From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Wed Feb  1 10:14:57 2006
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 10:14:57 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT Green Party results in Canadian elections
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> the latest from
> 
> www.greenparty.ca:
> 
> 
> A few Green results:
> 
> Percentage nationally: 4.5%
> Number of votes: 665,940
> 
> Best province: Alberta, 6.6%
> Best riding (percentage): Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound, 12.9%
> Best riding (number of votes): Ottawa Centre, 6,766 votes
> Best riding (ranking): Wild Rose, 2nd behind Conservative
> Notable mentions, 3rd place finish ahead of the NDP: Calgary West & 
> Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound
> 
> 
> Best riding percentage-wise in:
> Newfoundland and Labrador: Random--Burin--St. George's, 1.4%
> Prince Edward Island: Egmont, 5.2%
> Nova Scotia: Halifax, 5.2%
> New Brunswick: Madawaska--Restigouche, 3.3%
> Quebec: Westmount--Ville-Marie, 8.3%
> Ontario: Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound, 12.9%
> Manitoba: Winnipeg Centre, 7.0%
> Saskatchewan: Souris--Moose Mountain, 5.2%
> Alberta: Calgary Centre-North, 11.8%
> British Columbia: British Columbia Southern Interior, 11.3%
> Territories: Nunavut, 5.9%
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From chapillsbury at igc.org  Wed Feb  1 11:01:02 2006
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 11:01:02 -0500
Subject: {news} Greens Have Real Solutions to the Sorry State of the Union -
	Jan 2006
Message-ID: <004c01c62748$b36001e0$6801a8c0@EXDIR04>


            January 2006
           
           
     


     

            News Headlines
           

                 
           
                 
                 

                  Greens Have Real Solutions to the Sorry State of the Union

                  If you're anything like us, you're probably going to watch George Bush's "State of the Union" speech and get angry about the sorry state he's made of our country. Instead of yelling at the TV or crying into your beverage of choice, why don't you tune into the REAL rebuttal? A Video News Release (VNR) of the Green rebuttal will be available at www.gp.org. Watch elected Greens and candidates from across the country talk about real solutions like Universal Health care, Energy Independence, Genuine Democracy, Ending the war in Iraq, and Impeaching Bush and Cheney. 

                  You won't hear any of this from Tim Kaine. 

                 

                  Congratulations Renee!
                  We'd like to congratulate ANC Commissioner Renee Bowser on her election as Chair of Advisory Neighborhood Council 4D02 in Washington, DC. Renee is a member of the DC Statehood Green Party and a two-term neighborhood commissioner for 4D. Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners are elected to two year terms to advise the mayor and city council on issues like education, zoning, small business development, public safety and public transportation. Renee was elected by her fellow ANC commissioners to serve as the Chair. 
                 
                  Renee Bowser 
            Renee, an attorney for an international labor union, is considering a run for a possible City Council race in 2007 and has organized an exploratory committee. Renee ran for City Council in 2000, receiving a number of high-profile endorsements, including the Metropolitan Washington Council of the AFL-CIO. Renee will participate in the Green Party rebuttal to the State of the Union address on Tuesday.


            Impeach Bush and Cheney!

                 The Green Party of the United States has launched a letter-writing campaign calling for the Impeachment of Bush and Cheney. A recent Zogby poll finds that 52% of Americans believe that the recent disclosure of domestic spying is an impeachable offense. Make your voice heard; write a letter to your local newspaper. We make it easy for you by providing sample letters and a way to automatically send to the newspaper of your choice. Don't delay, write your letter today and please tell friends and family to do the same. Click on the following link to go to our automated letter writing page: http://www.democracyinaction.com/dia/organizations/Greens//pickMedia.jsp?letter_KEY=333
                 





            Greens Win Over One out of Four Races in 2005
            Green Party candidates won a quarter of all the races in which they competed in 2005. Out of 177 Green candidates, 46 were were elected to public office in 2005 -- a 25.99% victory rate. A summary of Green wins in 2005 can be read at http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml. 


            "The 2005 off-year elections showed steady growth for the Green Party," said Jody Grage Haug, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States.

            The only Green incumbent candidates who lost in 2005 were two Minneapolis City Council members, Natalie Johnson Lee and Dean Zimmerman, who were defeated after Democrats deliberately redistricted the city in order to weaken Green support. But these defeats were offset by the election of nonincumbent Green candidate Cam Gordon to the Minneapolis City Council.
                  "We expect some dramatic Green victories in 2006," said Jennifer Walling, co-chair of the Green Party's Coordinated Campaign Committee. The public has grown disgusted with the nightly news about Republican abuses of power, deceptions behind the Iraq war, Katrina incompetence, election irregularities in 2000 and 2004, and corruption, including the Abramoff charges and DeLay allegations." 
                  Cam Gordon 

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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Wed Feb  1 11:27:52 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 08:27:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Call for National Green Pages (Feb. 15 deadline)
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:15:07 -0900
From: Deirdre Helfferich <secretary at tygreens.org>
Subject: [usgp-dx] Reminder: Green Pages call for EDITORIAL CARTOONS
To: natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org
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Green Pages call for EDITORIAL CARTOONS

**Please forward to state and local offices,
and Green listserves near and far**

Green Pages, the national newspaper of the Green Party
of the United States, is looking for witty editorial cartoons
with a Green theme for the spring issue, which will be out in time 
for Earth Day. The board encourages Greens with a flair for 
cartooning and illustration to submit their work.

DEADLINE AND WHERE TO SEND YOUR GREEN CARTOON

Cartoons should be sent by February 15
to: estereditor at mosquitonet.com

-Cartoons should be stand-alone panels
(not strips continuing from issue to issue)

-Cartoons may be multipane

-Images should be JPGs, 200 dpi.

-Cartoons will be reproduced in grayscale

-If the cartoonist has a website, Green Pages will provide a link
  to the site when the cartoon is posted to the Green Pages website.

-Include who should be credited for the cartoon,
and the cartoonist's Green affiliation (i.e., what state, if any, 
they are registered in).

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

http://www.gp.org/greenpages/
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Feb  2 20:05:45 2006
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:05:45 +0000
Subject: {news} Keeping jobs local: Burlington city law bans use of
	outsourcing
In-Reply-To: <20060202193924.9781.qmail@web52415.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F731A6652BFBF6A296BE4AD60D0@phx.gbl>

Below is the actual language of the ordinance.  Thanks to Daniel Sumrall for 
tracking this down.

------------------------------
									                Councilors Montroll,
					         Shannon, Ashe: Ordinance Com. (without recommendation)


OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Outsourcing


That Chapter 21, Offenses & Miscellaneous Provisions, of the Code of 
Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by adding 
Article VII, Outsourcing, Sections 21-90 through 21-94 thereto to read as 
follows:

ARTICLE VII.  OUTSOURCING

Sec.  21-90.  Policy.
   It is the policy of the City of Burlington to let service contracts to 
contractors, subcontractors and vendors who perform work in the United 
States.
Sec 21-91.  Definitions.
   (a)  Contractor or vendor ? A person or entity that has a contract with 
the City of Burlington primarily for the furnishing of services (as opposed 
to the purchasing of goods), including any subcontractors of such contractor 
or vendor.
   (b) Government funded project - Any contract for services which involves 
any City funds and the total amount of the contract is $50,000 or more.  
Burlington School Department contracts shall not be considered government 
funded projects under this article.
   (c) Outsourcing - The assigning or reassigning, directly, or indirectly 
through subcontracting, of services under a government funded project to 
workers performing the work outside of the United States.
Sec 21-92.  Implementation.
   (a) No contract for a government funded project shall be let to any 
contractor, subcontractor, or vendor who is outsourcing, or causing the work 
to be performed outside of the United States or Canada.
   (b) Prior to the commencement of work on a government funded project a 
contractor, subcontractor or vendor shall provide written certification that 
the services provided under the contract will be performed in the United 
States or Canada.
Sec. 21-93.  Exemption.
   An exemption from requirements of this article may be authorized by the 
Chief Administrative Officer based upon a determination that the services to 
be performed for the government funded project are not available in the 
United States or Canada at a reasonable cost.  Any such exemption decision 
by the Chief Administrative Officer shall be reported to the Board of 
Finance in writing within five (5) days.  The Board of Finance may, if it 
should vote to do so, override the exemption decision if such vote occurs 
within fourteen (14) days of the date of the Chief Administrative Officer?s 
communication to such Board.
Sec. 21-94 Enforcement
   (a) Any contractor, subcontractor or vendor who files false or materially 
misleading information in connection with an application, certification or 
request for information pursuant to the
provisions of this article or outsources work on a government funded project 
shall be deemed to be in violation of this article.
   (b) A violation of this article shall be a civil offense subject to a 
civil penalty of from one hundred dollars ($100.00) to five hundred dollars 
($500.00).  All law enforcement officers and any other duly authorized 
municipal officials are authorized to issue a municipal complaint for a
violation of this article.  Each day any violation of any provision of this 
article shall continue shall constitute a separate violation.
   (c) The City of Burlington shall have the right to modify, terminate and 
or seek specific performance of any contract for a government funded project 
if the contractor, subcontractor or vendor has not complied with this 
article.
Sec. 21-95 through Sec. 21-100.  Reserved.



lb/kas/c: Ordinances 2005/Offenses, Misc Provisions, Outsourcing Service 
Contracts, Sec.21-90 thru Sec. 21-94 (Jobs, work being done outside the 
U.S.)
5/11/04; 11/17/05




From riverbend2 at earthlink.net  Fri Feb  3 14:03:01 2006
From: riverbend2 at earthlink.net (John Battista)
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 14:03:01 -0500
Subject: {news} As Alito joins the Supremes,
	Ohio GOP guts election protection (Fitrakis & Wasserman, Free Press)
Message-ID: <002f01c628f4$75edfc60$1102a8c0@newm2.ct.charter.com>




> As Alito Takes Supreme Court Seat, Ohio GOP Guts
> Election Protection
>
> by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman
> The Free Press, February 1, 2006
> http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2006/1754
> http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0202-20.htm
>
>
> Ohio's GOP-controlled legislature has passed a
> repressive new law that will gut free elections
> here and is already surfacing elsewhere around
> the US. The bill will continue the process of
> installing the GOP as America's permanent ruling
> party.
>
> Coming with the swearing in of right-wing
> extremist Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, it
> marks another dark day for what remains of
> American democracy.
>
> Called HB3, the law now demands discriminatory
> voter ID, severely cripples the possibility of
> statewide recounts and actually ends the process
> of state-based challenges to federal
> elections---most importantly for president---held
> within the state.
>
> In other words, the type of legal challenge
> mounted to the theft of Ohio's electoral votes in
> the 2004 election will now be all but impossible
> in the future.
>
> Section 35-05.18 of HB3 requires restrictive
> identification requirements for anyone trying to
> vote in an Ohio election. Photo ID, a utility
> bill, a bank statement, a government check or
> other government document showing the name and
> current address of the voter will be required.
>
> This requirement is perfectly designed to slow
> down the voting process in inner city precincts.
> It allows Republican "challengers" to intimidate
> anyone who turns up to vote in heavily Democratic
> precincts. It virtually eliminates the homeless,
> elderly and impoverished from the voting rolls.
> Election protection advocates estimate this
> requirement will erase 100,000 to 200,000 voters
> in a typical statewide election. By way of
> reference, George W. Bush allegedly carried
> Ohio---and the presidency---by less than 119,000
> votes in 2004.
>
> The ID requirement is the direct result of
> intervention by two high-powered Republican
> attorneys with ties to the White House and Senate
> Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.). Congressman
> Bob Ney allowed the Bush-Cheney re-election
> national counsel Mark "Thor" Hearne to testify
> last March as a so-called "voting rights
> advocate." Hearne, whose resume shows no
> connection to voting rights organizations, was
> responsible for advising the Bush-Cheney campaign
> on national litigation and election law strategy
> during the 2004 election.
>
> Hearne, with the help of Republican attorney Alex
> Vogel, concocted a story that the problem with
> the 2004 elections in Ohio was the NAACP paying
> people with crack cocaine to register voters.
> Vogel's front group, the Free Enterprise
> Coalition, even indemnified a local Republican
> operative, Mark Rubrick, to file an Ohio corrupt
> practices act suit against the NAACP, the
> AFL-CIO, ACT-Ohio and ACORN, The suit was later
> quietly withdrawn after discovery showed that the
> operatives behind it were linked to the top
> levels of the Republican Party.
>
> Ironically, the Republican Party engaged in
> racist and massive voter repression in Ohio and
> are now institutionalizing that very Jim
> Crow-style repression and selling it as an
> election reform bill.
>
> HB3 also ends the ability of the public to
> conduct meaningful audits of voting machines.
> Election protection activists recently forced the
> adoption of an auditable paper trail into the
> Ohio election process. In a state where virtually
> all ballots are cast and/or counted on electronic
> equipment, this cuts to the core of the ability
> to monitor an election's outcome. The new
> provision in HB3 will make the paper trail
> virtually meaningless.
>
> HB3 further imposes a huge jump in the cost of
> forcing a recount. In 2004, the charge was $10
> per precinct, with some 11,366 precincts in the
> state. Thus the Green and Libertarian Parties,
> which paid for it, had to pay somewhat more than
> $113,660. Now the charge will be $50 per
> precinct, jumping the charge to some $568,300.
>
> Finally, and perhaps most astonishingly, HB3
> eliminates the state statutes that have allowed
> citizens to challenge the outcome of federal
> elections within the state. After the 2004
> election, election protection advocates filed a
> challenge to Bush's victory. Their attorneys were
> attacked with an official attempt to levy
> sanctions, and then were thwarted from an
> effective suit when GOP Secretary of State J.
> Kenneth Blackwell locked up the state's voter
> records.
>
> But HB3 would now entirely eliminate any
> possibility of a state-based legal challenge. The
> only alleged recourse for those wishing to
> officially question the vote count in a
> presidential, US Senate or US Congressional race
> in Ohio would be at the United States Congress.
> There is now no recourse whatsoever on the state
> level.
>
> Despite grassroots protests and bitter opposition
> from Common Cause, the League of Women Voters and
> other pro-democracy groups, HB3 passed with only
> one Republican vote against it (all Ohio
> Democratic Senators and Representatives voted
> against).
>
> So the Ohio GOP has taken another giant step
> toward ending the possibility of any other party
> ever taking power in the Buckeye State. When
> combined with new campaign finance laws that
> allow huge chunks of private and corporate money
> to flow virtually unregulated into GOP coffers,
> HB3 may have all but ended free elections in
> Ohio---at least until election protection forces
> can somehow reverse the trend. .
>
> Since the Civil War, only one presidential
> candidate---John F. Kennedy in 1960---has won the
> White House without carrying Ohio. This and the
> other repressive legislation passed by the Ohio
> GOP will make it virtually impossible for anyone
> but a Republican to carry the Buckeye State in
> future statewide and federal elections.
>
> Bills like HB3 are also being lined up to flow
> through Republican-controlled legislatures
> throughout the US, including a very similar one
> in Georgia. "This comes straight from Karl Rove,"
> says Cliff Arnebeck, one of Ohio's leading
> election protection attorneys. "This legislation
> originates with a demand that one-party rule by
> made permanent throughout the United States."
>
> With today's passage of Ohio HB3, along with the
> seating of Justice Alito, the GOP grip on the
> American throat has very significantly tightened.
>
>
>
> Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman are co-authors
> of "How the GOP Stole America's 2004 Election and
> Is Rigging 2008". They are co-editors, with Steve
> Rosenfeld, of "What Happened in Ohio?"
> forthcoming from the New Press.
>
> ? 2006 The Free Press
>
> ###
>
>
>
>
>
>



From apbrison at hotmail.com  Sun Feb  5 23:33:06 2006
From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 23:33:06 -0500
Subject: {news} John Halle at chapter meeting
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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Mon Feb  6 15:25:56 2006
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:25:56 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT Fwd: Global Young Greens Meeting, 2007
Message-ID: <012001c62b5b$8a74b340$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

Fwd: Global Young Greens Meeting, 2007
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tony Affigne 
To: usgp-int at gp-us.org 
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 2:42 PM
Subject: USGP-INT Fwd: Global Young Greens Meeting, 2007


PLEASE DISTRIBUTE TO YOUR STATE GREEN PARTY MAILING LISTS
INVITATION FROM THE FEDERATION OF YOUNG EUROPEAN GREENS
EARLY PLANS FOR 2ND GLOBAL YOUNG GREENS MEETING
NAIROBI, KENYA
JANUARY 2007


--- begin forwarded text


Subject: Global Young Greens Meeting, 2007
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 12:17:47 +0100


(Versi?n espa?ola abajo, version fran?aise ci-dessous)

Second Global Young Greens Meeting


Nairobi, Kenya

January 2007
 
Across the globe Young Green activists are now organised into national and international networks, with numbers consistently growing. As the youth movement strengthens, so too does the mandate of Green parties around the world.

In 2001 a Global Young Greens Meeting was held. We propose it is high time to hold another!

In Nairobi, Kenya, in January 2007, a Global Greens meeting and the World Social Forum will be held. This is the ideal time for Young Green activists from every continent to come together and decide on how to organise our growing numbers and influence globally.


Do we want to form a universal coalition of Young Greens for solidarity in our campaigns?


Do we want to construct a global organisation with office holders, elections and an annual congress?


Or do we just want to party?


If you are politically active, a member of a Green party or a Green focused organisation, and are young (working definition is 35 and under- but that's up for discussion too), please send your name, contact details and organisation (should you belong to one) to caroline at fyeg.org


Please forward this email to any Green mailing lists or individuals you know and encourage them to do the same!


The first step is to create a mailing list, through which we can discuss the agenda for the meeting. Please be aware that only those who return their details will be added. In the meantime, to see keep track of where the things are at, bookmark www.globalyounggreens.blogspot.com.


The issues of climate change, global poverty and unsustainable ecological policies are worldwide. While it's clear that as Greens we need to act locally, organising globally may be one of our strongest cards in becoming effective agents of change. So if you're up for three days of workshops, forums (and let's face it, parties) in Kenya, on a range of environmental and social issues, send in your details and we'll get started.


Maarten Coertjens
Federation of Young European Greens
& Caroline Ayling
Asia-Pacific Young Greens Network


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Deuxi?me rencontre des jeunes verts mondiaux

Nairobi, Kenya

Janvier 2007


De part le monde des jeunes militants ?cologistes s'organisent en r?seaux nationaux et internationaux. Leur nombre ne cesse de cro?tre. Avec le renforcement continu du mouvement de jeunesse, se renforce aussi le mandat des parties Verts ? travers le monde.


En 2001, une r?union des jeunes ?cologistes mondiaux a eu lieu. Nous pensons qu'il est bien temps d'en organiser une autre !


A Nairobi, au Kenya, en 2007, se d?roulera une r?union des Verts mondiaux ainsi que le Forum Social Mondial. C'est le moment id?al pour des jeunes militants ?cologistes de tous les continents de se r?unir et de d?cider comment mieux organiser notre nombre croissant et notre influence globalement.


Voulons-nous organiser une coalition universelle de jeunes ?cologistes pour la solidarit? dans nos campagnes ?


Voulons-nous b?tir une organisation mondiale avec des mandataires, ?lections et congr?s annuel ?


Ou voulons-nous juste faire la f?te ?


Si tu es politiquement militant, membre d'un partie Vert ou une organisation avec une vision verte et que tu es jeune (la d?finition op?rationnelle est de 35 ans ou moins - mais ceci est aussi un th?me de discussion), envoi ton nom, coordonn?es et les coordonn?es de ton organisation (le cas ?ch?ant) ? caroline at fyeg.org.

Envoi ce message a toute liste de diffusion Verte ou personnes que tu conna?trais afin de les encourager ? faire de m?me.


La premi?re ?tape sera de cr?er une liste de diffusion via laquelle on discutera de l'ordre du jour de la r?union. Uniquement ceux qui renvoient leurs coordonn?es y seront inclus. Entre-temps afin de tenir l'?volution de ce projet ? l'?il, ajoute www.globayoungreens.blogspot.org ? tes favoris.


