From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Thu Nov 1 17:30:55 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:30:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: {news} Come hear Green 2nd Congressional District candidate Scott Deshefy on Nov. 13th!! Message-ID: <35406.91153.qm@web44808.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Greens, Come hear a NEW candidate for the 2nd District on Tuesday,November 13at 7 pm in the Senior Center on Spring street in Downtown Rockville (Vernon area). The meeting is free and open to all and part of the Tolland County and Manchester area Greens.For more information call Tim McKee at 860-643-2282 BIO of G. SCOTT DESHEFY, CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE, 2ND DISTRICT, CONNECTICUT For nearly thirty years, Scott Deshefy has been active throughout the state as an advocate for ecological ethics, nonviolence, economic justice and reverence for all life. As an individual and state official, he has fought against suppression of information and made powerful corporations accountable for pollution and violations of state and federal environmental law. A lifelong resident of eastern Connecticut and native son of Uncasville, Deshefy graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in biology and minoring in literature. Also conducting graduate studies in biological sciences at the University of Montana, UCONN and Southern CT State University, Deshefy completed his MS in zoology at Clemson University in 1978 and four years of doctoral work with an emphasis in behavioral-ecology. Under a Clemson graduate teaching assistantship and as part-time lecturer at Middlesex Community College (Middletown, CT), Scott Deshefy has taught general biology, vertebrate zoology, human anatomy and physiology, environmental science, astronomy and geology. He was nominee for a Dansforth Fellowship in 1982. During breaks in collegiate studies, Scott has worked at the U.S. Submarine Base in Groton and for the Dow Chemical Corporation, Allyn?s Point, Gales Ferry. He worked at General Dynamics Electric Boat (Groton, CT) from 1973-75 as a shipfitter and radiation control monitor, receiving high security clearances for his work on nuclear submarines as part of RADCON. From 1982 through his recent retirement in 2007, Deshefy served the State of Connecticut as a supervisory environmental analyst in the Department of Environmental Protection. In that capacity, he developed and supervised enforcement and environmental clean-up programs involving underground storage of petroleum and other hazardous chemicals as well as the monitoring and regulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other toxic substances, including asbestos. Deshefy served as scientific support coordinator during environmental emergencies, including chemical releases to Long Island Sound and estuarine environments. Scott has drafted environmental regulations and general statutes, worked closely with the CT Office of Attorneys General on dozens of environmental civil cases (including Connecticut?s first type A ecological damage assessment claims) and worked with the CT State?s Attorneys on some major criminal cases. He has gained national reputation with EPA for innovative, no-nonsense approaches to environmental enforcement, even when handicapped by limited allocation of state resources. He has prepared dozens of federal grant requests to support the state programs he has supervised and, over twenty-five years, never failed to meet the program goals for which those EPA grants were approved. During his tenure as head of the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Enforcement program, Deshefy?s stringent enforcement of UST regulations helped influence the removal of over 27,000 leaking and antiquated gasoline, heating fuel and chemical USTs, thereby preventing incalculable harm to the groundwaters of the State of Connecticut. From 1982-1987, Deshefy served on the Montville Board of Education, including chairman from 1985-87. While chairman, starting teacher salaries were raised as an incentive to improve both the quality and frequency of individuals pursuing teaching degrees and to make starting teacher salaries in eastern Connecticut a truly living wage. Scott received the Briarwood College environmental educator award in 2002 and, as a state official, was named by Governor Lowell Weicker as Connecticut?s natural resources trustee for environmental damage assessment claims pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (R.C.R.A.). Deshefy has written and edited three books of poetry. He has been a poetry award recipient from the Hartford Advocate, a nominee for CT poet laureate, and he has published articles in various scientific journals, including Animal Behaviour. In October 2005, Scott was awarded the medallion of the Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce in recognition of his role in helping prepare DEP?s environmental impact statement, instrumental in deferring the BRAC Commission?s closure of the U.S. Submarine Base (Groton). Scott and his wife, Nancy, have been married for 31 years and take great pride in their fourteen year old daughter, Alea. TG: UI: SFI: SFV: --> var url1 = "http://us.f448.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Search?Find=1&y5beta=yes&B=1_p=bottom"; *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://timmckee2008.blogspot.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Thu Nov 1 17:36:22 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 14:36:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: {news} Can other state Greens help? [nlgreens] 20 more volunteers needed to Get Out the Green Vote Message-ID: <804157.68062.qm@web44806.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Laura Cordes wrote: To: From: "Laura Cordes" Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:01:16 -0400 Subject: [nlgreens] 20 more volunteers needed to Get Out the Green Vote GET OUT THE GREEN VOTE! 20 more volunteers needed to Get Out the Green Vote Saturday 11:00 am-1:00pm (Start at 236 State Street, New London) Join Ronna, Davana, Ken and Art and former US Representative Cynthia McKinney this Saturday morning with the Get Out the Green Vote effort. 20 more volunteers are needed to reach our goal of leaving literature at 2000 doors. No knocking on doors, no phone calling, just leaving literature at the door. Two hours of your time can make the difference. Last election, the NLGreens came within 50 votes of winning a seat. This can be the year that the Whaling City gets Green. Come to the Get Out the Green Vote Kickoff Saturday at 11:00am. We?ll rally with our four great candidates and former Georgia US Representative Cynthia McKinney who is making a special stop in New London to support the Greens during her East Coast trip. Then we?ll head out from the office with assigned streets, directions and literature. Please let us know either way if you can help by emailing me lauraandchloe at mac.com or give me a call at 287.1021. Busy on Saturday? Come on Sunday at 1:00pm. We?d love to see you at the kickoff but if you can?t make it and can help, join us Sunday from 1:00-3:00. We?ll meet up at the office at 1:00pm. ELECTION DAY VOLUNTEERS Tuesday, November 6 anytime between 6:00am ? 8:00pm Can you hold a sign outside of the poll before or after work? Can you sit inside a poll and check off voters as they come in? Can you phone our supporters from the campaign office and remind them to vote? Let us know if you have 2 or more hours on Election Day and we?ll put you to work. People are needed inside and outside the polls between 6am and 8pm. Hope to see you Saturday, WHAT: Get Out the Green Vote Kickoff and Literature Drop WHEN: Saturday, November 3 11:00am -1:00pm WHO: YOU, Ronna, Davana, Ken, Art and other Green Supporters. Special guest former US Representative Cynthia McKinney WHERE: NLGreens Campaign Office 236 State Street, New London RSVP: Laura laurandchloe at mac.com 287.1021 New London Greens www.nlgreens.org 860.444.2633 __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Recent Activity 2 New Members Visit Your Group Yahoo! News Fashion News What's the word on fashion and style? Yahoo! Groups Get info and support on Samsung HDTVs and devices. Move More on Yahoo! Groups This is your life not a phys-ed class. . __,_._,___ *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://timmckee2008.blogspot.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From efficacy at msn.com Thu Nov 1 20:48:14 2007 From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 20:48:14 -0400 Subject: {news} [nlgreens] 20 more volunteers needed to Get Out the Green Vote Message-ID: Folks, Greetings! This is gonna be our year! You can make the difference by overcoming your indifference! Peace, Bob To: > From: "Laura Cordes" > Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:01:16 -0400 Subject: [nlgreens] 20 more volunteers needed to Get Out the Green Vote GET OUT THE GREEN VOTE! 20 more volunteers needed to Get Out the Green Vote Saturday 11:00 am-1:00pm (Start at 236 State Street, New London) Join Ronna, Davana, Ken and Art and former US Representative Cynthia McKinney this Saturday morning with the Get Out the Green Vote effort. 20 more volunteers are needed to reach our goal of leaving literature at 2000 doors. No knocking on doors, no phone calling, just leaving literature at the door. Two hours of your time can make the difference. Last election, the NLGreens came within 50 votes of winning a seat. This can be the year that the Whaling City gets Green. Come to the Get Out the Green Vote Kickoff Saturday at 11:00am. We'll rally with our four great candidates and former Georgia US Representative Cynthia McKinney who is making a special stop in New London to support the Greens during her East Coast trip. Then we'll head out from the office with assigned streets, directions and literature. Please let us know either way if you can help by emailing me lauraandchloe at mac.com or give me a call at 287.1021. Busy on Saturday? Come on Sunday at 1:00pm. We'd love to see you at the kickoff but if you can't make it and can help, join us Sunday from 1:00-3:00. We'll meet up at the office at 1:00pm. ELECTION DAY VOLUNTEERS Tuesday, November 6 anytime between 6:00am - 8:00pm Can you hold a sign outside of the poll before or after work? Can you sit inside a poll and check off voters as they come in? Can you phone our supporters from the campaign office and remind them to vote? Let us know if you have 2 or more hours on Election Day and we'll put you to work. People are needed inside and outside the polls between 6am and 8pm. Hope to see you Saturday, WHAT: Get Out the Green Vote Kickoff and Literature Drop WHEN: Saturday, November 3 11:00am -1:00pm WHO: YOU, Ronna, Davana, Ken, Art and other Green Supporters. Special guest former US Representative Cynthia McKinney WHERE: NLGreens Campaign Office 236 State Street, New London RSVP: Laura laurandchloe at mac.com 287.1021 New London Greens www.nlgreens.org 860.444.2633 -- Student says I am very discouraged what should I do? Master says encourage others - Zen proverb __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Visit Your Group Yahoo! News Kevin Sites Get coverage of world crises. 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URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Fri Nov 2 09:15:48 2007 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 09:15:48 -0400 Subject: {news} Feedback please: USGP International Committee Proposal to the NC: Trans-Atlantic Green Dialogue" Message-ID: <0b7901c81d52$7d19dd70$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> Dear CT Greens, The following proposal is under consideration by the USGP International Committee (IC). The discussion period ends on Sunday November 11. Please review and make any comments, affirmations or objections. This proposal helps to promote a main mission of the IC: "Foster collaboration and exchange with Green parties around the world." My experience working with Canadian Greens in Ottawa this summer to oppose the Security and Proposperity Partnership (SPP) highlighted the benefits and need for international Greens to work more closely in support of our key values, especially in these imperial times. I urge your support for this proposal Justine McCabe GPCT/ Co-Chair, IC === PROPOSAL TO THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE, GREEN PARTY OF THE U.S. === PRESENTER International Committee, Green Party of the United States Julia Willebrand (NYSGP) and Justine McCabe (GPCT), Co-Chairs CONTACT Tony Affigne (GPRI) 319 Howley Hall Providence, RI 02918 401-272-0694 mailto:affigne at greens.org SUBJECT National Committee approval for "TRANS-ATLANTIC GREEN DIALOGUE" with Green parties from the United States, Europe, Canada, and Brasil. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This proposal endorses and implements an agreement in principle, developed at the 2007 convention of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS). At a planning meeting in Reading, members of the International Committee and national Staff met with representatives from the European Green Party (EGP), the Green Party of Canada, and the Green Party of Brasil. From that meeting came agreement to propose to our respective parties, a Trans-Atlantic Green Dialogue. The Dialogue would include a New York stopover by our international Green guests, followed by a formal session in Washington, DC. FULL PROPOSAL SUMMARY. By approving this proposal, the National Committee of the Green Party of the United States supports the convening of a "Trans-Atlantic Green Dialogue," to include representatives from our own U.S. party and from the European Green Party, the Green Party of Canada/Parti Vert du Canada, and the Partido Verde do Brasil. DATE. The Dialogue meetings will be held prior to the end of April 2008. AGENDA. The agenda for the Dialogue will include key areas of joint concern, especially global warming and other ecological questions, as well as problems of international trade, peace, social justice and democratization. The purpose of these discussions will be to promote mutual understanding of political challenges confronting our various parties, and where possible to develop joint positions. For greatest impact, the Dialogue is expected to focus on plans leading to: - the Global Greens Gathering (May 2008, Sao Paulo, Brasil) - the U.S. Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention (July 2008, Chicago) - the U.S. national elections (November 2008) - the European continental elections (May 2009) LOGISTICS. The meeting of the Trans-Atlantic Green Dialogue will be held Washington, DC, a U.S. city which is accessible both to international Green Party guests, and U.S. participants. INTERNATIONAL GREENS. Participating parties from Europe, Canada, and Brasil will send small delegations, perhaps totaling 15-20 representatives, authorized by their respective governing bodies. U.S. GREENS. The U.S. party will send a delegation comprised of: * Two members of the Steering Committee, who will convene the Dialogue sessions * The Co-Chairs of the International Committee (Julia Willebrand and Justine McCabe) * The IC representatives to the Global Green Network (Marnie Glickman, John Rensenbrink, Bahram Zandi), and Federation of Green Parties of the Americas (Tony Affigne, Steve Herrick) * A member of the Presidential Campaign Support Committee (PCSC) * National political director (McMillan) and operations director (Emily Citkowski) * Additional interested U.S. Greens, especially from the International Committee, Campus Greens, and the Green National Committee, are expected to attend as observers and breakout workshop participants TIME LINE 1. U.S. approval process: October - November 2007 2. European/Canadian/Brazilian approval process: November - December 2007 3. Coordination of invitations: January-February 2008 4. Logistics, agenda, and arrangements: January-April 2008 5. TRANSATLANTIC GREEN DIALOGUE: Two day sessions, mid- to late-April 2008 RESOURCES NOTE: Travel costs for designated U.S. representatives (from SC, IC, and PCSC) will be shared between GNC budget and individual delegates. Staff time to be supported by GNC budget. IC members' and local members' time is donated. Local members' hosting is donated. U.S. participants' other lodging and meal expenses are self-supported. International guests' expenses to be paid by their parties. Registration fees are minimal, to partially cover the cost of GNC's resource commitment. ACTIVITY RESOURCE COMMITMENT US approval process Staff time, IC members' time Invitations/Planning Staff time, IC members' time NYC Arrangements Staff time, local members' time Space costs (approx. $500) DC Arrangements Staff time, local members' time Space costs (approx. $1800) Transportation Travel costs (approx. $2500) Lodging and meals Local members' donations (beds & food) Participants' self-support REFERENCES European Green Party http://www.europeangreens.org Green Party of Canada/Parti Vert du Canada http://www.greenparty.ca Partido Verde no Brasil http://www.pv.org.br ===END OF PROPOSAL=== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kumfry at yahoo.com Fri Nov 2 10:16:48 2007 From: kumfry at yahoo.com (Kenneth Humphrey) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 07:16:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: {news} Feedback please: USGP International Committee Proposal to the NC: Trans-Atlantic Green Dialogue" In-Reply-To: <0b7901c81d52$7d19dd70$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> Message-ID: <930924.77895.qm@web32813.mail.mud.yahoo.com> This seems like a very solid idea to be pursued. Certainly the American and Canadian Green Parties badly need much more interrelating in view of the border incidents wherein Canadian bureaucracy accepted the U.S. infringement on the civil liberties of American progressives attempting to attend meetings/events in Canada. Closer contact with European Greens is also vitally important since Europe experienced fascism in the pre-WWII era and now the U.S. seems on a fast track course to our own brand of nativistic and imperialistic fascism. Ken Humphrey --- Justine McCabe wrote: > Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS > http://www.ctgreens.org/ - > http://www.greenpartyus.org/ > > to unsubscribe click here > mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org> Dear CT Greens, > > The following proposal is under consideration by the > USGP International Committee (IC). The discussion > period ends on Sunday November 11. Please review > and make any comments, affirmations or objections. > > This proposal helps to promote a main mission of the > IC: "Foster collaboration and exchange with Green > parties around the world." > > My experience working with Canadian Greens in Ottawa > this summer to oppose the Security and Proposperity > Partnership (SPP) highlighted the benefits and need > for international Greens to work more closely in > support of our key values, especially in these > imperial times. > > I urge your support for this proposal > > > Justine McCabe > GPCT/ > Co-Chair, IC > > === PROPOSAL TO THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE, GREEN PARTY > OF THE U.S. === > > > PRESENTER > > > International Committee, Green Party of the United > States > Julia Willebrand (NYSGP) and Justine McCabe (GPCT), > Co-Chairs > > > CONTACT > > > Tony Affigne (GPRI) > 319 Howley Hall > Providence, RI 02918 > 401-272-0694 > mailto:affigne at greens.org > > SUBJECT > > > National Committee approval for "TRANS-ATLANTIC > GREEN DIALOGUE" with Green parties from the United > States, Europe, Canada, and Brasil. > > > BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE > > > This proposal endorses and implements an agreement > in principle, developed at the 2007 convention of > the Green Party of the United States (GPUS). At a > planning meeting in Reading, members of the > International Committee and national Staff met with > representatives from the European Green Party (EGP), > the Green Party of Canada, and the Green Party of > Brasil. From that meeting came agreement to propose > to our respective parties, a Trans-Atlantic Green > Dialogue. The Dialogue would include a New York > stopover by our international Green guests, followed > by a formal session in Washington, DC. > > > FULL PROPOSAL > > > SUMMARY. By approving this proposal, the National > Committee of the Green Party of the United States > supports the convening of a "Trans-Atlantic Green > Dialogue," to include representatives from our own > U.S. party and from the European Green Party, the > Green Party of Canada/Parti Vert du Canada, and the > Partido Verde do Brasil. > > > DATE. The Dialogue meetings will be held prior to > the end of April 2008. > > > AGENDA. The agenda for the Dialogue will include key > areas of joint concern, especially global warming > and other ecological questions, as well as problems > of international trade, peace, social justice and > democratization. The purpose of these discussions > will be to promote mutual understanding of political > challenges confronting our various parties, and > where possible to develop joint positions. For > greatest impact, the Dialogue is expected to focus > on plans leading to: > > > - the Global Greens Gathering (May 2008, Sao Paulo, > Brasil) > - the U.S. Green Party Presidential Nominating > Convention (July 2008, Chicago) > - the U.S. national elections (November 2008) > - the European continental elections (May 2009) > > > LOGISTICS. The meeting of the Trans-Atlantic Green > Dialogue will be held Washington, DC, a U.S. city > which is accessible both to international Green > Party guests, and U.S. participants. > > > INTERNATIONAL GREENS. Participating parties from > Europe, Canada, and Brasil will send small > delegations, perhaps totaling 15-20 representatives, > authorized by their respective governing bodies. > > > U.S. GREENS. The U.S. party will send a delegation > comprised of: > > > * Two members of the Steering Committee, who will > convene the > Dialogue sessions > > > * The Co-Chairs of the International Committee > (Julia > Willebrand and Justine McCabe) > > * The IC representatives to the Global Green > Network (Marnie > Glickman, John Rensenbrink, Bahram Zandi), and > Federation of > Green Parties of the Americas (Tony Affigne, > Steve Herrick) > > > * A member of the Presidential Campaign Support > Committee (PCSC) > > > * National political director (McMillan) and > operations > director (Emily Citkowski) > > * Additional interested U.S. Greens, especially > from the > International Committee, Campus Greens, and the > Green > National Committee, are expected to attend as > observers and > breakout workshop participants > > > TIME LINE > > > 1. U.S. approval process: October - November 2007 > 2. European/Canadian/Brazilian approval process: > November - December 2007 > 3. Coordination of invitations: January-February > 2008 > 4. Logistics, agenda, and arrangements: > January-April 2008 > 5. TRANSATLANTIC GREEN DIALOGUE: Two day sessions, > mid- to late-April 2008 > > > RESOURCES > > > NOTE: Travel costs for designated U.S. > representatives (from SC, IC, and PCSC) will be > shared between GNC budget and individual delegates. > Staff time to be supported by GNC budget. IC > members' and local members' time is donated. Local > members' hosting is donated. U.S. participants' > other lodging and meal expenses are self-supported. > International guests' expenses to be paid by their > parties. Registration fees are minimal, to partially > cover the cost of GNC's resource commitment. > > > ACTIVITY RESOURCE COMMITMENT > US approval process Staff time, IC > members' time > Invitations/Planning Staff time, IC > members' time > NYC Arrangements Staff time, local > members' time > Space costs (approx. > $500) > DC Arrangements Staff time, local > members' time > Space costs (approx. > $1800) > Transportation Travel costs > (approx. === message truncated ===> To be removed please > mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org > _______________________________________________ > CTGP-news mailing list > CTGP-news at ml.greens.org > http://ml.greens.org/mailman/listinfo/ctgp-news > > ATTENTION! > The information in this transmission is privileged > and confidential and intended only for the recipient > listed above. If you have received this > transmission in error, please notify us immediately > by email and delete the original message. 