From apbrison at hotmail.com  Fri May 11 14:48:57 2007
From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 14:48:57 -0400
Subject: {news} Advocate Article - The Lawnmower Man
Message-ID: <BAY115-F6A5C03652B180D9A62F36D5390@phx.gbl>

Here is the article about me in the current Advocate as scanned by my 
daughter. Note that there will be a letter to the editor from me in the next 
issue with a slight correction: my idea is not to give out the lawnmowers 
FREE but to have the city buy them at wholesale prices and pass them on at 
cost to interested residents.

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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Fri May 11 16:44:22 2007
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 13:44:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} Fwd: Call for submissions to Green Pages
Message-ID: <279950.47299.qm@web81403.mail.mud.yahoo.com>



Green Party-CT <greenpartyct at yahoo.com> wrote:  Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 13:49:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Green Party-CT <greenpartyct at yahoo.com>
Subject: Fwd: Call for submissions to Green Pages
To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org



Green Party-CT <greenpartyct at yahoo.com> wrote:   Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 13:30:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Green Party-CT <greenpartyct at yahoo.com>
Subject: Call for submissions to Green Pages
To: ctgp-candidates at yahoogroups.com, ctgp-legislation at yahoogroups.com, 
ctgp-media at yahoogroups.com, 
ElectionsCTGP <CTGP-elections at yahoogroups.com>, 
newhavengreens at yahoogroups.com, 
HarfordGreens <hartfordgreens at yahoogroups.com>, 
TollandGreens Yahoogroup <tollandcountygreens at yahoogroups.com>



David McCorquodale <h4fungi at yahoo.com> wrote:   Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:25:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: David McCorquodale <h4fungi at yahoo.com>
To: natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org, natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org
Subject: [usgp-nc] Call for submissions to Green Pages

This is a remainder to submit your Op.Eds., Cartoons,
Pictures or State Reports to Green Pages for the
Summer issue. Please pass this on to your states,
caucuses and committees.

Green Pages, the national newspaper of the Green Party
of the United States,is looking for concise opinion
pieces (op-eds) for the winter, 2006 issue, as well as
timely reports from states, caucuses, and committees.
(Please see reports guidelines below.)

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

DEADLINES AND WHERE TO SEND YOUR GREEN NEWS

-Op-eds (max 800 words) and letters to the editor (max
200 words) should be sent by May 15 to
greenpages at greens.org.

-Unsolicied news briefs (max 350 words) should be
sent by May 15 to greenpages at greens.org .

-Cartoons, illustrations, and charts should be sent by
May 15 to ninth.st at verizon.net.

-Photos for op-eds, photos of Greens in action for
unsolicited news briefs, with captions and
photographer credits, should be sent by May 15 to the
section editor who is receiving the related article.
Please indicate forwhich story they are intended.

-Head shots for op-eds should be sent by May 15
to Deyva Arthur at darthur at nycap.rr.com.

-State reports (max 300 words) or Caucus or committee
reports (max 300 words) should be sent by May 15
to mccorq at comcast.net or contact if expecting late
breaking news. Please note that any state report
concerning election results, it may be included in the
elections section.

-Photos or logos for state/caucus/committee reports,
with captions and photographer credits, should be sent
by May 15 to mccorq at comcast.net. Please indicate which
report they concern.

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

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

REPORTS GUIDELINES

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

Here are some tips to keep in mind:

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

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

-Think about your piece visually and find out early on
who can provide a photograph to run with the text.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

David McCorquodale
Delaware delegate and Co-chair, Green Pages


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From eaton at spazmo.com  Sat May 12 07:41:24 2007
From: eaton at spazmo.com (Bob Eaton)
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 07:41:24 -0400
Subject: {news} Unreasonable Man in Winsted Monday May 14
Message-ID: <4645A7E4.8010500@spazmo.com>

Please forward this announcement:
 
*An Unreasonable Man <http://www.anunreasonableman.com/>* will be at The 
*Gilson Theater*, 354 Main St., Winsted *Monday May 14*, 7:00 p.m.  
*Ralph Nader will be present* for Q&A and book signing before and after 
the show. Ralph is also sponsoring a matinee for Winsted children on 
Monday afternoon (as he did with An Inconvenient Truth).
 
  ** Known for his lifetime of progressive activism and fearless critique of
 corruption in American "politics and society" and most recently named
 one of the "Top 100 Most Influential Figures in American History" by the
 Atlantic Monthly Ralph Nader's fascinating legal and political career
 has made him one of the nation's most controversial public figures. But
 what about his private life? In New York Times Best selling: THE
 SEVENTEEN TRADITIONS Ralph Nader, the author of Crashing the Party and
 The Good Fight reflects on his serene and enriching childhood in rural
 Winsted, Connecticut, and on the life-sustaining principles he learned
 from his family and his community at large.
 
 For those who have followed Ralph Nader's fascinating career, THE
 SEVENTEEN TRADITIONS offers long-awaited insight into this unforgettable
 public figure's past and the impact it has had on the person he is
 today. In his warmest and most personal writing to date, Nader fondly
 describes his father's restaurant business and how it taught him about
 work, community and how to share in the spirits of others; the value of
 his mother's ethnic cooking and its relationship with his heritage, and
 the hours he spent as a child wandering through the undeveloped forests
 of Connecticut where he learned the value of solitude. Blending memoir
 and thoughtful inspiration, and drawing from them inspiring lessons for
 today's society, Nader offers readers a chance to look back on a time in
 American history when the family and the natural world were central to a
 child's understanding of how to become a conscientious adult.
 
 From listening to learning, patriotism to argument; from work to simple
 enjoyment, Nader's SEVENTEEN TRADITIONS reawakens our own memories of
 the blessings of a simpler time and of the enduring values of family,
 community, and love.
 
 About the author: Ralph Nader, the son of immigrants from Lebanon, was
 raised in a small town in Connecticut. In his career he has launched two
 major presidential campaigns and founded or organized more than 100
 civic organizations. His groups have made an impact on tax reform,
 atomic power regulation, the tobacco industry, renewable energy, clean
 air and water, food safety, auto safety, safety in the workplace, access
 to healthcare, civil rights, civil justice, Congressional ethics,
 corporate reform, and much more.
 *
 The Seventeen Traditions by Ralph Nader*
 ISBN: 0061238279
 
 HC, an Imprint of Harpercollins Publishers
 http://www.seventeentraditions.com/
---------------------

-- 
Bob Eaton / Head Spazmo
http://www.spazmo.com
Patriot ? Lemming
 
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Sat May 12 08:46:26 2007
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 05:46:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} Fwd: Green Party Fundraising Tools to Benefit State Green
	Parties
Message-ID: <274806.58949.qm@web81403.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Green Party of the United States <office at gp.org> wrote:  Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 20:18:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Green Party of the United States <office at gp.org>
To: greenpartyct at yahoo.com
Subject: Green Party Fundraising Tools to Benefit State Green Parties

        
                              
            Back to GP.org
        
          Dear Greens, 
  The Green Party Fundraising Committee is holding a conference call next Tuesday to talk about the fundraising tools available to help state Green parties raise money.  If you are interested in learning about the state sharing programs we have available now; and helping to develop programs we can use in the future, this call is for you. Please spread the word. State Party membership coordinators, web managers, treasurers, and fundraising coordinators might find the call particularly useful, although everyone is welcome.  
  Tuesday May 15th, 8pm ET
605-772-3800   
access 45665412#
   
            Email: office at gp.org
Office: PO Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037 202-319-7191 or toll-free (US): 866-41GREEN




       
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    Tim McKee cell (860) 778-1304 or (860) 643-2282
   National Committee Member of the Green Party(Connecticut)





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From greenpartyct at sbcglobal.net  Sun May 13 11:51:15 2007
From: greenpartyct at sbcglobal.net (Green Party-CT)
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 08:51:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} Greens-Do you use "You Tube"?
Message-ID: <37465.18792.qm@web81414.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Message: 2
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 12:23:45 -0700
From: Marnie Glickman <marnie at greens.org>
Subject: [usgp-dx] you tube
To: USGP Discussion <natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org>
Message-ID: <D3824660-3DAB-407D-AF94-F0E050F3E7E1 at greens.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed

hi.  i am interested in connecting with greens who use you tube.

if you are willing to share your videos, please contact me off-list.

thanks.

peace,
marnie

Marnie Glickman | marnie at greenchange.com
Green Change | www.greenchange.com
503.313.7919 p





       
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Sun May 13 11:51:22 2007
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 08:51:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} Greens-Do you use "You Tube"?
Message-ID: <751605.41378.qm@web81402.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Message: 2
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 12:23:45 -0700
From: Marnie Glickman <marnie at greens.org>
Subject: [usgp-dx] you tube
To: USGP Discussion <natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org>
Message-ID: <D3824660-3DAB-407D-AF94-F0E050F3E7E1 at greens.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed

hi.  i am interested in connecting with greens who use you tube.

if you are willing to share your videos, please contact me off-list.

thanks.

peace,
marnie

Marnie Glickman | marnie at greenchange.com
Green Change | www.greenchange.com
503.313.7919 p



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From apbrison at hotmail.com  Sun May 13 13:12:09 2007
From: apbrison at hotmail.com (allan brison)
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 13:12:09 -0400
Subject: {news} Bus Stop Removal Date Change to Mon May 14
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From efficacy at msn.com  Sun May 13 13:16:55 2007
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 13:16:55 -0400
Subject: {news} Announcement
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV17A373D4114A8EDE24ED7BD13F0@phx.gbl>

Please pass this to your lists.  As you may remember the LWV said yes to the debate in New London.



LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF

SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT

ANNUAL MEETING

MAY 21, 2007

OLD LYME INN

LYME STREET, OLD LYME

11:30 AM ANNUAL MEETING FOR LWV MEMBERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED

Noon Come One Come All 

Cost: $22 including tip and gratuities

Our speaker will be

CLIFF THORNTON

Cliff Thornton is the founder of Efficacy, a non-profit organization that has been concentrating on drug policy reform. He was the Gubernatorial candidate for the Green Party in 2006. He has lectured frequently in this country and abroad and has always captivated his audiences. His topic will be: 

"The Drug War is Meant to be Waged, Not Won - Like Terrorism -

The War Over There Vs the War Over Here"

To make reservations for the luncheon, please complete the form below



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Name_____________________ Address____________________________

Phone_________ Number of reservations@$22______ Amount enclosed_______

Please indicate choice(s) for luncheon:

GGrilled Chicken: Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast with Tomato Caper Relish, Herb Whipped Potatoes and Balsamic Syrup

GPenne Pasta: With Chicken, Spinach and Roasted Garlic Broth

GRoasted Cod: Herb and Crumb Crusted with Sauteed Spinach and Buerre Blanc


All meals will include a Green Salad, Apple Strudel and Coffee or Tea. 

Make checks payable to LWV of Southeastern CT and send to Claire Sauer, 47 Mitchell Hill, Lyme, CT 06371 by May 17th. For further information call 860-434-2936



Efficacy
PO Box 1234
860 657 8438
Hartford, CT 06143
efficacy at msn.com<mailto:efficacy at msn.com>
www.Efficacy-online.org<http://www.efficacy-online.org/>
 
"THE DRUG WAR IS MEANT TO BE WAGED NOT WON"

Working to end race and class drug war injustice, Efficacy is a non profit
501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1997. Your gifts and donations are tax
deductible
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From chapillsbury at gmail.com  Sun May 13 20:40:43 2007
From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 20:40:43 -0400
Subject: {news} Fwd: Green Party Fundraising Tools to Benefit State Green
	Parties
In-Reply-To: <108234789.-608502875@com.comDB.mail.democracyinaction.com>
References: <108234789.-608502875@com.comDB.mail.democracyinaction.com>
Message-ID: <10859a090705131740j6a0115c0gb9de56cc6e35a71c@mail.gmail.com>

info especially for co-chairs and treasurer.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Green Party of the United States <office at gp.org>
Date: May 11, 2007 8:18 PM
Subject: Green Party Fundraising Tools to Benefit State Green Parties
To: chapillsbury at gmail.com

            Back to
GP.org<http://www.democracyinaction.com/dia/track.jsp?key=108234789&url_num=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gp.org>

[image: Green Party]<http://www.democracyinaction.com/dia/track.jsp?key=108234789&url_num=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gp.org>

Dear Greens,

The Green Party Fundraising Committee is holding a conference call next
Tuesday to talk about the fundraising tools available to help state Green
parties raise money.  If you are interested in learning about the state
sharing programs we have available now; and helping to develop programs we
can use in the future, this call is for you. Please spread the word. State
Party membership coordinators, web managers, treasurers, and fundraising
coordinators might find the call particularly useful, although everyone is
welcome.

Tuesday May 15th, 8pm ET
605-772-3800
access 45665412#



Email: office at gp.org
Office: PO Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037 202-319-7191 or toll-free (US):
866-41GREEN
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Mon May 14 16:42:08 2007
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 13:42:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} CT may increase to 4 delgates on National committee..in the
	near future
Message-ID: <91461.41232.qm@web81409.mail.mud.yahoo.com>



Aram Falsafi <aram at aramfalsafi.com> wrote:  Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 07:48:54 -0700
From: Aram Falsafi <aram at aramfalsafi.com>
To: usgp-coo at gp-us.org
CC: app-com at lists.gp-us.org
Subject: [usgp-nc] Planning for apportionment changes and National Meeting

To National Committee delegates:

The GPUS Apportionment Standing Committee is making its best effort to submit 
the new apportionment numbers to be implemented before the national meeting. In 
addition to the mandate in Proposal 272 for the Apportionment Standing Committee 
to calculate the numbers in a timely manner, many feel that ensuring that all 
state parties have fair representation in upcoming elections is important in 
order to have sufficient participation in the Presidential nomination process.

Rather than require state parties to do all the research required for the 
calculation, the committee is doing research on available data and will be 
submitting all of that to your state parties for review and possible correction 
shortly. Meanwhile, we are publishing below our current estimate of the final 
apportionment numbers, based on the latest formula changes and inclusion of 2006 
data.

To allow for the smoothest, most cooperative planning for the national meeting, 
we strongly encourage your state parties to plan for more than one contingency. 
Examples of options some state parties are employing are:

* for an expected increase, planning to fill all the seats, but informing 
delegates that not all the seats are definite yet and asking for volunteers to 
serve as alternates if necessary

* for an expected decrease, planning to fill the smaller delegation, but asking 
for alternates to be ready to fill the delegate seats if necessary

* calculating ranked ballot results for different sizes of delegations and 
informing all potential delegates of the possible results

* using the option of proxies at the national meeting to give the state party 
additional flexibility in making contingency plans.

Thank you for your cooperation and consideration of the various needs within the 
party.

-Aram Falsafi
chair, GPUS Apportionment Standing Committee
on behalf of the GPUS Apportionment Standing Committee



State Number of votes
Alabama 2
Alaska 2
Arizona 2
Arkansas 2
California 42
Colorado 3
Connecticut 4
Delaware 2
District of Columbia 4
Florida 4
Georgia 2
Hawaii 2
Idaho 2
Illinois 10
Indiana 2
Iowa 2
Kansas 2
Louisiana 2
Maine 9
Maryland 4
Massachussetts 8
Michigan 6
Minnesota 4
Mississippi 2
Missouri 2
Montana 2
Nebraska 2
Nevada 2
New Jersey 4
New Mexico 2
New York 9
North Carolina 2
Ohio 3
Oklahoma 2
Oregon 7
Pennsylvania 8
Rhode Island 2
South Carolina 2
Tennessee 2
Texas 7
Utah 2
Vermont 2
Virginia 2
Washington 3
Wisconsin 6
Wyoming 2


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From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com  Mon May 14 21:45:09 2007
From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 21:45:09 -0400
Subject: {news} RE: {forum} CT may increase to 4 delgates on National
 committee..in thenear future
In-Reply-To: <91461.41232.qm@web81409.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BAY112-F295084FEE8A19D5B9018C2BD3D0@phx.gbl>


More importantly we need to know NOW what openings there are on National 
committees.Members and officers have requested this from our two delagates 
for months. We are missing oppertunities for input  and 
knowledge/participation in USGP. Also how long does SCC members and officers 
toerate allow USGP chair oeople not reporting to SCC or writing reports for 
almost 3 years such as our delagate to Internationational committee Justine 
McCabe. Shouldnl't National views and platfrom be run by State 
GPsmerelistings on forum don't do . When will nthis change?    Amy

>From: Green Party-CT <greenpartyct at yahoo.com>
>To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org, GPCT FORUM <ctgp-forum at ml.greens.org>
>Subject: {forum} CT may increase to 4 delgates on National committee..in 
>thenear future
>Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 13:42:08 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS
>http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/
>
>to unsubscribe click here
>mailto://ctgp-forum-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org


>
>
>Aram Falsafi <aram at aramfalsafi.com> wrote:  Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 07:48:54 
>-0700
>From: Aram Falsafi <aram at aramfalsafi.com>
>To: usgp-coo at gp-us.org
>CC: app-com at lists.gp-us.org
>Subject: [usgp-nc] Planning for apportionment changes and National Meeting
>
>To National Committee delegates:
>
>The GPUS Apportionment Standing Committee is making its best effort to 
>submit
>the new apportionment numbers to be implemented before the national 
>meeting. In
>addition to the mandate in Proposal 272 for the Apportionment Standing 
>Committee
>to calculate the numbers in a timely manner, many feel that ensuring that 
>all
>state parties have fair representation in upcoming elections is important 
>in
>order to have sufficient participation in the Presidential nomination 
>process.
>
>Rather than require state parties to do all the research required for the
>calculation, the committee is doing research on available data and will be
>submitting all of that to your state parties for review and possible 
>correction
>shortly. Meanwhile, we are publishing below our current estimate of the 
>final
>apportionment numbers, based on the latest formula changes and inclusion of 
>2006
>data.
>
>To allow for the smoothest, most cooperative planning for the national 
>meeting,
>we strongly encourage your state parties to plan for more than one 
>contingency.
>Examples of options some state parties are employing are:
>
>* for an expected increase, planning to fill all the seats, but informing
>delegates that not all the seats are definite yet and asking for volunteers 
>to
>serve as alternates if necessary
>
>* for an expected decrease, planning to fill the smaller delegation, but 
>asking
>for alternates to be ready to fill the delegate seats if necessary
>
>* calculating ranked ballot results for different sizes of delegations and
>informing all potential delegates of the possible results
>
>* using the option of proxies at the national meeting to give the state 
>party
>additional flexibility in making contingency plans.
>
>Thank you for your cooperation and consideration of the various needs 
>within the
>party.
>
>-Aram Falsafi
>chair, GPUS Apportionment Standing Committee
>on behalf of the GPUS Apportionment Standing Committee
>
>
>
>State Number of votes
>Alabama 2
>Alaska 2
>Arizona 2
>Arkansas 2
>California 42
>Colorado 3
>Connecticut 4
>Delaware 2
>District of Columbia 4
>Florida 4
>Georgia 2
>Hawaii 2
>Idaho 2
>Illinois 10
>Indiana 2
>Iowa 2
>Kansas 2
>Louisiana 2
>Maine 9
>Maryland 4
>Massachussetts 8
>Michigan 6
>Minnesota 4
>Mississippi 2
>Missouri 2
>Montana 2
>Nebraska 2
>Nevada 2
>New Jersey 4
>New Mexico 2
>New York 9
>North Carolina 2
>Ohio 3
>Oklahoma 2
>Oregon 7
>Pennsylvania 8
>Rhode Island 2
>South Carolina 2
>Tennessee 2
>Texas 7
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>Vermont 2
>Virginia 2
>Washington 3
>Wisconsin 6
>Wyoming 2
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From efficacy at msn.com  Tue May 15 12:56:26 2007
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 12:56:26 -0400
Subject: {news}
	Press RELEASE War on Drugs is a war on youth, people of color,
	say Greens
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV147C6731110D59EEFCF17BD13D0@phx.gbl>


Hi Gang,

Please look this over and give me your comments as it
has not been released.


WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders called for
a national discussion on how the US's 'war on
drugs' has turned into a war on young people, the
poor, and African Americans, Latinos, and other
people of color.

"The human and economic devastation caused by the
war on drugs is missing from the range of debate
among both Democratic and Republican presidential
candidates.  Politicians from these parties, when
asked about drug policies, prefer to posture
about law and order and endorse failed measures,"
said _______.

Greens cited a study by the American Civil
Liberties Union ("Cracks in the System: Twenty
Years of Unjust Federal Crack Cocaine Law,"
October 2006,
<http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/drugpolicy/cracksinsystem_20061025.pdf<http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/drugpolicy/cracksinsystem_20061025.pdf>>),
37% of people arrested, 59% of people convicted,
and 74% of those sent to prison are African
American, even though only 15% of drug users are
African American.

The Associated Press
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20061130-9999-1n30nation.html<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20061130-9999-1n30nation.html>>
has reported that "a record 7 million people --
or one in every 32 American adults -- were behind
bars, on probation or on parole by the end of
last year, according to the Justice
Department.... From 1995 to 2003, inmates in
federal prison for drug offenses have accounted
for 49 percent of total prison population
growth."

