oust Hugo Chavez in 2002 and since then Chavez has become a rallying point for progressives throughout the Americas. This film affords a rare glimpse through the blockade of information imposed by the United States -- and into a country that is trying to use its oil wealth to help pull all of its people out of poverty-55 minutes.


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From chapillsbury at igc.org  Tue Oct  4 13:21:27 2005
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:21:27 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: Women's Campaign School at Yale October 22nd seminar
Message-ID: <005701c5c908$0df3ccd0$6901a8c0@EXDIR04>

fyi, c.

p.s. men are welcome; i went to two seminars when I was running for Congress, and they're excellent.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Anna 
To: anna.manasco at yale.edu 
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 11:33 PM
Subject: Women's Campaign School at Yale


An impressive group of Connecticut's most experienced political women will teach at the Women's Campaign School's October 22nd seminar, Running for Office-Timing Is Everything, at the Yale Law School.

 

The seminar is designed for women who are considering a first run or a move up to higher office, providing an opportunity to plan campaign and life strategies, and to answer the tough questions:

 

Why are you running now?

Can you raise the money?

Can you take the hours?

What will the real life impact be on your family?

 

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Registration: 8:15 am        

Class: 8:45 am - 3 pm

Class size limited - advance registration recommended

Register on the web at www.wcsyale.org.

 

WHERE: Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT

$125 / $100 per person for 3 or more from same organization

$65 Student Discount price - Student ID required

 

All materials, a continental breakfast, and a light lunch will be provided, with the session wrapping up at 3 p.m   Directions available on the website.  

 

TONI BOUCHER

State Representative  (R-143)

 

PEGGY DESCHENES

Former Executive Director Connecticut Republican Party

 

MOIRA K. LYONS

Former Speaker of the Connecticut General Assembly

 

PATRICIA RUSSO

Commissioner Emeritus Permanent Commission on the Status of Women 

 

 

Made possible in part by a grant from the 
Community Foundation of Greater New Haven.

Additional support provided by:
NewAlliance Foundation
St. Paul Travelers Connecticut 

 

The Women's Campaign School at Yale University is a non-partisan, 

non-advocacy campaign and political leadership program for women who will run for elective office; manage political campaigns, and for women advancing their careers in public life in political environments. 

 

WCS Yale is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization cosponsored by Yale Law School and the Yale Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. 
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From capeconn at comcast.net  Thu Oct  6 10:01:31 2005
From: capeconn at comcast.net (Tom Sevigny)
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 10:01:31 -0400
Subject: {news} Bill Davis on WTIC
Message-ID: <008001c5ca7e$749180f0$e58f0218@sevigny8wcbjrd>

Folks,

Bill Davis will be on the Bruce & Colin show on WTIC 1080AM tomorrow afternoon at 3:30pm.  The interview will be about 15-20 minutes.  Bill, for those who do not know, will be running in 2006 for U.S. Rep. against Nancy Johnson.

Tom
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Oct  6 21:30:56 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:30:56 +0000
Subject: {news} New Britain Herald reports on mayoral debate
In-Reply-To: <1128634963.3147562.58a4147b97bbb186.f6ad849@persist.google.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F24067D4A1CFBEF73A589EFD6840@phx.gbl>

New Britain Herald
10/06/2005

Candidates square off

By GEORGE MOORE, Staff Writer

NEW BRITAIN -- The three mayoral candidates squared off in a debate 
Wednesday night in which each offered a distinctive strategy to address New 
Britain?s insufficient early childhood education capacity.

Republican Mayor Timothy Stewart, Democratic challenger Jason Jakubowski and 
Green Party challenger Miguel Nieves participated in the first mayoral 
debate held by the New Britain Discovery Collaborative at the Special Care 
Community Center.

The nonprofit organization advocates for all-day kindergarten and increased 
support of pre-school programming. The Discovery Collaborative estimates 
that 47 percent of New Britain children attend a pre-school program -- a 
large disparity when compared to Meriden at 78 percent, Bristol at 86 
percent and Berlin at 98 percent.

To address this disparity, Stewart emphasized the importance of providing 
funding for capital school projects, which create much needed space for 
pre-school activity. Current construction work at Vance and Lincoln 
Elementary schools, he said, will create new pre-school slots.

"We?ve done everything we can to ensure that those are quality programs," 
Stewart said, "and that they have the right facilities for our kids to 
learn."

Stewart said he worked with the Human Resources Agency to obtain an 
$8.2-million grant, which will allow it to renovate its building and, 
therefore, increase its Head Start capacity.

Jakubowski praised the Human Resources Agency and mayoral support for school 
expansion projects, but said money needs to be secured to provide staff 
support.

"I think that is terrific news, but even when those classrooms do come 
online, we?ll still be 20 percent behind the state average," he said. "This 
is really a two-pronged problem: There is a facility problem, but there is 
also a personnel issue."

Nieves said he wants to work with local organizations in addition to funding 
school expansion projects. "My plan will be working with the assistance 
programs we have now -- the HRA program and the YMCA program."

While all three candidates agreed that parent involvement was crucial, they 
differed on how to increase it. Nieves said more support and dedication from 
parents to parent teacher organizations was needed.

"I will work closely with the PTO," he said. "In the time that I?ve been 
here in New Britain since 1990 ..I have found that the PTO does a great job 
in the city dealing with parents. It is sad to see that the parents neglect 
to be part of the PTO."

Jakubowski said the issue was more of a socioeconomic problem.

"The problem is a lot of parents don?t have the means to do that," he said. 
"What we need to do is to start focusing on ..innovative ideas that open up 
our schools after hours."

Stewart, who served on the Board of Education from 1995 to 1999, said 
schools across the board are finding ways to open their doors after hours. 
He said that he will consider mandating parent involvement in some 
subsidized programs.

"Maybe we can even mandate parent involvement if your kid is in a program," 
he said. "I think it?s a wonderful thing for us to do, along with providing 
transportation to help parents to get there, because that is a big problem."

Asked about all-day kindergarten, Nieves said he supports it and will work 
with HRA to increase its enrollment. Jakubowski said the federal government 
has to fulfill its promise to fund such programs and that he will push for 
such funding. Stewart noted that, as the mayor, he has no direct control 
over the BOE?s policy, but supports all-day kindergarten.

Shermane Fletcher, who attended the debate, said she?s been concerned about 
education in the city ever since she fought for her daughter?s education. 
Last year, Fletcher had to enter her daughter, Zhenia, into a lottery to get 
her into a full-day kindergarten class. Fletcher eventually got her daughter 
into that class. She brought Zhenia, 6, who is now in first grade, to the 
event Wednesday night.

"There are a lot of issues we?re facing," she said. "We have to get our act 
together."

The entire debate was recorded by Nutmeg TV. It will air on Channel 21 on 
Tuesdayat 6 p.m. and Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.

George Moore can be reached at gmoore@ newbritainherald.com or by calling 
(860) 225-4601, Ext. 225.

?The Herald 2005





From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Oct  6 23:02:59 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 03:02:59 +0000
Subject: {news} Andy Derr endorsed by police union but refuses PAC $$
In-Reply-To: <1128632000.3100401.f021d640e895f86e.10b0b3b1@persist.google.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F53A4AB0F19A2C8DB21A33D6840@phx.gbl>

http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=5886EC80-0FC8-4948-AA1A-56E812B076C0

New London Day

Longtime New London Police Detective Spurned By Police Political Action 
Committee
Gaynor not endorsed in bid for re-election

By TED MANN
Day Staff Writer, Politics/Government
Published on 10/6/2005

New London ? When the call came, City Councilor Gerard Gaynor Jr. couldn't 
believe it.

The New London Police Union's political action committee, which voted 
Tuesday night on its endorsements for the upcoming council election, 
declined to endorse Gaynor, a retired detective who spent 36 years at the 
department.

The union endorsed every member of the current council except for Gaynor and 
Councilor Beth Sabilia, instead throwing its weight behind Democratic 
candidate Kevin Cavanagh and Green Party member Andy Derr.

For Gaynor, the union decision was a particularly bitter blow, and a sign 
that resentment lingers after his opposition to an ultimately successful 
expansion of the union's bargaining unit to include the department's three 
captains.

?First and foremost, it was a very difficult decision for the union 
political action committee to make,? Lt. Chip Segar, the union president, 
said in a telephone interview on Wednesday. ?On a personal level, it's 
heartbreaking to me.?

But, Segar said, Gaynor made two ?fatal errors? in recent months ? opposing 
the captains' move to join the union and offering to sacrifice one of the 
unfilled police positions in the budget in order to preserve the city's 
social-services department.

?Even if, in the grand scheme of things, that might have been the right 
thing to do, that did not sit well with us,? Segar said of the latter 
suggestion.

Gaynor said Wednesday that he was flabbergasted when first informed of the 
union's decision, but added he was confident that he still had support among 
the rank-and-file in the department.

?My initial reaction to that was disbelief,? Gaynor said.

And he continued to defend his decision to oppose adding captains to the 
union.

?In a police organization, you have to have a separation between the troops 
and the administration, and as far as I'm concerned they're administrators,? 
Gaynor said. He later added, ?I don't think you can be loyal to two gods, so 
to speak.?

The union declined to endorse Sabilia because she did not return a 
questionnaire sent to all council candidates, Segar said, and the councilor 
said she had a good reason not to: She is not seeking any endorsements.

?I'm not seeking endorsements, I'm not doing fund-raising, simply because 
I'm running a fairly low-key campaign in light of my personal situation,? 
said Sabilia, who is due to give birth next week to her second child. ?And I 
figured people, after four years on the council, would know my record.?

The incumbents endorsed by the union were: Mayor Jane Glover, Deputy Mayor 
Bill Morse, Councilor Margaret ?Peg? Curtin, Councilor Rob Pero and 
Councilor Jason Catala. Catala and Pero are Republicans; the rest are 
Democrats.

Segar said the union's interviewing committee was grateful to Morse, Pero 
and Catala for voting to allow the captains to join the union, and was 
impressed by Morse, Glover and Derr, who all advocated a switch to a ?strong 
mayor? form of government.

New London needs ?a central figure in the city who would be accountable and 
responsible to the voters,? he said.

Segar said the committee believed Cavanagh, a member of the Board of 
Education, would bring ?great new ideas? to the council, and said the 
endorsement of Derr would help ?bring balance back to the City Council 
that's desperately needed.?

It was a pleasant surprise and a cause for optimism for the third-party 
candidate.

?I think it's just another indication that people are really taking the 
Green Party seriously, and we're part of the political scene in the city,? 
Derr said.

He also noted that both Derr and Morse had declined financial contributions 
from the union PAC. In lieu of financial assistance, the committee will 
donate a total of $100 to the New London Meal Center in their names.

? The Day Publishing Co., 2005





From TDayan at aol.com  Sat Oct  8 15:35:53 2005
From: TDayan at aol.com (TDayan at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 15:35:53 EDT
Subject: {news} Andy Derr endorsed by police union but refuses PAC $$
Message-ID: <e0.1da28ba1.30797999@aol.com>

Congratulations, Andy!
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From edubrule at sbcglobal.net  Mon Oct 10 22:06:00 2005
From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:06:00 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: Invitation to submit to book
Message-ID: <001101c5ce08$91f48ab0$01bff504@edgn2b574u14bi>

This person contacted the CT Green Party via our website.  I know nothing further about this than what is below.
--Ed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Whitney Trettien 
To: greens at ctgreens.org 
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 5:14 PM
Subject: Invitation to submit to book


Hello, 

"The Cost of Freedom" is a book project about activists in the peace movement. The publisher is Howling Dog Press. 

We have been collecting stories of people and groups around the United States who have been working to fight Bush these past few years. 

We are still seeking short submissions for our "One Hundred Words More or Less" or less section.  We want: a sentence or paragraph (100 words or less!) about how you, your campaign, your group, or groups you have collaborated with have been working to maintain our freedoms. Could be a short history, an anecdote, obstacles you face, a mission statement, a recipe for "Peace Pie" -- it's up to you.  (We also welcome photo submissions.)

If you are interested, you may contact me for more information.  The deadline for submissions is November 1st.

We are also still seeking longer stores (1000-2000) profiling local actions and groups, as well as observations and comments on the peace movement in general.  The deadline for these stories is negotiable.

Thank you for considering!  
I look forward to hearing from you --
Whitney Trettien
Co-editor, Cost of Freedom project
whitney at moonslush.com

PS: If you know anyone who may be interested in the project, please forward.  And if this is the incorrect contact, I apologize!
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From jherkimer at snet.net  Tue Oct 11 22:35:48 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:35:48 -0400
Subject: {news} Modified Consensus Workshop
Message-ID: <013f01c5ced5$ac4535e0$13d83ccc@k8h9a3>

[apologies for duplicates]

Dear Green Party of CT members,
This is pre-confirmation information regarding a training workshop on
Modified Consensus Process.

The Green Party of Connecticut Women's Caucus is proposing a tentative date
of Sunday November 13, 2005 for the initial workshop to train meeting
facilitators in Modified Consensus Process. Although not confirmed, we
expect a day-long workshop with an ending time to allow for travel home
during daylight (e.g. 10a-4p).

We are pleased to announce that two Green Party members from New York, Lynne
Serpe and Mark Jacobs, have graciously agreed to conduct this training. Both
have extensive experience in MCP and facilitation at the local, state and
national levels.

The venue for this workshop has not yet been selected, although we
anticipate a Litchfield County location to best accommodate our guest
trainers.

This preliminary training is targeting those who have already facilitated at
least two GPC State Central Committee meetings using MCP. If we have missed
anyone, please let us know. The maximum number of registrants is 15, so
please confirm your intention to participate at your earliest convenience to
Judy Herkimer at jherkimer at snet.net.

David Adams
John Battista
David Bedell
David Eliscu
Aaron Gustafson
Judy Herkimer
Justine McCabe
Tim McKee
Karin Norton
Charlie Pillsbury
Tom Sevigny

After this "training of the trainers", the GPC-WC will have 1) created a
resource pool to draw from for meeting facilitators; 2) the ability to
schedule future training workshops for other interested members using GPC
facilitators. The Women's Caucus will eventually submit a proposal to the
SCC that addresses these goals.

Other members are welcome to attend the day's activities as observers and
will be allowed a limited opportunity to comment and ask questions as time
allows.

A continental breakfast and afternoon snacks will be served to all
attendees. Lunch will be provided to registrants at no cost. Lunch is
available to observers for $10 on a pre-payment basis.

The Women's Caucus will be providing transportation, housing, meals and
honoraria for the two facilitators.

Please contact us with any questions. Further information will be
distributed once the date, time and venue are confirmed.

Peace and Power,
The Green Party of CT Women's Caucus






From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Wed Oct 12 17:37:19 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 17:37:19 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: Bold Awakening in America - finally!
Message-ID: <0f1c01c5cf75$1fc589d0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>


----- Original Message


From: Miche Shehadeh
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 7:48 PM
Subject: Bold Awakening in America - finally!


  


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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Thu Oct 13 12:57:27 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:57:27 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: Prof. Francis Boyle: Legal Nonsense: The War on Terror
	and Its Grave implications for national and International Law
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MessageLegal Nonsense: The War on Terror and its Grave
Implications for National and International Law

An Interview with Prof. Francis Boyle, J.D., Ph.D.

In yOUR RECEnt interview with Bill O'Reilly, he said that we had

the right to roll into Afghanistan essentially (and simply) because bin

Laden is a bad guy, and the Afghans were not cooperating. Do you see

our refusal to make a traditional declaration of war against Afghanistan as

a matter of convenience? Does it get us off the hook, morally and legally, from

having to obey the normal rules of how wars are conducted and declared

between one state and another?

FB: I think they had already planned to go to war against Afghanistan

beforehand, and it is abundantly clear from the so-called offer made by

President Bush to the Afghan government that it was not really made in

good faith. They were looking for a pretext, they got it, and they went to

war.

LID: Do you think they would have been caught off guard if Afghanistan

had given way on all their demands?

FB: It was reported on CounterPunch.org that they did, in fact, offer to

turn over bin Laden, but this offer was never followed up. It is clear that

bin Laden was a pretext, and 9/11 was a pretext. They needed a pretext to

go to war against Afghanistan and Iraq, and they created the conditions to

make it possible. It also seems to me that they knew the 9/11 attacks were

going to happen, but that's another story.

LID: Indeed. There's a lot about the mainstream story of 9/11 that doesn't

make sense, but that is, as you say, another story. What struck us, as all

this unfolded, was how non-traditional our approach to the whole thing

was. They could have made an argument to make a real declaration of war

25 thE EDitORs' glOss: Article I.8 of the Constitution gives Congress

the power to "constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court . . .

define and punish . . . Offenses against the Law of Nations . . . and make

Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water." But on November 13,

2001, President Bush issued a "Military Order" granting himself the power

to detain and try by "military commission" - for "violations of the laws

of war and other applicable laws" - anyone he determines is or was in al-

Qaeda, "engaged in, aided or abetted, or conspired to commit, [undefined]

acts of international terrorism," or "knowingly harbored one or more"

individuals in these categories. As the Order was developed, the usual

suspects (David Addington, vice president's counsel; John Yoo, Justice

Department lawyer; Timothy Flanigan, former deputy White House

counsel) overruled military, State, and Justice Department experts - who

wanted criminal or courts-martial proceedings for 9/11 and "war on terror"

(GWOT) suspects - because GWOT intelligence might be hard to

get if defense lawyers and due-process got in the way ("After Terror, a

Secret Rewriting of Military Law," New York Times, October 24, 2004).

The legality of so removing individuals from the criminal or military

justice system was challenged by attorneys on behalf of Salim Hamdan.

D. C. District Court Judge James Robertson stopped the commissions in

November 2004 (see pp. 480-2). The government appealed and pressed

ahead, an insider blaming Cheney for its intransigence (New York Times,

March 27, 2005: "Cheney is still driving a lot of this"). Meanwhile, some

of the commission's defense lawyers and even military prosecutors complained

of its "marginal" cases and "half-assed effort" (AFP, August 1, 2005).

But on July 15 - in spite of 17 "friend of the court" briefs on Hamdan's side

from retired JAGs, generals, and admirals; a Constitutional historian at

the Library of Congress; and numerous international-, national-security-,

and military-law academics and lawyers - the government won a reversal

from a D. C. Appeals Court three-judge panel; it argued that the "Geneva

Convention cannot be judicially enforced."

One of the three judges met the President for an interview the day before,

and on July 20 he was nominated to the Supreme Court. It might be

coincidental that John Roberts was tapped for the Court five days after

he joined the decision that the President's "construction and application

of treaty provisions is entitled to great weight." Alternatively, Bruce

Shapiro, writing in The Nation (July 20, 2005), suggests that Roberts's

interview with the President was his oral exam, and the Hamdan decision

was the "essay question." Evidently he passed.

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against Afghanistan, but it seems to us that this approach was intentionally

avoided.

FB: I think Bush did seek a declaration along the lines of what Roosevelt

got from Congress on December 8, 1941. The reason he sought it was that

it would have made him a constitutional dictator. Fortunately, Congress

did not give Bush a formal declaration of war, but he did try. Had he gotten

one all the provisions of the U.S. Code would have applied, which give the

President sweeping powers during a state of declared war.

LID: So you say "fortunately" because of the powers of the U.S. Code that

would have been granted to the President?

FB: The book Presidential Power by Arthur Miller explains how, with a

formal declaration of war by Congress, as happened in December 1941 and

also in WWI, the President essentially becomes a constitutional dictator.

He can pretty much do what he wants.

LID: That's interesting. Although there are negative ramifications for

how the prisoners are treated in an undeclared war, it sounds like one of

the "benefits" has been that at least we avoided having a dictatorship on our

hands in America - or at least more of one than we currently suffer.

FB: It could have been a lot worse. Senator Byrd pointed out that the

authorization that the President did get was not a formal declaration of

war, but rather a limited authorization and subject to all the requirements

of the War Powers resolution. He was not given a blank check.

LID: Do you know how well he did in meeting any of those

requirements?

FB: Ha! That's a good one. The problem is that the President does not care.

He believes clearly that he is above the Constitution of the United States.

He has made it clear that he is not limited by anyone. But the fact remains

that it is up to Congress to enforce its own war powers. The Constitution,

Article I, Section 8, gives the power to Congress to go to war, not to the

President. It is up to Congress to enforce this in the first instance, and

ultimately for the American people to enforce this in default by Congress.

This is why I started my campaign for impeachment. I called Ramsey Clark

to discuss starting an impeachment campaign against the President over

the war in Afghanistan. He felt that the public support was not there at

that time, because the President had been very successful in brainwashing

the American people into supporting what he was doing. But, in August

2002 Cheney began making his speeches against Iraq and the situation

and atmosphere began to change. It appeared to be the same scenario they

had pursued in Gulf War I under Bush Senior.

LID: In following your impeachment efforts, we saw that you are waiting

on an equivalent to Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez (D-Tex.), who - I

think many Americans don't know this - worked with you to attempt an

impeachment of Bush 41 over the first Gulf War.

FB: We are pressuring Congress. We need one member of Congress to

propose a bill. Congressman Conyers did have a discussion on March 13,

2003, with 40 or 50 of his top advisors. He called Ramsey and me, inviting

us to state the case for putting in immediate bills of impeachment against

Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Ashcroft to try to head off the war. We did

the best we could. The merits were debated quite extensively. The people

there did not really disagree with us on the merits of impeachment

but rather on the political practicality. John Podesta was there on behalf

of the Democratic National Committee arguing that proposing a bill of

impeachment might hurt the Democratic candidate in 2004. That is where

we stand now. I think that advice was wrong. But I did not argue the point.

I just argued the constitutional merits of impeachment. No one really disagreed

with that. They were merely concerned with how it would play out

in the November 2004 elections. Of course the Democrats were clobbered,

but Ramsey and I agreed before the election to push forward, and that is

what we are doing.

LID: Do you have any hopefuls in terms of the Congressional sponsorship

that you need?

FB: Any one of them could do it. It's up to the people to pressure their representatives

to put one in. But with the offensive, the destruction, and the killing

in Fallujah - this is a crime against humanity. We have already lost some

1800 military people thanks to Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and others. It seems

to me that we owe it to those fallen troops to file bills of impeachment, and to

make it clear that we are going to try to hold these war criminals to account

not only for the dead U.S. soldiers, but also for the more than 100,000 dead

Iraqis. If we do not act, this war is going to get well and truly out of control.

General Shinseki publicly testified that we need several hundred thousand

troops to occupy Iraq. He has been proven right. The troops there are sitting

ducks, and what we need to do is get our troops out of harms way.

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LID: On another subject - but speaking of resisting war criminals and

their crimes - we understand that you were able to act as counsel for 28-

year-old former Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia, who was sentenced on May 21,

2004, to one year in prison for refusing to return to fight in Iraq.

FB: That's right. He was the first resister. He saw everything, and was

even asked to participate in the torture being conducted. He came back

home on leave and after much soul-searching realized he could not continue

in good conscience to participate in an illegal war. He filed for conscientious

objector status as a result. He was court marshaled for desertion!

Though he was the first to do so, he is unlikely to be the last. The

Pentagon decided to make an example of him, to make a point to the rest

of the troops who are beginning to get very restless. He is, of course, a

hero, the first Amnesty-International-declared prisoner of conscience in

America linked to this war.

LID: A couple of thoughts on the legal background. We came across a

comment made by Dr. Elizabeth Wilmshurst in England, who as you know

resigned her post as deputy legal adviser to the Foreign & Commonwealth

Office in the U.K. over the illegality of the Iraq war. She said, "lawyers hate

the phrase 'war on terror.'" Do you share that sentiment?

FB: If you see my book, Destroying World Order, there is a whole chapter

entitled "Preserving the Rule of Law in the War on International Terrorism."

It is mere propaganda, a slogan that the Bush people have come up with to

justify aggression, their own terrorism, war crimes, and torture elsewhere

round the world. There is no generally accepted definition of terrorism. In

practical terms, anyone who opposes what the U.S. does becomes "a terrorist."

The USSR did much the same thing after they invaded Afghanistan.

Powerful governments as a rule call their opponents "terrorist," thereby

seeking some kind of "moral high ground."

LID: For the Soviets, Osama bin Laden would have been a "terrorist

extraordinaire" when he was involved in resisting their efforts to take over

Afghanistan. But now the shoe is on the other foot.

FB: Let's be clear about all this. Bin Laden is our guy. The Carter administration,

as well as the Reagan people, worked hand-in-glove with bin

Laden and the CIA. That's where he and al-Qaeda came from! As long as

he was fighting the Soviet Union, he was "a freedom fighter," part of the

Mujahideen. But once these Islamic warriors turned against the U.S. and

its view of the world - assuming that they ever believed it - they became

"terrorists" overnight. These terms are devoid of any substance. They are

designed, quite simply, to squash dissent. We used to throw around the

term "Communist" a lot in the old days, even when the accused were very

far from being such. It was a convenient way of ridding oneself of problems

through the use of the smear technique.

LID: You mentioned that one of the real problems making this war on

terror so vague, so sweeping and so meaningless - to the point of allowing

it to encompass just about anything the Bushites want it to - is that all

the normal protections afforded to people on the opposite side of an armed

force can be twisted, manipulated, or just dispensed with.

FB: It's dehumanizing to Arabs, Blacks, Muslims, Asians, Coloreds. We

cannot forget the racist element of the war here, very much like Vietnam.

In Vietnam, we had to dehumanize them in order to kill them - so we

called them "gooks." Now instead of looking at these people as human

beings, with grievances and a cause that they have not made known to our

people but might like to, we call them "terrorists." We dehumanize them

in order to make it easier for the American people to do terrible things to

them that we otherwise would not be doing in all likelihood. I doubt seriously

that we would be treating white Christians or white Jews this way.

These terrorists, as we call them, are throwaway people.

LID: Of course in Serbia and Kosovo, it was the other way around. It was

white Christians who were being attacked in another illegal and unjust war

for their alleged crimes against Muslims, never mind that the faction that

we supported were real terrorists, i.e., the KLA. In that light it simply seems

like the terrorists are always whomever we've chosen to oppose in whatever

the conflict de jour is. Now speaking of Kosovo - just to digress for a second

- our sense is that the legal background for the assault on Serbia was just as

specious as that used in the war against Iraq.

FB: I agree with you. In fact, in that same book mentioned above there

is a chapter on humanitarian intervention in which I also condemn the

arguments used to justify the Serbia intervention.

LID: Now there may have been some argument that the Serbia bombing

was a "humanitarian effort" to protect Muslims and Kosovars, though we

would agree with you that it was an entirely bogus pretext. But that shows,

doesn't it, that we will pick up whatever flag is useful - "humanitarian aid,"

"WMDs," "terrorism" - to accomplish our other aims?

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FB: All of these wars, Afghanistan and Iraq - and our less well-known

military interventions elsewhere of late - have one thing in common: oil

and natural gas. That is what all this "imperial hubris" is about. We are

running out of these things, things so vital to our economy. The Pentagon

knows it, and so they are scrambling to get whatever oil and natural gas

they can find - whether it's in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Columbia,

Jibouti, or the Suez Canal. They are now planning military intervention

on the west coast of Africa because oil and gas have been found there. If

you look at all they are doing - not what they are saying, but what they are

doing - they are deploying forces all over the world where there is oil and

gas to be had. There is no deployment, however urgent the situation, where

there is no oil and gas.

LID: Let's give some thought, if we may, to the Guant?namo detainees.

One thing that has struck us as problematic - and it goes all the way back

to 9/11 - is that, in the context of the "war on terror," Uncle Sam is making

an informal declaration of war against irregular forces all over the globe.

Anyone with a gun who does not sympathize with the American way of

life, or the politics of the government, is automatically deemed "an enemy."

Correct us if we are wrong, but under the normal process of declaring war,

the opposing sides' troops are recognized as lawful combatants who are

guaranteed certain rights. Here, where we are picking a fight with all the

irregular forces of the world, they are immediately deprived of their rights

- or so it seems to us. It appears that much of the Geneva Conventions have

been set aside and that POW rights have effectively been ignored and nulli-

fied. If this is so, it seems to be the height of hypocrisy.

FB: It is most definitely the case. What that is going to do is react to the

disadvantage of our own men and women in the armed forces, because

what we have done is to send a message that we don't care about the Geneva

Convention - and that can only expose our armed forces to grave harm

and danger. Battle is bad enough, but if they get wounded or captured the

only protection our people have is the Geneva Convention. If we are now

saying we just don't care about any of this in Afghanistan, Iraq, Gitmo,

then there is no kind of protection for our armed forces. Even Secretary

of State Powell pointed this out in a memo to Bush. I regret to say you

will likely see outright savagery being inflicted on our armed forces - and

certainly to the extent that we are inflicting it on our opponents. The U.S.

Marine filmed shooting dead a wounded resistance fighter in a mosque

in Fallujah has set a dangerous precedent. It says, in effect, that if you are

an Iraqi fighting the occupation and you are caught, you are likely to get

your head blown off. What hope, then, is there for wounded or captured

American troops in Iraqi hands?

LID: A lot of media coverage has been given to the tribunals in Gitmo, variously

termed "Combatant Status Review Tribunals" and "Administrative

Review Boards" - not to mention the infamous military commissions established

under the President's Military Order of November 13, 2001. The

heated discussion is all about whether or not these tribunals are sufficient

to provide for the rights of the detainees. Our sense is that they don't come

close, because of clear obligations on the part of those doing the detaining

(i.e., us) to provide for a Geneva Article 5 tribunal, which passes a judgment

on whether people should be held as POWs or not - and until those

tribunals are conducted, the detainees are supposed to be presumed to be

POWs and afforded POW rights. Something our government has conspicuously

not done.

FB: These kangaroo courts - I'm talking "military commissions" now

- were opposed by the professional military lawyers in the Judge Advocate

General's (JAG) office at the Pentagon. They were opposed by the professional

international lawyers in the State Department. The only lawyers who

supported these kangaroo courts were right wing, war-mongering lawyers

that inhabited the office of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales - now

attorney general - and John Ashcroft at the Department of "Injustice." That

is to say, none of the professionals who know anything at all about human

rights or the laws of war. As I said, even the professional military lawyers

were against these courts. As you know, in late November 2004 the federal

district judge in Washington, D.C., struck the whole thing down, though

in July 2005 it was rehabilitated by an appeals court for the D.C. circuit

in a frankly ridiculous decision. Though in the district case - Hamdan v.

Rumsfeld - the judge applies the law as it should have been applied in the

first place.1

LID: What are the details of these recent decisions?

FB: The first decision simply struck down the kangaroo court procedure

down at Gitmo. That decision was then overturned on the basis that the

Geneva Conventions are not "self-executing," though honestly, what good

1. See the discussion of military commissions and related tribunals in chapter 29 and its

postscripts, on pp. 443-489 of the present volume.-Ed.

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is a right if it cannot be protected in the courts? When the Department of

Justice first made the appeal, they were probably hopeful that they'd get it

to the Supreme Court, which the Bushites control; now it looks like that

might happen, as the attorneys for Hamdan have themselves appealed. Do

remember, by the way, that it was the five Republican justices that gave the

presidency to Bush Jr. in 2000 to begin with, and started this whole problem.

After that happened the Democrats were derelict in their duty by not

putting in Bills of Impeachment against those five Supreme Court Justices.

They rolled over and played dead, just as Gore and Kerry have done. What

good are they?

LID: On a side (but related) note, one of the pretexts we have heard that

was supposed to have justified our aggression in Afghanistan is the phrase,

"Afghanistan is a failed state." It appears everywhere in the political literature

on the subject and it seems to say that, as a consequence, the norms

of international law between one sovereign State and another simply don't

apply. Would you say that is gibberish?

FB: Yes, it means nothing. It's just a category, a description, pulled out

of thin air and developed.

LID: The Afghans don't see things the way we do, so they can be dismissed

as a nonentity, right?

FB: Yes. In fact we were actually negotiating with the Taliban government

in Afghanistan during the Clinton administration about the construction

of a huge oil pipeline through their territory, and it appears that

Clinton was about to establish diplomatic relations with them.

LID: So, Afghanistan being a "failed state" did not impede that process!

FB: Not at all. All we cared about was getting into that Central Asian oil

field and raking in big money.

LID: On the legal question of one sovereign state versus another, many

commentators and public figures - Robin Cook, Kofi Annan, Elizabeth

Wilmshurst, and yourself to name but a few - have come out in black and

white saying the aggression against Iraq was illegal. This is also the opinion

of some hundreds of international lawyers around the globe that have made

statements on various occasions.1 Even Richard Perle conceded that international

law would have "gotten in the way" of the Iraq invasion, had it been

1. Vide supra, p. 368, note 2.-Ed.

obeyed. What this means, at least from our point of view, is that we deposed

by force of arms a legitimate government, recognized as such throughout the

world, and that consequently the government that was in place is still the

legitimate government at least de jure if not de facto. Do you agree?

FB: Yes. Under the laws of war as codified in U.S. Army Field Manual

2710, we did indeed depose the legitimate government of Iraq. The U.S.

and Britain are - still - what is known as the "belligerent occupants" of

Iraq. The so-called Allawi government was nothing more than a puppet

government. But the laws of war do not prohibit us from establishing a

puppet government if that is what we want as occupiers. Again, under the

above law, we are responsible for the behavior of that puppet government.

We have displaced the legitimate government of Iraq and have imposed a

puppet government - twice. What happens now depends on if and when

the belligerent occupation by the U.S. and U.K. ends, and if the Iraqi people

themselves have an opportunity to reestablish their own government.

It's important to keep this in mind, despite all the talk about the transfer

of sovereignty, democracy, and elections. That's all nonsense. The sovereignty

resides in the hands of the Iraqi people. They never lost it in the first

place. It was never ours to transfer. A belligerent occupant does not obtain

sovereignty. Sovereignty remains with people and with the state that is

occupied. We never had anything to transfer to Allawi. He remained at all

times the puppet head of a puppet government. The January 2005 elections

did nothing but establish another puppet government, no matter who did

or did not participate, and in what numbers.

LID: And any so-called trial of former members of the legitimate government

conducted under the auspices of this puppet government - particularly

if the occupying forces are still there - is very problematic as well.

FB: They are simply more kangaroo court proceedings. Clearly there

are procedures. Saddam is a prisoner of war. Prisoners of war under the

Third Geneva Convention can be tried for the commission of war crimes,

but they are subject to all the protections of the third Geneva Convention.

In this situation Saddam would be entitled to a trial in the form of a courtmartial

under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Clearly he will not get

that. He will get a kangaroo summary procedure and then they will take

him out and kill him. Several of the so-called Iraqi human rights people

involved in setting up these kangaroo courts have already said as much.

Saddam will not get a fair trial. Of that there can be very little doubt.

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LID: Are there any other important points of which we should be

aware?

FB: Before the start of the war against Iraq, President Putin of Russia

and Walter Cronkite both publicly stated that if Bush went to war against

Iraq, he could set off a third world war - and that is the situation we find

ourselves in now. This is an extremely volatile area of the world. Two-thirds

of the world's energy resources are there - the very thing that we are going

after. That that is what we are doing is very clear to Russia, Europe, China,

India, Pakistan. It's very clear we are going all out for the oil and the gas

in order to control the future of the world's economy. The longer we, the

American people, let this go on, the more we risk a wider regional war that

could easily degenerate into a world war.

LID: Rumsfeld's favorite words for the Iraqi resistance is "extremist," "terrorist,"

etc. We assume there is no question that the Iraqis who are defending

themselves from occupation have every legitimate right to do so, regardless

of what outside influence there may or may not be in Iraq?

FB: This is clearly an illegal and criminal war being waged by Bush Jr.

and Tony Blair. So, of course, the Iraqi people have a right to resist an illegal,

criminal war under international law. That's the danger in all of this.

Hitler got away with marching into Austria and Czechoslovakia, but then

he went into Poland and that led to the start of WWII. Here we have Bush

who has waged two wars now, in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is now threatening

Syria, Iran, and North Korea. We have a very similar situation here.

Either the current situation is brought under control, or they launch one

more aggressive war. That could start a chain reaction leading to a regional

war - and perhaps to another world war.

LID: Let's hope we can reverse the tide before that happens.

FB: I think we have to, and that is why Ramsey and I are pressing ahead

with impeachment. Remember, and this is very important, Nixon won a

landslide victory against McGovern in 1972. Massachusetts was against

him, but the rest of the country supported him. Yet he and Agnew were

out of office less than two years later. So, that is the scenario that I think

we must pursue with respect to Messrs. Bush and Cheney.

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From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:04:17 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT BBC News: Has the Green dream wilted?
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Subject: USGP-INT BBC News: Has the Green dream wilted?


> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4335238.stm
>
>  Has the Green dream wilted?
> Sam Wilson, BBC News
> 10/13/05
>
> Only half a decade ago the future of Europe looked greener than ever 
> before.
>
> Green parties were part of the governments of five European countries, 
> pushing the environment closer to the forefront of policy-making.
>
> "Some had the impression that a luminous sunflower was hanging in the grey 
> sky," wrote Juan Behrend, the former secretary general of the Green 
> federation in the European parliament.
>
> But that era is now over.
>
> With the cementing of a grand coalition in Germany this week, Greens have 
> lost their last toehold in western European government, and their most 
> recognisable figure, former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, is 
> out of office.
>
> And this at a time, says Mr Behrend, when "the current climate is asking 
> for Green politics".
>
> Having been ejected from government in Finland, France, Italy, Belgium and 
> now Germany, it would be no surprise if the Greens' optimism, like the 
> imaginary sunflower, had wilted.
>
> "These are setbacks, clearly, in every case. Greens are not now shaping 
> policy," says Hubert Kleinert, once a German Green MP, now a political 
> scientist.
>
>  "During the last five years there have been more defeats than victories. 
> And I think this [German result] is the biggest one."
>
> But Mr Behrend refuses to be downbeat.
>
> He admits the German result is "a blow", but denies it shows Green 
> politics is in decline.
>
> "Coming back to opposition is also an opportunity," he told the BBC News 
> website.
>
> He points out that the Green movement was founded in local-level activism, 
> and its grassroots are still strong.
>
> "We are expert at making opposition politics so I'm optimistic we'll be 
> able to articulate a very coherent Green policy," he says.
>
> Chris Rootes, professor of environmental politics at England's University 
> of Kent, agrees.
>
> "Being out of government may liberate them - they were always 
> uncomfortable with a party [Gerhard Schroeder's SPD] with whom they have a 
> lot of differences," he says.
>
> Divisive debate
>
>  The German Greens may have been leapfrogged by the liberal Free Democrats 
> and the new Left, but Prof Rootes points out that their share of the vote 
> fell only about 0.5%.
>
> Greens have suffered across Europe, he suggests, only because voters have 
> turned against their socialist and social democratic coalition allies "and 
> [Greens] have thus far not been willing to sustain right-wing 
> governments".
>
>  That ties their fortunes closely to the left, he says, as "it does make 
> the parties of the centre-left very dependent on the Greens".
>
> For Prof Kleinert, being out of power gives greens a chance to rethink 
> their allegiances, including the possibility of entering coalitions with 
> centre-right parties like Germany's CDU.
>
> It could be a divisive debate, as "the feeling of the Greens' leaders is 
> surely more to the middle, but the feeling of the base is more left-wing".
>
> Ideas 'entrenched'
>
> But other commentators say there is no need for Greens to panic.
>
> They are part of Romano Prodi's left-wing alliance expected to challenge 
> hard in Italy's elections next year, and are likely to form part of the 
> left-wing bloc competing in France in 2007.
>
> "Greens have shown they can be serious politicians, can hold cabinet 
> office and can be trusted, and these will count if their time comes 
> again," says Dr Neil Carter of the University of York.
>
> But what about environmental policies? With no Green ministers now at 
> cabinet tables, or at EU ministerial meetings, will there be no-one to 
> push ecological considerations?
>
> The Green Party in Germany was instrumental in forming that country's 
> policy of shutting down nuclear energy, and its huge increase in the use 
> of renewable energy. Are these achievements now at risk?
>
> Prof Rootes thinks not, as these ideas are now "entrenched" in the 
> political mainstream.
>
> Mr Behrend says that people across Europe realise the importance of 
> environmental protection, and they will not allow any political party to 
> neglect that in its policy making.
>
> "Green politics and sustainability are not just post-materialistic 
> dreams," he says. "They are hard politics that we're going to have to face 
> in the coming years."
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Oct 13 18:26:42 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 22:26:42 +0000
Subject: {news} Stamford mayoral candidates disagree on IDs for illegal
	immigrants
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(In this article, Darek Shapiro refers to the Individual Taxpayer 
Identification Number (ITIN), which the IRS issues regardless of immigration 
status:
http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96287,00.html )

Stamford Advocate

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-id4oct13,0,4280529.story

Mayoral hopefuls disagree on IDs for illegal immigrants

By Vesna Jaksic
Staff Writer

October 13, 2005

STAMFORD -- The city's three mayoral candidates are split on whether illegal 
immigrants should be issued identification cards. New Haven Mayor John 
DeStefano said last week he wants to issue ID cards as part of a program 
that would help immigrants access city services.

Asked how he felt about the plan, Mayor Dannel Malloy said he would not run 
it in Stamford.

"This is not a proposal that I embrace," he said. "The reality is that 
immigration, both legal and illegal, is a federal issue. And on the other 
hand, we have certain obligations to provide services as required by the 
law, such as education and to treat people fairly. But to try to circumvent 
or violate the federal law is not something that local governments should 
get involved with."

DeStefano, a Democrat running against Malloy for the party's 2006 
gubernatorial nomination who like Malloy is running in the state's 2006 
gubernatorial race, proposed the program last week.