Les questions li?es aux changements climatiques, la pauvret? et les politiques ?cologiquement insoutenables sont globales. Si c'est clair qu'en tant qu'?cologistes nous devons agir localement, s'organiser globalement pourrait se r?v?ler notre meilleure carte ? jouer pour devenir des vrais acteurs du changement. Donc si tu es pr?t pour trois jours d'ateliers, forums (et, soyons clairs, de f?tes) au Kenya, sur une palette de dossiers environnementaux et sociaux, envoi nous tes d?tails et ?a partira !

Maarten Coertjens
Federation of Young European Greens
& Caroline Ayling
Asia-Pacific Young Greens Network


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Segundo Encuentro Mundial de J?venes Verdes

Nairobi, Kenia

Enero de 2007


Alrededor del mundo, j?venes verdes activistas ya se han organizado en redes nacionales e internacionales, d?nde se encuentra cada vez m?s gente. Al reforzar el movimiento juvenil, tambi?n se est? reforzando a los partidos Verdes y su influencia en todas partes del mundo.


En 2001 tuvo lugar un encuentro mundial de J?venes Verdes. ?Ya es hora de que organizemos otro!


En Nairobi, Kenia, en enero de 2007, tendr? lugar un encuentro mundial de Los Verdes as? como el Foro Social Mundial. Para los J?venes Verdes activistas de todos los continentes, ?ste ser? el momento ideal para juntarse y decidir c?mo orgarnizarse para crecer y aumentar nuestra influencia global.


?Queremos formar una coalici?n universal de J?venes Verdes para apoyarnos mutuamente en nuestras campa?as?


?Queremos construir una organizaci?n global con liberados, elecciones y un congreso anual?


O ?queremos simplemente pasar un buen rato?


Si eres pol?ticamente activ@, miembr@ de un Partido Verde o de una organizaci?n ecologista, y si eres joven (joven significa tener menos de 35 a?os - aunque se puede discutir), por favor manda tu nombre y apellidos, tus datos de contacto y organizaci?n a la que perteneces (si se da el caso) a caroline at fyeg.org


Por favor reenvia este email a todos los Verdes (por listas de difusi?n o individualmente) que conoces y ?an?malos a hacer como t?!


La primera etapa ser? crear una mailing list a trav?s de la cual podremos discutir la agenda para este encuentro. Por favor, ten en cuenta que s?lo se a?adir? a la lista a los que hayan mandado sus datos de contacto. Mientras tanto, para saber como anda el proyecto, pon en tus favoritos este enlace: www.globalyounggreens.blogspot.com


Los desafios planteados por el cambio clim?tico, la pobreza global y las pol?ticas no sostenibles no tienen fronteras. Mientras que est? claro que, como Verdes, tenemos que actuar localmente, el organizarnos globalmente puede ser una de nuestras cartas m?s poderosas como agente clave del cambio. As? que, si tienes ganas de tres d?as de talleres, foros (y dig?moslo, fiestas) en Kenia, sobre numerosos problemas medioambientales y sociales, manda tus datos de contacto y ?empezaremos!


Maarten Coertjens
Federation of Young European Greens
& Caroline Ayling
Asia-Pacific Young Greens Network


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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Wed Feb  8 10:09:14 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 07:09:14 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} CT's ROSA DeLAURO sponsors ANTI- THIRD PARTY campaign fin.
	bill
Message-ID: <20060208150914.68226.qmail@web81403.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

        Please forward widely
   
   
  Ballot Access News
Edited by Richard Winger
http://ballot-access.org/2006/02/02/public-funding-of-congressional-campaigns/

Public Funding of Congressional Campaigns 
February 2nd, 2006

Congressman David Obey?s public funding of
congressional campaigns bill is HR 4694. Nominees
of parties that had averaged 25% of the vote for
US House in that district (over the last two
elections) would get full public funding. Also,
independent candidates who had averaged 25% would
also get full public funding. All others would be
required to submit petitions signed by 10% of the
last vote cast, for partial funding; and 20%
petitions for full funding. Candidates not
qualifying for partial funding would be barred
from spending any privately raised money. The
co-sponsors are these 7 Democrats: Rosa DeLauro
of Connecticut, Barney Frank and James McGovern
of Massachusetts, Henry Waxman and Bob Filner of
California, Steve Israel of New York, and Tim
Ryan of Ohio.


*  *  *  *  *


St. Louis Oracle (web log)
http://stloracle.blogspot.com/2006/02/bill-would-ban-3rd-party-campaigns-for.html
Sunday, February 05, 2006

Bill would ban 3rd-party campaigns for Congress

Eight Democratic congressmen have filed a bill
that combines a laudable goal ? public funding of
congressional campaigns ? with a vicious attack
on freedom of speech. The bill would effectively
eliminate virtually all congressional campaigns
by independent and third-party candidates.

The bill, HR 4694, would provide public financing
for both Democrats and Republicans in most
districts. But Ballot Access News reports that
candidates not qualifying for funding would not
only receive no government funds, but would also
be barred from spending any privately raised
money. No government money and no private money
means that a non-qualifying candidate would be
prohibited from spending any money at all, not
one red cent. Not even a business card with the
candidate?s name and office sought would be legal
under the bill!

Requirements for qualifying for funding would be
relatively easy for the major parties but almost
impossible for independent and third-party
candidates. The bill would provide public funding
for nominees of parties that had averaged 25% of
the vote for U.S. House in that district over the
last two elections. Independent candidates who
had averaged 25% would also get full public
funding, but unlike party candidates, only the
specific individual who previously got those
votes would qualify. All others would be required
to submit petitions signed by 20% of the last
vote cast for full funding, and 10% for partial
funding. For example, in Missouri?s 2nd
congressional district, a candidate with a party
that won less than 25% of the vote in the last
two elections would need nearly 70,000 signatures
to qualify for the public funding that her/his
Democratic and Republican opponents would get
automatically, and only signatures from the 2nd
District would count. Nearly 35,000 signatures
would be required in order to allow the candidate
to spend anything at all on the campaign.

In certain districts where a single party is
dominant, the bill would eliminate campaigns by
the district?s second party as well. Not
surprisingly, Democrats (who propose this bill)
hold Republican opponents to below 25% in more
districts than Republicans do the same to
Democrats. If the bill were law today, a
Republican campaign in Lacy Clay?s 1st District
would be illegal without a massive petition
drive. In Roy Blunt?s 7th District, Democrats
would be less than a percentage point away from
the same fate.

The offensive bill is sponsored by Rep. David
Obey (D-WI) and co-sponsored by fellow Democrats
Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, Barney Frank and
James McGovern of Massachusetts, Henry Waxman and
Bob Filner of California, Steve Israel of New
York, and Tim Ryan of Ohio. So much for standing
up the for the little guy.

The Oracle wonders if the sponsors? support for
publicly financed elections is genuine, or if
this legislation is merely a disguised attempt to
discredit the whole concept.











     
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From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:41:16 -0500
Subject: {news} John Halle at chapter meeting
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Feb  9 02:21:14 2006
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 02:21:14 -0500
Subject: {news} statewide slate
References: <20060202035259.4973A89C2F2@gandhi.greens.org>
Message-ID: <BAY106-DAV8C16A8DC77F182D250EE7D6030@phx.gbl>

Nancy Burton of Redding has agreed to run for Atty. General, and David Bue
of Westport has agreed to run for Treasurer.  Nancy, as most of you know, is
the founder of CT Coalition Against Millstone, and she attended the January
31 state meeting in Portland.  David is a Socially Responsible Investment
advisor with the First Affirmative Financial Network.  He will meet with the
Fairfield County chapter tonight (Thursday Feb. 9) at Norwalk City Hall.

This leaves us with two slots open before we can submit our petition
application for the Green slate:  Lieutenant Governor and Comptroller.

If you have any suggestions for Lt. Gov., please send these to the listserv
or to me privately, or to Tim McKee and Cliff Thornton.  It will be up to
Cliff to invite the potential candidate, since the Lt. Gov. is his running
mate and should work closely with him as a team.

For Comptroller, someone with accounting or budgetary experience would be
best, but at this point we are looking for anyone just to stand as a
placeholder and help us achieve ballot access.

Some preference will be given to women and minorities.  Nancy is the only
woman on the statewide slate so far.

David Bedell


From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Thu Feb  9 07:22:29 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 04:22:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Yale News- City weighs campaign finance bill
Message-ID: <20060209122230.30658.qmail@web81403.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Published Thursday, February 9, 2006
City weighs campaign finance bill
  BY SARAH MISHKIN
Staff Reporter
Though the next mayoral election is nearly two years away, members of New Haven's Board of Aldermen spent Wednesday night laying the foundations for making the race publicly funded.

Although the aldermen working on the proposal, a group known as the Democracy Fund, overcame one hurdle in getting the state to approve publicly funded municipal elections in December, they still must secure approval both from the entire board and from the state for a plan specific to New Haven. Furthermore, some aldermen present at Wednesday's meeting questioned how they could sell the idea of spending tax money on elections to New Haven voters, particularly in a tight budget year.

Board President Carl Goldfield said he estimates that the city would need to budget $100,000 per year for publicly funded elections, but he said the new system would allow for fairer competition, as less wealthy candidates would be able to compete, and would also eliminate the perception of corruption associated with voter concerns that politicians may owe favors to those who donate to their campaigns.

Ward 14 Alderman Joe Jolly said the impetus for the proposal was the city's experience in recent mayoral elections.

"We were depressed that competition didn't seem real. No one took running very seriously, except in that one competitive race in 2001," Jolly said, referring to the race between current Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and state Sen. Martin Looney, the Democratic majority leader.

Under the plan proposed in New Haven, candidates would prove their viability by raising 200 contributions of more than $25 from New Haven residents. They would then be eligible for a block grant of approximately $10,000 to begin campaigning. Donations greater than $25 would thereafter each be matched with $50 from the city. Jolly said the system would be voluntary, and candidates opting into it would agree to a spending cap of $200,000, as well as a few other restrictions, such as not accepting money from political action committees.

Jolly said it remains unclear how much money the city will end up matching. Because the proposal has been in development for a number of years, costs have changed since the first projections were made. But Jolly said the most money spent on a mayoral election was $1.2 million in the 2001 race between DeStefano, Looney, and Republican nominee Joel Schiavone '58. In more recent elections, candidates have each spent around $150,000, he said.

Because the proposed system matches all donations between $25 and $300 with the same $50, the aldermen said the system favors "little guy" candidates who raise a large number of small donations over incumbents who may be able to raise bigger sums from a few prominent donors.

Ward 9 Alderwoman GRD '06 said this is one of the system's advantages.

"It's one of the best features," Addonizio said. "We really put the emphasis on viable candidates who could go out and generate the votes and the little contributions but couldn't get the big contributions."

The group still needs to work out the details of administering and monitoring the program, Jolly said. He said the group working on the proposal is currently planning to contract the monitoring work out to a part-time accountant.

"This will be a disaster if we don't have a good administrative system," Jolly said.

Several of the aldermen present at the meeting spoke about the difficulties they expected to face in marketing the plan, which would be funded by taxpayer money, to their constituents. Some of the aldermen said they expect some voters to question why money should be allocated to election costs, as opposed to the school system or the police department.

"It's not in addition to everything you need to do," Ward 25 Alderwoman Ina Silverman said. "It's instead."

Ward 2 Alderwoman Joyce Chen '01 said the challenge will be to convince the public that cleaning up elections is a public good.

"People will be worried that their tax money will be used for what they think is a dirty game," she said.

Jolly said that while he acknowledges the potential difficulty, he said the cost, divided among taxpayers, would be no more than a cup of coffee per person. Additionally, he said, although people may not realize it, tax money already goes towards elections, as the city must pay for maintaining voting machines, as well as paying the salary of the Registrar of Voters.

Goldfield said the city must submit some preliminary forms for the proposal to the State Election Enforcement Commission by April 1, and that the final deadline is in September. Although there is no guarantee that the state will approve New Haven's application, he said, he is optimistic about securing approval because New Haven was the only city to spend three years lobbying in Hartford for permission to change the election law. 




     
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From smderosa at cox.net  Thu Feb  9 12:53:03 2006
From: smderosa at cox.net (smderosa)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:53:03 -0500
Subject: {news} Meeting With Sen DeFronzo Wed. 2/15/06- 12 Noon- LOB
	Hartford- Reforming CFR
Message-ID: <20060209175207.ZFML19943.eastrmmtao04.cox.net@userb649154f63>

Dear Greens and interested parties:
 
Yesterday, Alan Brison, Albert Marceau, Ralph Ferrucci, and I visited the
offices of Sen DeFronzo who is co-chair of the Government and Elections
Committee at the CT General Assembly.  We set up a meeting to discuss minor
parties and the recently passed Campaign Finance Reform Law.  PLEASE ATTEND.
ALL ARE WELCOME. WE NEED TO SHOW A LARGE PRESENCE TO  MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
 
WHEN: WED 2/15/06 12 NOON.
 
WHAT: GIVING ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE G & E COMMITTEE OUR VIEWS ON THE
ONEROUS  MINOR PARTY PROVISIONS OF THE RECENTLY PASSSED CAMPAIGN FINANCE
REFORM LAW.
 
WHERE:
Legislative Office Building  RM. 2200 (TAKE ESCALATOR TO 2ND FLOOR -Go to
back of office)
300 Capitol Avenue (Below or HYPERLINK
"http://www.mapquest.com"www.mapquest.com )

Hartford, CT  HYPERLINK
"http://www.cga.ct.gov/olm/images/menu/lob3.jpg"Legislative Office Building

>From I-84 Eastbound

Take Exit 48, Capitol Ave (stay in right lane of exit). Go right at end of
exit ramp onto Capitol Ave. and proceed past the Legislative Office Building
which will be on your right. Immediately past the building, take first right
and proceed past both the building and the parking garage beyond it.
Continue all the way to the back of the garage to enter for parking. There
is a covered walk way from the top level of the garage to the third floor of
the Legislative Office Building. 

>From I-84 Westbound

Take Exit 48, Asylum St. Go right at the light at the end of the exit, then
bear immediately left onto the start of Farmington Ave. Go a very short
distance on Farmington Ave. to the next light (YWCA is on the corner), and
turn left onto Broad St. Go through one stoplight, and past the State Armory
building which will be on your left. Immediately past the State Armory
building, turn left into the Legislative Office Building access road, and
then take your next left. You will be heading toward the Legislative Office
Building parking garage. Continue all the way to the back of the garage. 


>From I-91 North or South

Take Exit 29A, Capitol Area exit, and proceed along the exit 29A connector.
You will come to a traffic circle at the end of this long connector road.
Proceed around the traffic circle, and turn right from the circle onto Elm
St. Follow Elm St. to the end, (you will see the State Capitol Building in
front of you). At the stop light at the end of Elm St., go left onto Trinity
St., then go right at the next light onto Capitol Ave. The State Capitol
Building will be on your right. Proceed along Capitol Ave., going past the
Capitol Building, and past the entrance to I-84. You will also go past the
Legislative Office Building which will be on your right. Turn right into the
entrance immediately after the Legislative Office Building, and proceed past
both the building and the parking garage beyond it. Continue all the way to
the back of the garage to enter for parking. There is a covered walk way
from the top level of the garage to the third floor of the Legislative
Office Building. 


>From West Hartford, Route 44

Take Asylum Ave. (Route 44) from North Main St. in West Hartford. Proceed
along Asylum Ave. (Route 44) heading toward Hartford until you get to the
Broad St. intersection (The Hartford Insurance Group headquarters building
will be on your left). Turn right onto Broad St. and proceed past the State
Armory building on your left. Immediately past the State Armory building,
turn left into the Legislative Office Building access road, and then take
your next left, heading toward the Legislative Office Building parking
garage. Continue all the way to the back of the garage to enter for parking.
There is a covered walk way from the top level of the garage to the third
floor of the Legislative Office Building.


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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Thu Feb  9 20:22:35 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:22:35 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Fwd: [usgp-coo] Request for Green Pages articles
Message-ID: <20060210012235.38289.qmail@web81403.mail.mud.yahoo.com>



David McCorquodale <mccorq at comcast.net> wrote:  From: "David McCorquodale" <mccorq at comcast.net>
To: <natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org>, <natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:35:30 -0500
CC: 
Subject: [usgp-coo] Request for Green Pages articles

Dear National Delegates:
Please distrbute this message to your states ASAP. Thanks in advance.

David McCorquodale
Co-chair, Green Pages

Dears Greens, 
This is the last call for articles to be submitted to Green Pages for the Spring Issue.
Deadline is February 15. We are specifically looking for additional state reports and articles concerning enviromentalism because we would like to have the paper get wide distribution on Earth Day(April 22). You may contact us at greenpages at greens.org.
February 15 is also the deadline for cartoons which should be sent to: estereditor at mosquitonet.com. Additional cartoon info:

-Cartoons should be stand-alone panels
(not strips continuing from issue to issue)

-Cartoons may be multipane

-Images should be JPGs, 200 dpi.

-Cartoons will be reproduced in grayscale

-If the cartoonist has a website, Green Pages will provide a link
to the site when the cartoon is posted to the Green Pages website.

-Include who should be credited for the cartoon,
and the cartoonist's Green affiliation (ie what state, if any, they 
are registered in).


Thank you,
Green Pages Editorial Board


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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Fri Feb 10 06:04:41 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 03:04:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Fwd: [media-states] RELEASE Greens' National Women's Caucus
	elects new officers
Message-ID: <20060210110441.27217.qmail@web81402.mail.mud.yahoo.com>



Scott McLarty <scottmclarty at yahoo.com> wrote:  From: Scott McLarty <scottmclarty at yahoo.com>
To: natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org, media-states at lists.gp-us.org,
lavender-caucus at green.gpus.org
Subject: [media-states] RELEASE Greens' National Women's Caucus elects new officers
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:06:12 -0800 (PST)

(Distributed by the Green Party of the United
States .)

NATIONAL WOMEN'S CAUCUS
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://greens.org/gp-uswomen/

For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, February 8, 2006

Contact:
Nan Garrett, Spokesperson, 404-229-0626,
ngarrett at greens.org


NATIONAL WOMEN'S CAUCUS ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

Women in leadership growing in the Green Party 


Washington, D.C. -- The National Women's Caucus
of the Green Party of the United States announced
results of officer elections, electing five new
officers, each for two-year terms.

Sylvia Inwood from Michigan was elected Co-Chair.
Michelle Inez Smith of California was elected
Secretary. Maya O'Connor, District of Columbia,
was elected Treasurer. Nancy Allen of Maine was
elected Alternate Delegate to the Green Party
National Committee and Kat Swift, of Texas was
elected Co-Spokesperson. 

The Green Party National Women's Caucus works to
fill the void of meaningful advances for women in
the United States in a world where conditions for
women are also declining.

"Oppression of women not only continues across
the globe and here at home, but is escalating,'
said Ms. Inwood. "The Democrats are ceding ground
on women's issues to the Republicans and the
Republicans are busy eroding many hard-fought
advances and rights. If women are to have a
voice at all in this current political climate,
they will need a powerful Green Party National
Women's Caucus."

A Plank on Women's Rights written by a member of
the National Women's Caucus was adopted into the
Green Party Platform in 2004 that demonstrates
the Party's commitment to women and is in stark
contrast to the Democratic and Republican Parties
which have all but abandoned women.
http://www.gp.org/platform/2004/socjustice.html#998980

"On behalf of the National Women's Caucus, I want
to welcome our new officers," said Morgen D'Arc,
Co-Founder Co-Chair. "Each of these women bring
extraordinary and unique talents. It will be an
honor to work alongside them, two of whom are
chairs of state parties. Ms. Swift is Co-Chair of
the Green Party of Texas and Ms. Inwood is Chair
of the Green Party of Michigan. We now have
leaders of three state parties with Ms. Garrett
Co-Chair of the Green Party of Georgia. Ms.
O'Connor is a former national Green Party
Co-Chair. We will continue to prioritize and
nurture women in leadership," said Ms. D'Arc. 

Greens across the nation will recognize the
experience brought to the National Women's Caucus
with Ms. Allen who has a background of 30 years
in electoral politics and who served as national
Green Party Media Coordinator until her
retirement in 2005.

Women do not have constitutional equal rights and
make up only thirteen percent of Congress. The
National Women's Caucus is a response to a great
need in this country for stronger action and
representation for women.

"Until it is okay for all women of all colors to
speak freely about their oppressors and be heard
without being dismissed, until society accepts
women as social and political equals, we will not
give up on Women's Rights," said Ms. Swift.