In state prisons, 260,000 people were serving
sentences on nonviolent drug charges in 2005, of
whom more than 70% were African American or
Latino
<http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/p05.htm<http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/p05.htm>>. 
The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice
Statistics reports that nearly one in eight drug
prisoners (45,000 Americans) are behind bars for
marijuana-related offenses.

"The war on drugs is an excuse to ignore the US
Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual
punishment, with long prison sentences for minor
and nonviolent offenses," said _______.  "This is
in part a result of pressure on elected officials
from the private prison industry lobby, which
seeks to build new prisons and fill up cells in
order to win government giveaways and increase
corporate profits.  The Green Party calls for a
public debate that challenges the rhetoric of
Democratic and Republican politicians who are
under influence of these companies, and that
recognizes how the war on drugs has only resulted
in more crime and violence."

"We need to stop spending $50 billion a year on
the drug war, and use that money for treatment. 
We need to repeal mandatory sentencing laws,
which override judges' discretion in determining
prison time, and 'three strikes' laws that send
people -- mostly the poor and people of color --
away for life on nonviolent and minor felonies,"
said SAME PERSON.

The Green Party's national platform
<http://www.gp.org/platform/2004<http://www.gp.org/platform/2004>> endorses
decriminalization of victimless crimes, such as
the possession of small amounts of marijuana;
legalization of industrial hemp; an end to the
war on drugs; expanded drug counseling and
treatment; and an end to arrest of 'medical
marijuana' arrests and prosecution.

"Law enforcement should focus efforts on
organized crime, including the laundering of drug
money at banks, rather than on street-level drug
trade, in which kids who get arrested -- or
killed -- are quickly replaced," said _______. 
"Addictive use should be treated as a medical and
social problem.  Locking up addicts in stressed
prison environments, with minimal effort to
address the addiction itself, and then freeing
them to go back into the same circumstances that
led to their abuse of drugs has only aggravated
the problem of addiction.  Greens endorse
rational solutions to the problems of drug abuse
that are based on science and health, compassion
for addicts and their families, reduction of harm
rather than moral judgement, and respect for
basic civil liberties and principles of justice."


MORE INFORMATION

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

Efficacy: Drug Policy Reform Now / Stop the Drug
War http://www.efficacy-online.org/<http://www.efficacy-online.org/>

Common Sense Drug Policy http://www.csdp.org/<http://www.csdp.org/>

Drug War Facts:
Drug Offenders In The Corrections System -
Prisons, Jails and Probation
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/prison.htm<http://www.drugwarfacts.org/prisonhtm> 
Race, Prison and the Drug Laws (with information
on the disproportionate incarceration of African
Americans and other people of color)
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/racepris.htm<http://www.drugwarfacts.org/racepris.htm> 
Crime (with information on the correlation
between drug prohibition and violence)
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/crime.htm<http://www.drugwarfacts.org/crime.htm>


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From efficacy at msn.com  Tue May 15 13:10:10 2007
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 13:10:10 -0400
Subject: {news} Press Release
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV183EB0B9F8910D78CCDFDFD13D0@phx.gbl>

            LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT

For further information:

Claire Sauer

47 Mitchell Hill

Lyme, CT 06371

860-434-2936

ces49 at cornell.edu<mailto:ces49 at cornell.edu> 

The speaker at the annual meeting of the League of Women Voters of Southeastern Connecticut will be Cliff Thornton, the Green Party candidate for Governor, and the founder of Efficacy, a non -profit organization that has been concentrating on drug policy reform. Men as well as women are encouraged to attend what promises to be an exceptionally interesting event.. The luncheon meeting will be held at the Old Lyme Inn on May 21st. The business part of the meeting will start at 11:30 AM for League members and other interested parties. The public is invited to arrive at noon.

The title of Mr. Thornton's talk is "The Drug War is Meant to be Waged, Not Won - Like Terrorism - the War Over There vs The War Over Here." Mr. Thornton has lectured widely in the United States, Canada, England and New Zealand and according to Barbara Brockhurst, president of the Local League, "We are indeed fortunate to have such an interesting and knowledgeable speaker agree to share his thoughts with us."

The cost of the luncheon is $22.00 and reservations can be made by sending a check for that amount made out to LWV of Southeastern Connecticut to Claire Sauer, 47 Mitchell Hill, Lyme, CT 06371. For further information call 860-434-2936.
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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Wed May 16 11:17:48 2007
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 08:17:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} Welcoming feed back on ByLaws Cmte Endorses GNC Adoption of
	Credentials Rules
Message-ID: <677794.17372.qm@web81403.mail.mud.yahoo.com>



Hugh Esco <hesco at greens.org> wrote:  To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 13:47:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: hesco at greens.org (Hugh Esco)
Subject: [usgp-nc] ByLaws Cmte Endorses GNC Adoption of Credentials Rules

Madame Secretary:

In voting which concluded this past week, your Committee
on Bylaws, Rules, Policies and Procedures adopted on a vote
of 12-1-0-5, a resolution, endorsing for the consideration
of the Green National Committee, the adoption of "Rules of
the Credentials Committee for the Quadrennial Presidential
Nominating Convention of the Green Party of the United States".

The results of our voting are published at:
http://www.campaignfoundations.com/brpp/vote/propresult?pid=54

The text of the paper as it was adopted by your Bylaws Committee
can be found here:
http://www.campaignfoundations.com/brpp/vote/propdetail?pid=54

We now officially transmit this paper for the consideration
of the Green National Committee, after having announced and
waited seventy two hours for the filing of any minority reports.

We stand ready to respond to any questions about process or
substance related to this proposal raised by any Member of the
Green National Committee. We urge your favorable consideration.

For a Just and Sustainable Future,
s/ Audrey Clement, CoChair
s/ Hugh Esco, CoChair
Committee on Bylaws, Rules, Policies and Procedures
of the Green Party of the United States

-- 

BACKGROUND:

Previous documents adopted to govern the credentialling of Delegates at
the Green Party's previous Quadrennial Presidential Nominating
Conventions included provisions sunsetting those rules. It is therefore
necessary to adopt a new set of rules to govern this process for
subsequent Conventions. Your Committee on Bylaws, Rules, Policies and
Procedures, having reviewed those rules sunset following previous
Conventions and the direction of the Green National Committee in its
action to adopt Proposal #168, has considered and endorsed for Green
National Party consideration the adoption of the following rules.

PROPOSAL:

To adopt Rules to govern the credentialling of Delegates to the
Quadrennial Presidential Nominating Convention; to provide a title, and
for the findings and intentions of the Green National Committee; to
provide for a Credentials Committee, its size, officers, structure, the
method of its election, and for the filling of vacancies and rules for
the conduct of its business; to provide definitions; to provide rules
for naming Delegations to the Quadrennial Presidential Nominating
Convention; to provide for the use of proportional representation in
the selection of state party delegations; to provide for the
credentials application process; to provide for forms to support the
application and challenge process; to provide a timeline for the
conduct of committee business; to provide for the consideration of
late-filed applications; to provide for the form, content, filing and
disposition of challenges to the actions of the Credentials Committee;
to provide criteria for the resolution of a challenge; to provide for
hearings on challenges; to provide for Committee consideration and
Convention appeal of a challenge; to provide that the Credentials
Committee shall makes it report to the Quadrennial Presidential
Nominating Convention; and for other purposes.

A Resolution of the
Green National Committee of the
Green Party of the United States

Resolved, that the Green National Committee of the Green Party of the
United States here adopts the following as the "Rules of the
Credentials Committee for the Quadrennial Presidential Nominating
Convention of the Green Party of the United States".

Rules of the
Credentials Committee for the
Quadrennial Presidential Nominating Convention
of the Green Party of the United States.

I. NAME, FINDINGS AND INTENTION

1. This policy shall be known as the "Rules of the Credentials
Committee for the Quadrennial Presidential Nominating Convention of the
Green Party of the United States", and may be cited as the Credentials
Rules.

2. As a national federation of state Green parties, it is the mission
of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) to hold a national
convention every four years to nominate a Green Party presidential
candidate, and to ratify a party platform in a manner that is inclusive
of all legitimate Green Party organizational activity in the country.
It is the intention of Green Party of the United States to provide for
Quadrennial Presidential Nominating Conventions whose legitimacy is
recognized by the member parties and other organizations that seek to
further the Green Party mission by electing Green Party candidates to
political office.

3. These rules shall govern each Quadrennial Presidential Nominating
Convention called and organized by the Green Party of the United States
with respect to the credentialing of delegates who may exercise the
convention power to nominate a Presidential ticket to run on the Green
Party line of each member state party and to adopt a national platform
for such Presidential campaign to express the national Green Party's
position on critical issues of the day.

II. CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE

A. CHARGE

There shall exist a Credentials Committee, elected by the Green
National Committee to serve each Quadrennial Presidential Nominating
Convention. The committee shall serve from the time of their election,
twelve to fifteen months prior to the next Quadrennial Presidential
Nominating Convention, and until twelve months after the adjournment of
each quadrennial convention.

The committee is charged with 1) disseminating these credential rules
to member state parties and to Greens seeking to form member state
parties, 2) soliciting from state parties applications for delegate
credentials, 3) making a preliminary ruling on each application, 4)
developing and publishing an official roster of convention delegates
and alternates, 5) administering delegate on-site registration and
credentialling, 6) administering the credentials challenge resolution
process both prior to and at the location of the convention and 7)
within twelve months of adjournment of each Quadrennial Presidential
Nominating Convention, filing a report evaluating the process used, the
lessons learned and making recommendations to the Green National
Committee on changes recommended for subsequent conventions.

B. STRUCTURE

The Credentials Committee shall consist of fifteen members elected
using preference voting by the National Committee of the Green Party of
the United States.

The members of the committee shall be elected in an election scheduled
between twelve and fifteen months prior to each Quadrennial
Presidential Nominating Convention, except that the Credentials
Committee for the 2008 Quadrennial Presidential Nominating Convention
shall be named in two elections held four months apart, to name first
eight members and then seven members. Each such election shall be
conducted by rules consistent with the process defined in the the Rules
and Procedures of the Green Party of the United States, Article 7.
Preference Voting Rules for Steering Committee Elections.

Any member of a state Green Party participating in the national
convention may, with the endorsement of their state party, put forth
his/her name as a candidate for a seat on the Credentials Committee.
Delegates and non-delegates to the convention are eligible to be
members of the Credentials Committee. No more than two members of the
committee shall be from any one state. No person may serve as a member
of the committee who resides in a state with partisan voter
registration, unless they are registered as a Green, or, if that is not
possible, has declined to state their political affiliation.

Vacancies may be filled by a special election, conducted by rules
consistent with the process defined in the the Rules and Procedures of
the Green Party of the United States, Article 7. Preference Voting
Rules for Steering Committee Elections, whenever a majority of the
active members of the Credentials Committee or a majority of the
members of the Steering Committee find that the fulfillment of the
committee's charge is jeopardized by its vacancies. Such special
elections shall not be held more often than once every seventy-five
days.

The committee shall elect two co-chairs after it is seated. The
committee shall also elect a clerk. Should five or more committee
members find themselves at the convention site and one or more of the
officers be absent from the site, the committee may convene and hold an
election to elect interim officers to fulfill the duties of an absent
officer until their arrival at the convention.

C. DECISION MAKING

1. Each meeting of the committee conducted at the site of the
convention shall be convened by one or both co-chairs or, in their
absence from the convention site, by another committee member
designated in writing by the consent of the co-chairs, or by a majority
of the committee members voting where notice has been published by
three or more members of their intention to name an interim convener to
serve the committee in the absence of its chair. An on-site meeting may
be called by posting six hours or more in advance and in a conspicuous
manner the time, place and agenda of the proposed meeting 1) in a
public place designated by the Convention for the posting of such
notices, 2) at the regular place of business of the committee, 3) at
the door of the committee's usual meeting place, and 4) as appropriate,
at the door of the meeting place assigned to the meeting in question.

2. Except for a meeting considering only preliminary actions, a quorum
for the conduct of business shall consist of a majority of the active
committee members who have checked in with the committee at its booth
or office as being on site and ready to work and who have not yet left
the convention. For meetings considering only preliminary actions,
business may be conducted when any five or more committee members from
five or more states are present at the time and place designated in a
notice posted at the regular place of business of the committee.

3. For any decision-making conducted online, a resolution of the
committee shall be deemed to have passed with a two-thirds
super-majority support of the members voting and a majority of the
active members participating in the online vote. Any question put to
the committee shall be published with a subject line that identifies it
for committee action, and voting shall not be opened for one week and
shall not remain open for less than one nor more than two weeks, as
determined by consent of the co-chairs and the clerk in their sole
discretion.

4. The clerk shall serve as the custodian of all applications and shall
maintain a chain of custody log, which documents the handling of each
application. Once on site, the clerk shall provide for the committee a
complete file of applications and the chain of custody log and may
delegate to shifts of two or more committee members the custody of the
file and log.

5. Once each month, the officers of the committee shall review the
participation of each committee member and publish to the committee and
to the Steering Committee of the Green Party of the United States,
their findings of which members elected to serve the committee are
inactive and not subject to consideration in the tabulation of quorum.

6. The committee may adopt rules to govern the conduct of its internal
business which are not inconsistent with this policy. The rules
contained in the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly
Revised shall govern the committee in all cases to which they are
applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with this policy or
with any rules the committee may adopt.

III. DEFINITIONS

As used in this agreement, the term:

"Active" shall mean a member of the Credentials Committee who in the
last forty-five days has participated in committee activities, either
by contributing to discussion of committee or subcommittee business,
attending a face-to-face or phone conference of the committee, casting
a vote on matters before the committee, or serving on a Challenge
Panel.

"Activity" shall mean three or more Greens residing in the same
congressional district who, since January 1 preceding the previous
Presidential election, cooperated in campaigning as Greens for a Green
candidate in a partisan race; a ballot initiative or referendum; a
non-partisan candidate endorsed by a Green Party local or state
organization; the candidate of another emerging independent political
party which is not the Republican or Democratic Party, which candidate
was cross-endorsed by a Green Party local or state organization; have
circulated a ballot access petition for such a candidate; or have
organized a local affiliate of their state party.

"Alternate" shall mean an individual named a delegate-alternate by
their state Green Party affiliated with the Green Party of the United
States, or by a convention held in a state without a state Green Party
where the participants have agreed to organize a statewide Green Party,
and who has been issued delegate-alternate credentials by the
Credentials Committee, except that no state shall name, nor shall the
Credentials Committee credential, more alternates than the number of
delegates to which the state is entitled. Alternate shall not mean a
person from a state that permits partisan voter registration unless
they have registered to vote as a Green or, if that is not possible,
have declined to state a partisan affiliation.

"Campaigning" shall mean fielding and supporting a Green Party nominee
in a partisan race; fielding a Green volunteer effort in support of a
Green Party endorsed candidate in a non-partisan race; hosting a
campaign event for a Green Party nominee in a partisan race, supporting
such a campaign with petition-circulating, door-knocking,
phone-banking, visibility work, organizing local endorsements or other
activities reasonably expected to generate ballot access and/or votes
for a candidate nominated or endorsed by a state or local Green Party
or by the Green Party of the United States as a Presidential nominee of
the Green Party; or hosting a state party convention or a local, state
or national Green Party meeting.

"Challenge Panel" shall mean those five members appointed by the
Credentials Committee charged with making a report to the Credentials
Committee on a recommended resolution to a challenge and with
conducting a hearing on a specific challenge filed with the committee
assigned to the challenge panel.

"Challenger" shall mean a delegate of another state or one of the three
Greens who are a member of or registered with a Green Party from the
challenged state who has, while under oath, filed an affidavit swearing
or affirming the accuracy of its contents and who is entitled to
challenge the credentials of the delegation from a state Green Party.
Challenger shall not mean a person from a state that permits partisan
voter registration unless they have registered to vote as a Green or,
if that is not possible, have declined to state a partisan affiliation.

"Credentials" shall mean a color-coded, visible card which permits a
delegate issued the credentials - or an alternate bearing alternate
credentials who is from the same state as the delegate issued the
credentials - the right to vote on any matter before the convention.

"Credentials Roll" shall mean the form, completed and signed by a
delegate or delegate-alternate when picking up preliminary credentials
from the Credentials Committee at the site of the convention, which
pledge the delegate or delegate-alternate 1) to not oppose the
presidential and vice presidential candidates nominated by the
convention and 2) to support the rules of the Green Party of the United
States Nominating Convention.

"Delegate" shall mean an individual named as a delegate by their state
Green Party affiliated with the Green Party of the United States, or by
a convention held in a state without a state Green Party where the
participants agreed to organize a statewide Green Party and who has
been issued delegate credentials by the Credentials Committee, unless
the Credentials Committee has sustained a challenge to their
credentials and the Committees action to sustain the challenge has not
been subsequently overturned by the convention. The term "delegate"
shall not mean a person from a state that permits partisan voter
registration unless they have registered to vote as a Green or, if that
is not possible have declined to state a partisan affiliation.

"Green" shall mean a statewide party, a statewide organization, a local
which is organized based on (or an individual who is committed to) the
values of the Green movement and which values shall include as a
minimum: peace and non-violence, social justice, grassroots democracy
and ecological wisdom.

"Green Elected Official" shall mean a Green 1) who holds an elected
office in a federal, state, county, municipal, special district or
other publicly elected body and 2) who, in those states that provide
for partisan voter registration, has been a registered or enrolled
Green Party member for at least six months prior to the convention.

"Green Party" shall mean a Green political organization which is
eligible for membership with the Green Party of the United States, and
which is organized consistent with the election laws of its state,
regardless of whether that Green Party has yet achieved ballot access.

"Hearing Officer" shall mean one of the five members of the Credentials
Committee who are designated by the committee as a Challenge Panel to
conduct a hearing of the evidence relevant to a particular challenge
that has been granted a hearing by the committee and to make a report
back to the committee of their recommendations.

"Inactive" shall mean a member of the Credentials Committee who is not
considered an active committee participant under these rules.

"Identified" shall mean those Green organizations identified publicly
to the Secretary of the Green Party of the United States on or before
January 1 preceding each Presidential Nominating Convention by any
member state of the Green Party of the United States, regardless of the
identified organizations' affiliation or lack thereof with a national
Green organization. Identified shall not mean any such organization
which is not and has not functioned for 12 or more months, nor any such
organization which is inconsistent with this policy's definition of
"Green".

"Petitioner" shall mean a state party that has filed an Application for
Credentials with the committee.

"Presiding Hearing Officer" shall mean that hearing officer chosen by
any Challenge Panel to preside over the panel's deliberations on the
challenge assigned to it.

"Public Statement of Truth" shall mean a statement in an affidavit
challenging the credentials of a delegate or delegation or in testimony
before a Challenge Panel that the testimony offered is the truth, and
shall serve the same function as an oath or affirmation.

"Respondent" shall mean the spokesperson designated by a delegation
whose application is challenged or, in the case of a challenge by a
party to the committee's action on its own application, the
spokesperson designated by the committee.

"State" shall mean a state, district or territory entitled to choose
members of the Presidential Electoral College, or to elect members or
delegates to the U.S. Congress.

IV. DELEGATES TO THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTION

Each Quadrennial Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party
of the United States shall consist of delegates chosen as provided by
this policy, among whom shall be apportioned the votes of the
convention as provided by this policy.

The convention shall consist of one Green Party delegation from each
state entitled under the U.S. Constitution to choose members of the
Presidential Electoral College, and from those territories and
districts that are currently disfranchised.

V. DELEGATIONS - HOW CHOSEN

A. STATES WITH AN EXISTING GREEN PARTY

In those states with a statewide Green Party organized under the
election laws of their state and accredited as a member state party of
the Green Party of the United States, the delegation to each
Quadrennial Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party of
the United States shall be chosen pursuant to that state party's rules
for naming their delegation to such convention. The votes to which the
delegation is entitled shall be apportioned in accordance with the
state party's rules. Each state Green Party is urged to choose a
delegation that reflects the diversity of the people of that state. If
compliance with these rules and a state's election laws creates a
significant burden to a state Green Party, the state party may apply to
the Credentials Committee for a waiver to such provisions of these
rules as would best serve the democratic engagement of that state
Party's members in the national nominating process. The Credentials
Committee shall have the discretiuon to consider such applications and
shall report to the Green National Committee, each action by the
Credentials Committee to receive, hold a hearing on, schedule debate on
or consider the disposition of each such application.

B. STATES WITH MORE THAN ONE GREEN PARTY

1. In those states where two or more statewide Green Parties are
organized under the election laws of their state prior to October 1
preceding each Presidential Nominating Convention, the delegation to
the Quadrennial Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party
of the United States shall be chosen as provided by the rules of the
statewide Green Party which is accredited as a member state party of
the Green Party of the United States. The votes to which the delegation
is entitled shall be apportioned as provided by such rules.

2. In those states without an accredited member state Party, where one
but not both of the state parties retain ballot access from a previous
election and another party from the state does not have and cannot
reasonably be expected to obtain ballot access, the statewide Green
Party with ballot access may choose their convention delegates as if
they represented a state with only one state Green Party, using a
selection process as specified by their state election law.

