{news} (PRESS RELEASE) CA GREENS PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (NADER & MCKINNEY)
Tim McKee
timmckee2008 at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 8 20:06:47 EST 2007
News Advisory
THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA www.cagreens.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Contacts: Susan King, spokesperson, 415.823-5524 funking at mindspring.com
Cres Vellucci, press secretary, 916.996-9170
greenparty-press at comcast.net
Dr. Robert Vizzard, spokesperson, 916.206 8953,
thevizz at earthlink.net
Sara Amir, spokesperson, 310.270-7106
saraamir at earthlink.net
Former Democratic congressperson Cynthia McKinney
joins Ralph Nader and 5 others on Green Party
presidential ballot in California
SACRAMENTO (Dec. 6, 2007) Former Democratic Party congressperson
Cynthia
McKinney and longtime consumer advocate and presidential candidate
Ralph
Nader are among seven names on the California Green Party presidential
ballot for the Feb. 5 Primary, according to the Green Party of
California
in a statement released today.
In addition to McKinney (www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com), a former
member
of Congress from Georgia who has re-registered in the Green Party, and
Nader (www.draftnader.org), the 1996 and 2000 Green Party nominee,
others
whose name will appear on the ballot include:
* Jared Ball (www.jaredball.com), a college professor and freelance
journalist from the District of Columbia;
* Elaine Brown (www.elainebrown.org), a former Black Panther Party
leader, noted author and community and prison justice activist from
Georgia;
* Jesse Johnson (jesse at mtparty.org), a filmmaker and 2006 Senate
candidate and 2004 gubernatorial candidate for the Mountain Party from
West
Virginia;
* Kent Mesplay (www.mesplay.org), a biomedical engineer who sought
the
Green Party presidential nomination in 2004;
* Kat Swift (www.votekat.info), the Texas State Party Co-chair,
progressive activist and newspaper credit manager.
"This promises to be the most competitive presidential primary on
record
for the Green Party of California. And it comes at a time in our state
and
nation's history when voters need a real choice at the polls, and an
opportunity to elect a President who will make a real difference in
truly
ending the war in Iraq now, protecting our planet now and providing
universal, single-payer health care for all now," said Susan King, GPCA
spokesperson.
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(Distribution of this release by the Green Party of California does not
imply endorsement of any candidate for office.)
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Tim McKee
Manchester CT
Home-860-643-2282
Cell-860-778-1304
Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT.
BLOG- http://TheBigGreenPicture.blogspot.com/
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