New officers join current officers, Morgen D'Arc,
Co-Founder Co-Chair, Holly Hart, Delegate to the
Green Party National Committee and Nan Garrett,
Spokesperson.


MORE INFORMATION

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

Green Party Plank on Women's Rights
http://www.gp.org/platform/2004/socjustice.html#998980

END





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From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 03:05:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Fwd: [media-states] GP RELEASE Greens blast Dem bill to bar
	3rd party races for Congress
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Scott McLarty <scottmclarty at yahoo.com> wrote:  From: Scott McLarty <scottmclarty at yahoo.com>
To: natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org, media-states at lists.gp-us.org,
lavender-caucus at green.gpus.org
Subject: [media-states] GP RELEASE Greens blast Dem bill to bar 3rd party races for Congress
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:32:42 -0800 (PST)

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

For Immediate Release:
Thursday, February 9, 2006

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
mclarty at greens.org
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805,
starlene at greens.org


Greens blast bill from Democrats that would bar
third parties in races for Congress.

Panic and retaliation among progressive Democrats
over Green challenges are behind HR 4694, say
Greens, citing the bill's prohibitive petition
requirements, ban on private contributions;
Greens call the bill patently unconstitutional.


WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party leaders called on
Congress to reject a House bill that combines
public funding of congressional campaigns with a
scheme to ban third party and independents from
such races.

HR 4694 ("Let the People Decide Clean Campaign
Act") would grant nominees of parties (i.e.,
Democrats and Republicans) that had averaged 25%
of the vote for House races in a given district
in the last two elections would get full public
funding.

All others (i.e., third party and independent
candidates) would be required to submit petitions
signed by 10% of the last vote cast for partial
funding, and 20% petitions for full funding.

Furthermore, candidates who don't qualify for
funding would be barred from spending any
privately raised money on their campaigns.

"10% and 20% in many districts represent
prohibitively large numbers of required
signatures," said Phil Huckelberry, co-chair of
the Illinois Green Party and co-chair of the
national Green Party's Ballot Access Committee. 
"The goal behind HR 4694 is to use public
financing of campaigns -- itself a sorely needed
reform -- to eliminate third party challenges in
congressional races."

"In Missouri?s 2nd congressional district, a
candidate with a party that won less than 25% of
the vote in the last two elections would need
nearly 70,000 signatures to qualify for the
public funding that her/his Democratic and
Republican opponents would get automatically, and
only signatures from the 2nd District would
count. Nearly 35,000 signatures would be
required in order to allow the candidate to spend
anything at all on the campaign." (St. Louis
Oracle, February 05, 2006
)

The Green Party of the United States supports
public financing of campaigns as one of several
measures to remove the corrupting influence of
corporations on U.S. politics
.
But Greens warned that HR 4694 uses public
financing of campaigns as a cover to destroy
democracy by reducing the field to two parties.

Greens called the bill patently unconstitutional
and, if passed, unlikely to survive a court
challenge. But Greens said that the bill is
significant because of the line-up of Congress
members supporting it.

The bill's eight sponsors include liberal
Democrats: David Obey (Wis.), Rosa DeLauro
(Conn.), Barney Frank and James McGovern (Mass.),
Henry Waxman and Bob Filner (Calif.), Steve
Israel (N.Y.), and Tim Ryan (Ohio). Mr. Obey,
Ms. DeLauro, and Mr. Israel faced Green
competition (Mike Miles, Ralph Ferrucci, and John
Keenan, respectively) in recent elections,
suggesting that their sponsorship is retaliatory.
Mr. Miles is seeking the House seat again in
2006 (Wisconsin, District 7); Mr. Ferrucci is
running for the U.S. Senate (Connecticut).

"The Democrats behind this bill have as little
regard for democracy and open elections as
Republicans who have use altered district lines
and other methods to fix elections," said D.C.
Statehood Green Party activist T.E. Smith. 
"Hiding this strategem in a bill for public
financing of campaigns makes it doubly shameful."

"An obvious motivation behind HR 4694 is panic
over a Green insurgency. Voters have realized
that the Democratic Party has given President
Bush and the GOP a pass on various abuses of
power and radical actions, such as the invasion
of Iraq and the confirmation of Judge Samuel
Alito, which most Democrats declined to
filibuster. The time is ripe for a noncorporate
independent third party, and many Democrats are
worried," added Mr. Smith.


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

Text of HR 4694
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.4694:

Mike Miles for the U.S. House of Representatives
(Wisconsin, District 7)
http://www.milesforcongress.com

Ralph A Ferrucci for U.S. Senate (Connecticut)
http://ferrucciforsenate.org

Coalition For Free and Open Elections
http://www.cofoe.org

Green Party rebuttal to President Bush's 2006
State of the Union Address (Video News Release)
http://www.gp.org/video/2006stateofunion/


~ END ~








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From nelsonchris at mac.com  Fri Feb 10 08:52:07 2006
From: nelsonchris at mac.com (Chris Nelson)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:52:07 -0500
Subject: {news} press release
Message-ID: <0B043D89-125E-4BB7-B404-D706B80F4156@mac.com>

Tim,

Thanks for taking the time to put this press release together. This  
bill sounds terrible, part of a trend of using ostensible electoral  
reform to safeguard incumbents and the two-party stranglehold. I am  
glad the Greens got in a word in opposition.

I hate to contribute to the feeling that no good deed goes  
unpunished, but I have a couple of concerns.

The press releases need to be proofread before they are sent out.  
There is a typo in Ralph's quote that makes it almost incoherent, 
(i.e. "noting" for, I assume, "not").  There is also a typo in the  
very first line of the press release, (i.e. no "'s" after DeLauro).

What is the process for nominating a candidate on the Green line for  
office? I thought Ralph, Cliff and others were seeking, but had not  
yet secured, the Green party nomination. Why are they being billed as  
the official candidates?

I want to temper there criticisms by acknowledging that mistakes are  
a fact of life. The typo in the very first publication I sent to  
print while working for an environmental group still causes me to  
cringe more than a decade after the fact. (The details are too  
gruesome to commit to print, but might be divulged in person, in  
confidence, preferably after I have a couple of beers in me.)

I also know, from personal experience, how hard it is to find good  
candidates. Any idealistic soul willing to subject themselves to the  
rigors of a campaign deserves accolades, not petty sniping.

I want our party to succeed as much as anyone. In order to succeed  
our presentations to the public must be well-crafted, and our  
candidates must be chosen through an official process that ensures,  
as much as possible, that they have the broad backing of the party  
membership. We need to live up to both of these standards as we move  
forward.

Look forward to hearing from you,

Chris Nelson
Chapter Representative - New London
http://www.nlgreens.org/



From apbrison at hotmail.com  Fri Feb 10 11:38:59 2006
From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:38:59 -0500
Subject: {news} press release
In-Reply-To: <0B043D89-125E-4BB7-B404-D706B80F4156@mac.com>
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Sat Feb 11 06:13:31 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:13:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} FYI-National Green Party Accountant's Report - JANUARY 2006 
Message-ID: <20060211111331.38865.qmail@web81411.mail.mud.yahoo.com>



Doug Malkan <dougmalkan at yahoo.com> wrote:  From: "Doug Malkan" <dougmalkan at yahoo.com>
To: "USGP NATIONAL" <natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 18:44:50 -0700
Subject: [usgp-coo] Accountant's Report - JANUARY 2006 

Summary for the month of January 2006: income = $32k; expenditures = $32k,
which
included $9,700 in accruals for state sharing.

Comparison to Budget: Fundraising for 2006 YTD was 103% of budget. Expenses
were on budget.

Cash at the end of the month:

Sun Trust Bank - operating 10,913.18
Sovereign Bank - reserve 16,675.73
Total Checking/Savings 27,588.91

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Financial statements are available online at:
http://www.gp.org/committees/finance/financials/
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sincerely,

Doug Malkan, CPA
USGP Accountant
dougm at greens.org

###



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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Sun Feb 12 09:18:11 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:18:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} (Hartford Courant) Third-Party Candidate's First-Class Issue
Message-ID: <20060212141811.14948.qmail@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

  Third-Party Candidate's First-Class Issue 

    ADVERTISERS          
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  Advertise on ctnow 
       -->By Paul Bass-February 12 2006

A candidate for statewide office in Connecticut spoke about drugs and race during a campaign stop the other day.

A candidate for governor.

Yes, this qualifies as news.

He wasn't a Democrat or a Republican, of course. He's a third-party candidate. And he's not a big-time politician like Lowell Weicker or a movie star like Arnold Schwarzenegger. So he may have trouble getting many voters to listen to what he has to say.

But in our limping democracy, serious discussion of pressing issues that require painful self-examination can be hard to find. So it's worth listening to what a third-party candidate like Clifford Thornton has to say.

Especially when it's about drugs and race in Connecticut.

"Connecticut has a population of 3.4, 3.5 million people," Thornton told me after his public appearance. He doesn't need a roomful of voters to rev up his outrage. "Of that population, black and Latino males make up less than 6 percent. But they account for almost 68 percent of the prison population, with almost 70 percent of them being there for drug-related charges.

"I ask you, is race and class a factor?

"If, in fact, whites were arrested and incarcerated [at the same rate] per illegal drug use and sale, we wouldn't be having this conversation because there would literally be armed insurrection in the streets. For instance, when they have these rock concerts in the Meadows, you will see where they arrested 10 or 15 or 20 people for drugs. Within a 24- to 48-hour period, most of those children are out because most of them come from the suburbs, and their parents will not tolerate that. If the same thing happened to an inner-city youth, chances are he would be doing some time.

"Am I lying?"

Third-party candidates rarely win statewide elections. But they have managed to force issues onto the radar and have even seen some of them become law. Social Security happened that way. Ross Perot forced Bill Clinton to tackle the budget deficit. In New Haven, the Green Party got ruling Democrats to embrace campaign finance reform.

So third-party candidates like Cliff Thornton - who's seeking to become the Green Party's candidate for governor - should not, must not be discounted.

His campaign stop the other day was before a room of 25 like-minded potential voters at Yale, a mix of drug-policy types and criminal-justice-reform activists. They nodded their heads instead of squirming in their seats when he spoke of how "race privilege" keeps white suburbanites (many of whom drive into cities to buy their dope) "from getting arrested or going to jail.

"Money lets you hide your problems. And race and money are Siamese twins."

There's good reason you don't usually hear candidates for statewide office talking like that. They make people uncomfortable. It's easier to win office feeling the pain of Gold Coast commuters stuck in traffic jams (as long as you don't mention that they're stuck there because they don't want to pay higher taxes to support mass transit). Plus, winning statewide office requires persuading white suburban voters to support you. The balance of power lies in the suburbs.

But this is exactly the kind of uncomfortable debate that Connecticut should have. And why shouldn't an election campaign be the forum?

Since retiring from the former Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. nine years ago, Thornton, 61, has crusaded to end the drug war. He's cared about the issue since his school days in Hartford's North End, when his mother died of a heroin overdose two weeks before his graduation from Hartford Public High School.

These days he lives in Glastonbury and runs a Hartford-based group called Efficacy . He travels the country and the world to make a case that the war on drugs, as it's now structured, overcrowds our jails without helping anybody, fails to stem drug use and consigns people of color to dead-end lives.

Who can argue with this? Who can argue as the professorial Thornton, dressed in a suit, shirt collar opened, decries the spiral:     
   Parents are jailed on drug charges.   
   Their children, left behind, do badly in school, and are expelled.   
   They get involved in the drug trade. They're busted.   
   With a felony record, they have trouble opening a checking account, which makes it hard to rent an apartment.   
   They can't get loans to go back to school, which makes it harder for them to find a legitimate job. 
Thornton was nearly yelling that day at Yale as he chided politicians for failing to confront voters with uncomfortable truths about the doomed and expensive war on drugs, for failing to deliver more treatment and urban aid programs.

"Politicians have to be willing to risk their jobs!" Thornton cried out, pounding on a table. "We need politicians like that!"

Thornton's solution: Connecticut should legalize marijuana and hemp; "medicalize," meaning treat users for cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and ecstasy abuse; and conduct further debate and "honest" medical study of other illegal drugs.

He cites a series of "Circle for Change" house-party conversations organized last year by Hartford's A Better Way Foundation in Avon, West Hartford, North Branford, Trumbull and other suburbs to discuss the drug war. These conversations spurred suburbanites to lobby the governor and legislators to pass the law that eliminated stark differences in mandatory minimum sentences for people who use powdered cocaine vs. crack cocaine, whose users are disproportionately black and Latino.

Which shows that people's minds can change. Hearts can open. A statewide political campaign may not be the usual stage for such miracles, but here's wishing Cliff Thornton luck.

He could probably use a good campaign slogan to start. So far he's playing off his initials and toying with "CT for CT" and "Are you children safer today than they were 40 years ago from illegal drugs?" Have something snappier? E-mail it to me (p.bass at newhavenindependent.org), and I'll pass it along.

Paul Bass edits the New Haven Independent, an online newspaper. He can be reached at p.bass at newhavenindependent.org.   Copyright 2006, Hartford Courant 
  
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From apbrison at hotmail.com  Sun Feb 12 15:31:54 2006
From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:31:54 -0500
Subject: {news} See WHY WE FIGHT at your local cinema
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From JeandeSmet at galaxyinternet.net  Sun Feb 12 17:41:10 2006
From: JeandeSmet at galaxyinternet.net (Jean de Smet)
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:41:10 -0500
Subject: {news} Internal Elections
Message-ID: <005b01c63025$6cbf2ff0$18c2f504@jean1oa1rgr0ov>

Please notify as many of your chapter members as possible that Elections to
State Green Offices will be held on March 26.  All members are encouraged to
run for office.

 

The following one-year positions are available:

 

Three CO-CHAIRS.  Both genders must be represented

 

Two Representatives and one alternate for REPRESENTATIVE to the GREEN PARTY
of the UNITED STATES

 

One SECRETARY

 

One TREASURER

 

To be included in the mailing announcing the elections, nominations or
candidacies must be announced prior to or at the February 28th, 2006 State
Central Committee meeting.

 

Please contact:

Jean de Smet

39 Davis St. 

Willimantic, CT  06226

860 456-2188 

JeandeSmet at galaxyinternet.net

 

Please also note that there are openings on the Internal Elections Committee
for anyone who would like to participate.  We will also need volunteers to
count the ballots at the Annual Meeting.

 

This will be an important convention, because we will be considering
candidates for Statewide and Federal Offices as well.  To my knowledge, the
following candidates would like our endorsement: Cliff Thornton for
Governor; Nancy Burton for Attorney General, Ralph Ferrucci for State Rep.  

 

Jean

 

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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Sun Feb 12 19:30:08 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:30:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} (PRESS RELEASE) THORNTON OPPOSES MASSIVE L.N.G. PLAN FOR L.I.
	SOUND
Message-ID: <20060213003008.97844.qmail@web81412.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

    THORNTON FOR GOVERNOR
  Contact: Cliff Thornton, Candidate for Governor,(860) 657-8438
Tim McKee, Campaign Manager -cell (860) 324-1684 or (860) 643-2282 

  
THORNTON OPPOSES MASSIVE L.N.G PLAN FOR L.I. SOUND
  
  Shell and Trans Canada?s Broadwater Energy have proposed building a liquefied natural gas facility in Long Island Sound. Broadwater would anchor this ten story, 1,200-foot long facility in the middle of the Sound, off the coast of Branford.

  
Hartford, CT-In a statement released today, Cliff Thornton, who is seeking the Green Party nomination for Governor, said "The waters of Long Island Sound are a vital part of Connecticut. The Sound provides opportunities for recreation, fishing and transportation that enhance our economy and our quality of life. Connecticut and New York have made
great progress in our efforts to clean up the Sound. I feel this facility would be a tremendous setback for these efforts."

Thornton said, "We should be investing in energy efficiency, not in new and dangerous
energy plants. With such investments, regional natural gas demand could be reduced by 11% over the next decade. We would save money on our energy bills and save the Sound."

He added "I also have safety concerns, because this ten story facility will be a terrorist target. To protect it will require an enormous safety buffer, both around the facility itself and around the slow moving barges that will supply it. This safety buffer will close off large portions of the Sound to transportation, recreational boating and commercial fishing activities."

Thornton concluded "As Governor, I would make sure we have the cleanest, most well used Sound possible. Under my administration, we would continue the cleanup of this vital public resource, not give it away to multi-national energy companies for dangerous and unnecessary facilities."

  
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From roseberry3 at cox.net  Sun Feb 12 22:18:42 2006
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:18:42 -0500
Subject: {news} 2-13-06 EC meeting at 7pm
Message-ID: <20060213031856.FLQH29285.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

as per prior agreements, EC meeting is to be the 2nd Monday of every month
at 7PM.

Place to be determined.

 

For 2-13-06 EC meeting:

at 418-A New Britain Avenue

Hartford,  CT

 

 

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

 

 

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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Mon Feb 13 08:18:52 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 05:18:52 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} WE NEED YOU ON FEB 14th anti-vilonce rally
Message-ID: <20060213131852.20447.qmail@web81405.mail.mud.yahoo.com>



            
        Hello All,
   
  PLEASE COME AND LEND YOUR VOICE AND PRESENCE!!!
   
  An Anti-Violence Rally will be held on Tuesday, Feb 14th, at 10:30 at the State Capitol. Participants will assemble on the corner of Broad and Capitol and march to the Governor's office where a collection of petitions will be delivered to her or her representative. This action is being planned coordinated at THIS TIME because the Governor will be meeting with about 15 urban mayors at 11 am on Feb 14th. We want to deliver a very strong message that the issue of guns and violence needs to be strongly addressed!!  Rev White and Bishop Selders will speak on behalf of ICEJ. We will bring petitions that we are asking all of our member congregations to gather signatures on and bring with them. (See attached). PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD and please come, if you can. 





    Shai Cassell , Interim Lead Organizer
Interfaith Coalition for Equity and Justice
860-233-0256 (home) 
860-930-4278 (cell)

  











       
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From edubrule at sbcglobal.net  Mon Feb 13 09:48:57 2006
From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 09:48:57 -0500
Subject: {news} set up Green Party table at organic farmers' March 11
	conference?
Message-ID: <000201c630ac$a2045960$228cf504@edgn2b574u14bi>

This woman visited the CT Green Party website and left the following
message.  If anyone is interested in setting up a table, please contact me 
at
edubrule at sbcglobal.net .  (I will not be able to set up such a table.)
--Ed DuBrule

----- Original Message ----- 
From: ...
To: <greens at ctgreens.org>
...
>
> I am the coordinator for the winter conference hosted by CT Northeast
> Organic Farmers Association.
>
> We have space set aside for non-profits for exhibit tables.  The
> conference is on March 11.  It is held at Windsor High School located at
> 50 Sage Park Rd. Windsor CT. The conference starts at 8:30.
>
> We ask vendors and exhibitors to bring their own set up tables and chairs
> and to arrive before 8:00 am
>
> Sorry for the late notice, I am new at the chair position this year and am
> still working out a few "bugs".
>
> Would you kindly let me know either way if you would like to attend.
> There is no fee for non-profits.
>
> Thank you,
> Teresa ...