3. If a party without ballot access exists in a state which has no
accredited member state party of the Green Party of the United States,
that party shall be entitled to seat a delegation of its own if it can
demonstrate activity in congressional districts where the party with
ballot access has not been active.

C. STATES WITH NO EXISTING GREEN PARTY

1. In those states where no Green Party is organized at a state level,
any three or more local Green organizations may by joint resolution
call a statewide convention under such rules as may be provided in such
joint resolution, for the purpose of electing the state's delegation to
the Quadrennial Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party
of the United States where such convention also resolves to organize a
statewide Green Party under the laws of the state and to work for
ballot access. Such call shall be published to all Greens and Green
locals identified to the Secretary of the Green Party of the United
States, and to any Green local or Green statewide organization within
the state at least 30 days prior to the proposed statewide convention.
Notice shall also go to each identified Green local or state
organization in any border state with a request to alert any known
Greens from the adjacent, unorganized state holding the convention. In
the event that there exists fewer than three known Green locals in a
state, such convention may be called by a joint resolution of all known
Green locals. In the event that there exists no identified Green local
willing to call such a statewide convention in a state, such convention
may be called by any five or more residents who subscribe to Green
values. The votes to which the delegation is entitled shall be
apportioned as agreed jointly by the statewide convention. The failure
of existing Green organizations within such an unorganized states to
publish a call for such a statewide convention prior to March 15th of
each year during which a Quadrennial Presidential Nominating Convention
is held shall serve as prima-facie evidence of that they will not do
so.

2. In those states with no statewide Green Party where no agreement can
be reached among a majority of participants in the state convention on
how or whether to elect a delegation to a Quadrennial Presidential
Nominating Convention of the Green Party of the United States, no such
delegation shall be seated, except by special dispensation of the Green
National Committee, or of the Presidential Nominating Convention, once
it has convened. In those states with no statewide Green Party, no
application for such an organizing party shall be granted unless the
Credentials Committee finds that the applicant would be eligible to
join the Green Party of the United States were it to apply.

D. USE OF PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION IS URGED

Each state Green Party is encouraged to select its delegates in a way
that offers representation proportional to the support each candidate
enjoys within the party, parties or confederation of locals represented
by the delegation, and that allows the delegation to truly reflect the
diversity of people within the state. Participating parties are urged
to consult with the Center for Voting and Democracy;
http://www.fairvote.org/; 6930 Carroll Ave. Suite 901; Takoma Park, MD
20912; (301) 270-4616; cvdusa at aol.com for sample rules and advice on
the administration of elections under proportional representation
schemes.

a) The number of delegates pledged to each candidate (or who are
"Uncommitted") shall be proportioned on a state-by-state basis
according to each state's vote totals, regardless of how that vote
was taken.

b) States are urged to make every effort to send delegates to the
Presidential Nominating Convention pledged to candidates for the
party's nomination (or who are uncommitted) in proportion to the
support each such candidate enjoyed in the state party's internal
process.

c) During the first round of voting at the Quadrennial Presidential
Nominating Convention, all delegates except those instructed as
???Uncommitted??? must vote for the candidate to which they are
pledged.

d) In cases where states award a portion of their convention delegates
to identity caucuses, the same rules of proportionality shall apply to
the extent possible.

e) Each state party shall submit to the Credentials Committee a plan
for selecting and instructing its delegation at least 120 days prior to
the convening of each Quadrennial Presidential Nominating Convention.
Such plans shall include a description of the methods used to ensure
that all Greens are polled and an explanation of the process to be
employed to apportion delegates among the candidates seeking the
nomination of the party. No change to the rules used by a state party
for naming or instructing its delegation shall be binding unless the
state submits within thirty days of such change its supplementary
report describing those amendments.

f) Not later than two weeks following any action to fill seats on a
state's convention delegation, a state party shall file with the
Credentials Committee the results of its delegate selection process,
including vote totals and the proportions for each candidate seeking
the nomination of the party, as well as a list of delegates and
alternates and an explanation of how each has been instructed to vote
in the first round of voting in the convention's Presidential
Nominating process. A summary of delegate pledges shall be made public
on the website of the committee in a timely manner.

VI. APPORTIONMENT OF DELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION

Reserved.

VII. CREDENTIALS PROCESS

A. DELEGATE CREDENTIALS PROCESS

1.The Credentials Committee shall publish this policy, including an
original of each form relevant to the credentialing process, on the
website of the Green Party of the United States, and send it to each
recognized state Green Party which is organized in the country, whether
or not that party is a member of the Green Party of the United States.
In addition, this policy shall be included in every organizing packet
provided to Greens in unorganized states who seek the national party's
assistance in organizing a state Green Party, and a synopsis shall be
made available to anyone inquiring of the Credentials Committee for
registration information.

2. Each state Green Party which desires to credential a delegation to
the Presidential Nominating Convention shall submit both an electronic
application by email and a paper version of the application by U.S.
Mail to the Credentials Committee prior to the application deadline
(unless granted an extension by the committee) which application a)
shall bear the witness of the officers of the party that delegates
named in the application were duly elected as delegates to the
convention as provided for in the rules of the state Green Party, b)
states that it is a member of the Green Party of the United States, or,
if not a member, states that it has demonstrated to the Credentials
Committee that it is eligible for membership with the Green Party of
the United States, c) states that it is the policy of the party that
neither its Presidential Nominating Convention delegates nor its
Presidential electors will work in active opposition to the
Presidential Slate nominated by the Green Party Presidential Nominating
Convention, d) includes a copy of the minutes of the state convention
or other body of the party authorized to elect the delegation, which
minutes document the delegate election, as well as a letter bearing the
signature of the state Party officers certifying the authenticity of
the minutes, d) includes copies of all portions of state election law
which are relevant to the selection of delegates to a national
convention, whether by primary, caucus, or petitions for national
candidates, e) identifies by name, date of birth, residential address,
phone and fax numbers, email address and the party with which they are
registered to vote (where that is possible) each delegate and
delegate-alternate elected by the party, f) for any delegate who may be
credentialed on the basis of their party's electoral success, attaches
documentation of the election results and the endorsement or nomination
of the Green candidate whose showing in the polls is the basis of the
delegate's eligibility for credentials, and g) describes for each
congressional district in the state, the nature and time frame of any
Green activity in the District.

3. The clerk of the Credentials Committee shall make the application
and all attachments available online at a web-site accessible to
members of the Green National Committee, to members of the Credentials
Committee and to any delegate awarded preliminary credentials by the
committee. The on-line files shall contain links to a text version and
a PDF version of each application and any attachment, except that the
clerk shall describe in the text version of the application any
attachment which was not made available by the state party making
application.

4. For any application filed both electronically and by mail forty-five
days or more prior to the convention, within four weeks of receipt, the
chair of the Credentials Committee shall respond certifying upon
preliminary online examination that the committee has found the form of
the application to be consistent with these rules and with a
preliminary finding of the number of delegates the committee expects
will be credentialed at the convention.

5. Until the resolution of any pending challenges and the adoption of a
Credentials Report by the Presidential Nominating Convention, the
Credentials Committee shall operate a Credentials Committee office or
booth at the site of the Presidential Nominating Convention for at
least four hours each day starting when five or more committee members
from five or more states are on site, but in no case starting later
than twenty-four hours prior to the convening of the convention. The
Credentials Committee may utilize volunteers to staff the office if
they are to be directly supervised by two or more members of the
Credentials Committee, and the volunteers' role shall be limited to
providing administrative support. The supervising committee members are
empowered to rule on whether any application or challenge filed with
the committee complies substantially with the rules of the committee
and warrant action by the committee. If there are unresolved challenges
pending before the committee, the committee is urged to consider
offering extended hours, as appropriate. The booth shall continue to
operate until the adjournment of the convention. At the site of the
booth, the committee shall maintain for inspection by any delegate
named in an application on file with the committee the original and a
copy of each application, and a chain of custody log documenting the
receipt of each application and the transfer of any such application
for duplication, referral to a Challenge Committee or referral to the
convention.

6. No application for credentials shall be accepted unless the original
is filed with a copy. The clerk of the Credentials Committee shall sign
the application and its copy, certifying the receipt of a duplicate
copy.

7. During the hours of the booths operation, the Credentials Committee
shall convene to give preliminary consideration to any challenge
received not more than three hours after the receipt of an application.
For the purposes of preliminary consideration of a challenge, a quorum
of the committee shall consist of a minimum of five members from five
different states.

8. Credentials shall be issued on site by the committee during normal
operating hours only at the usual place of business for the committee
or at the entrance to the convention floor to each delegate or
delegate-alternate who signs the Credentials Roll, and only when they
have been granted preliminary credentials by the granting in whole or
in part of an application to the committee and to delegates who
identify themselves with a state or school-issued picture ID, credit
card, or are identified by the chair or other officer of their state
delegation.

9. Until the adoption of the Credentials Report, the convention shall
consist of those applicants granted preliminary credentials by the
committee.

10. A report of the Credentials Committee actions shall be compiled and
presented to the convention for their adoption. A majority of the
convention may adopt the report as presented or as amended by a
majority of the convention. The effect of the adoption of the report
shall be to issue credentials to any delegate in possession of
preliminary credentials. The presiding officer of the convention is
authorized to appoint doorkeepers who shall have the power to assist
the Credentials Committee in recovering any preliminary credentials
issued by the committee, but not affirmed by the convention.

B. DELEGATE CREDENTIALS AND CHALLENGE FORMS

The Credentials Committee shall have the power to develop and adopt
such forms and other materials as may be consistent with this policy as
will facilitate the conduct of the credentialing process and fully
describe to parties wishing to credential a delegation the requirements
for successfully credentialing at the convention. The Credentials
Committee shall have the power to develop and adopt such forms and
other materials, which consistent with this policy will facilitate the
conduct of the challenge process and fully describe to petitioners
wishing to challenge the committee's actions the criteria for the
resolution of credentials challenges.

C. TIMELINE

1. The Steering Committee of the Green Party of the United States shall
publish this policy and a call for nominations to the Credentials
Committee not earlier than fifteen months prior to the next Quadrennial
Presidential Nominating Convention, nor later than twelve months prior
to such convention or two weeks after the adoption of this policy. The
committee may begin to conduct business once the National Committee of
the Green Party of the United States has certified the results of the
election of members to the Credentials Committee. The Secretary of the
Green Party of the United States shall serve as custodian of all
committee correspondence and applications until the committee begins to
operate and elects a clerk and co-chairs.

2. The committee shall publish a "Call for Applications for Delegate
Credentials" not later than four weeks after the committee may be
elected and seated.

3. The committee shall conduct its business online using an archived
list serve to which any state party may designate observers, and may
take decisions online by email poll or a voting application approved
for the conduct of party business in order to facilitate preliminary
actions on any applications that may be filed with the committee.

4. The deadline for postmarking an application or challenge to be
considered prior to the convention shall be forty-five days prior to
the convening of the next Quadrennial Presidential Nominating
Convention.

5. The committee shall convene at the convention site no later than
twenty-four hours prior to the convening of the Quadrennial
Presidential Nominating Convention.

D. PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION OF LATE APPLICATIONS

Any application which is not submitted to the committee by the filing
deadline may be considered by the Credentials Committee if the
applicant has requested and been granted an extension of the filing
deadline prior to that deadline or with the consent of a 2/3 majority
of the committee. The committee shall grant such an extension if a
majority of the committee finds that the application for an extension
has demonstrated that the functioning of the applicants state law
operates to make meeting that deadline and serving the internal
democracy of the party mutually exclusive or if a 2/3 super-majority
finds that equity and justice in the credentialing process would be
served by granting the application for an extension.

VIII. CHALLENGES

A. HOW INITIATED

Any three Greens, who are either registered with or a member of a Green
Party from the state whose credentials they seek to challenge, any
three or more delegates extended preliminary credentials by the
Credentials Committee or any state delegation may initiate a challenge
to the preliminary credentials of a delegate or delegation by filing
with the Credentials Committee four copies of an affidavit entitled
"Challenge to the Credentials of the Delegation from the State of
_________", which by oath or affirmation attests to the accuracy of its
contents and states that either 1) a state party is not qualified under
the rules to elect and seat a delegation, 2) the number of delegates
issued preliminary credentials by the committee is more than or less
than the number the delegation is entitled to under the rules or 3) an
individual delegate issued preliminary credentials is not entitled
under the rules to serve as a delegate.

The Credentials Committee may only consider a challenge if it was filed
within thirty calendar days of either a) the publication on the website
of the Credentials Committee of the minutes documenting the granting of
the challenged application, or b) the granting of the application
making one or more challengers eligible to file the challenge, unless a
two-third majority of the committee grants a motion to extend the
deadline which motion argues that equity and justice in the
credentialing process would be served by the committee's consideration
of the attached challenge.

Each challenge shall make specific reference to the application
challenged, citing the seats challenged and stating its claim that the
preliminary recommendation of the Credentials Committee should be
reconsidered. Any petitioner filing such an affidavit may file as well
four copies of any attachments intended to support or make their case.
If such an affidavit is filed twenty-one or more days prior to the
convention, it may be filed by email and by mail, with the clerk of the
Credentials Committee. Any challenge initiated after that date may be
filed with the committee at its regular place of business during normal
operating hours at the convention.

Once a day, and one hour before the convention convenes each day, the
committee shall convene to consider any challenge to the granting of
preliminary credentials which has been recommended by a Challenge Panel
of the Credentials Committee. A quorum of this committee shall consist
of a majority of the committee members who have checked-in with the
committee at its booth or office as being on-site and ready to work and
who have not yet left the convention. A majority of the committee
voting may grant or deny, in whole or in part, a challenge of an
application for credentials, as it was presented or as amended by a
majority of the committee.

B. CRITERIA FOR RESOLUTION

Whenever any challenge is considered by the committee, the question
before the committee shall be: "Does a preponderance of the evidence
compel us to reconsider our action on the challenged application and
reach a different result?'

C. HEARINGS

1. Whenever the committee has received a challenge, it shall appoint
five of its members to serve as a Challenge Panel. Both the challenger
and the respondent shall be heard as well as any other witness called
by a party to the challenge or otherwise granted a hearing by a
majority of the panel or of the committee of the whole. First the
petitioners bringing the affidavit shall make their case presenting any
exhibits relevant to the proceeding, subject to cross-examination and
objections to the relevance of the evidence. Then the delegation whose
application is challenged or, in the case of a challenge by a party to
the committee's action on its own application, the spokesperson for the
committee shall respond to the challenge, presenting any exhibits
relevant to the proceeding, subject to cross-examination and objections
to the relevance of the evidence.

2. No testimony shall be heard on-site unless notice of a hearing shall
have been posted for three hours in the same manner and at the same
places as is normally required for Credential Committee meetings.

3. In the event that deliberations on the challenge occur online, an
archived list serve shall be established for each challenge heard, in
which the hearing officers, any parties to the action and any other
witnesses shall have writing privileges and any member of the
Credentials Committee and any delegate granted preliminary credentials
by the committee shall have password access to web archives of the
hearing. Any exhibits offered as a part of the challenge, not already
in the record of the application, shall be made available online by the
clerk as if it were an application to the committee.

4. The presiding hearing officer shall initiate a thread on any
procedural motion in which all subscribers with write authority may
participate to make and respond to procedural motions. Each party shall
initiate a thread with a subject: "Arguments for the
(Challenger/Respondent)" and one called "Testimony of _________" for
each witness in which each hearing officer and all parties may examine
and cross-examine. The challenger shall have one week to present their
testimony through the list serve and may call and examine any delegate
granted preliminary credentials, any officer of a party whose
application is challenged or with the consent of the Challenge Panel,
another witness who can contribute relevant evidence which would not be
in the record without their participation. The parties may use prepared
interrogatories or may submit questions one at a time, as they prefer.
Any member of the hearing panel may put a question to any witness or
party in the appropriate thread. All witnesses or people submitting
information to the Credentials Committee shall publicly state, "I
publicly state that what I'm about to say is true."

5. Any of these rules may be suspended with the consent of both parties
and the hearing officers. At the conclusion of the hearings, the
hearing officers shall have one week to deliberate within the list
serve before taking a vote on a resolution to the challenge.

D. COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

The committee, when in receipt of a challenge shall serve the complaint
on the delegation challenged and schedule the matter for preliminary
consideration at the next meeting of the committee or if filed two or
more weeks prior to the convening of the convention shall be put to the
committee consistent with its practices for handling business online.
At a preliminary hearing on a challenge, if the respondent has filed
their response or if prior to the convention two weeks have elapsed
since the challenge was filed or if at the convention, 24 hours have
elapsed, the committee may rule on the challenge with the consent of
both parties, or may appoint a Challenge Panel of five hearing officers
to hear the evidence and make its report back to the committee.

Any member of the Credentials Committee who resides in the state which
is the subject of a challenge, or is challenging the seating of any
other delegates, shall recuse themselves from the consideration of any
procedural or substantive question related to such a challenge. The
committee shall not appoint to any challenge panel a committee member
who resides in either the state whose credentials are being challenged
or a state whose delegate is a challenger and a party to the action.

Both challenger and challenged may provide to the credentials hearing
panel a copy of any state law or rule upon which their challenge or
rebuttal is based. With regard to any challenge to the assertion of
Green activity as defined in this document, challenged Green parties
claiming delegates in the Green activity category may provide
reasonably objective proof of such activity, including but not limited
to: signature petitions, newspaper/periodical articles or
advertisements, public announcements of Green events, internal
publications, mailings, etc, record of media appearances, public or
government proceedings, agendas and prepared testimony or statements,
etc., including mention of the Green Party or its representatives as
well as the dates and names of publications and such proceedings.

At the preliminary hearing, or at a subsequent hearing after the report
of the challenge panel, the committee shall consider the question for
each party, seat or delegate challenged: "Does a preponderance of the
evidence compel us to reconsider our action on the challenged
application and reach a different result?"

If a majority votes in the negative, the challenge is denied and the
challenger may appeal to the convention. If the majority of the
committee votes in the affirmative, the challenge is granted and the
respondent may appeal to the convention. If the challenge is granted,
the seats or delegates challenged are then subject to the
reconsideration of the committee and the committee may hear motions for
the granting or denial of credentials for any challenged seat or
delegate.

E. CONVENTION CONSIDERATION OF APPEALS TO A CHALLENGE

After the consideration of the Credentials Committee report, the
convention shall consider any challenge where 33% or more of the
committee has filed a minority report recommending convention action
and may by majority vote choose to consider any challenge where 10% or
more of the committee has filed a minority report recommending
convention action.

RESOURCES:

REFERENCES:

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From efficacy at msn.com  Wed May 16 12:27:12 2007
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 12:27:12 -0400
Subject: {news} War on drugs is a war on youth, people of color
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV167A4EF600EC72D9D6D6BFD13C0@phx.gbl>

      War on drugs is a war on
       youth, people of color
      Green Party of the United States
      www.gp.org<http://www.gp.org/>

      May 16, 2007

      http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_05_16.shtml<http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_05_16.shtml>

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

        a.. Greens call for realistic debate in the 2008 Presidential race on the War on Drugs  

        b.. Democratic and Republican politicians are ignoring the human and economic devastation caused by failed drug policies, unjust laws, and targeting of young people, the poor, and African Americans and Latinos, say Green Party leaders 

      WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders called for a national discussion on how the US's 'war on drugs' has turned into a war on young people, the poor, and African Americans, Latinos, and other people of color. 

      "The human and economic devastation caused by the war on drugs is missing from the range of debate among both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates. Politicians from these parties, when asked about drug policies, prefer to posture about law and order and endorse failed measures. These politicians don't realize that going along to get along makes one complicit said Cliff Thornton, Green candidate for Governor of Connecticut in 2006 and co-founder of Efficacy, Inc. <http://www.efficacy-online.org<http://www.efficacy-online.org/>>, which promotes major reforms in drug policy. 

      Greens cited a study by the American Civil Liberties Union ("Cracks in the System: Twenty Years of Unjust Federal Crack Cocaine Law," October 2006, <http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/drugpolicy/cracksinsystem_20061025.pdf<http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/drugpolicy/cracksinsystem_20061025.pdf>>), 37% of people arrested, 59% of people convicted, and 74% of those sent to prison are African American, even though only 15% of drug users are African American. 

      The Associated Press <http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20061130-9999-1n30nation.html<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20061130-9999-1n30nation.html>> has reported that "a record 7 million people -- or one in every 32 American adults -- were behind bars, on probation or on parole by the end of last year, according to the Justice Department.... From 1995 to 2003, inmates in federal prison for drug offenses have accounted for 49 percent of total prison population growth." 

      In state prisons, 260,000 people were serving sentences on nonviolent drug charges in 2005, of whom more than 70% were African American or Latino <http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/p05.htm<http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/p05.htm>>.  The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that nearly one in eight drug prisoners (45,000 Americans) are behind bars for marijuana-related offenses. 

      Green leaders also strongly criticized the punitive denial of financial aid to students with drug convictions, and supported Students for a Sensible Drug Policy <http://www.ssdp.org<http://www.ssdp.org/>> in their effort to persuade Congress to reinstate such aid. 