He has since said that legal experts were looking into whether such a 
proposal is lawful. DeStefano's office has received calls from local and 
national media since the announcement was made, setting off another heated 
debate on immigration.

Darek Shapiro, the Green Party's mayoral candidate, said DeStefano had a 
good idea, but that he would not propose the same plan in Stamford.

"I think DeStefano is on the right idea, but the idea is not really 
addressing the problem," he said. "We need to be able to do this on the 
state level."

Shapiro said he would encourage illegal immigrants to get a tax ID number, 
which allows them to pay taxes when they cannot get a Social Security 
number. After two years of paying taxes, they will qualify for a "temporary 
driver's license," he said, pointing out that he would work with DeStefano, 
other mayors and state legislators to pass the proposal.

Christopher Munger, a Republican who is challenging Malloy for Stamford's 
top elected seat, said he was not ready to say how he felt about such a 
plan.

"That's a really complicated issue that involves federal, state and local 
agencies," he said. "I'd have to really give it some deep thorough research 
before I take a stand on it."

While several states have toyed with ideas about how to help illegal 
immigrants get identification, DeStefano's proposal is the first by a 
municipality, immigration experts said. Most immigrants' advocates said it 
is a good idea but has its disadvantages.

Such cards may help immigrants access services on the local level, but they 
will not be valid in federal buildings or airports, said Deborah Meyers, a 
senior policy analyst for the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, 
D.C., a nonpartisan think-tank which studies dedicated to studying migration 
patterns.

"Any locality certainly is able to issue documents to individuals living in 
that locality, but the issue is whether those documents will be accepted as 
proof of federal identity, and I don't think they would," she said.

Anti-immigration activists said such programs help boost illegal 
immigration.

"Illegal immigration is a problem that when you accommodate it or make it 
easier for illegals to stay in the country, you just increase the problem," 
said Paul Streitz, director of Connecticut Citizens for Immigration Control, 
which aims to limit numbers of illegal and legal immigrants.

Streitz said such a proposal would violate a section of the U.S. Code that 
says criminal penalties may be issued to anyone who "encourages or induces 
an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States" knowing his or 
her entry or stay violates law.

But Josh Bernstein, director of federal policy at the National Immigration 
Law Center, which promotes immigrants' rights, said such proposals do not 
affect numbers of illegal immigrants.

"Is anybody making a decision about whether to come to the United States and 
stay here on whether they'll get an ID card in the city of New Haven?" he 
said. "No, you're not affecting immigration one way or another. What you're 
affecting is public safety in the city."

Still, Steven Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration 
Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan research organization that 
wants to lower immigration numbers, questioned the proposal's legality.

"I think most people would say either you argue to change the law or enforce 
the law but not have a situation that the county or state or city government 
would work to subvert the law," he said. "That's what this would explicitly 
be."

Derek Slap, DeStefano's press secretary, said he did not have details on how 
the cards would be issued because the proposal is in its early stages. But 
essentially, the cards would allow foreign aliens who are not able to get 
state-issued identification such as driver's licenses to get a card that 
would help them access city services, Slap said.

"The mayor originally expressed it as this is something that would be of 
value to a lot of people in the city," he said. "There are a lot of good 
reasons to do it but that doesn't mean it's going to happen in the next few 
days."

Audrey Singer, immigration fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings 
Institution, a nonpartisan think-tank, said such a program aims to bring 
immigrants out of the shadows. But because the plan would target 
undocumented aliens, many may be afraid to apply, she said.

"It's really kind of interesting and I'm not surprised it's blown up," she 
said of the media attention surrounding DeStefano's proposal, which made it 
to The New York Times and CNN in addition to local media. "It's a 
controversial idea from all sides. . . I think this is an issue that a lot 
of communities are confronting right now."

While immigration is federally governed, more municipalities have been 
dealing with it because they have felt the impact in their schools, housing 
and other venues. City-issued ID cards for illegal immigrants may become 
more common as a result, said Michele Waslin, director of immigration policy 
research at the Washington, D.C.-based National Council of La Raza, the 
country's largest Hispanic civil rights organization.

"Businesses want to market to them, banks want them to open accounts, police 
want them to be able to identify themselves," she said. "So I think that 
this might be a creative solution that some localities try to deal with it."

Copyright ? 2005, Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.





From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Sat Oct 15 11:41:57 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 11:41:57 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT Europe's Green Dream Wilts But Won't Die
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 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,5830,1742070,00.html
 
 Europe's Green Dream Wilts But Won't Die
 Deutsche Welle
 October 15th, 2005
 
 The Greens lost their grip on power in Europe when Germany's Greens were 
 returned to opposition. However, parties elsewhere offer hope.
 
 Germany's Green party held a one day conference in the city of Oldenburg 
 on Saturday. The conference presented the former junior coalition 
 partner with the opportunity to look back over the last seven years of 
 power-sharing in the government while planning ahead for a future back 
 in opposition.
 
 However, a more productive use of the meeting would have been for the 
 party to take a long, hard look at where the Green dream went wrong, not 
 only at the last election but in German, and European, politics in 
 general over the past half a decade.
 
 At the turn of the century, the Greens were not only part of a serving 
 government in Germany but in four other European countries. France, 
 Italy, Finland and Belgium all had parties pushing environmental issues 
 closer to the forefront of policy-making through their Green 
 representatives.
 
 The news this week that Germany would be governed by a grand coalition 
 of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) 
 saw that era finally come to a close as Germany's Greens succumbed to 
 the fate that others had suffered as the sunflower started to wilt 
 across Europe.
 
 The retreat of Germany's Greens ends an era
 
 The return of the Greens to opposition in Germany, and the self-imposed 
 exile to the back benches of the party's most high profile minister 
 Joschka Fischer, left western European governments without a Green 
 representative.
 
 Having been ejected from government in Finland, France, Italy, Belgium 
 and now Germany, the Green movement could not be blamed for being 
 disheartened at the apparent failure of an environmental revolution in 
 the corridors of European power.
 
 "These are setbacks, clearly, in every case. Greens are not now shaping 
 policy," said Hubert Kleinert, once a German Green MP now a political 
 scientist, in an interview with the BBC. "During the last five years 
 there have been more defeats than victories. And I think this (German 
 result) is the biggest one." The Greens were overtaken by the liberal 
 Free Democrats and the new Left, even though their share of the vote 
 fell only about 0.5 percent.
 
 Former Euro Green chief says no need to panic
 
 Juan Behrend, the former secretary general of the Green federation in 
 the European parliament who once saw the rise of the Greens as "a 
 luminous sunflower was hanging in the grey sky," refused to be downcast 
 by the German result.
 
 He admitted that the election result had been a "blow" but was adamant 
 that the policies behind the Greens would survive. Coming back to 
 opposition would be "an opportunity" adding that the Greens were 
 specialists at making opposition politics and would be able to 
 "articulate a very coherent Green policy."
 
 All is far from lost. There may be shoots of re-growth for the Green 
 movement in other areas of Europe. The Greens play a role in Romano 
 Prodi's left-wing alliance in Italy, a partnership which looks set to 
 challenge hard in the elections next year, while in France the Greens 
 are expected to be part of the left-wing bloc competing in the 2007 
 campaign.
 
 Solid policies, awareness the Green lagacy
 
 However, the fact remains that there is no current Green representation 
 in the big western Europe governments and as a result there will be no 
 Green ministers at cabinet tables or EU ministerial meetings. Who will 
 be the force of environmental change without the Greens in power? Will 
 all that the movement, specifically in Germany, achieved be undone?
 
 Political analysts believe that it is unlikely that the shutting down of 
 nuclear energy plants and the huge increase in the use of renewable 
 energy in Germany will be reversed without the Green party, who 
 instigated these policies, in power.
 
 On the one hand, these ideas are now entrenched in the political 
 mainstream and on the other, the European electorate realizes the 
 importance of environmental protection, and they will not allow any 
 political party to neglect that in its policy making.
 
 The Green party's sunflower may have wilted but there seems to be enough 
 of a reservoir of belief and support around to keep it alive. And who 
 knows, the shoots of recovery may start to appear again in time.
 




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Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:50:15 -0400
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From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:38:43 +0000
Subject: {news} Candidate Offers Latinos A Voice
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http://www.courant.com/news/local/nb/hc-nebgreen1015.artoct15,0,4296819.story


Candidate Offers Latinos A Voice

Green Party Mayoral Hopeful Miguel Nieves, Pushes For Progress In City

By LORETTA WALDMAN
Courant Staff Writer

October 15 2005

NEW BRITAIN -- At a mayoral debate on early childhood education last week, 
Green Party candidate Miguel Nieves was nervous.

Like his two opponents, he wore a dark suit, but his speech was halting and 
lacked the polish and force of his rivals, Democrat Jason Jakubowski and 
Mayor Timothy Stewart, the Republican incumbent.

Then came a moment of candor when, for a few seconds, Nieves strayed from 
his script. The audience of educators, city officials, and parents sat 
motionless and rapt as Nieves, 40, spoke of the importance his mother placed 
on education. She never missed an event or teacher conference at school, he 
recalled, even if it meant returning home in the dark and on foot.

Nieves is a self-described business administrator and "action person," he 
said, a Puerto Rican native who grew up in Hartford and moved to New Britain 
as an adult. Nieves says he believes it's time the city's Latino population 
had a voice. More than 60 percent of the city's roughly 71,000 residents are 
Hispanic, he said, yet those serving in local government are overwhelmingly 
white.

But Nieves stresses that his campaign is not only for "my people," he said.

"When I talk, I talk about the needs of every resident," he said while 
relaxing with coffee at a busy South Street restaurant the day after the 
debate.

"We haven't seen any progress in the city," he said. "Taxes, jobs, economic 
growth, we're way behind other cities surrounding us."

This week, Nieves unveiled a plan to provide illegal immigrants with 
temporary ID cards so they can open bank accounts, prove their identity to 
police and access social services. He is supportive of seniors and veterans, 
according to statements on his website, www.nieves.politicalgateway.com.

A 1984 graduate of Hartford High School, Nieves attended Moore School of 
Business and the University of Hartford and holds an associate's degree in 
business administration. Though not working at the moment, his professional 
experience includes two years as a program specialist with the Boy Scouts of 
America, and as a store manager and community organizer. Nieves also has 
done volunteer work with a number of community organizations, including the 
Salvation Army and Spanish Speaking Center.

Nieves has never held elected office, but ran for city alderman in 1992.

That and a sense of community service - something else he learned from his 
mother - inspires him to keep trying, he said. At a daylong open house at 
his West Main Street campaign headquarters Wednesday, Felicita Perez 
listened and looked on supportively as her son chatted with two men. Nieves 
was offering free haircuts to anyone who dropped by, courtesy of a barber 
friend. There were fewer than a dozen takers, but he didn't seem to mind.

"We still have more work to do," he said. "At a time when government 
officials are fighting with each other, we are here talking about how we can 
bring change to the city."

Copyright 2005, Hartford Courant





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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 14, 2005

PHOENIX, Oct. 13 (AP) - A potential problem with the emergency 
reactor core cooling system at the nation's largest nuclear power 
plant went undetected from 1986, when the plant began producing 
electricity, until last week, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and 
the plant operator confirmed Thursday.

The issue, a design flaw, was identified when engineers at the plant, 
the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, did an analysis after 
commission overseers raised questions at a detailed inspection early 
last week. The analysis showed that the emergency cooling system 
might not operate as expected to provide water to reactor cores after 
a small leak in the reactor cooling lines, said a commission 
spokesman, Victor Dricks.

The worst-case result of an emergency cooling system failure is a 
meltdown of the reactor core and release of radioactivity into the 
atmosphere. Plants have redundant systems, however, and many other 
failures would have to occur before that happened, nuclear experts 
say.

Still, the design flaw put the Palo Verde plant outside of its 
licensing guidelines, and its operator, the Arizona Public Service 
Company, shut down two of the plant's three reactors immediately 
pending a resolution of the problem. The third reactor at the 
complex, which lies 50 miles west of Phoenix, was already down for 
maintenance and refueling.

Engineers are looking at reconfiguring the system or writing new 
manual procedures to get around the problem, said Jim McDonald, a 
plant spokesman. They are also rechecking their calculations to see 
if the system may actually operate as expected.

The plant provides electricity for as many as four million customers 
in 
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/national/usstatesterritoriesandpossessions/california/index.html?inline=nyt-geo>California, 
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/national/usstatesterritoriesandpossessions/arizona/index.html?inline=nyt-geo>Arizona, 
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/national/usstatesterritoriesandpossessions/texas/index.html?inline=nyt-geo>Texas 
and 
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/national/usstatesterritoriesandpossessions/newmexico/index.html?inline=nyt-geo>New 
Mexico who are served by seven utility companies, and there is no 
estimate as to when it will be back online. Its power is cheaper than 
that of many other sources, but several of the utilities said it was 
unclear whether they would need to raise rates to recoup their losses.

The emergency cooling system in each of the three units is designed 
to replace, in unusual circumstances, water that cools the reactor 
core. Earlier this year, the commission fined Arizona Public Service, 
a subsidiary of the Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, $50,000 
because of a problem in a different part of the same cooling system. 
In the more recent case, pumps that provide emergency cooling water 
may not sense that a storage tank is getting low on water, and so may 
not switch to another source, Mr. Dricks said.

That the problem took so long to be discovered should prompt the 
commission to look at other plants and procedures, said David 
Lochbaum, a nuclear safety engineer for the Union of Concerned 
Scientists, a nuclear watchdog group.

"It's a fairly subtle problem, and it was a good catch by the 
N.R.C.," Mr. Lochbaum said. "It just would have been a great catch 
sooner."




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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Sun Oct 16 23:32:41 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 03:32:41 +0000
Subject: {news} Shapiro on energy efficiency and tax relief
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>From The Stamford Advocate, 10/10/05

Shapiro: Reward energy efficiency
Mayoral hopeful favors tax relief for homeowners

By Doug Dalena, Staff Writer

STAMFORD?Saying his proposal will save taxpayers money twice, Green Party 
mayoral candidate Darek Shapiro entered the tax-relief debate by linking tax 
credits to energy conservation measures.

Under Shapiro?s proposal, the city would use tax credits to reimburse 
homeowners for 50 percent of the cost to install energy-efficient windows 
and 100 percent of the cost of new insulation.  The credits would be limited 
to $8,000 in tax relief over eight years.

At $1,000 per year, that?s more than most seniors will get from the city?s 
existing tax program, Shapiro said.  That program, which Shapiro would keep 
in place, gives graduated tax credits to seniors?up to $1,000 for singles 
and $1,250 for couples?who fall under certain income limits.

The Board of Representatives is scheduled to vote tomorrow on a proposal by 
Mayor Dannel Malloy to raise the income limits from $50,000 to $65,000 for 
singles and from $60,000 to $80,000 for couples.

The Board of Finance last week recommended approving the increased limits.  
Republican members did not introduce a proposal from Republican mayoral 
nominee Christopher Munger to raise the income limits to $75,000 for singles 
and $90,000 for couples.  In a party-line vote, the board rejected a 
proposal from Republican members to cap annual tax increases for seniors at 
2 percent.

Shapiro said he would not limit the conservation tax credits to seniors.  
Anyone who met the income limits and other restrictions under the existing 
program would qualify.

?I think the seniors have a hard time, but there are many other people who 
have problems who are disabled, who don?t have enough income, who can?t work 
or are not willing to work,? he said.  ?And the taxes are only one part of 
the problem.  We?re facing tremendous fuel costs.  Fuel costs have risen 50 
percent in the last year and 100 percent in the last two years.?

The investment in conservation likely would save more money over the life of 
the home than the tax savings, he said.

?If somebody invests in their insulation, they can often cut their energy 
consumption by 40 percent,? said Shapiro, an architect who specializes in 
energy-efficient home design.  ?In most cases, that can be more than the 
maximum of $1,250 that would be allowed under the (existing) tax program.?

The lower reimbursement for windows takes into account the possibility that 
homeowners would buy windows based on aesthetics and not just energy 
efficiency, he said.

His tax credit program would save other taxpayers, too, Shapiro said, by 
putting the brakes on air pollution, traffic and road wear from fuel trucks.

Whether taxpayers on limited incomes could afford the improvements is not 
clear.

Homeowners could pay for the improvements with low-interest loans for home 
improvement, Shapiro said.  He would use the tax credits to guarantee those 
loans, up to the $8,000 limit per person, and even link the tax credits 
directly to loan repayment, he said.

?The money from the tax department would go to pay the loan back,? he said.

He proposed capping the total amount of credits at $5 million.  The total 
cap on the existing senior tax relief program is $1.5 million.  If cost were 
still an issue, or demand were high enough, the credits could be funded with 
a higher tax rate on cars, he said.  Stamford already has one of the highest 
car tax rates in the area.

?That?s the purpose of government and taxes?to help the people who can?t 
help themselves,? Shapiro said.

His proposal has some things in common with tax credits in the recently 
passed federal energy bill.  The bill includes federal income tax credits 
from $50 to $500 on energy saving measures, from appliances  to windows and 
insulation.  It includes larger tax credits and income deductions for hybrid 
vehicles, solar power and solar hot water heaters.  Some of the federal 
credits cover costs remaining after state and local tax credits.





From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Mon Oct 17 00:25:44 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:25:44 +0000
Subject: {news} =?iso-8859-1?q?Shapiro=3A_=91It=92s_easy_being_Green=92?=
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Stamford Times, 10/16/05

Shapiro: ?It?s easy being Green?

By A.J. O?Connell, Staff Writer

STAMFORD?When Darek Shapiro announced that he would be running for mayor on 
the Green Party ticket this July, he told reporters that he did not expect 
to win the Mayoral race, but that he was campaigning to gain attention for 
the issues, namely clean energy and environmental concerns.

Now, after three months on the campaign trail, Shapiro?s tune has changed 
slightly.  He has expanded his issues to include transportation, taxation, 
and education and no longer openly states that he is campaigning only for 
his issues.

?Do I see myself as winning?  I see myself as winning the votes of the 
people who care about clean energy,? said Shapiro in a Tuesday meeting with 
the Stamford Times? editorial board.

Shapiro, who as a private citizen, lobbied hard to get the 20 percent by 
2010 clean energy initiative passed by the Board of Representatives last 
year, has augmented his platform considerably.

As a mayoral candidate, Shapiro is following the lead of New Haven ,mayor 
John DeStefano, who suggested last week that legal identification for 
illegal immigrants who live and work in Stamford.  Shapiro is suggesting 
that all Stamford immigrants apply for an individual tax identification 
number [ITIN] from the Internal Revenue Service.  This is a number available 
only to nonresidents legal or illegal that allows them to pay taxes.  After 
two years of paying taxes, the immigrant with an ITIN would be able to 
qualify for a temporary driver?s license.

Shapiro also wants to clear up the transportation problem that has plagued 
southern Connecticut.  He supports cleanly fueled public transportation?a 
system of municipal jitneys that would allow people to travel within the 
city and to schedule pickup and drop off times on the Internet.  He also 
wants to discourage people from driving downtown in their own cars by 
raising the price of parking.  With parking prices raised he said, those 
from out of town may decide to take the train to Stamford instead.

As always, however, the base of Shapiro?s platform is made up of green 
issues.  He is endorsing lower energy costs and suggests that the city look 
into a study being done with  environmental agency Energy Star.  The study 
uses energy management techniques and equipment to reduce the amount of 
electricity or fuel used to power a building.  According to Shapiro, the 
study has reduced the energy use of buildings by 5 to 25 percent.  He also 
cited the need for new power lines and cleaner energy, such as solar energy.

Shapiro is also in favor of banning pesticides within the city.

He says that he would identify the most noxious pesticides, create a 
committee on the Board of Representatives to study the possibility of 
banning them and work on a grassroots level in Stamford to ban those 
chemicals.

This is the first political campaign for Shapiro, 52, a local environmental 
architect and a former Democrat.

He was courted away from the Dems by the Green Party this summer as a result 
of his work on the 20 percent by 2010 initiative and is the first member of 
their party to run for Stamford mayor.

Shapiro readily accepted, and said that for him, it?s easier being Green 
than it was being Blue.

?I want to lead the city in being an example of a clean, Green city for the 
rest of the United States,? he said.

Shapiro lives in North Stamford with his wife, Crystal.





From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Mon Oct 17 12:30:39 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:30:39 -0400
Subject: {news} Interfaith Witness on November 1
Message-ID: <07ce01c5d338$1d21c970$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

FYI
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Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 10:56 AM
Subject: [AL-AWDA-Media] Interfaith Witness on November 1


Dear Friends,

The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) and Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice (RTPV) are calling for an interfaith public witness at local Congressional offices on Nov 1.

In CT, we have point people lined up for each district.  To register to participate in one of these events and receive the details about time and place in your district, please send an e-mail to PropheticVoiceNov1 at yahoo.com.

You will also find information posted on our websites: www.ReclaimingthePropheticVoice.org and www.forusa.org.

The basic outline of the event is pasted below.

We are also calling for lobbying phone calls during the two weeks leading up to the event (details available on the downloadable flyers at the website), asking the following quesitons:

1)  Will you publicly demand an immediate end to the use of torture, and call for a full, independent investigation into the abuse of detainees?
2)  Will you publicly demand an end to the war in Iraq and a timeframe for bringing our troops home?
3)  Will you publicly demand that no permanent US bases remain in Iraq?
4) Will you publicly call for an end to the draining of resources into the Iraq war, giving priority to urgent domestic needs, including relief for hurricane victims?
Peace and Resistance,

John 

John Humphries
Hartford Friends Meeting
Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice Steering Committee
860/236-5175;  jhumphries at igc.org

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money 
on military defense than on programs of social uplift 
is approaching spiritual death.
-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1967)

Who:     The Fellowship of Reconciliation (www.forusa.org) and Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice (www.ReclaimingthePropheticVoice.org), a network of religious leaders and people of faith in CT committed to nonviolent alternatives to war, along with allies all across the country

 

For more information, send e-mail to: PropheticVoiceNov1 at yahoo.com 

or call: John Humphries at 860/236-5175

 

What:   An Interfaith Public Witness at Local Congressional Offices

  a.. Making visible the human cost of the war by reading the names of US soldiers and Iraqi civilians who have died in Iraq since March 2003. 
  b.. Demanding a full, independent congressional investigation into the abuse and torture of detainees. 
  c.. Demanding that members of Congress speak up and exercise leadership to end the war, to hold senior officials accountable for torture and other war crimes, to ensure that the US leaves no permanent bases in Iraq, and to halt the diversion of resources away from urgent domestic needs, including hurricane relief, by putting a halt to war funding. 
  d.. We encourage local organizers to plan at least part of their witness for inside the office (with additional supporters holding a vigil outside), and to consider having some participants willing to risk arrest if they are asked to leave before all the names have been read.
 

Where: District offices of members of Congress in every state

 

When:             Tuesday, November 1, 2005

             

Why:    The illegal and immoral war in Iraq (launched preemptively, on the basis of faulty and fabricated evidence) and the use of torture against prisoners reflect a moral, spiritual crisis in this country.  As religious leaders and people of faith, we are called to respond to this crisis by lifting a moral and spiritual voice in the public arena, demanding that our members of Congress fulfill their responsibility to take action to halt this illegal war and to hold senior officials accountable for torture and other war crimes.  As the first Tuesday of the month, November 1 marks one year before the mid-term Congressional elections of 2006.  It is also All Saints Day, a Christian Holy Day used to honor saints, martyrs and others who have died.  We will use this occasion to honor those who have died in Iraq and to give prophetic witness to the immorality of the ongoing war and its growing impact on our struggling communities.

 





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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 17 16:55:37 2005
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:55:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} Fwd: [usgp-coo] Green Pages call for op-eds
Message-ID: <20051017205538.172.qmail@web81409.mail.yahoo.com>



David McCorquodale <mccorq at comcast.net> wrote:From: "David McCorquodale" <mccorq at comcast.net>
To: <natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:28:14 -0400
Subject: [usgp-coo] Green Pages call for op-eds

Green Pages call for op-eds, Green news and state/caucus/committee reports

(Please forward to state and local offices and Green listservs near and
far.)

Green Pages, the national newspaper of the Green Party of the United States,
is looking for concise opinion pieces (op-eds) for the winter, 2005 issue,
as well as timely reports from states, caucuses, and committees. (Please see
reports guidelines below.)

Opinion submissions are evaluated by the entire editorial board on the basis
of relevance, timeliness, writing quality, research quality and diversity. A
publishable opinion piece is informative, grounded in fact, and uses logical
argument to make its case. Topics specific to Green issues preferred.

DEADLINES AND WHERE TO SEND YOUR GREEN NEWS

-Op-eds (max 800 words) and letters to the editor (max 200 words) should be
sent by November 1 to cvar at oregonvos.net.
-Unsolicited news briefs (max 350 words) should be sent by November 1 to
cvar at oregonvos.net.
-Cartoons, illustrations, and charts should be sent by November 1 to
estereditor at mosquitonet.com.
-Photos for op-eds, photos of Greens in action for unsolicited news briefs,
with captions and photographer credits, should be sent by November 1 to
danielstarling at hotmail.com. Please indicate which story they are for.
-Head shots for op-eds should be sent by November 10 to
danielstarling at hotmail.com.
-State reports (max 300 words) should be sent by November 10 to
greenpages at greens.org.
-Caucus and committee reports (max 300 words) should be sent by November 10
to greenpages at greens.org
-Photos for state/caucus/committee reports, with captions and photographer
credits, should be sent by November 15 to danielstarling at hotmail.com, Please
indicate which report they are for.

***If you have story ideas that don't fall into the above categories, get in
touch with us at greenpages at greens.org.

***All text should be sent as an attached Word document. Include a byline
indicating your Green affiliation (i.e. what state, if any, you are
registered in). Word counts will be strictly enforced. Submissions that are
longer than the word counts suggested above or that are received after the
due date will not be considered.***

REPORTS GUIDELINES

Whenever possible, we strongly encourage you to identify Greens from your
state/caucus/committee with a journalism/media background to prepare the
state report and photos. In most cases, the person/s who have knowledge
about what has happened in the past couple of months would best be used as a
source for the reporter rather than actually writing the report.

Here are some tips to keep in mind:

-Reports should be kept to a maximum of 300 words. If you have a longer
feature in mind about major events in your state, or a profile of a Green
officeholder or activist who has accomplished something of note that would
make a good feature story for Green Pages, please contact Deyva Arthur at
darthur at nycap.rr.com as soon as possible with a brief query.

-Reports should have an emphasis on newsworthiness. Some examples:
accomplishments, recognitions, trends, major plans (e.g., the state plans to
run a full slate of candidates next year), new projects in the works, etc.

-Think about your piece visually and find out early on who can provide a
photograph to run with the text. If you need any assistance obtaining
photos, or any kind of guidance with photos, please contact Daniel Starling
at danielstarling at hotmail.com.

-Reports are news briefs and should follow basic journalism standards. In
general we suggest that reports follow traditional inverted pyramid format
(i.e. the most important information should be at the top-if the editors
need to cut the report due to space constraints, they should be able to cut
the last paragraph first, then the second-to-last paragraph, etc.)

-Use the third person ("they"), not first person ("we") in reporting about
your states/caucus/committee activities. Avoid editorializing in the
reports-just
report on the facts about what's happening in the state/caucus/committee.
Stick to the basics: what, when, where, why, who, and how.

-Consider using brief quotes to give voice to Greens, to offer different
viewpoints and perspectives, and for reader interest.

-Be concise! Edit out any extra words or phrases. Identify somebody ahead of
time who can edit your piece to cut out the fat.

-Avoid cliches. We get a lot of reports that include lines like, "It isn't
easy being Green in XX state," or "XX state is working hard and is Green and
growing," or other generalizations. While we appreciate the sentiments,
space for reports is limited, and we ask that you focus on issues and
actions.

-Avoid long lists and other information that make for dull reading.

-Plan accordingly. Identify one or more writers, photographers, and
editor/coordinators early on. We really appreciate early submissions. Late
submissions cannot be accepted.

-Submit text as a Word document. Include a byline indicating the reporter's
Green affiliation (i.e. what state, if any, they are registered in).

-Photos should be JPGs, 200 dpi or larger, at a physical size (height and
width) that they should be printed at. Minimum size is 1.875 inches wide
(one column wide--for head shots, for example. Submit larger photos if they
include many people or complicated activity.). Include who should be
credited for the photo, and the photographer's Green affiliation (i.e. what
state, if any, they are registered in). Be sure to include a one-sentence
caption with the photo to explain the content of the photo to readers.

For complete submission guidelines, the Green Pages editorial policy and a
style sheet, visit: http://www.gp.org/greenpages/submissions.php

Still have questions? Reach us at greenpages at greens.org.

Forwarded by
David McCorquodale
Delaware delagate and staff member of Green Pages





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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Mon Oct 17 18:42:20 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:42:20 +0000
Subject: {news} Stamford mayor hopefuls speak their minds on issues
In-Reply-To: <1129577180.3925652.a6645222fefb9528.f8809dd@persist.google.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F270DE67F7CD7D269AB5C13D67E0@phx.gbl>

What this article from The Advocate does NOT report is that Darek Shapiro 
was NOT invited to this debate, sponsored by the North Stamford Association. 
  Instead, he had to crash the debate, speak with the moderator, then stand 
up and appeal to the audience, after which the Association's board met 
hastily and decided to include him, in order to avoid further embarrassment.

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-mayors6oct17,0,5914465.story

Stamford mayor hopefuls speak their minds on issues

By Christiana Sciaudone
Staff Writer

October 17, 2005

STAMFORD -- Mayor Dannel Malloy stood before the North Stamford Association 
yesterday and said he is a pro-choice, pro-gay rights, pro-civil union and 
pro-embryonic research Democrat.

The mostly older crowd of nearly 100 people erupted in applause before he 
finished speaking.

But when Republican candidate Christopher Munger and Green Party candidate 
Darek Shapiro criticized the Lake Windermere luxury housing development 
slated to be built in North Stamford, they, too, received applause.

It was the first public forum for the three mayoral candidates together. 
Each was allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes, followed by 30 minutes of 
questions and answers.

Thomas Lombardo, president of the North Stamford Association, collected 
written questions from the audience, which included state Sen. Andrew 
McDonald, D-Stamford. The candidates answered four questions chosen by 
Lombardo.

Malloy, a Democrat, is seeking a fourth term. Munger, a former FBI agent who 
works for the Rockland County, N.Y., police academy and Shapiro, an 
environmental architect, have never held public office.

Munger focused on his strength -- public safety -- and criticized the city's 
outdated emergency radio system.

"When you're out in the field, communications being the lifeline . . . it's 
the scariest thing in the world when you can't call for back-up," Munger 
said.

The system used by police and firefighters has broken down repeatedly. The 
signals have massive gaps in parts of North Stamford and the East Side, 
according to city and police officials. Power outages have shut down the 
downtown tower and the system's computer several times.

Munger suggested that a U.S. Department of Justice technical team look at 
the system and suggest ways to fix it.

Malloy defended the $17 million replacement that is in the works now, saying 
that his administration has been working on the problem since 2002, securing 
sites for antennas and trying to get funding from the U.S. Department of 
Homeland Security.

Munger questioned a shake-up in the police department in which rookie 
officers have been filling in for veteran detectives because of a labor 
dispute.

Malloy defended himself by saying that he stays out of labor negotiations 
and, "I'm not running for police chief."

The candidates discussed overcrowding in public schools. Malloy said that 
since his first term in 1995, 4,700 new students have enrolled. Under his 
watch, Stamford Academy, the Academy of Information Technology & Engineering 
-- both high schools -- and Trailblazers Academy -- a middle school -- have 
opened, housing about 800 students.

All schools are being renovated and the state largely funded the purchase 
and construction of a new elementary school at the Clairol site in the Cove, 
Malloy said.

But Munger said there are only two high schools in Stamford as far as he is 
concerned. He would have opted for a third high school rather than 
renovating Westhill and Stamford high schools, Munger said.

Shapiro proposed pre-kindergarten for all. Too much money is being spent on 
special education students who could have been diagnosed and helped earlier 
in life, he said.

On the Lake Windermere development, Lombardo said he would combine the eight 
questions he received from the audience into two issues that have been at 
the center of the debate -- the residential zone change that allowed homes 
to be clustered, and a community septic system that residents fear will 
fail.

The Erskine Road development will span 74 acres with 50 acres of open space, 
including 25 acres given to the Stamford Land Conservation Trust. The 24 
homes will be 4,700 square feet each, with four to six bedrooms and 
multiple-car garages, and are expected to sell for more than $2 million 
apiece.

Malloy said he got involved in the project years ago when the developer was 
proposing a tennis and swim club. The developer, Donsis LLC of Greenwich, 
scrapped that plan after criticism from him and from North Stamford 
residents, and instead proposed housing, which residents also did not want, 
Malloy said.

"Sometimes you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't," Malloy 
said, and vowed not to get involved in projects outside of downtown.

The sewage estimates were based on 10 people living in each house, which is 
unlikely to be the case, he said.

Munger, an engineer, said he knew of a case in Canada in which five people 
died because of a septic system failure. He also said that someone should 
listen to the more than 600 people who oppose the housing development.

"Let's listen to them a little bit more, not to a developer who has a 
financial input into campaigns," Munger said.

A developer and a consultant to the developer gave $2,000 to $10,000 to 
Malloy's mayoral and gubernatorial campaigns.

Malloy said he did nothing wrong.

"Nothing I have ever done in my public life in respect to campaigning is 
without full disclosure," Malloy said, adding that he has "never sought to 
influence" the project.

Shapiro said his concern lies in pesticides ruining wells.

"We're drinking $4 a gallon water because we can't drink our own well 
water," he said. "Why is that? Does anybody wonder why? Why aren't you 
drinking your well water?"

One audience member was overheard mumbling, "I drink my well water."

Shapiro said cluster housing in that area should be limited to 16 homes, 
which the audience applauded.

A debate among the candidates will be held 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 
the Harry Bennett branch of the Ferguson Library, 115 Vine Road.  [This has 
been moved to UCONN-Stamford, Broad St. & Washington Blvd.]

Copyright ? 2005, Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.





From chapillsbury at igc.org  Mon Oct 17 18:59:36 2005
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:59:36 -0400
Subject: {news} October Chapter Meeting Canceled for Campaigning and/or
	Meeting on Eminent Domain
Message-ID: <010a01c5d36e$727b1760$6901a8c0@EXDIR04>

Allan Brison and I have canceled the October New Haven Green Party Chapter meeting scheduled for this Wednesday evening October 19, and we urge you to attend an important meeting on Reforming Eminent Domain in Connecticut.  See below.  Alternatively, you could spend that evening working for a local Green Party candidate, either Eric Brown in New Haven or Kelly McCarthy in Hamden.  Our next chapter meeting will be Wednesday November 19 at 7:30 pm at the home of Allie Perry and Charlie Pillsbury.

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

New Haven Urban Design League
a discussion with State Senator Martin Looney

Special guest: Attorney John Williams, counsel to Hill residents who lost their homes to eminent domain

Special preview: "The Upper Hill,"a film by Lisa Molomot, on the experience of New Haven residents facing the lost of their neighborhood to eminent domain

October 19, 2005, 5:30 PM
New Haven Public Library, 133 Elm Street
Community Program Room (enter lower level from Temple Street)

Connecticut has dozens of laws and regulations regarding the use of eminent domain. Senator Looney is proposing that the Legislature use the groundswell of interest generated by the Kelo vs New London Supreme Court case to address not only the use of eminent domain for economic development, but to also look at reforms that would make the constitutionally accepted uses of eminent domain more just and beneficial.

Come ask your questions! Refreshments will be served

New Haven Urban Design League
129 Church Street  Suite 419  New Haven, CT 06510
203 624 0175 t
203 495 9847 f

urbandesignleague at iconn.net
www.urbandesignleague.org 
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Tue Oct 18 02:30:11 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 06:30:11 +0000
Subject: {news} MEDIA ADVISORY: RACE IS ON TO WIN SOLAR PANELS FOR SCHOOLS
In-Reply-To: <BAY106-F263F283CD05DDE165F3E4AD6710@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F289E62F8B8696856BFC38D6710@phx.gbl>

        # # #


MEDIA ADVISORY

Contacts:
Darek Shapiro, Stamford 20% by 2010 Clean Energy Committee: (203) 329-9775
Martin Mador, Hamden Natural Resources and Open Space Commission: (203) 
281-4326
Aaron Gustafson, Hamden Energy Use and Climate Change Task Force: (203) 
230-9726




RACE IS ON TO WIN SOLAR PANELS FOR SCHOOLS
Stamford Clean Energy Team rallies to beat Hamden


WHAT:	The Stamford 20% by 2010 Clean Energy Committee will meet to launch 
the Solar on Schools Clean Energy Challenge.  The Committee has challenged 
its counterparts in Hamden, CT to a contest under the terms of the 
Connecticut Clean Energy Communities program, whereby utility customers can 
switch from buying dirty coal-, oil- and nuclear-generated electricity, to 
the clean energy suppliers offered through CL&P.  For every 100 Stamford 
customers who sign up for the program, the city will win a 2-kW photovoltaic 
(PV) solar electric system worth over $20,000, to be installed on a city 
building such as a school.  Students in Stamford and Hamden schools will 
compete to see how many solar installations they can win before Earth Day 
2006, by signing up their families' homes or businesses. Darek Shapiro and 
the Clean Energy Committee will meet to distribute contest materials and 
plan their city outreach strategy.

WHEN:	Tuesday, October 18, 2005, 7 pm

WHERE:	Stamford Government Center, 4th floor cafeteria
             888 Washington Blvd., Stamford, CT

WHO:	Darek Shapiro is principal of Environmental Architecture LLC, a 
full-service architecture design firm for commercial and residential 
projects. He founded Stamford's 20% by 2010 Clean Energy Committee which 
successfully petitioned the City of Stamford to buy 20% of its electricity 
from clean energy sources by 2010.  He serves on the board of directors of 
ECOS (Environmental Council Of Stamford) and is active in the CT Climate 
Change Coalition and the CT chapter of Peace Action.  Darek is the 2005 
Green Party candidate for mayor of Stamford.