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Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From rstuller at snet.net Sat Nov 3 14:56:45 2007 From: rstuller at snet.net (Ronna Stuller) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 14:56:45 -0400 Subject: {news} It's Official----McKinney filed with the FEC today In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <506D3C20-DF08-4BFE-8975-90A523DB1A9D@snet.net> That is good news! Here are couple photos from her stop in New London today. ??? On Nov 1, 2007, at 11:04 PM, Clifford Thornton wrote: > > MCKINNEY, CYNTHIA ID: P80004930 > > Office Sought: President > Election Year: 2008 > State: Presidential Candidate > Party: GRE (Green Party) > > PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE: > POWER TO THE PEOPLE COMMITTEE - CYNTHIA MCKINNEY FOR > PRESIDENT ID: C00440289 > > NOTE: > > Candidate listings may appear here as a result of draft committees > or independent expenditure committees > registering with the FEC. 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Our registrations are steadily coming in, with over 100 so far. Mishkat Al Moumin, one of our speakers, will be speaking Friday evening at the Mark Twain Visitors Center, in an event sponsored by the World Affairs Council at 6 PM. Here is information on that event. http://www.ctwac.org/Pages/Index.aspx. Hoping to see you Friday evening and at the Saturday conference. Mary Lee Morrison Ph.D. President and Director Pax Educare, Inc. The Connecticut Center for Peace Education 56 Arbor Street Hartford, CT 06106 860-231-0445 paxeducare at comcast.net www.paxeducare.org Pax Educare, a 501 (c) (3) organization, is a resource center devoted to the research, study and teaching of peace. Women and Peacebuilding Conference November 10, 2007 8 AM-5 PM University of Hartford Gengras Student Union Registration begins at 8 Event runs until 5 PM Contacts: Donn Weinholtz, University of Hartford weinholtz at hartford.edu 860-768-4186 Mary Lee Morrison, Director Pax Educare, Inc., the Connecticut Center for Peace Education paxeducare at comcast.net 860-231-0445 Conference web site: http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/peaceconf/ "Building Peace: Women Making a Difference" will focus on women's leadership in peace and conflict resolution initiatives locally, regionally, and internationally. The target audience will be educators, students, community activists and interested others, both men and women. Students with student IDs are free. $30 registration fee at the door. This major conference is funded by a grant from the Women's Education and Leadership Fund (WELF), a legacy fund of the Hartford College for Women, and will be held at the University of Hartford on November 10, 2007. The aims of the event are to: 1) Highlight the roles women are playing in leading peace and conflict resolution at the local, regional, national and international levels. 2) Build collaborative, working relationships among conference participants that will help move forward women's peace building initiatives. 3) Illustrate that peacemaking is a real option for average people, as well as for the exceptionally talented. 4) Develop participants' peacemaking skills for individual action and successful group initiatives through interactive workshops. Pax Educare, Inc., the Connecticut Center for Peace Education, located in Hartford, CT, is a co-sponsor. Pax Educare is a resource center whose mission is the promotion of the research, study and teaching of peace. Several other groups have joined in as affiliates. The day will feature an international plenary panel of prominent women peacemakers, morning and afternoon workshops, a theatrical performance by HartBeat Ensemble, resources and will include lunch. During the conference a Lifetime Achievement award will be given to New England resident Elise Boulding, sociologist and former Nobel Peace Prize nominee and a co-founder of the International Peace Research Association, whose work in the area of women and peace has been groundbreaking. Workshops will feature local, grass-roots skill-building and processes designed to empower participants to work toward peace and social change, as well as showcase women's peacemaking internationally. Topics will include: the media and peace and social change, community organizing, global sustainability, peace and communities of color, art and peace, youth and peace, and empowering individuals for social change. An interactive theatrical performance by Hartford's own activist troupe, HartBeat Ensemble, will take place in the afternoon, followed by a closing reception. Following are brief biographies of the morning speakers: Mishkat Al Moumin, Women Waging Peace Network The former minister of the environment in the interim Iraqi government and current Futrell Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute, Mishkat Al Moumin is a well-known Iraqi lawyer, and a lecturer of human rights in the University of Baghdad's College of Law. Since Iraq did not previously have a ministry of the environment, Dr. Al Moumin designed its entire structure. In this post, she also developed new environmental law, led campaigns to support Iraqi people living in environmentally dangerous areas, and initiated awareness and cleaning projects. Prior to joining the government, she served as the women's issues director for the Free Iraq Foundation, where she successfully advocated for women to hold 25 percent of the seats in the new Iraqi parliament. In this role, she also conducted trainings for NGOs and women leaders. In 2004, Dr. Al Moumin worked with the International Federation of Election System as an adviser on the elections in Iraq. Dr. Al Moumin was a lecturer at University of Baghdad College of Law, where she lectured on human rights, fundamental rights, international and constitutional law. Dr. Al Moumin, a scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC, recently graduated as a Mason fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where she earned a master's degree in public administration. Dr. Al Moumin already has a master's degree and a PhD in public international law from the University of Baghdad. She has published articles in various Arabic newspapers on environmental developments and women's roles in public life. She has also authored articles on international law and international justice in a number of legal journals. Finally she is the founder and director of Women and Environment Organization that operates in Iraq; and a member of the board of directors in the PATH organization, an international, nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health. Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, United Nations. Ms. Rachel Mayanja, the Secretary-General's new Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, is a long-serving career international civil servant with vast experience in normative, policy and operational work of the United Nations, including peace-building, peace-keeping and inter-agency collaboration. Ms. Mayanja's career with the UN started in the Women's Division shortly after the first World Conference in Mexico in the midst of sensitization of the world to women's right to equality, development and peace. As Secretary to the drafting committee of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, she was actively involved in the establishment of this landmark legal instrument. Ms. Mayanja actively participated in peace-building and peace-keeping missions and therefore possesses an understanding of the suffering created by conflicts and the challenges facing the UN in such situations. This first hand knowledge is essential in her role as the Secretary-General's Special Adviser, especially in the area of women, peace and security. Ms Mayanja, a national of Uganda, obtained a law degree from Makarere University, as well as a Master's Degree in Law from the Harvard University Law School. She has three children Lina Sidrys Nealon, Initiative for Inclusive Security Ms. Nealon is a policy specialist and trainer for Initiative for Inclusive Security, a research and advocacy organization that promotes the full participation of all stakeholders - especially women - in peace processes. She has conducted capacity-building workshops for women leaders in government and civil society around various aspects of conflict prevention, resolution, and reconstruction in conflict areas such as Palestine, Afghanistan, and Liberia. In addition to working closely with the Women Waging Peace Network of over 500 women peacebuilders from over 40 countries, Ms. Nealon focuses her efforts on United Nations advocacy work and Liberian women's engagement in security sector reform. Ms. Nealon graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame, earning a BA in Political Science with a Concentration in International Peace Studies. Lina is an active member of the Lithuanian- American community, specifically mentoring students and engaging them on social justice issues. Along with her husband, Boston bookstore owner Brian Nealon, Lina has organized over 10,000 books to be sent to Liberia and Afghanistan. Lina is fluent in French and Lithuanian. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chapillsbury at igc.org Tue Nov 6 13:20:57 2007 From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:20:57 -0500 Subject: {news} New Haven chapter meeting 7:30pm Thurs. 11/8 In-Reply-To: <000001c82032$74b12840$6600a8c0@S0031616584> References: <003101c6eb40$3d5cbd00$6500a8c0@S0031616584> <005101c80a2a$07952c20$6500a8c0@S0031616584> <001701c80c42$8966ce10$9c346a30$@org> <6.1.0.6.2.20071011202253.028005d0@nlb25.mail.yale.edu> <000001c82032$74b12840$6600a8c0@S0031616584> Message-ID: <006801c820a1$c7ed2490$57c76db0$@org> In case you were wondering, our meeting Thursday is at our usual location. Never Ending Book Store, 810 State Street From: newhavengreens at yahoogroups.com [mailto:newhavengreens at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Charlie Pillsbury Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:01 AM To: newhavengreens at yahoogroups.com Cc: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org Subject: [newhavengreens] Green "to do" list, including chapter meeting 7:30pm Thurs. 11/8 Importance: High Green "to do" list: 1. Vote Green on Tues. 11/6 between 6am & 8pm! 2. Attend Victory Party at my house Tues. 11/6 from 8:30-10:30pm - see address below. 3. Attend next New Haven chapter meeting 7:30pm Thurs. 11/8 to hear guest speaker Colin Bennett, member of the SCSU Environmental Futurists and CT Green Party municipal office holder. Charlie Pillsbury 247 Saint Ronan Street New Haven CT 06511 203-865-6575 chapillsbury at igc.org __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Image removed by sender. Yahoo! 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Charlie Pillsbury 247 Saint Ronan Street New Haven CT 06511 203-865-6575 chapillsbury at igc.org ----- Original Message ----- From: allan brison To: 2a-newhavengreens Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:09 PM Subject: [newhavengreens] Election night party Greens, All are invited to the election night party for me at Charlie Pillsbury's, at 247 St. Ronan St. The party will be from 8:30 to 10:30. Best, Allan __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe . __,_._,___ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From westerfield at sysmatrix.net Tue Nov 6 21:53:28 2007 From: westerfield at sysmatrix.net (Michael Westerfield) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:53:28 -0600 (CST) Subject: {news} Allan Brison wins convincingly: Election night party In-Reply-To: <001b01c820e3$5199ad30$6600a8c0@S0031616584> References: <001b01c820e3$5199ad30$6600a8c0@S0031616584> Message-ID: <1074.75.37.239.37.1194404008.squirrel@webmail.sysmatrix.net> Connecticut Green Party member and co-chair Jean deSmet won the election for First Selectman of the Town of Windham, Connecticut. I believe this makes her the second Green Party member to hold the office of Chief Elected Official in the Country. AT 9:30 with all voting districts reporting and absentee ballots counted, Jean was 120 votes ahead of the DEmocratic candidate and very far ahead of the Republican. Michael Westerfield > Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS > http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/ > > to unsubscribe click here > mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.orgAllan Brison soundly defeated a > three term incumbent in New Haven's Ward 10 to return a Green to the New > Haven Board of Alders after a two-year hiatus. Allan won by more than 100 > votes, 386-283. No word yet on how other Greens Ralph Ferrucci and Daniel > Sumrall fared in New Haven. > > Charlie Pillsbury > 247 Saint Ronan Street > New Haven CT 06511 > 203-865-6575 > chapillsbury at igc.org > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: allan brison > To: 2a-newhavengreens > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:09 PM > Subject: [newhavengreens] Election night party > > > Greens, > > All are invited to the election night party for me at Charlie > Pillsbury's, at 247 St. Ronan St. The party will be from 8:30 to 10:30. > > Best, > Allan > > > __._,_.___ > Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic > Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | > Calendar > > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch > format to Traditional > Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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Thank you for your compliance. > > To be removed please mailto://ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org From westerfield at sysmatrix.net Tue Nov 6 21:54:43 2007 From: westerfield at sysmatrix.net (Michael Westerfield) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:54:43 -0600 (CST) Subject: {news} Re: Jean deSmet wins First Selectman Race in Windham In-Reply-To: <1074.75.37.239.37.1194404009.squirrel@webmail.sysmatrix.net> References: <001b01c820e3$5199ad30$6600a8c0@S0031616584> <1074.75.37.239.37.1194404009.squirrel@webmail.sysmatrix.net> Message-ID: <1077.75.37.239.37.1194404083.squirrel@webmail.sysmatrix.net> > Connecticut Green Party member and co-chair Jean deSmet won the election > for First Selectman of the Town of Windham, Connecticut. I believe this > makes her the second Green Party member to hold the office of Chief > Elected Official in the Country. AT 9:30 with all voting districts > reporting and absentee ballots counted, Jean was 120 votes ahead of the > DEmocratic candidate and very far ahead of the Republican. > > Michael Westerfield > >> Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS >> http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/ >> >> to unsubscribe click here >> mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.orgAllan Brison soundly defeated >> a >> three term incumbent in New Haven's Ward 10 to return a Green to the New >> Haven Board of Alders after a two-year hiatus. Allan won by more than >> 100 >> votes, 386-283. No word yet on how other Greens Ralph Ferrucci and >> Daniel >> Sumrall fared in New Haven. >> >> Charlie Pillsbury >> 247 Saint Ronan Street >> New Haven CT 06511 >> 203-865-6575 >> chapillsbury at igc.org >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: allan brison >> To: 2a-newhavengreens >> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:09 PM >> Subject: [newhavengreens] Election night party >> >> >> Greens, >> >> All are invited to the election night party for me at Charlie >> Pillsbury's, at 247 St. Ronan St. The party will be from 8:30 to 10:30. >> >> Best, >> Allan >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic >> Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | >> Calendar >> >> Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) >> Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch >> format to Traditional >> Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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Please delete it from your >> files >> if you are not the intended recipient. Thank you for your compliance. >> >> To be removed please mailto://ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org > > From amderr01 at gmail.com Wed Nov 7 00:38:21 2007 From: amderr01 at gmail.com (Andy Derr) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 00:38:21 -0500 Subject: {news} New London results Message-ID: The New London Greens did not win any seats on City Council or Board of Education today. Ken Hanson and Art Costa placed 13th and 14th respectively in the City Council election, in a field of 17 candidates (first 7 elected); Davana Grabel and Ronna Stuller placed 8th and 10th respectivedly in the Board of Ed election, in a field of 12 (first 7 elected). Davana was about 125 votes from winning. Congratulations to Allen and Jean!! Great work! Andy Derr, Campaign Manager for the New London Greens 2007 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From efficacy at msn.com Wed Nov 7 05:07:38 2007 From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 05:07:38 -0500 Subject: {news} Re: Jean deSmet wins First Selectman Race in Windham References: <001b01c820e3$5199ad30$6600a8c0@S0031616584><1074.75.37.239.37.1194404009.squirrel@webmail.sysmatrix.net> <1077.75.37.239.37.1194404083.squirrel@webmail.sysmatrix.net> Message-ID: Job well done. Congrates to Jean and Allen. 