      "The war on drugs is an excuse to ignore the US Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, with long prison sentences for minor and nonviolent offenses. The drug war is meant to be waged, not won," added Mr. Thornton. "This is in part a result of pressure on elected officials from the private prison industry lobby, which seeks to build new prisons and fill up cells in order to win government giveaways and increase corporate profits. The Green Party calls for a public debate that challenges the rhetoric of Democratic and Republican politicians who are under influence of these companies, and that recognizes how the war on drugs has only resulted in more crime and violence." 

      "We need to stop spending $50 billion a year on the drug war, and use that money for treatment.  We need to repeal mandatory sentencing laws, which override judges' discretion in determining prison time, and 'three strikes' laws that send people -- mostly the poor and people of color -- away for life on nonviolent and minor felonies," said Kevin Zeese, 2006 candidate for the US Senate candidate in Maryland and president of Common Sense for Drug Policy <http://www.csdp.org<http://www.csdp.org/>>. 

      The Green Party's national platform <http://www.gp.org/platform/2004<http://www.gp.org/platform/2004>> endorses decriminalization of victimless crimes, such as the possession of small amounts of marijuana; an end to the war on drugs; expanded drug counseling and treatment; and an end to arrest of 'medical marijuana' arrests and prosecution. 

      "Law enforcement should focus efforts on organized crime, including the laundering of drug money at banks, rather than on street-level drug trade, in which kids who get arrested -- or killed -- are quickly replaced," said Nan Garrett, Co-Chair of the National Women's Caucus of the Green Party and 2002 candidate for Governor of Georgia. "Addictive use should be treated as a medical and social problem. Locking up addicts in stressed prison environments, with minimal effort to address the addiction itself, and then freeing them to go back into the same circumstances that led to their abuse of drugs has only aggravated the problem of addiction.  Greens endorse rational solutions to the problems of drug abuse that are based on science and health, compassion for addicts and their families, reduction of harm rather than moral judgment, and respect for basic civil liberties and principles of justice." 

      MORE INFORMATION

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

      Green Party News Center
      http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml<http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml> 

      Drug War Facts:

      Drug Offenders In The Corrections System - Prisons, Jails and Probation
      http://www.drugwarfacts.org/prison.htm<http://www.drugwarfacts.org/prisonhtm>  

      Race, Prison and the Drug Laws (with information on the disproportionate incarceration of African Americans and other people of color) 
      http://www.drugwarfacts.org/racepris.htm<http://www.drugwarfacts.org/racepris.htm>  

      Crime (with information on the correlation between drug prohibition and violence) 
      http://www.drugwarfacts.org/crime.htm<http://www.drugwarfacts.org/crime.htm>  


       
     

     
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      Disclaimer: State, local, and candidate press releases made available here represent the opinions of the original source only.  Opinions expressed by a state party or candidate do not necessarily represent the views of the Green Party of the United States. State party contact information, when provided with candidate releases, does not imply state party endorsement of the opinions expressed nor of the candidate (prior to gaining formal nomination by the party).
      ___ 

      Office: PO Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037  
      Email: office at gp.org<mailto:office at gp.org> 202-319-7191 or toll-free (US): 866-41GREEN 
     




Efficacy
PO Box 1234
860 657 8438
Hartford, CT 06143
efficacy at msn.com<mailto:efficacy at msn.com>
www.Efficacy-online.org<http://www.efficacy-online.org/>
 
"THE DRUG WAR IS MEANT TO BE WAGED NOT WON"

Working to end race and class drug war injustice, Efficacy is a non profit
501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1997. Your gifts and donations are tax
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From efficacy at msn.com  Thu May 17 10:06:52 2007
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 10:06:52 -0400
Subject: {news} YOUTUBE presentation
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV19C9E1C1929EFC055C197DD1330@phx.gbl>

Hi gang,

Please give comments on this video on the site.  It is climbing in
the ratings and deserves high scrutiny and be candid.
It would be nice if it were sent to your lists.

The press release yesterday is a perfect back up to
this video below. http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_05_16.shtml<http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_05_16.shtml>

Cliff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2uzNnetyzU<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2uzNnetyzU>


Efficacy
PO Box 1234
860 657 8438
Hartford, CT 06143
efficacy at msn.com<mailto:efficacy at msn.com>
www.Efficacy-online.org<http://www.efficacy-online.org/>
 
"THE DRUG WAR IS MEANT TO BE WAGED NOT WON"

Working to end race and class drug war injustice, Efficacy is a non profit
501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1997. Your gifts and donations are tax
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From edubrule at sbcglobal.net  Mon May 14 23:51:13 2007
From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 23:51:13 -0400
Subject: {news} Fw: Upcoming imp't events for peace & social
	justice:"Empire&Bomb"; annual dinner/Anthony Arnove;
	June 10-11 DC Israeli Occupation
Message-ID: <000001c798a1$9e4fe060$2b9a4c0c@edgn2b574u14bi>

6-Story Newsletter Template + Images
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From: [AFSC Connecticut]
To: edubrule at sbcglobal.net 
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 9:00 PM
Subject: Upcoming important events for peace & social justice


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  May 11 2007   
                                 
                                 .    May 17: Empire & the Bomb: talk and book signing  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    May 19: AFSC Annual Dinner with Anthony Arnove  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    June 10-11 in Washington D.C. : The world says no to the Israeli Occupation of Palestine  
                                   
                                 
                                 
                                May 17: Empire & the Bomb: talk and book signing  
                                 
                                Thursday, May 17 from 7-9pm
                                Peoples Center, 37 Howe St New Haven

                                A talk and book signing by Joseph Gerson, New England Director of Programs for AFSC. Gerson will be speaking about his new book, "Empire and the Bomb: how the U.S. uses nuclear weapons to dominate the world."

                                Since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 every sitting U.S. president has threatened to use nuclear weapons. President Bush used Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction to terrorize the U.S. public into supporting the war. Joseph Gerson will speak on why nuclear weapons were first built, used, and how the U.S. uses the threat of their use today to preserve its global empire 
                                http://afsc.org/newengland/empire-book.htm  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                May 19: AFSC Annual Dinner with Anthony Arnove  
                                 
                                AFSC-CT is holding its Annual dinner on Saturday, May 19th.

                                The dinner will be held at the Polish National Home, 60 Charter Oak Ave, Hartford, CT from 5:00 to 9:00pm.

                                The main speaker is acclaimed writer and activist Anthony Arnove, author of "Iraq: the logic of Withdrawal".

                                We will also be honoring the following Connecticut organizations and activists for their work in support of peace and social and economic justice. The Greater New Haven Peace Council, Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice, Rabbi Donna Berman, Luis Cotto, Barbara Fair, Bruce Martin, and Meg Scata.

                                The menu is Polish specialities and chicken and vegetarian dishes. Tickets are $45/pp/$30 students. Please RSVP or make your reservation by May 12.

                                Ads may be taken out in the Annual dinner program book. A quarter page costs $25, half page $50, full page $100.

                                Community organizations may reserve tabling space for $25, but must provide their own table.

                                Unfortunately the location is not easily handicapped accessible. If you have special mobility needs, are interested in having a literature table, having an ad in the Program book, or need more information.

                                Please contact the Connecticut AFSC office at connecticut at afsc.org or at 860-523-1534 and check our webpage afsc.org/ct 
                                http:www.afsc.org/ct  

                                    
                                 
                                 
                                June 10-11 in Washington D.C. : The world says no to the Israeli Occupation of Palestine  
                                 
                                Join the American Friends Service Committee, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and United for Peace and Justice on the 40th anniversary of Israel's military occupation in calling for an end to U.S. support for Israeli occupation. 

                                On June 10-11, 2007 thousands of people from all over the country will converge on Washington, DC for a protest, teach-in, and lobby day to call for: 

                                An end to US military, economic, diplomatic, and corporate support for Israel's illegal military occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem.

                                A change in US policy to one that supports a just peace between Palestinians and Israelis based on equality, human rights and international law, and the full implementation of all relevant UN resolutions. 

                                Get Involved! 

                                1. Come to Washington, DC on June 10 and 11, 2007. 

                                In Connecticut the Middle East Crisis Committee(MECC), the Palestinian-American Congress (PAC), and Connecticut United for Peace (CTUP) are organizing at least one bus from New Haven to travel to the mobilization. At present MECC has reserved one bus for June 10. The bus will leave the Long Wharf parking area (in back of the Fairfield Inn, to the right of Brazzis) at 11:45 p.m. on Saturday, June 9 for the Mall in front of the Capitol Building in Washington. We'll leave approximately at 5 p.m. in DC and return around 11 p.m. to Long Wharf Sunday. 

                                To purchase tickets: 
                                Mail $50 checks made out to "MECC" to MECC, Box 3626, Woodbridge, CT 06525. Include a note with the the following information: a heading "Bus Ticket to June 10 in DC", your name, phone number and email. We'll mail you the ticket. 

                                Please go to the MECC website at http://thestruggle.org/tickets.htm for more information to purchase bus tickets on-line using the credit card secure Paypal system. 

                                2. Endorse "The World Says No to Israeli Occupation" by going to http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=1282

                                The US Campaign and UFPJ are looking to get 1,000 organizations to endorse the mobilization.

                                3. Send a Letter to Your Members of Congress by going to http://www.democracyinaction.org/uscampaign/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6345&t=

                                The US Campaign and UFPJ will deliver 100,000 individual letters and petition signatures to Congress on June 11 supporting the political demands of the mobilization.

                                Send your personalized message to Members of Congress protesting US support for Israel's military occupation > 

                                4. Volunteer to Be an Organizer

                                Volunteer to collect individual signatures and organizational endorsements in your community. The US Campaign and UFPJ will provide you with all the resources you need. 

                                Help us reach our goal of collecting 1,000 organizational endorsements and 100,000 individual signatures by volunteering as an organizer .

                                Volunteer for the June 10-11 mobilization by going to http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=1285





                                http://afsc.org/israel-palestine/activism/World-Says-No.htm  

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


     
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From caleb at trueballot.com  Thu May 17 21:35:35 2007
From: caleb at trueballot.com (Caleb Kleppner)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 21:35:35 -0400
Subject: {news} Job posting: administrator for New Haven's public financing
 program
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References: <BAY102-DAV183EB0B9F8910D78CCDFDFD13D0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20070517213338.04cf8d90@trueballot.com>

Folks --

I serve on the New Haven Democracy Fund board, which is implementing 
Connecticut's first local public financing ordinance.  We are seeking 
an administrator for the program.  This is an excellent opportunity 
for a Green to make some decent money helping to make a good but not 
perfect public financing program work.

Below you'll find link to the Craig's list post for the job as well 
as a quick job description.

I'd be grateful if you'd pass this along to any folks who might be interested.

Thanks,
Caleb Kleppner
New Haven Democracy Fund board

###

http://newhaven.craigslist.org/gov/332853605.html



New Haven seeks Democracy Fund administrator


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Reply to: 
<mailto:job-332853605 at craigslist.org?subject=New%20Haven%20seeks%20Democracy%20Fund%20administrator>job-332853605 at craigslist.org
Date: 2007-05-17, 4:24PM EDT


Interested in campaign financing reform?

The New Haven Democracy Fund board has begun to implement 
Connecticut's first public financing program for a mayoral election. 
The all-volunteer board is currently accepting applications for the 
Democracy Fund administrator who will:

* provide general administrator to the public matching funds system;
* verify candidate eligibility for grants and matching funds;
* monitor compliance with contribution and expenditure limits;
* audit candidate financial reports and statements;
* supervise the investigator selected by the board; and
* propose recommendations for the resolution of complaints brought to 
the board.

It is anticipated that this work will involve 10-15 hours per week 
during the campaign season and 0-5 hours per week otherwise. This is 
a contract position with hourly billing paid monthly. The budget for 
2007 is $25,000 for this position.

Details about the program can be found at:
<http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Government/DemocracyFund.asp>http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Government/DemocracyFund.asp 


The official Request for Proposals can be found at:
<http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Purchasing/uploads/Democracy_Fund_Administrator-28-5-535.pdf>http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/Purchasing/uploads/Democracy_Fund_Administrator-28-5-535.pdf 


If you are interested, please email your resume and provide a phone 
number and time when you could be contacted to discuss the position.

Caleb Kleppner, member
New Haven Democracy Fund board  
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From computer77 at hotmail.com  Thu May 17 04:58:52 2007
From: computer77 at hotmail.com (Michael Burns)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 08:58:52 +0000
Subject: {news} Useful Film Released by Green Party Activist
Message-ID: <BAY137-F2779FBBD6FC539D3300592C8330@phx.gbl>

Dear CT Greens-
Hoping this email finds you all very well.  For those of you teaching and 
organizing mobilization events, I've just released my new documentary film 
series called Majority Rules.  It's an educational project that looks at how 
young people from six cities in six countries view the idea of democracy.  
The series is broken up into five episodes and focuses on the students' 
assessments and critiques of how democracy is practiced in their countries 
and in the world at large.  I think it could be very helpful as far as 
getting conversations about government and civic participation started are 
concerned.  Please take a look at the website at www.majorityrulesmovie.com 
and don't hesitate to be in touch with any questions anytime.  All the best 
from England (where I am now!).

Take care,

Michael Burns
computer77 at hotmail.com
www.michaelpburns.com

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From efficacy at msn.com  Fri May 18 22:39:11 2007
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 22:39:11 -0400
Subject: {news} Sen.  Mike Gravel on drug policy...
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV3079710381CEF886E3BB0D1310@phx.gbl>

Mike Gravel, Democratic candidate for president, expressed his position in favor of legalizing 
and regulating marijuana.  Now, to my pleasant surprise, he's advocating 
the legalization & regulation of all drugs, including cocaine and meth!

Check out this snippet from an interview with the Independent Iowa:

Iowa Independent: The Progressive magazine reports that you think 
marijuana should be legal and available next to beer in liquor stores. 
Is that true? What about cocaine and methamphetamine?

Sen. Gravel-Alaska: It sure is true. When are we are going to learn. We went 
through the Depression and we realized how we created all the gangsters 
and the violence. When FDR came in he wiped out Prohibition. We need to 
wipe out this whole war on drugs. We spend $50 billion to $70 billion a 
year. We create criminals that aren?t criminals. We destabilize foreign 
countries. With respect, to marijuana, Doug, I?ll tell you what: Go get 
yourself a fifth of scotch or a fifth of gin and chug-a-lug it down and 
you?ll find you lose your senses a lot faster than you would smoking 
some marijuana.

Independent Iowa: Yeah, I?m 37, I think most people in my generation 
agree with that point on marijuana. What about cocaine and meth?

Sen. Gravel: We need to legalize the regulation of drugs. The drug 
problem is a public health problem. It?s not a criminal problem. We make 
  it a criminal problem because we treat people like criminals. You take 
a drug addict, you throw him in jail, you leave him there, and he learns 
the criminal trade so that when he gets out you have recidivism.

Full interview here:
http://www.iowaindependent.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=131<http://www.iowaindependent.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=131>

I know this guy is a long shot, but it says a lot when a candidate for 
president feels comfortable coming out in favor of the legalization & 
regulation of all drugs.

Efficacy
PO Box 1234
860 657 8438
Hartford, CT 06143
efficacy at msn.com<mailto:efficacy at msn.com>
www.Efficacy-online.org<http://www.efficacy-online.org/>
 
"THE DRUG WAR IS MEANT TO BE WAGED NOT WON"

Working to end race and class drug war injustice, Efficacy is a non profit
501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1997. Your gifts and donations are tax
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From demac at galaxyinternet.net  Sat May 19 11:48:41 2007
From: demac at galaxyinternet.net (demac)
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 11:48:41 -0400
Subject: {news} FW: Do You Know a Student Leader? Are YOU One?
Message-ID: <00b501c79a2d$3336e570$6cb3d942@jean1oa1rgr0ov>

 

 

 
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/2020vision/images/202
0_Logo_Tagline.jpg> 

2020 Vision is soliciting applications for our Regional Director's Program.
This program is student led and participates in campus and national
activities. 2020 Vision Regional Directors are trained in Washington, DC,
and then help lead activities back in their own communities. It is a great
opportunity for any young, committed applicant.

So please forward this to young activists you know. Think about applying
yourself, if you're a college student.

 <mailto:ethan at 2020vision.org?subject=RD%20Search> Click Here to Apply


Lead the Clean Energy Revolution as a Regional Director!


High Gas Prices, Conflict in the Middle East, Global Warming.


It's Time to Kick the Oil Habit!


Get a free trip to Washington-help lead a national advocacy group and bring
the energy security debate to your campus. 

2020 Vision is committed to engaging the public on how America's dependence
on oil is undermining our security, environment, and economy. Our advocacy,
media and web outreach campaigns bring these issues home to vast audiences
across the country and activate tens of thousands of people each month. 


An Opportunity of a lifetime.


2020 Vision launched an innovative new program to create a student-led
Regional Director's Council. 10-15 energetic participants from colleges and
universities across the US will be chosen as Volunteer Regional Directors to
come to Washington, D.C. in July of 2007 free of charge for an intensive
week of hands-on training in non-profit advocacy and field organizing.
During this one school-year term, participants will be our point of contact
for a non-partisan debate on energy security policy and related issues on
their campus. 


Leadership, not internship


Unlike most internships, this is real work experience with a minimal time
commitment. Instantly, you will become one of our top people in the field
bringing new interest into the organization on the issues you care about. We
understand that students like you are busy people and cannot always commit
to a full-time internship. This promises to be fun and exciting leadership
opportunity and you will learn skills that will benefit you in virtually
every career track. 

The PowerShift National Tour is just one campaign our current Regional
Directors ran themselves. 


Learn and use valuable skills


While in Washington, we will provide you with training from nationally
recognized professionals and our seasoned staff at 2020 Vision. You can
expect to walk away with skills in the following areas: 

*	Media relations
*	Community organizing
*	Organizational development
*	Issue advocacy

In addition, you will learn how to take the lead in producing a fully funded
event on global energy security on your college campus. We will provide you
with all of the necessary resources, several coalition partners,
round-the-clock support, and top-notch, nationally renowned speakers for the
events. Not only that, but you will be continuing to shape an exciting new
program at an innovative advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. 


Qualifications


*	A demonstrated commitment to global security, renewable energy, the
environment, social justice or other progressive causes or ideals
*	Strong people skills, a passion for quality leadership, and the
ability to multi-task
*	An ability to commit to a yearlong program that includes: promoting
the organization year-round, attending regular event calls, reporting
progress, and managing the project on campus
*	Current enrollment in a college or university
*	Experience in community organizing, political campaigns, or
involvement in campus or local politics


Join us and help enact real change


Become a Regional Director for 2020 Vision and turn your passion and
enthusiasm into an agent for change in America. It's the opportunity you'll
remember for a lifetime-work together with others to create a safer, cleaner
future; build friendships you'll enjoy for years to come, and gain unique
experience in non-profit advocacy. Energy security is one of the most
challenging global issues of our times. Be a part of something big as we
create a voice for all Americans in this vitally important public policy
debate. 


Application instructions


*	 
*	 
*	Click here to send <mailto:ethan at 2020vision.org?subject=RD%20Search>
an email
*	Submit an up-to-date resume complete with at least two references
*	Submit a two- to three-page writing sample


Application process 


Deadline Extended.....


2020 Vision is accepting applications until May 31st. Telephone interviews
will be conducted beginning June 1st and we anticipate finalizing our
decisions by mid-June, 2007. The training in Washington DC will be July
9th-15th will coincide with our National Summit on July 12th.

Apply today!

Ethan Nuss
Campus Coordinator

Contribute:
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From vogel at ct.metrocast.net  Thu May 17 21:30:04 2007
From: vogel at ct.metrocast.net (Robert Vogel)
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 21:30:04 -0400
Subject: {news} Wal-Mart: cost of low prices
Message-ID: <004601c798ec$184afd60$0300a8c0@your55e5f9e3d2>

The Groton Planning Commission wisely declined the Wal-Mart SuperCenter.

Wal-Mart is a prime example of a monopsonist: a company which is such a powerful buyer that it can pressure its suppliers into suicidal terms. The only way suppliers could meet Wal-Mart's demands was by moving manufacturing to third world countries. The US has lost millions of manufacturing jobs in the last few years. Not only has Wal-Mart helped strip the manufacturing base from this country, the US trade deficit has soared, and overseas sweatshops have flourished.

Wal-mart has devastated thousands of small towns, vigorously opposed labor unions. pushed their minimum wage employees onto the public dole, and strained public health facilities.  Those low prices are not without cost.

 Before Ronald Reagan there might have been anti-trust enforcement for Wal-Mart, but since Reagan, Republicans don't enforce anti-trust. That should change.

We can only hope that the new big box store development in East Lyme is not a stealth Wal-Mart.