QUOTES:

"Stamford has been labeled as one of the ten worst cities in New England for 
air pollution.  25% of the students in the Stamford public schools suffer 
from asthma and other respiratory ailments. The Clean Energy Option is an 
easy first step we can all take to improve air quality."
--Darek Shapiro

"We recognize energy independence, we recognize rising gas prices, we 
recognize the issues of global warming, and here's a solution for you to 
take to show your support to address those issues."
--Brian Garcia, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund

"This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to learn about solar 
energy.  Not only would a solar installation be an asset to the school's 
science curriculum, but it would also provide long-term savings on the 
school's utility budget."
--Trish Dayan, Green Party candidate for Stamford Board of Education


For more information about Clean Energy Options for Stamford residents and 
businesses, or about the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities, please visit 
http://www.ctcleanenergyoptions.com

        # # #





From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Tue Oct 18 22:18:01 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:18:01 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT So, Farewell Then,
	Joschka Fischer - The German America needs most leaves politics
Message-ID: <012e01c5d453$55868320$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Feinstein" <mfeinstein at feinstein.org>
To: <usgp-int at gp-us.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 4:21 PM
Subject: USGP-INT So, Farewell Then, Joschka Fischer - The German America 
needs most leaves politics


> http://slate.msn.com/id/2128286/
>
>
> So, Farewell Then, Joschka Fischer
> The German America needs most leaves politics.
> By Michael Scott Moore, Slate
> Posted Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005, at 9:44 AM PT
>
>
> "Until the Iraq War, we were always like the children of America," a giddy 
> young German woman said to me at a demonstration last May, where thousands 
> of Berliners turned out to block a group of neo-Nazis from parading 
> through town. The afternoon was over, and the Nazis wouldn't march, but a 
> sense of elation still brimmed in the streets. "We didn't have our own 
> identity," she said. "We always had to go along with what America did. But 
> when Joschka Fischer refused to go along with Donald Rumsfeld and send our 
> soldiers to Iraq, for the first time in my life I felt proud to be German. 
> It was wonderful."
>
> Anyone who wants to understand what Germany lost in its recent snap 
> election needs to consider this sentiment. Chancellor Gerhard Schr?der 
> called the election one year early to win support for his controversial 
> welfare-reform program. The support wasn't there, and now he's lost his 
> job. But the election results were so confusing that Angela Merkel also 
> lost a good deal of power in her bargain to become Germany's first female 
> chancellor. Her conservative Christian Democrats will now rule in an 
> uncomfortable "grand coalition" with Schr?der's Social Democrats. No one 
> seems to have won a thing, and everyone's claiming victory; but the single 
> clear casualty in this autobahn pileup is Joschka Fischer and his Green 
> Party.
>
> Fischer was Schr?der's foreign minister and his sharp-tongued conscience 
> during the seven-year coalition between the SPD and the Greens. He entered 
> politics irreverently?he and other German Greens were famous in the 1980s 
> for wearing jeans and tennis shoes to parliament?and began his exit 
> gracefully, even before the recent coalition talks had ended, by bowing 
> out of the Green Party leadership. He was a former anti-Vietnam War street 
> fighter who grew up to become one of Europe's most honest and keen-minded 
> politicians?but unlike Schr?der, he didn't live for politics. "I want back 
> the freedom I traded for power 20 years ago," he was recently quoted as 
> saying.
>
> Fischer and Schr?der took Cabinet seats in 1998, and for the first time 
> there were people in charge of the Federal Republic of Germany with no 
> connection to World War II. Helmut Kohl, chancellor from 1982 to 1998, was 
> the last, leftover symbol of the Cold War, a pear-shaped conservative 
> leader Fischer once derided?to his face?as "150 kilograms of the past made 
> flesh." It's hard to believe he's been gone only seven years.
>
> Now Kohl's prot?g?e, Angela Merkel, is chancellor, and some American 
> pundits see her bringing Germany back to the American fold after 
> Schr?der's season of anti-war grandstanding. Schr?der did grandstand?he 
> was always hard to distinguish from his own outsized persona?but Fischer 
> never seemed to lose his head. His defining moment, the scene everyone in 
> Germany remembers, and possibly the media highlight of his political 
> career, came in early 2003 at a defense conference in Munich held by 
> European leaders to discuss Iraq. He looked at Donald Rumsfeld and said 
> simply, in front of the cameras and the gathered politicians, "Excuse me, 
> I am not convinced."
>
> To some Americans, that had a treasonous sound, but now we know what 
> Fischer meant: "Excuse me, your intel sucks." And for anyone still wishing 
> to misconstrue the German position as knee-jerk adolescent 
> anti-authoritarianism, Fischer made things nice and clear: "The power of 
> the United States is a totally decisive factor for peace and stability in 
> the world," he said. "I don't believe Europe will ever be militarily 
> strong enough to look after its security alone. But a world order in which 
> the national interests of the strongest power is the criterion for 
> military action simply cannot work."
>
> Fischer was, in other words, the kind of intelligent and principled 
> European politician America needs?not a lap dog, but a loyal critic. He 
> lost a lot of support within his own party when he pushed to send German 
> troops to Kosovo in 1998. Like the United States, but unlike many Germans, 
> he favors Turkish membership in the European Union. He looks insufferably 
> liberal to the right and like a right-wing sellout within his own party; 
> but he expresses a clear and thoughtful German position that's no longer 
> in lock step with the United States.
>
> Merkel's chancellorship may represent a thaw in German-American relations, 
> but anyone who thinks her rise to power implies that the German public is 
> warming up to Washington is dead wrong. She didn't win, first of all: The 
> CDU and the SPD fell so far short of their own expectations that they had 
> to huddle in a room for three weeks to work out who was in charge. The 
> German people voted against Merkel and Schr?der, by and large, by throwing 
> historic levels of support behind smaller parties from the West and the 
> East?the business-friendly FDP and the ex-Communist Left Party.
>
> The CDU's relative friendliness to Washington became a key point for 
> Schr?der late in the campaign; if anything, it hurt Merkel. The major 
> shift in the election this year was a groundswell of protest against the 
> stagnated economy, which is not, by the way, Gerhard Schr?der's fault: If 
> anything, it's Helmut Kohl's. The old pear reunified Germany without 
> bothering to explain how the generous retirement schemes in the West were 
> suddenly going to support millions of new citizens from the East, who in 
> any case were used to even more generous retirement schemes. Kohl did 
> exactly nothing about this problem after 1990 and still managed to hang 
> onto his job for eight more years. Schr?der tackled it?late?and finds 
> himself sacked after seven.
>
> Merkel's new grand-coalition government will make history if it somehow 
> manages to fix the economy. Officially, it will be closer to President 
> Bush and the United States, but it won't be all that representative of the 
> popular will. The clich? about grand coalitions between Germany's two 
> major parties is that they get nothing done, but the last time German 
> politics ground to a halt under a grand coalition was in 1966-69, when the 
> nation's rowdy New Left youth was at war in the streets with its Nazi 
> past. Fischer was a rioting hippie. Those three years changed German 
> society changed for good, by ushering in a generation that could 
> articulate rage and shame over World War II.
>
> German society will no doubt change again in the next few years, but not 
> necessarily in Washington's favor. Discontent with Fischer and Schr?der, 
> unemployment, and even the European Union does not equal a sudden German 
> love for President Bush or the war in Iraq. The Left Party, which sprang 
> into existence this year, is one example of how things can go quite wrong. 
> Some of its new parliamentary members used to inform for East Germany's 
> Stasi, and none of them have any lingering love for Washington.
>
> The Greens did no better and no worse this year than in 2002; their 
> support held steady at about 8 percent. Fischer is leaving because 
> Schr?der's snap election essentially dissolved their ruling coalition. In 
> the process, Germany loses a smart and eloquent politician who managed to 
> speak his mind and speak for thousands of Germans; who could criticize the 
> United States without hating it; and who gave an international face to 
> what we might call the "good Germans"?the ones who can grapple 
> intelligently with both World War II and the Cold War and declare that 
> both have ended.
>
> This face may not be recognizable to everyone. When President Bush came to 
> Mainz last February to shake hands with Schr?der for the cameras and 
> pronounce a new day in German-American relations, he was introduced to a 
> tart-looking but not-quite-familiar man.
>
> "Hello, what's your name?" Bush said to Joschka Fischer.
>
> "My name is Mr. Fischer," deadpanned Germany's then-foreign minister. 
> "What's your name?"
>
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From roseberry3 at cox.net  Tue Oct 18 22:30:06 2005
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:30:06 -0400
Subject: {news} 10-25-05 SCC proposed agenda
Message-ID: <20051019022939.QWGM21663.eastrmmtao06.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

10-25-05 SCC meeting of the Green Party of CT

 

Time: 7 to 8:30pm, 10-25-05, Tuesday

Location: To Be Determined

Facilitator: To Be Determined

 

A.	Preliminaries: 

1.	(2 minutes): Introductions/identify chapters, recruit timekeeper and
stacker. 
2.	(1 minute):  Identify people present who are NOT voting
representatives. 
3.	(1 minute):  Adopt ground rules. 
4.	(2 minutes): Approval of tonight's proposed agenda, additions and
deletions. 
5.	 (10 minutes):Presentation of Treasurer's August and September's
monthly reports. 

      6.    (5 minutes): Review and approval of minutes of 9-27-05 SCC
meeting.

 

 

B.	Reports: 

1. (2 minutes each): Chapter reports.

2. (10 minutes): U.S. Green Party representatives' reports by Tim McKee and
Thomas Sevigny.

3. (5 minutes): Women's Caucus report.

4. (5 minutes): V.O.T.E.R. report from Mike DeRosa on possible Pro-Se case
against State of CT.

5. (2 minutes): Strategy Committee.

6. (5 minutes): Election Committee: Getting Out The Vote (GOTV) for our
candidates in NOV.

 

C: PROPOSALS:

 

PRESENTER

Shoreline Chapter

 

CONTACT

SHORELINE CHAPTER

Lindsay Mathews, CO-CHAIR, 256 Shore Drive, Branford, CT 06405

(203) 488-3044

 

SUBJECT

Request for funding for mailing to Shoreline constituents.

 

BACKGROUND and PURPOSE

As a result of the information provided to us by the speaker from CCAG at
our June, SCC meeting, we would like to do a mailing and fundraising letter
to our constituents to update them on the struggle for publicly financed
elections in CT and to also use this mailing as a fundraiser.

 

PROPOSAL

We propose that the CT GP support this effort by funding this mailing.

The mailing to 250 people would include: 

 

 

 

Copies:  $44.73 (includes tax)

    a double sided flyer of facts/info given to us by CCAG

    a cover letter from our Chair

 

Envelopes:  $23.90

    250, #10 envelopes      $7.36

    250, #6/3/4" envelopes    7.58

    Tax @ 6%                    8.96

 

Labels: $17.57

    250, 2" x 4"           $10.98

    Tax @                          6.59

 

Postage: $150.60

    250 at 60 cents each    $150.60

 

Total Cost of Mailing:  $236.77

 

 

Draft #1
CTGP Proposal Form
September 1, 2005

PRESENTER (committee, chapter(s) or group of individuals) Hamden Chapter,
Northwest Chapter

CONTACT (name, address, phone number, email) Judy Herkimer?

SUBJECT (10 words or less)
Storage, cataloging and access to tape recordings of SCC meetings.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons
and/or justification to the State Central Committee) 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 (200 words or less)

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 Draft #2
CTGP Proposal Form
September 1, 2005

PRESENTER (committee, chapter(s) or group of individuals) Hamden Chapter,
OTHER Chapters ????

CONTACT (name, address, phone number, email) Aaron Gustafson, 83 Treadwell
St. Hamden, 230.9726, aaron at easy-designs.net

SUBJECT (10 words or less)
Adopting new organization structure and goals for the GP of CT

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons
and/or justification to the State Central Committee) 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 (200 words or less)
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

 

 

Directions:    www.mapquest.com <http://www.mapquest.com/> 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Wed Oct 19 07:52:10 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:52:10 -0400
Subject: {news} FYI: historian Norman Finkelstein at Yale Thurs.
Message-ID: <017001c5d4a3$8a308300$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>


----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:14 AM
Subject: [for_rachel] Finkelstein at Yale Thurs.


> The brilliant historian Norman Finkelstein will speak about his new book 
> "Beyond Chutzpah" in Room #101 Linsly-Chittendon Hall at 7:00 p.m., 
> Thursday, October 20.  His talk is entitled "Israel and Palestine, 
> Misusing Anti-Semitism and Abusing History".  The talk is sponsored by the 
> Yale Council on Middle East Studies and the Middle East Crisis Committee.
>
>
> Finkelstein's book sharply criticizes Harvard law professor Alan 
> Dershowitz's book about the Israel/Palestine situation. Finkelstein not 
> only disputes the political points made by Dershowitz, but claims the book 
> is riddled with poor scholarship and that it has sections copied from 
> another book without attribution. Dershowitz tried to prevent the 
> publicatin of "Beyond Chutzpah", appealing unsuccessfully to the Governor 
> of California and to the University of California Press.
>
>
> Finkelstein currently teaches at DePaul University in Chicago.  His recent 
> books include "The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of 
> Jewish suffering"  and "A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen thesis and 
> historical truth"
>
> *** Hear Finkelstein right now.  I did an interview over the phone with 
> Norman Finkelstein Monday night (12 minutes). He pulls no punches. He 
> calls Alan Dershowitz a "charlatan" and his last book a "fraud". You can 
> hear it at http://www.thestruggle.org/audio.htm
>
> **For directions to Linsly-Chittendon see 
> http://yale.tabroom.com/directions.shtml  Look for directions to LC. 
> Parking is a problem around Yale.  Car pool and leave extra time.  The 
> events starts at 7 on Thursday
>
> *** See this review of "Beyond Chutzpah" from Counterpunch 
> http://www.counterpunch.org/gordon10152005.html
>
>
> for more information about him see www.theStruggle.org   or
>
> http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/content.php?pg=5
> 





From capeconn at comcast.net  Wed Oct 19 16:45:47 2005
From: capeconn at comcast.net (Tom Sevigny)
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:45:47 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: GP RELEASE Greens vow support as Elaine Brown fights
	disqualification
Message-ID: <010401c5d4ee$1779cb50$e58f0218@sevigny8wcbjrd>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DC Statehood Green Party" <dcsgp5 at hotmail.com>
To: <dcsgpnews at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 4:36 PM
Subject: GP RELEASE Greens vow support as Elaine Brown fights 
disqualification


> GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
> http://www.gp.org
>
> For Immediate Release:
> Wednesday, October 19, 2005
>
> Contacts:
> Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty at greens.org
> Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at greens.org
> Anita D. Collins, Elaine Brown Campaign Manager, 912-262-9811
>
>
> GREENS VOW TO SUPPORT BRUNSWICK, GA., MAYORAL CANDIDATE ELAINE BROWN IN 
> HER FIGHT AGAINST DISQUALIFICATION
>
>
> WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party leaders 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.
>
> The board voted on Friday, October 14, to disqualify Ms. Brown, 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."
>
> "Elaine Brown was running a people's campaign, defending Brunswick's 
> majority African American and poor population against 'Blueprint 
> Brunswick', a development plan according to which the city will evict 
> thousands from their homes, using sweeping powers of eminent domain," Rev. 
> Lyde added.  "This was a Republican hatchet job against a strong, credible 
> candidate seen as a viable threat.  We will assist in whatever way we can 
> with Elaine's legal challenge in Glynn County Superior Court."
>
> Ms. Brown has asserted that her residency was sufficiently established by 
> November 5, 2004, when she registered to vote in Brunswick, in accord with 
> the one-year residency requirement for a candidate to appear on the ballot 
> on November 8, 2005.  Ms. Brown has cited a Georgia Supreme Court decision 
> confirming that registration in time for the election in which a candidate 
> seeks to participate is sufficient for the purpose of seeking local 
> office.
>
> According to The Brunswick News ("Brown tossed from ballot," October 15), 
> "Board members said their decision was based on a feeling that, for the 
> purpose of elections, residence is best defined as a place of domicile. 
> They agreed with Brown's assertion that an individual can have more than 
> one residence -- as she contended she did -- but felt she did not 
> sufficiently prove she moved to Brunswick in November rather than 
> December."
>
> "The Brunswick News article on the 'feeling' of the elections board 
> reveals that its decision was entirely subjective, and based on patent 
> bias against someone they consider an upstart candidate," said Nan 
> Garrett, co-chair of the Georgia Green Party.  "Ms. Brown's 
> disqualification recalls not only the vote manipulation and obstruction 
> documented in Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004, but also the collusion 
> between Democrats and Republicans to keep third party and independent 
> candidates off ballots across the U.S."
>
> Green Parties throughout the U.S. have fought to overturn restrictive 
> ballot access laws.  Greens noted in September, 2004, that while Democrats 
> attempted to disqualify independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader in 
> Florida on technicalities, a 'gentlemen's agreement' between Democrats and 
> Republicans allowed the state of Florida to ignore the fact that George W. 
> Bush's campaign had missed the September 1 filing deadline to place Mr. 
> Bush on the ballot.  Greens have faced similar double standards in 
> numerous races <http://www.gp.org/press/pr_09_13_04b.html>.
>
> Elaine Brown, a leader of the Black Panther Party in the 1970s, received 
> an endorsement for her 2005 campaign from Rev. Al Sharpton in August.  Ms. 
> Brown's Republican opponent in the race is Bryan Thompson, president of 
> Blueprint Brunswick.
>
> "The outcome of the mayoral race in Brunswick will determine whether 
> thousands of low income African American residents get to remain in their 
> homes or get thrown out," said Rev. Zach Lyde.  "With the decision to 
> disqualify Elaine Brown, the election is now fixed."
>
>
> 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
>
> Elaine Brown for Mayor of Brunswick, Georgia http://www.elainebrown.org
> 2802 Altama Avenue, Suite B, Brunswick, GA 31520
> Telephone 912-262-9811
> Facsimile 912-262-9813
>
> Georgia Green Party http://www.greens.org/georgia
>
> The Brunswick News http://www.thebrunswicknews.com
>
>
> ~ END ~
>
>
>
>
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From smderosa at cox.net  Wed Oct 19 20:07:01 2005
From: smderosa at cox.net (smderosa)
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:07:01 -0400
Subject: {news} Modified Consensus Workshop
In-Reply-To: <013f01c5ced5$ac4535e0$13d83ccc@k8h9a3>
Message-ID: <20051020000640.JFCK22723.eastrmmtao02.cox.net@userb649154f63>

Dear Judy:
A few people in the Hartford chapter would like to participate in this
event.  Is this possible?
Sincerely
Mike DeRosa 

-----Original Message-----
From: ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org
[mailto:ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org] On Behalf Of Judith Herkimer
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 10:36 PM
To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
Subject: {news} Modified Consensus Workshop

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Dear Green Party of CT members,
This is pre-confirmation information regarding a training workshop on
Modified Consensus Process.

The Green Party of Connecticut Women's Caucus is proposing a tentative date
of Sunday November 13, 2005 for the initial workshop to train meeting
facilitators in Modified Consensus Process. Although not confirmed, we
expect a day-long workshop with an ending time to allow for travel home
during daylight (e.g. 10a-4p).

We are pleased to announce that two Green Party members from New York, Lynne
Serpe and Mark Jacobs, have graciously agreed to conduct this training. Both
have extensive experience in MCP and facilitation at the local, state and
national levels.

The venue for this workshop has not yet been selected, although we
anticipate a Litchfield County location to best accommodate our guest
trainers.

This preliminary training is targeting those who have already facilitated at
least two GPC State Central Committee meetings using MCP. If we have missed
anyone, please let us know. The maximum number of registrants is 15, so
please confirm your intention to participate at your earliest convenience to
Judy Herkimer at jherkimer at snet.net.

David Adams
John Battista
David Bedell
David Eliscu
Aaron Gustafson
Judy Herkimer
Justine McCabe
Tim McKee
Karin Norton
Charlie Pillsbury
Tom Sevigny

After this "training of the trainers", the GPC-WC will have 1) created a
resource pool to draw from for meeting facilitators; 2) the ability to
schedule future training workshops for other interested members using GPC
facilitators. The Women's Caucus will eventually submit a proposal to the
SCC that addresses these goals.

Other members are welcome to attend the day's activities as observers and
will be allowed a limited opportunity to comment and ask questions as time
allows.

A continental breakfast and afternoon snacks will be served to all
attendees. Lunch will be provided to registrants at no cost. Lunch is
available to observers for $10 on a pre-payment basis.

The Women's Caucus will be providing transportation, housing, meals and
honoraria for the two facilitators.

Please contact us with any questions. Further information will be
distributed once the date, time and venue are confirmed.

Peace and Power,
The Green Party of CT Women's Caucus




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From jherkimer at snet.net  Thu Oct 20 07:09:50 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 07:09:50 -0400
Subject: {news} Re: Modified Consensus Workshop
References: <20051020000640.JFCK22723.eastrmmtao02.cox.net@userb649154f63>
Message-ID: <029c01c5d566$d3bd34a0$bed83ccc@k8h9a3>

Mike,
>From the original notice of 10/11:

"Other members are welcome to attend the day's activities as observers and
will be allowed a limited opportunity to comment and ask questions as time
allows."

We will be issuing another notice of this workshop with more details once we
have confirmed the venue.

Thank you,
Judy Herkimer


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "smderosa" <smderosa at cox.net>
To: "'Judith Herkimer'" <jherkimer at snet.net>; <ctgp-news at ml.greens.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 8:07 PM
Subject: RE: {news} Modified Consensus Workshop


> Dear Judy:
> A few people in the Hartford chapter would like to participate in this
> event.  Is this possible?
> Sincerely
> Mike DeRosa




From smderosa at cox.net  Thu Oct 20 09:13:31 2005
From: smderosa at cox.net (smderosa)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:13:31 -0400
Subject: {news} Re: Modified Consensus Workshop
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Message-ID: <20051020131227.PAUB21663.eastrmmtao06.cox.net@userb649154f63>

Please explain why we cannot fully participate in this training program

Sincerely,
Mike Derosa 

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Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 7:10 AM
To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org
Subject: {news} Re: Modified Consensus Workshop

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Mike,
>From the original notice of 10/11:

"Other members are welcome to attend the day's activities as observers and
will be allowed a limited opportunity to comment and ask questions as time
allows."

We will be issuing another notice of this workshop with more details once we
have confirmed the venue.

Thank you,
Judy Herkimer


----- Original Message -----
From: "smderosa" <smderosa at cox.net>
To: "'Judith Herkimer'" <jherkimer at snet.net>; <ctgp-news at ml.greens.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 8:07 PM
Subject: RE: {news} Modified Consensus Workshop


> Dear Judy:
> A few people in the Hartford chapter would like to participate in this
> event.  Is this possible?
> Sincerely
> Mike DeRosa


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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Oct 20 09:57:20 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:57:20 +0000
Subject: {news} Trish Dayan profiled in Stamford Times
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Stamford Times, 10/16/05

Dayan promises collaboration and consensus

By Meghan Barr
Staff Writer

STAMFORD--As the sole Green Party representative on the Board of Education's 
slate of candidates, Trish Dayan wants to bring a fresh look to the Stamford 
school district.  The clinical social worker believes she can help teachers, 
administrators and parents communicate more effectively.

"Serving on the school board struck me as the most important [volunteer] 
job," said Dayan.  "I'm coming into this with all kinds of questions."

Dayan, 64, worked closely with the school system for several years as 
director of Stamford's Young Parents Program, which serves pregnant teens 
and their families.  She left the public sector fifteen years ago and has 
been treating families at her private practice ever since.

Though Dayan represents the Green Party, she doesn?t believe that party 
affiliation makes much of a difference on a school board.  "We're all here 
for the same reason--the children," she said.  After spending her childhood 
in Rochester, N.Y., Dayan received her bachelor's degree from Duquesne 
University and later earned a master's in social education from Bryn Mawr 
College.  Her two children both graduated from Westhill High School.

"I'm concerned that teachers feel left out," she said.  "I want to see their 
expertise involved in the [system]."

Dayan hopes to increase community awareness of special education issues.  
She treats many families that have handicapped children and said that a 90 
percent divorce rate exists in that population subgroup.

As for the No Child Left Behind Act, Dayan said that, though still trying to 
learn more about it, she's not sure testing should be the district's main 
focus.  She would also like to expand the magnet school model and improve 
relations between the new superintendent, Dr. Joshua Starr, and school 
employees.

"I'm sorry to see an adversarial situation immediately develop between the 
new superintendent and the teachers," she said.  "I think the teachers feel 
disrespected, which they felt even before [Starr] arrived.  That is a major 
part of the problem."

Dayan disagrees with the school board's decision to merge with the city's 
health insurance provider, Health Net.  "I am a provider and I have not had 
good experiences with Health Net," she said.  "They have a poor reputation.  
We should've gone to bid with other companies."

She believes that her experiences as director of Concord Family Servicing in 
Concord, MA, make her a good candidate because she already knows the 
difficulties of working within a budget.

"Stamford could be a symbol for new ideas and greatness," she said.  "I 
think we can do much better."





From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Oct 20 10:07:20 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:07:20 +0000
Subject: {news} "Shoestring Shapiro" goes up against big money
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The Advocate

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-mayormoney5oct13,0,4427991.story

Mayor has cash advantage over challenger Munger

By Doug Dalena
Staff Writer

October 13, 2005

STAMFORD -- Mayor Dannel Malloy has raised more than $170,000 toward his 
re-election effort, more than four times what Republican candidate 
Christopher Munger raised, campaign finance reports show.

Malloy expressed confidence three months ago that he could quickly raise a 
large sum to fund his first contested race since 1997.

Malloy took in $166,545 in campaign contributions from July 1 to Sept. 30, 
bringing his total to $171,056, according to campaign finance reports filed 
with the town clerk Tuesday. Munger raised $38,245, which is nearly four 
times what Malloy's last mayoral opponent, Charles Klein, raised in 1997.

"He's been around 10 years," Munger said of Malloy's strong showing, "and 
I've only been doing this two and a half months. We're right on target, and 
we've got a nice tight budget."

Munger said his campaign manager, Kim Olds, is volunteering her time. 
Malloy's paid campaign manager, Michael Nemec, joined the campaign earlier 
this month.

Green Party candidate Darek Shapiro reported raising $425, bringing his 
total to $525.

Malloy spent $28,589 on his re-election effort in the past quarter; he 
reported $142,466 on hand at the end of the period. Munger spent $18,597; he 
reported $19,647 on hand.

At the same time Malloy was raising money for the mayoral race, he collected 
$403,000 for his campaign for governor in 2006.

Malloy collected $123,000 -- 74 percent of his total for the quarter -- from 
123 donors who each gave the maximum contribution of $1,000 to his mayoral 
campaign.

Munger, who joined the race in July after the Republicans' original 
candidate, William Sigler, dropped out, raised $16,000 in $1,000 
contributions. The rest came from 132 other donors giving $50 to $700.

Overall, 37 of Munger's 146 contributions -- 25 percent -- came from people 
who live outside Stamford, compared with 90 of Malloy's 316 contributions, 
or 28 percent.

Malloy, who has boasted of his success at attracting development to the 
city, received 61 donations totaling $51,400 from real estate and 
development executives or their family members, according to donor 
disclosures in the report.

They include $10,000 from people associated with Antares Real Estate, the 
Greenwich firm preparing to develop more than 80 acres in the South End, and 
$5,000 from real estate planning consultant Richard Redniss and family 
members or employees of his firm.

More than half of Munger's contributors did not list their employer or 
occupation, because their contributions did not exceed the $100 limit 
required for reporting such information. Malloy's report showed 31 donors 
who did not list their occupation or employer.

Political action committees contributed $2,500 to Malloy's campaign. Munger 
received $1,750 from political action committees.

Malloy's PAC contributions were from Connecticut Health Care District 1199, 
the statewide health-care workers' union; Waterbury-based Webster Bank PAC; 
and the Leadership in Action PAC, whose treasurer, Jacquelin Heftman, is 
also treasurer for Malloy's campaign for governor.

Munger got PAC contributions from the Showtime in Autumn PAC, whose 
treasurer is Ann Sessa; the Stamford Women's Republic, whose treasurer is 
Angie Vavala; and the John Corelli PAC, whose treasurer is former state Rep. 
Michael Fedele. John Corelli is a Republican running for re-election as a 
constable.

Copyright ? 2005, Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.





From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Oct 20 10:13:46 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:13:46 +0000
Subject: {news} Shapiro sees racism as root of crime
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The Advocate

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-munger4oct20,0,16204.story

Malloy's record is focus of police union forum

By Zach Lowe
Staff Writer

October 19, 2005

STAMFORD -- A candidates forum in front of the police union last night 
turned into a debate about whether Mayor Dannel Malloy has done enough to 
keep the city safe and equip the police department.

The forum ended without an endorsement from the union, and saw Republican 
Christopher Munger question Malloy's commitment to public safety while 
Malloy called Munger's promise of revamping the police department while 
cutting taxes "a fable."

The forum, which included Green Party candidate Darek Shapiro after a 
last-minute invitation, comes after a year of strained relations between 
Malloy and the police union.

The two sides have been unable to negotiate a new contract since July. 
Public rifts about anti-terror training, failing equipment and pay scales 
for detectives have broken the bond between the union and the candidate it 
endorsed a decade ago.

Malloy said the department will get specialty teams, new equipment and a 
raise for officers in the detective bureau once the contract is finished. He 
said the last 10 years, when crime rates dropped and the number of officers 
increased, have proven how much he cares about the department.

"I have a body of work as your mayor," Malloy said in his concluding 
remarks. "I thought that stood for something, but maybe in this day and age 
it doesn't."

Munger, a former FBI agent, said Malloy has not spent enough on the city's 
radio system and has not prepared officers for a terror attack or a school 
shooting. He said he would cut "luxury items" for the budget, including a 
proposed ice rink, and focus on the essentials.

"The buck stops at the mayor's desk," Munger said. "There is no excuse. You 
get it done. That's all I have to say."

Shapiro echoed many of Munger's criticisms, and said he would "hire Chris 
Munger" to train hostage negotiators and other specialty teams. But he also 
suggested the city look at the deeper causes of crime, including racism and 
the segregation of minorities into "barrios and ghettoes."

Munger said he would finish the new $16 million radio system by next year, 
not 2009 as planned, and purchase better cars, in-car laptops and a 
bomb-sniffing dog.

He said he would spend more time planning for an evacuation of the city and 
its schools.

Malloy said criticism that he has neglected homeland security is misleading. 
He said since September 2003 the city has paid for 209 officers to attend 
426 courses, including many on fighting terrorism and responding to 
emergencies.

He said the department would have more chemical suits if not for delays in 
the state's distribution of federal homeland security money.

Malloy said many of Munger's other pledges are unrealistic.

"Be careful of people who make you promises when all of their other 
literature is about cutting taxes," Malloy told the union. "Either they're 
not telling you the truth or they're not telling the rest of the city the 
truth."

Malloy repeated the phrase three times, leading Munger to quip, "It's called 
redundancy. That's three times now."

Malloy snapped back minutes later.

"I'm sorry if repeating myself is an annoyance," the mayor said. "But be 
careful about promises you make to people when you're desperate to get their 
endorsement."

The police union has complained for years about "dead spots" around the city 
where officers get shaky reception from the city's two radio towers. During 
the last six months, the city's main radio tower atop the Government Center 
has shut down several times.

Malloy has committed about $4 million in city money and grants in this 
year's budget to start building a new system.

The system will use at least four towers, experts have said. The city put 
out an application for bidders interested in building the system last week, 
Malloy said.

"I want you to have the tools you need," Malloy said. "I have fought for 10 
years to give you the best training and equipment we could afford."

Officer Michael Merenda, the union president, said the union would endorse 
one of the candidates in the next few days.

Copyright ? 2005, Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.





From apbrison at hotmail.com  Thu Oct 20 10:58:14 2005
From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:58:14 -0400
Subject: {news} Re: modified consensus workshop
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From jherkimer at snet.net  Thu Oct 20 12:01:16 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:01:16 -0400
Subject: {news} Re: Modified Consensus Workshop
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Dear Mike,
If you believe that a member(s) of your chapter has satisfied the
prerequisites for this workshop, please make the Women's Caucus aware. We
most likely have missed a few MCP-experienced facilitators.

"This preliminary training is targeting those who have already facilitated
at
least two GPC State Central Committee meetings using MCP. If we have missed
anyone, please let us know."

In order to satisfy the Women's Caucus proposal passed by the SCC, this
initial "training of the trainers" is required. Additionally, this training
was originally anticipated to be a two-day session. Due to the limited
availability of our guest workshop leaders from NY, it was necessary to
condense the training into one full day. I'm certain you can appreciate that
we want to best utilize their time by registering those with the most
extensive practical experience in Modified Consensus Process.

Hope this provides an adequate and clear explanation.

Best,
Judy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "smderosa" <smderosa at cox.net>
To: "'Judith Herkimer'" <jherkimer at snet.net>; <ctgp-news at ml.greens.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 9:13 AM
Subject: RE: {news} Re: Modified Consensus Workshop


> Please explain why we cannot fully participate in this training program
>
> Sincerely,
> Mike Derosa




From smderosa at cox.net  Thu Oct 20 19:36:42 2005
From: smderosa at cox.net (smderosa)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 19:36:42 -0400
Subject: {news} Re: Modified Consensus Workshop
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Judy:

I respectfully disagree with you.

In the past year on numerous occasions, I and others have requested at
meetings that membeers of the Greater Hartford chapter and other chapters
have an opportunity to be trained as facilitators when that training took
place. We have been assured for over a year that we would have that
opportunity. The position of facilitator even under modified consensus is a
powerful position that should be shared by all chapters equally. This is
part of our by-laws, has been practice for several years, and is based on
elementary fairness.  As I read it,  people from seven chapters are allowed
to be trained or retrained, and the other five chapters do not have this
opportunity. Could you explain this? 

I am also perplexed by the requirement that you need to have chaired two
meetings before you can get training.  Isn't this a Catch 22 ?  You can't
get training unless you facilitate two meetings.  But you can't facilitate a
meeting unless you get training.  What's going on here?  Perhaps you could
explain this to me?

Are all of the people on your invited list going to attend?  Some Hartford
chapter members and other chapters are interested in learning the modified
consensus approach as it is practiced in the Green Party and repectfully
want to participate in this process.  Why our legitimate requests being
rejected?

Sincerely,
Mike DeRosa 



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Dear Mike,
If you believe that a member(s) of your chapter has satisfied the
prerequisites for this workshop, please make the Women's Caucus aware. We
most likely have missed a few MCP-experienced facilitators.

"This preliminary training is targeting those who have already facilitated
at least two GPC State Central Committee meetings using MCP. If we have
missed anyone, please let us know."

In order to satisfy the Women's Caucus proposal passed by the SCC, this
initial "training of the trainers" is required. Additionally, this training
was originally anticipated to be a two-day session. Due to the limited
availability of our guest workshop leaders from NY, it was necessary to
condense the training into one full day. I'm certain you can appreciate that
we want to best utilize their time by registering those with the most
extensive practical experience in Modified Consensus Process.

Hope this provides an adequate and clear explanation.

Best,
Judy


----- Original Message -----
From: "smderosa" <smderosa at cox.net>
To: "'Judith Herkimer'" <jherkimer at snet.net>; <ctgp-news at ml.greens.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 9:13 AM
Subject: RE: {news} Re: Modified Consensus Workshop


> Please explain why we cannot fully participate in this training program
>
> Sincerely,
> Mike Derosa


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From roseberry3 at cox.net  Thu Oct 20 22:16:56 2005
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:16:56 -0400
Subject: FW: {news} 10-25-05 SCC proposed agenda
Message-ID: <20051021021612.QDYF23022.eastrmmtao04.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

 

 

10-25-05 SCC meeting of the Green Party of CT

 

Time: 7 to 9pm, 10-25-05, Tuesday

Location: Middletown City Hall, Room 208, 245 DeKoven Drive, Middletown, CT
06457

Phone: 860-344-3459 (office of Town Clerk)

Facilitator: To Be Determined

 

A.	Preliminaries: 

1.	(2 minutes): Introductions/identify chapters, recruit timekeeper and
stacker. 
2.	(1 minute):  Identify people present who are NOT voting
representatives. 
3.	(1 minute):  Adopt ground rules. 
4.	(2 minutes): Approval of tonight's proposed agenda, additions and
deletions. 
5.	 (10 minutes):Presentation of Treasurer's August and September's
monthly reports. 

      6.    (5 minutes): Review and approval of minutes of 9-27-05 SCC
meeting.

 

 

B.	Reports: 

1. (2 minutes each): Chapter reports.

2. (10 minutes): U.S. Green Party representatives' reports by Tim McKee and
Thomas Sevigny.

3. (5 minutes): Women's Caucus report.

4. (5 minutes): V.O.T.E.R. report from Mike DeRosa on possible Pro-Se case
against State of CT.

5. (2 minutes): Strategy Committee.

6. (5 minutes): Election Committee: Getting Out The Vote (GOTV) for our
candidates in NOV.

 

C: PROPOSALS:

 

PRESENTER

Shoreline Chapter

 

CONTACT

SHORELINE CHAPTER

Lindsay Mathews, CO-CHAIR, 256 Shore Drive, Branford, CT 06405

(203) 488-3044

 

SUBJECT

Request for funding for mailing to Shoreline constituents.

 

BACKGROUND and PURPOSE

As a result of the information provided to us by the speaker from CCAG at
our June, SCC meeting, we would like to do a mailing and fundraising letter
to our constituents to update them on the struggle for publicly financed
elections in CT and to also use this mailing as a fundraiser.

 

PROPOSAL

We propose that the CT GP support this effort by funding this mailing.

The mailing to 250 people would include: 

 

 

 

Copies:  $44.73 (includes tax)

    a double sided flyer of facts/info given to us by CCAG

    a cover letter from our Chair

 

Envelopes:  $23.90

    250, #10 envelopes      $7.36

    250, #6/3/4" envelopes    7.58

    Tax @ 6%                    8.96

 

Labels: $17.57

    250, 2" x 4"           $10.98

    Tax @                          6.59

 

Postage: $150.60

    250 at 60 cents each    $150.60

 

Total Cost of Mailing:  $236.77

 

 

Draft #1
CTGP Proposal Form
September 1, 2005

PRESENTER (committee, chapter(s) or group of individuals) Hamden Chapter,
Northwest Chapter

CONTACT (name, address, phone number, email) Judy Herkimer?

SUBJECT (10 words or less)
Storage, cataloging and access to tape recordings of SCC meetings.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons
and/or justification to the State Central Committee) 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 (200 words or less)

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 Draft #2
CTGP Proposal Form
September 1, 2005

PRESENTER (committee, chapter(s) or group of individuals) Hamden Chapter,
OTHER Chapters ????

CONTACT (name, address, phone number, email) Aaron Gustafson, 83 Treadwell
St. Hamden, 230.9726, aaron at easy-designs.net

SUBJECT (10 words or less)
Adopting new organization structure and goals for the GP of CT

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons
and/or justification to the State Central Committee) 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 (200 words or less)
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

 

 

Directions:    www.mapquest.com <http://www.mapquest.com/> 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Oct 20 23:33:58 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:33:58 +0000
Subject: {news} Windham candidates involved in cyber debate
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Norwich Bulletin, 10.20.05

http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051020/NEWS01/510200329/1002

Windham candidates involved in cyber debate

WILLIMANTIC-- Windham voters can acquaint themselves with the views of the 
three first selectman candidates in this year's municipal election without 
leaving home.

Democratic incumbent Michael Paulhus, Republican challenger Harry Carboni 
and Green Party candidate Jean de Smet recently participated in a "cyber 
debate" hosted by the Windham Community Forum, a new Web-based discussion 
forum.

Visit www.gojabber.com and click on the "Windham Community Forum" link under 
the "General Discussion" heading to see their views. Viewers must register 
to access the information, but registration is free.





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                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:   
                                 
                                 .    Dahr Jamail - An Independent Reporter's View of Iraq  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    Connecticut Area Community Calendar  
                                   
                                 
                                    
                                 
                                 
                                Dahr Jamail - An Independent Reporter's View of Iraq  
                                 
                                Dahr Jamail
                                An Independent Reporter's View of Iraq

                                Tuesday, Oct. 25th
                                7:00pm 
                                Founders Hall
                                Central Connecticut State University

                                Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist from Anchorage, Alaska who has been reporting from inside occupied Iraq since November 2003. In June 2005, Jamail testified in front of the World Tribunal on Iraq about his experiences. He has interviewed countless Iraqi civilians, including civilians who were detained and tortured at Abu Ghraib. His reporting has been featured in The Nation, The Guardian, Asia Times, Democracy Now!, BBC, Air America, Radio Hong Kong, and many others.

                                "As with repression of any kind, the more the "powers that be" attempt to muzzle independent media and the truth, the more they create a growing, powerful, diverse entity that finds new and creative ways to work here." 
                                -Dahr Jamail

                                Event cosponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, the CCSU Peace Studies Program, and the CCSU Progressive Student Alliance

                                http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                Connecticut Area Community Calendar  
                                 
                                Connecticut Area Community Calendar

                                *This Calendar is maintained at http://www.afsc.org/ct/CommunityCaledar.htm 
                                please visit for updated calendar info*

                                ________________________________________
                                Thursday, October 20th
                                5:10-6:30 p.m.
                                Andover Chapel, Second Floor of Andover Hall,
                                Harvard Divinity School
                                45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 
                                PRAYING OUR LIVES: EMBODYING PEACE AND
                                JUSTICE AS A PRACTICE OF PRAYER
                                In conjunction with Amnesty International's "National Weekend of
                                Faith in Action" (www.amnestyusa.org/faithinaction/)

                                Food and drinks provided after the talk

                                Sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain and Ministry Studies at Harvard
                                Divinity School and Amnesty International

                                For more information call 617.496.5711

                                Robert Nave, State Death Penalty Abolition Coordinator
                                Connecticut-Amnesty International
                                Executive Director
                                Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty
                                www.cnadp.org
                                robertnave at cnadp.org 203-206-9854
                                www.DontKillInMyNameCT.org 
                                ________________________________________
                                Thursday, October 20th
                                7:00pm
                                LC Building, Room 101
                                63 High Street, Yale University, New Haven
                                NORMAN FINKELSTEIN
                                Author of Beyond Chutzpah & The Holocaust Industry ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: MISUSING ANTI-SEMITISM, ABUSING HISTORY
                                Sponsors
                                Yale Council on the Middle East
                                Middle East Crisis Committee
                                Arab Students' Association of Yale College Al-Awda-CT Palestinian American Congress-CT
                                ________________________________________
                                Friday & Saturday, October 21 & 22:
                                Mather Hall,Trinity College, Hartford,CT
                                ILLICIT DRUGS
                                CITY OF HARTFORD PRESENTS A Two-Day Conference
                                The conference is organized to bring law enforcement groups;
                                state agencies; state and city representatives; and national experts with creative talent, to meet the problem head on.
                                BURDEN & POLICY
                                The point: The conference is organized to bring law enforcement groups; state agencies; state and city representatives; and national experts with creative talent, to meet the drug scourge head on.
                                The aim: To challenge these experts to tell us what resources are needed to increase success rates
                                in efforts to reduce drug use and its associated social and criminal ramifications.
                                The audience: City policy makers, state agency representatives, legislators, care givers from a wide range of social services, medical providers, representatives of problem solving committees
                                and neighborhood organizations, church members and city residents.
                                The goal: The outcome of the conference should provide up to the minute information which will lead to 'next steps" conclusions, on-going discussions, and a community of advocates for possible
                                policy changes that will make a real difference in people's lives.
                                Presented by City of Hartford, Hosted by Trinity College, Sponsored by Aetna Foundation
                                For more information: http://www.efficacy-online.org/
                                Or Contact: Mercy Center at Madison email: info at mercybythesea.org web: http://www.mercybythesea.org 
                                ________________________________________
                                Friday, October 21, 2005
                                United Nations 60th Anniversary Celebration
                                Connecticut State Capitol
                                Hall of the House of Representatives
                                4:00pm
                                AGENDA
                                Welcome - Irv Stolberg, Connecticut UNA
                                Greetings - Governor Jodi Rell
                                Greetings - Speaker of the House Jim Amann
                                Introduction of UNA Chapter Presidents
                                Remarks - Dr. Stephen Schensul, 2005 United Nations Day Chair
                                Message from Secretary General Kofi Annan and Remarks - Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed
                                Presentation of 2005 Ruth Steinkraus Cohen Award
                                Ceremonial Raising of the UN flag over the State Capitol
                                ________________________________________
                                Friday, October 21: 
                                Friday Vigil Against the War
                                Fed bldg. Main Street, Hartford, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM.
                                ________________________________________
                                Saturday, October 22: 
                                Richie Barshay
                                La Paloma Sabanera Coffeehouse and Bookstore
                                405 Capital Ave.Hartford, CT
                                8 p.m.
                                $12-B.Y.O.B
                                Experience the newest addition to Hartford's storied jazz scene. La Ploma Sabanera serves as the backdrop for this series which features the regions best jazz musicians with a special emphasis on the young guns taking jazz into the next generation.
                                www.lapalomasabanera.com
                                ________________________________________
                                October 22-23, 2005 
                                Civil Union? Gay Marriage? None of the above? Sorting Out the Issues 
                                A Weekend with Marvin Ellison 
                                Rev. Marvin Ellison's work focuses on the ethical issues relating to sexuality, spirituality, and justice. His Same-Sex Marriage? A Christian Ethical Analysis explores the issues behind one of the most urgent discussions facing Christians. 