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Westerfield To: westerfield at sysmatrix.net Cc: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org ; newhavengreens at yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:54 PM Subject: {news} Re: Jean deSmet wins First Selectman Race in Windham Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/ to unsubscribe click here mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org > Connecticut Green Party member and co-chair Jean deSmet won the election > for First Selectman of the Town of Windham, Connecticut. I believe this > makes her the second Green Party member to hold the office of Chief > Elected Official in the Country. AT 9:30 with all voting districts > reporting and absentee ballots counted, Jean was 120 votes ahead of the > DEmocratic candidate and very far ahead of the Republican. > > Michael Westerfield > >> Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS >> http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/ >> >> to unsubscribe click here >> mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.orgAllan Brison soundly defeated >> a >> three term incumbent in New Haven's Ward 10 to return a Green to the New >> Haven Board of Alders after a two-year hiatus. Allan won by more than >> 100 >> votes, 386-283. No word yet on how other Greens Ralph Ferrucci and >> Daniel >> Sumrall fared in New Haven. >> >> Charlie Pillsbury >> 247 Saint Ronan Street >> New Haven CT 06511 >> 203-865-6575 >> chapillsbury at igc.org >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: allan brison >> To: 2a-newhavengreens >> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:09 PM >> Subject: [newhavengreens] Election night party >> >> >> Greens, >> >> All are invited to the election night party for me at Charlie >> Pillsbury's, at 247 St. Ronan St. The party will be from 8:30 to 10:30. >> >> Best, >> Allan >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic >> Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | >> Calendar >> >> Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) >> Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch >> format to Traditional >> Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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On November 5th, Rep. Dennis Kucinich has introduced a resolution to impeach Cheney stating: "The momentum is building for impeachment," Kucinich said. "Millions of citizens across the nation are demanding Congress rein in the Vice President's abuse of power. "Despite this groundswell of opposition to the unconstitutional conduct of office, Vice President Cheney continues to violate the U.S. Constitution by insisting the power of the executive branch is supreme. "Congress must hold the Vice President accountable. The American people need to let Members of Congress know how they feel about this. The Vice President continues to use his office to advocate for a continued occupation of Iraq and prod our nation into a belligerent stance against Iran. If the Vice President is successful, his actions will ensure decades of disastrous consequences." Today it is time for you to take action and tell the Bush administration we will no longer allow their abuse of power to go unnoticed. Please write to your congressperson today and ask them to support HR 333. You can click here to go to an automated letter asking Representatives to support H.Res. 333. Also, you can sign the Green Party impeachment petition at the following link: http://www.gp.org/action/index.shtml . Or, you can send an automated sample letter (or you can modify it in your own words) to be found at the same link. Please help the Green Party in its efforts to convince Congress to impeach the Bush Administration. Donate to the Green Party of the United States Email: office at gp.org Office: PO Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037 202-319-7191 or toll-free (US): 866-41GREEN *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. 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Date: November 12, 2007 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:30PM Location: St. Patrick, St. Anthony, Franciscan Center for Urban Ministries, 285 Church Street, Hartford, CT Panelists: Jill Zorn, Special Assistant to the President, Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut. One of Jill???s key responsibilities is to build relationships between the Foundation and the health care community, including provider associations and voluntary health organizations. Her past work experience includes serving as Assistant Vice President for Planning at Mount Sinai Hospital in Hartford, Support Services Administrator at Kaiser Permanente, and most recently as Chapter Programs Director for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater Connecticut Chapter. Jill is a graduate of Brown University and received her MBA in Health Care Management from Boston University. John R. Battista, M.D. is a practicing physician at the StayWell Health Clinic, a federally qualified health center in Waterbury, Connecticut which serves the poor and uninsured, and in New Milford, Connecticut. He is the President of the Connecticut Coalition for Universal Health Care, a leading organization supporting single payer, universal health insurance in Connecticut. He is the author of the Connecticut Health Care Security Act to enact a Canadian style health insurance program for the state of Connecticut. He has testified as an expert on universal health insurance before several Connecticut legislative committees and served as a consultant on universal health insurance for two Green Party presidential candidates. Dr. Reza Mansoor, Hartford Hospital Cardiologist, member of the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut says, "Universal health care must be considered a basic right, along with food and shelter." In an Article written by The Hartford News Staff Writer Andy Hart Dr. Mansoor was quoted as saying; ???The United States, by contrast, is one of world???s richest countries but still does not provide healthcare for all its people. It???s not a question of whether we can afford it, we can afford it???. Please RSVP Margaret at (860) 548-1744 / margysk at aol.com OR Lynette at lynette_harper at yahoo.com *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://timmckee2008.blogspot.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smderosa at cox.net Wed Nov 7 09:32:37 2007 From: smderosa at cox.net (Mike DeRosa) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:32:37 -0500 Subject: {news} Re: Jean deSmet wins First Selectman Race in Windham In-Reply-To: References: <001b01c820e3$5199ad30$6600a8c0@S0031616584><1074.75.37.239.37.1194404009.squirrel@webmail.sysmatrix.net><1077.75.37.239.37.1194404083.squirrel@webmail.sysmatrix.net> Message-ID: Congrates to Jean and Allen. Great Victory! Thanks to all our candidates for running! Mike DeRosa _____ From: ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org [mailto:ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org] On Behalf Of Clifford Thornton Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 5:08 AM To: Allen Brison; Jean de Smet; Jeanne Cc: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org; newhavengreens at yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: {news} Re: Jean deSmet wins First Selectman Race in Windham Job well done. Congrates to Jean and Allen. 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Westerfield To: westerfield at sysmatrix.net Cc: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org ; newhavengreens at yahoogroupscom Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:54 PM Subject: {news} Re: Jean deSmet wins First Selectman Race in Windham Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/ to unsubscribe click here mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org > Connecticut Green Party member and co-chair Jean deSmet won the election > for First Selectman of the Town of Windham, Connecticut. I believe this > makes her the second Green Party member to hold the office of Chief > Elected Official in the Country. AT 9:30 with all voting districts > reporting and absentee ballots counted, Jean was 120 votes ahead of the > DEmocratic candidate and very far ahead of the Republican. > > Michael Westerfield > >> Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS >> http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/ >> >> to unsubscribe click here >> mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.orgAllan Brison soundly defeated >> a >> three term incumbent in New Haven's Ward 10 to return a Green to the New >> Haven Board of Alders after a two-year hiatus. Allan won by more than >> 100 >> votes, 386-283. No word yet on how other Greens Ralph Ferrucci and >> Daniel >> Sumrall fared in New Haven. >> >> Charlie Pillsbury >> 247 Saint Ronan Street >> New Haven CT 06511 >> 203-865-6575 >> chapillsbury at igc.org >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: allan brison >> To: 2a-newhavengreens >> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:09 PM >> Subject: [newhavengreens] Election night party >> >> >> Greens, >> >> All are invited to the election night party for me at Charlie >> Pillsbury's, at 247 St. Ronan St. The party will be from 8:30 to 10:30. >> >> Best, >> Allan >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic >> Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | >> Calendar >> >> Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) >> Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch >> format to Traditional >> Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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URL: From chapillsbury at igc.org Wed Nov 7 10:22:35 2007 From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:22:35 -0500 Subject: {news} New London results In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <004501c82152$07a55610$16f00230$@org> Congratulations to New London Greens for fielding the greatest number of candidates, and each election cycle making progress. Keep up your great work. Charlie From: ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org [mailto:ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org] On Behalf Of Andy Derr Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 12:38 AM To: ct greens news Subject: {news} New London results The New London Greens did not win any seats on City Council or Board of Education today. Ken Hanson and Art Costa placed 13th and 14th respectively in the City Council election, in a field of 17 candidates (first 7 elected); Davana Grabel and Ronna Stuller placed 8th and 10th respectivedly in the Board of Ed election, in a field of 12 (first 7 elected). Davana was about 125 votes from winning. Congratulations to Allen and Jean!! Great work! Andy Derr, Campaign Manager for the New London Greens 2007 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 7 14:09:28 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:09:28 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} fyi----Hartford 'WORKING FAMILIES PARTY ' GAINS TWO SEATS Message-ID: <116143.32072.qm@web44815.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> One Republican, Two Members Of Working Families Party Also Gain Seats On City Council By JEFFREY B. COHEN And DANIEL E. GOREN Courant Staff Writers November 7, 2007 Hartford voters Tuesday elected six endorsed Democrats, one incumbent Republican and two new Working Families Party candidates to the city's Court of Common Council, according to unofficial results. With incumbent Mayor Eddie A. Perez winning re-election, all six of the endorsed Democratic candidates also won re-election, unofficial results show. They include incumbents rJo Winch, Kenneth Kennedy Jr., James Boucher, Pedro Segarra and Calixto Torres, as well as newcomer Matt Ritter. Republican incumbent Veronica Airey-Wilson also secured a seat on the council. Newcomers Luis Cotto and Larry Deutsch of the Working Families Party also secured seats, although the final outcome was not clear until after midnight. With some absentee ballots still being tallied late into the night, Deutsch and independent candidate Paul Mozzicato were separated by only a few hundred votes. The current council has faced a great deal of criticism for too often acquiescing to the agenda established by Perez. But Ritter - son of former House Speaker Thomas D. Ritter - said Tuesday night that he thinks the new council will grow into its own. "What I think will happen is a council continuing to find its focus under a new form of government," Ritter said, referring to the city's relatively new "strong mayor" charter. "We're going to have new people on the council. With new people come new ideas and new energy." Kennedy said he's not sure what role this next council will assume. "It remains to be seen," Kennedy said. "I'm confident that the council sees the fact that it's got to operate as a true legislative body. That doesn't mean you object for objection's sake. ... Maybe it means we have more open debates. "But I think all my colleagues understand that the public was very clear that they wanted to see a more active council in the next four years." The matter of who will lead the council is a question that the candidates, themselves, have been asking, in no small part because the council president is next in line to the mayor. And with Perez under state criminal investigation, Democrats have quietly asked the question among themselves: What happens if Perez faces criminal charges and is forced to leave office? Kennedy did not address that discussion. But he did say that the discussion over who would be council president remained open. Cotto, of the Working Families Party, said he was happy to have won, and happier still to have won alongside Deutsch, and that he is now ready to start studying how the city spends its money. "I'm psyched that we have two in," Cotto said. "Let the work begin." City Treasurer Kathleen Palm Devine also won re-election. She ran unopposed. Contact Jeffrey B. Cohen at jcohen at courant.com. Copyright ? 2007, The Hartford Courant *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://timmckee2008.blogspot.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 7 14:17:32 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:17:32 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} Brison lands "Green" upset in city Message-ID: <553790.78231.qm@web44802.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> 11/07/2007 Brison lands ?Green? upset in city Angela Carter , Register Staff NEW HAVEN ? Paul Hammer handed Green Party aldermanic candidate Allan Brison a green cookie in the shape of Connecticut, marking the one upset for city Democrats Tuesday, Brison?s decisive win over Alderman Edward Mattison, D-10. Brison took 386 votes, while 283 ballots were cast for Mattison, who has represented a portion of East Rock since 2001. That year, Mattison was victorious in a three-way race with Brison and a Republican. '); } //--> "I?m overwhelmed," Brison said after the optical scan voting machine printed out results at the polling place at Wilbur Cross High School. "I thought I had a really good chance, but I never quite understood that I would win." Theirs was a spirited contest featuring two debates and vocal discontent from voters in the Cedar Hill section, who feel their area is neglected by city departments. Brison described his victory as a first for the Green Party, which won an open seat next door in East Rock?s 9th Ward when John Halle won a special election in July 2001. "Essentially, I beat one of the most inside aldermen on the whole board. I think that?s a really wonderful thing," Brison said. "I am surprised," Mattison, visibly disappointed, said of the outcome. "But, he spent several months working at it and his work paid off." He gracefully shook Brison?s hand and congratulated him. "Great job," Mattison said. Newhallville Alderman Charles Blango, D-20, who stood at the polling place in support of Mattison also congratulated Brison. "I?ll see you on the board," he said. Blango was one of 26 lawmakers who ran unopposed this year. Aldermanic President Carl Goldfield, D-29, of Beaver Hills said Mattison served as a thoughtful and smart alderman. "He really cared about New Haven and the less fortunate in the city," Goldfield said. In other contests, Frances T. "Bitsie" Clark, D-7, won over Green Party candidate Daniel Sumrall and independent Robert Kiley; while Ina Silverman, D-25, held on to her seat in Westville following a strong challenge from Republican Tom Malone. The lone Republican on the board, Arlene DePino, fought off Democrat Lawrence Morico in the East Shore?s 18th Ward. Re-elected without opposition were: Jacqueline James, D-3; Andrea Jackson-Brooks, D-4; Jorge Perez, D-5; Dolores Colon, D-6; Michael Smart, D-8; Roland Lemar, D-9; Robert Lee, D-11; Gerald Antunes, D-12; Alexander Rhodeen, D-13; Erin Sturgis-Pascale, D-14; Migdalia Castro, D-16; Alphonse Paolillo Jr., D-17; Alfreda Edwards, D-19; Blango; Katrina Jones, D-21; Greg Morehead, D-22; Yusuf Shah, D-23; Elizabeth McCormack, D-24; Sergio Rodriguez, D-26; Thomas Lehtonen, D-27; Mordechai Sandman, D-28; Goldfield; and Michelle Edmonds-Sepulveda, D-30. New to the board are Rachel B. Plattus, D-1, Gina Calder, D-2, and Joseph Rodriguez, D-15. "I?m excited. I can?t wait to serve," Rodriguez said. --------------------------------- Angela Carter can be reached at 789-5614 or acarter at nhregister.com. '); } //--> ?New Haven Register 2007 *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://timmckee2008.blogspot.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 7 14:59:05 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:59:05 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} GP RELEASE Green wins on Election Day 2007: early reports Message-ID: <564678.20799.qm@web44804.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> DC Statehood Green Party wrote: Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:57:15 -0500 From: "DC Statehood Green Party" To: dcsgpnews2 at yahoo.com Subject: GP RELEASE Green wins on Election Day 2007: early reports GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 7, 2007 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty at greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at gp.org Brent McMillan, National Political Director, 202-319-7191, brent at gp.org Some important Green wins in local elections, according to early Election Day returns ? Illinois Greens succeed in meeting early filing deadline for 2008 elections ? Green candidate database for 2007 and other campaign information: http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders are congratulating several candidates who were elected to local office on Election Day, November 6, according to early returns. 137 Greens ran for public office in the 2007 off-year elections, with 89 of them competing on November 6. Green leaders also congratulated Illinois Greens for meeting the early filing deadline on November 6 for placing presidential, congressional, and other candidates on the ballot for the state's February 5 primary. In 2006, the Green Party won its ballot line in Illinois, overcoming difficult ballot access rules and obstruction efforts by Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who used $800,000 in taxpayers' money trying to block Greens from the ballot. Green gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney drew over 10% in 2006, more than twice Illinois' 5% requirement to maintain ballot access. According to Phil Huckelberry, chair of the Illinois Green Party's government and elections committee, the party has set a goal of having 100 to 110 state and local candidates on ballots in 2008. For more information on Illinois Green races, contact Mr. Huckelberry at 309-268-9974 or .. GREEN VICTORIES on November 6 (according to early returns; more to be reported later): CALIFORNIA http://www.cagreens.org ? Larry Bragman and Lew Tremain were re-elected to the Fairfax City Council. Mr. Bragman finished first with 1,322 votes or 40.74%, and Mr. Tremain finished second with 969 votes or 29.66 %. Three candidates competed for two seats. http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/rv/main/CurrentElection/Results.htm CONNECTICUT http://www.ctgreens.org ? Alan Brison scored an upset victory in his race for Ward 10 Alderman in New Haven. Mr. Brison beat his competition by 100 votes in the East Rock and Cedar Hill neighborhoods. http://ctgreens.org/candidates/brison2007 ? Jean deSmet was elected First Selectman of the town of Windham. (At 9:30 pm on Tuesday, Ms. deSmet was 120 votes ahead of the Democrat and far ahead of the Republican.) Ms. deSmet is also co-chair of the Green Party of Connecticut. http://www.VoteJean.com MAINE http://www.mainegreens.org ? John Anton won his race for Portland City Council. Mr. Anton finished first among four candidates for two at-large seats, drawing 6,320 votes or 29.04%. http://www.johnanton.us/ MASSACHUSETTS http://www.massgreens.org ? Chuck Turner easily won reelection to Boston City Council (District 7) with 81% of the vote. ? Luc Schuster won reelection to the Cambridge School Committee, finishing fourth out of nine candidates for six seats. Mr. Schuster received 1,658 first place votes. http://www.voteluc.org/ NEW YORK http://www.gpnys.org ? David Lussier, running in a partisan race for County Legislature (District 7) in Albany, has a five vote lead with all machine votes in on Election Night. 90 affidavit and absentee ballots remain to be counted on November 14. Mr. Lussier's 531 votes places him ahead of Democrat Brian Scavo (526 votes). Mr. Lussier campaigned vigorously among absentee ballot voters, and Greens are optimistic that his victory will be confirmed. http://www.lussierforleg.com VIRGINIA http://www.vagreenparty.org ? Chris Simmons won his race for Soil and Water Conservation Board in Loudon County. He finished second out of four candidates for three seats with 18,093 votes or 25.38%. MORE INFORMATION Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN Fax 202-319-7193 ? Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml ? Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers ? 2007 national Green Party meeting in Reading, Pa.: video footage, blog and media coverage http://www.gp.org/meeting2007/ "2007 Green candidates to watch on Election Day, November 6" Green Party press release, November 1, 2007 http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_11_01.shtml ~ END ~ *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://timmckee2008.blogspot.