Robert L. Vogel

49 Webster Rd

East Lyme

860-739-4023

Note: this note with links is posted at http://www.seconnecticut.com/walmart.htm


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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Sun May 20 14:22:30 2007
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 14:22:30 -0400
Subject: {news} Is the Green Movement too White? Van Jones proposes a
	solution.
Message-ID: <BAY143-DAV5E241638E26B4A2F68CD2D6300@phx.gbl>

Here's an insightful article:

April 2007
Beyond Eco-Apartheid
Is the Green Movement too White? Van Jones proposes a solution
By Van Jones

http://www.commongroundmag.com/2007/04/eco-apartheid0704.html



From rstuller at snet.net  Sun May 20 21:49:33 2007
From: rstuller at snet.net (Ronna Stuller)
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 21:49:33 -0400
Subject: {news} Is the Green Movement too White? Van Jones proposes a
	solution.
In-Reply-To: <BAY143-DAV5E241638E26B4A2F68CD2D6300@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY143-DAV5E241638E26B4A2F68CD2D6300@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <B89946CD-0CB3-4DCE-A05B-65C6C75C6655@snet.net>

Thanks for sending this along, David.

On a practical level, I've been interested in what is being done by  
Sustainable South Bronx:
www.ssbx.org/

Majora Carter, the organization's founder, made an inspiring  
presentation at TED talks:
www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/53

Maybe some of this is useful in developing a comprehensive  
environmental (& environmental justice) platform.

Peace, Ronna


On May 20, 2007, at 2:22 PM, David Bedell wrote:

> April 2007
> Beyond Eco-Apartheid
> Is the Green Movement too White? Van Jones proposes a solution
> By Van Jones
>
> http://www.commongroundmag.com/2007/04/eco-apartheid0704.html



From chapillsbury at gmail.com  Sun May 20 22:40:11 2007
From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 22:40:11 -0400
Subject: {news} Greens holding elected office in US, May 2007
In-Reply-To: <C273CC37.1D9BA%gerritt@mindspring.com>
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David:  Is the CT info accurate? Charlie

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From: Mike Feinstein <mfeinstein at feinstein.org>
Reply-To: <mfeinstein at feinstein.org>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 18:19:38 -0700
To: <ccc at gp-us.org>
Subject: [GP-US CCC] Greens holding elected office in US, May 2007

Dear CCC

This is the current list of US Greens who hold elected office as of May
2007.

Note that the terms of two Greens in New York state (Jason West, Rebecca
Rotlzer) will end after May, and then our numbers will change.

But for now, we have at least 228 Greens holding elected office in 28
states and the District of Columbia.

Please check this list for accuracy in your state - and if someone can
copy to the Nat'l Committee email list, please ask state delegates to do
the same.

Thanks

Mike
http://www.feinstein.org

==============================================================

http://www.feinstein.org/greenparty/electeds.html

Green Party members holding elected office in the United States -
At least 228 Greens in 28 states and the District of Columbia
hold elected office as of May 2007


Alaska (1)

Mike Musick, Borough Assembly, FSNB Seat G


California (55)

Ross Mirkarimi, Board of Supervisors, District 5, City/County of San
Francisco
Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor, Richmond (Contra Costa)
Larry Bragman, City Council, Fairfax (Marin County)
Melody DeMeritt, City Council, Morro Bay (San Luis Obispo)
Lynda Deschambault, Town Council, Moraga (Contra Costa)
Alan Drusys, Mayor Pro-Tem, Yucaipa (San Bernadino County)
Harmony Groves, City Council, Arcata (Humboldt County)
Craig Litwin, City Council, Sebastopol (Sonoma County)
Holly Madrigal, City Council, Willits (Mendocino County)
Christine Mulholland, City Council, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo County)
Sam Pierce, City Council , Sebastopol (Sonoma County)
Paul Pitino, City Council, Arcata (Humboldt County)
Larry Robinson, Mayor, Sebastopol (Sonoma County)
Lauren Sinnott, City Council, Point Arena, (Mendocino County)
Dona Spring, City Council, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Lew Tremaine, Mayor, Fairfax (Marin County)
Hilary Bradbury-Huang, Board of Trustees, Pasadena City College (Los
Angeles)
Vahe Peroomian, Board of Trustees Community College District, Glendale
(Los Angeles)
John Rizzo, Board of Trustees, Community College District, San Francisco
(San Francisco, San Francisco County)
Jane Kim, Board of Education, City/County of San Francisco
Mark Sanchez, Board of Education,City/County of San Francisco
Curtis Robinson, Board of Education, Area 6, County of Marin (Marin County)
John Selawsky, School Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Jim Smith, President, Canyon School Board, Canyon Township (Contra Costa
County)
Paul Franklin, President, School Board, Live Oak School District (Santa
Cruz)
Bill (William) Meyers, School Board, Point Arena (Mendocino County)
Herb Gura, School Board, Konocti Unified (Lake County)
Madeline Hope, Shoreline Unified School District, Tomales (Marin County)
Richard Sloan, Lagunitas School Board, San Geronimo (Marin County)
Gary Blenner, Board of Trustees, Center Unified School District Board (
Sacramento
County)
DeOnne Noel, School Board, Twin Ridges Elementary (Nevada County)
Rod Jones, School Board, Mendocino Unified School District (Mendocino
County)
Jeff Sklar, Rent Control Board, Santa Monica (Los Angeles County)
Howard Chong, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Chris Kavanagh, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Lisa Stephens, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Pam Webster, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Rebecca Kaplan, Director at Large, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
(Alameda & Contra Costa Counties)
Cameron Miller, Water Conservation District Board, Santa Maria Valley
(Santa Barbara)
Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Eureka Water Board, District 1 (Humboldt County)
Matthew Clark, Granada Sanitary District (San Mateo County)
Paul Perkovic, Montara Water & Sanitary District (San Mateo County)
Jim Harvey, Montara Water & Sanitary District (San Mateo County)
Chuck Anderson, Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection District (Santa Cruz County)
William Bretz, Seat 8 (Dehesa), Crest/Dehesa/Harrison Canyon/Granite
Hill Planning Group (San Diego County)
Sara Bassler, Midcoast Community Council (San Mateo County)
Mark Barney, Neighborhood Council #2 Executive Board Member, Simi Valley
(Ventura County)
Deacon Alexander, Vernon/Main Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles (Los
Angeles County)
Ginny Case, Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council - Historic Core -
Resident, Los Angeles (Los Angeles County)
Eugene Hernandez, Sylmar Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles (Los Angeles
County)
Jeff Horne, Mid City West Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles (Los Angeles
County)
Michael McCue, Studio City Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles (Los
Angeles County)
Kathryn Marando, Community Services District, Tomales Village (Marin
County)
Nicole Vigeant, Community Services District, Tomales Village (Marin County)
James Lamport, Southern Humboldt Hospital District Board (Humboldt County)





Colorado (7)

Art Goodtimes, Board of Commissioners (San Miguel County)
Scott Chaplin, Board of Trustees, Carbondale
Jeffery Bergeron, Town Council, Breckenridge (Summit County)
Wendy Mimiaga, Town Board, Dolores (Cortez County)
Matt Keefauver, Town Council, Cortez (Montezuma County)
Charlie Green, School Board, District E, Fremont RE-3
Thom Carnevale, Town Moderator, Telluride (San Miguel County)


Connecticut (1)

Hector Lopez, Constable, New Canaan (Fairfield County)


District of Columbia (8)

Dave Bosserman, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 1D05
Renee Bowser, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 4D02
Nate Mathews, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 1B10
Nancy Shia, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 1C06
Rick Tingling-Clemmons, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 7D05
Brian Weaver, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 1C03
Jane Zara, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 1D01
Alex Hogan, Advisory Neighborhood Council, ANC 1A03

Florida (2)

Cara Jennings, City Council, District 2, Lake Worth (Palm Beach County)
Kim Oconnor, Soil & Water District Commissioner, Ochlockonee River District


Hawai'i (1)

Bob Jacobson, County Council, District 6, Island of Hawai'i


Idaho (1)

Selene Hall, School Board, Zone 3, Plummer/Worley School District
(Benewah County)


Illinois (6)

Kris Campbell, Village Trustee, Poplar Grove Village
Jon Murray, Village Trustee, (Ogle County)
Jim Long, School Board, Kirby Park SD #140
Carol Larson, Trustee, Oak Lawn-Hometown School Board
Dale Bowen, Trustee, Library Board, Winnebago
Robert Braam, Trustee, Library Board, Manhattan Public Library District,

Iowa (1)

Kevin Lee, Town Trustee, Decorah (Winneshiek County)


Kansas (1)

Kent Rowe, Mayor, Langton


Maine (15)

Kevin Donoghue, City Council, Portland District 1 (Cumberland County)
David Marshall, City Council, Portland District 2 (Cumberland County)
Denis Howard, City Council, Belfast (Waldo County)
Charlie Wiggins, Select Board, Sedgwick (Hancock County)
Jerry Hoag, Select Board, Beaver Cove (Piscataquis County)
Robert LaVangie, School Board, Penobscot (Hancock County)
Matthew Shea, School Board, Maine School Administrative District #11,
Gardiner
Susan Hopkins, School Committee At-Large, Portland (Cumberland County)
Ben Meiklejohn, School Committee At-Large, Portland (Cumberland County)
Rebecca Minnick, School Committee At-Large, Portland (Cumberland County)
Jo Josephson, School Board, Temple (Franklin County)
John Fillmore-Patrick, School Board. SAD 61, Bridgton (Cumberland County)
Erek Gaines, Water District, Portland (Cumberland County)
David Margolis-Pineo, Water District, Portland (Cumberland County)
Antonio Blasi, Planning Board, Hancock (Hancock County)


Maryland (1)

Michael Cornell, Board of Directors, River Hill Village (Howard County)


Massachusetts (17)

Chuck Turner, City Council, District 7, Boston
Alan R. Cohen, Town Meeting Seat, North Attleborough
Miriam Dayton, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
Tom Flittie, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
Frank Gatti, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
Eleanor Manire-Gatti, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
Vincent O'Connor, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
Bill O'Neil, Town Meeting Member, Braintree
Jill Stein, Town Meeting Member, Precinct 2, Lexington (Middlesex County)
Jon Romano, Town Meeting Member, Precinct 13, Plymouth
Nat Fortune, School Committee, Whately Elementary, Whately
Bruce Menin, School Committee, Newburyport (Essex County)
Michael Silverstone, School Commitee, Wellesley
Luc Schuster, School Committee, Cambridge
Howard Hayward, Water Board of Health, West Bridgeport
George D. Bryant, Barnstable County Provincetown Delegate to County Assembly
Judy Gates, Library Trustee, Marblehead


Michigan (7)

Jim Moreno, City Council, Mount Pleasant
Rob Cedar, City Council, Hamtramck
Scott Klein, City Council, Hamtramck
Don Cooney, City Commissioner, Kalamazoo
David Juarez, City Commissioner, Kalamazoo
Melissa Hohausher-Thatcher, School Board, Ferndale and Pleasant Ridge
(Oakland County)
David Newland, School Board, Bellaire


Minnesota (6)

Cam Gordon, City Council, Ward 2, Minneapolis (Hennepin County)
Leroy Schafer, City Council, St. Francis (Anoka County)
Russ Stewart, City Council, District 3, Duluth (Superior County)
Annie Young, Parks & Recreation Board, Minneapolis (Hennepin County)
Vic Ormsby, Supervisor, Wiscoy Soil & Water District (Winona County)
Dwayne Voegeli, County Commission, District 2 (Winona County)


Mississippi (1)

John Wages, County Board of Elections, District 3 (Lee)


Nebraska (1)

Steve Larrick, Lower Platte 5, Natural Resources District, Lincoln


New Jersey (1)

Gary Novosielski, School Board, Rutherford


New Mexico (1)

Gary Clauss, City Council, Silver City


New York (10)

Jason West, Mayor, Village of New Paltz (Ulster County)
Mike Sellers, Mayor, Cobleskill (Schoharie County)
Rebecca Rotzler, Board of Trustees, Village of New Paltz (Ulster County)
Steve Krulick, Board of Trustees, Village of Ellenville (Ulster County)
Mary Jo Long, Town Council, Afton (Chenango County)
Rome Celli, School Board, Brighton (Monroe County)
John Jankiewicz, School Board, Central School District, Highland (Ulster
County)
Rebecca Rotzler, School Committee, Central School District's District
Wide Committee, Community Government Representative, New Paltz (Ulster)
Edgar Rodriguez, District-wide Committee, Central School District, New
Paltz (Ulster County)
Edgar Rodriguez, School Committee, Shared Decision Making Committee New
Paltz High School Building Committee (Ulster County)


Ohio (1)

Dennis Spisak, Board of Education, At-Large, Struthers (Mahoning County)


Oregon (13)

Michael Beilstein, City Council, Corvallis Ward 5 (Benton County)
Neil Friedman, City Council, West Fir
George Grosch, Ward 3, City Council, Corvallis (Jackson County)
Emily Hagen, Ward 7, City Council, Corvallis (Jackson County)
Alice Hardesty, City Council, Ashland (Jackson County)
Eric Navickas, City Council, Ashland Position 2 (Jackson County)
Wendy Siporen, City Council, Talent (Jackson County)
Ruth Alexander, School Board, Ashland District 5 (Jackson County)
Matthew Donahue, School Board, Position 4, Corvalis (Jackson County)
Matt Marr, School Board, Position 3, Ashland (Jackson County)
Tim Dehne, Director, Benton County Soil and Water Conservation District
Lisa Melyan, Boardmember, Tualatin Valley Water District (Washington County)
John Jones, Board Member, Myrtle Point Health District (Coos County)


Pennsylvania (31)

Mathew Ash, Mayor, Boswell
Robert Cogan, Borough Council, Edinboro Borough (Erie County)
Thomas Davidock, Borough Council, Port Clinton Borough (Schuylkill County)
Robert Klunk, Borough Council, Arendtsville
Catherine Scheib, Borough Council, Ward 1, Lewisburg Borough (Union County)
Michael Zowniriw, Supervisor, Richland Township (Bucks County)
Colleen Bogner, Director, Selinsgrove Area School District (Snyder County)
Courtney Wege, School Board, Gettysburg (Adams County)
Nicholas Seigert, Constable, Ward 1, Lancaster (Lancaster County)
Nicholas Seigert, Constable, Ward 5, Lancaster (Lancaster County)
Bill Smedley, Constable, Nippenose Township (Lycoming County)
Greta Browne, Judge of Elections, Bethlehem, Ward 2 (Northampton County)
Michael Helfrich, Judge of Elections (York County)
Andrew McDowell, Judge of Elections, East Bradford Township, North 2
(Chester County)
Diane White, Judge of Elections, Harrisburg
Shawnya Calp, Inspector of Elections, Penn Township (York County)
Mike Mangles, Inspector of Elections (York County)
Brenda Jo Samryk, Inspector of Elections, York Township (York County)
Mary Lou Alsentzer, Auditor, Codorus Township (York County)
Steve Baker, Auditor, Springettsburg Township (York County)
David Brooks, Auditor, Conestoga Township (Lancaster County)
Frank Divonzo, Auditor, Paxtang Borough (Dauphin County)
Mike Korsak, Auditor, Franklin Township (Chester County)
Edward Gately, Auditor, Manheim Township (York County)
Phil Getty, Auditor, Solebury Township (Bucks County)
Dean Hornberger, Auditor, Exeter Township (Berks County)
John Irwin, Auditor, Martic Township (Lancaster County)
Derf Maitland, Auditor, Union Township (Adams County)
Ben Price, Auditor, North Middleton Township (Cumberland County)
Kurt Reichenbach, Auditor, East Buffalo Township (Union County)
Lief Winter, Auditor, Hallstead


Texas (4)

David Lanman, Mayor, Marfa
Bob Brewer, City Council, Ward 5, Alpine
George Rice, Water Board (Bexar County)
Enrique Valdivia, Water Board, Edwards Aquifer Authority District 7


Vermont (1)

Hilary Weeks, Inspector of Elections, Ward 3 (Burlington, Chittendon
County) |


Virginia (4)

Don Langrehr, Town Council, Blacksburg
Phil Hyre, Natural Bridge Soil & Water Conservation District Board,
Lexington
S. Ann Robinson, Soil & Water District Commissioner, Loudon
Greg Allen, Soil & Water Director, Virginia Dare District


Washington (7)

TJ Johnson, City Council, Olympia (Thurston County)
Steve Ludwig, Freeholder, District 3 (San Juan County)
Sally Soriano, Director, District 1, School Board, Seattle (King County)
James Alfred Smith, School Board, Lopez Island, School #144, Director #2
(San Juan County)
Steve Garrison, Public Utility District, District 3 (Mason County)
Dan Asher, Community Council, Vashon Maury Island (King County)
Joe Marino, Cemetery District (Cowlitz County)


Wisconsin (23)

John Hardin, Board of Supervisors, District 1 (Barron County)
Ashok Kumar, Board of Supervisors, District 5 (Dane County)
Barbara Vedder, Board of Supervisors, District 2 (Dane County)
Robert Ryan, Board of Supervisors, District 3 (Door County)
Bob Browne, Board of Supervisors, District 20 (Douglas County)
David Conley, Board of Supervisors, District 5 (Douglas County)
Greg David, Board of Supervisors, District 3 (Jefferson County)
Jeff Peterson, Board of Supervisors, District 5 (Polk County)
Eric Krszjzaniek, Board of Supervisors, District 11 (Portage County)
Phillip Peterson, Board of Supervisors, District 1 (Portage County)
John O. Rendall, Board of Supervisors, District 19 (Portage County)
Kevin Ruehl, Board of Supervisors, District 4 (Portage County)
Ben Farrell, Board of Supervisors, District 16 (Winnebago County)
Brenda Konkel, Common Council, Madison, District 2 (Dane County)
Satya Rhodes-Conway, Common Council, Madison, District 12 (Dane County)
Marsha Rummel, Common Council, Madison, District 6 (Dane County)
Brian Solomon, Common Council, Madison, District 10 (Dane County)
Robbie Webber, Common Council, Madison, District 5 (Dane County)
Tony Palmeri, Common Council, Oshkosh
Pete Karas, Common Council, Racine, District 9
Amy Heart, Common Council, Stevens Point, District 5 (Portage County)
Robert Stockinger, Village Trustee, Hales Corner
JoEllen Graemling, Town Clerk of Schleswig (Manitowoc County)






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From: great_land_trust at sbcglobal.net (Colin Bennett)
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 13:41:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} Greens holding elected office in US, May 2007
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I was elected to the Forest Commission in Westbrook, an office that I still hold. 
   
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------ Forwarded Message
From: Mike Feinstein <mfeinstein at feinstein.org>
Reply-To: < mfeinstein at feinstein.org>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 18:19:38 -0700
To: <ccc at gp-us.org>
Subject: [GP-US CCC] Greens holding elected office in US, May 2007

Dear CCC 

This is the current list of US Greens who hold elected office as of May
2007.

Note that the terms of two Greens in New York state (Jason West, Rebecca
Rotlzer) will end after May, and then our numbers will change. 

But for now, we have at least 228 Greens holding elected office in 28
states and the District of Columbia.

Please check this list for accuracy in your state - and if someone can
copy to the Nat'l Committee email list, please ask state delegates to do 
the same.