                                Saturday, October 22 
                                Same-Sex Marriage and Beyond: What Do Good Relationships Ask of Us All 
                                Westminster Presbyterian Church, West Hartford. (directions on opposite side) Civil and religious debates about same-sex marriage havefocused attention onquestions aboutintimacy, sexual difference, moral values, and the role of church and state in promoting families and healthy relationships. 
                                This event includes a free keynote and Q & A session (which may be attended separately) followed by an in-depth workshop that includes lunch. The workshop helps participants explore the tough personal questions about gay marriage and civil unions that couples need to explore as they make decisions that are appropriate for who they are. It is a chance to sort out the issues in a supportive spiritual environment! All are invited to the keynote and Q & A session. There will be a charge for the workshop. Enrollment will be limited. To register, see opposite side. 
                                Sunday, October 23
                                Rev. Ellison will preach at Wilton Presbyterian Church, 48 New Canaan Road in Wilton, CT (directions on opposite side) Worship begins at 10:00 AM. Rev. Ellison is a graceful, humorous preacher whose message is informed by ethical nuance and commitment to social justice. 
                                Marvin M. Ellison is a Presbyterian minister who teaches Christian social ethics at Bangor Theological Seminary. He founded Maine's Religious Coalition against Discrimination to support civil rights protections for LGBT people. He co-chairs the Maine Interfaith Council for Reproductive Choices. His publications include Same-Sex Marriage? A Christian Ethical Analysis, and Body and Soul: Rethinking Sexuality as Justice-Love. He lives in Portland, Maine with his partner. 
                                Join us for both events. 
                                Saturday, October 22: 
                                Same-Sex Marriage and Beyond: What Do Good Relationships Ask of Us All 
                                Keynote talk with Q & A, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m., 
                                Workshop: 11:00 - 2:30, lunch included in registration 
                                Registration fee: $25 (includes lunch) 
                                Directions to Westminster Presbyterian Church, West Hartford 
                                2080 Boulevard, West Hartford (at the intersection of Ridgewood Road and the Boulevard) 860-521-6240 
                                ________________________________________
                                Monday, October 24 
                                RALLY 
                                Protest Against FBI Assassinations and Persecutions in Puerto Rico!
                                Stop FBI Repressionof the Puerto Rican Independence Movement!
                                4:30pm 
                                Federal Building - Hartford, CT 
                                . The brutal killing of Puerto Rican Independence leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios by the FBI on Sept 23 was unjust. Puerto Rican officials and Amnesty International are calling for an independent investigation into his death. After the FBI shot Ojeda Rios, they waited 20 hours before entering the house. Autopsy reports show he bled to death. If the killing is proven to have been deliberate or that the FBI deliberately left him to die, it maybe considered an extra-judicial execution.
                                . Former Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Antonio Camacho Negron has communicated that an arrest warrant has been issued for him and that the FBI is searching for him. Antonio asked for an urgent protest to be organized demanding that his life and physical integrity be respected. 
                                For more information: Latinos Contra La Guerra latinoscontralaguerra at yahoo.com
                                ________________________________________
                                Monday, October 24th
                                First Baptist Church of West Hartford, 90 North Main Street
                                Sacred Sound and Rhythm Circle 
                                John Bioano of Pulse Integration brings his array of instruments and beautiful spirit. All are welcome! A $10 donation is requested.
                                ________________________________________
                                Tuesday, October 25 
                                Dahr Jamail - An Independant Reporter's View of the War in Iraq
                                7:00pm 
                                Founders Hall
                                Central Connecticut State University 
                                Speaking tour hosted by American Friends Service Commitee. Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist from Anchorage, Alaska who has 
                                spent 8 months reporting from inside occupied Iraq. He writes regularly for the Inter Press Service and the Sunday Herald in Scotland, and has also contributed to The Nation, Asia Times and The Guardian, among others. He is the Flashpoints Pacifica special correspondent in Iraq, as well as reporting for other radio outlets such as Democracy Now!, BBC, Air America, Radio Hong Kong, and many others.
                                He maintains a website at: www.dahrjamailiraq.com
                                ________________________________________
                                Wednesday, October 26th 
                                MCC/Hartford chapel
                                1841 Broad Street 
                                Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition Intersex Awareness Day 
                                Intersex Awareness Day is the (inter)national day of grass-roots action to end shame, secrecy and unwanted genital cosmetic surgeries on intersex children. The Intersex and ally communities intend to create a "day of action" similar to Take Back the Night, National Coming Out Day, or International Women's Day in that it will focus on grass-roots activism organized by local activists. Full details in next weeks eNewsletter. For further information contact serialize at jerimarie at transadvocacy.com or call (860) 983-8139.
                                ________________________________________
                                Thursday, October 27th 
                                7 pm.
                                ELMWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER, ROOM 212
                                1106 NEW BRITAIN AVENUE
                                WEST HARTFORD, CT 06110 
                                WEST HARTFORD CITIZENS FOR PEACE & JUSTICE PRESENTS: Flor Rivera's Speaking Tour 
                                Flor Rivera, a researcher with the Center for Studies on Rural Change in Mexico, will be speaking on the impact of genetically modified agriculture on the indigenous culture of Mexico. 
                                Read an article about Defending Traditional Corn
                                ________________________________________
                                Thursday, October 27th 
                                7:30 p.m.
                                Connecticut Repertory Theater
                                2132 Hillside Road, Storrs, CT 
                                Tara's Crossing ...
                                The Rainbow Center at UCONN Storr's presents the Connecticut premiere of the acclaimed New York Production about political asylum for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Refugees; Since 1994, LGBT refugees have been eligible for asylum in the United States. The play recounts one such remarkable journey. From the confines of US Immigration detention, Tara, a transgender asylum seeker from Guyana, struggles to tell the story that could set her free. $5 for non-UCONN students and $10 for the general public. 
                                ________________________________________
                                Friday, October 28th
                                9:30pm
                                Charter Oak Cultural Center
                                21 Charter Oak Ave., Hartford
                                Hartford Independent Media Center's Halloween Costume Party Underween!
                                Prizes for Costumes!
                                -Best Political costume
                                -Most original
                                -Scariest/Funniest
                                Bands include Perfect Silence and The Screwdrivers
                                Tons of Food&Drink!
                                Suggested donation $15-25
                                No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds!
                                10% of money earned will be donated to grassroots hurricane katrina relief
                                860-246-HIMC
                                860-246-4462
                                himc at riseup.net
                                http://www.hartfordimc.org/
                                ________________________________________
                                Saturday, October 29
                                Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice's
                                First Annual Environmental Justice Conference
                                Featuring: Vernice Miller-Travis, Executive Director of Groundwork USA and Gina McCarthy, Commissioner of CT DEP
                                9:00am-4:30pm
                                Capitol Community College
                                950 Main Street
                                Hartford, CT 06103
                                Attend Workshops on:
                                Air Pollution, Asthma (English and Spanish), Lead Poisoning, Landfills, Overburdened Communities, Trash incineration, Sewage Sludge, Cancer, Dioxin, Dental Mercury Fillings, Diesel, Community Benefits, and more!
                                Donation: $30.00 in advance, lunch included (by Oct. 21)
                                $35.00 at the door
                                Limited scholarships available. Simultaneous Spanish translation available.
                                For more information or if you need transportation from New Haven or Bridgeport or childcare services, please call Dawn Simonsen toll free at 888.548.1133 or email dawn.simonsen at environmental-justice.org 
                                ________________________________________
                                Tuesday, November 1: 
                                Witness to the Human Cost of the Iraq War 
                                Lift the Prophetic Voice in Congressional Offices
                                An Interfaith Public Witness 
                                November 1 is All Saints' Day in the Christian tradition, devoted to prayers for the dead. On this day we will make the toll of an immoral war more visible, by organizing clergy and people of faith to gather at local Congressional offices and read the names of the nearly 2,000 American soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq, along with the names of an equal number of Iraqi civilians who have died. 
                                November 1 is also the first Tuesday of November, marking one year after the re-election of President Bush and one year before the 2006 mid-term elections. More than 770 U.S. soldiers have died since Election Day 2004. 
                                How many more of our sons and daughters will die before our Congressional representatives are called to account on Election Day 2006? 
                                Honor the Dead, Keep Faith with the Living
                                October 17-31: Jewish and Muslim holy days are observed during this period, and from each of our faith traditions we raise our voices for peace. For the two weeks leading up to November 1 we will demand that our Congressional representatives begin leading our nation back toward peace. 
                                We will challenge them publicly to:
                                . demand a halt to this immoral war, bringing our troops home; 
                                . call for an independent investigation into the abuse of detainees, and repudiate the use of torture and extraordinary rendition; 
                                . affirm that no permanent U.S. bases should be left in Iraq; and 
                                . call for a redistribution of resources away from the military and toward relief of the humanitarian crisis brought on by Hurricane Katrina. 
                                Act on your faith.
                                An action called by the Fellowship of Reconciliation (www.forusa.org) and Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice (www.ReclaimingthePropheticVoice.org) 
                                For information about plans in your congressional district, contact: PropheticVoiceNov1 at yahoo.com
                                ________________________________________
                                Wednesday, November 2nd
                                CELEBRATION (Celebracion)
                                Day Of The Dead (Dia De Los Muertos) 
                                7:30pm 
                                La Paloma Sabanera
                                405 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT 
                                Remember Our Revolutionary Heroes!
                                Las Mujeres de Juarez a los imigrantes que han muerto cruzando la trontera y a muchos mas!
                                Pafa pedir informes ilama al: 860.548.1670
                                For more information call: 860.548.1670
                                Latinos Contra La Guerra 
                                Latinos Against the War 
                                ________________________________________
                                November 4th-6th
                                Sheraton Hartford Hotel
                                East Hartford 
                                Transcending Boundaries Conference
                                Transcending Boundaries will hold its fourth conference for
                                bisexual/pansexual, trans/genderqueer, and intersex people and our allies. We are pleased to announce that this year's conference will be held in conjunction with America's Conference on Bisexuality, a biennial conference for bisexuals and those interested in bisexuality from all over North, South, and Central America.

                                The conference begins with a reception Friday evening and includes
                                workshops all day Saturday and Sunday, entertainment, and a keynote luncheon with nationally known speakers.

                                Registration materials are available on-line at
                                www.transcendingboundaries.org/registration/

                                For more information, contact us at:
                                E-mail: transcendingboundaries at gmail.com
                                Phone: Call Sharon at (860) 559-6150
                                Web: www.transcendingboundaries.org
                                ________________________________________
                                Saturday, November 5:
                                La Paloma Sabanera Coffeehouse and Bookstore
                                405 Capital Ave., Hartford, CT
                                8 p.m.
                                $12-B.Y.O.B 
                                Victor "Papo" Sterling
                                Experience the newest addition to Hartford's storied jazz scene. La Ploma Sabanera serves as the backdrop for this series which features the regions best jazz musicians with a special emphasis on the young guns taking jazz into the next generation.
                                www.lapalomasabanera.co
                                ________________________________________
                                Saturday, November 5:
                                Mobilizing the Majority 
                                DAY- LONG CONFERENCE AT CCSU
                                Central Ct State University 
                                New Britain, CT 
                                Keynote speaker Kathy Kelly Activist, author and humanitarian
                                Keynote Speaker: Gilbert Achcar, Author of "Clash of Barbarism" GILBERT ACHCAR teaches politics and international relations at the University of Paris-VIII, and is a frequent contibutor to Le Monde Diplomatique. He is author of several books on contemporary politics published in French, and editor of The Legacy of Ernest Mandel (Verso, 2000). 
                                The committee is planning a full day of workshops, panel discussions, informal times for networking, and plenary session. Lunch and snacks will be available on site. 

                                More details to come; donations appreciated! 
                                Mail donations to PO Box 514, Portland, CT 06480 
                                Questions: call 860 347 548
                                ________________________________________
                                Sunday, November 6th
                                Emerson Brass as the FAB FIVE 
                                Joined in a benefit concert by the female vocal trio Trilogy
                                Immanuel Congregational Church, corner of Woodland and Farmington, Hartford 
                                4 PM 
                                The concert is a musical tribute to The Beatles. From 1962 to 1969 The Beatles recorded 27 singles that reached #1 on the music charts. Join us for this exciting memory lane concert titled "All You Need Is Love." This is a benefit event (free will offering) for Love Makes a Family. For directions, go to http://www.lmfct.org/. For more information, contact Carol Buckheit, Director of Special Projects, carol at lmfct.org or (860)525-777
                                ________________________________________
                                Tuesday, November 8th
                                MOVIE NIGHT
                                The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 
                                (La Revolucion No Sera Televisada)
                                7:30pm
                                LA PALOMA SABANERA
                                405 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT
                                Pafa pedir informes ilama al: 860.548.1670
                                For more information call: 860.548.1670
                                ________________________________________
                                Wednesday , November 9th
                                7 pm
                                West Hartford Town Hall, 3rd floor,
                                20 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 
                                Ray McGovernEx -CIA analyst raises tough questions about the Iraq War
                                Veteran CIA analyst challenges the Iraq War. Over the past several months, he and his colleagues have made numerous TV, radio and lecture appearances in the US and Europe. They also have appeared in several recent video documentaries-notably, "Uncovered: the Whole Truth About the Iraq War" (Robert Greenwald) and "Break the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror" (John Pilger).
                                www.westhartfordpeace.org
                                ________________________________________
                                Thursday, November 10: 
                                The Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition of Equity and Justice 
                                invites you to a forum for action
                                Challenging the Structures of Racism
                                in Public Education, Health Care, Immigration
                                Featuring Joh Powell, author, activist, policy analyst
                                6:00pm Registration
                                6:30pm Worship
                                7:00pm Forum
                                The Learning Corridor
                                Theatre of the Performing Arts
                                359 Washington St, Hartford, CT
                                For more info: 860.548.1744, email: info at ghicej.org
                                ________________________________________
                                Saturday, November 12, 2005:
                                7:00pm - Doors Open at 6:30pm
                                Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford 

                                "SONGS FOR AFRICA" benefit concert
                                "DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS" -DARFUR relief and health providers "BYEA & NTOMA PRIMARY SCHOOLS" TANZANIA (a local grassroots organization started and run by a woman in Tolland who has been travelling to Tanzania to bring food, health care, water, and education to an impoverished community).
                                Please SAVE THE DATE AND VOLUNTEER TO TAKE ACTION WITH US TO DEVELOP THIS FUNDRAISER FOR THESE HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS
                                TICKET SALES BEGIN OCT. 3:
                                University of Hartford Box Office (800) 274-8587
                                www.hartford.edu/hartt
                                $25 General/ $50 Reserved/ $15 UHa Student 
                                FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
                                * REPLY: mim.k at excite.com or margedavepeace at yahoo.com
                                * CALL: Marge and Dave Schneider at (860) 872-6899 
                                * SEE: www.savedarfur.org
                                www.doctorswithoutborders.or
                                ________________________________________
                                Saturday, November 12 
                                HGLHC offices, 1841 Broad Street, Hartford, CT
                                12 till 4 PM
                                Free to all 
                                HGLHC TransHealth Screening Day 
                                Services to be provided are HIV Counseling and Testing, STD Screening, Breast and Pelvic Exams, Pap smears and Mammogram referrals, Trans specific Medical provider resource list, Trans referral information as well as Food and Socializing!!! For more information, visit www.hglhc.org or call (860) 278-4163. 
                                ________________________________________
                                Sunday, November 13
                                Kream, 318 State St, New London
                                3 p.m. 

                                Outfoxed: Rupert Murdock's War on Journalism
                                A documentary on media manipulation and the reported conservative bias of the Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel, which promotes itself as "Fair and Balanced." Material includes interviews with former Fox employees and the inter-office memos they provided. MoveOn.org. representative Jenny Slemp will lead the discussion following the film. 75 minutes.
                                ________________________________________
                                November 16th
                                4:00 p.m.
                                Lyceum Conference Center, 227 Lawrence St., Hartford, CT 
                                A Legislative Forum:
                                "Defining Solutions to Gun Violence"

                                This forum will include brief presentations by state and national experts on gun safety legislation - what's working. A responder panel of legislators will then help to frame the discussion in terms of possible legislation for the 2006 CT General Assembly legislative session. 
                                *** Complimentary light appetizers will be provided.***
                                RSVP / Questions: 
                                Lisa Labella: lisa at cagv.org or Ron Pinciaro: ronpinciaro at aol.com 
                                4260
                                ________________________________________
                                Friday, November 18, 7:00pm 
                                CEO Hosts Robert Greenwald's film:
                                Wal-Mart: The High Cost of the Low Price. 
                                The place is to be announced. 
                                For more information, please contact Beverley Brakeman at 860-674-0143 at CEO - Citizens for Economic Opportunity.
                                ________________________________________
                                Saturday, November 19:
                                La Paloma Sabanera Coffeehouse and Bookstore
                                405 Capital Ave. Hartford, CT
                                8 p.m.
                                $12-B.Y.O.B 
                                Margaux Hayes
                                Experience the newest addition to Hartford's storied jazz scene. La Ploma Sabanera serves as the backdrop for this series which features the regions best jazz musicians with a special emphasis on the young guns taking jazz into the next generation.
                                www.lapalomasabanera.com
                                ________________________________________
                                Sunday, November 20th 
                                MCC/Hartford Chapel 
                                1841 Broad Street, Hartford 
                                Hartford's Fourth Annual Day of Remembrance...
                                Join the Trans community and allies at a Vigil remembering those whose lives have been tragically taken away simply for being who they are. 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 being an ally and advocate on behalf of the Trans and Gender Variant communities. Co-sponsorship support for this event has been wonderful and do contact dor at transadvocacy.com if your organization would like to also be a co-sponsor of this years vigil.
                                ________________________________________
                                Thursday, December 1 
                                6:00 to 9:00pm
                                AFSCME Council 4 Headquarters
                                444 East Main Street, New Britain 

                                Workshop on "Know Your Rights at Work" 
                                Workshop is sponsored by the Connecticut AFL-CIO and taught by Wayne Marshall, Director of the Labor Education Institute at AFSCME and Mark Sullivan, Director of the UConn Labor Education Center. For more information, 860-224-4000 
                                ________________________________________
                                Sunday, December 11:
                                Kream, 318 State St, New London 
                                3 p.m. 

                                Chavez, Venezuela and the New Latin America
                                A U.S. backed coup attempt failed to oust Hugo Chavez in 2002 and since then Chavez has become a rallying point for progressives throughout the Americas. This film affords a rare glimpse through the blockade of information imposed by the United States -- and into a country that is trying to use its oil wealth to help pull all of its people out of poverty-55 minutes.

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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Sun Oct 23 11:05:55 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 11:05:55 -0400
Subject: {news} Straw and Rice with their heads in the sand
Message-ID: <009301c5d7e3$44b6dcf0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

Good letter by an Chris Leadbeater (a British member of Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return Coalition) in response to a BBC interview with Condie Rice and Jack Straw, and Guardian article showing that 85% of Iraqis polled don't won't the US/UK troops in their country.

Justine

 ---- Original Message ----- 
From: CharlieChimp1 at aol.com 
To: letters at guardian.co.uk 
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 10:48 AM
Subject: [AL-AWDA-Media] Straw and Rice with their heads in the sand


letters at guardian.co.uk

30, Smithy Drive,
Ashford, Kent
TN23 3NS
England

                                23rd October,2005    01233  500229

Dear Sir,

In an interview on BBC today, Jack Straw and Condoleezza Rice claimed that US/UK troops were in Iraq because the Iraqi people wanted us there. What on earth world of make-believe do these two live in? You report the poll commissioned by MOD which reveals that 85% of the people don't want us and less than 1% believe we are helping their security.

Of course, Straw and Rice do not seem to have the same concept of democratic integrity that most of us have. We all hear the Iraqi 'president' insist that we stay but he is the product of the farcical election so highly praised by US/UK politicians but both impotent and unrepresentative in most people's opinion. The 'president' is a Kurd and has his own suspect motive for wanting our troops to stay. Certainly his power depends on us as does the probability that our presence will lead to the break-up of Iraq.

Not surprisingly, while I watched anyway, the BBC interviewer failed to challenge these claims which are so at odds with the government's own polls.

We have moved a long way from belief in genuine democracy AND in the BBC providing genuine independent interviewing of politicians.

Yours faithfully,

Christopher Leadbeater




http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1598906,00.html

Huge majority of Iraqis want coalition to go 

Ned Temko, chief political correspondent
Sunday October 23, 2005
The Observer 


The government has been dealt an embarrassing double blow in its battle to convince the public it is beating insurgency in Iraq and the threat of terrorism at home, according to confidential reports leaked to today's newspapers. 
One claimed nearly half of all Iraqis sympathised with violent attacks against British and US coalition troops; another said that at home, Tony Blair's high-profile strategy to counter the terrorist threat was proving disjointed and ineffective. 

Downing Street, while saying it would not comment on 'allegedly leaked reports', told The Observer last night that Britain remained firm in its commitment to stay in Iraq until the elected government felt it was ready to take over security responsibilities. 

The figures on Iraqis' views about attacks on coalition troops came from a nationwide opinion survey, commissioned by the Ministry of Defence and leaked to the Sunday Telegraph 

According to the report, fewer than one in 100 respondents felt the presence of American, British and other allied troops was improving security in the country. 

Forty-five per cent countrywide were said to believe that the attacks on the troops were justified - a figure that rose to 65 per cent in the Maysan, one of the provinces policed by the British. No fewer than 82 per cent, according to the report, declared themselves 'strongly opposed' to the presence of coalition troops. 

The findings prompted the Conservative shadow defence minister, Andrew Robathan, to call for a review of Britain's role in the country. 

'I am not advocating a pullout,' he emphasised. 'But if British soldiers are putting their lives on the line for a cause which is not supported by the Iraqi people, then we have to ask the question "What are we doing there?"' 

A separate leaked report, from the Prime Minister's policy delivery unit, sharply criticised the anti-terror policy drawn up after last year's Madrid train bombings and reinforced after the attacks on the London transport system in July. 

According to the Sunday Times, the report said: 'The strategy is immature. Forward planning is disjointed or has yet to occur.' It added: 'Accountability for delivery is weak. Real-world impact is seldom measured.'



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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 23 12:08:16 2005
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:08:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} Green Party's Jean deSmet "Third Thrusday Builds Pride"
Message-ID: <20051023160816.80615.qmail@web81408.mail.yahoo.com>


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http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-thirdthur1023.artoct23,0,5747821.story?&track=rss 

Third Thursday Builds Pride 

Willimantic Ends Festival Season 

ADVERTISERS
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-->By STEPHANIE SUMMERS
Courant Staff Writer

October 23 2005

WILLIMANTIC -- Willimantic would like you to know that, although it's had its problems, it's a community that knows itself and likes itself.

You could smell it on Main Street last week at the final Third Thursday festival of the season. It emanated from the Ukrainian church ladies' pierogies and the $5-a-plate Puerto Rican-style burritos, rice and beans. 

You could hear it from the five performance stages, where Himalayan Voices played gong, bowl and bells; a turntable artist drew a crowd five deep to watch young, undulating locals dance; and a New Orleans swamp pop group colored the crisp October air with its blues.

And it was apparent from the families carrying life-size scarecrows that their children made at the Lions Club table and from students from the Arts at the Capitol Theater magnet school performing at the uptown end of the block. 

This is a hometown, downtown block party. 

"It's organic. It's what we needed. It's obvious," said Jean de Smet, who calls herself the instigator. What's obvious is that drug problems have shined a negative light on this city of 15,000. 

"Certain times you feel this crisis, that this whole town is going to fall apart," de Smet said.

That's why people came out in force four-plus years ago to work on the street festival, said de Smet, who is a Green Party candidate this year for first selectwoman. The festival draws up to 10,000 people a night May through October, and generates close to $1 million for the economy.

The idea of a monthly fest came up during de Smet's unsuccessful campaign for selectwoman several years ago. Afterward, she and a band of others started the event as its own thing. 

Thursday night was the end of the festival's fourth season. The crowd was more like 5,000, but what a crowd.

Maiga Doocy, who looked like any other nicely dressed young woman at the event except that she was on stilts, described how local puppeteer Oswaldo Tirano got her involved three years ago. Tirano is credited for attracting a wealth of stilt performers, mimes and puppeteers to the festival.

Doocy's father, Fred, who made her stilts, stood with her."I knew she was going to grow up," he said. 

This affair is grass-roots, right down to its local microbrew and soda sales. And it's done on a shoestring. "There's no `them,'" said de Smet, who also helps empty the garbage.

The festival is now run by the nonprofit Willimantic Renaissance Inc., whose president, Suzanne Brogie, proud owner of a newly constructed scarecrow, has served as the vendor coordinator.

The fair has become a landing place for musicians; clothing, food and jewelry vendors; and even military recruiters.

In May, a contretemps flared when some anti-recruiters objected to the grenade launcher the National Guard displayed on its table. Police stepped in and asked a few of the peaceful to leave.

That shouldn't have happened, de Smet says; all voices should be heard at the festival. "Politics deserve a part of our everyday life. Everyone is welcome." No Hummers were in evidence Thursday night.

Language students from E.O. Smith High School in Mansfield staged a Language Ambush, part of the Year of Languages events. Their mission was to pose a question in one of several languages and capture as many strangers in the crowd who could respond.

Well, not all were strangers. 

Did anyone answer in Hindi? sophomore Nishang Gupta was asked. "My mom and my uncle," he said. 

The ambush question, posed by German exchange student Steffen Egly, 18, and Emily Schwab, 15, was "What day is it today?" 

"Heute ist Donnerstag," responded a woman who happened to be a graduate of the University of Freiburg.

Fittingly, the street was framed by eateries serving international fare as well as by the town's signature giant frogs on spools. 

Decorated by local groups and artists and to be auctioned Oct. 29, these colorful statues are Willimantic's answer to the West Hartford cows but more apropos. Shouldn't West Hartford have displayed poodles or giant latte cups? 

Again, Willimantic knows itself.

At the end of the night, as the crowd thinned, a nun in a voluminous black habit sat alone at a card table neart the Foot Bridge. "I have only five candy bars left to sell," said Sister M. Peter Bernard, who was raising money for the Holy Family Home and Shelter. She began packing up her goods. A young Latino man hurried over to help her. 
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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National Committee member from Connecticut: Tim McKee (860) 324-1684

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From TDayan at aol.com  Sun Oct 23 15:26:23 2005
From: TDayan at aol.com (TDayan at aol.com)
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 15:26:23 EDT
Subject: {news} Windham candidates involved in cyber debate
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Sun Oct 23 20:17:07 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:17:07 +0000
Subject: {news} New London Candidates Speak Out: Forum takes on eminent
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http://www.shorepublishing.com/archive/re.aspx?re=c6c1d04e-7def-4b57-84e3-242fc7516a9a

Shore Publishing, Madison, CT

City Candidates Speak Out: Forum takes on eminent domain, Ocean Beach and 
taxes in New London

By Stephen Chupaska
Published on 10/21/2005

New London -
Last week at a forum sponsored by the Neighborhood Alliance, candidates for 
City Council and the Board of Education were each given the allotted time of 
a boxing round -- three minutes -- to present their views on citywide 
issues.

Despite the fact that candidates from four political parties attended, the 
proceedings, moderated by former Republican City Councilor Dorothy Leib, 
were civil and eerily polite. The challengers did not attempt to hook or jab 
the incumbents.

Instead, the evening was marked by, as resident Rick Barett said, "the 
quality of the candidates' passions."

In fact, the only friction generated was by the organizers, who chose not to 
invite the upstart One New London party; however, three of the party's five 
candidates for City Council spoke regardless.

?They were not invited,? said Joan Discordia, the Neighborhood Alliance 
chair. ?I think they are obnoxious.?

The majority party in the city, the Democrats, had six of their full slate 
of seven candidates in attendance. Councilor Beth Sabilia was missing as she 
was due with the birth of her second child.

The four other incumbents -- Mayor Jane Glover, Deputy Mayor Bill Morse, 
Margaret Curtin and Gerard Gaynor, along with challengers and school board 
members Kevin Cavanagh and Elizabeth Garcia Gonzalez -- presented what 
seemed to be an organized appearance. Their message was a compendium of 
alleged personal and civic accomplishments with Glover offering 
prognostications of the city's economic future.

Gaynor, who spoke first, touted his time on the police force, but focused on 
past accomplishments such as luring the yet-to-open Bank of Southeastern 
Connecticut to the city and the establishment of Ocean Beach's Work Out 
World.

Curtin, a former mayor, argued non-specifically about the need for property 
tax reform and for the state ?to take over education funding? in the city.

The only councilor who lives in downtown, Morse lobbied for reforming the 
city government to allow for a ?strong mayor.?

The two school board members seeking promotion to a council seat, Cavanagh 
and Garcia Gonzalez, both touted the school uniform measure, which started 
last month, and the recent school board decisions to reform facilities.

?I'm proud of the work we've done on the board,? Cavanagh said.

Garcia Gonzalez, the only Hispanic-elected official in a city with a 
climbing Hispanic population, was the first Democrat to breech the thorny 
eminent domain issue at Fort Trumbull, saying ?(the residents) should stay 
where they are.?

Glover, who was the last to speak, spoke in favor of a strong mayor, and 
said the city needs to increase revenue and redesign the Parade.

The four GOP members, incumbents Jason Catala and Rob Pero, 2003's leading 
vote-getter, and two challengers, Mike Doyle and Allyn de Vars, were eager 
to talk economics.

Pero spoke about the importance of running Ocean Beach ?as a business,? 
maintaining the city's aesthetics and adopting a plan ?to address violence.?

Catala made more personal overtures, labeling himself ?an honest person? and 
claiming he would vote ?with his heart and conscience.?

After first talking about the ?quality of life? in New London, Doyle 
stressed the importance of lowering taxes, and attracting more people to the 
city.

Also touching on Fort Trumbull, de Vars said that the city's national 
reputation was at stake.

?I don't want to be embarrassed about being from New London,? he said.

Green Party candidates Bob Stuller and Andy Derr, both veteran candidates, 
presented succinct plans for the city and dove straight into the eminent 
domain issue.

Derr pleaded with voters not to let the city repeat the urban renewal 
mishaps of the past and called for a new MDP.

Also calling for the Fort Trumbull seven to remain, Stuller brought to the 
floor a plan for district representation in the city.

Clad in uniform blue golf shirts, ONL boasted three candidates, Bill 
Cornish, Richard Humphreville and Tom Picinich.

Dialing it down from his usual volume at council meetings, Cornish pushed 
his skills as a developer and his membership in the Lower Our Taxes 
citizens' lobby, Kente Cultural Center and the Elks Club.

Humphreville made impassioned pleas to preserve the city's historic 
buildings.

?We need to do something about them,? he said.

Picinich also revisited the Fort Trumbull issue and the need for a new MDP.

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From chapillsbury at igc.org  Sun Oct 23 20:25:42 2005
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:25:42 -0400
Subject: {news} Anti-War Vigils at local Congressional offices on Nov 1
Message-ID: <002301c5d831$780f8f90$6500a8c0@S0031616584>

Vigils at local Congressional offices on Nov 1PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY
  Dear Friends,
  The Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) and Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice (RTPV) are calling for an interfaith public witness at local Congressional offices on Nov 1.
  In CT, we have point people lined up for each district.  To register to participate in one of these events and receive the details about time and place in your district, please send an e-mail to PropheticVoiceNov1 at yahoo.com.
  You will also find information posted on our websites: www.ReclaimingthePropheticVoice.org and www.forusa.org.
  The basic outline of the event is pasted below.
  We are also calling for lobbying phone calls during the two weeks leading up to the event (details available on the downloadable flyers at the website), asking the following quesitons:
  1)  Will you publicly demand an immediate end to the use of torture, and call for a full, independent investigation into the abuse of detainees?
  2)  Will you publicly demand an end to the war in Iraq and a timeframe for bringing our troops home?
  3)  Will you publicly demand that no permanent US bases remain in Iraq?
  4) Will you publicly call for an end to the draining of resources into the Iraq war, giving priority to urgent domestic needs, including relief for hurricane victims?
  Peace and Resistance,
  John Humphries
  Hartford Friends Meeting
  Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice Steering Committee
  860/236-5175;  jhumphries at igc.org
  Who:     The Fellowship of Reconciliation (www.forusa.org) and Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice (www.ReclaimingthePropheticVoice.org), a network of religious leaders and people of faith in CT committed to nonviolent alternatives to war, along with allies all across the country

  For more information, send e-mail to: PropheticVoiceNov1 at yahoo.com

  or call: John Humphries at 860/236-5175

  What:   An Interfaith Public Witness at Local Congressional Offices

    a.. Making visible the human cost of the war by reading the names of US soldiers and Iraqi civilians who have died in Iraq since March 2003. 
    b.. Demanding a full, independent congressional investigation into the abuse and torture of detainees. 
    c.. Demanding that members of Congress speak up and exercise leadership to end the war, to hold senior officials accountable for torture and other war crimes, to ensure that the US leaves no permanent bases in Iraq, and to halt the diversion of resources away from urgent domestic needs, including hurricane relief, by putting a halt to war funding. 
    d.. We encourage local organizers to plan at least part of their witness for inside the office (with additional supporters holding a vigil outside), and to consider having some participants willing to risk arrest if they are asked to leave before all the names have been read.
  Where: District offices of members of Congress in every state

  When:             Tuesday, November 1, 2005
           
  Why:    The illegal and immoral war in Iraq (launched preemptively, on the basis of faulty and fabricated evidence) and the use of torture against prisoners reflect a moral, spiritual crisis in this country.  As religious leaders and people of faith, we are called to respond to this crisis by lifting a moral and spiritual voice in the public arena, demanding that our members of Congress fulfill their responsibility to take action to halt this illegal war and to hold senior officials accountable for torture and other war crimes.  As the first Tuesday of the month, November 1 marks one year before the mid-term Congressional elections of 2006.  It is also All Saints Day, a Christian Holy Day used to honor saints, martyrs and others who have died.  We will use this occasion to honor those who have died in Iraq and to give prophetic witness to the immorality of the ongoing war and its growing impact on our struggling communities.






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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 24 16:05:59 2005
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 13:05:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} Please--Come to the State Meeting- Stay for the Mexican
	Food!!
Message-ID: <20051024200559.48159.qmail@web81406.mail.yahoo.com>


 Dear Greens,

I want to personally invite you to the next State Green Party meeting on Oct. 25th at 7 pm at the Middletown City Hall.

Why? Each chapter should have at least one member there to tell the rest of the state what is going on in its chapters and vote on issues OR what we can do to HELP your chapter grow! 

Who? Any Green may attend! If you are not sure who CAN come please ask or email around, and maybe share a ride to the meeting! And we have had some great NEW Greens attend the last couple of meeting, who have brought some fresh points of views to the meetings.

What ?  We do the important monthly business of the State party and keep each chapter informed of what is going on. We have 18 candidates for office this November!!   We help local races with paper work and give advice and "thank yous!"!

Where?  In the center of the state.. this month Middletown City Hall! And people drive all the way from New London and Fairfield County to attend.. can't you??

When?? Always the last Tuesday of the month

(Special bonus)- Last month we met after the meeting at La Boca Mexican restaurant for some chips and salsa ( or full dinner if you like!) and REALLY share some good talk about Green Issues!! And almost everyone found it very informative and FUN!!  La Boca is right on Main street, but be warned the Salsa can be spicy!!

So.. if you can make it. and you want to be positive.. and have fun..GO!!

 

Tim McKee

10-25-05 SCC meeting of the Green Party of CT

 

Time: 7 to 9pm, 10-25-05, Tuesday

Location: Middletown City Hall, Room 208, 245 DeKoven Drive, Middletown, CT 06457

Phone: 860-344-3459 (office of Town Clerk)

Facilitator: To Be Determined

 

   Preliminaries: 

   (2 minutes): Introductions/identify chapters, recruit timekeeper and stacker. 
   (1 minute):  Identify people present who are NOT voting representatives. 
   (1 minute):  Adopt ground rules. 
   (2 minutes): Approval of tonight?s proposed agenda, additions and deletions. 
    (10 minutes):Presentation of Treasurer?s August and September?s monthly reports. 

      6.    (5 minutes): Review and approval of minutes of 9-27-05 SCC meeting.

 

 

   Reports: 

1. (2 minutes each): Chapter reports.

2. (10 minutes): U.S. Green Party representatives? reports by Tim McKee and Thomas Sevigny.

3. (5 minutes): Women?s Caucus report.

4. (5 minutes): V.O.T.E.R. report from Mike DeRosa on possible Pro-Se case against State of CT.

5. (2 minutes): Strategy Committee.

6. (5 minutes): Election Committee: Getting Out The Vote (GOTV) for our candidates in NOV.

 

C: PROPOSALS:

 

PRESENTER

Shoreline Chapter

 

CONTACT

SHORELINE CHAPTER

Lindsay Mathews, CO-CHAIR, 256 Shore Drive, Branford, CT 06405

(203) 488-3044

 

SUBJECT:Request for funding for mailing to Shoreline constituents.

 BACKGROUND and PURPOSE

As a result of the information provided to us by the speaker from CCAG at our June, SCC meeting, we would like to do a mailing and fundraising letter to our constituents to update them on the struggle for publicly financed elections in CT and to also use this mailing as a fundraiser.

 PROPOSAL

We propose that the CT GP support this effort by funding this mailing.

The mailing to 250 people would include: 

 

  Copies:  $44.73 (includes tax)

    a double sided flyer of facts/info given to us by CCAG

    a cover letter from our Chair

 

Envelopes:  $23.90

    250, #10 envelopes      $7.36

    250, #6/3/4" envelopes    7.58

    Tax @ 6%                    8.96

 

Labels: $17.57

    250, 2" x 4"           $10.98

    Tax @                          6.59

 

Postage: $150.60

    250 at 60 cents each    $150.60

 

Total Cost of Mailing:  $236.77

 

 

Draft #1
CTGP Proposal Form
September 1, 2005

PRESENTER (committee, chapter(s) or group of individuals) Hamden Chapter, Northwest Chapter

CONTACT (name, address, phone number, email) Judy Herkimer?

SUBJECT (10 words or less)
Storage, cataloging and access to tape recordings of SCC meetings.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons and/or justification to the State Central Committee) 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 (200 words or less)

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 Draft #2
CTGP Proposal Form
September 1, 2005

PRESENTER (committee, chapter(s) or group of individuals) Hamden Chapter, OTHER Chapters ????

CONTACT (name, address, phone number, email) Aaron Gustafson, 83 Treadwell St. Hamden, 230.9726, aaron at easy-designs.net

SUBJECT (10 words or less)
Adopting new organization structure and goals for the GP of CT

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons and/or justification to the State Central Committee) 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 (200 words or less)
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

 

 

Directions:    www.mapquest.com

 

        

 

 

 





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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 dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Mon Oct 24 17:44:52 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 21:44:52 +0000
Subject: {news} Darek Shapiro in El Sol News
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El Sol News
Friday, October 21, 2005
http://www.elsolnews.com/locales.htm

Candidato a alcald?a de Stamford lanza su plataforma pol?tica


Darek Shapiro, arquitecto de profesi?n y candidato por el Partido Verde a la 
alcald?a de Stamford, visit? personalmente nuestras oficinas, y all? se 
reuni? con el cuerpo de redacci?n de este semanario, al que respondi? las 
siguientes preguntas:

- ?Por qu? quiere usted ser alcalde de Stamford?

- Porque veo que hay muchas cosas por hacer en el campo de la inmigraci?n, 
el transporte, la vivienda y otros temas que los pol?ticos no han sido 
capaces de atender adecuadamente. Yo, como arquitecto que soy, tengo una 
visi?n imparcial de esos problemas y creo que tengo la capacidad necesaria 
para buscarles una mejor soluci?n.

- ?Qu? har?a usted, por ejemplo, sobre la vivienda en Stamford, en caso de 
llegar a ser alcalde?

- El problema de la vivienda en Stamford me parece terrible. Las casas son 
demasiado caras, excepto viviendas viejas que amenazan peligro y generan 
poluci?n, y las cuales constituyen una amenaza para la salud. Vemos 
generalmente que hay gente que se ve obligada a vivir en los "basements" o 
rentan cuartos o un apartamento donde se amontonan 5, 10 y m?s personas 
corriendo el riesgo de adquirir enfermedades debido al hacinamiento humano. 
Adem?s, mucha gente trabaja duro, pero la mayor parte de su dinero se va en 
el pago de los arriendos.

- ?Y cu?l ser?a entonces la soluci?n que usted propondr?a a ese problema?

- Lo primero que har?a ser?a legalizar muchas viviendas ilegales que existen 
en la ciudad, y despu?s hacer que sean m?s vivibles y seguras. En segundo 
lugar, lanzar?a un ambicioso plan de construcci?n de viviendas 
multifamiliares con precios accesibles, porque el problema es que los 
precios de las casas que construyen los urbanizadores de la ciudad son 
astron?micos y s?lo est?n al alcance de los ricos y de la clase media, pero 
no de los pobres.

- ?Y de d?nde sacar?a usted el dinero para desarrollar ese plan?