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com Wed Nov 7 19:52:52 2007 From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:52:52 -0500 Subject: {news} how did other candidates do? In-Reply-To: References: <001b01c820e3$5199ad30$6600a8c0@S0031616584><1074.75.37.239.37.1194404009.squirrel@webmail.sysmatrix.net><1077.75.37.239.37.1194404083.squirrel@webmail.sysmatrix.net> Message-ID: aLL, hOW DID THE cONSTAVLES AND OTHERS RUNNING IN sS AND W CT DO? AMY From: smderosa at cox.netTo: efficacy at msn.com; apbrison at hotmail.com; j.desmet at att.net; tiretriptaste at yahoo.comSubject: RE: {news} Re: Jean deSmet wins First Selectman Race in WindhamDate: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:32:37 -0500CC: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org; newhavengreens at yahoogroups.com Congrates to Jean and Allen. Great Victory! Thanks to all our candidates for running! Mike DeRosa From: ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org [mailto:ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org] On Behalf Of Clifford ThorntonSent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 5:08 AMTo: Allen Brison; Jean de Smet; JeanneCc: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org; newhavengreens at yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: {news} Re: Jean deSmet wins First Selectman Race in Windham Job well done. Congrates to Jean and Allen. Cliff EfficacyPO Box 1234860 657 8438Hartford, CT 06143efficacy at msn.comwww.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 profit501 (c) 3 organization founded in 1997. Your gifts and donations are taxdeductible ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Westerfield To: westerfield at sysmatrix.net Cc: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org ; newhavengreens at yahoogroupscom Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:54 PM Subject: {news} Re: Jean deSmet wins First Selectman Race in Windham Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUShttp://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/to unsubscribe click heremailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org> Connecticut Green Party member and co-chair Jean deSmet won the election> for First Selectman of the Town of Windham, Connecticut. I believe this> makes her the second Green Party member to hold the office of Chief> Elected Official in the Country. AT 9:30 with all voting districts> reporting and absentee ballots counted, Jean was 120 votes ahead of the> DEmocratic candidate and very far ahead of the Republican.>> Michael Westerfield>>> Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS>> http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/>>>> to unsubscribe click here>> mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.orgAllan Brison soundly defeated>> a>> three term incumbent in New Haven's Ward 10 to return a Green to the New>> Haven Board of Alders after a two-year hiatus. Allan won by more than>> 100>> votes, 386-283. No word yet on how other Greens Ralph Ferrucci and>> Daniel>> Sumrall fared in New Haven.>>>> Charlie Pillsbury>> 247 Saint Ronan Street>> New Haven CT 06511>> 203-865-6575>> chapillsbury at igc.org>>>> ----- Original Message ----->> From: allan brison>> To: 2a-newhavengreens>> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:09 PM>> Subject: [newhavengreens] Election night party>>>>>> Greens,>>>> All are invited to the election night party for me at Charlie>> Pillsbury's, at 247 St. Ronan St. The party will be from 8:30 to 10:30.>>>> Best,>> Allan>>>>>> __._,_.___>> Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic>> Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members |>> Calendar>>>> Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)>> Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch>> format to Traditional>> Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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Attend next New Haven chapter meeting 7:30pm Thurs. 11/8 to hear guest speaker Colin Bennett, member of the SCSU Environmental Futurists and CT Green Party municipal office holder. Charlie Pillsbury 247 Saint Ronan Street New Haven CT 06511 203-865-6575 chapillsbury at igc.org_._,___ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Wed Nov 7 22:39:17 2007 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 22:39:17 -0500 Subject: {news} how Allan did it Message-ID: Here's the story as told by the New Haven Independent: http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2007/11/cedar_hills_voi.php Cedar Hill's Voice Gets Heard by Melissa Bailey | November 7, 2007 After asserting their presence in a close aldermanic race, neighbors in a neglected pocket of East Rock declared victory when their underdog candidate won. Folks in Cedar Hill, an isolated, eight-street enclave tucked between East Rock Park and Interstate 91, have long complained of neglect in an aldermanic ward that also contains some of the most expensive mansions in town. Drugs are dealt in the open, and city services don't seem to come, neighbors say. Supporters of Green Party candidate Allan Brison knocked on often neglected doors in Cedar Hill Tuesday as they helped propel him to an upset over incumbent Democratic Alderman Ed Mattison. This summer, well-organized neighbors of the Cedar Hill Block Watch saw an opportunity in Brison. Feeling underrepresented in City Hall, they inserted themselves in the race. They hosted a heated debate between Mattison and his seemingly longshot opponent Brison. Asked why Cedar Hill seemed to get poorer access to basic city services than other parts of town, Mattison told them the squeaky wheel gets the grease. "The reality is the politically active people get what they want and the people who sit on their butts don't get it," he told the crowd. "I took that as a personal challenge," said Rebecca Turcio, a Cedar Hill block watch activist (pictured at top at right). "I worked my butt off," making phone calls, talking to neighbors, distributing lawn signs. "Green" wasn't the point, she said -- neighbors had found a ticket, a way to get their voice to City Hall. A handful of pro-Brison Cedar Hill activists rallied to a second aldermanic debate, where neighborhood issues remained a point of contention between the candidates. Working Against The Odds On Election Day, when the Democrats sat back, thinking they had the election in the bag, Turcio was practically the only one pulling votes in East Rock. She headed out to the unlit streets of Cedar Hill. For backup, Brison sent along the Greens' unabashed hollerer, Fight the Hike maven Wendy Hamilton (pictured at right). They started down Cedar Hill Avenue, where most houses didn't have door bells or porch lights. "We're not getting very good results," declared Hamilton after someone slammed the door on them. "I'm going to get my bullhorn and start yelling!" "I don't think my neighbors would appreciate that," responded Turcio. Door-slams be damned, she continued on her way. She skipped the drug houses and knocked on doors she knew. In the street, they came across a woman with a young child. "Are you registered to vote?" "No, I'm not." "You can't complain if you don't vote!" "I know. I'm sorry," replied the woman, getting into her car. "You're getting screwed!" cried Hamilton. Another woman (pictured at the top of the story at left) hadn't registered either. Turcio promised to return next election. "We need you for Cedar Hill!" Wheel Squeaked Turcio said she had better luck on the phones. It was unclear how much of an impact Cedar Hill voters ended up having this time around -- last election, only 54 of the 330 registered voters came out. Mattison estimated about the same number turned out again. But in a low-turnout race where every vote counts, the neighborhood was one of many factors pushing Brison to an upset victory, stunning the Democratic establishment by winning 393-303 on the machines. "This is definitely a victory for Cedar Hill," said Turcio, standing near Brison at the Greens' victory party on St. Ronan Street. Brison said "I'll be screaming" to help neighbors if he runs up against bureaucratic obstacles in getting improvements made in the neighborhood, such as the perilous intersection near the State Street Hess Station. "I hope he is able to assist people in Cedar Hill," said Mattison, reached Thursday by phone, "because I've always felt like they got a raw deal when 1-91 was rammed through their neighborhood." Mattison, who called the victory "shocking," said he thought Brison's key to success was outreach. While Mattison got his usual number, in the 300s, Brison "worked for a number of months and just reached out to a number of people who in the past haven't typically voted." Mattison, who served as alderman for three full terms and worked closely with Aldermanic President Carl Goldfield, said he was most concerned by Brison's promise to be "a solid vote for [Alderman] Jorge Perez" against Goldfield both on policy matters and in a potential rematch for aldermanic president. The two figures represent two factions of the board that often have trouble cooperating even on issues of shared concern. "What we need is less factionalism, not more," said Mattison. Brison was picking the wrong faction, anyway, Mattison said: "I don't see how the East Rock neighborhood would be better off with his joining a minority faction that has generally not demonstrated an ability to deliver anything." Back at the Greens victory party, however, Turcio remained optimistic about the new alderman's prospects at making the neighborhood's voice heard. "Ed always told me the squeaky wheel gets the grease," said Turcio. "Ed, I think I squeaked it this time!" From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Wed Nov 7 22:44:39 2007 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 22:44:39 -0500 Subject: {news} Ralph Ferrucci in Yale Daily News References: <00c09f9fff1e043e4cf90ab6574b4e8@google.com> Message-ID: http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/22256 Yale Daily News, Nov 6, 2007 Through third-party bid, Ferrucci fights status quo Ben Beitler Staff Reporter Green Party mayoral candidate Ralph Ferrucci strides down Dixwell Avenue, away from the Gothic spires of Yale and into one of New Haven?s more dilapidated neighborhoods. It is the Sunday night before elections, and Ferrucci means business. ?I mean this,? he says. ?When I?m running for mayor, it?s for the win.? Ferrucci, a perennial third-party candidate in New Haven elections, is making his second bid for mayor in Tuesday?s election against Republican H. Richter Elser ?81 and Democratic incumbent John DeStefano Jr. This past weekend, Ferrucci went door-to-door seeking the support of residents who do not normally vote and from those who might not have known that they have an alternative choice to DeStefano, who is overwhelmingly favored to win today?s election. Ferrucci has focused his campaign on fighting police corruption, rebuilding New Haven community centers and discrediting DeStefano, but many students at Yale have expressed doubts about the Green Party hopeful?s promises ? especially his insistence on pressuring the University to donate more money to New Haven. Over coffee at the Book Trader Cafe, Ferrucci enumerated what he perceives as the incumbent mayor?s failings. ?City Hall is so corrupt right now ? the Democratic Party is so in bed with DeStefano ? that the only way to get him out is through an independent party,? Ferrucci said. ?A lot of people just don?t vote in New Haven. We?re trying to attract new voters.? On Monday, just one day before the election, Ferrucci?s campaign manager Steven Pope stood on Dixwell as dusk fell, asking passersby if they had registered to vote. After about 30 minutes, Pope noticed that the All Right Corner Market was still open and convinced Ferrucci to try to talk to the owner. Pope went into the cramped store first and told the man behind the counter that Ferrucci wanted to talk to him. After Pope left the store, Ferrucci walked in, and he and Robinson stood together in silence for several seconds. Those close to Ferrucci say the independent truck driver, who delivers cookies for Pepperidge Farms, is comfortable around working-class people. Born and raised in New Haven, Ferrucci graduated from the Eli Whitney Regional Vocational Technical School in 1991 and later received a diploma for illustration from Paier College of Art. His father, Ron Ferrucci, said he always thought of his son as an artist and was surprised when he entered politics. And, he said, his son the candidate usually has trouble with public speaking. At the All Right Corner Market, Ferrucci broke the awkward silence by mentioning a major part of his platform ? taxing Yale. ?You gonna get his DeStefano ass out of there?? the man behind the counter asked. Ferrucci nodded. ?OK, I?ll vote for you,? the man said. DeStefano said he is not worried about Ferrucci. ?I can?t say I feel threatened,? the mayor said. ?I don?t think of elections in that way. You do the best to get the chance to discuss the issues you care about. If going door to door works for Ferrucci, then let him do it.? Ferrucci?s platform is somewhat scattered and ambiguous ? he wants to channel money away from after-school programs and into youth community centers, he wants the city to stop issuing Elm City ID cards and start helping people become citizens, and he wants to press the University to give more money to New Haven. But he said his desire to provide New Haven with an alternative to DeStefano is a driving force behind his campaign. ?The mayor does just enough to make himself look good,? Ferrucci said at Book Trader. This is not Ferrucci?s first time running against the seven-term mayor of New Haven. In 2003, Ferrucci ran against DeStefano on the Guilty Party?s ticket, with an eclectic platform including an initiative to run the city?s school buses with vegetable-based bio-diesel and a pledge to forgo half the mayor?s salary to fund a local homeless shelter. The Guilty Party had entered the New Haven political scene two years earlier, when it was created by local artist Bill Saunders as part of a piece for Artspace?s Citywide Open Studios. In 2001, the Guilty Party ran Saunders? drag queen alter ego, Lil? Miss Mess Up, for mayor. When organizers refused to give Lil? Miss Mess Up a place in a debate between DeStefano and his opponent, she crashed it. Two years later, Ferrucci decided to run as the Guilty Party candidate, mainly because no one else was running against DeStefano, he said. DeStefano initially refused to debate Ferrucci in 2003, saying that his opponent was more of a performance artist than a politician. Ferrucci made local bar Rudy ?s Restaurant his campaign headquarters and raised $850 from his constituents, compared to DeStefano?s $220,000. And he wore a Che Guevara T-shirt on Election Day. ?That campaign was all press, no actual campaigning,? Ferrucci said. ?We just wanted to get attention and alert people to how ridiculous the situation was.? Then Ferrucci received 15 percent of the total votes. ?That surprised a lot of people,? said Ferrucci. ?That surprised me. I think that really surprised the mayor.? After that, Ferrucci decided to get serious about his bid for New Haven?s highest political office, but Yalies remain skeptical of his platform. Upon returning to campus from Dixwell on Sunday night, Ferrucci and Pope attempted to engage Yale students on the street, asking them if they had registered to vote in New Haven. The duo was largely ignored. Many students simply walked past Ferrucci as he told them that he was running for mayor. Yale College Democrats President Eric Kafka ?08 said he is suspicious of Ferrucci?s plans to tax Yale because the University is a nonprofit organization and is not taxable by law. The College Democrats have endorsed DeStefano. Ferrucci said he is uncertain about what will happen to the future of his political career if his bid for the mayor?s office is unsuccessful. ?It?s been a long campaign,? he said. ?If we lose, I?ll probably sit down with Elser and talk about 2009.? From edubrule at sbcglobal.net Wed Nov 7 23:16:34 2007 From: edubrule at sbcglobal.net (edubrule) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 23:16:34 -0500 Subject: {news} Fw: Upcoming Connecticut Peace & Justice Events Message-ID: <00ac01c821c2$2a6a9820$e9864c0c@edgn2b574u14bi> 6-Story Newsletter Template + Images ----- Original Message ----- From: AFSC Connecticut To: edubrule at sbcglobal.net Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 6:00 PM Subject: Upcoming Connecticut Peace & Justice Events American Friends Service Committee Connecticut In This Issue: Nov 6 2007 . Nov 9-20: Be our Guest: a contemporary look at immigration . Nov 13: Migration a Global Challenge . Nov 10: Women & Peacebuilding Conference . Host the Cost of War Exhibit in Your Community Nov 9-20: Be our Guest: a contemporary look at immigration Be our guest: A contemporary look at immigration" will open on Friday Nov 9th at Trinity College's Broad Street Gallery in Hartford. Marella Zacarias will exhibit her paintings/installation that are a reaction to the Raids on immigrant workers. Also David Bacon, a nationally recognized photo-journalist will be showing his photographs. David's articles and pictures are always at the vanguard of the immigrant rights movement and many of us use them as an inspiration for our work. David Bacon will also give a talk at the Gallows bookstore at Trinity College at 4:30 pm on the same day. (Nov 9th) Broad Street Gallery Trinity College 1283 Broad Street Hartford, CT Be our Guest: A contemporary look at immigration November 9- 20, 2007 Opening reception November 9, 6:30- 10pm Art by David Bacon and Marela Zacarias Gallery Hours For appointment call 978-549-6509 Or e-mail charlie.fuentes at trincoll.edu www.marela.org Nov 10: Women & Peacebuilding Conference Women and Peacebuilding Conference November 10, 2007 8 AM-5 PM University of Hartford Gengras Student Union Registration begins at 8am and event runs until 5 PM Contacts: Donn Weinholtz, University of Hartford weinholtz at hartford.edu 860-768-4186 Mary Lee Morrison, Director Pax Educare, Inc., the Connecticut Center for Peace Education paxeducare at comcast.net 860-231-0445 Conference web site: http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/peaceconf/ "Building Peace: Women Making a Difference" will focus on women's leadership in peace and conflict resolution initiatives locally, regionally, and internationally. The target audience will be educators, students, community activists and interested others, both men and women. Students with student IDs are free. $30 registration fee at the door. This major conference is funded by a grant from the Women's Education and Leadership Fund (WELF), a legacy fund of the Hartford College for Women, and will be held at the University of Hartford on November 10, 2007. The aims of the event are to: 1) Highlight the roles women are playing in leading peace and conflict resolution at the local, regional, national and international levels. 2) Build collaborative, working relationships among conference participants that will help move forward women's peace building initiatives. 3) Illustrate that peacemaking is a real option for average people, as well as for the exceptionally talented. 4) Develop participants' peacemaking skills for individual action and successful group initiatives through interactive workshops. Pax Educare, Inc., the Connecticut Center for Peace Education, located in Hartford, CT, is a co-sponsor. Pax Educare is a resource center whose mission is the promotion of the research, study and teaching of peace. Several other groups have joined in as affiliates. The day will feature an international plenary panel of prominent women peacemakers, morning and afternoon workshops, a theatrical performance by HartBeat Ensemble, resources and will include lunch. During the conference a Lifetime Achievement award will be given to New England resident Elise Boulding, sociologist and former Nobel Peace Prize nominee and a co-founder of the International Peace Research Association, whose work in the area of women and peace has been groundbreaking. Workshops will feature local, grass-roots skill-building and processes designed to empower participants to work toward peace and social change, as well as showcase women's peacemaking internationally. Topics will include: the media and peace and social change, community organizing, global sustainability, peace and communities of color, art and peace, youth and peace, and empowering individuals for social change. http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/peaceconf/ Host the Cost of War Exhibit in Your Community AFSC Connecticut is pleased to announce a new community organizing tool to help raise awareness about the cost of the U.S. war in Iraq. One day of the war in Iraq costs $720 million. How would you spend it? About the Cost of War Project The Iraq war has certainly been costly in terms of lives lost, with thousands of U.S. military personnel dead, and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have been killed. Also, the economic costs are far greater than most people imagine, with more than $1 trillion tax dollars spent in the first four years of the war. One trillion dollars equals $720 million spent each day, or $500,000 per minute. The taxpayer money spent on the war is displacing millions of Iraqis and destroying their hospitals and schools instead of supporting health care, education and housing for people in our own communities. The American Friends Service Committee is launching a national project to highlight the economic cost of the war and demand that Congress shift war funding to support human needs here and real solutions in Iraq. AFSC Connecticut has a set of the Cost of War banners. If you are interested in having the display come to your community in Connecticut email or call David Amdur at 860-523-1534 or send email to connecticut at afsc.org www.afsc.org/cost Nov 13: Migration a Global Challenge Symposium Migration: A Global Challenge Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saint Joseph College Crystal Room, Mercy Hall 1678 Asylum Avenue West Hartford, CT 06117 (Directions over) 9:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee 9:20 a.m. Keynote Address "THE WALL: IF WE BUILD IT, WILL THEY COME?" Gaye Moorhead, RSM - currently serving as President of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Regional Community of Rochester, N.Y. She is a graduate of Notre Dame Law School and a member of the New York State Bar. For over a decade she represented children in family court proceedings in New York and more recently, immigrants in deportation proceedings in El Paso. She was coordinator of the Mercy Migrant Education Ministry, a mobile school and health and social services ministry, serving primary aged Hispanic migrant children and their families in Florida and Ohio (1993-2001). Immigrant Stories Panel Michael Boyle, Immigration Attorney, Law Offices of Michael Boyle, North Haven Father James Manship, Pastor, Saint Rose of Lima Church, Elm City Congregations Organized (ECCO), New Haven Maureen Moriarty, Office of Congressman John B. 