Thanks

Mike
http://www.feinstein.org

==============================================================

http://www.feinstein.org/greenparty/electeds.html

Green Party members holding elected office in the United States -
At least 228 Greens in 28 states and the District of Columbia
hold elected office as of May 2007 


Alaska (1)

Mike Musick, Borough Assembly, FSNB Seat G


California (55)

Ross Mirkarimi, Board of Supervisors, District 5, City/County of San
Francisco
Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor, Richmond (Contra Costa) 
Larry Bragman, City Council, Fairfax (Marin County)
Melody DeMeritt, City Council, Morro Bay (San Luis Obispo)
Lynda Deschambault, Town Council, Moraga (Contra Costa)
Alan Drusys, Mayor Pro-Tem, Yucaipa (San Bernadino County) 
Harmony Groves, City Council, Arcata (Humboldt County)
Craig Litwin, City Council, Sebastopol (Sonoma County)
Holly Madrigal, City Council, Willits (Mendocino County)
Christine Mulholland, City Council, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo County) 
Sam Pierce, City Council , Sebastopol (Sonoma County)
Paul Pitino, City Council, Arcata (Humboldt County)
Larry Robinson, Mayor, Sebastopol (Sonoma County)
Lauren Sinnott, City Council, Point Arena, (Mendocino County) 
Dona Spring, City Council, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Lew Tremaine, Mayor, Fairfax (Marin County)
Hilary Bradbury-Huang, Board of Trustees, Pasadena City College (Los
Angeles)
Vahe Peroomian, Board of Trustees Community College District, Glendale 
(Los Angeles)
John Rizzo, Board of Trustees, Community College District, San Francisco
(San Francisco, San Francisco County)
Jane Kim, Board of Education, City/County of San Francisco
Mark Sanchez, Board of Education,City/County of San Francisco 
Curtis Robinson, Board of Education, Area 6, County of Marin (Marin County)
John Selawsky, School Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Jim Smith, President, Canyon School Board, Canyon Township (Contra Costa
County) 
Paul Franklin, President, School Board, Live Oak School District (Santa
Cruz)
Bill (William) Meyers, School Board, Point Arena (Mendocino County)
Herb Gura, School Board, Konocti Unified (Lake County)
Madeline Hope, Shoreline Unified School District, Tomales (Marin County) 
Richard Sloan, Lagunitas School Board, San Geronimo (Marin County)
Gary Blenner, Board of Trustees, Center Unified School District Board (
Sacramento
County)
DeOnne Noel, School Board, Twin Ridges Elementary (Nevada County) 
Rod Jones, School Board, Mendocino Unified School District (Mendocino
County)
Jeff Sklar, Rent Control Board, Santa Monica (Los Angeles County)
Howard Chong, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County) 
Chris Kavanagh, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Lisa Stephens, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Pam Webster, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County)
Rebecca Kaplan, Director at Large, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District 
(Alameda & Contra Costa Counties)
Cameron Miller, Water Conservation District Board, Santa Maria Valley
(Santa Barbara)
Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Eureka Water Board, District 1 (Humboldt County)
Matthew Clark, Granada Sanitary District (San Mateo County) 
Paul Perkovic, Montara Water & Sanitary District (San Mateo County)
Jim Harvey, Montara Water & Sanitary District (San Mateo County)
Chuck Anderson, Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection District (Santa Cruz County) 
William Bretz, Seat 8 (Dehesa), Crest/Dehesa/Harrison Canyon/Granite
Hill Planning Group (San Diego County)
Sara Bassler, Midcoast Community Council (San Mateo County)
Mark Barney, Neighborhood Council #2 Executive Board Member, Simi Valley 
(Ventura County)
Deacon Alexander, Vernon/Main Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles (Los
Angeles County)
Ginny Case, Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council - Historic Core -
Resident, Los Angeles (Los Angeles County) 
Eugene Hernandez, Sylmar Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles (Los Angeles
County)
Jeff Horne, Mid City West Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles (Los Angeles
County)
Michael McCue, Studio City Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles (Los 
Angeles County)
Kathryn Marando, Community Services District, Tomales Village (Marin
County)
Nicole Vigeant, Community Services District, Tomales Village (Marin County)
James Lamport, Southern Humboldt Hospital District Board (Humboldt County) 





Colorado (7)

Art Goodtimes, Board of Commissioners (San Miguel County)
Scott Chaplin, Board of Trustees, Carbondale
Jeffery Bergeron, Town Council, Breckenridge (Summit County)
Wendy Mimiaga, Town Board, Dolores (Cortez County) 
Matt Keefauver, Town Council, Cortez (Montezuma County)
Charlie Green, School Board, District E, Fremont RE-3
Thom Carnevale, Town Moderator, Telluride (San Miguel County)


Connecticut (1)

Hector Lopez, Constable, New Canaan (Fairfield County) 


District of Columbia (8)

Dave Bosserman, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 1D05
Renee Bowser, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 4D02
Nate Mathews, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 1B10
Nancy Shia, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 1C06 
Rick Tingling-Clemmons, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 7D05
Brian Weaver, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 1C03
Jane Zara, Advisory Neighborhood Council, SMD 1D01
Alex Hogan, Advisory Neighborhood Council, ANC 1A03 

Florida (2)

Cara Jennings, City Council, District 2, Lake Worth (Palm Beach County)
Kim Oconnor, Soil & Water District Commissioner, Ochlockonee River District


Hawai'i (1)

Bob Jacobson, County Council, District 6, Island of Hawai'i 


Idaho (1)

Selene Hall, School Board, Zone 3, Plummer/Worley School District
(Benewah County)


Illinois (6)

Kris Campbell, Village Trustee, Poplar Grove Village
Jon Murray, Village Trustee, (Ogle County) 
Jim Long, School Board, Kirby Park SD #140
Carol Larson, Trustee, Oak Lawn-Hometown School Board
Dale Bowen, Trustee, Library Board, Winnebago
Robert Braam, Trustee, Library Board, Manhattan Public Library District, 

Iowa (1)

Kevin Lee, Town Trustee, Decorah (Winneshiek County)


Kansas (1)

Kent Rowe, Mayor, Langton


Maine (15)

Kevin Donoghue, City Council, Portland District 1 (Cumberland County) 
David Marshall, City Council, Portland District 2 (Cumberland County)
Denis Howard, City Council, Belfast (Waldo County)
Charlie Wiggins, Select Board, Sedgwick (Hancock County)
Jerry Hoag, Select Board, Beaver Cove (Piscataquis County) 
Robert LaVangie, School Board, Penobscot (Hancock County)
Matthew Shea, School Board, Maine School Administrative District #11,
Gardiner
Susan Hopkins, School Committee At-Large, Portland (Cumberland County)
Ben Meiklejohn, School Committee At-Large, Portland (Cumberland County)
Rebecca Minnick, School Committee At-Large, Portland (Cumberland County)
Jo Josephson, School Board, Temple (Franklin County)
John Fillmore-Patrick, School Board. SAD 61, Bridgton (Cumberland County) 
Erek Gaines, Water District, Portland (Cumberland County)
David Margolis-Pineo, Water District, Portland (Cumberland County)
Antonio Blasi, Planning Board, Hancock (Hancock County)


Maryland (1)

Michael Cornell, Board of Directors, River Hill Village (Howard County)


Massachusetts (17)

Chuck Turner, City Council, District 7, Boston
Alan R. Cohen, Town Meeting Seat, North Attleborough
Miriam Dayton, Town Meeting Member, Amherst 
Tom Flittie, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
Frank Gatti, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
Eleanor Manire-Gatti, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
Vincent O'Connor, Town Meeting Member, Amherst
Bill O'Neil, Town Meeting Member, Braintree 
Jill Stein, Town Meeting Member, Precinct 2, Lexington (Middlesex County)
Jon Romano, Town Meeting Member, Precinct 13, Plymouth
Nat Fortune, School Committee, Whately Elementary, Whately
Bruce Menin, School Committee, Newburyport (Essex County) 
Michael Silverstone, School Commitee, Wellesley
Luc Schuster, School Committee, Cambridge
Howard Hayward, Water Board of Health, West Bridgeport
George D. Bryant, Barnstable County Provincetown Delegate to County Assembly 
Judy Gates, Library Trustee, Marblehead


Michigan (7)

Jim Moreno, City Council, Mount Pleasant
Rob Cedar, City Council, Hamtramck
Scott Klein, City Council, Hamtramck
Don Cooney, City Commissioner, Kalamazoo 
David Juarez, City Commissioner, Kalamazoo
Melissa Hohausher-Thatcher, School Board, Ferndale and Pleasant Ridge
(Oakland County)
David Newland, School Board, Bellaire


Minnesota (6)

Cam Gordon, City Council, Ward 2, Minneapolis (Hennepin County) 
Leroy Schafer, City Council, St. Francis (Anoka County)
Russ Stewart, City Council, District 3, Duluth (Superior County)
Annie Young, Parks & Recreation Board, Minneapolis (Hennepin County)
Vic Ormsby, Supervisor, Wiscoy Soil & Water District (Winona County) 
Dwayne Voegeli, County Commission, District 2 (Winona County)


Mississippi (1)

John Wages, County Board of Elections, District 3 (Lee)


Nebraska (1)

Steve Larrick, Lower Platte 5, Natural Resources District, Lincoln 


New Jersey (1)

Gary Novosielski, School Board, Rutherford


New Mexico (1)

Gary Clauss, City Council, Silver City


New York (10)

Jason West, Mayor, Village of New Paltz (Ulster County) 
Mike Sellers, Mayor, Cobleskill (Schoharie County)
Rebecca Rotzler, Board of Trustees, Village of New Paltz (Ulster County)
Steve Krulick, Board of Trustees, Village of Ellenville (Ulster County)
Mary Jo Long, Town Council, Afton (Chenango County) 
Rome Celli, School Board, Brighton (Monroe County)
John Jankiewicz, School Board, Central School District, Highland (Ulster
County)
Rebecca Rotzler, School Committee, Central School District's District
Wide Committee, Community Government Representative, New Paltz (Ulster)
Edgar Rodriguez, District-wide Committee, Central School District, New
Paltz (Ulster County)
Edgar Rodriguez, School Committee, Shared Decision Making Committee New 
Paltz High School Building Committee (Ulster County)


Ohio (1)

Dennis Spisak, Board of Education, At-Large, Struthers (Mahoning County)


Oregon (13)

Michael Beilstein, City Council, Corvallis Ward 5 (Benton County) 
Neil Friedman, City Council, West Fir
George Grosch, Ward 3, City Council, Corvallis (Jackson County)
Emily Hagen, Ward 7, City Council, Corvallis (Jackson County)
Alice Hardesty, City Council, Ashland (Jackson County) 
Eric Navickas, City Council, Ashland Position 2 (Jackson County)
Wendy Siporen, City Council, Talent (Jackson County)
Ruth Alexander, School Board, Ashland District 5 (Jackson County)
Matthew Donahue, School Board, Position 4, Corvalis (Jackson County) 
Matt Marr, School Board, Position 3, Ashland (Jackson County)
Tim Dehne, Director, Benton County Soil and Water Conservation District
Lisa Melyan, Boardmember, Tualatin Valley Water District (Washington County)
John Jones, Board Member, Myrtle Point Health District (Coos County)


Pennsylvania (31)

Mathew Ash, Mayor, Boswell
Robert Cogan, Borough Council, Edinboro Borough (Erie County)
Thomas Davidock, Borough Council, Port Clinton Borough (Schuylkill County) 
Robert Klunk, Borough Council, Arendtsville
Catherine Scheib, Borough Council, Ward 1, Lewisburg Borough (Union County)
Michael Zowniriw, Supervisor, Richland Township (Bucks County)
Colleen Bogner, Director, Selinsgrove Area School District (Snyder County) 
Courtney Wege, School Board, Gettysburg (Adams County)
Nicholas Seigert, Constable, Ward 1, Lancaster (Lancaster County)
Nicholas Seigert, Constable, Ward 5, Lancaster (Lancaster County)
Bill Smedley, Constable, Nippenose Township (Lycoming County) 
Greta Browne, Judge of Elections, Bethlehem, Ward 2 (Northampton County)
Michael Helfrich, Judge of Elections (York County)
Andrew McDowell, Judge of Elections, East Bradford Township, North 2
(Chester County) 
Diane White, Judge of Elections, Harrisburg
Shawnya Calp, Inspector of Elections, Penn Township (York County)
Mike Mangles, Inspector of Elections (York County)
Brenda Jo Samryk, Inspector of Elections, York Township (York County) 
Mary Lou Alsentzer, Auditor, Codorus Township (York County)
Steve Baker, Auditor, Springettsburg Township (York County)
David Brooks, Auditor, Conestoga Township (Lancaster County)
Frank Divonzo, Auditor, Paxtang Borough (Dauphin County) 
Mike Korsak, Auditor, Franklin Township (Chester County)
Edward Gately, Auditor, Manheim Township (York County)
Phil Getty, Auditor, Solebury Township (Bucks County)
Dean Hornberger, Auditor, Exeter Township (Berks County) 
John Irwin, Auditor, Martic Township (Lancaster County)
Derf Maitland, Auditor, Union Township (Adams County)
Ben Price, Auditor, North Middleton Township (Cumberland County)
Kurt Reichenbach, Auditor, East Buffalo Township (Union County) 
Lief Winter, Auditor, Hallstead


Texas (4)

David Lanman, Mayor, Marfa
Bob Brewer, City Council, Ward 5, Alpine
George Rice, Water Board (Bexar County)
Enrique Valdivia, Water Board, Edwards Aquifer Authority District 7 


Vermont (1)

Hilary Weeks, Inspector of Elections, Ward 3 (Burlington, Chittendon
County) |


Virginia (4)

Don Langrehr, Town Council, Blacksburg
Phil Hyre, Natural Bridge Soil & Water Conservation District Board, 
Lexington
S. Ann Robinson, Soil & Water District Commissioner, Loudon
Greg Allen, Soil & Water Director, Virginia Dare District


Washington (7)

TJ Johnson, City Council, Olympia (Thurston County) 
Steve Ludwig, Freeholder, District 3 (San Juan County)
Sally Soriano, Director, District 1, School Board, Seattle (King County)
James Alfred Smith, School Board, Lopez Island, School #144, Director #2
(San Juan County) 
Steve Garrison, Public Utility District, District 3 (Mason County)
Dan Asher, Community Council, Vashon Maury Island (King County)
Joe Marino, Cemetery District (Cowlitz County)


Wisconsin (23)

John Hardin, Board of Supervisors, District 1 (Barron County)
Ashok Kumar, Board of Supervisors, District 5 (Dane County)
Barbara Vedder, Board of Supervisors, District 2 (Dane County)
Robert Ryan, Board of Supervisors, District 3 (Door County) 
Bob Browne, Board of Supervisors, District 20 (Douglas County)
David Conley, Board of Supervisors, District 5 (Douglas County)
Greg David, Board of Supervisors, District 3 (Jefferson County)
Jeff Peterson, Board of Supervisors, District 5 (Polk County) 
Eric Krszjzaniek, Board of Supervisors, District 11 (Portage County)
Phillip Peterson, Board of Supervisors, District 1 (Portage County)
John O. Rendall, Board of Supervisors, District 19 (Portage County)
Kevin Ruehl, Board of Supervisors, District 4 (Portage County) 
Ben Farrell, Board of Supervisors, District 16 (Winnebago County)
Brenda Konkel, Common Council, Madison, District 2 (Dane County)
Satya Rhodes-Conway, Common Council, Madison, District 12 (Dane County)
Marsha Rummel, Common Council, Madison, District 6 (Dane County) 
Brian Solomon, Common Council, Madison, District 10 (Dane County)
Robbie Webber, Common Council, Madison, District 5 (Dane County)
Tony Palmeri, Common Council, Oshkosh
Pete Karas, Common Council, Racine, District 9 
Amy Heart, Common Council, Stevens Point, District 5 (Portage County)
Robert Stockinger, Village Trustee, Hales Corner
JoEllen Graemling, Town Clerk of Schleswig (Manitowoc County)






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From chapillsbury at igc.org  Mon May 21 22:13:49 2007
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:13:49 -0400
Subject: {news} NH Peace Council Memorial Day vigil
Message-ID: <002d01c79c16$d631ccf0$6500a8c0@S0031616584>

Peace Council Memorial Day.docPlease forward!




MEMORIAL DAY


MAY 28, 2007


Our young are dying. Our young, by the thousands, are returning with minds and bodies shattered! Yet, the Bush Administration cruelly cuts the funding
for treatment for the number one infliction, head injuries.
Walter Reed Hospital only dramatized the treatment of our new veterans of war.


Support Our Troops! Bring Them Home Now!


MAKE MEMORIAL DAY A DAY FOR OUR LIVING VETERANS!


VIGIL
MONDAY, MAY 28,
10:00 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M.
VETERANS' HOSPITAL, 950 CAMPBELL AVENUE.
WEST HAVEN


WEAR YOUR HATS AND MEDALS!
CALL OTHERS TO JOIN!




VETERANS FOR PEACE
GREATER NEW HAVEN PEACE COUNCIL
203 387-0370

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From chapillsbury at gmail.com  Mon May 21 22:31:20 2007
From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 22:31:20 -0400
Subject: {news} Discussion Has Begun on GP-US Proposal: ID 278 - Fund
	Diversity Waivers from Proxy Registration
In-Reply-To: <20070521040501.96348.qmail@qs614.pair.com>
References: <20070521040501.96348.qmail@qs614.pair.com>
Message-ID: <10859a090705211931w4fe4f23cle55398fa94af5558@mail.gmail.com>

any comments?

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From: voting at gpus.org <voting at gpus.org>
Date: 21 May 2007 04:05:01 -0000
Subject: [usgp-nc] Discussion Has Begun on GP-US Proposal: ID 278 - Fund
Diversity Waivers from Proxy Registration
To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org

Discussion has begun for the following proposal:

Proposal ID: 278
Proposal: Fund Diversity Waivers from Proxy Registration
Floor Manager: Jody Grage, jody at gp.org
Discussion Dates: 05/21/2007 - 06/03/2007
Voting Dates: 06/04/2007 - 06/10/2007

Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time

The GP-US strives for consensus, which involves several steps,
taken in order..

Clarifying questions and responses from the group making the proposal.
Airing of concerns and discussion about how to improve the proposal
by taking into consideration those concersn
Call for consensus on the final proposal.

Background: When a member State Party chooses to save their state money, by
not sending a full delegation to the annual national meeting,
everybody loses the value of that participation, and proxies
cannot replace the missing experience, perspective and diversity
which a non-participating Delegate could have provided.
The fixed costs involved in mounting the Annual National
Meeting must be drawn from a smaller pool of paid registrations.

This results in increased registration fees for those who
do attend, and particularly for those states which send a
full delegation.

The savings enjoyed by a state choosing to vote by proxy becomes
a cost borne by the rest of the Party, both in missing wisdom
and in actual dollars.

This National Committee just adopted a proposal authorizing
disbursements from a nearly empty General Fund to meet our
obligations to fund the Diversity Waiver Program authorized
by Resolution #81.  This proposal offers a funding mechanism
which we hope will make a significant contribution to the cost
of funding these authorized and much needed waivers.

Proposal: A resolution to amend the bylaws of the Green Party of the
United States to require that a Delegate be registered for the
Annual National Meeting prior to their vote being exercised
by proxy; to amend the policies and procedures of the Annual
National Meeting Committee to require that registration fees
for non-attending Delegates be defined in the Committee's
annual budget request; to direct the Annual National Meeting
Committee to establish a registration fee applying to the 2007
Reading Pennsylvania meeting for non-attending Delegates whose
vote would be exercised by proxy; and to provide for related
implementation details.

A Resolution of the
Green National Committee of the
Green Party of the United States

SECTION 1.

Resolved, that the bylaws of the Green Party of the United
States are here amended, by striking from Article II, related
to "Membership and the National Committee", Section 2, related
to the "National Committee", the sentence reading:

     A delegate to the National Committee may cast an additional
     vote at a National Conference in place of an absent
     delegate, as long as the total number of votes cast for
     that state does not exceed its total allowed votes on
     the National Committee, or twice the number of voting
     delegates in attendance.

and inserting in its place, the following:

     A delegate to the National Committee may cast a proxy
     vote at a face-to-face meeting of the Green National
     Committee, in place of not more than one absent Delegate
     who is registered to participate in such face-to-face
     meeting, as long as the total number of votes cast for
     that state does not exceed its total allowed votes on
     the National Committee, or twice the number of voting
     delegates in attendance.

SECTION 2.

The charter of the Annual National Meeting Committee, adopted
December 18th, 2005, is here amended at Section 9., related to
"Budget", by replacing the periods at the end of paragraphs b)
and c) with semicolons, by inserting after the semicolon at
the end of paragraph c), the word 'and' and by inserting after
paragraph c., the following new paragraph d., to read:

     d) The Annual National Meeting Committee is directed to
     recommend as a part of its budget request, a registration
     cost structure in which a registration fee will be
     charged for non-attending Delegates whose vote will be
     exercised by proxy. Such registration fee shall be set for
     non-attending Delegates at a level which shall not exceed
     that for a Delegate in attendance.  Revenues raised from
     registration fees charged for non-attending Delegates
     shall be dedicated to repaying the general fund for
     funds advanced for the diversity fee waiver program.
     In recommending a registration fee structure, the Annual
     National Meeting Committee is urged to provide for fees
     which are expected to raise sufficient revenues to meet
     the costs of providing registration fees and meals for
     at least fifteen, but not more than thirty participants
     qualified under the program adopted as Proposal #81, by
     the Green National Committee on May 9th, 2004, related to
     'Diversity at Green Party National Committee meetings'.

SECTION 3.

For purposes of the 2007 Annual National Meeting of the Green
National Committee, the Annual National Meeting Committee
is directed, not later than six weeks after the adoption of
this policy, to set and publish a registration fee to apply to
absent, but registered Delegates whose votes are eligible to
be cast by proxy, and which is expected to raise sufficient
revenues to meet the costs of providing registration fees
and meals for at least fifteen, but not more than thirty
participants qualified under the program adopted as Proposal
#81, by the Green National Committee on May 9th, 2004, related
to 'Diversity at Green Party National Committee meetings'.
Such registration fee for a non-attending Delegate shall not
exceed that charged for a Delegate in attendance.
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From efficacy at msn.com  Tue May 22 06:08:07 2007
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 06:08:07 -0400
Subject: {news} Thornton continues to criticize 'failure' of War on Drugs
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV93798DB53C2BC9CD2A742D1360@phx.gbl>

http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070522/NEWS01/705220337/1002/NEWS01<http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070522/NEWS01/705220337/1002/NEWS01>

Thornton continues to criticize 'failure' of War on Drugs

By RAY HACKETT 
Norwich Bulletin 



      OLD LYME -- Comparing the war in Iraq to the nation's 40-year-old War on Drugs, former Green Party gubernatorial candidate Clifford Thornton continued his efforts Monday to decriminalize illegal drugs. 

      "I'm not here promoting drug use," Thornton told the Southeastern Connecticut Chapter of the League of Women Voters. "I'm here promoting a sound, logical policy." 


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      Thornton said the United States spends $2 billion a week at all levels of government -- local, state and federal -- to battle drugs. Yet the federal Drug Enforcement Agency admits capturing only 10 percent of the illegal drugs in the country each year, he said. 