- Bueno, la cuesti?n es que ese plan no se har?a de la noche a la ma?ana, 
sino que ser?a a largo plazo, como a 10 a?os por ejemplo, y para ello se 
emplear?a los recursos presupuestales que tiene la Ciudad.

- Y ya que hablamos de la vivienda, ?qu? opina usted sobre el proyecto "Mill 
River Corridor"?

- A m? me gusta ese proyecto. Se trata de crear parques y de esta manera 
oxigenar m?s la ciudad, que se ha venido convirtiendo en una selva de 
cemento. Lamentablemente los condominios que se est?n construyendo a su 
alrededor, son muy lujosos y solamente est?n al alcance de la gente 
adinerada.

- Usted como miembro del Partido Verde, me imagino que tendr? tambi?n alg?n 
plan sobre la poluci?n.

- Por supuesto que s?. Hay algunos sitios en la ciudad donde vive una gran 
cantidad de hispanos, gente muy pobre, como por ejemplo en el "play ground" 
de la biblioteca de Ferguson, en el South End, que se ha convertido en un 
vertedero de basuras. Los trenes tampoco est?n supuestos a pasar por ?reas 
cercanas a las zonas urbanas, como lo est?n haciendo, porque contaminan el 
ambiente. Se tiene que hacer diferentes rutas, pero no hay dinero para ello, 
entonces mi idea es que se incremente el precio de los parqu?metros y la 
gente empiece a tomar m?s los trenes para producir m?s dinero, y con ello 
poder hacer otra ruta de trenes para que no pasen por donde lo est?n 
haciendo ahora. Y esa reestructuraci?n vial deber?a comenzar desde Nueva 
York. Adem?s, los veh?culos de la ruta 95 tambi?n pasan cerca a la 
poblaci?n, y contribuyen a generar m?s poluci?n.

- Hace unos meses, el Concejal Tarzio dijo que las escuelas p?blicas est?n 
sobrecargadas de alumnos, hijos de indocumentados. ?Est? usted de acuerdo 
con esa apreciaci?n?

- Si ?l dijo eso, yo dir?a que la soluci?n ser?a crear m?s escuelas porque 
la educaci?n debe ser para todos. Adem?s, hay que tener en cuenta que la 
inversi?n que se hace en los ni?os, va a ser retribuida a la ciudad cuando 
ellos ya sean adultos y se hayan educado.

- ?Y qu? har?a usted para que los indocumentados pudieran obtener su 
licencia de conducir?

- Yo trabajar?a con el alcalde DeStefano de New Haven para promover que los 
indocumentados adquieran primero su "tax ID", y una vez que lo tengan, 
trabajen por dos a?os, y de all? ya pueden tener derecho a la licencia de 
conducir e inclusive adquirir tambi?n un seguro de salud.

- ?Desea enviarle alg?n mensaje especial a los hispanos?

- Que sigan peleando por sus derechos civiles y pol?ticos para que alg?n d?a 
ellos tambi?n puedan servir a su comunidad y a la sociedad en general.





From capeconn at comcast.net  Tue Oct 25 14:12:44 2005
From: capeconn at comcast.net (Tom Sevigny)
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:12:44 -0400
Subject: {news} GPUS proposal
Message-ID: <013601c5d98f$b494ab80$e58f0218@sevigny8wcbjrd>

THe GPUS is currently considering a proposal from WI which calls for the disinvestment from Israel for Human Rights. Part of the proposal is pasted below.  Please contact Ruth or Jim from WI (e-mails at end of this post) if you have any concerns or comments.  The entire proposal can be found at http://green.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=190

Tom


 
Proposal
1. The Green Party of the United States 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. 
Resources
Implementation by GPUS International, Peace Action, and 
Media committees as noted in the proposal.

CONTACT: Ruth Weill, WIGP Delegate, moondog at execpc.com

  Jeff Peterson, WIGP Delegate, peterson at lakeland.ws 


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From TDayan at aol.com  Tue Oct 25 15:00:55 2005
From: TDayan at aol.com (TDayan at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:00:55 EDT
Subject: {news} GPUS proposal
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Sounds like a great idea - are we ready for this kind of publicity?
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From jherkimer at snet.net  Wed Oct 26 07:50:35 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:50:35 -0400
Subject: {news} Treasurer's 3rd Quarter Report
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Dear GPC Chapter Reps. and Members,
Please find attached the 3rd quarter treasurer's report presented at last
night's SCC meeting in Middletown.
Contact me with any questions.

Good luck to all the candidates and campaigners!

Regards,
Judy Herkimer
Treasurer
jherkimer at snet.net
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From edubrule at sbcglobal.net  Wed Oct 26 14:40:55 2005
From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:40:55 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: AFSC info-(1)2000th US soldiers vigils;
	(2)Congressional district actions
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6-Story Newsletter Template + Images
----- Original Message ----- 
From: AFSC Connecticut 
To: edubrule at sbcglobal.net 
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:04 AM
Subject: Vigil Not One More Death - 2000th US Soldier Death


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  Not One More Death - Not One More Dollar   
                                 
                                 .    Not One More Death - Not One More Dollar  
                                  .    Willimantic Vigil  
                                 
                                 
                                 .    New Haven Vigil  
                                  .    Nov. 1st - Interfaith Witness in Local Congressional Offices  
                                 
                                 
                                 .    West Hartford Vigil  
                                   
                                 
                                 
                                Not One More Death - Not One More Dollar  
                                 
                                The news media is now reporting the 2000th military death in the Iraq war. 

                                Tomorrow, October 26th AFSC, in conjunction with Gold Star Families for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, and with the support of the United for Peace and Justice Coalition, is calling for "Not One More Death, Not One More Dollar" More than 400 events in 49 US states are scheduled on the AFSC website. Thousands of people will come together calling for an end to this war. As we remember the soldiers and their families, we also remember the thousands of wounded soldiers, and the more than one hundred thousand Iraqis who have died.

                                Once we were among few voices challenging the war. Now the majority of the US public opposes the war. The Win Without War Coalition and its member organizations the National Council of Churches, True Majority, Working Assets and MoveOn.org are also holding vigils tomorrow.

                                Vigils in West Hartford, New Haven and Willimantic are currently planned for 6:30pm Wednesday, Oct. 26th. The information for each event is listed below. 

                                You can still plan additional vigils in your own community - visit http://www.afsc.org/2000/ for help with the organizing and publicity. 

                                Finally, the AFSC Connecticut office is working with Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice and the Fellowship of Reconciliation to vigil at local congressional offices on November 1st, next Tuesday, to remember those who have died this year in the war in Iraq and to call for our congresspeople to take a stand to end the war and all its abuses. Please find more information below. 
                                http://www.afsc.org/2000/  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                New Haven Vigil  
                                 

                                Location: New Haven Green 
                                Time: 6:30 PM 
                                Organizer's Name: John Shanley

                                More Details:

                                Gather on the Green at 6:30. We will stand vigil at the central flagpole as the sun sets and bear witness to another unfortunate milestone in the war in Iraq. 

                                https://www.afsc.org/2000/  

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                West Hartford Vigil  
                                 
                                Wednesday, October 26th at 6:30 PM in West Hartford Center.

                                Will we fill each corner of that big intersection with candlelight and commitment to bring them home?

                                Here are the details of my event:
                                not one more death-not one more dollar no more killing no more war bring the troops home candlelight vigil


                                Farmington Avenue and North Main Street
                                West Hartford Center, CT 06107
                                BRING YOUR OWN CANDLES PLEASE.

                                http://www.westhartfordpeace.org/index.html  

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                Willimantic Vigil  
                                 
                                Willimantic, CT 

                                Location: Across from the Frog Bridge 
                                Time: 6:30 PM 
                                Organizer's Name: Max Wentworth 
                                http://www.afsc.org/2000/  

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                Nov. 1st - Interfaith Witness in Local Congressional Offices  
                                 
                                Witness to the Human Cost of the Iraq War 

                                Lift a Prophetic Voice 
                                in Congressional Offices 

                                November 1, 2005 

                                An Interfaith Public Witness 

                                November 1 is All Saints' Day in the Christian tradition, devoted to prayers for the dead. On this day we will make the toll of an immoral war more visible, by organizing clergy and people of faith to gather at Congressional offices and read the names of the nearly 2,000 American soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq, along with the names of an equal number of Iraqi civilians who have died. 

                                November 1 is also the first Tuesday of November, marking one year after the re-election of President Bush and one year before the 2006 mid-term elections. More than 770 US soldiers have died since Election Day 2004. 

                                How many more of our sons and daughters will die before our Congressional representatives are called to account on Election Day 2006? 

                                Honor the Dead, Keep Faith with the Living 

                                October 17-31: Jewish and Muslim holy days are observed during this period, and from each of our faith traditions we raise our voices for peace. For the two weeks leading up to November 1 we will demand that our Congressional representatives begin leading our nation back toward peace. We will challenge them publicly to: 

                                - demand a halt to this immoral war, bringing our troops home; 
                                - call for an independent investigation into the abuse of detainees, and repudiate the use of torture and extraordinary rendition; 
                                - affirm that no permanent US bases should be left in Iraq; and 
                                - call for a redistribution of resources away from the military and toward relief of the humanitarian crisis brought on by Hurricane Katrina. 
                                Act on your faith. 

                                For information about plans in your congressional district, contact: PropheticVoiceNov1 at yahoo.com 

                                An action called by the Fellowship of Reconciliation (www.forusa.org) 
                                and Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice (www.ReclaimingthePropheticVoice.org) 

                                www.ReclaimingthePropheticVoice.org  

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                American Friends Service Committee
                                Connecticut Area Office
                                56 Arbor Street, Suite 213
                                Hartford, CT 06106
                                Phone: 860.523.1534
                                Fax: 860.523.1705
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Wed Oct 26 19:08:31 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:08:31 +0000
Subject: {news} Stamford mayoral debate
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This article only scratches the surface of what happened last night.  The 
incumbent mayor, Dannel Malloy (D), was clearly on the defensive about 
eminent domain, campaign finance, and other issues.  The most dramatic 
moment came after Darek explained why we need energy conservation and energy 
independence to relieve the heavy burden on the power grid in this part of 
CT.  Just as he finished, the room went dark for a few seconds.  It seemed 
like a blackout, but was probably caused by someone leaning on a light 
switch.  No, we did not engineer this!

The Advocate

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-debate4oct26,0,4294413.story

Malloy, Munger go on attack at debate

By Doug Dalena
Staff Writer

October 26, 2005

STAMFORD -- The three mayoral candidates sparred over development, public 
safety, ethics and experience during a debate last night at the University 
of Connecticut's city campus.

The debate between Green Party candidate Darek Shapiro, Republican 
Christopher Munger and Democratic Mayor Dannel Malloy included contentious 
exchanges between Malloy and Munger that sparked applause and boos from both 
men's supporters, who dominated the 300-person audience.

In the most heated exchange, Munger repeated his charge that Malloy promotes 
a "pay to play" system because so much of his campaign money has come from 
real estate interests. Malloy accused Munger of smear tactics.

"Here we come at a desperate time for a desperate candidate who will say 
anything and do anything to get elected," Malloy said after telling the 
audience a Republican chief state's attorney had fully exonerated him of the 
same charges.

Malloy repeatedly criticized Munger for his lack of municipal government 
experience. Saying a mayor had to "know how to read a budget," he accused 
Munger of criticizing municipal employees and painting a bleak picture of 
Stamford's bright future. He seized on errors in Munger's previous 
statements about road paving and school construction.

Munger rebutted both accusations, saying that he was criticizing Malloy's 
performance and that he wants to make the city's future brighter.

Shapiro mostly stayed out of the battle.

After introducing themselves in three-minute speeches, the candidates 
answered questions from a three-person panel for about 80 minutes, then 
closed with three-minute speeches.

The Chamber of Commerce, The Advocate, News 12 Connecticut and WSTC/WNLK 
co-sponsored the debate.

Shapiro said he had ideas for improving the city beyond his signature issue 
of energy-efficiency. Most people, he said, don't think the city is going in 
the right direction on energy, housing, taxes and transportation.

Munger led off by acknowledging his lack of political experience.

"What I do bring is 40 years of public service and leadership experience," 
he said, returning to his frequent charge that Malloy is neglecting the city 
to run for governor. "I promise that I will serve this city for a full four 
years. I have no aspirations of a higher political office."

Munger said he would retain and improve Stamford's quality of life, increase 
"smart growth," promote campaign finance reform and two-term limits for 
mayors, and thoroughly plan maintenance of roads and other infrastructure.

In addition to being one of the 10 safest cities for three straight years, 
Malloy said, Stamford has been ranked among the top 30 cities for 
entrepreneurs, one of the most livable cities, one of the 100 best cities 
for youth and the "second smartest" city.

"What the next four years should be about is what the last four years have 
been about," he said.

Malloy said the city is "poised for greatness" with him at the helm, 
pointing to rebuilt infrastructure, including school improvements and a new 
$105 million sewage plant.

Shapiro and Munger sounded alarm bells over eminent domain powers.

"They give the place character," Shapiro said of churches and small 
buildings holding ground among massive developments.

"I'm very afraid of eminent domain," Munger said, warning that the power 
should be used only for a "very serious purpose."

Malloy agreed eminent domain should be used "only for extraordinary 
purposes," but argued that cities should not have their hands tied. Citing 
the UBS headquarters in Stamford, he said using the power could help bring 
thousands of jobs to the city.

A question about disaster preparedness allowed Munger to repeat his call 
that the city is not ready to respond to acts of terror or large-scale 
school violence such as the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School in 
Colorado.

"I don't think we're ready for a mass disaster in this city," Munger said. 
"Matter of fact, I know we're not."

Police don't have enough disaster training and the schools do not have 
comprehensive emergency plans, he said.

Malloy rattled off a list of the city's accomplishments in public safety. 
They included the low crime rate, more than 200 police officers receiving 
training in various aspects of emergency response, awards for Stamford's 
maintenance of its hurricane barrier, and dealing with 9/11, anthrax scares 
and nor'easters.

Shapiro called for emergency sirens throughout the city in case television 
and radio transmissions did not work.

On transportation, Malloy lambasted the state government for failing to 
address the issue adequately in Fairfield County. He boasted of getting $335 
million in federal money for transportation projects in Stamford, including 
the Urban Transitway in the South End.

Shapiro said he would increase train ridership by raising the cost for 
nonresident commuters to park in the city.

Munger said little about his plans for transportation, but accused Malloy of 
passing the buck to Gov. M. Jodi Rell. "To blame her, I think, is 
electioneering for governor," he said.

Asked directly about his ability to run Stamford if re-elected and campaign 
throughout the state for governor, Malloy said even during his statewide 
campaign, he has had several accomplishments as mayor -- chiefly negotiating 
a deal to bring the Royal Bank of Scotland here.

"I was raised in a society where it was not thought ill of someone that they 
aspired to greater things," Malloy said.

After Shapiro criticized the RBS deal because "nobody asked you (residents) 
if you wanted it," Malloy called it "some of the greatest news to ever come 
to Stamford."

Malloy also strongly rebutted a charge from Munger that the city's 22 
percent commercial vacancy rate would increase residential taxes.

"Commercial values have gone up more rapidly in Stamford than anywhere 
else," Malloy said, citing a report from the administration of "Gov. Rowland 
and Gov. Rell."

Malloy said his administration had tripled senior tax relief and is poised 
to increase it further. Munger said the high cost of housing and looming tax 
revaluation would force many seniors to sell their homes. Shapiro repeated 
his proposal to add a tax break for energy efficiency.

In response to a question about the city's greatest achievement, Munger 
cited attracting UBS headquarters during Mayor Stanley Esposito's 
administration. Shapiro pointed to a strong Environmental Protection Board. 
Malloy highlighted the reduction in crime during his administration and the 
addition of access to universal preschool.

Copyright ? 2005, Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.





From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Wed Oct 26 20:45:07 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:45:07 +0000
Subject: {news} Hartford Courant agrees with Nieves (sort of)
In-Reply-To: <1130277459.24396.60ca17b028a369e8.31fa2ac1@persist.google.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F16CE3777BD38DEEA1CED4DD6680@phx.gbl>

Hartford Courant editorial:

http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-nebmayor2oct25,0,1843527.story

Vote For Jason Jakubowski

October 25 2005

NEW BRITAIN -- Green Party mayoral candidate Miguel A. Nieves, 40, is not a 
seasoned politician. But he's right when he says: Politicians in New 
Britain, Republican and Democrat, seem so distracted by games of "gotcha" 
that the city's interests are often pushed to the background.

New Britain has the makings of a vital city. It has a culturally diverse 
population, beautiful parks, a walkable downtown with lovely historic 
buildings, a nationally known museum and a flourishing state university.

But while the state's largest cities (also smaller ones) have made strides 
in reinventing themselves, New Britain's progress has been painfully slow.

New Britain needs a leader capable of overcoming the political static and 
building consensus on state and local levels of government. Republican Mayor 
Timothy T. Stewart, 44, hasn't done that.

Voters should support his Democratic opponent, Jason Jakubowski, 27, who has 
strong ties locally and with state lawmakers. An administrator at Charter 
Oak State College specializing in finance, Mr. Jakubowski is the city's 
treasurer and a former two-term alderman. His 11-point plan for downtown 
development is a mix of old and new ideas, but has as a cornerstone the 
construction of a concert and sports arena on the site of New-Brite Plaza. 
He also promises intense and independent scrutiny of city spending.

In two years, Mr. Stewart, who is seeking his second term, did make 
progress. He engineered two cuts in the tax rate. He has reorganized city 
hall offices, helped streamline the permitting process for businesses and 
cut operating costs. His administration has spurred $20 million in private 
investment and helped local firms (Papa's Dodge, Daatco, Guida's and 
Siracusa) stay and expand. His choice for the new fire chief led to improved 
operations and cost savings. Firefighters are now first-responders to 
medical emergencies.

Mr. Nieves needs experience.

Copyright 2005, Hartford Courant





From edubrule at sbcglobal.net  Wed Oct 26 23:57:50 2005
From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 23:57:50 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw:  Huge Anti-War Action in Boston
Message-ID: <00d301c5daab$7a975cd0$b7f5f504@edgn2b574u14bi>

I received this e-mail and I'm passing it on.  I know nothing further about it.  I've deleted two e-mail addresses (I don't feel comfortable posting to lists with such e-mail addresses included without permissions).  If individuals I know personally want these e-mail addresses, I will consider giving them out.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: [a Democracy for America organizer] 
To: [Democracy for America activists]
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:10 PM
Subject: Huge Anti-War Action in Boston


>From Nick Schmader, [e-mail address deleted]


With the national political leadership still locked in a strange, spiraling death dance, anti-war people aren't yet looking for a whole lot to be happening in the 2006 election go-round. But the streets still beckon as the traditional home of the vox populi. To build upon the momentum created by the 9/24 DC event, thousands of people will be marching in Boston this coming Saturday. In a city full of history, let's make some more. For excellent info on the details of the march check out www.oct29.org  . The web site lists all of the groups which have endorsed and/or are mobilizing for the 29th and among them are: the Rhode Island Community Coalition for Peace, the Peace Action Committee of the US Green Party, and the Unitarain Universalists Service Committee.

NO GRUELLING OVERNIGHT BUS TRIP!!  For the many dedicated people who went to DC, this action in Boston is, comparatively, a convenient day-trip. Autumn seems to be running behind schedule so a loud stroll through downtown Boston might be a wonderful way to spend the day. Car pool up to Quincy and take the T into town. Catch a commuter train in South Attleboro. Use Bonanza Bus Lines from North Main in Providence. Take AMTRAK from Kingston. 

If you'd like to march with fellow Rhode Islanders, a pre-march meeting site has been tentatively selected: 


Proposed meeting place for 10/29 march:  southwest corner of Boston Common (intersection of Boylston Street and Charles Street) adjoining the Public Garden.  This is close to where the march is starting but far enough away to hopefully be a good spot to meet.

Proposed meeting time:  10:30 - 10:45 AM  (March starts at 11:00 PM on Tremont Street near the Armed Forces Recruiting Center). 

If you need a ride from Prov. to a public transportation site, RICCP might be car-pooling from a tbd location in Providence. Please let me know if you'd be interested. 
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Oct 27 18:53:12 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:53:12 +0000
Subject: {news} New London union endorses Stuller & Derr
In-Reply-To: <1130420193.173234.cda183d731cacbb0.2e3f3b1c@persist.google.com>
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http://www.theday.com/eng/web/news/re.aspx?re=896621A9-605D-4680-A506-E051A1FD1FE6

NL Union Endorses Slate

Published on 10/27/2005

New London ? The city's public works union has endorsed a three-party slate 
of candidates for the fall City Council election.

Council 4 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal 
Employees is supporting Republicans Jason Catala and Allyn de Vars; 
Democrats Margaret ?Peg? Curtin, Gerard Gaynor Jr. and Elizabeth 
Garcia-Gonzalez; and Robert Stuller and Andy Derr of the Green Party.

The endorsements were announced by union Local 1378, which represents the 
city's public works employees.

? The Day Publishing Co., 2005





From jherkimer at snet.net  Fri Oct 28 10:14:19 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:14:19 -0400
Subject: {news} Secretary of the State website
Message-ID: <04d501c5dbc9$e4d80940$5ed73ccc@k8h9a3>

Dear CT Greens,
If you are interested in financial information for a campaign, a candidate,
a party or your individual contributions, these are all public documents and
available at:

http://cfisct.sots.state.ct.us/cfis.jsp

Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Cheers,
Judy Herkimer
Treasurer
jherkimer at snet.net






From jherkimer at snet.net  Fri Oct 28 10:25:48 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:25:48 -0400
Subject: {news} Chapter representatives
Message-ID: <04f301c5dbcb$809f6160$5ed73ccc@k8h9a3>

Dear Greens,
In February 2004, the previous secretary Ed Dubrule announced that chapter
reps. would need to subscribe to this listserv in order to receive all
pertinent information such as minutes, agendas, meeting notices, treasurer
reports, etc.

Is there a list of current chapter reps? Who now manages this listserv and
are we able to determine if chapter reps are subscribed? Is the secretary
still responsible for this task?

Thanks for any input.
Judy Herkimer
Treasurer




From chapillsbury at igc.org  Fri Oct 28 12:07:27 2005
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:07:27 -0400
Subject: {news} New Haven Chapter
References: <04f301c5dbcb$809f6160$5ed73ccc@k8h9a3>
Message-ID: <003f01c5dbd9$b179e8b0$6901a8c0@EXDIR04>

I am interested who else from New Haven chapter is on this listserv.  

If you get this message, please contact me.  

thanks, charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judith Herkimer" <jherkimer at snet.net>
To: <ctgp-news at ml.greens.org>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 10:25 AM
Subject: {news} Chapter representatives


> Dear Greens,
> In February 2004, the previous secretary Ed Dubrule announced that chapter
> reps. would need to subscribe to this listserv in order to receive all
> pertinent information such as minutes, agendas, meeting notices, treasurer
> reports, etc.
> 
> Is there a list of current chapter reps? Who now manages this listserv and
> are we able to determine if chapter reps are subscribed? Is the secretary
> still responsible for this task?
> 
> Thanks for any input.
> Judy Herkimer
> Treasurer
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From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:24:53 -0400
Subject: {news} Modified Consensus Workshop - Qualifications
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Fri Oct 28 20:00:51 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:00:51 +0000
Subject: {news} listserv subscriber list
In-Reply-To: <E1EVZXJ-0000Rq-00@gandhi.greens.org>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F23BD720851D70D2B088F8CD66A0@phx.gbl>

For the current subscriber list, go to 
http://ml.greens.org/mailman/listinfo/ctgp-news and sign in at the bottom of 
the page.  Following is the list as of today.  You can do the same thing for 
http://ml.greens.org/mailman/listinfo/ctgp-forum

CTGP-news Subscribers

Click on your address to visit your subscription options page.
(Parenthesized entries have list delivery disabled.)

33 Non-digested Members of CTGP-news:
(1 private member not shown)

    * adams1peace at aol.com
    * amderr at ctol.net
    * apbrison at hotmail.com
    * capeconn at comcast.net
    * chapillsbury at igc.org
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    * daniel_sumrall at yahoo.com
    * david.eliscu at snet.net
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    * webmaster at ctgreens.org

9 Digested Members of CTGP-news:

    * dan_schmitz at netzero.com
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    * kelly.mccarthy at aya.yale.edu
    * sharris at snet.net





From capeconn at comcast.net  Fri Oct 28 20:53:19 2005
From: capeconn at comcast.net (Tom Sevigny)
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 20:53:19 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: Green Line October 2005
Message-ID: <015601c5dc23$2ab57bb0$e58f0218@sevigny8wcbjrd>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Green Party of the United States 
To: capeconn at comcast.net 
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 8:47 PM
Subject: Green Line October 2005


            October 2005
           
           
     


     

            News Headline
           

           
            Green Party Candidate Gloria Mattera Makes Brooklyn History 


            Representatives of Gloria Mattera's Green Party Campaign for Brooklyn Borough President announced that contributions to the campaign have exceeded the threshold 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 [the 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, program participants running for Brooklyn Borough President must receive a total of $49,307 from at least 100 eligible contributors with a maximum amount of $250 applying toward matching funds, which will be at least $200,000 for the Mattera Campaign.
                  

            NY Green Robyn Sklar running for New York City Council in Queens also qualified matching funds of apx. $27,000 - a first for a Green running in NY.


            For more information on the Mattera campaign http://www.electgloria.org/


            Greens Pay Tribute to Rosa Parks 

                 We mourn the passing of Rosa Parks, and encourage Americans to recognize that the struggle for human rights and freedoms -- of which Ms. Parks remains a towering symbol -- is far from over.

                  "The best way to remember Rosa Parks' courage in 1955 is to rededicate ourselves to civil rights in 2005," said Rick Tingling-Clemmons, Black Caucus delegate to the National Committee of the Green Party of the United States. "Ms. Parks' act of civil disobedience on a bus led to passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which enforced the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection under the law. The obstruction and manipulation of votes in the 2000 and 2004 elections -- especially African American votes -- demonstrate that the civil rights movement isn't over, that we're still fighting for the right to vote for all Americans."

                  To read the entire press release go to: http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2005_10_26.sh tml  

            Voters Choose IRV

            According to a new study commissioned by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and conducted by San Francisco State University, voters who have had the opportunity to use Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), (also called Instant Runoff Voting, or IRV), prefer it to the old system. 61% of polling place voters and 77% of absentee voters preferred the system where the voter can rank candidates according to choice and have their second or third choice counted if their first or second choice is eliminated. (If your first choice is for someone who does not receive a predetermined minimum percentage of votes, then all those votes are eliminated and your second choice is then counted and so on.) 46% of voters polled (versus the 3% with the traditional system) felt with Ranked Choice Voting they will be more likely to vote for their preferred candidate rather than choose between the "lesser of two evils". Almost all of the voters polled (87%) felt that they understood how Ranked Choice Voting works, indicating that it would be easy to adapt in other communities. Ross Mirkarimi, a Green Party member, currently holds office on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the body which commissioned the study.

            The complete report is availabel here:
            http://pri.sfsu.ed u/reports/SFSU-PRI_RCV_final_report_June_30.pdf 
            Green Party Vows Support as Elaine Brown Fights Disqualification

            WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party leaders 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. "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." 

                  "Elaine Brown was running a people's campaign, defending Brunswick's majority African American and poor population against 'Blueprint Brunswick', a development plan according to which the city will evict thousands from their homes, using sweeping powers of eminent domain," Rev. Lyde added. "This was a Republican hatchet job against a strong, credible candidate seen as a viable threat. We will assist in whatever way we can with Elaine's legal challenge in Glynn County Superior Court."
                  


            Ms. Brown has asserted that her residency was sufficiently established by November 5, 2004, when she registered to vote in Brunswick, in accord with the one-year residency requirement for a candidate to appear on the ballot on November 8, 2005. Ms. Brown has cited a Georgia Supreme Court decision confirming that registration in time for the election in which a candidate seeks to participate is sufficient for the purpose of seeking local office. 

            Green Parties throughout the U.S. have fought to overturn restrictive ballot access laws. Greens noted in September, 2004, that while Democrats attempted to disqualify independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader in Florida on technicalities, a 'gentlemen's agreement' between Democrats and Republicans allowed the state of Florida to ignore the fact that George W. Bush's campaign had missed the September 1 filing deadline to place Mr. Bush on the ballot. Greens have faced similar double standards in numerous races . 

            Ms. Brown challenged the decision at a Glynn County Superior Court hearing on Thursday. Supporters of her campaign held a rally before and after the hearing. A decision is expected on Monday, October 31, 2005. 

            MORE INFORMATION: 
            http://www.gp.org/
            http://www.greens.org/georgia/
            http://www.elainebrown.org



             
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Fri Oct 28 21:10:48 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 01:10:48 +0000
Subject: {news} Danbury & Redding vigils organized by Greens
In-Reply-To: <1130540532.261798.fe186895590063ba.19d84aa4@persist.google.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F269D4E98570F114CA81F67D66A0@phx.gbl>

http://news.newstimeslive.com/story.php?id=76081

Peace activists plan candlelight vigil to honor those who died in Iraq
By John Pirro

THE NEWS-TIMES

DANBURY ? Activists will hold a candlelight vigil at the city's War Memorial 
tonight to protest the war in Iraq and honor the servicemen and women who 
have died fighting it.

The vigil is one in a series of nationwide demonstrations marking the 
2,000th American death in the war, a threshold passed earlier this week.

"Two thousand is just a number. We don't want to see one more casualty," 
said Walter Hrozenchik of Ridgefield. "We want our boys and girls home 
safe."

Earlier this weeks, similar rallies were held in more than 1,350 communities 
across the country, according to MoveOn.org, which helped organize the 
events. An estimated 100,000 people attended.

The Danbury vigil will start at 5:45 p.m. at the memorial, situated at South 
Street and Memorial Drive, and last until 7 p.m.

"It will be a solemn, candlelight memorial," Hrozenchik said.

The vigil will be the third in the greater Danbury area in three days. 
Similar demonstrations were held on the green in Redding and in front of the 
Danbury Public Library Wednesday evening.

About 30 people were at the event in Redding, said Nancy Burton. "We linked 
arms both to stay warm and to keep the wind from blowing out our candles, 
and read the names of the 29 casualties from Connecticut," she said.

There was a long moment of silence, and then participants took turns 
speaking out against the war, Burton said.

Kathy Devlin of Brookfield said 16 people attended the library vigil "on 
very short notice," adding that passers-by showed their support in a variety 
of ways.

"There was no negative reaction. We got a lot of thumbs-up and peace signs," 
she said.

Contact John Pirro at jpirro@ newstimes.com or at (203) 731-3342.





From roseberry3 at cox.net  Sat Oct 29 17:11:25 2005
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:11:25 -0400
Subject: {news} 9-27-05 SCC meeting of Green Party of CT: quorum met;
	not approved.
Message-ID: <20051029211029.JKWW23022.eastrmmtao04.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

9-27-05 SCC meeting of the Green Party of CT, quorum met; not approved.

 

Time: 7 to 8:30pm, 9-27-05, Tuesday

Location: Middletown Public Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown, CT

                    Reading Room # 3

          Phone: 860-347-2528

Facilitator: Allan Brison of New Haven Chapter.

Attendees per sign-in sheet: Vittorio E. Lancio, Central; Tim McKee,
Tolland; Robert Pandolfo, Greater Harford; Mary Anne Davis, New Haven; Chris
Nelson, New London; Allan Brison, New Haven; Miquel A. Nives, New 

Britain; Paul Bassler, Fairfield; Stamford: David Bedell and David Shapiro.

GPCT officers: Michael DeRosa, co-chairperson; Barbara Barry,secretary.

 

 

A.	Preliminaries: 

1.	Introductions/identify chapters: quorum requirement met. 
2.	Identify non-voting representatives: none. 
3.	Adoption of ground rules. 
4.	Approval of tonight's proposed agenda: no additions; deletion of the
lone 2 proposals due to lack of presenters. 
5.	Presentation of Treasurer's monthly report: deleted due to lack of
presence of the treasurer, her representative or forwarding of any treasury
information to GPCT officers or members. 
6.	Review and approval of minutes of 8-30-05 SCC meeting.
7.	Question to Secretary regarding lack of EC meetings in August and
September. Barbara:

Due to: inability of co-chairpersons: Aaron Gustafson and Kelly McCarthy to
attend many of the proposed times due to other commitments especially
Kelly's campaign; death of Judy's brother; lack of any new agenda items
forwarded to the EC body. 

 

B.	Reports: 

1. Chapter reports:

a) Manchester: Tim McKee: trying to organize a Manchester Community College
Green Party chapter.

b) Greater Hartford: Michael DeRosa: organized an information center 

called: Behind the Rocks Information Center, at the Greater Hartford

Green Party Office which is open 6-days a week. It is a lending library of
books, publications, DVD's and videos. Chapter also has a

Progressive Movie Night, every other Friday.

  David Ionnno, Green Party candidate for Hartford Board of Education is
running for one of its 4 elected seats (5 are appointed by the Mayor).
Opponents: 2 Democrats, @ Republicans and a Working Families Party
candidate. David is a Hartford Public Library 

Employee, union representative; Vietnam Veteran for Peace spokesman; father
of 4 daughters: 3 of which have graduated from Hartford Public schools and a
freshman. 

c) New Haven: Allan Brison: NAACP agreed to sponsor a debate between

Green Party mayoral candidate: Eric Brown and Mayor John DeStephano.

   Charlie Pillsbury is concerned that a Democratic incumbent city
alderperson will withdraw prior to the election. This will allow Mayor
DeStephano, Democrat, to appoint a replacement alderperson.

   Democrats have formed 2 new additional ward committees of Yalies.

This had not been a usual traditional practice.

   Former Green Party Alderperson, Joyce Chen, spoke with the New

Haven Chapter about switching to the Democratic Party in August. She won the
Democratic primary.

Next New Haven Chapter meeting: tomorrow, 9-28-05.

d) Middletown: Vic Lancia: will show the film: The Revolution Will Not Be
Televised, an Irish production about the actual overthrow of 

President Chavez in Venezula. Time: 7pm on 10-10-05 at location of Liberty
Street and Main Street. 

    There is no known Wesleyan Green Party chapter.

e) New London: Chris Nelson: Candidates are running for the following
municipal positions: re-running for 2 at-large council positions and Board
of Education.  Green Party chapter of New London has been active since 2001
in Charter revision work, eminent domain issues and concerns regarding other
economic developments. New London city government is primarily controlled by
the city manager with the city council members being perceived to have more
limited power then the city manager.   Overall, have raised about $4700 via
fundraising and have about $3000 left, which is mostly planned for print
ads. Most of the ads are likely to go into the free weekly local paper,
owned by the newspaper New London Day.which endorsed 2 of our candidates at
the last election. Outreach has been done to identify about 200 supports in
targeted areas. These targets are mostly non-affiliated and non-voters. I.e.
Independents which make up the largest voting block in New London as is
typical for CT. Supporters are asked to seek out and identify 10 more
supporters, yielding about 2000 supporters. Typically the city council
winner will garner 1300 to 1600 votes.

    Our weekly community TV show is to resume soon, possibly nest week or
so.

f) New Britain: Miquel Nives: as the Green Party mayoral candidate, he
opened an office 38 Main Street, directly across from City Hall.

Rent is $300/month and all contributions are welcome.  Is trying to get a
phone line put in. The office is staffed at least 9am to 5pm, Monday through
Saturday, and some evening meetings scheduled. 

   Planned events: 10-1-05: Miquel to speak on the steps of City Hall, then
he and his supporter will drive around New Britain honking their car horns
to bring attention to his candidacy.  

10-5-05 debate about city concerns regarding: space, money and teachers.
10-16-05: to speak about early childhood and immigration issues from 3:30pm
to 5pm. About 1000 people are expected to attend.  Women's        will have
a debate at 7pm on 10-19-05 in New Britain City Hall chambers and will be
televised.

   Also having Friday night movies.

g) Fairfield: Darek Shapiro, Green Party candidate for Mayor of Stamford.
Occupation: architect.  Has campaign group of about 40 people. His issues;
eminent domain, development boom with limited livable or affordable housing;
energy and pollution (especially: particles and their relationship with
asthma, zoning and quality of schools. Many years ago, Stamford had approved
a resolution to support clean energy but there has been little movement to
implement it. Stamford has decreased its energy consumption by conservation
and the elimination of some old power plants. The current mayor is running
for governor. 

 

2. U.S. Green Party representatives' reports by Tim McKee. Representative,
Thomas Sevigny, was not present. Whether or not Thomas Sevigny was
re-elected as National Co-chairperson has not been determined despite a
count and a re-count. The compromise at the recount: Thomas was to share one
co-chair position with another person.  However, the final decision, has yet
to be determined by GPUS.

3. Women's Caucus report: deleted due to lack of a representative.

4. V.O.T.E.R. resolution from Mike DeRosa on possible Pro-Se case against
State of CT regarding minority party permanent ballot access for all
federal, state and municipal offices.

   Consensus: GPCT supports/gives permission for this work to go forward in
GPCT name.

Discussion: Chris Nelson: is not eager for permanent ballot access as it
"makes it too easy for every party to get on the ballot. But benefits of
people on the machines would be beneficial".

   Paul Bassler:  some Greens have been able to get permanent ballot access
in other states due to their election laws.

   Tim McKee: in Rhode Island, if you get 5% of the votes, you are granted
majority party status which provided benefits e.g. poll monitors, funding,
etc.

5. Approval of 6-13-05 and 7-11-05 EC meetings by consensus.

6. Strategy Committee: deleted due to absence of the authors.

7. Election Committee: Getting Out The Vote (GOTV) for our candidates in
November: deleted due to lack of presenters.

 

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From roseberry3 at cox.net  Sat Oct 29 17:29:53 2005
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:29:53 -0400
Subject: {news} 8-30-05 SCC minutes of GPCT: quorum met; approved
Message-ID: <20051029212955.BSTX28234.eastrmmtao05.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

Minutes of SCC Meeting Of 8/30/05: quorum reached; approved

Middletown Public Library, Hubbard Room

Middletown, CT

7PM-8:30PM

 

Facilitator: Tim McKee (Tolland chapter)

 

Attending per sign-in sheet: Mike DeRosa (Greater Hartford), Barbara Barry
(Greater Hartford);  Justine McCabe (Western); Judy Herkimer (Northwest),
Kim Herkimer (Northwest); Tim McKee (Tolland); Paul Bassler (Fairfield);
Miguel Nieves (New Britain); Chris Nelson (New London); Aaron Gustafson
(Hamden), Kelly McCarthy (Hamden),  Quorum reached.

 

Preliminaries:

1.	Ground Rules accepted.

 

2.	Additional items to agenda:

      Mike DeRosa adds item to agenda about need for letter to be sent to
Sec. of State for each new candidate.

            Justine McCabe GPAX addition (candidate) to DC anti-war rally.

 

3.	Approval of last 3 months of minutes: 5-31-05, 6-26-05 & 7-26-05.
Approved since they were all non-quorum meetings.  Marked as unofficial but
approved minutes for non-quorum meetings by consensus. 

 

4.	Treasurer?s report (Judy Herkimer):  Monthly contributions continue
through credit card donations. John Amarillo?s campaign gave money that they
did not spend back to the state PAC.  Toll free number for GPCT rings at Tom
Sevigny?s house and he is keeping a log for that number.  Reimbursement was
given to Chris Reilly for past expenses.  Monthly charge for credit card
processing is $35.  Chapter balances/other information was circulated by
Treasurer at meeting.  Aaron : Does money have to come back to State PAC?
Judy:  ?That money has to go somewhere, so it needs to go back to state
PAC?.   Barbara/Aaron/Kelly: it does not have to go, only, to the State PAC.
It can go to any charity or non-profit organization.  Judy: When passing the
hat for donations, any $15 or more in cash: must have the person?s full name
and address.

 

     Reports:

        1. Chapter Reports:

Greater Hartford: Have had progressive movie nights. We have shown the
Nuclear Caf?, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, and 9/11 In Plane Site.
We are opening up an Info Center (Lending Library) at the Greater Hartford
Green Party Office that will be staffed on a daily basis by young people
from Hartford.  We are also running David Ionno for a place on the Hartford
School Board.

 

Western: We are continuing to research tabling items for our proposal. We
are working on the Bill C. Davis campaign (Congress) and Tom Sevigny
campaign (Finance committee in Canton).

 

Northwest: We were invited back to the New Milford Fair that gave us a hard
time last year. We also supported the Green Dialogue. We also got some media
coverage in the local papers. 

 

Hamden: We had our Launch Party for Kelly McCarthy?s run for Town Council
recently.  We got a lot of press and we have decided to endorse the Mayor,
who is opposed by many of his own Democrats.  If he loses the primary we
would  probably put him on the Green Party line for the general election.

 

Fairfield: David Bedell is running for Constable; Derek Spiro is running for
Mayor in Stamford, Trish Dyane is running for board of ED.  We had a
petition campaign to get our candidates on the ballot.  We had some trouble
collection signatures at a summer arts festival.  They tried to stop us from
collecting signatures after they closed off the streets. It is still public
property.  They asked us to leave but we refused.  They called the police
and we told them that we thought we had the right to collect signatures
there.  They finally backed down and we continued to collected signatures.

 

New London: We have three candidates. Two for city council and one for Board
of Ed.  Raised $2000 so far.  Increased interest on the part of the
Republicans to cross endorse our candidates. But we decided not to do it.

The cable access show has been going on for about a year now. 

 

New Britain: We are running Miguel Nieves for Mayor of New Britain. Sept 8th
Miguel will have his first debate on senior issues.  In October,  he will
have his 2nd debate about child development.  And there will be a third
debate also.  Miguel has had two home fund raising parties.  