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URL: From richard.duffee at gmail.com Wed Nov 7 23:54:40 2007 From: richard.duffee at gmail.com (Richard Duffee) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 23:54:40 -0500 Subject: {news} Allan Brison wins convincingly: Election night party In-Reply-To: <1074.75.37.239.37.1194404008.squirrel@webmail.sysmatrix.net> References: <001b01c820e3$5199ad30$6600a8c0@S0031616584> <1074.75.37.239.37.1194404008.squirrel@webmail.sysmatrix.net> Message-ID: <21f4f7390711072054o4be34e14sbfbc00b2568a2d41@mail.gmail.com> Congratulations to you both, Jean and Allan! And Ralph, you clearly did a lot of good and hard work. Richard Duffee On Nov 6, 2007 9:53 PM, Michael Westerfield wrote: > > Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS > http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/ > > to unsubscribe click here > mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org > Connecticut Green Party member and co-chair Jean deSmet won the election > for First Selectman of the Town of Windham, Connecticut. I believe this > makes her the second Green Party member to hold the office of Chief > Elected Official in the Country. AT 9:30 with all voting districts > reporting and absentee ballots counted, Jean was 120 votes ahead of the > DEmocratic candidate and very far ahead of the Republican. > > Michael Westerfield > > > Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS > > http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/ > > > > to unsubscribe click here > > mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.orgAllan Brison soundly defeated a > > three term incumbent in New Haven's Ward 10 to return a Green to the New > > Haven Board of Alders after a two-year hiatus. Allan won by more than 100 > > votes, 386-283. No word yet on how other Greens Ralph Ferrucci and Daniel > > Sumrall fared in New Haven. > > > > Charlie Pillsbury > > 247 Saint Ronan Street > > New Haven CT 06511 > > 203-865-6575 > > chapillsbury at igc.org > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: allan brison > > To: 2a-newhavengreens > > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:09 PM > > Subject: [newhavengreens] Election night party > > > > > > Greens, > > > > All are invited to the election night party for me at Charlie > > Pillsbury's, at 247 St. Ronan St. The party will be from 8:30 to 10:30. > > > > Best, > > Allan > > > > > > __._,_.___ > > Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic > > Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | > > Calendar > > > > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) > > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch > > format to Traditional > > Visit Your Group | Yahoo! 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Please delete it from your files > > if you are not the intended recipient. Thank you for your compliance. > > > > To be removed please mailto://ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org > > > To be removed please mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org > _______________________________________________ > CTGP-news mailing list > CTGP-news at ml.greens.org > http://ml.greens.org/mailman/listinfo/ctgp-news > > ATTENTION! > The information in this transmission is privileged and confidential and intended only for the recipient listed above. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately by email and delete the original message. The text of this email is similar to ordinary or face-to-face conversations and does not reflect the level of factual or legal inquiry or analysis which would be applied in the case of a formal legal opinion and does not constitute a representation of the opinions of the CT Green Party. The responsibility for any messages posted herein is solely that of the person who sent the message, and the CT Green Party hereby leaves this responsibility in the hands of it's members. > > NOTE: This is an inherently insecure forum, please do not post confidential messages and always realize that your address can be faked, and although a message may appear to be from a certain individual, it is always possible that it is fakemail. This is mail sent by a third party under an illegally assumed identity for purposes of coercion, misdirection, or general mischief. > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by e-mail at the address shown. This e-mail transmission may contain confidential information. This information is intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity to whom it is intended even if addressed incorrectly. Please delete it from your files if you are not the intended recipient. Thank you for your compliance. > > To be removed please mailto://ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org > From smderosa at cox.net Thu Nov 8 01:48:14 2007 From: smderosa at cox.net (Mike DeRosa) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 01:48:14 -0500 Subject: {news} David Ionno Raised Iraq War Issue During Hartford City Council Election Message-ID: <32CBAF57A93F4C738E87E71F29A4344B@OwnerPC> Report On Hartford CT City Council Election Nov 7, 2007 By Mike DeRosa David Ionno Raised Iraq War Issue During Hartford City Council Election Hartford Green Party member David Ionno made the Iraq war and the cost of the war a major issue during his recent campaign for Hartford City Council (see attachment). He documented the loss in real dollars that the Iraq war and other wars are having on average people in Hartford, CT. David spoke at many candidate forums and other events and went door to door speaking to people about his campaign for city council. Many Hartford Green Party members stood at the polls on election day giving out David's literature. David was also quoted in the Hartford Courant about his stance on the war and why it is a legitimate issue during a city council election. The campaign attracted some new people into our Hartford chapter. One of the major features of this year's Hartford city council election was the proliferation of independent candidacies not only during the regular campaign but also during the primary election. Twenty-three people where on the ballot on Tuesday running for nine city council seats, the largest number of independents ever to run for election to the Hartford City Council. Five people ran for mayor this year during the regular election. The result of this was the scattering of votes among the various candidates by the voters. While this is healthy for democracy it also makes getting the attention of the voters more difficult as they are being exposed to candidates and parties that they have never encountered before. Another difficulty in running in Hartford for City Council is that you have to run city wide and the Hartford City charter does not allow representation by district. David during the campaign David got both the AFSCME Union endorsement and the Harford Federation of Teachers Union endorsement, a first for a Green Party candidate in Hartford. David is a former member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and is currently president of the Central Connecticut Chapter of Veterans for Peace. He a Vice President in AFSCME Local 1716. He joined the Green Party in 1996 and has been an active member of the Green Party in Hartford and in CT. He is a librarian in the Hartford Library system. David got 266 votes and got a lot of positive response from the voters during the campaign. David spent less than $1000 dollars during the campaign and was able to put together quite an effective campaign in spite of his limited funding and numerous competitors. The Working Families Party got the endorsement of the Hartford Courant and got two of their candidates elected to the city council. One Republican filled out the minority party slots and the regular six Democrats also were elected. While the Hartford Greens did not win we will retain our ballot access status and are learning from our experience in 2007 and we are looking forward to the 2008 election . We already have a person who is considering running against Congressman John Larson and we have a few others who have expressed interest in running for legislative seats. ----------__________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________ THANK YOU DAVID IONNO FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE TRUTH AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO GREEN VALUES!! ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: DAVID IONNO FLYER 2007.doc Type: application/msword Size: 36352 bytes Desc: not available URL: From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Thu Nov 8 02:55:17 2007 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 02:55:17 -0500 Subject: {news} how did other candidates do? Message-ID: In New Canaan, Hector Lopez and Erik Eisenberg won constable seats in a non-competitive race. The town will now have 2 constables from each party, Greens, Republicans, and Democrats. I don't have the vote count yet. In Redding, Leif Smith won a constable seat with 5 write-in votes in another non-competitive race. Those of you who attended the 2004 Green Party fundraiser performance of "Woody Guthrie's American Song" at the Sherman Playhouse may remember Leif's acoustic band, My Dad's Truck (http://www.mydadstruck.com ). In Stamford, Mary Farrell got 13.7% and I got 7.5% in a constable race where 10 candidates competed for 7 seats. Two years ago I got 3.7% when 9 were running for 7 seats, so this is a nice improvement, even though we still trailed the major party candidates. Clausel Berrouet got 3.2% in the board of education race (8 candidates for 3 seats), enough to hold the ballot line. David Bedell From efficacy at msn.com Thu Nov 8 04:50:38 2007 From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 04:50:38 -0500 Subject: {news} Green Light From Voters Message-ID: Green Light From Voters History Written In Windham With Election Of Third-Party Candidate By REGINE LABOSSIERE | Courant Staff Writer November 8, 2007 http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-desmet1108.artnov08,0,2204174.story WINDHAM - As she knocked on doors throughout town over the past few months, Jean de Smet had an inkling she was going to make history on Election Day. De Smet, a Green Party candidate for first selectman, was met, she says, by unexpected warmness at the homes of many strangers. "`Come on in!'" she said the residents greeted her as she walked up to their houses. "I had very good indications that I was going to get elected this time, but you never know what can happen," she said Wednesday, the day after she became the first Green Party candidate to win the top spot in any municipality in the state. The path of a third-party candidate is usually a quixotic pursuit, one with few successes. But de Smet and several alternative candidates in Simsbury and New Milford were victorious Tuesday. At the local level, third parties typically emerge around an issue, said Howard Reiter, a professor of American politics and head of the political science department at the University of Connecticut. That was certainly true in Simsbury, where opposition to a $200 million, 60-acre project that would mix office, residential and retail space and include a Target store, spawned the Simsbury Citizens First party. John Romano, a disenchanted GOP selectman topping the party's ticket, placed third in Tuesday's race for first selectman but garnered an impressive 23 percent of the vote. Four other Simsbury Citizens First candidates won seats on various land use boards. Of course, when the issue fades, the fortunes of the third party tend to fade as well. In East Hampton Tuesday, the fledgling Chatham Party lost three of the five seats it won in 2005, when it seized control of the town council. As in Simsbury, the Chatham Party originally was energized by public concern about development, specifically the town's rapid residential and commercial development. Activist And Fixer De Smet's energy Wednesday defied her claim that she was tired from her hard campaigning. With curly blond hair and blue eyes that were half-hidden behind glasses, she spoke vividly of her triumph and of her plans for the next two years. She sat in campaign headquarters on Main Street in Willimantic in front of a poster that sums up the Green Party mantra: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." De Smet, 52, knows what it's like to be slightly different. She's a member of the Green Party who has lived, campaigned and been involved heavily in a largely Democratic town. Before beating the town's three-term Democratic first selectman, Michael Paulhus, on Tuesday, de Smet had run unsuccessfully in town for first selectman and the board of selectmen and also for lieutenant governor of the state on the Green Party ticket. A master electrician who refers to herself as a construction worker, de Smet said she's one of fewer than 10 women in her 500-person union. "I'm not intimidated," she said of her experience in the worlds of work and politics. "And I'm trained to fix things." State Rep. Walter Pawelkiewicz, D-Windham, said residents sent a message to town government by electing de Smet - but not because of her political affiliation. "I think more so than people electing a Green Party candidate, I think they elected Jean de Smet," he said. "I think what the voters were looking for was a fresh perspective, and Jean has lots of energy and I think that people really looked more at her as a person than her political ideology." De Smet is a founder and co-coordinator of the popular Third Thursday Streetfests, which brings thousands of people to downtown Willimantic from May to October. She organizes and gives wagon tours of Willimantic's Victorian neighborhoods and has helped produce and run a number of local festivals. De Smet has served on the town's affirmative action commission, the open space and conservation commissions, the board of the local food co-op, the YMCA and the Community Land Trust of Windham Inc. Pawelkiewicz said residents wanted de Smet to translate what she has done as a volunteer into actions as an official. Christel Donahue, de Smet's campaign co-manager, said it was obvious to her that Windham was ready for something different. "She has so much potential and enthusiasm that it grabs you. A few were naysayers [who said], `It can't be done. You can't shake up the establishment.' But I think the naysayers even wanted change," Donahue said. De Smet said she plans a shake-up when she takes office, the kind that will "turn town hall into a public service" and allow residents to have more involvement in government, such as on advisory boards and committees. She said she wants local residents and businesses to help revitalize downtown by finding ways to use vacant buildings that blight a section of Main Street. De Smet, who calls herself fiscally conservative and says she wants to pursue energy efficiency in town to save money, said she wants to make Windham more than a nice place to live and work. "I really believe that a town the size of Windham, with a city and beautiful rural areas around us, [can be] a model for that around the country," she said. "A good, livable city." Contact R?gine Labossi?re at rlabossiere at courant.com. Courant Staff Writer Loretta Waldman contributed to this story. More articles Copyright ? 2007, The Hartford Courant -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 817-grey.gif Type: image/gif Size: 43 bytes Desc: not available URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Sat Nov 10 07:54:06 2007 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:54:06 -0500 Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT Reunion FPVA en Venezuela Message-ID: <057701c82398$ca1abc10$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Feinstein" Cc: "usgp-int" Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 2:25 PM Subject: USGP-INT Reunion FPVA en Venezuela > > Dear IC > > > It is Friday afternoon here in Valencia, Venezuela and we are having our > lunch break at the FPVA meeting. > > This morning's session was reports from the member and observer > parties. Unlike previous FPVA meetings that I have attended, this time > the reports were allowed to go on at great length, providing the > opportunity for excellent political analysis. > > I was able to video tape most of the reports, although unfortunately > I've had some battery problems. (In the future, the FPVA needs to > budget for such recordings, and not leave it up to spontaneous, > volunteer efforts by delegates.) > > I began with greetings relayed from Julia and Tony, our FPVA delegates, > then did a quite lengthly report (in Spanish) for US Greens, over 20 > minutes long including much Q&A. Many FPVA delegates were not aware of > the depth of the difficulties our electoral and political system > presents us, and I went into great length about how our presidential > efforts have been characterized and mischaracterized by forces who > oppose us, as well as the challenges of being in the presidential arena, > even without the trouble other forces make for us. > > The best news of the meeting thus far has been the announcement > yesterday in Caracas that the week-long negotiations between Hugo Chavez > and the leaders of the FARC has produced news that the FARC will present > a "proof of life" of Ingrid Betancourt to Chavez before he meets with > French president Sarkozy on November 20th. > > Juan Carlos Lecompte, the husband of Ingrid, is here and did a great > deal of press interviews, before the announcement came from Chavez. Now > he is so extremely happy. It has been an incredibly beautiful thing to > watch. Let's keep our fingers crossed for the rest of the process to > unfold. > > Both Paty Doneau from Mexico and Catherine Greze from France are taking > extensive notes and will be writing up more of a play-by-play report. > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > usgp-int mailing list > usgp-int at gp-us.org > http://forum.greens.org/mailman/listinfo/usgp-int > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.26/1120 - Release Date: > 11/9/2007 9:26 AM > > From rstuller at snet.net Sat Nov 10 09:56:47 2007 From: rstuller at snet.net (Ronna Stuller) Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:56:47 -0500 Subject: {news} New London results In-Reply-To: <004501c82152$07a55610$16f00230$@org> References: <004501c82152$07a55610$16f00230$@org> Message-ID: <1A8BC142-343E-41A6-A750-B4B36DAEC99E@snet.net> Thanks, Charlie. Unfortunately for us, the Dems raised and spent record dollars (their top vote-getter had raised $25,000 by first reporting), and, in the absence of burning issues, voters leaned toward the comfortable. The One New London Party, which burst onto the scene 2 years ago and got 2 councilors elected on a lower taxes, anti-eminent domain platform, is down to 0, and the party's future is uncertain. One big positive for us is that 2 of our 4 candidates were previously not involved in the NLGP and represent (different) relevant communities that we hope will provide some good opportunities for growing the Greens here. Needless to say, we are here to stay. Peace, Ronna On Nov 7, 2007, at 10:22 AM, Charlie Pillsbury wrote: > Congratulations to New London Greens for fielding the greatest > number of candidates, and each election cycle making progress. > > > > Keep up your great work. Charlie -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smderosa at cox.net Sat Nov 10 10:32:36 2007 From: smderosa at cox.net (Mike DeRosa) Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:32:36 -0500 Subject: {news} New London results In-Reply-To: <1A8BC142-343E-41A6-A750-B4B36DAEC99E@snet.net> References: <004501c82152$07a55610$16f00230$@org> <1A8BC142-343E-41A6-A750-B4B36DAEC99E@snet.net> Message-ID: <1C0E3DF90957409CAABC8E077733191B@OwnerPC> On behalf of the Hartford Green Party: Congratulations to New London Greens for fielding the greatest number of candidates, and each election cycle making progress. Sincerely, Mike DeRosa _____ From: ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org [mailto:ctgp-news-bounces at ml.greens.org] On Behalf Of Ronna Stuller Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 9:57 AM To: ct greens news Subject: Re: {news} New London results Thanks, Charlie. Unfortunately for us, the Dems raised and spent record dollars (their top