      "Does it make sense that we spend $100 billion a year on a program with a 90-percent failure rate?" Thornton asked the group. 

      League member Claire Sauer was in the audience at the chapter's annual meeting at the Old Lyme Inn. 

      "I've heard him talk many times, and I've always been impressed with just how much sense he makes," she said. 

      Thornton, a retired manager with the Southern New England Telephone Co., has made his campaign for a change in the nation's drug policy a lifelong commitment. He and his wife, Margaret, founded the nonprofit group Efficacy, which focuses on social issues and, in particular, the drug war. 

      Green Party candidate
      In 2006, the Green Party nominated Thornton as its gubernatorial candidate and used this issue as the centerpiece of his campaign platform. 

      "It's the most important social problem we're going to face in our lifetime," he said. "The war on drugs is not intended to be won. It's only intended on being waged. It's shattered families, devastated our inner cities and wasted lives." 

      Thornton supports legalizing marijuana and its use for medicinal purposes. He also supported medical uses for harder drugs like heroin and cocaine and allowing doctors to determine their use. Thornton also seeks decriminalization of all other illegal drugs. 

      "I agree with 99 percent of what he said," said league member Carol Richards of Niantic, a retired state addiction services employee, "but I thought he was just a bit cavalier with his references to marijuana as a harmless drug." 

      Thornton cited a number of statistics suggesting the primary focus of the drug war are blacks, Hispanics and poor whites. He said they represent the largest percentages of prisoners serving time for drug offenses -- yet more affluent whites use as much or more of the drugs. Thornton contended his proposal to decriminalize illegal drugs would allow more efforts to be made toward prevention and rehabilitation and less time wasted in jails. 

      "You're going to get a payback when you educate children," he said. "Imagine what $100 billion a year spent on education would mean. You're not going to get a payback spending all that money on this." 

      Susan Clark-Levin of New London and Rita Rohrberg of Westbrook, both of whom work as counselors at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital's infectious disease department, came to the meeting to hear Thornton. Clark-Levin said she had heard him speak at a seminar in Hartford and found his opinions valuable. 

      "It's amazing the amount of money the country is spending and getting nowhere," she said. "It's an illness, an addiction." 

      Reach Ray Hackett at 425-4225 or rhackett at norwichbulletin.com<mailto:rhackett at norwichbulletin.com>


     

Efficacy
PO Box 1234
860 657 8438
Hartford, CT 06143
efficacy at msn.com<mailto:efficacy at msn.com>
www.Efficacy-online.org<http://www.efficacy-online.org/>
 
"THE DRUG WAR IS MEANT TO BE WAGED NOT WON"

Working to end race and class drug war injustice, Efficacy is a non profit
501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1997. Your gifts and donations are tax
deductible
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From ralphferrucci at sbcglobal.net  Mon May 21 17:04:48 2007
From: ralphferrucci at sbcglobal.net (RALPH FERRUCCI)
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:04:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} Campaign Event, Sunday
Message-ID: <829856.87692.qm@web81008.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

***************PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY****************


Elect Ralph Ferrucci to
 Mayor of New Haven



COME JOIN US FOR A MEMORIAL DAY PARTY  ! ! !



Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

At West Rock Park, New Haven

Food and refreshments will be served



EVERYONE WELCOME! !



Come join us for a great day of fun and meet 2007 
Mayoral Candidate, Ralph Ferrucci

All Donations greatly appreciated*

For more information, 
please contact Andrea at (203) 865-7203


HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE ! ! !


*200 donations of $25 or more (up to $300) will put me
into a program called the Democracy Fund. This program
will give me a grant of $15,000 and start matching
funds.


Isn?t it time for a change.  With your help we can
win.

_______________________________________
###Paid for by Vote Ferrucci, Juan Plaza, Treasurer###

Directions 

>From Down Town
TGo down  Whalley Ave. Turn Right onto Blake Street.
Turn left at second light onto Spring side Drive.
Follow signs to West Rock Park.

>From Stamford Artea, take Merritt Parkway North to
Exit 59. Take a right off of the exit,  and follow
road past frok onto Whalley Ave.

Turn left onto Black Street
Turn left at second light onto Spring side Drive.
Follow signs to West Rock Park.

>From Hartford
Take 91 to Merritt Parkway South to exit 59. Take a
right off of the exit, and follow road past frok onto
Whalley Ave.

Turn left onto Black Street
Turn left at second light onto Spring side Drive.
Follow signs to West Rock Park.

>From Fairfield:
Take 95N to Downtown New Haven.
Follow exit ramp till the end and go straight down
Frontage Road. 

>From New London
Take 95S to Downtown New Haven.
Follow exit ramp till the end and go straight down
Frontage Road. 

Turn Right onto Ella Grasso Boulavard. Turn left onto
Whalley Ave. Turn Right onto Blake Street.
Turn left at second light onto Spring side Drive.
Follow signs to West Rock Park.




From efficacy at msn.com  Tue May 22 15:42:20 2007
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 15:42:20 -0400
Subject: {news} 5/31 Save the date Westend Drug Conversation
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV57CC4F424E40AE7DB71D3D1360@phx.gbl>

MessagePresented by the City of Hartford 
 

DRUGS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

(Is Drug Policy Making Things Worse?)

 

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF HARTFORD

Wesley Hall

571 Farmington Avenue

May 31, 2007

5:30-8:00

Light supper 5:30 - 6:00 

Discussion 6:00 - 8:00

 

Where do we go from here?

More treatment options?

Better prevention programs?

Better programs in prisons?

Better re-entry policies after prison?

Expand methadone treatment?

Decriminalize possession of drugs?

Non-felony for non-violent drug offenses?

Come, give us your opinion
 
 

For Questions, call Jennifer Cassidy at 522-4888 ext. 6106
 



Jennifer Cassidy
Executive Assistant to 
Councilman Robert L. Painter
850-522-4888 x 6106
cassj001 at hartford.gov
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From roseberry3 at cox.net  Wed May 23 01:51:18 2007
From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 01:51:18 -0400
Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for the 5-29-07 SCC meeting of the Green
	Party of CT
Message-ID: <20070523055035.CARU25624.eastrmmtao107.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net>

Proposed agenda for the 5-29-07 SCC meeting of the Green Party of CT

 

 

Place:   EAST ROCK MAGNET SCHOOL ON WILLOW STREET, NEW HAVEN CT.

(location: at intersection of Mitchell Street and Willow Street.) 

Directions: I-91 North, Exit 6 (is a left hand exit if traveling north;
right hand exit if traveling south)

                 at end of exit, turn right onto Willow Street. 

                 Go to 1st traffic light and turn left onto the school
property and park in the at the side of building.

Time:  7:00PM to 9PM.

School land numbers: 203-946-8875 or 8867    or cell for M. DeRosa:
860-919-4042

Facilitator:  To Be Determined

 

 

A.      Preliminaries:

1.       (1 minute): Introductions of voting attendees; non-voting
attendees; chapters; if quorum was met; timekeeper; ground rules.

2.       (2-4 minutes): Approval of tonight?s proposed agenda, any deletions
or additions.

3.       (2-4 minutes): Review and approval of minutes of 3-27-07 SCC
meeting.

4.    (2-4 minutes): Review and acceptance of minutes from the 5-9-07 EC
meeting.

5.       (2-4 minutes): Treasurer?s report by Christopher Reilly.

 

B.      Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee or members.

*         Internal Elections Proposal.

*         EC Proposal for chapter building.

*         EC Proposal for fundraiser position.

*         EC Proposal for Platform Committee.

*         EC Proposal for Strategy Committee.

*         EC Proposal for structure of future SCC meetings: discussion of 10
Key Values and invited speakers.

 

      C. Reports:

1.       (5 minutes): GP of CT internal elections results 4-21-07
convention.

 

2.    (5  minutes): CT Green Times: articles, publishing, likely date of
availability, distribution; mailing expense.

 

3.   (5-10 minutes): GPUS updates/reports/ status of our GPUS International
Committee person/PA meeting from CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie
Pillsbury.

 

4.    (10-15 minutes): Political issues the GP of CT is addressing with
legislators during the 2007 Legislative Session: Fight the Hike/universal
health coverage.

 

5.    (2 minutes): GP of CT Website.

 

6.   (5 minutes):  ACLU lawsuit.

 

7.   (2-5 minutes, each): other Chapter reports.

 

8.       (1-2 minutes): Date, place and time of next EC meeting in 6-07.

 

9.       Date, place and time for next SCC meeting 6/26/07.

 

10.       Any additions.

 

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From efficacy at msn.com  Wed May 23 07:02:48 2007
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 07:02:48 -0400
Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for the 5-29-07 SCC meeting of the
	GreenParty of CT
References: <20070523055035.CARU25624.eastrmmtao107.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net>
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV13D43D5699B5BDE29FE88AD1350@phx.gbl>

I would like to add to # 3 the national meeting such as the press release about the drug war and my/Connecticut participation at the convention.

#4 there are many other bills I/we are working on I.e. Medical Marijuana/prison reform/safe school zones.

Cliff
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  Place:   EAST ROCK MAGNET SCHOOL ON WILLOW STREET, NEW HAVEN CT.

  (location: at intersection of Mitchell Street and Willow Street.) 

  Directions: I-91 North, Exit 6 (is a left hand exit if traveling north; right hand exit if traveling south)

                   at end of exit, turn right onto Willow Street. 

                   Go to 1st traffic light and turn left onto the school property and park in the at the side of building.

  Time:  7:00PM to 9PM.

  School land numbers: 203-946-8875 or 8867    or cell for M. DeRosa: 860-919-4042

  Facilitator:  To Be Determined

   

   

  A.      Preliminaries:

  1.       (1 minute): Introductions of voting attendees; non-voting attendees; chapters; if quorum was met; timekeeper; ground rules.

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

  3.       (2-4 minutes): Review and approval of minutes of 3-27-07 SCC meeting.

  4.    (2-4 minutes): Review and acceptance of minutes from the 5-9-07 EC meeting.

  5.       (2-4 minutes): Treasurer's report by Christopher Reilly.

   

  B.      Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee or members.

  ?         Internal Elections Proposal.

  ?         EC Proposal for chapter building.

  ?         EC Proposal for fundraiser position.

  ?         EC Proposal for Platform Committee.

  ?         EC Proposal for Strategy Committee.

  ?         EC Proposal for structure of future SCC meetings: discussion of 10 Key Values and invited speakers.

   

        C. Reports:

  1.       (5 minutes): GP of CT internal elections results 4-21-07 convention.

   

  2.    (5  minutes): CT Green Times: articles, publishing, likely date of availability, distribution; mailing expense.

   

  3.   (5-10 minutes): GPUS updates/reports/ status of our GPUS International Committee person/PA meeting from CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury.

   

  4.    (10-15 minutes): Political issues the GP of CT is addressing with legislators during the 2007 Legislative Session: Fight the Hike/universal health coverage.

   

  5.    (2 minutes): GP of CT Website.

   

  6.   (5 minutes):  ACLU lawsuit.

   

  7.   (2-5 minutes, each): other Chapter reports.

   

  8.       (1-2 minutes): Date, place and time of next EC meeting in 6-07.

   

  9.       Date, place and time for next SCC meeting 6/26/07.

   

  10.       Any additions.

   

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From efficacy at msn.com  Wed May 23 07:13:32 2007
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 07:13:32 -0400
Subject: {news} Racism goes on trial again in America's Deep South
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV15245E3DE8BD0E4BEC4FD8D1350@phx.gbl>

Racism goes on trial again in America's Deep South

by Tom Mangold in Jena, Louisiana

The Observer (UK) - May 20, 2007

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2083762,00.html<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2083762,00.html>

The prosecution of three black Louisiana youths
reveals the rise of discrimination by stealth

In the cool and beflagged small courtroom in Jena,
Louisiana, three black schoolboys - Robert Bailey,
Theodore Shaw and Mychal Bell - are about to go on
trial for a playground fight that could see them jailed
for between 30 and 50 years.

Jena, about 220 miles north of New Orleans, is a small
town of 3,000 people, 85 per cent of whom are white.
Tomorrow it will be the focus for a race trial which
could put it on the map alongside the bad old names of
the Mississippi Burning Sixties such as Selma or
Montgomery, Alabama.

Jena is gaining national notoriety as an example of the
new 'stealth' racism, showing how lightly sleep the
demons of racial prejudice in America's Deep South,
even in the year that a black man, Barak Obama, is a
serious candidate for the White House.

It began in Jena's high school last August when Kenneth
Purvis asked the headteacher if black students could
break with a long-held tradition and join the whites
who sit under the tree in the school courtyard during
breaks. The boy was told that he and his friends could
sit where they liked.

The following morning white students had hung three
nooses there. 'Bad taste, silly, but just a prank,' was
the response of most of Jena's whites.

'To us those nooses meant the KKK [Ku Klux Klan], they
meant, "Niggers, we're going to kill you, we're going
to hang you till you die,"' says Caseptla Bailey, a
black community leader and mother of one of the
accused. The three white perpetrators of what was seen
as a race hate crime were given 'in-school' suspensions
(sent to another school for a few days before
returning).

Jena's major industry is growing and marketing junk
pine. Walk down the usually deserted main street and
you will not find many black employees. Bailey, 56, is
a former air force officer and holder of a business
management degree. 'I couldn't even get a job in Jena
as a bank teller,' she said. 'Look at the banks and the
best white-collar jobs and you'll see only white and
red necks in those collars.'

Billy Doughty, the local barber, has never cut black
men's hair. 'They just don't come here,' he mumbled.
'Anyway, their hair is different and difficult to cut.'

The majority of blacks live in an area known as Ward
10. Many homes are trailers, or wooden shacks. Rubbish
lies in the streets. On 'Snob Hill', where the whites
live, the spacious gardens and lawns are trimmed, the
gravelled drives boast SUVs and nice new saloons. Only
two black families live there. A teacher from Jena High
had enough money to buy his way in. But when he arrived
local estate agents refused to show him a 'white'
property even though several were advertised in the
local paper ('they're all under contract,' the agents
lied). The teacher eventually went to see one white
owner and offered him cash. 'The guy preferred green
[dollars] to black, so I got the property,' laughed the
teacher, 'but since we moved in three years ago we
haven't been invited by a single neighbour.'

On 30 November, someone tried to burn Jena High to the
ground. The crime remains unsolved. That same weekend
race fights between teenagers broke out downtown, and
on 4 December racial tension boiled over once more in
the school. A white student, Justin Barker, was
attacked, allegedly by six black students.

The expected charges of assault and battery were not
laid, and the six were charged with attempted second-
degree murder and conspiracy to commit second-degree
murder. They now face a lifetime in jail.

Barker spent the evening of the assault at the local
Baptist church, where he was seen by friends to be 'his
usual smiling self'.

Nine days later, with the case technically sub judice,
the District Attorney made the following public
statement to the local paper: 'I will not tolerate this
type of behaviour. To those who act in this manner I
tell you that you will be prosecuted to the fullest
extent of the law and with the harshest crimes that the
facts justify. When you are convicted I will seek the
maximum penalty allowed by law. I will see to it that
you never again menace the students at any school in
this parish.'

Bail for the impoverished students was set absurdly
high, and most have been held in custody. The town's
mind seems to be made up.

But now the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People and the American Civil Liberties Union -
'damned outsiders' - have become involved and have
begun to recruit, enthuse and empower the local black
population. Reporters from the BBC and the New York
Times have been drawn to the story. Jena does not like
this publicity and shifts uncomfortably in the glare.
It is 42 years since President Lyndon Johnson closed
the loopholes that allowed southern states to
discriminate against blacks. When the accused shuffle
into court tomorrow, it's Jena that will be on trial.

Efficacy
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860 657 8438
Hartford, CT 06143
efficacy at msn.com<mailto:efficacy at msn.com>
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"THE DRUG WAR IS MEANT TO BE WAGED NOT WON"

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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu May 24 00:46:34 2007
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 04:46:34 +0000
Subject: {news} RE: Greens holding elected office in US, May 2007
In-Reply-To: <20070521024040.72DCD8DC674@gandhi.greens.org>
Message-ID: <BAY143-F29E3F424A2E15C2D63070FD6340@phx.gbl>

Hector Lopez is the only current official in CT elected on a Green ballot 
line.  Colin Bennett and other Greens serving on town commissions may have 
been elected by a town council or other body, or even a meeting of the town 
citizenry in those towns having a town meeting form of government. If you 
count these, there are about 20 Greens in office in CT. Complete list is at 
http://www.ctgreens.org/elected.shtml

Connecticut (1)
Hector Lopez, Constable, New Canaan (Fairfield County)

See Hector's webpage (and hear some Puerto Rican music) at:
http://ctgreens.org/fairfield/2007Candidates/Lopez.htm

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From efficacy at msn.com  Thu May 24 12:41:06 2007
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 12:41:06 -0400
Subject: {news} Marijuana Bill Passes In House
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV6D7047BC670DDD4E2C9C1D1340@phx.gbl>

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-medmar0524.artmay24,0,4638183.story?coll=hc-headlines-home<http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-medmar0524.artmay24,0,4638183.story?coll=hc-headlines-home>


      CONNECTICUT NEWS 

Marijuana Bill Passes In House
 Law Would Allow Patients To Grow Plants At Home
May 24, 2007 
By COLIN POITRAS, Courant Staff Writer 

      After one of the longest, most poignant debates of the legislative session, the House of Representatives Wednesday approved a bill allowing seriously ill individuals to grow marijuana at home to ease their pain.

      The bill passed, 89-58, after more than six hours of passionate discussion in which lawmakers shared personal stories about the pain and suffering friends and family members had endured from chronic or terminal illness.

                 
                 
           

                 
                 
           
      "Today we have the opportunity to give relief to Connecticut residents who are sick, who are dying, who are wasting away," said state Rep. Penny Bacchiochi, R-Somers. Bacchiochi admitted buying marijuana when her husband was dying of bone cancer several years ago. She said she hated the risk that went with it.

      "This bill is about our choice, our right and our responsibility to say we no longer choose to arrest sick people," Bacchiochi said.

      State Rep. Antonietta Boucher, R-Wilton, who lost several close family members to cancer and smoking-related illnesses, led the unsuccessful opposition. Boucher spent more than three hours arguing her case that legalizing marijuana was wrong, and had prepared more than 50 amendments in an attempt to forestall the legislation. She stopped after the first seven failed.

      Opponents of the bill argued that legalizing the use of marijuana sends the wrong message to children - that it is OK to use illegal drugs and that illegal drugs can be good for you.

      "Despite being well-intentioned, this bill could be one of the most dangerous proposals to come before us in a long time," Boucher said. "It defies all logic and responsibility for us to go down this path when we are banning tobacco and secondhand smoke."

      The measure now goes to the Senate. It was unclear late Wednesday whether the Senate will take action on the bill before the legislative session ends in two weeks. It would also need Gov. M. Jodi Rell's signature, and Rell said Wednesday she had some concerns with the bill's language.

      "I have the same mixed emotions I had before," said Rell, who has had discussions with Boucher about the bill. "I wish it had this language in it: `for terminally ill individuals.' I think everybody would feel better about passage of the bill. ... People would have a better comfort level with that language. There are some drawbacks to it."

      The legislation would allow any individual with a debilitating illness or medical condition such as cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis or AIDS to grow up to four 4-foot-tall marijuana plants in their homes, provided they obtain a doctor's prescription to do so. Those patients would have to register with the state Department of Consumer Protection.

      The bill does not limit legalized use of marijuana to the terminally ill, nor does it address how those sick individuals or their caregivers would obtain the marijuana seeds critical to growing the plants. Local pharmacies do not stock marijuana or its seeds because of current restrictions under federal law.

      Users would have to buy the seeds or starter plants on the street, and that rankled many during Wednesday's debate.

      "As a freshman legislator I took an oath to uphold federal and state law," said Rep. Frank N. Nicastro Sr., D-Bristol. "But today I find myself debating with my colleagues how we are going to allow our constituents to go out and break the law."

      As a former truant officer in Bristol for 17 years, Nicastro said he has seen how marijuana use can derail lives. At the same time, Nicastro said he witnessed the suffering caused by cancer when his mother died a short time ago. In the end, Nicastro urged caution, pointing out that both the American Cancer Society and the Multiple Sclerosis Society do not support legalized marijuana. He voted against the bill.

      State Rep. Russell Morin, D-Wethersfield, said he wasn't worried about sending a wrong message to young people. Morin, a father of three, said his children would understand the bill's underlying purpose.

      "The message I want to send to them is a message of compassion," Morin said. "We are not condoning illegal drug use. What this bill will do is show that we care."

      Connecticut already has a law legalizing marijuana but it is virtually useless. Current law allows doctors to prescribe marijuana to ease the pain and discomfort of chemotherapy or for those suffering from glaucoma. But no prescriptions have been written because doctors don't want to risk prosecution under federal law.

      A similar medical marijuana bill died in the General Assembly two years ago. The measure narrowly passed in the Senate but failed to be taken up for a vote in the House before the session ended.

      If the bill becomes law, Connecticut would become the 14th state to enact legislation protecting patients who use medical marijuana with a physician's recommendation.