From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Mon Feb 13 12:03:44 2006
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:03:44 -0500
Subject: {news} =?windows-1252?q?Fw=3A_USGP-INT_Australian_Green_report_on?=
	=?windows-1252?q?_Nov=2E_Bogot=E1_meeting_to_support_Ingrid_Betanc?=
	=?windows-1252?q?ourt?=
Message-ID: <06ed01c630bf$75d359f0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Feinstein" <mfeinstein at feinstein.org>
To: <usgp-int at gp-us.org>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 5:14 AM
Subject: USGP-INT Australian Green report on Nov. Bogot? meeting to support 
Ingrid Betancourt


> Here is the Australian Greens report on the November int'l Green meeting 
> in Bogota to support Ingrid Betancourt by Bob Muntz and Miriam Solomon
> Joint International Secretaries, Australian Greens
>
> Global Greens conference for the liberation of the hostages, a 
> humanitarian accord and human rights in Colombia
> Bogota, 31 October ? 6 November 2005
>
>
> On 23 February 2002, Ingrid Betancourt, Greens presidential candidate, and 
> her campaign manager Clara Rojas were kidnapped by FARC  guerillas in 
> Colombia.  They have been held, along with an estimated 5600 other 
> hostages, ever since.  Their last communication (a video cassette) was in 
> August 2003;  since then the guerillas have refused all requests for 
> contact.  We believe that Ingrid and Clara are still alive and we will 
> continue to campaign for their liberation as the first step in a peace 
> agreement for Colombia.
>
> Colombia is in the grip of a civil war.  The contending forces include 
> guerilla groups with standing armies in the tens of thousands (FARC, ELN 
> primarily), paramilitaries also with significant armed forces originally 
> supported by the government to counter the guerillas, and the state?s 
> armed forces, police and military.  All are implicated in human rights 
> abuses.  The main victims are the poor, especially peasant farmers, 
> Indigenous pople and Afro-Colombians.  Colombia is second only to Sudan in 
> the number of refugees ? three million people, half under 18 years old, 
> have been forcibly internally displaced in the last three years.
>
> The situation is complicated by US intervention through Plan Colombia, 
> which provides aid and training to the military and is attempting to 
> control drug trafficking by aerial spraying of coca crops with herbicides 
> (fumigation), destroying legal crops, causing environmental destruction 
> and displacing farmers in the process.
>
>
> Global Greens
>
> In November 2005, 14 Greens from 10 countries gathered in Bogota, 
> Colombia, for the first ever coordinated Global Greens action. Previously 
> Greens have visited Colombia individually, including Senator Bob Brown in 
> May 2002, and French Greens representatives in 2003, 2004 and 2005.  The 
> purpose of the Global Greens? visit was to demonstrate to the Colombian 
> authorities, the FARC guerillas and the public the solidarity of the 
> Global Greens with Ingrid, Clara and all the hostages and reinforce 
> international pressure for their liberation.  It was timed in the lead up 
> to Congressional (March 2006) and Presidential elections (May 2006).
>
> During six days, we met many individuals and groups including presidential 
> candidates, the Mayor of Bogota (who effectively auspiced our visit), the 
> UN Human Rights Commissioner, families of the hostages, peace and human 
> rights organisations, Indigenous groups, unions and environments groups. 
> Oxigeno-Verde, the Colombian Greens, are a small group facing not only the 
> constant threat of kidnapping and murder, which afflicts all Colombian 
> activists, but also political barriers, including impossible party 
> registration requirements.
>
>
>
> International intervention seems the only way to break the cycle of 
> violence in Colombia.  As Greens, especially in the English-speaking 
> world, we can play an important role in focusing the attention of our 
> governments on the issue, especially on the systematic abuse of human 
> rights.  We should be urging President Uribe and the FARC to reach a 
> humanitarian agreement, including a hostage exchange, as a first step 
> towards a peace agreement.
>
> The greatest risk to Ingrid and Clara is military intervention by the 
> government to ?release? the hostages, which would almost certainly result 
> in the their murder.  Ingrid will not accept a negotiated solution that 
> does not release all the hostages.  Our priority should be to increase 
> awareness and pressure on our governments for international action.
>
> We developed a plan of action to raise awareness and have begun to 
> implement it by sending Dario Ghilarducci to Bogota as a Green Ambassador 
> in the run up to the elections.  He will be keeping us informed of 
> developments locally.  The full plan is attached.
>
> We thank the European Greens, especially the French Greens, for initiating 
> the conference, and Marelby Agatton (Oxigeno-Verde) for organising an 
> excellent event.
>
>
> Margaret Blakers
> Australian Greens
> January 2006
>
>
> Participants in the Global Greens Bogata conference
>
> 1) Grazia Francescato (Italy, spokesperson of the European Green Party)
> 2) Alain Lipietz (France, Green member of the European Parliament)
> 3) Constantin Fedorovsky (France, International Assistant, Les Verts)
> 4) Jacqueline Bot (Netherlands, Member of the National Board of the Groen 
> Links)
> 5) Dario Ghilarducci (Italy, Federazione dei Verdi)
> 6) Sergio Coronado (France, spokesperson of Les Verts)
> 7) Patrick Farbiaz (France, international secretary of Les Verts)
> 8) Milan Bastinac (Green Party of Bosnia Herz?govine)
> 9) Carl Romanelli (Green Party of the United States)
> 10) Margaret Blakers (Australian Greens, member of the Global Greens 
> Coordination)
> 11) Rikiya Adachi (Japan, The Green Table)
> 12) Candido Jovino (Green Member of the Brazilian Parliament)
> 13) Md. Mujibul Alan Khan (Mayeesha) (Green Party of Taiwan)
> 14) Marie Nagy (Belgium, Member of Parliament Ecolo)
>
>
>  Platform of the Global Greens conference for the liberation of the 
> hostages, a humanitarian accord and human rights in Colombia
> Bogota, 31 October ? 6 November 2005
>
> Platform adopted by representatives of the European Greens, and the Greens 
> of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bosnia, Colombia, USA, Netherlands, France, 
> Italy, Japan and Taiwan
>
> The Greens underline the importance of liberating the hostages as one of 
> the key elements in the Colombian political situation.  The humanitarian 
> accord is the first step in the construction of a peace process in 
> Colombia.  The demand for the unconditional liberation of Ingrid and Clara 
> and all the economic and political hostages is another and is independent 
> of the exchange of prisoners of war.  The Greens reaffirm their total 
> support for the families of the hostages, the victims of war crimes, the 
> Indigenous people of Colombia, unionists and activists suffering 
> persecution, and for the defence of human rights.
>
> The Greens agree
>
> Concerning the peace process
>
> 1. To proclaim 23 February 2006, the fourth anniversary of the kidnapping 
> of Ingrid Betancourt and Clara Rojas, an international day of solidarity 
> with hostages throughout the world.  We agree to support the initiative to 
> organise a concert in Bogota, capital of Colombia, the country where 80% 
> of the world?s hostages are held.  We ask each city which has conferred 
> honorary citizenship on Ingrid to send a representative to Bogota.
>
> 2. To propose the creation of an International Observer Mission for the 
> Colombian elections in 2006 to ensure the electoral process is 
> transparent, and to defend human rights and supporters of the humanitarian 
> accord against threats of any kind.  We will ask our parliamentary 
> representatives to do whatever they can to pressure the combatants, so 
> that a humanitarian accord can be agreed before the end of the electoral 
> process.
>
> 3. To press for the implementation of the recommendations in the Report of 
> the UN High Commission on Human Rights.  The Greens will organise a 
> meeting in Geneva in March 2006, when the Human Rights Commission will be 
> considering the situation of Colombia and the implementation of the Report?s 
> recommendations.
>
> 4. To promote the initiative of the European Parliament to organise a 
> seminar on amnesty and impunity drawing upon international experience.
>
> 5. To follow up the meeting with Francisco Galan (ELN), in consultation 
> with the Peace Commission, working to consolidate the five point peace 
> process between the ELN and the government.
>
> Concerning human rights and the social and environmental agenda
>
> 6. Jointly with Indigenous and environmental organisations, to push for 
> the creation of an International Commission to inquire into fumigation and 
> its consequences.
>
> 7. To liaise with the Greens of the Americas to organise a parliamentary 
> delegation for the protection of the Amazonian forests, recognising the 
> threats from conflicts with landowners, conflicts between the state and 
> armed groups, and the consequences of climate change.  It should expose 
> the serious impacts of expanding African palm plantations.  A workshop on 
> the role of the palm in the expansion of biodiesel is being organised in 
> Stockholm as part of the European Greens climate campaign.
>
> 8. To support the intiative for a permanent People?s Tribunal against 
> Multinationals in Colombia, organised by unions and social organisations, 
> especially looking at oil, gold, food and public services.
>
> 9. To support the Uwa and other Indigenous people in the caravan of 
> dignity, an initiative of the Italian Greens.
>
> 10. To invite representatives of the families of kidnap victims and human 
> rights groups to give an account of the situation in Colombia to the 
> European Parliament.
>
> Concerning the Greens campaign in support of Ingrid, Clara and the 
> hostages
>
> 11. To ask Green parties to campaign in support of Ingrid?s nomination for 
> the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize in order to make her a symbol of the fight 
> against the crime of hostage-taking, and increase her capacity to act as a 
> mediator for peace in the Colombian conflict.
>
> 12. To establish a Green Ambassador in Bogota to maintain contact with the 
> authorities, NGO groups, social movements and political parties and keep 
> the Global Greens informed.
>
> 13. To organise a Green presence at the World Social Forum in Caracas in 
> January 2006, to support the humanitarian accord, the liberation of 
> Ingrid, Clara and the hostages, to isolate the FARC amongst the global 
> left and to inform activists of the push by the European Greens to expel 
> FARC from the Sao Paulo Forum.
>
> 14. To maintain solidarity with Oxigeno-Verde and propose at the next 
> Global Greens conference the creation of a solidarity fund for Green 
> parties threatened by repression or armed force, or in the process of 
> becoming constituted.
>
> 15. To create an international network against the repression of 
> environmentalists and Greens (the Green Shield).




From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Mon Feb 13 19:31:55 2006
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:31:55 +0000
Subject: {news} Cultivating an Organic Connecticut Conference
In-Reply-To: <005a01c6244b$c4234230$6d7f5643@toshibauser>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F15B48AB45831DEB1506C36D6060@phx.gbl>

http://www.ctnofa.org/events/conference.htm

Annual Cultivating an Organic Connecticut Conference
March 11, 2006 - Windsor High School - 8:30 am to 4:45 pm

Welcome to CT NOFA?s annual Cultivating an Organic Connecticut Conference, 
formally the End of Winter Conference. We?re glad you?ve decided to join our 
growing community of farmers, gardeners, organic land care professionals, 
businesses, and food lovers for this celebration of organic living in 
Connecticut.

We?re excited to introduce a number of new features this year, including two 
event sponsors. New Morning Natural and Organic in Woodbury, CT is a retail 
store dedicated to local and organic food. They are long-time NOFA 
supporters and we?re thrilled to have their help in making this event 
possible.

Sterling Planet is our second sponsor and the nation?s leading renewable 
energy retailer. In addition to their financial sponsorship, they will 
?power our event? by donating to the regional grid renewably-generated 
electricity equivalent to our day?s usage .

In addition to a rousing keynote address from James Howard Kunstler, we?re 
offering more workshops than ever this year. There are over 30 workshops on 
farming, gardening, land care, alternative energy, political action, and 
cooking. You?ll also find roomy new accommodations for our cooking classes 
in the culinary arts classroom and for some hands-on workshops in the auto 
shop classroom.

Enjoy the food, the friends, and our positive vision for the future!

Jennifer Brown
Conference Coordinator




From apbrison at hotmail.com  Tue Feb 14 09:23:49 2006
From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 09:23:49 -0500
Subject: {news} Peter Bowman
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Tue Feb 14 15:38:45 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:38:45 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Woodland High School seeks third party speaker for panel
Message-ID: <20060214203845.55116.qmail@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

        Dear Mr. McKee,  


  The Political Awareness Club of Woodland Regional High School is hosting a panel discussion entitled: ?Plug In, Act Now, Connect! Developing the Politically Aware Student? to foster the growing political awareness of our student body.  


  You are cordially invited to participate in our panel which will be held on Wednesday, March 22nd at Woodland Regional High School in Beacon Falls, Connecticut.  


  Since its inception in 2001, the students of Woodland Regional High School have shown their commitment to the communities you represent every day in the various philanthropies and organizations they support. Your presence at our panel would underscore our mutual dedication and hopefully encourage greater youth involvement in local government and social issues.  


  The schedule for March 22nd is as follows: 


    
   8:15 A.M.   Guided tour of Woodland Regional High School 
 

    
   8:30 A.M.   ?Coffee and
? in the Media Center 
 

    
   9:00-10:00 A.M. Panel Discussion in the Media Center 
 

 

    We look forward to your response. To date, we have several local and state officials who will be participating, including State Senator Joseph Crisco.  



  Please confirm your attendance or regrets by Tuesday, February 28th to:
  Joelle Blaskey, Faculty Advisor
  Political Awareness Club, Woodland High School 
  (203) 881-5551 ext. #516 
  jblaskey at region16ct.org 

 

 


  Sincerely yours, 


  Kimberly A. Brennnan
  President 
  Political Awareness Club  


  Attachment 

   
   
  Plug In, Act Now, Connect: Developing the Politically Aware Student
  
  Panel Discussion Guiding Questions
  
   
  What does your job entail? 
  Why do you think it is important that youths get involved in politics?
  What are you doing to reach and engage high school students? 
  Why do you think almost all teenagers are aware of the latest hi-tech gadgets but do not vote? 
  How would you describe your typical day? 
  Describe the campaign process. What personal sacrifices have you made to pursue a career in politics? What makes these sacrifices worthwhile? 
  Where did you attend high school and college? What was your major? When and why did you get involved in politics?
  What single issue do you feel most passionately about?
  What is the most difficult aspect of your job?
  What is the most interesting aspect of your job?
  What do you think of the political rivalry between democrats and republicans at the national level, and do you see the same intensity of conflict in the General Assembly?
  What do you feel is the role of third parties? How do third parties affect the political process? 
  What made you decide to join the party that you did? What are the issues that you voted along party lines for and what issues made you cross party lines when voting?
  What piece of legislation did you vote on in this session that you think most directly impacts people of our age the most? 
  To what factors do you attribute voter apathy among 18-25 year olds? 
  What advice would you give seniors in high school who are about to graduate? 
   





       
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From smderosa at cox.net  Tue Feb 14 20:16:13 2006
From: smderosa at cox.net (smderosa)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:16:13 -0500
Subject: {news} REMINDER:Meeting With Sen DeFronzo Wed. 2/15/06- 12 Noon- LOB
	Hartford- Reforming CFR
Message-ID: <20060215011623.VKEY29285.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@userb649154f63>

Dear Greens and interested parties: 
REMINDER
(Please send out to other list servers)
 
Important meeting with Senator DeFronzo(co-chair of Goverment and Elections
Committee) about minor parties and Campaign Finance Reform Law. 
 
PLEASE ATTEND.  ALL ARE WELCOME. WE NEED TO SHOW A LARGE PRESENCE TO  MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
 
WHEN:  Tomorrow, WED 2/15/06 , 12 NOON to 1PM 
 
WHAT: GIVING ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE G & E COMMITTEE OUR VIEWS ON THE
ONEROUS  MINOR PARTY PROVISIONS OF THE RECENTLY PASSSED CAMPAIGN FINANCE
REFORM LAW.
 
WHERE:
Legislative Office Building  RM. 2200 (TAKE ESCALATOR TO 2ND FLOOR -Go to
back of office)
300 Capitol Avenue (Below or HYPERLINK
"http://www.mapquest.com"www.mapquest.com )

Hartford, CT  HYPERLINK
"http://www.cga.ct.gov/olm/images/menu/lob3.jpg"Legislative Office Building

>From I-84 Eastbound

Take Exit 48, Capitol Ave (stay in right lane of exit). Go right at end of
exit ramp onto Capitol Ave. and proceed past the Legislative Office Building
which will be on your right. Immediately past the building, take first right
and proceed past both the building and the parking garage beyond it.
Continue all the way to the back of the garage to enter for parking. There
is a covered walk way from the top level of the garage to the third floor of
the Legislative Office Building. 

>From I-84 Westbound

Take Exit 48, Asylum St. Go right at the light at the end of the exit, then
bear immediately left onto the start of Farmington Ave. Go a very short
distance on Farmington Ave. to the next light (YWCA is on the corner), and
turn left onto Broad St. Go through one stoplight, and past the State Armory
building which will be on your left. Immediately past the State Armory
building, turn left into the Legislative Office Building access road, and
then take your next left. You will be heading toward the Legislative Office
Building parking garage. Continue all the way to the back of the garage. 


>From I-91 North or South

Take Exit 29A, Capitol Area exit, and proceed along the exit 29A connector.
You will come to a traffic circle at the end of this long connector road.
Proceed around the traffic circle, and turn right from the circle onto Elm
St. Follow Elm St. to the end, (you will see the State Capitol Building in
front of you). At the stop light at the end of Elm St., go left onto Trinity
St., then go right at the next light onto Capitol Ave. The State Capitol
Building will be on your right. Proceed along Capitol Ave., going past the
Capitol Building, and past the entrance to I-84. You will also go past the
Legislative Office Building which will be on your right. Turn right into the
entrance immediately after the Legislative Office Building, and proceed past
both the building and the parking garage beyond it. Continue all the way to
the back of the garage to enter for parking. There is a covered walk way
from the top level of the garage to the third floor of the Legislative
Office Building. 


>From West Hartford, Route 44

Take Asylum Ave. (Route 44) from North Main St. in West Hartford. Proceed
along Asylum Ave. (Route 44) heading toward Hartford until you get to the
Broad St. intersection (The Hartford Insurance Group headquarters building
will be on your left). Turn right onto Broad St. and proceed past the State
Armory building on your left. Immediately past the State Armory building,
turn left into the Legislative Office Building access road, and then take
your next left, heading toward the Legislative Office Building parking
garage. Continue all the way to the back of the garage to enter for parking.
There is a covered walk way from the top level of the garage to the third
floor of the Legislative Office Building.


 


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From smderosa at cox.net  Tue Feb 14 20:18:30 2006
From: smderosa at cox.net (smderosa)
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:18:30 -0500
Subject: {news} FW: REMINDER:Meeting With Sen DeFronzo Wed. 2/15/06- 12 Noon-
	LOB Hartford- Reforming CFR
Message-ID: <20060215011841.MHV14821.eastrmmtao02.cox.net@userb649154f63>

Dear Greens and interested parties: 
REMINDER
(Please send out to other list servers)
 
Important meeting with Senator DeFronzo(co-chair of Goverment and Elections
Committee) about minor parties and Campaign Finance Reform Law. 
 
PLEASE ATTEND.  ALL ARE WELCOME. WE NEED TO SHOW A LARGE PRESENCE TO  MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
 
WHEN:  Tomorrow, WED 2/15/06 , 12 NOON to 1PM 
 
WHAT: GIVING ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE G & E COMMITTEE OUR VIEWS ON THE
ONEROUS  MINOR PARTY PROVISIONS OF THE RECENTLY PASSSED CAMPAIGN FINANCE
REFORM LAW.
 
WHERE:
Legislative Office Building  RM. 2200 (TAKE ESCALATOR TO 2ND FLOOR -Go to
back of office)
300 Capitol Avenue (Below or HYPERLINK
"http://www.mapquest.com"www.mapquest.com )

Hartford, CT  HYPERLINK
"http://www.cga.ct.gov/olm/images/menu/lob3.jpg"Legislative Office Building

>From I-84 Eastbound

Take Exit 48, Capitol Ave (stay in right lane of exit). Go right at end of
exit ramp onto Capitol Ave. and proceed past the Legislative Office Building
which will be on your right. Immediately past the building, take first right
and proceed past both the building and the parking garage beyond it.
Continue all the way to the back of the garage to enter for parking. There
is a covered walk way from the top level of the garage to the third floor of
the Legislative Office Building. 

>From I-84 Westbound

Take Exit 48, Asylum St. Go right at the light at the end of the exit, then
bear immediately left onto the start of Farmington Ave. Go a very short
distance on Farmington Ave. to the next light (YWCA is on the corner), and
turn left onto Broad St. Go through one stoplight, and past the State Armory
building which will be on your left. Immediately past the State Armory
building, turn left into the Legislative Office Building access road, and
then take your next left. You will be heading toward the Legislative Office
Building parking garage. Continue all the way to the back of the garage. 


>From I-91 North or South

Take Exit 29A, Capitol Area exit, and proceed along the exit 29A connector.
You will come to a traffic circle at the end of this long connector road.
Proceed around the traffic circle, and turn right from the circle onto Elm
St. Follow Elm St. to the end, (you will see the State Capitol Building in
front of you). At the stop light at the end of Elm St., go left onto Trinity
St., then go right at the next light onto Capitol Ave. The State Capitol
Building will be on your right. Proceed along Capitol Ave., going past the
Capitol Building, and past the entrance to I-84. You will also go past the
Legislative Office Building which will be on your right. Turn right into the
entrance immediately after the Legislative Office Building, and proceed past
both the building and the parking garage beyond it. Continue all the way to
the back of the garage to enter for parking. There is a covered walk way
from the top level of the garage to the third floor of the Legislative
Office Building. 