 

Non-agenda:

Judy Herkimer said that ?at the last EC Meeting we discussed taping of the
meetings.?  Judy said that ?Barbara and Mike agreed not to tape? until such
time that we decide what to do with the  tapes.  She objected to the taping
of the meeting for the purpose of notes for the Secretary?s use.   Mike
DeRosa disputed that he or Barbara had agreed to stop taping and Mike said
?and it is on the tape? (of the EC meeting) that we had not agreed to stop
taping our meeting . Mike said ?if you want a copy of the tape of the EC
meeting you can check it out?.  Barbara also agreed with this assessment of
what happened at the EC meeting. Kelly McCarthy said she could not recall
(what Judy stated)taking place but does remember that Judy was to do a
proposal. Judy asked if Michael would do the proposal. Michael advised that
since this was a concern that Judy brought forward then he advised he was
willing to review any proposal brought forth.  Kelly: It has pretty much
been established  from long ago that we could tape.  Justine McCabe, the
facilitator at the EC meeting, had a recollection that Judy was correct in
her assertion.  Mike said ?that he is open to any proposal for the storage
of tapes, and the recording is purely a question of accurate notes being
provided to you by the Secretary. None of these tapes is given out to
anybody, I don?t understand what the problem is?.  Mike said that the
discussion we are having ?is precisely why we need to tape meetings?.
Barbara added that taping of meetings for the Secretary?s use was authorized
through the passage of proposal in August 2003.  Aaron said he ?would be
fine remanding these tapes to the Media Center/Library that is being created
at the Greater Hartford Green Party office.?   Barbara said that at the last
EC meeting, a proposal about this matter was discussed about the prior
meeting tapes, where is our (GPCT) donated tape recorder, and other related
issues. But a proposal has not been forthcoming. Barbara said: We need to
respect our established process which allows for accuracy and respect for
diversity of opinions.

 

The facilitator said after this discussion ?that I am in a difficult
position because this discussion is not on the agenda?.  He asked if no one
had any objections if we could move on.   By consensus it was agreed to move
to the next item on the agenda.

 

2. Green Party of United States report by Tim McKee, GPCT representative:

National Meeting in Tulsa, OK: some people were elected but there remained
an open seat i.e. should Tom Sevigny, of CT be elected to that open national
co-chair position?  This has not yet been resolved.  There are supposed to
be 6 co-chairs for the party.   Michael: need better communication to/from
state and national levels.  We need to know what proposals are being
proposed in the name of GPCT to the national.  Mike is getting e-mails about
what is being presented in GPCT name to the national party, and these people
are asking for his feedback as a co-chair of GPCT.  Mike said: ? I do not
know what to say since I have no knowledge of these proposals ,and do not
have an opinion one way or the other?.      Can these proposals be put on
the listserv or something? Tim: can do that on a weekly basis, especially
proposals.  Judy: most of National Listservs, you can join: one is for
voting and one is for discussion or media listserv. Mike: it will be good
for informational purposes  to put things on listserv but if  a proposal is
done by our reps in their name or in GPCT, we as the GPCT need to be aware
of it.  Kelly: e.g. Tom presented a proposal in our name without anyone,
e.g. officers, being aware of it.  Judy:  we need to hear from him (Tom
Sevigny). The decision he made, I cannot imagine anyone in the state not
completely agreeing with him. Because it completely benefited the CT Green
Party and it?s members.   

 

3.	Women?s Caucus report by Justine McCabe: met 2 Saturdays ago. Had
Judy Woodgreen from National Women?s visiting and spoke about what is
happening on the national level.  Worked on modified consensus to do a
training.  Looking for trainers to do training just after the election
(11-05).  Mike: are you looking to train new people or old (i.e.
experienced) people?  Justine: only have a couple of people trained.   We
need a kind of official trainers to train people. So any Green Party person
is where we will start.  Mike: we have a couple of people in Hartford who
are eager to start, so keep us in mind.   Barbara: which modified consensus
will be used?  There are various modified consensus processes out there, not
just in the Green Party. But there is little or no written information about
any of them.  Justin: Lynn Serpe is a good trainer. There are 2 or 3 people
whom Lynn mentioned might be good. Justine: will follow the modified
concensus,the one that has been passed out here at the Green Party . 

 

4.	V.O.T.E.R. report by Michael DeRosa: voter verified paper trail
(bill) has been passed and signed (by the governor).  It is law. Is most
comprehensive voter verified paper trail in the country and the best
auditing trail in the country.  

 

5.	Legistative report by Michael DeRosa: following campaign finance
reform issues and have been in touch with CCAG.  Anybody interesting with
working on this please see me after the meeting. 
6.	6-13-05 and 7-11-05 EC meeting minutes: deferred to next SCC meeting
by  consensus due to time constraints.

 

D.	Proposal:

1.	EC proposal: What: Have voting members sign-in on sheet at each SCC
meeting.  Goal: to assist the Secretary with the count of voters, if votes
are taken during the SCC meeting.   Judy: can this sign-in sheet in the
minutes and can there be put on the Website? Aaron: sure. As long as Barbara
provides me with the information.  Passed by consensus.

 

7.	GPAX report by Justine McCabe: 2nd annual Antiwar Movement will be
On Saturday, 11-5-05 at CCSU.  $100 donation from GPCT was suggested: passed
by consensus.  GPAX will interact with 2 other groups. Consensus to continue
with working with the groups as GPCT has supported in the past.

 

8.	Judy, treasurer,  has asked for a formal  written quote from
Shoreline Chapter for the monies needed for their Shoreline Proposal. 

 

       9.  Michael: called Pearl  Williams, at Secretary of State?s office
re: new procedure for the candidates to do:  Pearl Williams affirmed that
each new candidate must have the 2 designated people, on the back of the
Party Designation form,  send a letter to the Secretary of State, endorsing
the candidate in question.  This must be done by August 12, 2005.   Kelly
reaffirmed this.  Both of the designees must sign the endorsing letter.

 

 

 

 

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From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:06:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} Modified Consensus Workshop - Qualifications
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Folks,
 
It seems that the "rules'  on who can be trained seem a little arbitray at best. Allan has led two meetings, but can not be "trained"??
 
If we had dozens and dozens wanting to sign up, it might be a problem. But less than 2 dozen seems doable to anyone who had trained people( and i have trained people in programs with that many)
 
Adding one person per chapter seems reasonable at this point, and seems to follow our goals of diversity and rotation. Can someone email the Women's caucus with this?
 
Tim McKee
.
allan brison <apbrison at hotmail.com> wrote:
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Concerning the qualifications for "participation" as opposed to "observer status" in the MCP workshop, I think, in retrospect, that it would have been better if the Women's Caucus had allowed an opening for one person from each chapter.

This way every chapter would have had a chance to be involved at the first step, and each chapter would have had a contact person from whom to learn more.

As it is, I am willing to participate as an observer, providing a deffinite effort is made for observers to have at least some hands on role. Nothing can be more deadly than spending 6 or more hours watching others do a workshop.

Allan Brison
New Haven





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Date:  Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:07:01 -0400
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Dear Judy:
A few people in the Hartford chapter would like to participate in this
event.  Is this possible?
Sincerely
Mike DeRosa

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Dear Green Party of CT members,
This is pre-confirmation information regarding a training workshop on
Modified Consensus Process.

The Green Party of Connecticut Women's Caucus is proposing a tentative date
of Sunday November 13, 2005 for the initial workshop to train meeting
facilitators in Modified Consensus Process. Although not confirmed, we
expect a day-long workshop with an ending time to allow for travel home
during daylight (e.g. 10a-4p).

We are pleased to announce that two Green Party members from New York, Lynne
Serpe and Mark Jacobs, have graciously agreed to conduct this training. Both
have extensive experience in MCP and facilitation at the local, state and
national levels.

The venue for this workshop has not yet been selected, although we
anticipate a Litchfield County location to best accommodate our guest
trainers.

This preliminary training is targeting those who have already facilitated at
least two GPC State Central Committee meetings using MCP. If we have missed
anyone, please let us know. The maximum number of registrants is 15, so
please confirm your intention to participate at your earliest convenience to
Judy Herkimer at jherkimer at snet.net.

David Adams
John Battista
David Bedell
David Eliscu
Aaron Gustafson
Judy Herkimer
Justine McCabe
Tim McKee
Karin Norton
Charlie Pillsbury
Tom Sevigny

After this "training of the trainers", the GPC-WC will have 1) created a
resource pool to draw from for meeting facilitators; 2) the ability to
schedule future training workshops for other interested members using GPC
facilitators. The Women's Caucus will eventually submit a proposal to the
SCC that addresses these goals.

Other members are welcome to attend the day's activities as observers and
will be allowed a limited opportunity to comment and ask questions as time
allows.

A continental breakfast and afternoon snacks will be served to all
attendees. Lunch will be provided to registrants at no cost. Lunch is
available to observers for $10 on a pre-payment basis.

The Women's Caucus will be providing transportation, housing, meals and
honoraria for the two facilitators.

Please contact us with any questions. Further information will be
distributed once the date, time and venue are confirmed.

Peace and Power,
The Green Party of CT Women's Caucus




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From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 00:17:11 -0400
Subject: {news} FW: Minutes From SCC Meeting July26.doc
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  _____  

 

Minutes From SCC Meeting July26, 2005, no quorum

Portland Library, Portland CT

 

 

Attending: Barbara Barry (Greater Hartford), Mike DeRosa (Greater Hartford),
Allan Brison (New Haven), Karin Norton O?Connor (Tolland), Tim McKee
(Hamden), Kelly McCarthy (Hamden),Aaron Gustafson (Hamden), Miguel Nievas
(New Britain)

 

Facilitator: Aaron Gustafson (Tom Sevigny could not make it at the last
minute).

The meeting did not have a quorum but we did follow the agenda items that
did not require a formal vote.

 

A. Preliminaries 1-8:

 Preliminaries were done. Recent minutes were handed out but could not be
approved 

 because of lack of quorum.  The treasurer did not attend so there was no
report.

 

B. Reports:

  Chapter Reports;

  Greater Hartford: Progressive Movie Festival continues with showing of
Atomic Caf?

   David Ionno is running for Board of Education in Hartford. There are no
other offices  available to run for in Hartford this year because of charter
revision-4 year terms.

 

   New Britain : Chapter will be participating in the Latinos In Action
festival in Sept. 10-11

    Will have a booth.  Miguel campaign is going well.  He is getting signs
(100) plus he is 

    speaking to groups. Hartford Courant is interested in his campaign.

 

   New Haven:  Not running candidates for Alderman at this time.  Mayor
wanted Charlie 

    Pillsbury to run for alderman, Charlie turned him down.  Joyce Chen is
now running

    as a Democrat for City Council.  Joyce switched from the Green Party for
a variety of  personal and political reasons.  New Haven has a possible
Afro-American candidate for Mayor.  Chapter is very much involved in the
fight over a land grab by Yale-New Haven

    Hospital.  They want a zoning district that allows them to do most
anything they want.

    Five Hundred people recently protested against this zoning at a hearing.
New Haven is

    working with a community group from called CORD.   Discussion about
possible

    candidacy of Cliff Thornton for governor race in 2006 as a Green. He
spoke to New 

    Haven Chapter.  

 

    Manchester: Trying to update group.  The candidates in Manchester have
no real issues.

     People can?t make up their minds in Manchester about whether they want
to be a town  

     or a city.  Walmart wants to go into Vernon.  There is a lot of
opposition to this. 

     Contacts in Safford Springs are good possible coalition members.  We
discussed of the 

     relevance of the book The United States of Walmart.  Continued work on
Cable show.

 

    Hamden: Kelly McCarthy is running for city/legislative council in Hamden
(5th district).

     Campaign has started.  It is going well.  Press was good and is taking
the greens

     seriously.  New Haven Register newspaper showed up at Hamden
Convention.   Kelly?s opponent is unknown in Hamden. Kelly has a campaign
manager. Kelly was asked to run as a Democrat but she reclined.  The 5th
district is 45% unaffiliated, 45% Dem., 10% Republican.

     

Discussion about why we do not have a quorum:

Kelly said she wanted to know why we did not have a quorum.  Mike said he
thought it was because it is summer time and all meetings are off during
this period. Alan suggested that we call people.  Tim said that there is a
lot going on so people have not come.  Kelly said that she and Aaron have
worked on the re-structuring plan and cannot get it passed until

there is a quorum.  Mike suggested that we have a convention that does not
require a quorum to pass the various changes and approvals that have not
been done in the past.

 

            Voter Report: Mike DeRosa said that our Voter Verified Paper
Trail was signed by Gov.

              Rell recently and is now law.  CT has one of best auditing
systems for VVPT if not the 

              Best.  

     

 

   

   

   

 

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From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 00:21:33 -0400
Subject: {news} approved minutes of 8-30-05 SCC GPCT meeting, quorum achieved
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Minutes of SCC Meeting Of 8/30/05: quorum reached; approved

Middletown Public Library, Hubbard Room

Middletown, CT

7PM-8:30PM

 

Facilitator: Tim McKee (Tolland chapter)

 

Attending per sign-in sheet: Mike DeRosa (Greater Hartford), Barbara Barry
(Greater Hartford);  Justine McCabe (Western); Judy Herkimer (Northwest),
Kim Herkimer (Northwest); Tim McKee (Tolland); Paul Bassler (Fairfield);
Miguel Nieves (New Britain); Chris Nelson (New London); Aaron Gustafson
(Hamden), Kelly McCarthy (Hamden),  Quorum reached.

 

Preliminaries:

1.	Ground Rules accepted.

 

2.	Additional items to agenda:

      Mike DeRosa adds item to agenda about need for letter to be sent to
Sec. of

State for each new candidate.

            Justine McCabe GPAX addition (candidate) to DC anti-war rally.

 

3.	Approval of last 3 months of minutes: 5-31-05, 6-26-05 & 7-26-05.
Approved since they were all non-quorum meetings.  Marked as unofficial but
approved minutes for non-quorum meetings by consensus. 

 

4.	Treasurer?s report (Judy Herkimer):  Monthly contributions continue
throught credit card donations. John Amarillo?s campaign gave money

that they did not spend back to the state PAC.  Toll free number for GPCT
rings at Tom Sevigny?s house and he is keeping a log for that number.

Reimbursement was given to Chris Reilly for past expenses.  Monthly charge
for credit card processing is $35.  Chapter balances/other information was
circulated by Tresurer at meeting.  Aaron : Does money have to come back to
State PAC?  Judy:  ?That money has to go somewhere, so it needs to go back
to state PAC?.   Barbara/Aaron/Kelly: it does not have to go, only, to the
State PAC. It can go to any charity or non-profit organization.  Judy: When
passing the hat for donations, any $15 or more in cash: must have the
person?s full name and address.

 

     Reports:

        1. Chapter Reports:

Greater Hartford: Have had progressive movie nights. We have shown the
Nuclear Caf?, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, and 9/11 In Plane Site.
We are opening up an Info Center (Lending Library) at the Greater Hartford
Green Party Office that will be staffed on a daily basis by young people
from Hartford.  We are also running David Ionno for a place on the Hartford
School Board.

 

Western: We are continuing to research tabling items for our proposal. We
are working on the Bill C. Davis campaign (Congress) and Tom Sevigny
campaign (Finance committee in Canton).

 

Northwest: We were invited back to the New Milford Fair that gave us a hard
time last year. We also supported the Green Dialogue. We also got some media
coverage in the local papers. 

 

Hamden: We had our Launch Party for Kelly McCarthy?s run for Town Council
recently.  We got a lot of press and we have decided to endorse the Mayor,
who is opposed by many of his own Democrats.  If he loses the primary we
would  probably put him on the Green Party line for the general election.

 

Fairfield: David Bedell is running for Constable; Derek Spiro is running for
Mayor in Stamford, Trish Dyane is running for board of ED.  We had a
petition campaign to get our candidates on the ballot.  We had some trouble
collection signatures at a summer arts festival.  They tried to stop us from
collecting signatures after they closed off the streets. It is still public
property.  They asked us to leave but we refused.  They called the police
and we told them that we thought we had the right to collect signatures
there.  They finally backed down and we continued to collected signatures.

 

New London: We have three candidates. Two for city council and one for Board
of Ed.  Raised $2000 so far.  Increased interest on the part of the
Republicans to cross endorse our candidates. But we decided not to do it.

The cable access show has been going on for about a year now. 

 

New Britain: We are running Miguel Nieves for Mayor of New Britain. Sept 8th
Miguel will have his first debate on senior issues.  In October,  he will
have his 2nd debate about child development.  And there will be a third
debate also.  Miguel has had two home fund raising parties.  

 

Non-agenda:

Judy Herkimer said that ?at the last EC Meeting we discussed taping of the
meetings.?  Judy said that ?Barbara and Mike agreed not to tape? until such
time that we decide what to do with the  tapes.  She objected to the taping
of the meeting for the purpose of notes for the Secretary?s use.   Mike
DeRosa disputed that he or Barbara had agreed to stop taping and Mike said
?and it is on the tape? (of the EC meeting) that we had not agreed to stop
taping our meeting . Mike said ?if you want a copy of the tape of the EC
meeting you can check it out?.  Barbara also agreed with this assessment of
what happened at the EC meeting. Kelly McCarthy said she could not recall
that taking place but does remember that Judy was to do a proposal. Judy
asked if Michael would do the proposal. Michael advised that since this was
a concern that Judy brought forward then he advised he was willing to review
any proposal brought forth.  Kelly: It has pretty much been established
from long ago that we could tape.  Justine McCabe, the facilitator at the EC
meeting, had a recollection that Judy was correct in her assertion.  Mike
said ?that he is open to any proposal for the storage of tapes, and the
recording is purely a question of accurate notes being provided to you by
the Secretary. None of these tapes is given out to anybody, I don?t
understand what the problem is?.  Mike said that the discussion we are
having ?is precisely why we need to tape meetings?. Barbara added that
taping of meetings for the Secretary?s use was authorized through the
passage of proposal in August 2003.  Aaron said he ?would be fine remanding
these tapes to the Media Center/Library that is being created at the Greater
Hartford Green Party office.?   Barbara said that at the last EC meeting, a
proposal about this matter was discussed about the prior meeting tapes,
where is our donated tape recorder, and other related issues. But a proposal
has not been forthcoming. Barbara said: We need to respect our established
process which allows for accuracy and respect for diversity of opinions.

 

The facilitator said after this discussion ?that I am in a difficult
position because this discussion is not on the agenda?.  He asked if no one
had any objections if we could move on.   By consensus it was agreed to move
to the next item on the agenda.

 

2. Green Party of United States report by Tim McKee, GPCT representative:

National Meeting in Tulsa, OK: some people were elected but there remained
an

open seat i.e. should Tom Sevigny, of CT be elected to that open national
co-chair

position?  This has not yet been resolved.  There are supposed to be 6
co-chairs for the party.   Michael: need better communication to/from state
and national levels.  We need to know what proposals are being proposed in
the name of GPCT to the national.  Mike is getting e-mails about what is
being presented in GPCT name to the national party, and these people are
asking for his feedback as a co-chair of GPCT.  Mike said: ? I do not know
what to say since I have no knowledge of these proposals ,and do not have an
opinion one way or the other?.      Can these proposals be put on the
listserv or something? Tim: can do that on a weekly basis, especially
proposals.  Judy: most of National Listservs, you can join: one is for
voting and one is for discussion or media listserv. Mike: it will be good
for informational purposes  to put things on listserv but if  a proposal is
done by our reps in their name or in GPCT, we as the GPCT need to be aware
of it.  Kelly: e.g. Tom presented a proposal in our name without anyone,
e.g. officers, being aware of it.  Judy: we need to hear from him (Tom
Sevigny). The decision he made, I cannot imagine anyone in the state not
completely agreeing with him. Because it completely benefited the CT Green
Party and it?s members.   

 

3.	Women?s Caucus report by Justine McCabe: met 2 Saturdays ago. Had
Judy 

Woodgreen from National Women?s visiting and spoke about what is happening
on the national level.  Worked on modified consensus to do a training.
Looking for trainers to do training just after the election (11-05).  Mike:
are you looking to train new people or old (i.e. experienced) people?
Justine: only have a couple of people trained.   We need a kind of official
trainers to train people. So any Green Party person is where we will start.
Mike: we have a couple of people in Hartford who are eager to start, so keep
us in mind.   Barbara: which modified consensus will be used?  There are
various modified consensus processes out there, not just in the Green Party.
But there is little or no written information about any of them.  Justin:
Lynn Serpe is a good trainer. There are 2 or 3 people whom Lynn mentioned
might be good. Justine: will follow the modified concensus,the one that has
been passed out here at the Green Party . 

 

 

4.	V.O.T.E.R. report by Michael DeRosa: voter verified paper trail
(bill) has been passed and signed (by the governor).  It is law. Is most
comprehensive 

voter verified paper trail in the country and the best auditing trail in the
country.  

 

5.	Legistative report by Michael DeRosa: following campaign finance
reform issues and have been in touch with CCAG.  Anybody interesting with
working on this please see me after the meeting. 
6.	6-13-05 and 7-11-05 EC meeting minutes: deferred to next SCC meeting
by

      consensus due to time constraints.

 

 

 

D.	Proposal:

1.	EC proposal: What: Have voting members sign-in on sheet at each SCC
meeting.  Goal: to assist the Secretary with the count of voters, if votes
are taken during the SCC meeting.   Judy: can this sign-in sheet in the
minutes 

and can there be put on the Website? Aaron: sure. As long as Barbara
provides me with the information.  Passed by consensus.

 

7.	GPAX report by Justine McCabe: 2nd annual Antiwar Movement will be

On Saturday, 11-5-05 at CCSU.  $100 donation from GPCT was suggested:

passed by consensus.  GPAX will interact with 2 other groups. Consensus to
continue with working with the groups as GPCT has supported in the past.

 

8.	Judy, treasurer,  has asked for a formal  written quote from
Shoreline Chapter for the monies needed for their Shoreline Proposal. 

 

       9.  Michael: called Pearl  Williams, at Secretary of State?s office
re: new procedure for the candidates to do:  Pearl Williams affirmed that
each new candidate must have the 2 designated people, on the back of the
Party Designation form,  send a letter to the Secretary of State, endorsing
the candidate in question.  This must be done by August 12, 2005.   Kelly
reaffirmed this.  Both of the designees must sign the endorsing letter.

 

 

 

 

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From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 01:13:51 -0500
Subject: {news} minutes of 6-13-05 EC GPCT, approved
Message-ID: <20051030061353.FWDD28234.eastrmmtao05.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

 

 

Executive Committee (EC) Meeting of  6-13-05

Time: 7:40 to 9:30pm

Place: Hamden Government Center, 2750 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden, CT

Attendees: Barbara Barry, Mike DeRosa, Aaron Gustafson, Judy Herkimer, 

                  Kelly McCormack.     Observer: Kim Herkimer.

 

Facilitator: None.

 

1.	Discussion regarding lack of facilitator.  Mike tried to get  a
person to be the facilitator and was not able to find someone to do it. He
also did not know about where the Ex meeting would take place until the Sat
before this Monday meeting.  Judy requested a facilitator.  Mike asked Kim
(a observer) to be the facilitator for this meeting..  Kim agreed. However,
Judy stated he did not have the training to be a facilitator.  It was agreed
that going forward a facilitator would be found, on a rotating basis.

 

2.	In the absence of a facilitator, Judy proposed that this EC meeting
not occur.  Mike and Barbara proposed that this EC meeting occur due to EC
responsibilities to the members of the Green Party of CT. At the minimum, EC
members could put forward those items that need to be done at each SCC

meeting and any proposals that have been sent to the EC members for the next
SCC meeting. Then 

Judy proposed only doing what must be done, which was agreed upon.

   

3.	Aaron arrived.

 

Structure of next SCC meeting:  site: Hamden Government Center for 6-28-05,
7-9pm. 

 

4.	Mike: what is proper notification regarding the EC and SCC meetings.
Judy preferred the immediate

former secretary's preference for sending notification to the news listserv,
only, without using the bcc or cc notification.  Chapter representatives
would  need to join the news listserv.  Agreed by concensus.

 

5.	Mike will forward to the news listserv, the name of the speaker for
the next SCC meeting.  This would

Allow for feedback.

 

6.	Aaron to put on the Website the  approved minutes from 15 SCC
meetings provided by Ed Drule, 

the immediate former secretary.

 

7.	Agenda for SCC to be posted on the news listserv, one (1) week prior
to the SCC meeting. The EC agenda is not posted but the time and meeting EC
meeting site is posted.  Approved EC meeting minutes

      are posted.

 

8.	Judy proposed that EC meetings followed the same format as SCC
meetings. This would include introductions by the five (5) EC members and of
any observers.  Then the EC would discuss if the proposed agenda would be
what was discussed and if there were any additions or deletions from the
agenda.    Agreed by concensus.

 

9.	Barbara: feedback/discussions with Green Party members over the
years: keep minutes concise and in

a manner where items can be easily found. 

 

10.	Aaron and Kelly believe records of votes need to be in minutes.
Barbara: voters of Green Party of chapters or committees are encouraged to
vote as the group directs. However, the process allows voters to vote their
conscious, per federal election laws.   Judy: need by-laws to straighten
this out and clearly define chapter reps and committee rep responsibilities.
Mike: need to allow reps to vote their conscious

            when new information is presented at the SCC meeting  i.e. the
rep may change their opinion about how    

            they want to vote because of new information. Aaron: each
chapter has their own way of handling this

            situation: some will allow chapters reps to participate in
discussions and possibly change their opinion.

            Others will not.  

 

11.	Mike: do we need/want a sign-in sheet about who is voting?  Kelly:
would be helpful for the secretary. 

      Aaron: noting in minutes, how chapter reps would allow chapter members
to get feedback about how

      their reps voted, even if it is after the fact.   

 

12.	Judy: SCC meeting is designed to not be a place of deep discussion
and debate. It is a business 

      meeting. And all that was supposed to have taken place before you came
to the SCC meeting. You're 

      supposed to discuss it at the chapter level. You're supposed to
educate yourself, inform yourself,   

      reach out to people who wrote it. Get everything. If you have
concerns, you bring them and get them 

     clarified and offer friendly amendments to those concerns.  The
extensive debate you are talking about

     that could shift people's vote, is not the business of the SCC. The
business of the SCC should be much

     drier, it is the business meeting of the party.   Aaron and Kelly: that
is the ideal. Kelly: if it is a 

     complicated proposal, a presentation should be made then a proposal but
that is not how it has happened

     that way. It is about accountability. Barbara: reps may want to bring
back to the chapter new information

     that the chapter may want to discuss about the reps concern.    Agreed
by consensus: Barbara to write a

     proposal from the EC to present to the next SCC meeting regarding a
sign-in sheet for the voters.  

     Aaron to develop a sign-in sheet.

 

13.	Judy: in theory with modified consensus, there should not be too
many votes. When taking minutes, that is  the one thing that is taken down:
who voted. 

 

14.	Agenda for SCC meeting: 

a)      speaker: Mike to try to get speaker(s) to cover possible subjects
that the meeting regarding: campaign finance reform in CT. Such as CCAG.
Barbara noted this would be timely because CT's legislature starts June 23,
2005.                    

b)      Basecamp: Aaron presented as a proposal to last SCC meeting but did
not have a quoum.

c)      Judy: it would be beneficial to have at an EC meeting to have the
last SCC meeting minutes for

            what happened for discussion. This must help to create the next
SCC meeting.  Judy: need to carry over

regarding Justine's fall event/march: call for unity.   Justine needs to
present it and advise what it is she wants from the Green Party of CT.  

d)      Mike and Aaron: need to bring forward the minutes from the SCC
meetings which were not approved because we had no quorums. 

e)      Mike:   CT United for Peace meeting on 5-15-05: the coalition leader
are seeking from their 

            coalition members     

15.	Agreed upon next EC meeting: July 11, 2005 at Greater Hartford Green
Party Office, 418A New

Britain Avenue, Hartford, CT. Time: 7-9pm. Facilitator: Judy to get
facilitator.  Mike to try to get

, who has approached some Green Party members about running for governor, as
a Green Party

           candidate.  

 

16.	Mike read from a statement from the last SCC meeting by Justine
McCabe about a planned Peace

March to Washington in Sept 2005 that will be discussed at the next SCC
meeting along with 

other related issues.

 

17.	Aaron Suggested that we put on the agenda getting Basecamp a
computer program that is used

to build organization projects($20 a month/free on a trial basis one
project).  Arron wantedthe EC as the first user of the free trial program).
Judy wanted a "courtesy proposal" to the SCC(Judy:"let them know what's
going on"). It was agreed that this would be presented as a informational
presentation during the SCC meeting.  Judy wanted an "observer" status built
into the use of Basecamp

 

18.	Aaron suggested we spend $300 to get a list of  Green voters from
the Sec. of State's office.

He talked about getting in various formats from SOS to make it easier to use
and manage.

 

19.	Judy described suggested various changes to last EC minutes.
Various options were discussed for changes (including the use of an
addendum) to facilitate these changes to the notes by the Secretary. Judy
asked for certain grammatical changes in the last minutes and changes in
minutes relative to Chris Reilly and payment of Hartford office rent.

 

20.	There was a discussion about announcing that the SCC meeting is
being recorded at the beginning of the meetings.   Barbara pointed out that
these are public meetings and they can be recorded.  Mike pointed out that
the SCC had voted to have meetings recorded and Judy said that she
remembered the vote and had voted for it.  Mike suggested that the guest
speaker speeches be turned in MP3 files and put on the web site.  Aaron
agreed to do this after Mike gave him these speeches on CD disk.

 

21.	Mike asked that Judy to supply the EC with a monthly list of all
persons who donate  to the CT Green Party and their addresses so chapters
could determine whether donations made in their area are being credited
correctly to their chapter balances.  Judy said : "she did not see a problem
with giving that".

 

22.	 Mike suggested that the Treasure's report not be sent in virtual
format to the SOS.  There have been reports from past Treasurers that
figures sent in this way somehow change.  He suggested sending the reports
by mail.  Judy said that the bank does not give a breakdown of each credit
card donation(but she will receive that soon).  Judy said that we received
so far this month $175 from credit card donations.

Judy said that our service fees were $190-$200 per month and they "were
bumped down" to $175 recently. Aaron said that we should look into Pay Pal
as an alternative to these high fees. Mike suggested that needed to be
explored because "paying $175 to pay $175, does that make any sense?"

Judy said she "is now in possession of the  ( treasurer's) books" and she
was going to planning to 

Replace the "small" check book with a big business type check book.  There
was discussion of appointing a deputy treasurer to cover when treasurer is
on vacation.   Mike asked if the present

Treasure would consider appointing a deputy treasurer.  Judy said she wasn't
interested in this at this time.  

 

23.	Judy said she would get the facilitator for the next EC meeting. The
next EC meeting will take

place on July 11, 2005 at 7PM-9PM at the Greater Hartford Green Party office
at 418A New Britain Ave  Hartford, CT.  

 

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From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 01:15:30 -0500
Subject: {news} FW: minutes of 7-11-05 EC GPCT meeting
Message-ID: <20051030061432.NUII23022.eastrmmtao04.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

 

 

Minutes Of The Executive Committee Of CT Green Party, approved

7/11/05  Monday

Greater Hartford Green Party Office

418A New Britain Ave.  Hartford, CT

 

 

Attending: Aaron Guthenson, Kelly Mc Carthy, Judy Herkmer, Barbara Barry,
Mike DeRosa

                    Facilitator: Justine McCabe

                    Guests: David Ionno(Hartford chapter), Steve Fornier,
(Hartford 

                    Chapter), Tim McKee(Manchester chapter),Miguel
Nievas(New Britain)

 

Agenda Item # 1(See Agenda):

Kelly said that she feels that the EC is not functioning very well and not
accomplishing our leadership

goals.  She said that we need to work out our personal problems on the EC
and move forward.

Aaron said that what happened in the past should stay in the past and we
need to move forward.

Mike agreed with what Kelly and Aaron said.  He said that he would like the
EC to deal with issues and accomplish our political goals.  He said that we
should also use our time at meetings for our educational goals and getting
our committees moving.  Barbara said that she did not think the EC was not
working on our goals and there is a difference of opinion of how we go about
the process that takes place at meetings.  Barbara said this is part of the
discussion.  We need process but it should not be a stumbling block to do
our political work or how we deal with issues. Barbara said that she thinks
it is not so much animosity but a difference of opinion about how process
should be done. Kelly said that she thought the issue of using a tape
recording for assisting in note taking was handled very poorly at the last
SCC meeting.  Kelly said that the first issue was there was no actual
meeting, we had no quorum therefore there was no need for a tape recorder to
be used. "We had no compromise take place" Kelly said. Kelly said that Aaron
had found out that there was a proposal that had passed at a SCC meeting
that required taping of our meetings for the purpose of note collection, and
that such a proposal had passed in Aug 2003. Aaron said that those who felt
uncomfortable about being taped have to recognize that it was passed.  Kelly
feels that it was embarrassing to have a long discussion about this taping
of the meeting at the SCC meeting. Kelly said that Barbara did not listen
when people disagreed with her minutes. Barbara said that when she was able
to hear the tape she was able to clarify what was actually said at the
meetings. She then changed the notes accordingly.  Barbara said she did
revise the notes as three members of the EC wanted after she was able to
clarify what was actually said using the tape.  Barbara says that we have an
obligation to have accurate minutes.  Barbara said that whether we have a
formal meeting or not it is her obligation to provide accurate minutes so
that the organization will have a record of what transpired at both formal
and non-formal meetings.  Mike said that one of the reasons for recording
the meetings was to tape the speakers that sometimes speak at the beginning
of our SCC meetings so that they could be put on the web site as Mp3 files.
Mike was hoping that out of the speech by a CCAG speaker on campaign finance
reform(that took place at our last SCC meeting), would come some initiatives
at our meeting. Mike said that even if it's a non-meeting he did not
understand what the problem with recording the speech was.  Mike felt that
the facilitation at the SCC meeting was poor and that the debate about
turning off the tape machine went on too long(35Mins.).  If there was an
issue we should have discussed it for 10 minutes and then went to our
speaker as the agenda required and discussed objections at another meeting
in the future.  Mike was also concerned that after the speaker, the meeting
just ended and we did not even have reports, which even in a non-meeting
should have taken place.  Mike says he wants these meetings to change, he
says he is open for any ideas.  Judy said that even though she objected to
taping at the SCC meeting(on behalf of others) she has no objection to
taping now or in the future.  Judy has some concerns about the storage of
the tapes and wants to become familiar with the proposal that was passed two
years ago.  Judy said she appreciated the conversation that she had with
Mike after the SCC meeting.  Judy says that "she apologized to Kelly  for
her presentation" of the issue at the SCC meeting.   Judy said that she was
not articulate that day.  Judy says that process is essential in all
meetings and she would like some modification of the agenda format.  Aaron
said that he had just seen a copy of the revised minutes for the May meeting
and he was happy that the changes that were requested from Barbara had been
put into the revised minutes.   Barbara asked that if there is a specific
form for the agenda that people want then someone should  forwarded it to
her.  Barbara says that the secretary under the rules has the ability to
take minutes as they want to.  Barbara says that she is trying to
accommodate the wishes of this body.  It was agreed that the SCC agenda
should be put out on the list server one week before the SCC meeting.
Barbara said that the discomfort levels that people were having with taping
were described in non-specific ways so they could not be addressed.  Barbara
says that the best way to accurate notes at meetings is through having
meetings taped. Barbara said that nobody is perfect and everybody hears
different things.  Barbara said she is sensitive to communication and
people's comfort levels. Barbara said that we have established processes
that have been created by votes that allow the secretary to choose to use a
tape as a tool to create accurate notes. Barbara said that we should follow
through on these established rules.   Barbara said that the taping of open
meetings is a standard logical way to provide accurate minutes of
discussions and votes taken at GPCT meetings. Aaron said that if people are
concerned about taping they should address it though the SCC.

 

Agenda Item # 8(See Agenda):

Request for pre-order of Green pages was deferred to July SCC meeting
because EC does not have the authority to allocate money(Tim McKee spoke
about this agenda item).

 

Agenda Item # 7(See Agenda):

Kelly said that according to our by-laws we need a certain member of
chapters at SCC meetings to have a quorum. Kelly said that we have 12
chapters. Kelly said that there are three chapters that have not attended
the SCC meetings during the last two meetings and are on probation:
Fairfield , New Britain, Northeast.  Kelly says that our by-laws are vague,
if you don't attend for six months you can be declared inactive.  If these
three chapters do not attend the next meeting then we have only 8 chapters
and can reach a quorum at the lower number (at six).  Kelly said that we
need to follow what our procedures say, to make chapters active or inactive.
A proposed letter was passed out at the EC meeting warning chapters that
they must attend SCC meetings for face inactive status.  Judy agreed with
this and said the letter should have more contact information and get a
definite answer.  Mike said that it is hard to say to people that you did
not attend a meeting when that meeting was called a non-meeting.  Mike said
it was a technical point, but some chapters may raise that issue.  By
consensus the EC agreed to send out the letter.

 

Agenda Item # 4 (Impeach Bush)(See Agenda):

Tim Mc Kee spoke about the national GP stand on impeaching Bush.  Tim said
other state parties have acted on this.  Aaron said that the EC has the
authority to do this.  By consensus the proposal passed the EC.  

 

Agenda Item # 5(United Anti-War Movement)(See Agenda):

A copy of the proposal was passed around.  Mike talked about the history or
context of the split.

Justine spoke about some of the issues related to this proposal.  By
consensus the proposal passed the EC.

 

Agenda Item # 10(Repeal the "Patriot Act")(See Agenda) 

Mike explained why we should pass this and use it as an educational tool to
make outreach.  Barbara

also spoke about the use of this resolution for educational and political
purposes.  By consensus the proposal passed the EC.  It was suggested that
all our proposals be put into press releases.  Aaron said that anything we
can do that is actual action is a good idea.

 

Agenda Item # 3 (SCC agenda for July)(See Agenda):

By consensus last months agenda will be continued for July.   Judy said that
Tom Sevigny has agreed to be the facilitator for the meeting.  He was also
suggested for a speaker for the next meeting.  Mike said that Anna Lachiere
was willing to speak about counter recruiting.  Mike said that we should
have a woman speak this time because at the last two meetings we had white
males speak.  Mike also suggested Tim McKee as facilitator.  Aaron wanted to
have Anna speak at the Aug meeting and said he would like Tom to speak at
the next meeting about an op ed piece that was published recently.  Barbara
talked about what counter-recruiting was(going into schools and countering
military recruiters) and she liked the idea of Anna speaking about this
issue.  Judy said that having speakers at our meeting was mushrooming and
that we had a lot of other things to do at our meetings.  Judy said that the
EC should not pick the speakers.  Mike said that it was the EC prerogative
to pick the speakers.  Mike said that the idea behind the speakers was to
create an inspirational moment at meetings when people can feel a unity as
to why we are here.  Mike said that speakers have a significant role in
focusing attention on topical issues and show where we can plug into to the
activities of other groups and build alliances with those groups.  He said
that having speakers from CCAG and True Vote CT at our last two meetings
were examples of this. Mike also said that he had a problem with Tom Sevigny
facilitating the meeting, also being the speaker, and also giving a report
from the National party.  Mike said he did not have a problem with Tom but
he said that we have talked about rotating the facilitator. Mike said Tom
was asked to facilitate the meeting two months ago and at the last minute
could not do it.  Mike said Tom facilitated the last meeting.  Mike said
that it was time for someone else to facilitate the next meeting.  Judy said
she agreed with Mike.  Judy said that it was up to the SCC to decide who
should speak.  Judy said that she did not have a problem with Tom not
facilitating the July meeting and the Women's caucus was actively trying to
set up the first training session for modified concensus so more people can
be facilitators.

Mike asked when the training session would take place.  Judy said that the
first training will be for facilitators that have already facilitated.
Aaron said we should put out the names of the two speakers on the list
servers.  Barbara said that until the time chapters came forward with
speakers the EC should decide who the speakers would be. Judy said she would
put the names out on the list server 

for speakers and put forward a proposal to involve the SCC.  Tim was given a
moment to speak out since he had to leave early. Tim said that we should
have speakers at the office. Tim said that EC should decide who speaks at
the SCC meeting and if there is an overflow of speakers they should speak at
the office as a fund raiser. Mike said that he has a concern about reports
from our representatives to the national party.

Mike had a concern that we get more information about what is going on
nationally either by e-mail or some other method.  Tim said that there are
two major things about how delegates will be picked to the national
convention and a lot of minor things.  Kelly  suggested that we not have a
speaker for the next meeting and any proposals for speakers should be
directed to the SCC.  Aaron said he agreed with Kelly.  By consensus it was
agreed that there should be no speaker.  Judy said that Tom Sevigny should
facilitate the next meeting.  Aaron and Kelly agreed.   Mike said that the
EC should make the decision about speakers.  Mike feels that we should get
as much input as possible from the SCC on possible speakers but it is our
responsibility to make a decision and create the agenda.  Judy said that
this could be put in a proposal.  Aaron said we should talk about it on
line.  Portland was decided to be the location for the July 26th meeting and
Tom Sevigny will be the facilitator. It was agreed that we would look at the
minutes at the next meeting.  A discussion took place about putting the
notes on the web site. 