      Connecticut's campaign for legalized marijuana was bolstered this year by support from television talk show host Montel Williams, who came to the state to lobby for the bill in March. Williams uses marijuana daily to ease the spasms and pain caused by multiple sclerosis.

      Contact Colin Poitras at cpoitras at courant.com.

      Courant Staff Writer Christopher Keating contributed to this story. 

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From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 15:23:49 -0400
Subject: {news} Connecticut Medical Marijuana  Please vote
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http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-medmar0524.artmay24,0,4638183.story?coll=hc-headlines-home<http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-medmar0524.artmay24,0,4638183.story?coll=hc-headlines-home>


      MEDICAL MARIJUANA 
     Should Connecticut legalize the medical use of marijuana? <http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-potbill0523,0,7030690.story?coll=hc-headlines-politics-state>

                       
                       Yes

                       
                       No

                       
                       Depends

                       

                        Results are not scientific 
                       
                    
           
      
     




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efficacy at msn.com<mailto:efficacy at msn.com>
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"THE DRUG WAR IS MEANT TO BE WAGED NOT WON"

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501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1997. Your gifts and donations are tax
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Sat May 26 13:11:20 2007
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 17:11:20 +0000
Subject: {news} RE: Racism goes on trial again in America's Deep South
In-Reply-To: <BAY102-DAV15245E3DE8BD0E4BEC4FD8D1350@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BAY143-F246307D71B16E2D7278FCCD62A0@phx.gbl>

Of course, we don't have to go to Louisiana to find racism.  The latest 
scandal in Stamford involves death threats and racial epithets directed at a 
high school girl.  The mayor's son was apparently a witness to the acts, if 
not a participant.

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-lawsuit2may25,0,5566130.story

Alleged hate crime victim's family sues city
By Zach Lowe
Staff Writer

May 25, 2007

STAMFORD - The family of an alleged hate crime victim filed a federal 
lawsuit yesterday accusing the city of failing to protect the girl's rights 
by allowing students who left her racist phone messages to attend school 
with her, court records show.

The suit accuses the city of "failing to act in part because one of the 
callers is the son of Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy."

...

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From greenpartyct at yahoo.com  Mon May 28 10:54:57 2007
From: greenpartyct at yahoo.com (Green Party-CT)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 07:54:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {news} NH Register-"Green Party leader seeks election as Alderman
Message-ID: <695300.84582.qm@web81403.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

              05/26/2007    Green Party leader seeks election as alderman     Angela Carter , Register Staff 
          NEW HAVEN ? Green Party Co-Chairman Allan Brison has filed paperwork to run for alderman in East Rock?s 10th Ward against Democrat Edward Mattison, who plans to seek a fourth term. 
These two have faced off before. In 2001, Mattison won in a three-way race with 438 votes over 321 for Brison and 80 for Republican Thomas Fagan.

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    ');   }   //-->           Brison is a retired computer programmer who home-schooled his two children. Part of his platform deals with education and he is advocating for an elected Board of Education. He supported that idea during the last charter revision but it did not make it to the ballot.

Other issues he homes in on are economic development, the budget and the environment.

"I think it?s essential we work for an elected Board of Education, if only for transparency with the budget," he said. "The Board of Education is the source of patronage, and if you have an elected Board of Education, that?s going to change."

Brison also wants to build a coalition of fellow aldermen who would push for small, neighborhood schools rather than larger magnet schools and smaller class sizes, particularly in the early years. "I think that in education we need a different approach."

As to the incumbent, Brison said Mattison "has never gone against the mayor on anything." As examples, Brison said Mattison should have opposed a contract for legal services two years ago that violated the charter, and that he should have voted against tearing down the New Haven Coliseum and moving Gateway Community College downtown.

"There are definitely questionable forms of development the government has done," he said.

Mattison, who is chairman of the Community Development Committee, said he has his own opinions.

"I?m an active alderman. I know what I?m doing, and I think the people of East Rock know it," he said.

Before an item comes up for a vote, aldermen have conversations with each other and the administration, Mattison said, adding that after talking to many people he recommended a Whitney Avenue location for a new Worthington Hooker School. "City Hall deferred" to his opinion, Mattison said.

"In the end, I often vote in the direction the administration wants to but that?s because we?ve negotiated," Mattison said.

"I don?t think Allan knows how government works. The job is to get to the point where you have a majority of the aldermen to support what you want. That?s something skillful aldermen are able to do and others are not so successful."

The Board of Aldermen on Tuesday will vote on a budget for fiscal 2007-08 and a new tax rate. Mattison said he will be introducing legislation that will require the administration to present cost-saving measures long before the next budget season starts in March 2008.

"The budget process is too short term and too narrow," he said. "We can?t keep taxing everybody ever higher because people won?t be able to pay it, and we?ll see bad things happen in our city."

Brison is the only Green to announce so far in the aldermanic races. 

Ralph Ferrucci is a Green running for mayor and he is having his first fund-raiser at noon Sunday at The Cave off Springside Avenue.

  
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From chapillsbury at igc.org  Mon May 28 16:36:58 2007
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 16:36:58 -0400
Subject: {news} FW:Cindy Sheehan: leaving the Democratic Party and calling
	for July 4 meeting
Message-ID: <000301c7a167$f1a3b650$1901a8c0@CMI.local>

 

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/5/26/10135/7518


Dear Democratic Congress 


by CindySheehan 


Sat May 26, 2007 at 07:03:16 AM PDT


May 26, 2007 
Dublin, Ireland

Dear Democratic Congress,

Hello, my name is Cindy Sheehan and my son Casey Sheehan was killed on April
04, 2004 in Sadr City , Baghdad , Iraq . He was killed when the Republicans
still were in control of Congress. Naively, I set off on my tireless
campaign calling on Congress to rescind George?s authority to wage his war
of terror while asking him "for what noble cause" did Casey and thousands of
other have to die. Now, with Democrats in control of Congress, I have lost
my optimistic naivet? and have become cynically pessimistic as I see you all
caving into as one Daily Kos poster called: "Mr. 28%"

There is absolutely no sane or defensible reason for you to hand Bloody King
George more money to condemn more of our brave, tired, and damaged soldiers
and the people of Iraq to more death and carnage. You think giving him more
money is politically expedient, but it is a moral abomination and every
second the occupation of Iraq endures, you all have more blood on your
hands.

Ms. Pelosi, Speaker of the House, said after George signed the new weak as a
newborn baby funding authorization bill: "Now, I think the president?s
policy will begin to unravel." Begin to unravel? How many more of our
children will have to be killed and how much more of Iraq will have to be
demolished before you all think enough unraveling has occurred? How many
more crimes will BushCo be allowed to commit while their poll numbers are
crumbling before you all gain the political "courage" to hold them
accountable. If Iraq hasn?t unraveled in Ms. Pelosi?s mind, what will it
take? With almost 700,000 Iraqis dead and four million refugees (which the
US refuses to admit) how could it get worse? Well, it is getting worse and
it can get much worse thanks to your complicity.

Being cynically pessimistic, it seems to me that this new vote to extend the
war until the end of September, (and let?s face it, on October 1st, you will
give him more money after some more theatrics, which you think are fooling
the anti-war faction of your party) will feed right into the presidential
primary season and you believe that if you just hang on until then, the
Democrats will be able to re-take the White House. Didn?t you see how "well"
that worked for John Kerry in 2004 when he played the politics of careful
fence sitting and pandering? The American electorate are getting disgusted
with weaklings who blow where the wind takes them while frittering away our
precious lifeblood and borrowing money from our new owners, the Chinese.

I knew having a Democratic Congress would make no difference in grassroots
action. That?s why we went to DC when you all were sworn in to tell you that
we wanted the troops back from Iraq and BushCo held accountable while you
pushed for ethics reform which is quite a hoot...don?t? you think? We all
know that it is affordable for you all to play this game of political mayhem
because you have no children in harm?s way...let me tell you what it is
like:

You watch your reluctant soldier march off to a war that neither you nor he
agrees with. Once your soldier leaves the country all you can do is worry.
You lie awake at night staring at the moon wondering if today will be the
day that you get that dreaded knock on your door. You can?t concentrate, you
can?t eat, and your entire life becomes consumed with apprehension while you
are waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Then, when your worst fears are realized, you begin a life of constant pain,
regret, and longing. Everyday is hard, but then you come up on "special"
days...like upcoming Memorial Day. Memorial Day holds double pain for me
because, not only are we supposed to honor our fallen troops, but Casey was
born on Memorial Day in 1979. It used to be a day of celebration for us and
now it is a day of despair. Our needlessly killed soldiers of this war and
the past conflict in Vietnam have all left an unnecessary trail of sorrow
and deep holes of absence that will never be filled.

So, Democratic Congress, with the current daily death toll of 3.72 troops
per day, you have condemned 473 more to these early graves. 473 more lives
wasted for your political greed: Thousands of broken hearts because of your
cowardice and avarice. How can you even go to sleep at night or look at
yourselves in a mirror? How do you put behind you the screaming mothers on
both sides of the conflict? How does the agony you have created escape you?
It will never escape me...I can?t run far enough or hide well enough to get
away from it.

By the end of September, we will be about 80 troops short of another bloody
milestone: 4000, and MoveOn.org will hold nationwide candlelight vigils and
you all will be busy passing legislation that will snuff the lights out of
thousands more human beings.

Congratulations Congress, you have bought yourself a few more months of an
illegal and immoral bloodbath. And you know you mean to continue it
indefinitely so "other presidents" can solve the horrid problem BushCo
forced our world into.

It used to be George Bush?s war. You could have ended it honorably. Now it
is yours and you all will descend into calumnious history with BushCo.

The Camp Casey Peace Institute is calling all citizens who are as disgusted
as we are with you all to join us in Philadelphia on July 4th to try and
figure a way out of this "two" party system that is bought and paid for by
the war machine which has a stranglehold on every aspect of our lives. As
for myself, I am leaving the Democratic Party. You have completely failed
those who put you in power to change the direction our country is heading.
We did not elect you to help sink our ship of state but to guide it to safe
harbor.

We do not condone our government?s violent meddling in sovereign countries
and we condemn the continued murderous occupation of Iraq .

We gave you a chance, you betrayed us.

Sincerely, 
Cindy Sheehan 
Founder and President of 
Gold Star Families for Peace.

Founder and Director of 
The Camp Casey Peace Institute

Eternally grieving mother of Casey Sheehan        

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From apbrison at hotmail.com  Mon May 28 17:09:25 2007
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Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 17:09:25 -0400
Subject: {news} FW:Cindy Sheehan: leaving the Democratic Party and
	callingfor July 4 meeting
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From chapillsbury at igc.org  Mon May 28 17:50:42 2007
From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 17:50:42 -0400
Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for the 5-29-07 SCC meeting of
	theGreenParty of CT
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Unfortunately, I will not be at tomorrow's meeting, because of an
unavoidable work conflict.

 

Charlie 

Executive Director 
Community Mediation, Inc. 
32 Elm Street 
New Haven CT 06510 
Tel: 203-782-3504 
Fax: 203-782-3503 
Email: chapillsbury at igc.org 
Web: www. community-mediation.org 
  

  _____  

From: ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org
[mailto:ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org] On Behalf Of clifford thornton
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:03 AM
To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org; B Barry
Subject: Re: {news} Proposed agenda for the 5-29-07 SCC meeting of
theGreenParty of CT

 

I would like to add to # 3 the national meeting such as the press release
about the drug war and my/Connecticut participation at the convention.

 

#4 there are many other bills I/we are working on I.e. Medical
Marijuana/prison reform/safe school zones.

 

Cliff

Efficacy
PO Box 1234
860 657 8438
Hartford, CT 06143
efficacy at msn.com
www.Efficacy-online.org
 
"THE DRUG WAR IS MEANT TO BE WAGED NOT WON"

 

Working to end race and class drug war injustice, Efficacy is a non profit
501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1997. Your gifts and donations are tax
deductible

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Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 1:51 AM

Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for the 5-29-07 SCC meeting of the
GreenParty of CT

 

Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS
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Proposed agenda for the 5-29-07 SCC meeting of the Green Party of CT

 

 

Place:   EAST ROCK MAGNET SCHOOL ON WILLOW STREET, NEW HAVEN CT.

(location: at intersection of Mitchell Street and Willow Street.) 

Directions: I-91 North, Exit 6 (is a left hand exit if traveling north;
right hand exit if traveling south)

                 at end of exit, turn right onto Willow Street. 

                 Go to 1st traffic light and turn left onto the school
property and park in the at the side of building.

Time:  7:00PM to 9PM.

School land numbers: 203-946-8875 or 8867    or cell for M. DeRosa:
860-919-4042

Facilitator:  To Be Determined

 

 

A.      Preliminaries:

1.       (1 minute): Introductions of voting attendees; non-voting
attendees; chapters; if quorum was met; timekeeper; ground rules.

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

3.       (2-4 minutes): Review and approval of minutes of 3-27-07 SCC
meeting.

4.    (2-4 minutes): Review and acceptance of minutes from the 5-9-07 EC
meeting.

5.       (2-4 minutes): Treasurer's report by Christopher Reilly.

 

B.      Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee or members.

*  Internal Elections Proposal.

*  EC Proposal for chapter building.

*  EC Proposal for fundraiser position.

*  EC Proposal for Platform Committee.

*  EC Proposal for Strategy Committee.

*  EC Proposal for structure of future SCC meetings: discussion of 10 Key
Values and invited speakers.

 

      C. Reports:

1.       (5 minutes): GP of CT internal elections results 4-21-07
convention.

 

2.    (5  minutes): CT Green Times: articles, publishing, likely date of
availability, distribution; mailing expense.

 

3.   (5-10 minutes): GPUS updates/reports/ status of our GPUS International
Committee person/PA meeting from CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie
Pillsbury.

 

4.    (10-15 minutes): Political issues the GP of CT is addressing with
legislators during the 2007 Legislative Session: Fight the Hike/universal
health coverage.

 

5.    (2 minutes): GP of CT Website.

 

6.   (5 minutes):  ACLU lawsuit.

 

7.   (2-5 minutes, each): other Chapter reports.

 

8.       (1-2 minutes): Date, place and time of next EC meeting in 6-07.

 

9.       Date, place and time for next SCC meeting 6/26/07.

 

10.       Any additions.

 

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From jeandesmet at galaxyinternet.net  Mon May 28 20:19:04 2007
From: jeandesmet at galaxyinternet.net (Jean de Smet)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 20:19:04 -0400
Subject: {news} Green Meeting
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I can't be at the meeting tomorrow.  

 

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From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com  Mon May 28 23:29:45 2007
From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 23:29:45 -0400
Subject: {news} Green Meeting
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I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN AGENDA BEFORE  I DECIDE TO MAKE THE DRIVE          
AMY

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From efficacy at msn.com  Thu May 31 06:41:14 2007
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 06:41:14 -0400
Subject: {news} LIVES WON'T GO UP in SMOKE if MARIJUANA USED MEDICINALLY
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV4A68BC30D191C301DCABED12D0@phx.gbl>

Mr. Braunstein is one of Efficacy's finest.  He has done a tremendous
job over the years.  Great job Mark!!!!



http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=cdfd6cac-d688-465f-a03d-0da484e8cfcb<http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=cdfd6cac-d688-465f-a03d-0da484e8cfcb>

LIVES WON'T GO UP in SMOKE if MARIJUANA USED MEDICINALLY
by Mark Braunstein

published on 5/31/2007 in The Day of New London

After its longest debate of this legislative session, the Connecticut House of Representatives
last week passed for its second time in three years what today is known as House Bill 6715, An
Act concerning the Palliative Use of Marijuana. Courtesy of public access through Web broadcast
video, I was able to listen to five of the six hours of the discussion.

During debate, advocates seldom challenged the opposition's many erroneous assertions. One of
the bill's co-sponsors, Rep. Penny Bacchiochi, R-Somers, did say after the vote that she could
have disputed the opposition's claims, but instead she coolly sat it out and let the heated
debate take its course. As a paraplegic who has used marijuana medicinally for 17 years, and
publicly for the past 10, I instead must take a stand.

In past debates, many legislators had loudly called to question the very efficacy of medical
marijuana. This year, however, such doubts were largely muffled. This can in part be credited
to the many patients since 1997 who have volunteered their testimony at hearings before the
Public Health and the Judiciary committees. Many of their painful stories encapsulated into
three minutes are not easily forgotten. What does appear to have been forgotten is the list of
more than 300 medical doctors in Connecticut who three years ago endorsed the bill.

The objections voiced this year by House members instead centered on the tangential issue of
marijuana as a recreational drug. In doing so, they confused medicinal apples for recreational
oranges. Their two main contentions were these: marijuana is an addictive drug; and it opens a
gateway to even more addictive drugs.

I dispute both claims. For living proof, I look to all my friends and to the millions of youths
who smoked pot during the 1960s, but eventually tired of and outgrew it in the '70s. No rehab,
no 12-step programs, no purges. They simply shed it like a winter coat in summer. Now pushing
60, some of those former pot smokers have infiltrated the ranks of our legislators. Rather than
further lengthen the debate, they simply ignored the opposition's impassioned but baseless
claims, and voted for the bill.

House members opposed to the bill several times cited extreme cases of ruined lives gone to
pot. Some recreational users do become habitual abusers, but they rank among the exceptions,
not the far broader rule. Adherents to the gene theory of addiction believe that if marijuana
did not exist, born addicts who placate their addictive behavior with marijuana instead would
seek harder drugs, namely tobacco and alcohol.

On a personal note, I can attest that except for one cup of coffee once a month, I abstain from
all addictive drugs, whether recreational or medicinal, whether herbal or pharmaceutical. Now
age 55, during my lifetime I smoked tobacco only once and got drunk only twice. I must not have
been born an addict.

Presently, when I refrain from my herbal medication, I experience return of the muscle spasms
and shooting pains that are the symptoms of spinal cord injury. As for any symptoms of
withdrawal from marijuana, I experience none. Able to abstain from addictive tranquilizers to
relax my spasms, and from addictive narcotics to assuage my pains, my life is not ruined
precisely because I have gone to pot.

Then there's the tiresome gateway theory. It is not true that 99 percent of all coke, crack and
heroin addicts first started their descent on drugs with marijuana. They first started their
descent with caffeine, nicotine and alcohol. What is true is that 99 percent of all youths who
use marijuana never go on to use coke, crack or heroin. For that 1-percent minority, the
relationship of marijuana to other recreational drugs is associative, not causative. If you
restricted the sale of milk to only nightclubs and bars, then you could say that drinking milk
leads to drinking alcohol.

Again on a personal note, I can attest that I have tried coke only once and never tried crack
or heroin. Never. And not for lack of opportunity. During my field research into the drug scene
in southeastern Connecticut, I have borne witness a dozen times while people smoked crack and
shot heroin. Indeed they were just people, not monsters nor demons. Demons may or may not lurk
in the drugs they use. But demons surely reside in our fears of the drugs we do not use and
therefore do not know.
____________________________________
Mark Braunstein is a college librarian, a nature photographer, and the author of two books and
many articles about art, literature, vegetarianism and wildlife. He has testified in support of
Connecticut's medical marijuana bills many times before the Public Health and Judiciary
committees, and hopes this year will be the last. He can be reached at
herman.melville at yahoo.com<mailto:herman.melville at yahoo.com>.


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From efficacy at msn.com  Thu May 31 07:49:21 2007
From: efficacy at msn.com (clifford thornton)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 07:49:21 -0400
Subject: {news} 5/31 Save the date Westend Drug Conversation
Message-ID: <BAY102-DAV10EAEFA259D13BA0F613BBD12D0@phx.gbl>

MessageThis process is working here in Connecticut and Hartford has
taken the lead.  A vast majority of people now feel it is ok to talk about this subject.



Presented by the City of Hartford 
 

DRUGS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

(Is Drug Policy Making Things Worse?)

 

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF HARTFORD

Wesley Hall

571 Farmington Avenue

May 31, 2007

5:30-8:00

Light supper 5:30 - 6:00 

Discussion 6:00 - 8:00

 

Where do we go from here?

More treatment options?

Better prevention programs?

Better programs in prisons?

Better re-entry policies after prison?

Expand methadone treatment?

Decriminalize possession of drugs?

Non-felony for non-violent drug offenses?

Come, give us your opinion
 
 

For Questions, call Jennifer Cassidy at 522-4888 ext. 6106
 



Jennifer Cassidy
Executive Assistant to 
Councilman Robert L. Painter
850-522-4888 x 6106
cassj001 at hartford.gov
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From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com  Thu May 31 23:15:14 2007
From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 23:15:14 -0400
Subject: {news} 4/21 convention speeches now on video
Message-ID: <BAY143-DAV151F5116112FA028B6A9EBD62C0@phx.gbl>

Thanks to Nick P., the CT Green Party convention (held April 21 in New
Haven) can now be viewed on video.  I've put them on the homepage of
http://www.ctgreens.org

The first hour video has Ken Krayeske recounting his Hartford arrest and the
aftermath, and Dave Ionno of Veterans for Peace.  The second hour has
presentations by the candidates for party office.

David Bedell