>From West Hartford, Route 44

Take Asylum Ave. (Route 44) from North Main St. in West Hartford. Proceed
along Asylum Ave. (Route 44) heading toward Hartford until you get to the
Broad St. intersection (The Hartford Insurance Group headquarters building
will be on your left). Turn right onto Broad St. and proceed past the State
Armory building on your left. Immediately past the State Armory building,
turn left into the Legislative Office Building access road, and then take
your next left, heading toward the Legislative Office Building parking
garage. Continue all the way to the back of the garage to enter for parking.
There is a covered walk way from the top level of the garage to the third
floor of the Legislative Office Building.


 


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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Wed Feb 15 12:24:22 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:24:22 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} (N. H. Register) State's Greens say Refom Measure hurts 3rd
	parties
Message-ID: <20060215172422.13044.qmail@web81401.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

                                    02/14/2006    State?s Greens say reform measure hurts 3rd parties     Joseph Straw , Register Washington Bureau 
          WASHINGTON ? The Connecticut Green Party is slamming U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-3, for her support of a public campaign finance bill the Greens claim would reinforce exclusion of third parties from elected office. 
U.S. Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., offered the bill last week with DeLauro and six other co-sponsors.

                
 
                  on error resume next For mp_i=11 To 6 Step -1 If Not IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." & mp_i)) Then Else   mp_swver=mp_i   Exit For End If Next       ');   }   //-->           Like Connecticut?s public financing system for statewide races, the Obey bill would set up a fixed pot for House races but would divide the pot between parties based on each one?s share of the vote in the prior two elections combined.

By garnering a specific number of petition signatures, any challenger, either in a minority party or third party, could receive the amount of funding awarded to the top recipient. Partial funding would require signatures equal to 10 percent of ballots cast in the last election, and 20 percent for full funding.

All independent expenditures "are banned outright so that only the candidate is responsible" for his or her message, according to Obey?s office.

Green Party critics of the plan include New Haveners Charlie Pillsbury, who challenged DeLauro in 2002, and Ralph Ferrucci, who did the same in 2004 and is now taking on U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn.

Pillsbury voiced disbelief that a candidate could not spend his or her own money on a campaign.

"No government money and no private money will mean that a non-qualifying candidate would be prohibited from spending any money at all, not one red cent. Not even a business card with the candidate name and office sought would be legal under the bill," Pillsbury said.

"Third parties have always brought out new voters and people who would not have voted, "Ferrucci said. "By not giving them a voice, we are then taking away their right to free speech."

DeLauro spokeswoman Ashley Turton said Obey?s bill "starts an important dialogue about the need to rid the system of money while giving candidates across the political spectrum more effective means to build real grass-roots support. 

"Congresswoman DeLauro believes one of the most attractive aspects of this particular bill is that third parties and independent candidates automatically receive funding based on popular support," Turton said.

Obey?s office argues that the bill would provide "vast majority of challengers with more funds to mount their campaign than the current system," in Ferrucci?s case eight times the roughly $5,000 he raised in 2004, according to a Democratic aide.

Connecticut?s new public financing law for statewide elections requires that the candidate?s party received 10 percent of the vote in the previous election to get one-third of the maximum public financing; 15 percent to receive two-thirds; and 20 percent of the vote to receive a full grant.

This month, however, Rell proposed cutting those thresholds to 3 percent, 4 percent and 5 percent, respectively.

Mary Boyle of Common Cause, a Washington nonprofit that advocates for campaign finance reform, said that Obey?s bill "gets to the heart of the process" by "stopping the money chase."

Boyle further questioned the Greens? contention that the bill is exclusionary, and echoed the argument that the bill is a necessary step.

"There?s a threshold you need to meet regardless of your party affiliation, so I don?t know if it really excludes anyone," Boyle said. "And we think public financing is the way to go, and we strongly support (Obey?s) efforts.   
---------------------------------
  

Joseph Straw can be reached at jstraw at nhregister.com or (202) 737-5654. 
http://www.nhregister.com/site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=1281&dept_id=517515&newsid=16120284 


       
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Wed Feb 15 12:29:38 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:29:38 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} ( Green Action Center) Stop the attacks on third parties!
	Please pass this along!
Message-ID: <20060215172938.88824.qmail@web81404.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

    Check out the Green Action Center at www.gp.org and send a letter to
your congressperson and/or the media in your state. Make your voice
heard, oppose HR 4694 and demand that publicly funded elections be fair
to all candidates and parties. 

Peace, 
Emily Citkowski
Green Party Operations Director

http://www.gp.org/action/




       
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From edubrule at sbcglobal.net  Wed Feb 15 23:54:18 2006
From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:54:18 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: AFSC Community Calendar 2-10-06
Message-ID: <000401c632b9$223f7340$c68cf504@edgn2b574u14bi>

6-Story Newsletter Template + Images
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From: AFSC Connecticut 
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Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 8:57 PM
Subject: AFSC Community Calendar 2-10-06


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:   
                                 
                                 .    AFSC-CT Community Calendar  
                                  .    Week of Feb 11-16th  
                                 
                                 
                                 .    STOP THE VIOLENCE - Urban/Suburban Solidarity Demonstration  
                                  .    Week of Feb 17-23rd  
                                 
                                 
                                 .    How safe is the village and what is your role?  
                                  .    Week of Feb 24- March 2nd  
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                AFSC-CT Community Calendar  
                                 
                                Friends,
                                Many good events are occuring throughout the state this month. A skeleton of these events follows - visit our online community calendar for the full information: http://www.afsc.org/ct/ 

                                There are two urban initiatives highlighted below for this week - a demonstration on Tuesday at the Capitol urging Gov. Rell to engage with CT mayors to eliminate violence in urban cities, and the "How Safe if the Village" forum on drugs and children on Thursday. 
                                Please take a moment to sign the  

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                STOP THE VIOLENCE - Urban/Suburban Solidarity Demonstration  
                                 
                                February 14th Rally in Solidarity with City Mayors on Urban Violence

                                Urban Violence Impacts All Communities 
                                Send A Message to Governor Rell to Actively Engage and Support all CT Urban Mayors in Eliminating Violence 
                                Demonstrate Urban/Suburban Solidarity 
                                Support Mayor Perez and the Other Participating Mayors 
                                What You Can Do... 
                                ________________________________________
                                Sign the Petition to Governor Rell 
                                http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/617139384

                                Attend the Rally... 
                                Urban/Suburban Solidarity Demonstration 
                                Tuesday, February 14th, 2006 
                                Gathering time: 10:30 AM 
                                Park perimeter at Broad Street and Capitol Avenue 
                                Hartford, CT 
                                Procession to Capitol to hand deliver petitions

                                Why You Should Sign the Petition and Attend the Rally 

                                The Task Force on Race, Class and Social Justice, in solidarity with the Men of Color Initiative, the Urban/Suburban Alliance and a number of other organizations are undertaking a petition drive to be presented to Governor M. Jodi Rell. This petition states the vital necessity for the State of Connecticut to actively engage with the City of Hartford, and all Connecticut Urban Cities, to eliminate the violence that plagues its residents as well as impacting all of us as citizens and neighbors throughout Connecticut. 

                                This petition will be hand delivered to Governor Rell on February 14th when she meets in Hartford with the Mayors of 15 Connecticut cities to discuss solutions to the increased violence in the state's urban neighborhoods. 

                                We fully support Mayor Perez's call to the Governor for shifting more state funds to preventive programs like after-school activities and job training instead of programs that deal with our young people after they get into trouble. 

                                Men of Color Initiative [MOCI] 
                                Task Force on Race, Class and Social Justice
                                ________________________________________
                                email: tfrcsj at yahoo.com 
                                Cornell Lewis: (860) 220-4051 [numeric pager]

                                Sign the Petition to Governor Rell  

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                How safe is the village and what is your role?  
                                 
                                The Alliance Connecticut and Deputy Speaker Marie Kirkley-Bey Present: 

                                How safe is the village and what is your role?

                                Safer Kids - Safer Schools - Safety First 

                                Guest speaker: Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D., Director of the Safety First Project and director of the San Francisco office of the Drug Policy Alliance will be presenting strategies for educating parents and teachers on harm reduction approaches to drug education. 

                                How do we talk to youth about drugs?
                                Who is talking to our youth about drug use?
                                How can our youth be better protected at school?

                                Our opinions and solutions can be a movement!

                                Thursday, February 16, 2006, 6-8 pm
                                State Capitol, 3rd Flr, Old Appropriations Room 
                                Refreshments will be served!

                                For information, transportation, and childcare contact Michelle Yorio at (860) 524-0502 ext 15 or e-mail michelle.yorio at abwf-ct.org on or before Friday, February 10, 2006.

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                Week of Feb 11-16th  
                                 
                                Feb/11
                                SAT Exploring Class: A day-long (Details)
                                Arise for Social Justice, 94 Rifle St, Springfield MA
                                9:00 AM - 5:00 PM 


                                Feb/11
                                SAT My Avenging Angel Workshop (Details)
                                Hartford Hospital Wethersfield Health Center, 1260 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield, CT
                                10:00 AM - 4:00 PM 


                                Feb/11
                                SAT VIGILS: EVERY SATURDAY IN WEST HARTFORD CENTER (Details)
                                Farmington Avenue and Main Street, West Hartford, CT
                                11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 


                                Feb/11
                                SAT Ridgefield Peace March (Details)
                                Ballard Park across from the library, Ridgefield, CT
                                1:00 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/11
                                SAT The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                2:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/11
                                SAT The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                8:00 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/12
                                SUN Bethlehem Peace Vigil (Details)
                                junction of routes 132 and 61, Bethlehem, CT
                                12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 


                                Feb/12
                                SUN The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                2:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/12
                                SUN Story-teller Valerie Tutson - Underground Railroad (Details)
                                Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, CT
                                2:30 PM - 4:00 PM 


                                Feb/12
                                SUN Peace and Justice Film Series (Details)
                                Sponsor(s): SE CT Peace and Justice Network
                                318 State St., New London, CT
                                3:00 PM - 6:00 PM 


                                Feb/12
                                SUN The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/13
                                MON The Children of Darfur - Exhibit Opening (Details)
                                Sponsor: AFSC
                                The Bushnell, Hartford, CT



                                Feb/13
                                MON Earth Prayers! (Details)
                                Chapel of the First Baptist Church, West Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/14
                                TUE Our Love is 1st Class...But the Law says It's Second (Details)
                                Hartford City Hall, 500 Main Street,, Hartford, CT
                                8:30 AM - 9:30 AM 


                                Feb/14
                                TUE Nationwide Valentine's Day Town Hall Marriage License Actions (Details)
                                Norwich Town Hall, Room 215, 100 Broadway,, Norwich, CT
                                10:00 AM - 11:00 AM 


                                Feb/14
                                TUE VALENTINE Lobby Day (Details)
                                Legislative Office Building, 210 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT
                                10:30 AM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/14
                                TUE Urban/Suburban Solidarity Demonstration (Details)
                                Sponsor: AFSC
                                Park perimeter at Broad Street and Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT
                                10:30 AM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/14
                                TUE Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty Meeting (Details)
                                United Methodist Church of Hartford, 571 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT
                                7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 


                                Feb/14
                                TUE The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/14
                                TUE Simsbury Dialogue on the War in Iraq (Details)
                                Sponsors: AFSC, Connecticut Coalition For Peace and Justice; Central Connecticut Chapter of Veterans For Peace
                                695 Hopmeadow St (Boy Scout Hall), Simsbury, CT
                                7:30 PM - 9:30 PM 


                                Feb/15
                                WED Latin American Migrant Children in Connecticut: Education and Human Rights (Details)
                                Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center (PRLACC), UConn, Storrs, CT
                                4:00 PM - 6:00 PM 


                                Feb/15
                                WED The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/16
                                THU How safe is the village and what is your role? (Details)
                                State Capitol, 3rd Flr, Old Appropriations Room, Hartford, CT
                                6:00 PM - 8:00 PM 


                                Feb/16
                                THU Voluntown Peace Trust's Winter Film and Discussion Series - THE FUTURE OF FOOD (Details)
                                539 Beach Pond Road (Route 165), Voluntown, CT
                                7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 


                                Feb/16
                                THU The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/16
                                THU Monologues/Valentine's Day celebration (Details)
                                Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/16
                                THU Planning Committee Meeting - March 18th Rally and March planning (Details)
                                The People's Center, 37 Howe Street,, New Haven, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 

                                View Details of Events  

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                Week of Feb 17-23rd  
                                 
                                Feb/17
                                FRI Friday Vigil Against the War - Hartford (Details)
                                450 Main St., Hartford, CT
                                11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 


                                Feb/17
                                FRI Monologues/Valentine's Day celebration (Details)
                                Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/17
                                FRI The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                8:00 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/18
                                SAT My Avenging Angel Workshop (Details)
                                Hartford Hospital Wethersfield Health Center, 1260 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield, CT
                                10:00 AM - 4:00 PM 


                                Feb/18
                                SAT VIGILS: EVERY SATURDAY IN WEST HARTFORD CENTER (Details)
                                Farmington Avenue and Main Street, West Hartford, CT
                                11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 


                                Feb/18
                                SAT The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                2:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/18
                                SAT Ghana fundraiser - Celebrate Marla Ludwig's (pushing 60) birthday (Details)
                                ArtSpace, 555 Asylum Ave, Hartford, CT
                                6:00 PM - 10:00 PM 


                                Feb/18
                                SAT The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                8:00 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/19
                                SUN Bethlehem Peace Vigil (Details)
                                junction of routes 132 and 61, Bethlehem, CT
                                12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 


                                Feb/19
                                SUN Connecticut United for Peace Meeting (Details)
                                The Church of the Holy Trinity, 350 Main St., Middletown, CT
                                2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 


                                Feb/19
                                SUN The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                2:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/19
                                SUN The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/20
                                MON "Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us" (Details)
                                Harkness Hall (WLH), 100 Wall Street, room 309 - Yale University, New Haven, CT
                                8:00 PM - 9:00 PM 


                                Feb/21
                                TUE The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/21
                                TUE The Gendered Body: Body Modification and Transgender Identity (Details)
                                Yale Women's Center, 198 Elm Street, New Haven, CT
                                7:30 PM - 9:00 PM 


                                Feb/22
                                WED Intersections: Race and Transgender Identity (Details)
                                Yale Women's Center, 198 Elm Street, New Haven, CT
                                4:00 PM - 6:00 PM 


                                Feb/22
                                WED The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/23
                                THU Planning Meeting for April 29th AntiWar Mobilization (Details)
                                YWCA, 135 Broad Street, Hartford, CT
                                7:00 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/23
                                THU The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 
                                View Details of These Events  

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                Week of Feb 24- March 2nd  
                                 
                                Feb/24
                                FRI Friday Vigil Against the War - Hartford (Details)
                                450 Main St., Hartford, CT
                                11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 


                                Feb/24
                                FRI Hope Out Loud Coffeehouse (Details)
                                Sponsors: AFSC, Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice
                                555 Asylum Avenue,, Hartford, CT
                                7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 


                                Feb/24
                                FRI The Struggle Continues: Carrying on the Legacy of Mother Rosa Parks and Constance Baker Motley &Reportback from 16th World Festival of Youth & Students, Venezuela, 2005 (Details)
                                La Paloma Sabanera, 405 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 

                                Feb/24
                                FRI The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                8:00 PM - 11:59 PM 
                                Feb/25
                                SAT VIGILS: EVERY SATURDAY IN WEST HARTFORD CENTER (Details)
                                Farmington Avenue and Main Street, West Hartford, CT
                                11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 


                                Feb/25
                                SAT Activism 103 (Details)
                                Church of the Holy Trinity, 381 Main Street, Middletown, CT
                                12:00 PM - 6:00 PM 


                                Feb/25
                                SAT The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                2:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/25
                                SAT The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                8:00 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/26
                                SUN Bethlehem Peace Vigil (Details)
                                junction of routes 132 and 61, Bethlehem, CT
                                12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 


                                Feb/26
                                SUN The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                2:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/26
                                SUN The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Feb/28
                                TUE Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty Meeting (Details)
                                First Unitarian Universalist Society in New Haven 608 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT
                                7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 


                                Feb/28
                                TUE The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Mar/01
                                WED The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 


                                Mar/02
                                THU Voluntown Peace Trust's Winter Film and Discussion Series - SEEDS, HOPE AND CONCRETE (Details)
                                539 Beach Pond Road (Route 165), Voluntown, CT
                                7:00 PM - 9:00 PM 


                                Mar/02
                                THU The Exonerated - Theaterworks (Details)
                                233 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT
                                7:30 PM - 11:59 PM 
                                View Details of These Events  

                                   
                                 
                                 
                                 
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Thu Feb 16 05:57:25 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:57:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} US to give away $7 Billion Royalities on Public  land
Message-ID: <20060216105725.73109.qmail@web81411.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

  U.S. Has Royalty Plan to Give Windfall to Oil
Companies

By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
The New York Times, February 14, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/14/business/14oil.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 ? The federal government is
on the verge of one of the biggest giveaways of
oil and gas in American history, worth an
estimated $7 billion over five years.

New projections, buried in the Interior
Department's just-published budget plan,
anticipate that the government will let companies
pump about $65 billion worth of oil and natural
gas from federal territory over the next five
years without paying any royalties to the
government.

Based on the administration figures, the
government will give up more than $7 billion in
payments between now and 2011. The companies are
expected to get the largess, known as royalty
relief, even though the administration assumes
that oil prices will remain above $50 a barrel
throughout that period. 

Administration officials say that the benefits
are dictated by laws and regulations that date
back to 1996, when energy prices were relatively
low and Congress wanted to encourage more
exploration and drilling in the high-cost,
high-risk deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. 

"We need to remember the primary reason that
incentives are given," said Johnnie M. Burton,
director of the federal Minerals Management
Service. "It's not to make more money,
necessarily. It's to make more oil, more gas,
because production of fuel for our nation is
essential to our economy and essential to our
people."

But what seemed like modest incentives 10 years
ago have ballooned to levels that have alarmed
even ardent supporters of the oil and gas
industry, partly because of added sweeteners
approved during the Clinton administration but
also because of ambiguities in the law that
energy companies have successfully exploited in
court.

Short of imposing new taxes on the industry,
there may be little Congress can do to reverse
its earlier giveaways. The new projections come
at a moment when President Bush and Republican
leaders are on the defensive about record-high
energy prices, soaring profits at major oil
companies and big cuts in domestic spending. 

Indeed, Mr. Bush and House Republicans are trying
to kill a one-year, $5 billion windfall profits
tax for oil companies that the Senate passed last
fall.

Moreover, the projected largess could be just the
start. Last week, Kerr-McGee Exploration and
Development, a major industry player, began a
brash but utterly serious court challenge that
could, if it succeeds, cost the government
another $28 billion in royalties over the next
five years. 

In what administration officials and industry
executives alike view as a major test case,
Kerr-McGee told the Interior Department last week
that it planned to challenge one of the
government's biggest limitations on royalty
relief if it could not work out an acceptable
deal in its favor. If Kerr-McGee is successful,
administration projections indicate that about 80
percent of all oil and gas from federal waters in
the Gulf of Mexico would be royalty-free. 

"It's one of the greatest train robberies in the
history of the world," said Representative George
Miller, a California Democrat who has fought
royalty concessions on oil and gas for more than
a decade. "It's the gift that keeps on giving." 

Republican lawmakers are also concerned about how
the royalty relief program is working out.

"I don't think there is a single member of
Congress who thinks you should get royalty relief
at $70 a barrel" for oil, said Representative
Richard W. Pombo, Republican of California and
chairman of the House Resources Committee.

"It was Congress's intent," Mr. Pombo said in an
interview on Friday, "that if oil was at $10 a
barrel, there should be royalty relief so
companies could have some kind of incentive to
invest capital. But at $70 a barrel, don't expect
royalty relief."

Tina Kreisher, a spokeswoman for the Interior
Department, said Monday that the giveaways might
turn out to be less than the basic forecasts
indicate because of "certain variables." 

The government does not disclose how much
individual companies benefit from the incentives,
and most companies refuse to disclose either how
much they pay in royalties or how much they are
allowed to avoid.