 

Agenda Item # 6(Bank Fees)(See Agenda):

Mike wanted to know what the bank fees were.  Judy said that the minutes
from the EC meeting(#22) 

were wrong(we collect $350 but we pay $175 fees). Judy  said that this was
wrong.  Mike said he heard  Judy say this at the last meeting.  Judy said
the Bank fees(credit card) were $35 a month.  Aaron says he remembers the
figure of $175 being mentioned at the last EC meeting by Judy as our monthly
bank fees.   Judy said that maybe she gave an annual fee or misspoke.  Judy
said that were getting between $170 to $200 a month in credit card
donations. Mike thanked Judy for sending him a copy of the people who
donated as he requested.  Mike asked that Judy give him the location of
where the donators lived. Mike did not want their addresses but the town
they lived in.  Mike also asked for a copy of state report.  Judy said that
he should get it off the web site.  Mike said that he has found that the
numbers that appear on the website don't always match the actual numbers
submitted to the state. Barbara wanted to know why we still had the 800
number of GPCT ringing on to Tom Sivigny's home number. Barbara wanted to
know what the purpose of this number was since it does not appear on recent
literature.  Judy did not know and suggested Barbara ask Tom.  Aaron said
Tom occasionally gets contacts on this line and passes them on to chapters. 

 

Kelly said we have not worked on a budget.  Judy said Bob(Eaton) is working
on a proposal for a budget.

Kelly wanted to know if he is the only one on the Budget committee.  Judy
did not know.  Kelly did not know how much money would be involved in
ordering the Green Pages  Judy says she need receipts for in-kind donations.
Judy said she would develop a form for in-kind donations.    

 

Agenda item # 9 (National Proposals)(See Agenda):

Mike says there are proposals that are made to the national party in the
name of the CT Green Party that

affect substantive issues.  Mike said that the latest one, that he has no
opinion about, is about absentee balloting at the national Green Party
meeting in OK.  Mike says that he has gotten e-mails from several people on
a national level saying that they saw that CT is supporting an absentee
ballot proposal and has signed on as a endorser of this proposal.  Mike said
"I do not know what to tell these people because  I have no knowledge of CT
endorsing this proposal".  Mike asked if anybody has knowledge of this
proposal.  Judy said she had heard about it through the National Women's
caucus.  Kelly asked who put this proposal in.  Mike said Tom had put the
proposal in.  Kelly wanted to know why Tom had not brought or informed us of
this proposal.  Aaron said we should ask him about this.  Mike asked what
the procedure should be for GPCT to put forward national proposals or to
sign on to them.  Judy said we should ask him about this.  Justine said that
things move fast at the national level and that neither Tom nor Tim have
been forwarding these things to us.  Aaron said that we should discuss it on
line. Kelly said that we should be informed about proposals put in on a
national level  in the name of the GPCT and we should address this through
by-laws.  

 

Agenda Item #2 (See Agenda):

Not discussed by consensus.

 

Observer comments.  David Ionno(Hartford Chapter):

David commended everyone at the meeting. David said at the last state
meeting in Middletown CT

"I had to leave early because I could trust what I would say". David said
that the Hartford chapter was referred to at the meeting as a "burden".
David said that "Frankly, we have done some good work out here and we have
not been a burden on anybody".  David said he thought that people saying
this were out of line.  David said one person said that she did not know
what we do in this office.  David said "we put a thousand people in the
street at the last peace march in Hartford" recently.  The planning and
creation of that demonstration came out of the Hartford GP office. David
said that many other chapters have done good work.  David said we should not
give up despite differences of opinion.  David said that he was glad that
the EC had addressed some issues that will get cleared up. David said "I
want to thank you for giving me a couple of minutes to speak at the EC
meeting".

 

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From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 01:17:29 -0500
Subject: {news} FW: minutes of 5-31-05 SCC meeting of CTGP, no quorum
Message-ID: <20051030061703.EDPA13165.eastrmmtao01.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

 

 

 

 

MINUTES FROM 5-31-05 SCC MEETING, approved

 PORTLAND LIBRARY, PORTLAND CT

Complied by Barbara Barry DeRosa

 

 

1.	Arron Gustafson, co-chair, Hamden; Mike DeRosa, co-chair, Hartford;
Barbara Barry DeRosa, Secretary, Hartford; Ed DeBrule, West Hartford;  Andy
Derr, New London;  Judy Herkimer, Treasurer, Northwest; Kim Herkimer,
Northwest; Ralph Ferrucci, New Haven; Karen Norton, Tolland; Tim McKee,
Tolland.  Allan Brison, New Haven.

 

2.	Tom Sevigny had to cancel being facilitator at the last minute.
Arron Gustafson acted as facilitator for this meeting.

 

3.	Ground Rules accepted.

 

4.	Fall Gathering (peace demo) endorsement added to agenda (by request
of Justine McCabe).

 

5.	Agenda accepted with addition.

 

6.	No quorum was available at this meeting.  Normal acceptance of
reports/minutes could not transpire because of a lack of a quorum (copies of
minutes distributed and sent out to list server).

 

7.	Treasurer?s Report(Judy H) Over the last month we have received
$603.78.  Expenditures were $335.88.  Balance in our account of
$1,557.71(that can be used for state and chapter expenses).

Bank expenses for credit card deductions also.   See full report for further
information on expenditures and funds received. 

      Question to Treasurer: Who has the 800 #? Answer: Tom Sevigny

            Statement by Arron: ?When we locked in funds, we made it
possible for chapters to forgive the    

      Debt (give back to the state there balances).  You can talk about it
with your chapter if you

      Would like to do this.?

      Question: Are you officially the Treaurer? Yes, I got the paperwork
from the state.

 

8          Guest Speaker:  Ralph Morelli, True Vote CT.  Professor of
computer science at Trinity College.

Subject: Speech on Bill 55 (Voter Verified Paper Trail Bill)

 

Announcement: Mike D says that SB 1233 (bill that allows permanent ballot
access for Minor Parties has passed all committees). 

 

Points from Ralph Morelli Talk:

a.      The reason we are trying to pass bill 55 is because of the Help
America Vote Act(HAVA),

b.      HAVA requires that all voting machines be auditable and accessible
to those with disabilities. Old Mechanical machines must go.

c.       CT Secretary of State (SOS) has determined that all new machines
that are bought must be DRE (Direct Recording Electronic voting machine-i.e
computer based machines).  SOS wants to buy 1 for each voting district in
CT(using the federal money allocated under HAVA $33Million)

d.      Controversy is over how the paper audit takes place with these
machines.  Either a audit 

      coming out of the machines(Black Box-no voter verified paper trail) or
one coming out of the    

      machine plus a paper trail verified by  voter under a glass.(ie. Voter
Verified Paper Trail).

e.      Using VVPT eliminates mistakes, computer clich?s, fraud, or other
tempering with votes.

f.        Senate bill 55 requires a VVPT.

g.      Senate bill 55 also requires a random manual audit of one machine in
every legislative district(approx 154 in CT-about 10%). Paper ballot is
official ballot under Senate Bill 55.

h.      Status: Passed house and senate unanimously .  Gov Rell has promised
to sign bill.

i.        True Vote CT(and VOTER) disagree very much with SOS because she
supports only DRE

j.        TVCT & VOTER want the legal option(under HAVA) to have optical
scanning devices that include bubble paper ballots(similar to SAT sheets).
SOS has not given any reason for her support of DRE.  (some say she supports
Senator Dodd?s opposition to optical scanners and VVPT) . DRE are expensive,
they break down easily, up keep cost is high, and after the SOS     buys one
machine for each voting district it will be up to the towns to buy the rest
of these.  Also they are slower to vote on (more machines)  DRE=
$42Million(to replace all machines);

Optical Scanner approach=$24 Million(to replace all machines); Mix and match
approach=$?.  HAVA has given CT $33 Million federal funds.  FL eliminated
DRE machines

Because of problems(someone in audience suggested that we buy FL old DRE
machines).

k.      Some disability groups have opposed VVPT bill, ?we finally came to
the conclusion that people like Jim Dixon (leader of a American Association
of Persons with Disabilities) who has received over a million dollars from
Diebold and other electronic voting machine companies , are opposed to VVPT
and Optical Scan voting and say they will sue states that put it into
action. (Aside: recently SOS included Mr. Dixon along with others opposed to
VVPT on a ?workshop? on HAVA and voting).  Behind the scenes ?under the
radar of media?. 

l.        RFP (request for proposal) for VVPT is also problematic with SOS.
Bias of SOS on Optical Scan.  We need help to fight against SOS biases and
mixed messages.  We need new RFP so we can look at all the options and make
an informed decision.  ?This debate is all driven by private large
corporations, all of whom are owned by very well connected high up
Republican operatives, and right wingers too.?  The EAS is an agency of
federal government that is going to be making recommendations about voting
equipment is also stacked with these same right wing people opposed to VVPT.
Open source transparent software is not going to be considered. We don?t
think that the lever machines will be legal in 2006, therefore since you
need more of them (since they take longer to vote on) there may be long
lines in 2006.  Also training voters and voting officials may be an issue.
?We want to take on the RFP issue right now, we need pressure on the SOS to
change this right now?.  We need the help of your organization to make this
happen.  WEB SITE:  www.truevotect.org <http://www.truevotect.org/>  ;
Another one is : www.verifiedvoting.org <http://www.verifiedvoting.org/> .

 

 

9. Aaron Makes Revised Presentation On Re-Structuring of  Green Party of CT:

MAJOR FOCUS: Attainable Goals, Increased Benefits, Increasing Membership,
Increasing Fund Raising, Increasing Voter Base.   Discussed in EC at last
meeting.  The following is a work in progress that will be refined and
presented as they become available:

       

Green Party of CT Restructuring Plan & 2005/2006 Goals

Working Draft; prepared by Kelly McCarthy & Aaron Gustafson, Co-chairs

 

 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 fundraising 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 fundraising 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)

 

             ?Streamlining for Productivity?

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/
Fundraising/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.   

 

NOTE: Other Diagrams(and other visuals) that were part of Arron?s
presentation will be included when they can be obtained.  Upgrade of the
above plan is in the works.  Ultimately these will be put into proposal form
for the Green Party of CT to consider or may be just guidelines for the EC
for 2005.  

 

Question: What about the chapters? How do they fit into this plan?

Aaron:  We haven?t talk about the chapters a lot.  I think we need having
greater involvement in having chapters to be involved on the state level
with each other.  Also a resource directory, so chapters would know what
other chapter had in resources that they could share. This isn?t the
solution it is the road back to a solution. 

Barbara: This plan will help help to meet the needs of the chapters.  The
officers will be liaison through the committees to build chapters resources
and build chapters.

 

Question: I would like to see the internal process on the graphic. It is
clean and simple. My concern is the action plan that already exists.  It was
passed by SCC. I would like to see these either accepted or rejected, or
brought together.

 

Aaron: I did look at the Action Plan and incorporated the Action Plan into
this.  There is a lot of overlap between the Action Plan and this
Re-organization plan.  I think it is good that we keep talking about this.
Is this a direction or does if have to be formally accepted by SCC?  This
should not stop us from doing the stuff that we have being doing in the SCC
meetings.   Just to let you know the co-chairs are going to be focusing in
these areas and we would like you to be involved in those areas.

 

Mike : The only thing that it not here is how we evaluate whether this is
working for us.  Is it producing what we need.  We need to have some way
that we can have some feedback after a period of time so that we can change
what we are doing.

 

Aaron:  This is a quick bandage that can give us some focus.

 

Mike: Get?s us to the next stage.

 

 

10.  Justine?s concerns:  E-mail from Justine Mc Cabe: ? I attended the CT
United For Peace meeting on 5/15/05.  Coalition members are seeking
endorsements from their groups for an initative spearheaded by US Labor
against the war to gather all the anti-war protestors for one huge
demonstration in the fall and to support a state wide bring the National
Guard home initiative over the summer?   Should be brought forward on next
month agenda.  Justine feels that we need to discuss this at the SCC because
it is involvement rather than endorsement.  Endorsements can be done through
the EC.

 

11. Short discussion about the need for more effective dissemination of
events and projects done by the Green Party of CT and its chapters.  

 

12. Short report of Election Committee.  Judy: The election committee never
came forward with the final results.   Ed: I sent them out to EC members
with the ballot by ballot results.   Aaron said if they were sent to him he
would post them on the web site.  The fact that IRV was used in the GPCT
election will also be put on the web site according to Aaron.

 

Next  SCC Meeting: June 28, 2005, 7PM.  Government Center, 3rd Floor, 2750
Dixwell Ave. Hamden, CT.

 

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 01:18:57 -0500
Subject: {news} minutes of 6-28-05 SCC GPCT meeting, no quorum
Message-ID: <20051030061830.EDQV13165.eastrmmtao01.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

 

 

Minutes from GPCT  6-28-05 SCC Meeting

 no quorum 

Hamden Government Center

2750 Dixwell Ave. Hamden, CT

7:15PM- 8:40PM

Facilitator:  Thomas Sevigny

 

      Those Attending: Tolland: Karin Norton O'Connor, Tim McKee, Photia
Dalamagas; Greater

      Hartford: Barbara Barry, Mike DeRosa; Hamden: Francis Bravnlick, Aaron
Gustafson, Kelly

      McCarthy;  Northwest: Judy Herkimer, Kim Herkimer, Thomas Sevigny;
New Haven: Ralph

      Ferrucci, Allan Brison; Shoreline: Lindsay Mathews and Grace
Limoncelli

 

 

 

1.	The introductions/identification of chapters, recruiting of
timekeeper and stacker took place. 
2.	Identification of voting and non-voting members was done. 
3.	It was determined that no quorum existed (this continued throughout
the meeting) 
4.	During the adoption of rules, an objection was raised about the
recording of minutes using a tape recorder by Judy Herkimer.  A 35 minute
discussion then took place.  Two people said that some people had problems
with the use of a recorder during our SCC meeting.  The person raising this
argument would not identify who had objected to this procedure and would not
discuss the reasons for their objections.  Also it was stated that our
meetings were "private" and not public meetings.  People on the other side
of this discussion pointed out that a proposal had been passed in August
2003 that allowed SCC meetings be recorded using a tape recorder for the
purpose of taking notes for the secretary and that a tape recorder was
purchased by a member of the CTGP for that purpose.  The location of this
recorder has not been founded.  The people supporting the view that a
recorder should be used, also, pointed out that in the past people had
complained about the inaccuracy of minutes and that the use of recorder was
put into place to make our minutes more accurate.  Lastly several people
stated that our meetings were not private but public events.      Allen
Brisson and the facilitator suggested a vote on this matter, but several
people objected to this since it would violate our proposal process.  It was
proposed by Kelly McCarthy that since no consensus was reached to move on to
the speaker slot in our agenda.

 

5.   Speaker Slot: Phil Sherwood of CT Citizens Action Group spoke on
Campaign Finance Reform in 

this year's CT General Assembly.  Summary of his talk:

 

1.      There has been a move in CT General Assembly, in the last few
months, to radically change the way people run for public office in CT.
There have been major procedural problems in the legislature with getting
this effort to produce clean elections legislation.

2.      CT came very close to creating the most "radical" change in clean
elections in the nation, but it "fell through because or negotiations at the
last minute".

3.      According to Phil Sherwood the legislature has refused to address
the "corrosive" effect of lobbyist money on our electoral system (ex.
"perverse incentives that made John Rowland vetoed campaign finance reform
in the past" i.e. in 2000) and the corruption found in both parties in the
legislature.

4.      John Rowland was able to raise three times the money that the
Democrat Bill Curry raised in the last election for Governor.  "This is not
an election it is an auction".

5.      State contractors used our present campaign finance system in a
"play to pay" system to get contracts.  They knew who they had to put money
in the hands of.

6.      John Rowland was put in jail for accepting illegal gifts. "But the
really egregious things unfortunately are perfectly legal.  Legal bribery is
allowed under our present system."

("factoid: The Tomasso Company and subcontractors gave John Rowland over
$500,000 in campaign contributions, perfectly legal. At the same time the
Tomasso Company and its subcontractors received over $100,000,000 in no-bid
contracts").  "We should not simply blame Rowland but system that allows
this to happen." (another example Enron-CRRA deal)

 

7.      Quick update on campaign finance reform at the legislature: The
momentum has been huge.  We at CCAG felt that this was the best year for
reform.

Presently there are two other states that have clean elections laws (AZ and
Maine). Major benefits: More women and minorities are running in these
states.  The playing field has been leveled. Elections are being determined
by issues instead who has the most money.  Voting participation has
increased.  Reduces the power of lobbyists.  

When January 2005 started Gov. Rell said campaign finance was a priority
(was not yet supporting clean elections fund). Democrats in the House and
Senate came forward with public financing. House went further.  The house
had partial public financing for legislature and full financing for the
constitutional office and governor.  Senate had public financing for
constitutional offices and governor races.  We did not have the votes for
the house bill.

AZ and Maine got financing through referendum.  We do not have referendum in
CT.

More difficult in CT because of the self interest of legislators.  We also
had new and better legislative leaders this year compared to last year. (Don
Williams, Chris Donovan, to some extent the Speaker of House Jim Emmens).
"We wanted one bill to reach the governor instead of two clean elections
bills.  For a variety of reasons the Dems could not get their act together".
Democrats had two bills.  "Gov. Rell called the Dems on their bluff" and she
said she would support full public financing.   "I believe that she would
sign full public financing for personal reasons.  Not because she believes
in it but because she stood to gain a lot politically."  Then the
Republicans said they would support it also. The Dems could not handle it
they did not know what hit them.  In the final analysis we "just ran out of
time". There is still a house bill and a senate bill, each one passed in
their respective chambers. But these bills did not get the governor's desk.
"So we are at a point where we are demanding a special session."    Public
outrage has caused the legislators to take this legislation seriously.

EX: "Legislators have come up to us at CCAG and told us they have gotten
more phone calls, letters, e-mails, etc than on the issue of civil unions."
CCAG is knocking on 1800 doors a night on this issue.  Some national money
has come into this campaign for clean elections. Eyes are on CT nationally.


We are optimistic that they will address this in the special session. What
is needed is to target

certain legislators who will be on a negotiating team appointed by the
legislature and the governor.  No specific date for them to report back but
this is the only forum to address campaign finance reform. " We don't know
all their names.  Some are known.  Rep Caruso of Bridgeport and Sen. Don
DeFronzo (both of G & E committee).  Also Sen. Roraback, Senator McKinney,
L. Floran, Sen. Mc Donald,  Jim Emmens-Speaker of House, Rep Hegley. And
others". "They have agreed to do this in public ,but I don't believe that is
going to happen.

They are going to just stand in front of microphone and say certain things
with other things cut in the back room."   

"The Message: Call the governor and others.  Especially the governor because
of her popularity if she turns up the heat the other elected officials will
jump."

 

Question: What were the specific details of the bills and what did they
require?

How would these bills impact the Green Party and how can we help pass this
legislation?

 

Answer: " At the end the House bill and the Senate bills were very similar
bills.

There were things in the house bill that left us concerned, about the
constitutionality of it.

House bill banned state parties from contributing any money to campaigns.
That raises

questions, for example could a party give a voter file to a campaign?
That's a contribution. Parties have role and the Supreme Court has ruled
against these kinds of prohibitions.  It bands all leadership and caucus
pacs.  PACs are bad.  You cannot ban PACs that is unconstitutional.     

It stripped minor parties from cross endorsing (this would effect the
Working Families Party).

Biggest problem with house bill was it was designed to benefit wealthy
people by cutting out all private money right away before public financing
kicked in.  There would be an election cycle where there is no public
financing but elected officials could not get money where they used to get
money.  What does that mean?  Independent wealthy individuals could run for
public office using their own money (Buckley case). Country club
legislature.  Senate did not have these thinks in their bill.  The actual
dollars need to qualify for matching funds changed a lot during the debate
so I don't have actual numbers.   Here's how it works, you have to agree to
raise small amounts of money from many people over a period of time.  A
percentage must come from inside your district.  This proves you have
support. Once you reach a threshold then you get a grant to run from the
clean elections fund.  Depending on what office, you get a certain amount of
money.  What's good about this is, if you run against a person who wants to
spend their own unlimited personal money(legal under Buckley case i.e.
"money is free speech"?), the fund can match dollar for dollar this rich
person's spending(up to a certain limit under the law).  Equalizing the
playing field and acts as a disinfectant to those who do not become a clean
candidate. This is a beautiful system and constitutional.

 

Question:  If a candidate does not become a clean candidate will not this
cause a problem for that candidate? 

 

Answer: Yes, it was an issue in AZ and Maine if you did not run as a clean
candidate.  It adversely effected those who did not participate in the clean
elections fund.  What can a Green Party do?  Go and meet and greet the
governor and go to these public hearings on Clean elections.  We need help
from you to help put pressure on these legislators.

 

Question: You say we ran out of time.  Does this mean that the bills did not
have the power behind them?  What was lacking to get these on the floor?  It
is strategically better to go to special session or regroup and come back in
the next legislative session?

 

Answer: The reason clean election legislation did not pass is because we are
asking legislators to change the system that they have benefited under.
But, specifically why did the senate bill  not pass? Because house
legislative leaders refused to take it up.  They refused to pick it up
because Gov. Rell said she would veto the senate bill. (because of loop
holes in the house bill that benefited rich people).  So the house bill
passed and the senate refused to take it up.  So the senate got blamed for
it.  The senate has been historically the weak link with this legislation. I
do not believe they are the weak link here. I believe that Don Williams has
been beat up in the media, he was a true believer.  I think that Chris
Caruso (the champion of the House bill) is not as skilled a negotiator as
the others.  Caruso knew that we were going to get public financing and he
tried to get everything that everyone wanted, and it failed for that reason.
Also there was a time factor in this also.  The house bill enacted campaign
finance reform  sooner (2006-08), the senate bill later (2010-12)." There
may have been an attempt to destroy the bills by creating problems that
would later destroy the bill(either legally or legislatively) in the future.
Some Republicans and Democrats  feel that if they are forced to vote for
campaign finance reform will do everything they can do to make sure that
ultimately it becomes a failure.

 

Special session: Momentum is the greatest now for this legislation.  This
year was the perfect year to pass this legislation.  We can come back next
time but Rell stands to gain most by signing now and we are not ready to
show our hand for next year.  Both bills banned ad books. This is not about
party it is about issues.   We want to force this new joint committee on
campaign finance reform to come out with their recommendations as soon as
possible for a special session.  We need your help.

 

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 01:24:28 -0500
Subject: {news} FW: minutes of 6-28-05 SCC GPCT meeting, no quorum
Message-ID: <20051030062430.FWTU28234.eastrmmtao05.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

 

 

Minutes from GPCT  6-28-05 SCC Meeting

no quorum, approved  

Hamden Government Center

2750 Dixwell Ave. Hamden, CT

7:15PM- 8:40PM

Facilitator:  Thomas Sevigny

 

      Those Attending: Tolland: Karin Norton O'Connor, Tim McKee, Photia
Dalamagas; Greater

      Hartford: Barbara Barry, Mike DeRosa; Hamden: Francis Bravnlick, Aaron
Gustafson, Kelly

      McCarthy;  Northwest: Judy Herkimer, Kim Herkimer, Thomas Sevigny;
New Haven: Ralph

      Ferrucci, Allan Brison; Shoreline: Lindsay Mathews and Grace
Limoncelli

 

 

 

1.	The introductions/identification of chapters, recruiting of
timekeeper and stacker took place. 
2.	Identification of voting and non-voting members was done. 
3.	It was determined that no quorum existed (this continued throughout
the meeting) 
4.	During the adoption of rules, an objection was raised about the
recording of minutes using a tape recorder by Judy Herkimer.  A 35 minute
discussion then took place.  Two people said that some people had problems
with the use of a recorder during our SCC meeting.  The person raising this
argument would not identify who had objected to this procedure and would not
discuss the reasons for their objections.  Also it was stated that our
meetings were "private" and not public meetings.  People on the other side
of this discussion pointed out that a proposal had been passed in August
2003 that allowed SCC meetings be recorded using a tape recorder for the
purpose of taking notes for the secretary and that a tape recorder was
purchased by a member of the CTGP for that purpose.  The location of this
recorder has not been founded.  The people supporting the view that a
recorder should be used, also, pointed out that in the past people had
complained about the inaccuracy of minutes and that the use of recorder was
put into place to make our minutes more accurate.  Lastly several people
stated that our meetings were not private but public events.      Allen
Brisson and the facilitator suggested a vote on this matter, but several
people objected to this since it would violate our proposal process.  It was
proposed by Kelly McCarthy that since no consensus was reached to move on to
the speaker slot in our agenda.

 

5.   Speaker Slot: Phil Sherwood of CT Citizens Action Group spoke on
Campaign Finance Reform in 

this year's CT General Assembly.  Summary of his talk:

 

1.      There has been a move in CT General Assembly, in the last few
months, to radically change the way people run for public office in CT.
There have been major procedural problems in the legislature with getting
this effort to produce clean elections legislation.

2.      CT came very close to creating the most "radical" change in clean
elections in the nation, but it "fell through because or negotiations at the
last minute".

3.      According to Phil Sherwood the legislature has refused to address
the "corrosive" effect of lobbyist money on our electoral system (ex.
"perverse incentives that made John Rowland vetoed campaign finance reform
in the past" i.e. in 2000) and the corruption found in both parties in the
legislature.

4.      John Rowland was able to raise three times the money that the
Democrat Bill Curry raised in the last election for Governor.  "This is not
an election it is an auction".

5.      State contractors used our present campaign finance system in a
"play to pay" system to get contracts.  They knew who they had to put money
in the hands of.

6.      John Rowland was put in jail for accepting illegal gifts. "But the
really egregious things unfortunately are perfectly legal.  Legal bribery is
allowed under our present system."

("factoid: The Tomasso Company and subcontractors gave John Rowland over
$500,000 in campaign contributions, perfectly legal. At the same time the
Tomasso Company and its subcontractors received over $100,000,000 in no-bid
contracts").  "We should not simply blame Rowland but system that allows
this to happen." (another example Enron-CRRA deal)

 

7.      Quick update on campaign finance reform at the legislature: The
momentum has been huge.  We at CCAG felt that this was the best year for
reform.

Presently there are two other states that have clean elections laws (AZ and
Maine). Major benefits: More women and minorities are running in these
states.  The playing field has been leveled. Elections are being determined
by issues instead who has the most money.  Voting participation has
increased.  Reduces the power of lobbyists.  

When January 2005 started Gov. Rell said campaign finance was a priority
(was not yet supporting clean elections fund). Democrats in the House and
Senate came forward with public financing. House went further.  The house
had partial public financing for legislature and full financing for the
constitutional office and governor.  Senate had public financing for
constitutional offices and governor races.  We did not have the votes for
the house bill.

AZ and Maine got financing through referendum.  We do not have referendum in
CT.

More difficult in CT because of the self interest of legislators.  We also
had new and better legislative leaders this year compared to last year. (Don
Williams, Chris Donovan, to some extent the Speaker of House Jim Emmens).
"We wanted one bill to reach the governor instead of two clean elections
bills.  For a variety of reasons the Dems could not get their act together".
Democrats had two bills.  "Gov. Rell called the Dems on their bluff" and she
said she would support full public financing.   "I believe that she would
sign full public financing for personal reasons.  Not because she believes
in it but because she stood to gain a lot politically."  Then the
Republicans said they would support it also. The Dems could not handle it
they did not know what hit them.  In the final analysis we "just ran out of
time". There is still a house bill and a senate bill, each one passed in
their respective chambers. But these bills did not get the governor's desk.
"So we are at a point where we are demanding a special session."    Public
outrage has caused the legislators to take this legislation seriously.

EX: "Legislators have come up to us at CCAG and told us they have gotten
more phone calls, letters, e-mails, etc than on the issue of civil unions."
CCAG is knocking on 1800 doors a night on this issue.  Some national money
has come into this campaign for clean elections. Eyes are on CT nationally.


We are optimistic that they will address this in the special session. What
is needed is to target

certain legislators who will be on a negotiating team appointed by the
legislature and the governor.  No specific date for them to report back but
this is the only forum to address campaign finance reform. " We don't know
all their names.  Some are known.  Rep Caruso of Bridgeport and Sen. Don
DeFronzo (both of G & E committee).  Also Sen. Roraback, Senator McKinney,
L. Floran, Sen. Mc Donald,  Jim Emmens-Speaker of House, Rep Hegley. And
others". "They have agreed to do this in public ,but I don't believe that is
going to happen.

They are going to just stand in front of microphone and say certain things
with other things cut in the back room."   

"The Message: Call the governor and others.  Especially the governor because
of her popularity if she turns up the heat the other elected officials will
jump."

 

Question: What were the specific details of the bills and what did they
require?

How would these bills impact the Green Party and how can we help pass this
legislation?

 

Answer: " At the end the House bill and the Senate bills were very similar
bills.

There were things in the house bill that left us concerned, about the
constitutionality of it.

House bill banned state parties from contributing any money to campaigns.
That raises

questions, for example could a party give a voter file to a campaign?
That's a contribution. Parties have role and the Supreme Court has ruled
against these kinds of prohibitions.  It bands all leadership and caucus
pacs.  PACs are bad.  You cannot ban PACs that is unconstitutional.     

It stripped minor parties from cross endorsing (this would effect the
Working Families Party).

Biggest problem with house bill was it was designed to benefit wealthy
people by cutting out all private money right away before public financing
kicked in.  There would be an election cycle where there is no public
financing but elected officials could not get money where they used to get
money.  What does that mean?  Independent wealthy individuals could run for
public office using their own money (Buckley case). Country club
legislature.  Senate did not have these thinks in their bill.  The actual
dollars need to qualify for matching funds changed a lot during the debate
so I don't have actual numbers.   Here's how it works, you have to agree to
raise small amounts of money from many people over a period of time.  A
percentage must come from inside your district.  This proves you have
support. Once you reach a threshold then you get a grant to run from the
clean elections fund.  Depending on what office, you get a certain amount of
money.  What's good about this is, if you run against a person who wants to
spend their own unlimited personal money(legal under Buckley case i.e.
"money is free speech"?), the fund can match dollar for dollar this rich
person's spending(up to a certain limit under the law).  Equalizing the
playing field and acts as a disinfectant to those who do not become a clean
candidate. This is a beautiful system and constitutional.

 

Question:  If a candidate does not become a clean candidate will not this
cause a problem for that candidate? 

 

Answer: Yes, it was an issue in AZ and Maine if you did not run as a clean
candidate.  It adversely effected those who did not participate in the clean
elections fund.  What can a Green Party do?  Go and meet and greet the
governor and go to these public hearings on Clean elections.  We need help
from you to help put pressure on these legislators.

 

Question: You say we ran out of time.  Does this mean that the bills did not
have the power behind them?  What was lacking to get these on the floor?  It
is strategically better to go to special session or regroup and come back in
the next legislative session?

 

Answer: The reason clean election legislation did not pass is because we are
asking legislators to change the system that they have benefited under.
But, specifically why did the senate bill  not pass? Because house
legislative leaders refused to take it up.  They refused to pick it up
because Gov. Rell said she would veto the senate bill. (because of loop
holes in the house bill that benefited rich people).  So the house bill
passed and the senate refused to take it up.  So the senate got blamed for
it.  The senate has been historically the weak link with this legislation. I
do not believe they are the weak link here. I believe that Don Williams has
been beat up in the media, he was a true believer.  I think that Chris
Caruso (the champion of the House bill) is not as skilled a negotiator as
the others.  Caruso knew that we were going to get public financing and he
tried to get everything that everyone wanted, and it failed for that reason.
Also there was a time factor in this also.  The house bill enacted campaign
finance reform  sooner (2006-08), the senate bill later (2010-12)." There
may have been an attempt to destroy the bills by creating problems that
would later destroy the bill(either legally or legislatively) in the future.
Some Republicans and Democrats  feel that if they are forced to vote for
campaign finance reform will do everything they can do to make sure that
ultimately it becomes a failure.

 

Special session: Momentum is the greatest now for this legislation.  This
year was the perfect year to pass this legislation.  We can come back next
time but Rell stands to gain most by signing now and we are not ready to
show our hand for next year.  Both bills banned ad books. This is not about
party it is about issues.   We want to force this new joint committee on
campaign finance reform to come out with their recommendations as soon as
possible for a special session.  We need your help.

 

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From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:35:56 -0500
Subject: {news} 9-27-05 SCC meeting of Green Party of CT: quorum met;
	not approved.
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From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:55:00 -0500
Subject: {news} Visit GPUS-International Committee's updated webpage
Message-ID: <07ea01c5dd7b$0c6775b0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

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
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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Sun Oct 30 14:32:51 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:32:51 -0500
Subject: {news} Please come: CTUP State-wide antiwar conference 11/5
Message-ID: <0a1e01c5dd88$b82a5540$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

Dear Greens,

Please try to attend the GPCT-endorsed anti-war conference on Saturday 11/5 at CCSU.  Info/directions are below. Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness and progressive scholar Gilbert Ashcar will be keynote speakers (tune in to Democracy Now on Wednesday to hear Amy Goodman interview Prof. Ashcar)  

Green Congressional candidate Bill C. Davis will be participating in a workshop on electoral politics and there will be a Green table.

See resolutions below to be discussed and voted on at the conference.

Peace,

Justine McCabe

======================================

Taking the Antiwar Movement to the Next Level:

Mobilizing the Majority to

End the War in Iraq!!

Statewide Antiwar Conference S Saturday, November 5

Thorp Auditorium., CCSU, Stanley St., New Britain, CT.

Keynote speakers:

Gilbert Achcar, author of The Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 & the Making of the New World

Disorder(2002) and Eastern Cauldron(2004). Achcar's writings have helped activists around the world make sense of the

twists and turns of US/Middle Eastern Politics. He is traveling from Berlin for our conference.

Kathy Kelly, founder of Voices in the Wilderness, a campaign to end US sanctions in Iraq; a member of the

Iraq Peace Team stationed in Baghdad during Operation Shock and Awe; and part of the international campaign to win

reparations. She has participated in direct action teams in Haiti, Bosnia, Iraq, and Palestine.

___________________________________________________________________________

Come plan coordinated stateantiwar activities for 2006!

Initiated by: Connecticut United for Peace, POB 514, Portland, CT 06480

( 860)-347-5488 Updates at: www.ctunitedforpeace.org

Host: CCSU Peace Studies Program



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 greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 31 10:57:03 2005
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:57:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} 9-27-05 SCC meeting of Green Party of CT: quorum met;
	not approved.
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Are we confusing the SEPTEMBER meeting with the rainy October meeting at Middletwon City hall?
 
Tim McKee

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Several people on the list as attendees were not there: David Bedell, David Shapiro, Vittorio Lancia, Miguel Nieves. 

On the other hand, Daniel Sumrall and Judy Herkimer WERE there.

Allan



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9-27-05 SCC meeting of the Green Party of CT, quorum met; not approved.

 

Time: 7 to 8:30pm, 9-27-05, Tuesday

Location: Middletown Public Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown, CT

                    Reading Room # 3

          Phone: 860-347-2528

Facilitator: Allan Brison of New Haven Chapter.

Attendees per sign-in sheet: Vittorio E. Lancio, Central; Tim McKee, Tolland; Robert Pandolfo, Greater Harford; Mary Anne Davis, New Haven; Chris Nelson, New London; Allan Brison, New Haven; Miquel A. Nives, New 

Britain; Paul Bassler, Fairfield; Stamford: David Bedell and David Shapiro.

GPCT officers: Michael DeRosa, co-chairperson; Barbara Barry,secretary.

 

 

   Preliminaries: 

   Introductions/identify chapters: quorum requirement met. 
   Identify non-voting representatives: none. 
   Adoption of ground rules. 
   Approval of tonight?s proposed agenda: no additions; deletion of the lone 2 proposals due to lack of presenters. 
   Presentation of Treasurer?s monthly report: deleted due to lack of presence of the treasurer, her representative or forwarding of any treasury information to GPCT officers or members. 
   Review and approval of minutes of 8-30-05 SCC meeting.
   Question to Secretary regarding lack of EC meetings in August and September. Barbara:

Due to: inability of co-chairpersons: Aaron Gustafson and Kelly McCarthy to attend many of the proposed times due to other commitments especially Kelly?s campaign; death of Judy?s brother; lack of any new agenda items forwarded to the EC body. 

 

   Reports: 

1. Chapter reports:

a) Manchester: Tim McKee: trying to organize a Manchester Community College Green Party chapter.

b) Greater Hartford: Michael DeRosa: organized an information center 

called: Behind the Rocks Information Center, at the Greater Hartford

Green Party Office which is open 6-days a week. It is a lending library of books, publications, DVD?s and videos. Chapter also has a

Progressive Movie Night, every other Friday.

  David Ionnno, Green Party candidate for Hartford Board of Education is running for one of its 4 elected seats (5 are appointed by the Mayor). Opponents: 2 Democrats, @ Republicans and a Working Families Party candidate. David is a Hartford Public Library 

Employee, union representative; Vietnam Veteran for Peace spokesman; father of 4 daughters: 3 of which have graduated from Hartford Public schools and a freshman. 

c) New Haven: Allan Brison: NAACP agreed to sponsor a debate between

Green Party mayoral candidate: Eric Brown and Mayor John DeStephano.

   Charlie Pillsbury is concerned that a Democratic incumbent city alderperson will withdraw prior to the election. This will allow Mayor DeStephano, Democrat, to appoint a replacement alderperson.

   Democrats have formed 2 new additional ward committees of Yalies.

This had not been a usual traditional practice.

   Former Green Party Alderperson, Joyce Chen, spoke with the New

Haven Chapter about switching to the Democratic Party in August. She won the Democratic primary.

Next New Haven Chapter meeting: tomorrow, 9-28-05.

d) Middletown: Vic Lancia: will show the film: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, an Irish production about the actual overthrow of 

President Chavez in Venezula. Time: 7pm on 10-10-05 at location of Liberty Street and Main Street. 

    There is no known Wesleyan Green Party chapter.

e) New London: Chris Nelson: Candidates are running for the following municipal positions: re-running for 2 at-large council positions and Board of Education.  Green Party chapter of New London has been active since 2001 in Charter revision work, eminent domain issues and concerns regarding other economic developments. New London city government is primarily controlled by the city manager with the city council members being perceived to have more limited power then the city manager.   Overall, have raised about $4700 via fundraising and have about $3000 left, which is mostly planned for print ads. Most of the ads are likely to go into the free weekly local paper, owned by the newspaper New London Day
which endorsed 2 of our candidates at the last election. Outreach has been done to identify about 200 supports in targeted areas. These targets are mostly non-affiliated and non-voters. I.e. Independents which make up the largest voting block in New London as is typical for CT.
 Supporters are asked to seek out and identify 10 more supporters, yielding about 2000 supporters. Typically the city council winner will garner 1300 to 1600 votes.

    Our weekly community TV show is to resume soon, possibly nest week or so.

f) New Britain: Miquel Nives: as the Green Party mayoral candidate, he opened an office 38 Main Street, directly across from City Hall.

Rent is $300/month and all contributions are welcome.  Is trying to get a phone line put in. The office is staffed at least 9am to 5pm, Monday through Saturday, and some evening meetings scheduled. 

   Planned events: 10-1-05: Miquel to speak on the steps of City Hall, then he and his supporter will drive around New Britain honking their car horns to bring attention to his candidacy.  

10-5-05 debate about city concerns regarding: space, money and teachers.  10-16-05: to speak about early childhood and immigration issues from 3:30pm to 5pm. About 1000 people are expected to attend.  Women?s        will have a debate at 7pm on 10-19-05 in New Britain City Hall chambers and will be televised.

   Also having Friday night movies.

g) Fairfield: Darek Shapiro, Green Party candidate for Mayor of Stamford. Occupation: architect.  Has campaign group of about 40 people. His issues; eminent domain, development boom with limited livable or affordable housing; energy and pollution (especially: particles and their relationship with asthma, zoning and quality of schools. Many years ago, Stamford had approved a resolution to support clean energy but there has been little movement to implement it. Stamford has decreased its energy consumption by conservation and the elimination of some old power plants. The current mayor is running for governor. 

 

2. U.S. Green Party representatives? reports by Tim McKee. Representative, Thomas Sevigny, was not present. Whether or not Thomas Sevigny was re-elected as National Co-chairperson has not been determined despite a count and a re-count. The compromise at the recount: Thomas was to share one co-chair position with another person.  However, the final decision, has yet to be determined by GPUS.

3. Women?s Caucus report: deleted due to lack of a representative.

4. V.O.T.E.R. resolution from Mike DeRosa on possible Pro-Se case against State of CT regarding minority party permanent ballot access for all federal, state and municipal offices.

   Consensus: GPCT supports/gives permission for this work to go forward in GPCT name.

Discussion: Chris Nelson: is not eager for permanent ballot access as it ?makes it too easy for every party to get on the ballot. But benefits of people on the machines would be beneficial?.

   Paul Bassler:  some Greens have been able to get permanent ballot access in other states due to their election laws.

   Tim McKee: in Rhode Island, if you get 5% of the votes, you are granted majority party status which provided benefits e.g. poll monitors, funding, etc.

5. Approval of 6-13-05 and 7-11-05 EC meetings by consensus.

6. Strategy Committee: deleted due to absence of the authors.

7. Election Committee: Getting Out The Vote (GOTV) for our candidates in November: deleted due to lack of presenters.

 



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From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:59:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Last call for opinion and cartoons for winter 2005 green
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Joanne Cvar <cvar at oregonvos.net> wrote:From: Joanne Cvar <cvar at oregonvos.net>
To: Rural Green Caucus <ruralgreen at yahoogroups.com>,
Media list GPUS <media-states at gp-us.org>,
PGP News <pgp-news at list.pacificgreens.org>,
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Subject: [media-states] Last call for opinion and cartoons for winter 2005 green Pages
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:57:30 -0700

Last call for Green Pages winter issue op-eds, Green news and cartoons
(Please forward to state and local offices and Green listservs near and 
far.)