vote-getter had raised $25,000 by first reporting), and, in the absence of burning issues, voters leaned toward the comfortable. The One New London Party, which burst onto the scene 2 years ago and got 2 councilors elected on a lower taxes, anti-eminent domain platform, is down to 0, and the party's future is uncertain. One big positive for us is that 2 of our 4 candidates were previously not involved in the NLGP and represent (different) relevant communities that we hope will provide some good opportunities for growing the Greens here. Needless to say, we are here to stay. Peace, Ronna On Nov 7, 2007, at 10:22 AM, Charlie Pillsbury wrote: Congratulations to New London Greens for fielding the greatest number of candidates, and each election cycle making progress. Keep up your great work. Charlie -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From efficacy at msn.com Sun Nov 11 15:51:30 2007 From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:51:30 -0500 Subject: {news} Cynthia McKinney's challenge to the war parties (John Nichols, The Nation) Message-ID: Blog: Campaign 08 John Nichols The Nation, November 10, 2007 http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters?bid=45&pid=250721 CYNTHIA MCKINNEY'S CHALLENGE TO "THE WAR PARTIES"... Cynthia McKinney, who appears to be in the process of reversing an earlier decision to forego a 2008 presidential bid on the Green Party line, has in recent days taken a number of steps toward mounting an anti-war run against the Democratic and Republican nominees next year. The former Democratic congresswoman from Georgia has got a new website up -- http://www.runcynthiarun.org -- which seeks campaign contributions "so we can get on with the business of getting Cynthia on fifty-one ballots and reaching out to the voters of this nation who are ready for a Green alternative to the wars being waged both at home and abroad by the War Parties and their candidates." And McKinney is celebrating the success of supporters in getting her name placed on the ballot for the February 5 Green Party presidential primary in Illinois. McKinney, who in a September 10 a letter to the steering committee of the Green Party of the United States indicated that she would not seek the party's presidential nomination, began to reconsider that decision almost immediately. With steady encouragement from grassroots Greens, many of whom came to see the maverick House member as a political hero during her time in Washington, McKinney quit the Democratic Party in September and enrolled as a Green in October. On October 22, McKinney supporters filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to establish an exploratory committee for a Green Party presidential bid. McKinney is signaling that a formal declaration could come late in November. But she's already making appearances around the country for local Green parties and their candidates -- including visits to South Carolina, Maine and New York before last Tuesday's elections. And she is certainly sounding like a candidate. "We're going to have to do things we've never done before if we're to have things we've never had before," she wrote in a thank-you to Illinois supporters. "Democracy, authentic representation, human needs prioritized, universal access to health care, bringing our troops home, making peace with the world's nations, making peace with our home planet, making peace in our own communities, funding schools over jails... Each of these alone is something we've never known before. Anyone of them alone would be worth doing things we've never done before. And all of them can be achieved when we get engaged and make democracy our own." Posted by John Nichols at 11/10/2007 @ 10:32am 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chapillsbury at gmail.com Sun Nov 11 22:49:29 2007 From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:49:29 -0500 Subject: {news} Discussion on GP-US Proposal: ID 323 - Rules of the Presidential Nominating Convention Message-ID: <10859a090711111949u4e77e252u8a84c99605525a2a@mail.gmail.com> FYI. The voting begins tomorrow. Discussion has begun for the following proposal: Proposal ID: 323 Proposal: Rules of the Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party of the United States Floor Manager: Jim Coplen, jcoplen at fastmail.fm Discussion Dates: 10/29/2007 - 11/11/2007 Voting Dates: 11/12/2007 - 11/18/2007 Background: Previous documents adopted to govern the Green Party's previous Presidential Nominating Conventions included provisions sunsetting those rules. It is therefore necessary to adopt a new set of rules to govern subsequent Conventions. Your Committee on Bylaws, Rules, Policies and Procedures, having reviewed those rules sunset following previous Conventions and the direction of the National Committee in its action to adopt Proposal #168, has considered and endorsed for National Committee consideration the adoption of the following rules. The following articles include rules to govern the Presidential Nominating Convention; for the credentialing of delegations to the Presidential Nominating Convention; for promoting the use of proportional representation in the selection of state party delegations; for the creation and filing of state party delegation plans and their results; and to provide for the applications for waivers from these rules. Proposal: Resolved, that the National Committee of the Green Party of the United States hereby adopts the following as the "Rules of the Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party of the United States." Rules of the Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party of the United States. ARTICLE I. RULES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTION Section 1-1. Name, Findings, Intention, Scope and Powers 1-1.1 This policy shall be known as the "Rules of the Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party of the United States", shall apply to the Presidential Nominating Convention of the Green Party of the United States held every four years, and may be cited as the Convention Rules. 1-1.2 The bylaws of the Green Party of the United States provide that "The presidential nominating convention of the Green Party is the delegated decision-making body responsible for nominating the national Green Party's presidential and vice presidential candidates and approving the Green Party's national platform." 1-1.3 It is the intention of Green Party of the United States to provide for Presidential Nominating Conventions whose legitimacy is recognized by the member state Green Parties. 1-1.4 Each Presidential Nominating Convention shall have the powers to: 1-1.4.1 adopt the Report of the Credentials Committee, determining the voting membership of the Convention. 1-1.4.2 adopt the Platform of the Green Party of the United States. 1-1.4.3 conduct an election to name the Green Party nominees for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States. 1-1.5 Limit of powers of the Presidential Nominating Convention Those powers not enumerated herein as delegated to the Presidential Nominating Convention by the National Committee, are reserved to the National Committee or to the state Parties. Section 1-2. Convention of Delegates 1-2.1 Each 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. Section 1-3. Delegate Apportionment 1-3.1 The number of delegates to which each state Green Party shall be entitled shall be apportioned according to a Presidential Nominating Convention Apportionment process, procedure or formula approved by the National Committee of the Green Party of the United States; and such process, procedure or formula shall become Article III of these Convention Rules. Section 1-4. Credentialing of Delegates 1-4.1 The manner in which delegates shall be credentialed shall be according to a process or procedure approved by the National Committee of the Green Party of the United States; and such process, procedure or formula shall become Article IV of these Convention Rules. Section 1-5. Voting and Floor Rules 1-5.1 The manner in which votes of the convention shall be cast, and the business of the convention conducted, shall be according to a process or procedure approved by the National Committee of the Green Party of the United States; and such process, procedure or formula shall become Article V of these Convention Rules. ARTICLE II. CONVENTION OF DELEGATES Section 2-1. Delegations per State, District or Territory 2-1.1 One Delegation Per State, District or Territory 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 of the United States that are currently disfranchised. 2.1.2 Disfranchised Districts and Territories Until otherwise amended by the National Committee of the Green Party of the United States, the list of those territories and districts that are considered to be disfranchised and are entitled to send a delegation to the Convention include the District of Columbia, the island of American Samoa, the island of Guam, the island of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, Saint Thomas and Water Island. 2-1.2(a) Except as explicitly provided, all references in this document to states and statewide Green Parties as it pertains to delegates shall be considered to apply to these districts and territories where there are Greens both organized in them and seeking representation at the convention. Section 2-2 States With An Accredited Green Party 2-2.1 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 Presidential Nominating Convention shall be chosen pursuant to that state party?s rules for naming their delegation to such convention. The votes to which each such Delegation is entitled shall be apportioned in accordance with the state party's rules. Section 2-3 States With A Green Party, Not Accredited With the Green Party of the United States 2-3.1 In those states with a statewide Green Party organized under the election laws of their state, but not accredited as a member state party of the Green Party of the United States, the Delegation to each Presidential Nominating Convention shall be chosen pursuant to that state party's rules for naming their delegation to such convention. The votes to which each such Delegation is entitled shall be apportioned in accordance with the state party's rules. In those states with no accredited 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. Section 2-4 States With More Than One Green Party 2-4.1 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 such Convention 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. 2-4.2 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, where neither is accredited as a member of the Green Party of the United States and 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 Delegation to such Convention shall be chosen as provided by the rules of the statewide Green Party with ballot access. The votes to which each such Delegation is entitled shall be apportioned in accordance with the state party's rules. Section 2-5 States Without A Green Party 2-5.1 In those states where no Green Party is organized at a state level, any three or more local Green organizations, cumulatively comprising at least 15 individuals, 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 Presidential Nominating Convention, where such statewide convention also resolves to organize a statewide Green Party under the laws of the state and to work for ballot access. 2-5.2 Those initiating the call and attending the convention are subject to the following conditions regarding their political party affiliation: 2-5.2(a) In states where party membership is defined by voter registration - and one can legally register Green ? those comprising the call and those attending the convention must be a registered Green Party member; or 2-5.2(b) In states where party membership is defined by voter registration - but one cannot legally register Green - one cannot be a registered voter in another party; or 2-5.2(c) In states where party membership is not defined by voter registration, one cannot also be a member of another party. 2-5.3 Such a call shall be published to all Green locals within the state which have been identified to the Secretary of the Green Party of the United States; and such notice shall be published at least 30 days prior to the proposed statewide convention. 2-5.4 Such a call shall be published to any statewide Green Party in a geographically adjacent state for dissemination to each identified Green local or state organization in such border state with a request to alert any known Greens from the adjacent, unorganized state holding the convention. 2-5.5 Such a call shall be sent to the Secretary of the Green Party of the United States, so that the Secretary may publish the call to the National Committee. 2-5.6 The failure of existing Green organizations within such an unorganized state to publish a call for such a statewide convention prior to March 15th of each year during which a Presidential Nominating Convention is held shall serve as prima-facie evidence of that they will not do so. 2-5.7 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, no such Delegation shall be seated, except by special dispensation of the National Committee, or of the Presidential Nominating Convention once it has convened. Section 2-6. Diversity and Representation in Delegations 2-6.1 Each state Green Party is urged to choose a Delegation that, in addition to being representative of its membership, also reflects the diversity of the people of that state. 2-6.2 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. Section 2-7. Delegation Plans for Selection and Instruction of Delegates 2-7.1 Deadline for Submission of Delegate Plans 2-7.1(a) At least 120 days prior to the convening of each Presidential Nominating Convention, each state?s Green Party shall submit to the Credentials Committee, a Delegate Plan for selecting and instructing its delegation. The Credentials Committee shall post a copy of each Delegate Plan on its website. 2-7.2 Content of Delegate Plans 2-7.2(a) Delegate Plans shall include a description of the methods used to learn the preferences of state Green Party members for the nomination for President at the Presidential Nominating Convention. 2-7.2(b) States are urged to provide in their Delegate Plans for a delegate selection process that offers representation proportional to the support each candidate enjoys within the state Green Party represented by the Delegation (or similarly where there is no state Green Party, as defined in Section 2-1) and that allows the Delegation to reflect the diversity within the state Green Party and the state?s population. 2-7.2(c) Delegate Plans shall provide explanation of the process to be employed to apportion delegates among the candidates seeking the nomination of the party, and for those that favor ?none of the above," ?no nominee? or other such preference. 2-7.2(d) Delegate Plans may provide for alternates for delegates, but shall not name, nor shall the Credentials Committee credential, more alternates than the number of delegates to which the state is entitled. Where alternates are provided for, Delegate Plans shall specify the manner in which they take the place of delegates and the instructions they have in doing so. 2-7.3 Change to Delegate Plans 2-7.3(a) After its Delegate Plan has been submitted to the Credential Committee, no change to the rules used by a state Green Party for selecting or instructing its delegation shall be binding unless the state Green Party submits within thirty days of such change to the Credentials Committee a supplementary report describing those amendments. Section 2-8. Reporting the Results of the Delegate Selection Process 2-8.1 Not later than 14 days following any action to fill seats on a state Green Party's convention delegation, a state party shall file with the Credentials Committee the results of its delegate selection process, including vote totals and the proportion of support enjoyed by 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. 2-8.2 A state-by-state summary of delegate pledges shall be made public on the website of the Credential Committee in a timely manner. Section 2-9. Compliance With These Rules 2-9.1 If compliance with these rules and a state's election laws creates a significant burden to a state Green Party, it 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 Green Party?s members in the national nominating process. 2-9.2 Each such application for a waiver shall be published on the website of the Committee, accessible to members of the National Committee and to Delegates and Alternates extended preliminary credentials. 2-9.3 The Credentials Committee shall have the discretion to consider such applications, and shall report to the 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. Resources: none References: Hugh Esco hesco at greens.org Audrey Clement aclement65 at hotmail.com http://brpp.campaignfoundations.com/index.php?title=Prepare2008PNC http://brpp.campaignfoundations.com/index.php?title=QPNC_Delegations Full details are available at: http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=323 Please send your comments to natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org. Thank you and have a wonderful day! --The GP-US Voting Admin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chapillsbury at gmail.com Sun Nov 11 22:51:58 2007 From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:51:58 -0500 Subject: {news} Fwd: Discussion on GP-US Proposal: ID 324 - Delegate Apportionment for the GPUS Presidential Nominating Convention Message-ID: <10859a090711111951s5bdb58aar56b7d8c66f12b1dc@mail.gmail.com> FYI. voting begins tomorrow on this proposal, too. Proposal ID: 324 Proposal: Delegate Apportionment for the GPUS Presidential Nominating Convention Floor Manager: Jason Nabewaniec, j_nabs at hotmail.com Discussion Dates: 10/29/2007 - 11/11/2007 Voting Dates: 11/12/2007 - 11/18/2007 Background: The Delegate Apportionment Committee (DAC) was elected pursuant to Green Party of the United States (GPUS) proposal 175, worked for 10 months discussing and negotiating apportionment issues, achieved consensus, accepted amendments, and proposed a new delegate apportionment formula in the form of proposal 256. This proposal needed 66.7% approval to pass; proposal 256 received 65% approval. The DAC had been charged with proposing apportionment in general, including the Presidential nominating convention; after their consensus proposal failed, members ceased work on proposals. GPUS proposal 272, a revision of the proposal 256, was then sponsored by several states, adopted as a formula on April 16, 2007 and implemented on July 4, 2007 with 73% approval. Since the DAC had intended to propose a model for the convention apportionment similar in structure to that proposed in 256, and since several of the people who opposed proposal 256 and 272 said that they thought that such a performance-based menu-option model was suitable for the convention apportionment, this model is being proposed for convention apportionment. The current proposal was developed, with minor amendments, from a proposal for convention apportionment approved by all the members of the original DAC who remained to the end of the committee's work. Proposal: This proposal presents a formula to be used to calculate delegate apportionment for GPUS Presidential nominating conventions, starting with the 2008 convention and until such time another proposal is proposed and adopted. The new Delegate Apportionment Committee to be elected in 2010, pursuant to proposal 272, shall revisit issues of proportionate representation in the GPUS national Presidential nominating convention in light of experience with this formula and make a new proposal for delegate apportionment to the 2012 national convention in 2011. If that proposal is not adopted, this formula shall continue to be in effect. ALLOCATION OF DELEGATES TO THE GPUS PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTION ARTICLE I. CALCULATION - The apportionment for the national nominating convention will be calculated every four years, in the odd numbered year preceding the national election year by the Apportionment Standing Committee. Pursuant to proposal 272, this committee will have collected the necessary information from state parties to calculate the National Committee apportionment. The Apportionment Standing Committee shall use this same data to calculate the apportionment for the Presidential nominating convention. The Apportionment Standing Committee shall consider possible corrections to the data since the previous calculation. Should there be any ambiguities in the application of the calculation method, the committee shall rule on these according to its internal challenge process and standards. The results of such rulings shall be reported on its publicly accessible listserv. The Apportionment Standing Committee shall present the results of its calculation of the 2008 convention as soon as possible, and no longer than two months following the adoption of this proposal. It shall present the results of recalculations to the National Committee by November of the year preceding the Presidential election year. The results of the apportionment recalculation must again be approved by the National Committee by a simple majority vote, and shall become effective for the following Presidential nominating convention. ARTICLE II. DELEGATES AND VOTES -Each delegate seat counts for one vote. To compensate for the expense, difficulty and environmental burden of travel to the convention, proxy votes are allowed, under the following rules: 1. The number of proxy votes per delegation may not exceed the number of seated delegates on that delegation. 