But the benefits are almost entirely for gas and
oil produced in the Gulf of Mexico.

The biggest producers include Shell, BP, Chevron
and Exxon Mobil as well as smaller independent
companies like Anadarko and Devon Energy. 

Executives at some companies, including Exxon
Mobil, said they had already stopped claiming
royalty relief because they knew market prices
had exceeded the government's price triggers.

About one-quarter of all oil and gas produced in
the United States comes from federal lands and
federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. 

As it happens, oil and gas royalties to the
government have climbed much more slowly than
market prices over the last five years. 

The New York Times reported last month that one
major reason for the lag appeared to be a
widening gap between the average sales prices
that companies are reporting to the government
when paying royalties and average spot market
prices on the open market. 

Industry executives and administration officials
contend that the disparity mainly reflects
different rules for defining sales prices.
Administration officials also contend that the
disparity is illusory, because the government's
annual statistics are muddled up with big
corrections from previous years.

Both House and Senate lawmakers are now
investigating the issue, as is the Government
Accountability Office, Congress's watchdog arm.

But the much bigger issue for the years ahead is
royalty relief for deepwater drilling. 

The original law, known as the Deep Water Royalty
Relief Act, had bipartisan support and was
intended to promote exploration and production in
deep waters of the outer continental shelf. 

At the time, oil and gas prices were
comparatively low and few companies were
interested in the high costs and high risks of
drilling in water thousands of feet deep.

The law authorized the Interior Department, which
leases out tens of millions of acres in the Gulf
of Mexico, to forgo its normal 12 percent royalty
for much of the oil and gas produced in very deep
waters.

Because it take years to explore and then build
the huge offshore platforms, most of the oil and
gas from the new leases is just beginning to
flow. 

The Minerals Management Service of the Interior
Department, which oversees the leases and
collects the royalties, estimates that the amount
of royalty-free oil will quadruple by 2011, to
112 million barrels. The volume of royalty-free
natural gas is expected to climb by almost half,
to about 1.2 trillion cubic feet.

Based on the government's assumptions about
future prices ? that oil will hover at about $50
a barrel and natural gas will average about $7
per thousand cubic feet ? the total value of the
free oil and gas over the next five years would
be about $65 billion and the forgone royalties
would total more than $7 billion.

Administration officials say the issue is out of
their hands, adding that they opposed provisions
in last year's energy bill that added new royalty
relief for deep drilling in shallow waters.

"We did not think we needed any more legislation,
because we already have incentives, but we
obviously did not prevail," said Ms. Burton,
director of the Minerals Management Service.

But the Bush administration did not put up a big
fight. It strongly supported the overall energy
bill, and merely noted its opposition to
additional royalty relief in its official
statement on the bill.

By contrast, the White House bluntly promised to
veto the Senate's $60 billion tax cut bill
because it contained a one-year tax of $5 billion
on profits of major oil companies. 

The House and Senate have yet to agree on a final
tax bill. 

The big issue going forward is whether companies
should be exempted from paying royalties even
when energy prices are at historic highs.

In general, the Interior Department has always
insisted that companies would not be entitled to
royalty relief if market prices for oil and gas
climbed above certain trigger points.

Those trigger points ? currently about $35 a
barrel for oil and $4 per thousand cubic feet of
natural gas ? have been exceeded for the last
several years and are likely to stay that way for
the rest of the decade.

So why is the amount of royalty-free gas and oil
expected to double over the next five years? 

The biggest reason is that the Clinton
administration, apparently worried about the
continued lack of interest in new drilling,
waived the price triggers for all leases awarded
in 1998 and 1999.

At the same time, many oil and gas companies
contend that Congress never authorized the
Interior Department to set price thresholds for
any deepwater leases awarded between 1996 and
2000.

The dispute has been simmering for months, with
some industry executives warning the Bush
administration that they would sue the government
if it tried to demand royalties.

Last week, the fight broke out into the open. The
Interior Department announced that 41 oil
companies had improperly claimed more than $500
million in royalty relief for 2004. 

Most of the companies agreed to pay up in
January, but Kerr-McGee said it would fight the
issue in court. 

The fight is not simply about one company.
Interior officials said last week that Kerr-McGee
presented itself in December as a "test case" for
the entire industry. It also offered a
"compromise," but Interior officials rejected it
and issued a formal order in January demanding
that Kerr-McGee pay its back royalties.

On Feb. 6, according to administration officials,
Kerr-McGee formally notified the Minerals
Management Service that it would challenge its
order in court. 

Industry lawyers contend they have a strong case,
because Congress never mentioned price thresholds
when it authorized royalty relief for all
deepwater leases awarded from 1996 through 2000. 

"Congress offered those deepwater leases with
royalty relief as an incentive," said Jonathan
Hunter, a lawyer in New Orleans who represented
oil companies in a similar lawsuit two years ago
that knocked out another major federal
restriction on royalty relief.

"The M.M.S. only has the authority that Congress
gives it," Mr. Hunter said. "The legislation said
that royalty relief for these leases is
automatic."

If that view prevails, the government said it
would lose a total of nearly $35 billion in
royalties to taxpayers by 2011 ? about the same
amount that Mr. Bush is proposing to cut from
Medicare, Medicaid and child support enforcement
programs over the same period.









       
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From roseberry3 at cox.net  Thu Feb 16 22:12:46 2006
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:12:46 -0500
Subject: {news} approved Minutes of 1-9-06 CTGP EC meeting
Message-ID: <20060217031255.FYDE3108.eastrmmtao05.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

approved Minutes of 1-9-06 CTGP EC meeting

Place: Greater Hartford Green Party's office;

           418-A  New Britain Avenue,   Hartford, CT.

Time: 7pm.

 

Attendees: Mike DeRosa, co-chairperson;  Barbara Barry, Secretary; 

Absent: Treasurer: Judy Herkimer who did not respond to emails regarding
suggested site and this previously planned EC meeting for the 2nd Monday of
every month.

11-05 Resigned co-chairpersons: Kelly McCarthy and Aaron Gustafson.

 

No observers.

 

1.	set agenda for 1-31-06 SCC meeting: 

SCC Meeting 1-31-06 

Likely Place: Mike to contact Vic Lancia of Central chapter regarding
arranging for Portland Public Library, Mary Flood Room, 20 Freestone Avenue,
Portland,  CT   06480-1818

Phone: 860-342-6770

Time: 7PM to 8:55PM

 

Facilitator: to be determined

 

A.                                          Preliminaries:

1.                                           (2-3 minutes): Introductions of
attendees and chapters. Recruit timekeeper.

2.                                           (1 minute): Identify attendees
who are NOT voting representatives.

3.                                           (1 minute): Adopt ground rules.

4.                                           (2-4 minutes): Approval of
tonight's proposed agenda, additions and deletions.

5.                                           (2-4 minutes): Comments and
approval of 12-27-05 SCC minutes.

6.                                           (5 minutes): 1-9-06 EC meeting
presentation by Barbara Barry and approval.

7.                                           15 minutes): Presentation of
Treasurer's monthly reports of October, November, December and January.

8.                                           (15 minutes): Presentation of
Treasurer's 3rd quarter and 4th quarter reports  to Secretary of State's
Office.

    

 

Reports:

1.                               (5 minutes, each for): Chapter reports.

2.                               (15 minutes): Women's Caucus report
including discussion re: Modified Consencus Training.

3.                               (10 minutes): U.S. Green Party report by
CTGP representatives: Tim McKee.

4.                               (15 minutes): V.O.T.E.R. report from Mike
DeRosa re: 1-06 meeting with CT ACLU/Common Cause/ CCAG.

5.                               (15 minutes): Budget Committee
suggestions/talking points: chapter suggestions

6.                               (20 minutes): Internal Elections committee
for CTGP officers, place, date of CTGP convention.

7.                               (20 minutes): Potential CTGP candidates:
discussion, speaker.

 

 

2.	bring forth any proposals presented to EC for SCC meeting

 

 

Barbara Barry, secretary of CTGP

 

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From roseberry3 at cox.net  Thu Feb 16 22:15:57 2006
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:15:57 -0500
Subject: {news} Approved Minutes of CTGP SCC Meeting 12-27-05: quorum
	requirement: met
Message-ID: <20060217031602.UGFN4894.eastrmmtao01.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

Approved Minutes of CTGP SCC Meeting 12-27-05: quorum requirement: met

Place: Portland Public Library, Mary Flood Room, 20 Freestone Avenue,
Portland,  CT   06480-1818

Phone: 860-342-6770                Time: 7PM to 9PM

Facilitator: Charlie Pillsbury.              Timekeeper: Tim McKee

 Voting attendees:  Central:  Vic Lancia; Fairfield:  David  Bedell, Paul
Bassler; Greater Hartford: Barbara Barry, CTGP secretary; Michael  DeRosa,
co-chairperson; Rob Pandolfo;      New Haven: Charlie Pillsbury, Allan
Brison,  Northeast: Jean Desmet,  Tolland: Tim McKee; 

 

A.                                          Preliminaries:

1.                                           (2-3 minutes): Introductions of
attendees and chapters. Recruit timekeeper.

2.                                           (1 minute): Identify attendees
who are NOT voting representatives: Cliff Thornton.

3.                                           (1 minute): Adopt ground rules.

4.                                           (2-4 minutes): Approval of
tonight's proposed agenda: no change; additions: speaker: Cliff Thornton,
potential CTGP candidate for governor in 2006. Campaign finance reforms.
Deletions: # 7 and #8 due to lack of presence of the CTGP treasurer, deputy
treasurer or representative or report to this body.  Also delete report from
Women's Caucus due to lack of a representative.

5.                                           (2-4 minutes): Comments and
approval of 11-29-05 SCC minutes: approved by consensus.

6.                                           (5 minutes): 12-12-05 EC
meeting presentation by Barbara Barry and approval by consensus.

7.                                           15 minutes): Presentation of
Treasurer's monthly report: deleted.

8.                                           (15 minutes): Presentation of
Treasurer's quarterly report to Secretary of State's Office: deleted.

    

 

Reports:

1. (5 minutes, each for): Chapter reports

Greater Hartford by MD: continue with our office; lending library; Greater
Hartford PAC, c/o 50 Congress Street, 

Unit 201, Hartford, CT   06114.  Developing a food co-op: needs to be
finalized.

New Haven by AB and CP: developing a website for New Haven chapter; to have
policy development forum in 1-06; trying to get 2-3 people to regularly
respond to the national/local medial on daily and as needed basis about CTGP
concerns in New Haven;   New Haven has it's own campaign finance regulations
for major and the board of alderman, only. (Works on matching basis.) The
New Haven major proposed this campaign finance reform after Yalies supported
public finance. New Haven is one of 3 municipalies allowed by the CT
legislative law to experiment with municipal campaign finance. New Haven
Chapter wants to challenge the State of CT campaign law either by
legistation or lawsuit.

Fairfield by DB: encourages people to file for campaign committees and apply
for petition. Discussing having a Green challenge to Christopher Shay in
district #4 of congress. Chapter to approach Norwalk regarding potential
area to try for instant run off voting. Had the Working Families Party
knocked off the democrats in mayoral race against the Republican.

Central by VL:  to show movie: Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price on
1-9-06. Working with Russell (Middletown)

Public Library about Black History Month to present on 2-13-06 in the salon:
to show film about the 5000 year history of Africa and Jim Crow laws.  Vigil
on 12-24-05 was warmly received re: peace on earth: got press coverage.

Northeast by JD: continue with community TV weekly show for just less than a
year. We will be doing 10 key values. Format: skits and Q & A.  Trying to
re-contact the UCONN Greens (who contacted us) to encourage meeting in other
chapters and officers. Continue weekly protest at Wal-Mart with a coalition
of groups including Working Families Party, NOW and Peace and Justice.
Mostly it is Greens that show, regularly.

Tolland by TM: did not report.

 

2.       (15 minutes): Women's Caucus report including recent Modified
Consensus Training; deleted.

 

3.       (10 minutes): U.S. Green Party report by CTGP representatives: Tim
McKee (Thomas Sevigny has resigned from this rep. & all GP positions as of
12-05): People are trying to impeach GPUS officers and more candidates are
running for office;   David Esecu of New Haven Chapter is on the National
Dispute Resolution Committee.

 

 

4.       (5 minutes): V.O.T.E.R. report from Mike DeRosa: CT campaign
finance bill was passed at 4am at a special session of the CT legislature
and then signed into law by Gov Rell in early Dec. 2005.  No other campaign
finance law in other states require petitioning for the 3rd parties. This
petitioning requirement and allowing  unlimited "in kind" donations from Dem
and Repub state Party Pac's makes this law likely unconstitutional.   CT
Green Party to have a meeting in 1-06 with CTCLU, roger Vann and Tom Swan of
CCAG and Andy Soure, Common Cause.   Other groups might be interested in
opposing this: Libertarian and the Working Families Party and perhaps the
League of Women Voters.  If a larger coalition is formed then that might
help to change this law by legislation.  Governor Rell wants to change some
aspects of the campaign finance when legislature resumes in 2-06.
Discussed and concencus achieved: CTGP will challenge this campaign finance
law in the legislature and in the courts.  Goal: Eliminate petitioning and
the unfair financial advantage of the 2 major parties.

 

5.       (15 minutes): Budget Committee suggestions/talking points: suggest
chapters and EC review and come back to SCC with suggestions.

 

6.       (20 minutes): Internal Elections committee for CTGP officers  and
Candidates for 2006 by David Bedell:

Ralph Ferrucci of New Haven is running against Joe Lieberman, U.S. senator;
Nancy Burton will consider running for CT

attorney general, if CTGP asks her to run.  She has loss her license to
practice law.  Nancy does not find any requirement

that the attorney general be an attorney.   She is very eager to bring up in
her campaign why she had her license taken away from her.     Audrey Cole
declines to run for any office this year.   David Bedell suggests Mike
DeRosa for Secretary Of State.     

       Discussed CTGP could determine if/who they will run candidates for
state-wide offices at either SCC meeting or the CTGP convention in March
2006.  Encourage these potential candidates to come to SCC meeting.  May
want a Saturday

meeting to meet the candidates.

      CTGP Internal Elections Committee is likely to include: Jean deSmet,
Tim McKee, David Bedell, perhaps: Ed Debrule, Andy Doer, Ed Savage, Eric, 

       Discussion:  candidates for c-chairperson cannot be on the committee,
They candidates can be,

       CTGP convention:  likely to be held 3-18-06 or 3-25-06.  Both are
Saturdays.  Try to get the New Haven Labor Council building in New Haven for
site.

        

 

7.       Cliff Thorton, founder of Efficacy in Hartford: organization
promoting legalization of drugs and peaceful alternatives to the U.S. "war
on drugs". He is also active in all facets of the fight to reform the
criminal justice system. He started doing public affairs at WWUH and
developed efficacy due to concerns all over the world. He has spoken to
about 4,000 people in 450 venues over the past 3 years.  People do not want
to discuss it but it is really our #1 concern.

He has spoken to the city governments of Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury and
New Haven. Gets funding.    GP has best chance to be a 3rd party.  Education
and law enforcement budgets are the top 2 budgets in every town/city.  So
decrease

The law enforcement budget and you will get more money for education and
other needs. So every year in CT, 35 million

Dollars can be used for other things.   .    

 

 

 

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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Fri Feb 17 19:29:27 2006
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:29:27 +0000
Subject: {news} RE: Approved Minutes of CTGP SCC Meeting 12-27-05: quorum
	requirement: met
In-Reply-To: <20060217031605.7828A89C234@gandhi.greens.org>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F27CF60C35DD4ED28AB21EAD6F90@phx.gbl>

Thanks, Barbara.  Under #6, I have one correction/clarification of 
terminology that I didn't catch before:

The Internal Elections Committee deals with election of party officers; the 
Elections Committee deals with candidates for public office.  Both will be 
involved in planning our March 25 annual convention, when we will elect 
party officers and nominate candidates for statewide public office.  
Volunteers are needed for both committees!

Internal Elections Committee
join:  CTGP-internal-elections-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
contact:  Jean de Smet

Elections Committee
join:  CTGP-elections-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
contact: David Bedell

Peace & Power,

David Bedell




From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Sun Feb 19 06:47:46 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 03:47:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} WTNH's News story -Lawsuits target Cam. Fin Law (GP
	mentioned)
Message-ID: <20060219114746.67391.qmail@web81409.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

                                  Lawsuits target campaign finance law
  (Hartford-WTNH, Feb. 17, 2006 6:15 PM) _ Connecticut's groundbreaking campaign finance law could come crashing down before it even goes into effect. At least two potential lawsuits could torpedo parts or all of the law. 
    
   by Chief Political Correspondent Mark Davis 
  Several clean government groups who worked to get this bill passed late last year are now scrambling to submit a revised version to address several flaws in the law.
  Back in December when Gov. Jodi Rell signed the campaign finance bill into law it was hailed as a major breakthrough for clean elections in the aftermath of the Rowland scandal.
   
  But the Association of Lobbyists at the state capitol is planning a lawsuit claiming that the provision of the law that forbids them from making any campaign contributions could be a violation of their constitutional rights.
   
  "If they say it's unlawful to prohibit lobbyists from donating, then the lobbyists are going to be able to give to their hearts' content as if they were any other citizen in the State of Connecticut," says Sen. Andrew Rorarback, R-Campaign Finance Reform Committee.
   
  When the bill passed in the assembly, it contained no fallback provision of any kind.
  But the potentially most damaging lawsuit is expected from the Connecticut Green Party, and that lawsuit could end up scuttling the entire law and they don't even have to win it.
   
  A provision in the law makes it very difficult for third parties to qualify for the public financing. All the Green Party would have to do is to get a judge to issue a 72-hour restraining order. A paragraph deep in the bill says that would suspend most of the law. It's called a severability clause.
   
  "It brings the entire program crashing down after seventy-two hours, even if the law is later found to be constitutional," says attorney Christine Horrigan from the Connecticut League Of Women Voters.
   
  "There were a group of legislators that didn't want this legislation to pass at all last year," says Rep. Chris Caruso, D-Campaign Finance Reform Committee. "In order to get their votes what they did was, they just filled the bill up with issues such as the 'severability clause.'"
   
  "It's unrealistic to believe that reforms that have to go through the legislative process are going to be perfect when they come out the end," says Phil Sherwood, Connecticut Citizens Action Group. "It's like sausage. It's rarely perfect at the end."
  Several changes to this law have been proposed to address these issues. The question is; is it realistic to expect lawmakers to correct the flaws or do they want it to fail. 
  
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From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:39:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} (PRESS RELEASE) CT GREENS SAY REFORM "BOOBY TRAP" NOT THEIR
	FAULT
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        GREEN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT
  Press release - For Immediate Release - Feb. 20, 2006
Contact: Tim McKee, CT Green Party National Committee Person, cell (860) 324-1684 or 860-643-2282
  Mike DeRosa, State Co-Chair (860)956-8170 or (860) 919-4042 (cell) 
  CT GREENS SAY CAMPAIGN FIANCE REFORM 'BOOBY TRAP' NOT THEIR FAULT 
  
      Hartford, CT- Green Party of Connecticut officials said today that they will continue their efforts to revise the campaign finance reform law in spite of a hidden or "booby trap' provision in the new law which would stop the entire law if the Greens challenge an unconstitutional provision in court. A hidden ?severability clause? could throw out the entire law, if any part is challenged in court.
   
      Tim McKee, Green Party National Committee person said "We are looking at suing over these unfair provisions of the new law, which punish Independents and the Green Party candidates with having to collect over 200,000 additional signatures or 20% of the state voting lists to qualify for public funding of campaigns for state offices. The Greens voted to talk to lawyers and we are discussing our options. We want to work with campaign finance reform advocates to persuade the General Assembly to change this punitive and discriminatory signature provision in the upcoming short G. A. session. But we may be forced by a few Democrats, who may not want any reform at all, to go to court." 
   
       Greens noted that even Rep. Chris Caruso, D-Campaign Finance Reform Committee was quoted on WTNH saying ?There were a group of legislators that didn't want this legislation to pass at all last year. In order to get their votes what they did was, they just filled the bill up with issues such as the 'severability clause.'"
   