The deadline for submissions of concise opinion pieces (op-eds), 
cartoons and timely Green news for the winter 2005 issue of Green Pages 
is fast approaching. Please get your submissions in by Monday, November 
1. Green Pages is the national newspaper of the Green Party of the 
United States.
Opinion submissions are evaluated by the entire editorial board on the 
basis of relevance, timeliness, writing quality, research quality and 
diversity. A publishable opinion piece is informative, grounded in fact, 
and uses logical argument to make its case. Topics specific to Green 
issuesare preferred.

DEADLINES AND WHERE TO SEND YOUR GREEN NEWS

-Op-eds (max 800 words) and letters to the editor (max 200 words) should 
be sent by November 1 to cvar at oregonvos.net.
-Unsolicited news briefs (max 350 words) should be sent by November 1 to 
cvar at oregonvos.net.
-Cartoons, illustrations, and charts should be sent by November 1 to 
estereditor at mosquitonet.com.
-Photos for op-eds, photos of Greens in action for unsolicited news 
briefs, with captions and photographer credits, should be sent by 
November 1 to danielstarling at hotmail.com. Please indicate which story 
they are for.
-Head shots for published op-eds should be sent by November 10 to 
danielstarling at hotmail.com.

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From jherkimer at snet.net  Mon Oct 31 12:46:55 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:46:55 -0500
Subject: {news} Modified Consensus Workshop 
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Dear Greens,
If you refer back to the original proposal, it will help to clarify that the 11/13 workshop is a precursor to the "first step". This workshop is a Women's Caucus-sponsored event, and is being opened to observers in the spirit of MCP and because we're Green women. 

There seems to be a lack of consideration and understanding towards the very busy workshop leaders who are coming from NY on a weekend for little to no compensation. They should not be asked to teach the rudimentary basics of MCP. They are being provided with as seasoned a group of MCP-experienced facilitators that the GPC has to offer. 

There needs to be a starting point to satisfy the requirements of the proposal passed by the SCC. We believe the GPC Women's Caucus has created positive movement towards the initial GPC MCP training session(s), date yet to be determined.

Would it be great if there was adequate time and resources for everyone to fully participate? Yes.
Will there be other opportunities for training and participation under the outline of the GPC-WC proposal? Yes. 
Would it be a wonderful if the WC could afford to feed everyone at no cost? Yes.
Would a more central location in CT allow for easier access by attendees? Yes. The location chosen is for the NY leaders' benefit.
Would we have more experienced MCP facilitators if others had historically volunteered?
Would it be sweet to experience some Green solidarity, hear some kind words of supportive appreciation (thanks Charlie) and less grumbling??

Allan, this is our third reassurance to you that the Women's Caucus will express to Lynne and Mark that observers be allowed as much participation as possible. As a courtesy, that decision will be left to the workshop teachers who are generously donating their time. Your agreeing to facilitate two recent SCC meetings (non-MCP) is acknowledged and appreciated.

The Women's Caucus looks forward to all the members who will attend this dynamic event. If you are unable to attend, you will still have the opportunity to submit written questions, details of which can be found in a final notice to be distributed shortly.

Best regards,
Judy Herkimer
for the Women's Caucus 


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: allan brison 
  To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org 
  Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 2:24 PM
  Subject: {news} Modified Consensus Workshop - Qualifications




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  Concerning the qualifications for "participation" as opposed to "observer status" in the MCP workshop, I think, in retrospect, that it would have been better if the Women's Caucus had allowed an opening for one person from each chapter.

  This way every chapter would have had a chance to be involved at the first step, and each chapter would have had a contact person from whom to learn more.

  As it is, I am willing to participate as an observer, providing a deffinite effort is made for observers to have at least some hands on role. Nothing can be more deadly than spending 6 or more hours watching others do a workshop.

  Allan Brison
  New Haven

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From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:57:24 -0500
Subject: {news} 9-27-05 SCC meeting of Green Party of CT: quorum met;
	not approved.
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 31 15:58:34 2005
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:58:34 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Modified Consensus Workshop 
In-Reply-To: <040c01c5de43$1cd4a440$3cd4fc40@k8h9a3>
Message-ID: <20051031205835.36641.qmail@web81401.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Greens,
 
I am sorry for the confusion on this meeting, but can we ask a few questions?
 
Are all 15 spots for training filled? I have said I will attend , is everyone else on the list going? are their any openings?
Why 15, not 18 or 20?  It seems like we are trying to "move the mountian" if a couple of people are being asked to added. Not 25 or 30, maybe 18??
 
Are the leaders being paid or not? The womens' Caucus wrote>>>>"The Women's Caucus will be providing transportation, housing, meals and honoraria for the two facilitators."<<<<
 
 I assume that this means they are being paid..which i support!! ,,but Judy implies they are not >>>>"decision will be left to the workshop teachers who are generously donating their time."<<<<

I, for one, welcome the work of the caucus to make this happen. I would welcome another training in January or Febuary for all chapters and will do everything in my power to help make this happen. 
 
I do no ask this JUST for state meetings, but for local chapters to do business meeting in a bottom up, all inclusive, format and to model for other groups!!
 
I welcome this important training!!
 
Tim McKee

Judith Herkimer <jherkimer at snet.net> wrote:
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mailto://ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org Dear Greens,
If you refer back to the original proposal, it will help to clarify that the 11/13 workshop is a precursor to the "first step". This workshop is a Women's Caucus-sponsored event, and is being opened to observers in the spirit of MCP and because we're Green women. 
 
There seems to be a lack of consideration and understanding towards the very busy workshop leaders who are coming from NY on a weekend for little to no compensation. They should not be asked to teach the rudimentary basics of MCP. They are being provided with as seasoned a group of MCP-experienced facilitators that the GPC has to offer. 
 
There needs to be a starting point to satisfy the requirements of the proposal passed by the SCC. We believe the GPC Women's Caucus has created positive movement towards the initial GPC MCP training session(s), date yet to be determined.
 
Would it be great if there was adequate time and resources for everyone to fully participate? Yes.
Will there be other opportunities for training and participation under the outline of the GPC-WC proposal? Yes. 
Would it be a wonderful if the WC could afford to feed everyone at no cost? Yes.
Would a more central location in CT allow for easier access by attendees? Yes. The location chosen is for the NY leaders' benefit.
Would we have more experienced MCP facilitators if others had historically volunteered?
Would it be sweet to experience some Green solidarity, hear some kind words of supportive appreciation (thanks Charlie) and less grumbling??
 
Allan, this is our third reassurance to you that the Women's Caucus will express to Lynne and Mark that observers be allowed as much participation as possible. As a courtesy, that decision will be left to the workshop teachers who are generously donating their time. Your agreeing to facilitate two recent SCC meetings (non-MCP) is acknowledged and appreciated.
 
The Women's Caucus looks forward to all the members who will attend this dynamic event. If you are unable to attend, you will still have the opportunity to submit written questions, details of which can be found in a final notice to be distributed shortly.
 
Best regards,
Judy Herkimer
for the Women's Caucus 
 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: allan brison 
To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org 
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 2:24 PM
Subject: {news} Modified Consensus Workshop - Qualifications





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Concerning the qualifications for "participation" as opposed to "observer status" in the MCP workshop, I think, in retrospect, that it would have been better if the Women's Caucus had allowed an opening for one person from each chapter.

This way every chapter would have had a chance to be involved at the first step, and each chapter would have had a contact person from whom to learn more.

As it is, I am willing to participate as an observer, providing a deffinite effort is made for observers to have at least some hands on role. Nothing can be more deadly than spending 6 or more hours watching others do a workshop.

Allan Brison
New Haven



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From jherkimer at snet.net  Mon Oct 31 18:49:40 2005
From: jherkimer at snet.net (Judith Herkimer)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:49:40 -0500
Subject: {news} Modified Consensus Workshop 
References: <20051031205835.36641.qmail@web81401.mail.yahoo.com>
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<<is everyone else on the list going?>>

8-yes
1-no
1-no response yet

~4 observers thus far

<<are their any openings?>>

The maximum number of participants was set at 15 to accommodate anyone the WC might have missed who facilitated two state meetings using MCP

<<Are the leaders being paid or not?>>

A very modest honorarium will be paid to the guest facilitators. 

<<I welcome this important training!!>>

Thank you.
Judy Herkimer for the Women's Caucus
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Mon Oct 31 21:13:43 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:13:43 +0000
Subject: {news} New Haven mayoral race in Hartford Courant
In-Reply-To: <1130797237.515550.59c101d1a8b68f6b.32fc7b24@persist.google.com>
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The Guilty Party candidate is described as "the greenest of the candidates." 
  But notice that the Guilty Party lost their ballot access through an 
oversight (missing a filing deadline?), so the candidate has to run as a 
write-in.  That's too bad.  Ralph, could Green and Guilty join forces next 
year if we secure a ballot line?


http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-nhelection1030.artoct31,0,1397155.story?coll=hc-headlines-local

Who Wants To Be New Haven's Mayor?
A Preacher, An Outreach Worker, A Store Manager ... Oh, And The Incumbent

By KIM MARTINEAU
Courant Staff Writer

October 31 2005

NEW HAVEN -- An outreach worker for teenage moms, a night manager for Stop & 
Shop and an evangelical preacher who once worked security for President 
Nixon all have one thing in common.

They want to be New Haven's next mayor.

None has run for political office before but each aspires to unseat longtime 
Mayor John DeStefano Jr., a Democrat who is running for his seventh term at 
the same time he's running for governor. With DeStefano busy traveling the 
state, the three mayoral hopefuls have seized on his distraction to portray 
their Goliath-like opponent as an "absentee mayor" too busy running for 
higher office to run the city.

Gary Jenkins, 54, is a former Marine who worked security for the Nixon White 
House. He has also been a TV anchor, a state prison spokesman and worked on 
DeStefano's campaign twice before landing a job as a spokesman in the 
mayor's administration. Now Jenkins wants his old boss's job. A preacher at 
Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Jenkins claims DeStefano has lost New 
Haven's pulse. Wearing a three-piece suit with a "Gary Jenkins for Mayor" 
button pinned to his lapel, he launched into his campaign pitch at an art 
gallery in Westville Thursday night.

As Jenkins' voice boomed, he sounded as if he were standing before a pulpit 
instead of a wall of paintings and a spread of wine and cheese at a sparsely 
attended political function. Though he is a registered Democrat, Jenkins is 
running as an independent.

If elected, Jenkins says he would lower taxes and lure families to New Haven 
by building a multiplex movie theater downtown, along with an arcade and a 
roller rink. "I'm going to be the king of fun in New Haven," he promised.

Leslie Harper Blatteau, 30, also wants to be mayor. Blatteau sings in two 
bands, writes plays for a theater company she founded with a local 
hairdresser and teaches aerobics to expecting mothers and women who have 
just given birth. Her day job: helping teenage mothers stay in school. 
Originally from Philadelphia, she settled in New Haven after graduating from 
Yale. If elected, Blatteau says she would expand affordable housing and day 
care, make school lunches more nutritious and encourage more citizens to 
bike.

Blatteau is running on the Guilty Party line, a party formed in 2001 by her 
campaign manager, Bill Saunders, a punk rock musician who ran for mayor the 
same year under his stage name "Lil Miss Mess-Up." Mess-Up made national 
news after crashing a mayoral debate in a polka-dot dress and fishnet 
stockings, holding a racket-size lollipop.

Two years ago, the Guilty Party was the only party to run a candidate 
against DeStefano: Ralph Ferrucci, an artist who drives a Pepperidge Farm 
truck. After winning an astonishing 12 percent of the vote, Ferrucci 
propelled the Guilty Party into the "Harper's Index" of Harper's Magazine, 
which tracks the world's economic, political and cultural climate. 
Ferrucci's showing guaranteed the party a place on the ballot this fall, but 
because of an oversight by party managers, Blatteau could only secure 
"write-in" status. That means anyone who wants to vote for her must reach 
for a slip of paper inside the voting booth and write her name.

On Thursday, a painter and friend of Blatteau's opened the doors of Kehler 
Liddell Gallery in Westville to introduce the public to this year's quirky 
slate of candidates. DeStefano was a no-show, though he did participate in a 
debate held by the NAACP last week. Eric Brown, 47, a customer service 
manager for Stop & Shop, didn't make it either. Last week, the Green Party 
candidate was on a Caribbean cruise he scheduled a year ago, he said, and on 
Thursday he had to work. Brown is active at St. Matthews Unison Free Will 
Baptist Church in New Haven, where former Mayor John Daniels is a deacon.

DeStefano's campaign manager, Tyrone McClain, said the mayor stands on his 
record of cutting crime and improving education. The attacks do not merit a 
response, he said.

So far, DeStefano has raised $146,600, campaign records show. Lawyers, 
architects and those in construction gave generously. Jenkins, the next-best 
financed candidate, raised $2,400 by holding four street-corner "fish fries" 
and an event at a bowling alley. Blatteau raised $800 by performing at Caf? 
Nine with her punk band, Hygiene Wilder, on her birthday.

The money bought postcards with her face superimposed over city hall. A 
sharpened pencil reminiscent of mini-golf is taped to each card to remind 
voters whose name to write on Election Day.

The greenest of the candidates, Blatteau learned one political tip this fall 
from Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro's stepson - never tell someone "nice to meet 
you." If you're a seasoned politician, chances are you've met them before. 
"Nice to see you," avoids hurt feelings, she explained over a cup of green 
tea at the Educated Burgher last week.

"That makes sense to me!" she said.

Jenkins, a polished public speaker, says he doesn't take advice, and 
slipping once again into preacher mode, explained why: "All these sneaky 
tips people have - that's for them. I'm just going to be me. I can't and 
WILL NOT sculpture my personality based on someone else."

At the gallery on Thursday, Yair Minsky, a Yale math professor originally 
from Israel, listened as Blatteau talked about the high cost of rent and day 
care in New Haven.

By the time he left, he was still confused about the Guilty Party but liked 
what Blatteau had to say. "I'd consider voting for her," he said. "Maybe if 
she gets enough votes, she'll spur things to happen."

Copyright 2005, Hartford Courant





From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Mon Oct 31 21:57:58 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: 31 Oct 2005 18:57:58 -0800
Subject: {news} RE: Google Alert - "darek shapiro"
In-Reply-To: <1130708588.411766.b6552efeb70ca327.141b4440@persist.google.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F20942A5C83AFC0A27E3027D66F0@phx.gbl>

Margaret Manion in New Canaan News-Review
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:57:57 +0000
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New Canaan News-Review
10/27/05

Manion Runs To Keep Greens Alive On The Ballot

By John Mordecai
jmordecai@ bcnnew.com

Margaret Manion is still relatively new to town, but she's wasted no time 
stepping up for the sake of the Green Party in running for First Selectman 
this year.

Manion is candid that her status as new resident in town--she moved here 
from Anchorage, Alaska at the end of 2003--makes her less familiar with many 
of the key issues facing the town this year, and is running if only to make 
sure the Green Party remains on the ballot.

"I'm running primarily for ballot access," she said.  "If someone doesn't 
run from the Green Party, they get knocked off the ballot.  It's important 
to have an alternate voice--it at least keeps the other two parties honest.

"The major parties weren't always major parties either.  I like the idea of 
proportional representation."

Manion, a substitute teacher in the school system, was nominated by local 
Greens on Sept. 13, the day before the filing deadline.  She is the 
assistant state coordinator for Amnesty International.  She was also an area 
coordinator for Amnesty in Alaska.  She holds a law degree from the 
University of San Diego.

As a Green, she has an interest in the environment.

"Irwin Park is a nice, beautiful piece of land, and could be nice as open 
space, or maybe for a dog park," she said.  "My first preference would be to 
have more parkland--it contributes to the quality of life in town."

She thought the idea of some sort of public transport could be of help in 
alleviating downtown congestion.

"I like that the business area is so pedestrian-friendly:  that's very 
valuable," she said.  "But if everyone's going to drive, you need somewhere 
to put them.  As a member of the Green Party, we favor public 
transportation?maybe small vans?but that may not work here for economic and 
geographic reasons."

She said the south of the leaf mulch area seemed like as good a place as is 
possible for locating the school buses, referring to the Waveny deed 
restrictions as "an arcane bit of law."

In relation to the Charter revision and a key issue of the election of the 
Board of Finance, she felt selecting the right people was as important as 
accountability to the public.

"The Green Party usually prefers to have a group with that much power 
answerable to people," she said.  "I wonder if it could be combined--have 
the administration present candidates to the public to vote on."

She is impressed with and proud of the town for its active stance on 
domestic violence--Manion herself was state president of the Alaska chapter 
of the National Organization for Women, and organized a Stop Violence 
Against Women public forum in Stamford last March.

"I'm impressed with the promptness it is addressed with," she said.  "One 
thing I don't think many realize is that it happens at all levels.  It could 
be your neighbor.

"The Outback is also something many communities don't have.  I think that's 
very valuable and I hope it continues."

She embraces the idea of an all-inclusive government.

"If I were elected, I'd like to have input from many in the community," she 
said.  "Republicans seem to be more top-down than the Greens, which are more 
bottom-up."





From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Mon Oct 31 22:35:37 2005
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 03:35:37 +0000
Subject: {news} Green mayor in Hamden?
In-Reply-To: <1130708588.411766.b6552efeb70ca327.141b4440@persist.google.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F3393B96E1F709741140C5ED66F0@phx.gbl>

Looks like you're keeping 'em guessing in Hamden.  I like that, but my only 
concern is the waste of paper if they have to reprint the ballots!

http://www.hamdendailynews.com/town_gov.htm
October 24, 2005

Henrici and Reilly and Gustafson on Amento
The mayoral candidates and a Green react without much reaction to the 
mayor's decision to call it a day

By Sharon Bass

The day before Mayor Carl Amento made the much-anticipated yet 
answer-already-assumed-by-most announcement that he was not going for a 
fourth term in a three-way bid, he telephoned the man who clobbered him in 
the Democratic Primary to give him the head's up.

Like virtually every other political insider, Democratic mayoral candidate 
Craig Henrici said he was not at all surprised. "I got the impression on 
Primary Night that he didn't really want to do it," he said. "It wasn't good 
for him."

Even after getting a quite dismal result at the June 13 primary, Amento made 
an 11th-hour effort last week to stay in the three-way race by running a 
poll to see if he had a shot at another term. Preliminary results did not 
hold up to his hopes. Last Friday, he made public his decision not to run on 
the Green line. The Green Party had endorsed him before the primary, so if 
he should lose he could run as a Green in the Nov. 8 election.

Henrici said it didn't really matter to him or his campaign whether Amento 
ran. "It defines the campaign a little more (now that it's known), but we're 
doing the exact same thing in our mailings and our door-to-door activities," 
he said.

He said he understands why Amento resorted to polling. "I know that Carl 
thoroughly enjoyed being mayor so if he thought there was any way he could 
win an election, he would have run," said Henrici. "I think he said it best 
in your article ("Amento Calls it Quits," HDN, Oct. 21, 2005), 'It doesn't 
go on forever.' And I think the people in Hamden want change."

Republican mayoral challenger Dick Reilly said he's glad Amento didn't 
pursue a Green bid because it could have hurt him professionally.

"To me it would have been political suicide if he wanted a state job (or to 
get) help from anybody, the state Democrats," said Reilly. "If (Democratic 
Attorney General Dick) Blumenthal ever runs (for governor) I think he would 
be a very (strong) candidate. (Amento) would have just cut his lifeline 
right off.

"I think what really happened is he got really thrashed in the primary. I 
think that threw him off. The party chairman went against him and the state 
reps. I mean I think that's unconscionable. But that's the Democrats. That's 
the way they act in this town," he said.

Reilly compared this year's primary campaign between Amento and Henrici to 
the 1997 Clayman/DeNicola mayoral election. Democrats who wanted to push out 
incumbent Democrat Lillian Clayman formed "Democrats for DeNicola." 
Republican Barbara DeNicola took Clayman's seat. (Clayman and Amento were 
both in the third-term curse when they lost. No Hamden mayor has made it to 
four.)

"If I get any sympathy votes I'd be surprised because he (Amento) got so 
thrashed in the primary. 62 percent is big. That's big. That's a mandate," 
he said. "That's why I was surprised Carl ran a poll. I think he was caught 
off guard. He wasted a lot of money in the wrong area."

And he said Amento ran a too-nice campaign. "He was touting his 
accomplishments but he wasn't attacking Henrici enough," said Reilly.

"You know politics is such a cruel game," he said with a laugh. "And not the 
best man wins every time. Voters are fickle. It's hard to please all the 
people all the time. In a tough economy, it's not easy."

Aaron Gustafson, a Hamden Green and co-chair of the Green Party of 
Connecticut, said he didn't hear about Amento's decision until after "it had 
already been broken."

He, too, figured the mayor would not seek a fourth term. But he said he 
wished Amento had, even if he didn't have a shot at winning. Gustafson said 
putting Amento on the ballot as a Green would have given everyone a chance 
to vote for him. Also, if at least 1 percent of the vote went to Amento, it 
would have given the local Green Party ballot access.

"I wasn't really surprised because he didn't really take the bull by the 
horns and keep running, after the Democratic Primary," said Gustafson. "I'm 
a little disappointed that he's not choosing to remain on the ballot and 
have a shot at helping democracy. That was one of the main reasons we were 
doing this."

Gustafson said his party might replace Amento's name on the ballot with a 
true-blue Green. He said he's got two or three people in mind, but no 
delusional thoughts about winning.

"It would be purely for ballot access," he said.





From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Mon Oct 31 22:50:31 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:50:31 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT US member report on Federation of the Green
	Parties of the Americas Meeting, Iquitos, Peru
Message-ID: <0bb101c5de97$6843a9e0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

Dear Greens,

A report from GPUS International Committee co-chair Julia Willebrand who 
represented GPUS at the recent Federation of the Green Parties of the 
Americas (FPVA) in Peru.

 Justine
-------------------------------

REPORT
Oct 12 to 15, 2005 Annual Meeting of the Federation of Green Parties of the
Americas (FPVA) in Iquitos, Peru.

Submitted by
Julia Willebrand, USGP delegate FPVA

At the September 2004 Federation of Green Parties of the Americas (FPVA)
annual meeting in Curitiba, Peru was chosen as the locus for 2005 meeting.
The meeting organized by Alex Gonzales, President, Partido Alternative Verde
de Peru and Flor de Maria Hurtado, International Secretary was held in
Iquitos October 12th to October 14th. Our gracious hosts, Alex and Flor,
were assisted by many young Greens from Iquitos and nearby Amazonian
villages.

FPVA member countries, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and the
United States, were represented. The European Green Party and the newly
formed Venezuelan Green Party sent observers.

On Oct. 12th prior to the Business meeting, member and observer countries
were invited to present their Green Vision at a public Forum attended by 200
people.  City officials, a broad array of representatives of NGOs, including
the Chamber of Commerce were present.

Nicaragua and Venezuela gave scientific presentations on climate change.
Mexico described their restructured party formation and showed a video of
the large provincial assemblies held subsequent to the restructuring. Chile
and the European Green Party described their respective parties Green
political vision.

As to my Green Vision, the first advertisement I saw when I stepped off the
plane at Lima?s Chavez International airport was for Clear Channel.
Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts dominate the airport food court.  Searching for
a breakfast place I found a city awash in Pizza Huts, Kentucky Fried
Chickens, and Blockbuster Video stores.  Struck by the incredible visibility
of US cultural imperialism in Lima, my presentation partially focused on US
Green opposition to the destructive work of transnational corporations.
Despite the necessity of translation (I do not speak Spanish) the talk was
received with great enthusiasm. I was interrupted by applause many times.
The rest of my talk was a call for the audience to join the Dec. 03rd
worldwide demand that the US sign the Kyoto Protocol. The young people in
the audience responded to the call by committing to organizing a
demonstration in Iquitos on Dec. 03rd.

FPVA Business Meeting 10/13-14
The meeting began with country reports.

PERU
The Peruvian Green Party grew out of the environmental movement and
opposition to the Fujimori dictatorship. Peru Greens supported Toledo in the
last election but the party and the vast majority of Peruvians are alienated
by the corruption and his failure to keep campaign promises. For Greens this
includes his promise to provide Green candidates with a competitive
positions on the list for the general elections
This disappointment, however, led to a Green mobilization in which Flor de
Maria Hurtado of Iquitos was elected a Regional Council member.
In Iquitos and the Amazon region Greens will campaign autonomously. But, in
the other regions, e.g., Lima and Cusco, discussions are ongoing with both
the Christian Democrats and with Social Democrats. The issue of rainforest
logging linked to the Indigenous rights will be major issues for the party
in 2006 regional elections.

BRAZIL
Despite a successful 2004 election cycle in which 775 Green local council
people and 55 Green mayors were elected, the Brazilian Green Party is
experiencing problems.  Green Party support helped bring the PT and Lula to
power. But, Lula?s subsequent policies relative to the Amazon rainforest,
nuclear power and GMOs have been a disaster.  The Green Party broke with
Lula, not so much on the issue of corruption but on political differences.
His economic policy is that of full support to industry whatever the
consequences. Marco Mroz, Brazilian delegate to the meeting said, ?The
country is paralyzed: no laws have been voted for the past three months.  He
[Lula] has killed all our dreams ?
Despite having 8 Federal MPs and 14 Regional Deputies, Greens see no other
coalition options for the coming 2006 elections. They expect to run an
autonomous campaign.  If the party does not elect 5 % of the total MPs it
will lose its public financing.

NICARAGUA:
The Nicaraguan Green Party that is small hopes to grow in influence by
supporting the efforts of a very popular dissident ex-Sandanista, Herty.
Edward Cruz, President of the Nicaraguan Greens has kept the USGP well
informed of progress in this coalition building effort.

MEXICO:
In 2000 with Greens (PVEM) support, Fox of the conservative party PAN was
elected President. However, Greens left the coalition when Fox did not keep
commitments on environmental issues.

In 2003 70 % of Green candidates ran independent campaigns while 30 % ran in
coalition with the PRI when there was the risk of the PAN winning.  The
Greens won 17 deputy and five senate seats in this election cycle.
Presidential elections will take place in 2006.  The Green candidate,
Bernardo de la Garza, recently elected to Congress and at 6 % in the polls
will most probably be the candidate.

The party structure has recently been democratized with large assemblies
held in many states. The strategy for the 2006 general elections the will be
voted upon by the Council. The debate now is between a faction wanting to
stand autonomously everywhere (Bernardo de la Garza?s group) and those
wanting an alliance both to guarantee continued representation in the
congress and because Greens could be decisive in determining who will be
president.

CHILE
After trying for 10 years to take part in elections on their own and not
attaining the necessary 5% threshold, Greens in Chile have opted for a new
strategy.

In 2006 they will support Michele Bachelet, Socialist candidate for
President with whom they have reached a programmatic agreement that includes
a temporary moratorium on nuclear power, 10% of the energy in renewables,
GMO labeling  (GMOs are already on the market), and the institution of a
Ministry of Environment.

The strategy for 2006 is expected to be coalition support for a Presidential
candidate and autonomous Green candidates for the general elections.

UNITED STATES

I reported on 2004 election results and problems resulting from the
divisions relative to the Nader and Cobb campaigns. I offered a positive
view of party growth and expectations for change as the Iraq war becomes
increasingly unpopular.

2005 FPVA Decisions

* The Federation agreed to initiate a call to the UN to establish a protocol
to stop the destruction of the world?s forest. We will be asking the UN to
create a mechanism similar to the Kyoto Protocol to sustaining the priceless
asset, the lungs of our planet, The Amazon rainforest. This work was
particularly timely because as the meeting began on Oct. 13th, BBC
International News was reporting a severe drought affecting the Amazon.  And
the following day during an Amazon boat trip arranged for us by our Peruvian
colleagues, we scrambled up a multi story river bank landing then walked 30
minutes to visit a butterfly reserve,
http://www.amazonanimalorphanage.org/pilpintuwasi.htm. This reserve can
normally be reached directly by boat.   But, the water in the Amazon River
is so low now that navigating the river has become difficult to perilous.
Iquitos, a city of 500,000 population often ? under water ?, has no water
supply in many districts as the pipes no longer reach the riverS Food
supplies are threatened. The indigenous people can no longer fish for food
and river banks on which many straw houses are built on wooden posts are
collapsing.


* Because of the extreme climate situation in the Amazon FPVA issued a call
for a delegation of elected Greens to meet in the Amazon with the objective
of publicizing the consequences of Global Warming and the destruction of
Amazonian rainforest that contributes to the warming.

* In 2006 general elections will take place in four countries (Mexico,
Nicaragua, Brazil and Chile). Greens hope to jointly garner as many as 5
millions votes. The FPVA asks for the backing and support of Greens from the
rest of the world. The Federation supports the decisions of member countries
in relation to electoral coalitions.

* Officially known as the Eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties
to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, ?COP 11? is
the first Conference to be held since the Kyoto Protocol came into effect.
The Conference ? to be held in Montreal in November/December 2005 ? is a
strategically important event. Representatives from over 180 countries will
be attending the conference to discuss new measures to be taken in the fight
against climate warming. The participation of public interest organizations
and mobilization is critical. All FPVA countries attending the meeting have
agreed to sign on the ?Call to Action. US Join the World? and each country
will sponsor demonstrations on Dec. 03rd in solidarity with Green Parties
around the world. The attention of the world will be focused on this
conference.

*    Global Green Coordination (GGC) Congress:
At the 2004 meeting in Curitiba the FPVA affirmed its wish that the next
Global Green meeting be held in Africa.  The Federation is very pleased by
the choice of Kenya in 2007 for the next Global Green Congress. Some
discussion took place as to date for the meeting with Chile expressing a
preference for the congress to be held in conjunction with the World Social
Forum. The Federation has offered to begin a fund raising effort to provide
financial support for the congress.  The federation wishes to have an active
representative on the congress preparation steering committee.

*Bogota Solidarity Meeting

During the last week in October Green Parties from many countries will meet
in Bogota in solidarity with Ingrid Betancourt. Leonardo Alvarez, PVEM
Congressman will represent the Federation.

*New member countries
    VENEZUELA:
Gabriele Rojas and Manuel Diaz, leaders of an environmental NGO have gained
recognition for a new political party, Partido Verde de Venezuela that is
based on Green principles and values. They have applied for membership to
the Federation. Their goal is the building of a third political force
between the right and Hugo Chavez?s Bolivarian party. The federation has
decided to offer them observer status.

   DOMINCAN REPUBLIC (DR)
The Dominican Republic Green Party was unable to attend the meeting. Miguel
Angel Pimental, President, sent regrets. During a meeting in NY on September
26th, 2005 leaders of the Partido de la Unidad Democratica (UD) and the
Green Party of DR provided documents relative to merger and formation of a
new Green/UD party.  I provided the federation with a copy of this material.
After a lengthy discussion the federation decided to offer observer status
to the newly forming Partido Verde de la Unidad Democratica (PVUD).

*    No decision has been taken on the location or date of the 2006 FPVA
meeting.




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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Mon Oct 31 22:58:02 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:58:02 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: Workshops at the Nov. 5 anti-war-conference
Message-ID: <0bc101c5de98$7501ba90$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

Dear Greens,

Here is the list of workshops for Saturday's (11/5) anti-war conference at Central CT State University (CCSU).
Please note that Green Party congressional candidate Bill C. Davis will participate in the morning workshop "Electoral Strategy and the Anti-War Movement"

BE THERE!

Justine  



Dear Activists,

Here is the schedule and description of the workshops that will be held at Taking the Antiwar Movement to the Next Level, Mobilizing the Majority to Bring the Troops Home Now! Registration and tabling will begin at 8 am and the Opening will start PROMPTLY at 9am. The morning workshop sessions will begin right at 9:15 am. If you are scheduled for an am workshop session, PLEASE BE THERE ON TIME as we have a day full to brimming with speakers and a plenary. If you are not planning to buy a hot lunch on campus for $7, please bring a bag lunch, as there will not be time to go off campus. There has been a technical problem with uploading resolutions and directions on the CT United for Peace website, but they can be viewed now at <www.TheStruggle.org>. Thanks to Stan for providing this alternative posting. 

If there is a problem with the description of your workshop, send corrections to <chris_gauvreau at comcast.net.>.

The resolutions committee met Saturday and we will be posting the proposed Plenary rules and agenda shortly.

REMINDER: Reception for international guests Gilbert Achcar and Angela Golstein, Friday, November 4, 7- 9 pm at the home of Aniana Gerardo, 42 Buckingham, top floor, Hartford, 06106-1793.

In Solidarity,
Chris Gauvreau
860-478-5300



Workshop Schedule & Descriptions for the Nov. 5 conference:

Morning Session:

1. No Nukes! No War! 

2. Campus Anti-War Network: Report-back from the national CAN organizing conference held in October in San Francisco.

3. US Out of Guantanamo!

4. Electoral Strategy and the Anti-War Movement.

5. After the Gaza Pullout: The Ugly Reality

6. Columbia: The Other War

7. Clash Collective

8. The Impact of the War on the Latino Community, Latinos Against the War.

9. Banner-making (continuous over both sessions) with JoAnn Moran of rePublicart.org.



Afternoon Session:

10. Waking Up from the American Dream, poet, Michael Brownstein

11. Iranians for Peace

12. Defending the Civil Liberties of Arab-Americans and Muslims

13. Let the People Vote on War!

14. A Medic's View of the War and Occupation

15. High School Counter-Recruitment

16. Depleted Uranium

(9.) Banner-making (continuous over both sessions) with JoAnn Moran of rePublicart.org.

Workshop Descriptions

1. No Nukes! No War! Facilitators: Al Marder, Joe Wasserman, and Mims Butterworth. A workshop on nuclear weapon abolition. Review of the Mayor's for Peace Campaign and the Hiroshima Conference. Discussion of next steps, which may include a campaign to divest from companies involved with nuclear weapons and support for the Woolsey resolution on nuclear disarmament.

2. College Not Combat! Facilitator: Todd Dewey. A report-back from the recent national organizing conference of the Campus Antiwar Network a review of current campus efforts to drive the recruiters off campus.

3. US Out of Guantanamo! Facilitators: Greater Hartford Committee on Cuba. This workshop will explore the relationship between the US threats against Cuba, the use of Guantanamo as a concentration camp, and the war and occupation of Iraq.

4. Electoral Strategy and the Anti-War Movement: a Panel Discussion. Facilitator: Stan Heller. Panelists include Bert Garskof from the Progressive Democrats of America, Bill C. Davis from the Green Party, and Naveen Jaganathan from the International Socialist Organization.

5. After the Gaza Pullout: The Ugly Reality. A panel discussion featuring Angela Goldstein, an Israeli representative of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, and Mazin Qumsiyeh, author of Sharing the Land of Canaan.

6. The Forgotten War: The Effects and Failure of Plan Colombia. Presenter: John Jairo Since the United States established Plan Colombia, more than $4 billion of tax payer dollars have been pumped into this plan and Colombia is being used as the front of the attack against Venezuela and other Latin American Countries.   

7. Creating Autonomy and Solidarity in Hartford. Facilitator: Matt McLaughlin, CLASH Collective. This workshop will discuss the week of autonomous actions that CLASH has proposed for April 2006. 

8. The Effect of the War on The Latino Community. Facilitator: Marela Zacarias, Latinos Contra La Guerra. This workshop will discuss the cost of the war and its impact on funding for the human needs of the Latino community, as well as the effect of the Patriot Act on immigrants from the South.

9. Banner-Making. Learn some skills and Make Some Art with JoAnn Moran of rePublicart.org. This workshop will continue over both morning and afterrnoon workshop sessions.

10. "Waking Up From the American Dream." Presenter: poet, Michael Brownstein. 
--By means of distraction and denial, corporate globalization reinforces a trance state which has led, worldwide, to destruction of the environment, the disappearance of indigenous peoples, and the insistence on a paranoid model for interpersonal behavior. Reading from his book World on Fire, Michael Brownstein will discuss how to wake up from that trance state through becoming aware of the internal and external factors which conspire to keep us asleep.

11. US Middle East Policy toward Iran and International Solidarity. Facilitator: Farid Farahmand, member, Iranians for Peace. This workshop will explore the history of US intervention into Iran and the ways that activists can show solidarity with the broad opposition movements inside Iran today.

12.Status and Protections for Arab-Americans and Muslims Post 9-11. Presenter: Dr. Elaine Hagopian. Elaine C. Hagopian is a Syrian-American sociologist. She is a professor emeritus of sociology at Simmons College in Boston and a former chairperson of the department. She is also the editor of the award-winning Haymarket book, Civil Rights in Peril: The Targeting of Arabs and Muslims (2004).

13. Let the People Vote on War! Facilitator: Marilyn Levin, Greater Boston United for Peace in Justice. Marilyn is the chief organizer for the upcoming Massachusetts antiwar ballot initiative and will lead a discussion about using referenda campaigns to build the antiwar movement. 

14. A Medic's View of War and Occupation. Presenter: Pat Resta of Iraq Veterans Against the War. This is a workshop designed for veterans and all activists who aspire to organize veterans and soldiers into the antiwar movement.

15. High School Counter-recrutiment. Facilitators: Latinos Contra La Guerra and the American Friends Service Committee. This workshop will provide useful information for those who want to counter-recruit in the high schools.  We will discuss what recruiters tell youths to convince them to join.  We will discuss the legislation created to support military recruitment goals and the tools the military uses to recruit.  Information will be provided on how to approach schools.  There will be role playing to give attendees an idea of how to handle situations Counter Recruiters have encountered.  Pamphlets will be provided to workshop attendees. 

16. The Secret Horror of Depleted Uranium. Presenter: Traprock Peace Center. Traprock Peace Center has been in the lead in exposing the effect of depleted uranium on soldiers and Iraqi citizens. Workshop attendees will receive information packets and see a visual presentation of the effects of this stealth weapon.


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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Mon Oct 31 23:04:04 2005
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:04:04 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw:  Proposed Plenary Agenda & Rules for Nov. 5
Message-ID: <0bc801c5de99$4d44e350$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

Dear Greens, 
The GPCT-endorsed anti-war conference on Saturday (11/5) will include a plenary session beginning at 3pm during which resolutions will be discussed and voted on.

Please review these resolutions at:  www.TheStruggle.org and BE THERE TO VOTE ON THEM.

Peace, 
Justine 



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Proposed Plenary Agenda & Rules for Nov. 5


Dear Activists,
The resolutions committee met Saturday and was composed of the  
following resolution-makers:  Chris G.  of CTUP,  Justine M. of Al  
Awda,  Maggie R. of Latinos Contra La Guerra, Phil J. of Hartford Bring  
the Troops Home Now, Alex K. of Greater Hartford Cuba Committee, Matt  
M. of CLASH, Michael K. of CCSU Progressive Student Alliance, and Stan  
H. of CTUP and Middle East Crisis Committee.  Henry L.  of  No Nukes/No  
War  and the Peace Council was consulted by phone.

We developed the following proposed Agenda and Rules for the Plenary  
Session to be held Nov. 5 at the state antiwar conference.  This  
proposal will come before the body on November 5. Please feel free to  
circulate.

Reminder: The Resolutions are to be posted on  
<www.ctunitedforpeace.org>. There have been technical difficulties  
uploading them to that site, however, and they can be immediately  
viewed at <www.TheStruggle.org>.

In Solidarity,
Chris Gauvreau
860-478-5300
________________________________________________________________________ 
_____________________________________________________________

Proposed Organization and Rules for November 5 Plenary

Introduction:  The plenary will open with a report from the Resolutions  
Committee and propose the following:

1. The plenary will be chaired by Eric Stamm .  Eric will be assisted  
by a stacker, a timekeeper, and two secretaries (Linda Lancz  of  
Guilford and Beth Dwyer of Danbury have accepted this assignment.)  The  
Resolutions Committee will sit at the front and be available to assist  
Eric with procedural motions if the session starts to run over time.

2. Each resolution will be presented, discussed, amended, and voted up  
or down in discrete discussions.

3. Action resolutions will be considered before purely programmatic  
resolutions.

4. Resolution makers will be given 3 minutes to present and/or motivate  
their resolution.  Then there will be 10 minutes of discussion from the  
floor.  Everyone will be recognized once before anyone is recognized a  
second time.  There will be a one minute time limit for speakers from  
the floor.  Speakers from the floor will line up at microphones  
designated as pro or con.  Attendees will also be provided with  3  
colored cards, so that in case they can't get to a microphone, they can  
indicate to the chair that they want to present a procedural motion, or  
want to speak against or speak for a particular resolution. To the  
degree possible, the chair will seek to alternate between male and  
female, pro and con speakers. Extensions on time may be requested and  
the chair will orchestrate a quick vote, up or down, on 1 minute time  
extensions.  If there is broad consensus for extending a discussion on  
a particular resolution (as determined by a straw poll of the room),  
the chair will entertain motions for a specific number of minutes and  
the proposal for an extension will be voted up or down.

5. Voting will reflect the positions of individuals.  There will be no  
weighted or delegated votes.

6. The resolutions will be taken up in the following order, which was  
determined by first selecting out action resolutions (A - F), and then  
by a lottery for resolutions G -L.


A. March 19 state demonstration
B. Autonomous April Actions
C. For a National Spring Action
D. No Nukes Campaign
E. 2006 State Conference
F. Students are Vital to the Movement/Support a State-wide Campus  
Network

G. US Out of Guantanamo
H. The Link between Iraq and Palestine
I.  Caterpillar
J. Latinos/Immigration/Patriot Act
K. Call from Palestinian NGO's
L. Not One More Penny for War


7. The results of the plenary will be written up and made available for  
distribution to the press, politicians, or other groups.


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