2. Delegations may cast any allowed proxy votes by consulting their constituent body or consulting a specific delegate whose proxy is held. 3. Delegations with at least four voting members also have the option of casting the proxy votes proportionally to the votes of the seated delegates as a whole. 4. In delegations where individual seated delegates carry proxy votes, no seated delegate may cast more than one proxy vote. ARTICLE III. SIZE OF THE GPUS PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTION - The Presidential nominating convention shall consist of 800 ?5 delegates when all accredited state parties and caucuses are included. Should any new state party or caucus become accredited after an apportionment, the convention will be expanded by the number of delegates allotted to the newly entering member party or caucus. ARTICLE IV. MINIMUM VOTE - All accredited state parties are entitled to a minimum of five votes and five delegates. Accredited caucuses are guaranteed three votes. Any GPUS-accredited caucus of a diversity group that is under-represented on the National Committee by a factor of 2 to 1 or greater, relative to the general population, shall be apportioned five votes. ARTICLE V. PROPORTIONAL ALLOCATION METHOD - Using the data collected from each state party, the Apportionment Standing Committee will determine the proportion of delegates allocated to each state party to the national convention using four measures of relative Green Party strength. These measures are based on estimating each state party's active contribution to the Green Party in terms of campaign strength, in-state voting strength, Presidential voting strength, and number of members. Within most of these categories, there are multiple methods of determining the strength of a state party relative to parties in other states. The state may choose which method in each category to use. If the state does not choose, the Apportionment Standing Committee will use the method in each category that gives each state party its highest possible score. The final score is given in terms of a percentage of the national Presidential nominating convention. The formula for calculating the number of delegates allocated to a given state party is as follows: 1. Using the choices of the state party, calculate the score in each of the four categories. Normalize each category so that the total percentage is 100%. 2. Add up these scores and divide by 4 to get an average score. This is the percentage of the delegation designated to the state. 3. If the percentage is less than the minimum percentage threshold of delegates allocated to each state, then five delegates will be allocated to that state party. The minimum percentage threshold is {5 /[800 - (number of delegates apportioned to accredited caucuses)]} x 100%. 4. If the percentage is greater than the minimum threshold, that is the initial percentage of delegates allocated to the state party. Once the initial percentages are calculated for all accredited parties, these values must be normalized to assure that the total percent of delegates equals 100%. The formula for normalizing the initial percentages is as follows: 5. Set all states with initial percentage scores below the minimum threshold value equal to the minimum threshold. 6. Add up the initial percentage scores of all states and divide each state's initial percentage by this total. 7. Repeat steps 5. and 6. until the total percentage of delegates allotted to all states (800 - number of delegates apportioned to accredited caucuses) equals approximately 100% (will usually take 3 to 4 iterations), The number of delegates allocated to each state is calculated by multiplying the normalized percentage of each state by [800 - (number of delegates apportioned to accredited caucuses)] and rounding off to the nearest integer. 8. The threshold for rounding may need to be adjusted in order to bring the total number of delegates within the range of ?5 of the target number. ARTICLE VI. ALLOCATION MEASURES The Apportionment Standing Committee will seek submissions of data from state Green Party organizations according to the following criteria: 1. Membership The number of Green Party members in the state party as close as possible to the date of the start of the work of the committee. (This will then be calculated as a percentage of the total number of Green Party members in the United States.) Green Party membership is defined as follows: * In states where the Green Party can register voters, Green Party membership is defined as the number of voters that are registered in the Green Party. Green Party membership in these states may also include those who are ineligible to vote but are extended formal membership by the state party. * In states without Green Party voter registration, Green Party membership is defined as the number of people who have filled the qualifications for membership in that state party, have signed up to be Green Party members, and are included in the database of current members in that state party. Calculations and email lists may not be substituted for membership rolls. State parties without partisan registration that have Green Party primaries may use the number of voters who received Green Party primary ballots as a back up measure for membership. Solely for the purposes of standardizing this apportionment measure between states, after voting in a primary of another political party, Green Party members should re-affirm their Green Party membership with their state party. This may be handled on the honor system and does not require a significant extra administrative burden for the state party. The state party is free to count its own membership however it wants for other purposes; this recommendation is solely for reporting this particular measure to the Apportionment Committee in a manner that makes the numbers as comparable as possible. If state legal action results in a state Green party having its members legally invalidated, they may continue to use the same membership count until the next apportionment cycle. NOTE: For the purposes of #2, Campaign Strength, and #3, State Voting Strength, "Green Party Office Holders" and "Green Party Candidates" must be Green Party members. They may not also be members of the Republican or Democratic Party or running solely on another political party's ballot line. For State Voting Strength, if a candidate is listed on more than one party's ballot line, only the votes for the Green Party ballot line can be counted. 2. Campaign Strength A. The number of Green Party Office Holders in your state as a percentage of the total number of Green Party Office Holders in all affiliated state parties. Green Party office holders are defined as members of the Green Party who are elected to public office in elections (not including internal party offices such as central committees). If they received less than 50 votes to win the office, they will count half. B. The number of local and statewide Green Party Candidates that ran for office in your state during the last four-year election cycle as a percentage of the total number of local and statewide Green Party Candidates that ran for office in the U.S. in all affiliated state parties during the same period. Local or statewide Green Party Candidates are defined as Green Party members who run and appear on the ballot in public elections. If they received less than 50 votes, they will count half. C. The percentage of the total U.S. population that resides in your state, multiplied by 0.5. This measure is designed to compensate for overly restrictive ballot access laws in some states. States are only eligible to use this measure if they do not have ballot access and make a claim that ballot access laws are overly restrictive in their state; states with ballot access may not use this measure for this category. If used here, population may not be used in #3, State Voting Strength or in #4, Presidential Voting Strength. D. As another option to compensate for overly restrictive ballot access laws, states may choose to repeat the Membership measure (Article VI, Section 1, above) in this category. States are only eligible to use this measure if they do not have ballot access and make a claim that ballot access laws are overly restrictive in their state; states with ballot access may not use this measure for this category. 3. State Voting Strength A. The number of votes cast for Green Party Candidates in your state during the last four-year election cycle as a percentage of the total number of votes cast for Green Party Candidates in the U.S during the same time. State parties may use the number of signers of state party ballot access petitions as equivalent to votes cast. B. The highest number of votes received by a single Green Party Candidate in your state during the last four-year election cycle as a percentage of the total number of Green Party votes received by the highest vote getter in each state in the U.S. during the same time. State parties may use the number of signers of state party ballot access petitions as equivalent to votes cast. C. The highest vote percentage received by a Green Party candidate in your state during the last four years in a statewide partisan election for Governor, Lt. Governor or U.S. Senate (or Mayor or Chair of the City Council for the District of Columbia) that is contested by both major political parties, weighted against the same data from every affiliated state Green Party. Because this measure, unlike all the others, is a percentage of a percentage, its effect shall be capped at a maximum of five extra delegates. D. The percentage of the total U.S. population that resides in your state, multiplied by 0.5. This measure is designed to compensate for overly restrictive ballot access laws in some states. If used here, population may not be used in #2, Campaign Strength or in #4, Presidential Voting Strength. States are only eligible to use this measure if they do not have ballot access and make a claim that ballot access laws are overly restrictive in their state; states with ballot access may not use this measure for this category. E. As another option to compensate for overly restrictive ballot access laws, states may choose to repeat the Membership measure (Article VI, Section 1, above) in this category. States are only eligible to use this measure if they do not have ballot access and make a claim that ballot access laws are overly restrictive in their state; states with ballot access may not use this measure for this category. 4. Presidential Voting Strength A. The number of votes cast for Green Party presidential nominee in your state in the November 2000 general election as a percentage of the number of votes cast for the same candidate nationwide. B. The number of votes cast for Green Party presidential nominee in your state in the November 2004 general election as a percentage of the number of votes cast for the same candidate nationwide. C. The percentage of the total U.S. population that resides in your state, multiplied by 0.5. (This measure is designed to compensate for overly restrictive ballot access laws in some states. If used here, population may not be used in #2, Campaign Strength or in #3, State Voting Strength.) D. As another option to compensate for overly restrictive ballot access laws, states may choose to repeat the Membership measure (Article VI, Section 1, above) in this category. Resources: CONTACTS: Cat Woods, cat801 at mindspring.com, 415-897-6989 Aram Falsafi, aram at aramfalsafi.com, 206-723-6827 References: Full details are available at: http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=324 Please send your comments to natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org. Thank you and have a wonderful day! --The GP-US Voting Admin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Mon Nov 12 09:21:31 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:21:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} (PRESS RELEASE) GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS TO SPEAK Message-ID: <156501.21792.qm@web44810.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Green Party-CT wrote: To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org, TollandGreens Yahoogroup , VOTETHORNTONyahoo From: Green Party-CT Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:18:44 -0800 (PST) Subject: [tollandcountygreens] (PRESS RELEASE) GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS TO SPEAK GREEN PARTY OF TOLLAND COUNTY-MANCHESTER Press release- November 12, 2007, for immediate release- Contact:Tim McKee, CT Green Party National Committee Person, cell (860) 860-778-1304 or (860)-643-2282, Scott Deshefy- 860-642-7066 GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS TO SPEAK The Green Party will present a new candidate for the 2nd Congressional District(easten half of the state from Enfield to New London) Scott Deshefy on Tuesday,November 13 at 7 pm in the Senior Center on 26 Park Place in Downtown Rockville. The meeting is free and open to the public.For more information call Tim McKee at 860-643-2282 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bio of G. SCOTT DESHEFY, CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE, 2ND DISTRICT, CONNECTICUT For nearly thirty years, Scott Deshefy has been active throughout the state as an advocate for ecological ethics, nonviolence, economic justice and reverence for all life. As an individual and state official, he has fought against suppression of information and made powerful corporations accountable for pollution and violations of state and federal environmental law. A lifelong resident of eastern Connecticut and native son of Uncasville, Deshefy graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in biology and minoring in literature. Also conducting graduate studies in biological sciences at the University of Montana, UCONN and Southern CT State University, Deshefy completed his MS in zoology at Clemson University in 1978 and four years of doctoral work with an emphasis in behavioral-ecology. Under a Clemson graduate teaching assistantship and as part-time lecturer at Middlesex Community College (Middletown, CT), Scott Deshefy has taught general biology, vertebrate zoology, human anatomy and physiology, environmental science, astronomy and geology. He was nominee for a Dansforth Fellowship in 1982. During breaks in collegiate studies, Scott has worked at the U.S. Submarine Base in Groton and for the Dow Chemical Corporation, Allyn?s Point, Gales Ferry. He worked at General Dynamics Electric Boat (Groton, CT) from 1973-75 as a shipfitter and radiation control monitor, receiving high security clearances for his work on nuclear submarines as part of RADCON. From 1982 through his recent retirement in 2007, Deshefy served the State of Connecticut as a supervisory environmental analyst in the Department of Environmental Protection. In that capacity, he developed and supervised enforcement and environmental clean-up programs involving underground storage of petroleum and other hazardous chemicals as well as the monitoring and regulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other toxic substances, including asbestos. Deshefy served as scientific support coordinator during environmental emergencies, including chemical releases to Long Island Sound and estuarine environments. Scott has drafted environmental regulations and general statutes, worked closely with the CT Office of Attorneys General on dozens of environmental civil cases (including Connecticut?s first type A ecological damage assessment claims) and worked with the CT State?s Attorneys on some major criminal cases. He has gained national reputation with EPA for innovative, no-nonsense approaches to environmental enforcement, even when handicapped by limited allocation of state resources. He has prepared dozens of federal grant requests to support the state programs he has supervised and, over twenty-five years, never failed to meet the program goals for which those EPA grants were approved. During his tenure as head of the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Enforcement program, Deshefy?s stringent enforcement of UST regulations helped influence the removal of over 27,000 leaking and antiquated gasoline, heating fuel and chemical USTs, thereby preventing incalculable harm to the groundwaters of the State of Connecticut. From 1982-1987, Deshefy served on the Montville Board of Education, including chairman from 1985-87. While chairman, starting teacher salaries were raised as an incentive to improve both the quality and frequency of individuals pursuing teaching degrees and to make starting teacher salaries in eastern Connecticut a truly living wage. Scott received the Briarwood College environmental educator award in 2002 and, as a state official, was named by Governor Lowell Weicker as Connecticut?s natural resources trustee for environmental damage assessment claims pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (R.C.R.A.). Deshefy has written and edited three books of poetry. He has been a poetry award recipient from the Hartford Advocate, a nominee for CT poet laureate, and he has published articles in various scientific journals, including Animal Behaviour. In October 2005, Scott was awarded the medallion of the Eastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce in recognition of his role in helping prepare DEP?s environmental impact statement, instrumental in deferring the BRAC Commission?s closure of the U.S. Submarine Base (Groton). Scott and his wife, Nancy, have been married for 31 years and take great pride in their fourteen year old daughter, Alea. TG: UI: SFI: SFV: --> __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Visit Your Group Yahoo! News Kevin Sites Get coverage of world crises. Cat Groups on Yahoo! Groups discuss everything related to cats. Yahoo! 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URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Mon Nov 12 11:43:29 2007 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:43:29 -0500 Subject: {news} "Cynthia turns me Green" (Bruce Gagnon, Space4Peace.blogspot) Message-ID: <08ea01c8254b$27d00be0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> ----- Original Message ----- From: Aimee Smith To: GPAX Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 11:32 AM Subject: [GPUS-PAX] Fwd: [usgp-media] "Cynthia turns me Green" (Bruce Gagnon, Space4Peace.blogspot) Begin forwarded message: From: Scott McLarty Date: November 8, 2007 12:39:01 PM GMT-05:00 To: usgp-media at gp-us.org, dcsgp at yahoogroups.com Subject: [usgp-media] "Cynthia turns me Green" (Bruce Gagnon, Space4Peace.blogspot) Organizing Notes Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He frequently travels and offers reflections on organizing and the state of America's declining empire.... Name: Bruce Gagnon Location: Bath, Maine, United States Wednesday, November 07, 2007 http://space4peace.blogspot.com/2007/11/cynthia-turns-me-green.html CYNTHIA TURNS ME GREEN I just returned from a breakfast meeting between Cynthia McKinney and some Green Party leaders in Maine. Cynthia has now made it official that she is running for the Green Party nomination for president. She is traveling the country to meet with Green Party members in order to secure their support and build a national campaign. For the last four years I have been registered in Maine as no party preference. I call myself an Independent voter. At the meeting today I said I would immediately change my registration to Green Party in Maine in order to be able to support Cynthia's run for the presidency. I've said before on this blog that I am an unconditional fan of Cynthia McKinney. I've followed her courageous career in the U.S. House of Representatives for many years. I used to watch C-SPAN in awe as she took to the floor of the House and said things few others would ever say about what our country was doing. She, long before Dennis Kucinich did, introduced the first impeachment resolution in the House. The Democrats became tired of her speaking truth to power and they helped to get her run out of her House seat in Atlanta, Georgia. The next term she ran again and got her seat back. Then the Dems turned around and ran her out again. Now she is free to speak the truth even more clearly and she is doing it. McKinney will be focusing on jobs in a green society in her campaign. She told us today about having just visited with the Austria Green Party where they are turning their country into a model green society in order to deal with global warming. Cynthia talked about how people could be put to work learning to build green structures, repairing America's declining infrastructure and creating sustainable technologies instead of bombs. That is just what we need to be hearing from someone running for president. Cynthia defined winning as helping to build the Green Party into a viable alternative party in the U.S. that gives the future generations some place to go for political expression and change. Her ability to attract women, people of color, and disaffected Democrats and Republicans will surely provide the Greens the kind of boost they have long needed. How many times have I heard activists ask how do we develop connections to the black community so we can work together? Now is our chance. For me the whole campaign makes total sense. Mary Beth and I gave Cynthia a $100 donation, which for us is alot of money. We see it as a good investment in the future. posted by Bruce Gagnon | 12:14 PM __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Mon Nov 12 17:23:36 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:23:36 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} GP RELEASE More Green wins, high percentages on Election Day 2007 Message-ID: <5668.88944.qm@web44807.