       Mike DeRosa, Green Party State Co-Chair said ?We have always been for public financing of campaigns as a way of reform on the Presidential, federal, state and even local levels, with a New Haven city pilot project. But the Greens have also said there are many provisions in THIS new law which gives incumbents an advantage.? 
   
       McKee explained proposed bills by the Governor and others to lessen the 200,000 signatures to levels to around 50,000 valid signatures, meaning The Greens would have to collect over 70-80,000 signatures because of possible errors, would still place their party at a timely and expensive disadvantage the other parties do not face. ?Greens already are required by Election laws to collect 7,500 signatures just to get onto the ballot for the Gubernatorial race, so there is no valid reason to require even more? McKee added.
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From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:00:49 -0500
Subject: {news} (PRESS RELEASE) CT GREENS SAY REFORM "BOOBY TRAP" NOT
	THEIRFAULT
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Tue Feb 21 14:50:14 2006
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:50:14 +0000
Subject: {news} Shapiro calls for green building in Stamford
In-Reply-To: <1140447044.1194989.fe186895590063ba.266f6510@persist.google.com>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F27DAA88F7BAB3E97BC9797D6FC0@phx.gbl>

>From the Stamford Advocate:

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-rbs3feb20,0,1960274.story
In addition to jobs, what will RBS tower mean to the city?

By Doug Dalena
Staff Writer

February 20, 2006

STAMFORD -- The glass-enclosed financial tower proposed by Royal Bank of 
Scotland for a parcel just north of Interstate 95 will join another banking 
giant across the street to frame the entrance to downtown.

Details of the design by Westport architect Roger Ferris are just emerging, 
so observers said it's too early to tell whether the building will 
contribute architecturally or economically to Stamford.

The 500,000-square-foot building is expected to bring at least 1,850 jobs to 
the city, many paying six figures, and add millions of dollars in property 
tax revenue.

The Advocate last week published an architect's rendering of what the 
12-story building will look like from the highway, but the key to whether it 
enhances downtown will be what it looks like from the street, said

Renee Kahn, a historian and preservationist. How much of the sky the 
building blocks is important, too, Kahn said.

"The problem is, by the time we do see what we've got, it's too late to do 
anything about it," she said.

Because it will not have stores or create activity other than its own 
comings and goings, the building may discourage pedestrians from using the 
street between downtown and the train station, which is what planners want, 
Kahn said.

Past urban renewal projects turned Tresser Boulevard into a lifeless canyon 
of office buildings that planners have used as an example of how not to 
design a downtown.

The rendering provided by RBS shows a glass facade along the highway, 
curving to the north as it approaches Washington Boulevard. In combination 
with the 13-story UBS building across the street, the RBS complex would 
serve as the southern gateway to downtown.

Along with the classical revival Metro Center just south of the highway, the 
building would be the first major landmark drivers and rail commuters see 
coming into New England.

Plans filed with the Zoning Board include site details and landscaping 
specifications for sidewalks, the Mill River green belt and other sides of 
the building.

The transparent building will accentuate the skyline, said architect Darek 
Shapiro, a former Green Party mayoral candidate and specialist in 
environmentally friendly design. Still, the building has a utilitarian look 
common to corporate office buildings, he said.

"I was hoping it would be more of a landmark for a city that had more unique 
buildings," Shapiro said.

The building as depicted in the rendering is attractive, if not exciting, he 
said.

"I think that it looks like a crystalline palace," he said.

Shapiro hopes the plans will include the latest energy efficiency measures, 
including photovoltaic windows to turn sunlight into electricity, green 
roofs that reduce the "heat island" effect of increased temperatures in 
dense downtowns, and environmental controls that promote health.

All new structures, especially in areas like Stamford where the demand for 
energy is high, should be built with advanced conservation measures, Shapiro 
said.

Ferris said that besides architectural sophistication, buildings for 
financial firms must pay close attention to environmental considerations 
such as air circulation, cooling for equipment and people, and high-quality 
dining facilities and other amenities.

It wasn't clear from the plans what energy conservation measures are 
included.

John Atkin, Connecticut director of the Regional Plan Association, a 
smart-growth advocacy group, said it's good the building will be close to 
the Stamford train station, which will keep some cars off the streets, and 
that the plan emphasizes green space along Mill River.

The western facade would be separated from the river by a 55-foot-wide 
landscaped, lighted walkway that would begin at a pocket park on Richmond 
Hill Avenue.

"I think that's a very positive aspect of the development," Atkin said.

Shapiro worries that the western facade, windowless for the first three 
stories, will ignore the river.

Mayor Dannel Malloy has said the building from the highway looks 
"spectacular." RBS agreed to make some changes along Mill River and a 
soon-to-be relocated Richmond Hill Avenue so the building will be less 
imposing to pedestrians.

The first five stories of the building will contain parking for employees 
but it will displace hundreds of spaces in a public commuter lot, and no one 
has said what the city will do about that, Kahn said.

"What's going to happen to the cars that are in that lot?" Kahn asked. "All 
of this has ripples. We're so happy to see this big business come into town 
that we don't look at all the ripples."

It's important to consider such issues before the final plan is approved, 
Kahn said.

"Economically it's a real boon, but visually we won't find out until it's 
too late," she said. "What attempts are made to humanize the street-level 
spaces? You can't build these buildings in an urban setting without some 
concern for the street-level concepts."

Much will depend on the quality of building materials, Kahn said.

"In these kinds of modernist buildings, materials are really everything, and 
proportions," she said.

With the best materials and careful attention to how pedestrians will relate 
to the building, it could enhance downtown, Kahn said.

"I'm perfectly willing to concede that the mayor is 100 percent correct and 
it will be a spectacular building," she said.

Copyright ? 2006, Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc.




From roseberry3 at cox.net  Tue Feb 21 23:28:47 2006
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 23:28:47 -0500
Subject: {news} CTGP 2-28-06 SCC meeting at Portland Public Library
Message-ID: <20060222042849.TCNI9108.eastrmmtao06.cox.net@BarbaraBarry>

SCC Meeting 2-28-06

Place: Portland Public Library, Wagner Room, 20 Freestone Avenue, Portland,
CT

Phone: 860-342-6770

Time: 7PM to 8:55PM

 

Facilitator: to be determined

 

A.	Preliminaries:

1.	(2-3 minutes): Introductions of attendees and chapters. Recruit
timekeeper.
2.	(1 minute): Identify attendees who are NOT voting representatives.
3.	(1 minute): Adopt ground rules.
4.	(2-4 minutes): Approval of tonight's proposed agenda, additions and
deletions.
5.	(2-4 minutes): Comments and approval of 1-31-05 SCC minutes.
6.	(5 minutes): 2-13-06 EC meeting presentation by Barbara Barry and
approval.
7.	15 minutes): Presentation of Treasurer's monthly reports for:
October/November/December and January.
8.	(15 minutes): Presentation of Treasurer's  3rd quarter and 4th
quarter reports to Secretary of State's Office.

    

 

Reports:

1.	(5 minutes, each for): Chapter reports.
2.	(15 minutes): Women's Caucus report including recent Modified
Consencus Training.
3.	(10 minutes): U.S. Green Party report by CTGP representatives: Tim
McKee.
4.	(15 minutes): V.O.T.E.R. report from attendees.
5.	(15 minutes): Budget Committee suggestions.
6.	(25 minutes): Internal Elections committee for CTGP officers; paying
for the election ballot; should we

use the election ballot to endorse state wide candidates; communication to
CTGP treasurer regarding payment

      for internal elections mailing; fundraising letter in internal
elections mailing..

7.	(25 minutes): Discussion about CTGP candidates for federal,
statewide and municipal elections; any new

candidates.

 

 

 

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

 

 

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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Wed Feb 22 18:30:57 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:30:57 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Fwd: Joining CT Opposes the War?
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--- Gregory Spear <ctopposeswar at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:27:09 -0800 (PST)
> From: Gregory Spear <ctopposeswar at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Joining CT Opposes the War?
> To: greenpartyct at yahoo.com
> 
> Hi,
>   thanks for signing on to the March 19 event.
>   Will the Green Party be joining Connecticut
> Opposes the War organizationally so we can list you
> as a member/endorser?
>    
>   Thanks,
>   Gregory Spear
> 
> 		
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Feb 23 01:15:29 2006
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:15:29 -0500
Subject: {news} Fw: Connecticut Climate Coalition meeting 2/25 at SCSU
Message-ID: <BAY106-DAV20CF97B2DF4AE71C582052D6F20@phx.gbl>

***Connecticut Climate Coalition Strategy Meeting ***
Saturday, February 25th from 3-5PM at the Southern CT State University student center in New Haven
Kindly hosted by the SCSU Environmental Futures Group

Come to the Connecticut Climate Coalition strategy meeting and learn what simple things we can do to continue the progress on global warming.  In the past year Connecticut has been recognized as a national leader on global warming, and this is in large part due to the ongoing pressure and support from citizen activists!  With the one year anniversary of the state Climate Change Action Plan this week, we need to work to ensure that the plan is fully put acted upon and achieves its goals.

At this meeting we will discuss the progress we have made and strategize about what we can do as citizens to make sure the parts of the climate plan which address diesel pollution, energy efficiency, and clean energy are put into action.  In Connecticut we have the ability to set an example for other states and the Federal government to follow, and it takes citizen support to make this happen.

Who:   Citizens who are concerned about global warming, clean energy and air pollution
What:  Learn about the issues, meet other concerned citizens, find out how you can take action, enjoy snacks!
When:  February 25th from 3-5PM 
Where: SCSU Michael J. Adanti Student Center, Meeting Room 202 on the Second Floor (Directions below)
Free parking behind building

Please RSVP or send regrets to Roger Smith at rsmith at cleanwater.org or call 860-232-6232 so we know how materials to make and how many snacks to bring.  If you cannot make it but want to stay involved, let us know if there is a particular issue or task you would like us to follow up with you about.  Thanks!

Agenda Highlights: 
  a.. The CT legislature will consider legislation to dramatically reduce pollution from diesel vehicles- how can we support diesel clean-up? 
  b.. This winter, oil and gas prices have skyrocketed.  How can we use energy efficiency to cut our heating bills? 
  c.. To date 19 towns in CT, and over 6000 citizens, have chosen to purchase clean electricity.  How can we continue the momentum? 
----------------------------------------------------------------
Directions to Southern CT State University Student Center
501 Crescent Street New Haven, CT 06510 Free parking behind building
Michael J. Adanti Student Center, Meeting Room 202 (Second Floor)

Campus Map (Student Center is #13)
http://www.southernct.edu/aboutscsu/map/index.php?select=13&op=view 

Click for Satellite map: 
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=501+Crescent+Street+new+haven&ll=41.332128,-72.948639&spn=0.003754,0.010729&t=h


By City Bus:
New Haven bus information available here: http://www.cttransit.com/content/routesNewHaven.asp
Whalley Ave Bus goes to SCSU- Saturday schedule here:
http://www.cttransit.com/content/pdfs/nh_Bwhalley_satsunsched.pdf

By Car
**We will help coordinate carpools from across the state- if you can give a ride or would like a ride, please contact Roger rsmith at cleanwater.org**
Parking: Free parking on campus behind the building

>From Hartford: 
-  I-91 South
-  Pass Meriden and take Exit 17 to get on Wilbur Cross Parkway (CT-15, CT-5)
-  Exit 60 at Dixwell Avenue. Head south on Dixwell Avenue to Arch Street. 
-  Turn right at Arch Street and left at Fitch Street, which bisects the campus.
-  Student center at corner of Fitch and Crescent

>From I-95 South of New Haven:
-  I-95, Exit 44 (Kimberly Avenue, Route 10). Turn right at the end of the exit onto Kimberly Avenue, then left at the stoplight onto Ella Grasso Boulevard, Route 10. 
-  Take Ella Grasso Boulevard and cross Whalley Ave.
-  Ella Grasso Blvd ends at Crescent Street, turn left onto Crescent.  Student center is on the right.
 
>From Merrit Parkway (from Fairfield and points south):
-  Merrit-Wilbur Cross Parkway, Exit 59 (Whalley Avenue). 
-  Head south on Whalley Avenue, turn left onto Fitch Street, student center is on right.

>From New London:
-  I-95, Exit 45 (Ella Grasso Boulevard, Route 10). 
-  Follow Ella Grasso Boulevard north and cross over Whalley Ave.
-  Ella Grasso Boulevard ends at Crescent Street, turn left onto Crescent and student center is on the right.


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


First Birthday for CT's Climate Change Action Plan
Last February 15, the state released its blueprint for action on global warming, the CT Climate Change Action Plan.
This week, the Governor's Steering Committee on Climate Change published its first annual progress report on the plan which includes success stories about clean energy, clean transportation and more, and is available at www.ctclimatechange.com 

Clean Water Action, Environment Northeast, Connecticut Fund for the Environment and ConnPIRG issued our own review of the state climate plan.  We called for the implementation of key policies in the plan, including oil and gas conservation, reducing diesel pollution, and creating a clean cars incentive program.  The state also needs to review the climate plan to incorporate new technologies and also to measure our progress towards reaching our goals.  We also need the state to begin to create the long-term plan to reduce pollution 75-85% with full public input.  If you would like to read our full comments to the governor and state agencies, please email rsmith at cleanwater.org.  


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


Global Warming in the News
"Hotter issue in red states: global warming" in the Christian Science Monitor
"From evangelicals to students to business groups, climate change is a rising political concern"  
Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0214/p03s03-sten.html

Bush Administration officials attempt to silence NASA climate scientist James Hansen
James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is one of the most prominent climate scientists in the world, and his testimony before Congress on global warming in 1988 helped make global warming a public issue.  He has also done pioneering research on the warming effects of "black carbon" diesel soot.  
Recently Hansen has begun speaking out about attempts by White House political appointees to silence him and other scientists whose findings conflict with administration policies.  Hansen recently warned: "One fellow told me that history will not judge us very well if we pass the tipping point, the point of no return, and the public simply wasn't aware of the dangers that we were facing. I don't want my grandchildren to say 'Poppa understood what was going to happen but didn't succeed in warning people about it."
Read more:
Boston Globe op- ed: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/02/04/muffled_warnings_on_global_warming/
Listen to Hansen and the reporter who broke the story on NPR: http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2006/02/20060203_a_main.asp

Debate on Climate Shifts to Issue of Irreparable Change
"Some Experts on Global Warming Foresee 'Tipping Point' When It Is Too Late to Act"     
Read more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012801021.html




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If you have any questions or suggestions, don't hesitate to call 860-232-6232 or email rsmith at cleanwater.org

Best wishes,
Roger 

********************************************************
Roger Smith
Campaign Director, Clean Water Action
Coordinator, Connecticut Climate Coalition
645 Farmington Ave, Hartford CT 06105
(p) 860-232-6232 (f) 860-232-6334
rsmith at cleanwater.org
http://www.newenglandclimate.org/connecticut.htm
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu Feb 23 13:22:14 2006
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:22:14 +0000
Subject: {news} Fw: Connecticut Climate Coalition meeting 2/25 at SC
In-Reply-To: <BAY106-DAV20CF97B2DF4AE71C582052D6F20@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BAY106-F14C4314D44E973675FACDAD6F20@phx.gbl>

I'll try this again as text-only.

----Original Message Follows----

***Connecticut Climate Coalition Strategy Meeting ***
Saturday, February 25th from 3-5PM at the Southern CT State University 
student center in New Haven
Kindly hosted by the SCSU Environmental Futures Group

Come to the Connecticut Climate Coalition strategy meeting and learn what 
simple things we can do to continue the progress on global warming.  In the 
past year Connecticut has been recognized as a national leader on global 
warming, and this is in large part due to the ongoing pressure and support 
from citizen activists!  With the one year anniversary of the state Climate 
Change Action Plan this week, we need to work to ensure that the plan is 
fully put acted upon and achieves its goals.

At this meeting we will discuss the progress we have made and strategize 
about what we can do as citizens to make sure the parts of the climate plan 
which address diesel pollution, energy efficiency, and clean energy are put 
into action.  In Connecticut we have the ability to set an example for other 
states and the Federal government to follow, and it takes citizen support to 
make this happen.

Who:   Citizens who are concerned about global warming, clean energy and air 
pollution
What:  Learn about the issues, meet other concerned citizens, find out how 
you can take action, enjoy snacks!
When:  February 25th from 3-5PM
Where: SCSU Michael J. Adanti Student Center, Meeting Room 202 on the Second 
Floor (Directions below)
Free parking behind building

Please RSVP or send regrets to Roger Smith at rsmith at cleanwater.org or call 
860-232-6232 so we know how materials to make and how many snacks to bring.  
If you cannot make it but want to stay involved, let us know if there is a 
particular issue or task you would like us to follow up with you about.  
Thanks!

Agenda Highlights:
   a.. The CT legislature will consider legislation to dramatically reduce 
pollution from diesel vehicles- how can we support diesel clean-up?
   b.. This winter, oil and gas prices have skyrocketed.  How can we use 
energy efficiency to cut our heating bills?
   c.. To date 19 towns in CT, and over 6000 citizens, have chosen to 
purchase clean electricity.  How can we continue the momentum?
----------------------------------------------------------------
Directions to Southern CT State University Student Center
501 Crescent Street New Haven, CT 06510 Free parking behind building
Michael J. Adanti Student Center, Meeting Room 202 (Second Floor)

Campus Map (Student Center is #13)
http://www.southernct.edu/aboutscsu/map/index.php?select=13&op=view

Click for Satellite map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=501+Crescent+Street+new+haven&ll=41.332128,-72.948639&spn=0.003754,0.010729&t=h


By City Bus:
New Haven bus information available here: 
http://www.cttransit.com/content/routesNewHaven.asp
Whalley Ave Bus goes to SCSU- Saturday schedule here:
http://www.cttransit.com/content/pdfs/nh_Bwhalley_satsunsched.pdf

By Car
**We will help coordinate carpools from across the state- if you can give a 
ride or would like a ride, please contact Roger rsmith at cleanwater.org**
Parking: Free parking on campus behind the building

>From Hartford:
-  I-91 South
-  Pass Meriden and take Exit 17 to get on Wilbur Cross Parkway (CT-15, 
CT-5)
-  Exit 60 at Dixwell Avenue. Head south on Dixwell Avenue to Arch Street.
-  Turn right at Arch Street and left at Fitch Street, which bisects the 
campus.
-  Student center at corner of Fitch and Crescent

>From I-95 South of New Haven:
-  I-95, Exit 44 (Kimberly Avenue, Route 10). Turn right at the end of the 
exit onto Kimberly Avenue, then left at the stoplight onto Ella Grasso 
Boulevard, Route 10.
-  Take Ella Grasso Boulevard and cross Whalley Ave.
-  Ella Grasso Blvd ends at Crescent Street, turn left onto Crescent.  
Student center is on the right.

>From Merrit Parkway (from Fairfield and points south):
-  Merrit-Wilbur Cross Parkway, Exit 59 (Whalley Avenue).
-  Head south on Whalley Avenue, turn left onto Fitch Street, student center 
is on right.

>From New London:
-  I-95, Exit 45 (Ella Grasso Boulevard, Route 10).
-  Follow Ella Grasso Boulevard north and cross over Whalley Ave.
-  Ella Grasso Boulevard ends at Crescent Street, turn left onto Crescent 
and student center is on the right.


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


First Birthday for CT's Climate Change Action Plan
Last February 15, the state released its blueprint for action on global 
warming, the CT Climate Change Action Plan.
This week, the Governor's Steering Committee on Climate Change published its 
first annual progress report on the plan which includes success stories 
about clean energy, clean transportation and more, and is available at 
www.ctclimatechange.com

Clean Water Action, Environment Northeast, Connecticut Fund for the 
Environment and ConnPIRG issued our own review of the state climate plan.  
We called for the implementation of key policies in the plan, including oil 
and gas conservation, reducing diesel pollution, and creating a clean cars 
incentive program.  The state also needs to review the climate plan to 
incorporate new technologies and also to measure our progress towards 
reaching our goals.  We also need the state to begin to create the long-term 
plan to reduce pollution 75-85% with full public input.  If you would like 
to read our full comments to the governor and state agencies, please email 
rsmith at cleanwater.org.


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


Global Warming in the News
"Hotter issue in red states: global warming" in the Christian Science 
Monitor
"From evangelicals to students to business groups, climate change is a 
rising political concern"
Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0214/p03s03-sten.html

Bush Administration officials attempt to silence NASA climate scientist 
James Hansen
James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is one 
of the most prominent climate scientists in the world, and his testimony 
before Congress on global warming in 1988 helped make global warming a 
public issue.  He has also done pioneering research on the warming effects 
of "black carbon" diesel soot.
Recently Hansen has begun speaking out about attempts by White House 
political appointees to silence him and other scientists whose findings 
conflict with administration policies.  Hansen recently warned: "One fellow 
told me that history will not judge us very well if we pass the tipping 
point, the point of no return, and the public simply wasn't aware of the 
dangers that we were facing. I don't want my grandchildren to say 'Poppa 
understood what was going to happen but didn't succeed in warning people 
about it."
Read more:
Boston Globe op- ed: 
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/02/04/muffled_warnings_on_global_warming/
Listen to Hansen and the reporter who broke the story on NPR: 
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2006/02/20060203_a_main.asp

Debate on Climate Shifts to Issue of Irreparable Change
"Some Experts on Global Warming Foresee 'Tipping Point' When It Is Too Late 
to Act"
Read more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012801021.html


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


If you have any questions or suggestions, don't hesitate to call 
860-232-6232 or email rsmith at cleanwater.org

Best wishes,
Roger

********************************************************
Roger Smith
Campaign Director, Clean Water Action
Coordinator, Connecticut Climate Coalition
645 Farmington Ave, Hartford CT 06105
(p) 860-232-6232 (f) 860-232-6334
rsmith at cleanwater.org
http://www.newenglandclimate.org/connecticut.htm
********************************************************
Please click here if you would like to make a contribution.   Please enter 
"Connecticut office" into the comments line to support our CT work.

If you know of others who would like to receive these updates, please ask 
them to email rsmith at cleanwater.org




From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Thu Feb 23 19:56:18 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:56:18 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Camejo to run for California Governor
Message-ID: <20060224005618.99182.qmail@web81407.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Camejo to Run for California Governor

The Associated Press, February 22, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060223/ap_on_el_gu/brf_california_governor>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060223/ap_on_el_gu/brf_california_governor

 
LOS ANGELES - Peter Camejo, an independent vice
presidential candidate in 2004, said Wednesday
that he intends to run for governor of
California.  
 
Camejo plans to submit papers Thursday in
Sacramento to run as a Green Party candidate,
said a spokesman, Cres Vellucci. Camejo was the
party's nominee for governor in 2002 and 2003.

"He believes there needs to be a viable
alternative" to major party candidates, Vellucci
said.

If he qualifies for the ballot, Camejo would be a
long shot. He received about 3 percent of the
vote in the 2003 recall election that installed
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in office.

As a gubernatorial candidate in California,
Camejo has supported abortion rights, universal
health care and a moratorium on the death
penalty. Camejo also ran for president as the
Socialist Workers Party nominee in 1976.

In the 2004 presidential campaign, Camejo ran on
the ticket headed by Ralph Nader.





       
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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Thu Feb 23 21:17:54 2006
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:17:54 -0500
Subject: {news} Joining CT Opposes the War?
Message-ID: <075401c638e8$88ed0280$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>


 Dear CT Greens,
>
> 1) I am opposed to any endorsement of the March 19th march.This is an 
> offshoot of the main march that will be on March 18th in New Haven.  The 
> 3/18 march and its list of organizing demands were the outcome of the 
> anti-war conference of last Fall which some of us organized and 
> participated in, and which GPC did endorse and made a contribution to.. 
> These demands of the 3/18 rally are all in keeping with USGP platform. 
> The March 19th march was organized to oppose some of those demands and is 
> expected to be much smaller.
>
> 2) I don't think the party is structurally in any position to officially 
> endorse anything at this time.  Given that 2 of our 3 co-chairs have 
> resigned, and there is no quorum at either Executive Committee meetings or 
> SCC meetings, it seems our party is on hold until a new 
> structure--including new officers--is created.
>
> Justine McCabe
>
> ---Original Message ----- 
> From: "Green Party-CT" <greenpartyct at yahoo.com>
> To: <ctgp-news at ml.greens.org>; "GPCT FORUM" <ctgp-forum at ml.greens.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 6:30 PM
> Subject: {news} Fwd: Joining CT Opposes the War?
>
>
>> Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS
>> http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/
>>
>> to unsubscribe click here
>> mailto://ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org
>>
>>
>> --- Gregory Spear <ctopposeswar at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:27:09 -0800 (PST)
>>> From: Gregory Spear <ctopposeswar at yahoo.com>
>>> Subject: Joining CT Opposes the War?
>>> To: greenpartyct at yahoo.com
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>   thanks for signing on to the March 19 event.
>>>   Will the Green Party be joining Connecticut
>>> Opposes the War organizationally so we can list you
>>> as a member/endorser?
>>>
>>>   Thanks,
>>>   Gregory Spear
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------
>>> Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty
>> viruses!
>>
>>
>>
>>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>  info at votethornton.com
>>
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>> 324-1684 or (860) 643-2282
>>  National Committee member of the Green Party- Connecticut
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> To be removed please mailto://ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org
>> _______________________________________________
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>> ATTENTION!
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>> intended only for the recipient listed above.  If you have received this 
>> transmission in error, please notify us immediately by email and delete 
>> the original message.  The text of this email is similar to ordinary or 
>> face-to-face conversations and does not reflect the level of factual or 
>> legal inquiry or analysis which would be applied in the case of a formal 
>> legal opinion and does not constitute a representation of the opinions of 
>> the CT Green Party. The responsibility for any messages posted herein is 
>> solely that of the person who sent the message, and the CT Green Party 
>> hereby leaves this responsibility in the hands of it's members.
>>
>> NOTE: This is an inherently insecure forum, please do not post 
>> confidential messages and always realize that your address can be faked, 
>> and although a message may appear to be from a certain individual, it is 
>> always possible that it is fakemail. This is mail sent by a third party 
>> under an illegally assumed identity for purposes of coercion, 
>> misdirection, or general mischief.
>>
>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: If you have received this e-mail in error, please 
>> immediately notify the sender by e-mail at the address shown.  This 
>> e-mail transmission may contain confidential information.  This 
>> information is intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity 
>> to whom it is intended even if addressed incorrectly.  Please delete it 
>> from your files if you are not the intended recipient.  Thank you for 
>> your compliance.
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> 




From apbrison at hotmail.com  Fri Feb 24 15:22:13 2006
From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:22:13 -0500
Subject: {news} FW: BUY CITGO
Message-ID: <BAY115-F3599F84087EF63FFFFB405D5F30@phx.gbl>

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From JeandeSmet at galaxyinternet.net  Sun Feb 26 16:53:12 2006
From: JeandeSmet at galaxyinternet.net (Jean de Smet)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:53:12 -0500
Subject: {news} Internal Elections
Message-ID: <000c01c63b1f$0e514570$6dbcf504@jean1oa1rgr0ov>

Candidates have announced for the following positions:

 

Mike De Rose, Co-Chair

Jean de Smet, Co-Chair

Michael Westerfield, Co-Chair

Barbara Barry DeRosa, Secretary

Chris Reilly, Treasurer.

 

This leaves openings for 2 GPC Representatives to the national Green Party
of the United States and one Alternate.

 

To be included in the mailed out Annual Meeting/Convention Ballot,
candidates for office must announce by Feb 28th, and have their statements
ready for the printer by March 1.

 

Thanks,

 

Jean

 

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From Ehscouts at aol.com  Mon Feb 27 16:39:40 2006
From: Ehscouts at aol.com (Ehscouts at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:39:40 EST
Subject: {news} Re: CTGP-news Digest, Vol 19, Issue 31
Message-ID: <239.79ed0f4.3134cb9c@aol.com>

I will like to be nominated to Represent the Party Nationally.

Miguel Angel Nieves
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Mon Feb 27 20:23:11 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:23:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Joining CT Opposes the War?
In-Reply-To: <075401c638e8$88ed0280$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>
Message-ID: <20060228012311.29108.qmail@web81410.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear Greens,
   
  Our party has been running on full throtle for months now despite a couple of people resigning. We have had full quorums at least at the last 4 state meetings.. (maybe 5 or 6 months?) These are full legimate meetings of people from across the state who are representing their local chapters.
  (and I still want those people who resigned BACK!)
   
  We are NOT on hold. This party has always been about local people voicing leadership and we sure are showing it!  We are very close to having a full slate of state wide candidates FOR THE FIRST TIME IN GREEN PARTY HISTORY!
   
  I have no stomach for petty squabbles on which rally to support. I support ANY anti-war march. I think we should be at BOTH!! as strong as possible! Can we afford not to be at BOTH?
   
  If we as representatives vote at a state meeting to support one or both or neither, that is true democracy in action.
   
  Again, I have little interest in the left infighting. More action, please!
   
  Tim McKee
  

Justine McCabe <justinemccabe at earthlink.net> wrote:
  Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS
http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/

to unsubscribe click here
mailto://ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org

Dear CT Greens,
>
> 1) I am opposed to any endorsement of the March 19th march.This is an 
> offshoot of the main march that will be on March 18th in New Haven. The 
> 3/18 march and its list of organizing demands were the outcome of the 
> anti-war conference of last Fall which some of us organized and 
> participated in, and which GPC did endorse and made a contribution to.. 
> These demands of the 3/18 rally are all in keeping with USGP platform. 
> The March 19th march was organized to oppose some of those demands and is 
> expected to be much smaller.
>
> 2) I don't think the party is structurally in any position to officially 
> endorse anything at this time. Given that 2 of our 3 co-chairs have 
> resigned, and there is no quorum at either Executive Committee meetings or 
> SCC meetings, it seems our party is on hold until a new 
> structure--including new officers--is created.
>
> Justine McCabe
>
> ---Original Message ----- 
> From: "Green Party-CT" 
> To: ; "GPCT FORUM" 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 6:30 PM
> Subject: {news} Fwd: Joining CT Opposes the War?
>
>
>> Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS
>> http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/
>>
>> to unsubscribe click here
>> mailto://ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org
>>
>>
>> --- Gregory Spear wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:27:09 -0800 (PST)
>>> From: Gregory Spear 
>>> Subject: Joining CT Opposes the War?
>>> To: greenpartyct at yahoo.com
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> thanks for signing on to the March 19 event.
>>> Will the Green Party be joining Connecticut
>>> Opposes the War organizationally so we can list you
>>> as a member/endorser?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Gregory Spear
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------
>>> Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty
>> viruses!
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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>> the CT Green Party. The responsibility for any messages posted herein is 
>> solely that of the person who sent the message, and the CT Green Party 
>> hereby leaves this responsibility in the hands of it's members.
>>
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>> confidential messages and always realize that your address can be faked, 
>> and although a message may appear to be from a certain individual, it is 
>> always possible that it is fakemail. This is mail sent by a third party 
>> under an illegally assumed identity for purposes of coercion, 
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Mon Feb 27 22:07:31 2006
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:07:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: {news} Internal Elections
In-Reply-To: <000c01c63b1f$0e514570$6dbcf504@jean1oa1rgr0ov>
Message-ID: <20060228030731.2342.qmail@web81407.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear Folks,
   
  I will be running for National Committee person again this year. The process is often long and difficult to work thru the many egos, distances and points of views in the Green Party's National Committee, but I still believe and think we grow as a party.
   
  I receive sometimes 100 emails a day on the National Committee email list serve. Some still want to fight old battles, others are so new and still trying to find their way on the National Committee.  I have tried to find some diplomacy and do what is best for both the state and national Green Parties.
   
  Tim McKee
  National Committee person for CT

Jean de Smet <JeandeSmet at galaxyinternet.net> wrote:
  Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS
http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/

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mailto://ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org               Candidates have announced for the following positions:
   
  Mike De Rose, Co-Chair
  Jean de Smet, Co-Chair
  Michael Westerfield, Co-Chair
  Barbara Barry DeRosa, Secretary
  Chris Reilly, Treasurer.
   
  This leaves openings for 2 GPC Representatives to the national Green Party of the United States and one Alternate.
   
  To be included in the mailed out Annual Meeting/Convention Ballot, candidates for office must announce by Feb 28th, and have their statements ready for the printer by March 1.
   
  Thanks,
   
  Jean
   

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From chapillsbury at igc.org  Mon Feb 27 22:58:29 2006
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:58:29 -0500
Subject: {news} openings for 2 GPC Representatives to GPUS
References: <000c01c63b1f$0e514570$6dbcf504@jean1oa1rgr0ov>
Message-ID: <001301c63c1b$3c4b7700$6500a8c0@S0031616584>

Jean:  I declare my intention to run with Tim for one of the two reps (or alternate) to the GPUS.  

Here's my statement:  I have been the Executive Director of Community Mediation, Inc., a nonprofit community-based mediation program in New Haven, since 1989.  I also have been a member of the Green Party since 2001, ran for Congress in 2002, and the New Haven Board of Aldermen in 2003 & 2005.  I am a founding member and currently a candidate for Co-Chair of the GPUS Dispute Resolution Committee.  I am interested in promoting the work of that committee, as well as representing the State GP, at the national level.

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

  -- Original Message ----- 

  From: Jean de Smet 
  To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org 
  Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 4:53 PM
  Subject: {news} Internal Elections



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  Candidates have announced for the following positions:



  Mike De Rose, Co-Chair

  Jean de Smet, Co-Chair

  Michael Westerfield, Co-Chair

  Barbara Barry DeRosa, Secretary

  Chris Reilly, Treasurer.



  This leaves openings for 2 GPC Representatives to the national Green Party of the United States and one Alternate.



  To be included in the mailed out Annual Meeting/Convention Ballot, candidates for office must announce by Feb 28th, and have their statements ready for the printer by March 1.



  Thanks,



  Jean
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From efficacy at msn.com  Thu Feb  9 03:03:03 2006
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 08:03:03 -0000
Subject: {news} Re: statewide slate
References: <20060202035259.4973A89C2F2@gandhi.greens.org>
	<BAY106-DAV8C16A8DC77F182D250EE7D6030@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV148F81546497C695262FF3D1030@phx.gbl>

David,

We have agreed to put a name on the ballot for Lt. gov.  and go from the there.  We need to get the signatures and we thought this would work best for now.  I am still looking for the right person.  We could even use your name David for now.

Cliff 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Bedell<mailto:dbedellgreen at hotmail.com> 
  To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org<mailto:ctgp-news at ml.greens.org> 
  Cc: CTGP-elections at yahoogroups.com<mailto:CTGP-elections at yahoogroups.com> 
  Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:21 AM
  Subject: statewide slate


  Nancy Burton of Redding has agreed to run for Atty. General, and David Bue
  of Westport has agreed to run for Treasurer.  Nancy, as most of you know, is
  the founder of CT Coalition Against Millstone, and she attended the January
  31 state meeting in Portland.  David is a Socially Responsible Investment
  advisor with the First Affirmative Financial Network.  He will meet with the
  Fairfield County chapter tonight (Thursday Feb. 9) at Norwalk City Hall.

  This leaves us with two slots open before we can submit our petition
  application for the Green slate:  Lieutenant Governor and Comptroller.

  If you have any suggestions for Lt. Gov., please send these to the listserv
  or to me privately, or to Tim McKee and Cliff Thornton.  It will be up to
  Cliff to invite the potential candidate, since the Lt. Gov. is his running
  mate and should work closely with him as a team.

  For Comptroller, someone with accounting or budgetary experience would be
  best, but at this point we are looking for anyone just to stand as a
  placeholder and help us achieve ballot access.

  Some preference will be given to women and minorities.  Nancy is the only
  woman on the statewide slate so far.

  David Bedell
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From justinemccabe at earthlink.net  Thu Feb  9 16:37:48 2006
From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe)
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 21:37:48 -0000
Subject: {news} GP RELEASE Greens blast Dem bill to bar 3rd party races for
	Congress
Message-ID: <030001c62dba$69b626f0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE>

 GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
> http://www.gp.org
>
> For Immediate Release:
> Thursday, February 9, 2006
>
> Contacts:
> Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
> mclarty at greens.org
> Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805,
> starlene at greens.org
>
>
> Greens blast bill from Democrats that would bar third
> parties in races for Congress.
>
> Panic and retaliation among progressive Democrats over
> Green challenges are behind HR 4694, say Greens,
> citing the bill's prohibitive petition requirements,
> ban on private contributions; Greens call the bill
> patently unconstitutional.
>
>
> WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party leaders called on
> Congress to reject a House bill that combines public
> funding of congressional campaigns with a scheme to
> ban third party and independents from such races.
>
> HR 4694 ("Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act")
> would grant nominees of parties (i.e., Democrats and
> Republicans) that had averaged 25% of the vote for
> House races in a given district in the last two
> elections would get full public funding.
>
> All others (i.e., third party and independent
> candidates) would be required to submit petitions
> signed by 10% of the last vote cast for partial
> funding, and 20% petitions for full funding.
>
> Furthermore, candidates who don't qualify for funding
> would be barred from spending any privately raised
> money on their campaigns.
>
> "10% and 20% in many districts represent prohibitively
> large numbers of required signatures," said Phil
> Huckelberry, co-chair of the Illinois Green Party and
> co-chair of the national Green Party's Ballot Access
> Committee.  "The goal behind HR 4694 is to use public
> financing of campaigns -- itself a sorely needed
> reform -- to eliminate third party challenges in
> congressional races."
>
> "In Missouri's 2nd congressional district, a candidate
> with a party that won less than 25% of the vote in the
> last two elections would need nearly 70,000 signatures
> to qualify for the public funding that her/his
> Democratic and Republican opponents would get
> automatically, and only signatures from the 2nd
> District would count.  Nearly 35,000 signatures would
> be required in order to allow the candidate to spend
> anything at all on the campaign." (St. Louis Oracle,
> February 05, 2006
> <http://stloracle.blogspot.com/2006/02/bill-would-ban-3rd-party-campaigns-for.html>)
>
> The Green Party of the United States supports public
> financing of campaigns as one of several measures to
> remove the corrupting influence of corporations on
> U.S. politics
> <http://www.gp.org/platform/2004/democracy.html#316100>.
> But Greens warned that HR 4694 uses public financing
> of campaigns as a cover to destroy democracy by
> reducing the field to two parties.
>
> Greens called the bill patently unconstitutional and,
> if passed, unlikely to survive a court challenge.  But
> Greens said that the bill is significant because of
> the line-up of Congress members supporting it.
>
> The bill's eight sponsors include liberal Democrats:
> David Obey (Wis.), Rosa DeLauro (Conn.), Barney Frank
> and James McGovern (Mass.), Henry Waxman and Bob
> Filner (Calif.), Steve Israel (N.Y.), and Tim Ryan
> (Ohio).  Mr. Obey, Ms. DeLauro, and Mr. Israel faced
> Green competition (Mike Miles, Ralph Ferrucci, and
> John Keenan, respectively) in recent elections,
> suggesting that their sponsorship is retaliatory.  Mr.
> Miles is seeking the House seat again in 2006
> (Wisconsin, District 7);  Mr. Ferrucci is running for
> the U.S. Senate (Connecticut).
>
> "The Democrats behind this bill have as little regard
> for democracy and open elections as Republicans who
> have use altered district lines and other methods to
> fix elections," said D.C. Statehood Green Party
> activist T.E. Smith.  "Hiding this strategem in a bill
> for public financing of campaigns makes it doubly
> shameful."
>
> "An obvious motivation behind HR 4694 is panic over a
> Green insurgency.  Voters have realized that the
> Democratic Party has given President Bush and the GOP
> a pass on various abuses of power and radical actions,
> such as the invasion of Iraq and the confirmation of
> Judge Samuel Alito, which most Democrats declined to
> filibuster.  The time is ripe for a noncorporate
> independent third party, and many Democrats are
> worried," added Mr. Smith.
>
>
> 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
>
> Text of HR 4694
> http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.4694:
>
> Mike Miles for the U.S. House of Representatives
> (Wisconsin, District 7)
> http://www.milesforcongress.com
>
> Ralph A Ferrucci for U.S. Senate (Connecticut)
> http://ferrucciforsenate.org
>
> Coalition For Free and Open Elections
> http://www.cofoe.org
>
> Green Party rebuttal to President Bush's 2006 State of
> the Union Address (Video News Release)
> http://www.gp.org/video/2006stateofunion/
>
>
> ~ END ~