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> DC Statehood Green Party wrote: From: DC Statehood Green Party To: Subject: GP RELEASE More Green wins, high percentages on Election Day 2007 Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:48:55 +0000 GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Monday, November 12, 2007 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty at greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at gp.org Brent McMillan, National Political Director, 202-319-7191, brent at gp.org More Green wins and impressive percentages in November 6 local elections ? Green candidate database for 2007 and other campaign information: http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party has released its final tally of Green victories on Election Day, November 6, 2007. 16 Green candidates, out of 94 who ran on November 6, won their races for local office (pending confirmation of David Lussier's county legislature victory in New York). A total of 142 Greens ran for public office in the 2007 off-year elections. "We're very proud of all our 2007 candidates. Along with our winners, we also note that Green candidates who didn't win received impressive percentages in cities and towns where Greens are still a new party, or where local politics have been dominated by a single party, as in Baltimore and Tucson. These percentages prove that more and more Americans are willing to vote Green, and that the party made a leap forward in 2007," said TE Smith, a member of the DC Statehood Green Party. GREEN VICTORIES on November 6: CALIFORNIA http://www.cagreens.org ? Larry Bragman and Lew Tremain were re-elected to the Fairfax City Council. Mr. Bragman finished first with 1,322 votes or 40.74%, and Mr. Tremain finished second with 969 votes or 29.66 %. Three candidates competed for two seats. http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/rv/main/CurrentElection/Results.htm CONNECTICUT http://www.ctgreens.org ? Alan Brison scored an upset victory in his race for Ward 10 Alderman in New Haven. Mr. Brison beat his competition by 100 votes in the East Rock and Cedar Hill neighborhoods. http://ctgreens.org/candidates/brison2007 ? Jean deSmet was elected First Selectman of the town of Windham. (At 9:30 pm on Tuesday, Ms. deSmet was 120 votes ahead of the Democrat and far ahead of the Republican.) Ms. deSmet is also co-chair of the Green Party of Connecticut. http://www.VoteJean.com ? Hector Lopez (incumbent) and Erik Eisenberg were elected to Constable positions in New Canaan, among six candidates running for six positions. Mr. Lopez finished fifth with 748 votes and Erik finished sixth with 645 votes. http://www.ctgreens.org/fairfield/2007Candidates/Lopez.htm http://www.ctgreens.org/fairfield/2007Candidates/Eisenberg.htm ? Write-in candidate Lief Smith won his race for Redding Constable. ILLINOIS ? The Illinois Green Party met the early filing deadline on November 6 for placing presidential, congressional, and other candidates on the ballot for the state's February 5 primary. In 2006, Illinois Greens who their ballot line, overcoming difficult ballot access rules and obstruction efforts by Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who used $800,000 in taxpayers' money trying to block the Green Party. Green gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney drew over 10% in 2006, more than twice Illinois' 5% requirement to maintain ballot access. According to Phil Huckelberry, chair of the Illinois Green Party's government and elections committee, the party has set a goal of having 100 to 110 state and local candidates on ballots in 2008. For more information on Illinois Green races, contact Mr. Huckelberry at 309-268-9974 or . MAINE http://www.mainegreens.org ? John Anton won his race for Portland City Council. Mr. Anton finished first among four candidates for two at-large seats, drawing 6,320 votes or 29.04%. http://www.johnanton.us/ MARYLAND Dan Robinson won his race for Tacoma Park Town Council Ward 3. He finished first of two candidates for one seat with 234 votes or 67.6%. http://danrobinsonforcouncil.org/ MASSACHUSETTS http://www.massgreens.org ? Chuck Turner easily won reelection to Boston City Council (District 7) with 81% of the vote. ? Luc Schuster won reelection to the Cambridge School Committee, finishing fourth out of nine candidates for six seats. Mr. Schuster received 1,658 first place votes. http://www.voteluc.org/ NEW YORK http://www.gpnys.org ? David Lussier, running in a partisan race for County Legislature (District 7) in Albany, has a five vote lead with all machine votes in on Election Night. 90 affidavit and absentee ballots remain to be counted on November 14. Mr. Lussier's 531 votes places him ahead of Democrat Brian Scavo (526 votes). Mr. Lussier campaigned vigorously among absentee ballot voters, and Greens are optimistic that his victory will be confirmed. http://www.lussierforleg.com PENNSYLVANIA ? Sam Ettaro won as a write-in candidate for Curwensville Borough in Clearfield County. http://www.ettaro.com http://www.citizensadvocate.net VIRGINIA http://www.vagreenparty.org ? Three Virginia Green were elected to local Soil and Water Conservation Boards: Chris Simmons in Loudon County; Kathleen Harrigan (write-in) for the Tri-County Soil and Water commission in Fredericksburg; and Daniel Metraux in Staunton. GREENS WITH GOOD PERCENTAGES: races where Green numbers show major increases over previous elections or Green candidates achieved significant percentages in cities dominated by a single party. ? Arizona: Beryl Baker received 27% for Tucson City Council (Ward 1); Dave Croteau received 28% for Mayor of Tucson. ? Indiana: Kathleen Petitjean captured 23% of the vote in the 1st District City Council race in South Bend, the largest percentage of votes ever garnered by a Green candidate in the state. ? Maryland: Bill Barry received 27% in his race for Baltimore City Council. Maria Allwine drew 17% for Baltimore City Council President. Both ran against incumbents in a city long dominated by Democrats. ? Washington: Joe Szwaja finished second out of two candidates with 21,471 votes or 29.47%. Sally Soriano lost her reelection to the Seattle School Board with 25,966 votes or 38.22%; her opponent raised $130,000 with the help of corporate contributors for a $5,000 a year job. MORE INFORMATION Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN Fax 202-319-7193 ? Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml ? Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers ? 2007 national Green Party meeting in Reading, Pa.: video footage, blog and media coverage http://www.gp.org/meeting2007/ "2007 Green candidates to watch on Election Day, November 6" Green Party press release, November 1, 2007 http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_11_01.shtml ~ END ~ _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook ? together at last. Get it now. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102225181033.aspx?pid=CL100626971033 *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. 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Though it's a week and half before she begins her two-year term, she said she's looking forward to meeting with town officials, especially with town hall staff. "I want to get their ideas on how to make town hall better for people," de Smet said, speaking in terms of making town hall "more customer friend?ly." She said she is also looking to work with opening up small businesses and "getting through this log jam" in regards to progress downtown. De Smet said she would work with the Con?necticut Housing Finance Authority in regards to the YMCA building, and with the state in regards to the Nathan Hale Inn. She also said she wanted to fight the Cedarwoods proposal and work toward rescinding the zone change for the Cedarwoods supportive housing project because she believes it should not be locat?ed on Roanoak Avenue but in downtown. Cedarwoods gained zoning board approval in June and will go before the inland wetlands and watercourses commission tonight for approval to build in a wetlands area. Progress with Cedarwoods is seen as key to progress for development along Main Street in Willimantic. The start of the proposed Frog Prince development project ties into relocating Windham House residents to Cedarwoods. While voters elected de Smet, they re-elected members of the Democratic Party, who will hold a 7-4 edge on the town's board of selectmen. De Smet said she is optimistic Democrats will work with her and said she believes a majority of people on the board will work for the betterment of the town. She also said she looks forward to working with local representatives, adding that state Rep. WalterPawelkiewicz, D-Windham, said he would work with her. "I think he will," she said. De Smet said both she and state Senate President Pro Tempore Donald Williams Jr., D-Brooklyn, "agree on so many things" and she's "really looking forward to working with him. "He's key," she said. Elaborating on the issues, de Smet said most of what she's asking for is fairness in tax distribution, PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) distribution and education cost-sharing funding. She also said the state should be picking up the tab for tax-exempt non-profit agencies. Those elected to the board seem willing to work with de Smet. "The voters spoke on Tuesday, but they re-elected a lot of Democrats," said re-elected Democrat Lynne Ide, adding there's a challenge ahead for all elected officials to work together to "keep the town moving forward in a positive direction." "And we all need to learn how to work together," she said. "It's a new day." Newly elected Jerry Iazzetta, a Democrat and cur?rent chairman of the inland wetlands and water?courses commission, said he has met de Smet at a wedding and on other social occasions, but hasn't worked with her in town. He said he is going to "do the best he can" to work toward the betterment of the town and his past expe?riences with de Smet have been pleasant. "We're hoping she can work with us," Windham Democratic Town Committee Chairman and Selectman Dawn Niles said. "She's an interesting person." Niles said "it's obvious" that de Smet is a worker and said her party had not heard from de Smet yet, but " we all love this town." She said a starting point would be downtown, say?ing Democrats and de Smet agree Main Street is the downtown and both sides are looking to see the downtown thrive. Niles also said sometimes change or "new blood" is good and added she would have no problem work?ing with de Smet. Pawelkiewicz said he would work with de Smet and that he called her yesterday to congratulate her on her victory. He said after the election, politics should be over and that as state representative he looks forward to working with de Smet. "We want to do everything we can to promote a positive future for the town," he said. Pawelkiewicz said he and Williams would take a "coalition approach" to keep the lines of communi?cation open and that he would work with de Smet on items they can agree on. She will have the distinction of being Windham's last first selectman. Voters on Tuesday approved a town manager/town council (with a mayor) form of government that wikll go into effect with the 2009 elections. _________________________________________________________________ Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us From smderosa at cox.net Tue Nov 13 22:56:13 2007 From: smderosa at cox.net (Mike DeRosa) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:56:13 -0500 Subject: {news} RE: IMPORTANT: ACLU Needs CT Green Candidate'Ronna Stuller's To Attend Meeting About Petitioning Issues Message-ID: <3B9AA09F6F6D4C128B1BA663123C599C@OwnerPC> Dear CT Green Party Candidates As you may know the CT Green Party with the help of the ACLU is suing the State of CT over certain provisions of the recently pass campaign finance law. Our lead attorneys Mark Lopez and Josh Hsu have asked me to find as many CT candidates who have had to petition to get on the ballot to come to a meeting to share their experiences with them. It is vitally important that you attend this meeting. Our attorneys want to hear your stories about your experiences with petitioning to get on the ballot. They will then use this information to show the judge deciding this lawsuit how difficult it is for minor parties to fulfill the requirements under this new campaign finance law. As you know we will have to collect 10, 15, or 20 times the number of signatures required to get on the ballot in order to qualify for funding under this new law. The major parties are exempt from this activity under the well know legal concept that all parties are equal in CT but some parties are more equal than others. The details of this meeting: What: Meeting with ACLU Attorneys When: Monday, November 19th, 3-5PM Where: New Haven Legal Assistance offices, 426 State ST, New Haven, CT (www.mapquest.com ) Who: Any CT Green Party candidate who has petitioned to get on to the ballot Why: To Gather information on the difficulty of obtaining signatures when petitioning to get on the ballot for use in our important law suit to stop discrimination against third parties and independent candidates who want to qualify for funding under the new campaign finance law. Our attorneys from the ACLU, Mark Lopez and Josh Hsu need your experiences to help build our case please make every effort to attend. Refreshments will be served. Contact Mike DeRosa if you can attend: 860-919-4042 or e-mail smderosa at cox.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From smderosa at cox.net Tue Nov 13 22:57:29 2007 From: smderosa at cox.net (Mike DeRosa) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:57:29 -0500 Subject: FW: {news} RE: IMPORTANT: ACLU Needs CT Green Candidates To Attend Meeting About Petitioning Issues Message-ID: <569B4FDA1362424A928DE4D552ED2E9A@OwnerPC> Dear CT Green Party Candidates As you may know the CT Green Party with the help of the ACLU is suing the State of CT over certain provisions of the recently pass campaign finance law. Our lead attorneys Mark Lopez and Josh Hsu have asked me to find as many CT candidates who have had to petition to get on the ballot to come to a meeting to share their experiences with them. It is vitally important that you attend this meeting. Our attorneys want to hear your stories about your experiences with petitioning to get on the ballot. They will then use this information to show the judge deciding this lawsuit how difficult it is for minor parties to fulfill the requirements under this new campaign finance law. As you know we will have to collect 10, 15, or 20 times the number of signatures required to get on the ballot in order to qualify for funding under this new law. The major parties are exempt from this activity under the well know legal concept that all parties are equal in CT but some parties are more equal than others. The details of this meeting: What: Meeting with ACLU Attorneys When: Monday, November 19th, 3-5PM Where: New Haven Legal Assistance offices, 426 State ST, New Haven, CT (www.mapquest.com ) Who: Any CT Green Party candidate who has petitioned to get on to the ballot Why: To Gather information on the difficulty of obtaining signatures when petitioning to get on the ballot for use in our important law suit to stop discrimination against third parties and independent candidates who want to qualify for funding under the new campaign finance law. Our attorneys from the ACLU, Mark Lopez and Josh Hsu need your experiences to help build our case please make every effort to attend. Refreshments will be served. Contact Mike DeRosa if you can attend: 860-919-4042 or e-mail smderosa at cox.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00018.txt URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 14 08:29:44 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:29:44 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} Draft - Office holders from the Green Party (CT numbers correct?) Colin or anyone elese? Message-ID: <280762.79567.qm@web44806.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> From: Brent McMillan Subject: [usgp-dx] 2008 Green Officeholder List To: natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org Message-ID: <473A80C0.3040907 at gp.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed DRAFT 11/13/07 information compiled by Coordinated Campaign Committee of the Green Party of the United States Green Party members holding elected office in the United States: At least 237 Greens in 28 states and the District of Columbia hold elected office as of Jan. 2008 Alaska (1) Mike Musick, Borough Assembly, FSNB Seat G California (55) Deacon Alexander, Neighborhood Council, (Los Angeles County); Chuck Anderson, Fire Protection District, (Santa Cruz County); Mark Barney, Neighborhood Council (Ventura County); Sara Bassler, Midcoast Community Council (San Mateo County); Gary Blenner, Morro Bay City Council, (San Luis Obispo County); Hilary Bradbury-Huang, Board of Trustees, Pasadena City College (Los Angeles County); Larry Bragman, City Council, Fairfax (Marin County); William Bretz, Crest/Dehesa/Harrison Canyon/Granite Hill Planning Group (San Diego County); Ginny-Marie Case, Los Angeles Neighborhood Council, (Los Angeles County); Howard Chong, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County); Matthew Clark, Grenada Sanitary District, (San Mateo County); Melody DeMeritt, City Council, Morro Bay (San Luis Obispo); Alan Drusys, Mayor Pro-Tem, Yucaipa (San Bernadino County); Paul Franklin, School Board, (Santa Cruz County); Harmony Groves, City Council, Arcata (Humboldt County); Herb Guru, School Board, Konocit Unified (Lake County); Jim Harvey, Montara Water and Sanitary District, (San Mateo County); Eugene Hernandez, Neighborhood Council, Sylmar (Los Angeles County); Madeline Hope, School Trustee, (Marin County); Jeffrey Horne, Neighborhood Council, Mid City West Zone 6 (Los Angeles County); Rodney Jones, School Board, Mendocino Unified School District (Mendocino County); Rebecca Kaplan, Director at Large, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Alameda & Contra Costa Counties); Chris Kavanagh, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County); Jane Kim, Board of Education, (San Francisco); James Lamport, Hospital District Board, Southern Humboldt (Humboldt County); Craig Litwin, City Council, Sebastopol (Sonoma County); Holly Madrigal, City Council, Willits (Mendocino County); Michael McCue, Neighborhood Council, (Los Angeles County); Gayle McLaughlin, Richmond, City Council (Contra Costa); Bill (William) Meyers, School Board, Point Arena (Mendocino County); Cameron Miller, Water Conservation District Board, Santa Maria Valley (Santa Barbara); Ross Mirkarimi, Board of Supervisors, District 5, City/County (San Francisco); Christine Mulholland, City Council, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo County); DeOnne Noel, School Board, (Nevada County); Paul Perkovic, Montara Water & Sanitary District (San Mateo County); Vahe Peroomian, Board of Trustees, (Los Angeles County); Sam Pierce, City Council , Sebastopol (Sonoma County); Paul Pitino, City Council, Arcata (Humboldt County); John Rizzo, Mayor, Sebastopol (Sonoma County); Curtis Robinson, Board of Education Trustee, (Marin County); Larry Robinson, Mayor, Sebastopol (Sonoma County); Marc Sanchez, Board of Education, City/County, (San Francisco); John Selawsky, School Board, Berkeley (Alameda County); Lauren Sinott, City Council, Point Arena, (Mendocino County); Jeff Sklar, Rent Control Board, Santa Monica (Los Angeles County); Richard Sloan, School Trustee, (Marin County); Jim Smith, President, Canyon School Board, Canyon Township (Contra Costa County); Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Eureka Water Board, District 1 (Humboldt County); Dona Spring, City Council, Berkeley (Alameda County); Lisa Stephens, Rent Stabilization Board, (Alameda County); Lew Tremaine, Mayor, Fairfax (Marin County); Nicole Vigeant, Community Services District, Tomales Village (Marin County); Pam Webster, Rent Stabilization Board, (Alameda County) Colorado (7) Jeffery Bergeron, Town Council, Breckenridge (Summit County); Thom Carnevale, Town Moderator, Telluride (San Miguel County); Scott Chaplin, Board of Trustees, Carbondale (Garfield County); Art Goodtimes, Board of Commissioners (San Miguel County); Charlie Green, School Board; Matt Keefauver, Cortez City Council, (Montezuma County); Wendy Mimiaga, Town Board, Dolores (Cortez County) Connecticut (5) Allan Brison, Alderman, New Haven, (New Haven County); Jean de Smet, First Selectman, Willimntic (Windham County); Erik Eisenberg, Constable, New Canaan (Fairfield County); Hector Lopez, Constable, New Canaan (Fairfield County); Leif Smith, Constable, Redding, (Fairfield County) District of Columbia (7) 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; Florida (2) Cara Jennings, City Commission, Lake Worth (Palm Beach County); Kim Oconnor, Soil & Water District Commissioner, Ochlockonee River District Leon County) 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 (9) Dale Bowen, Library Board Trustee, Winnebago; Robert Braam, Library Board Trustee, Manhattan; Kris Campbell, Village Trustee, Poplar Grove, (Boone County); Paul Jasinevicius, School Board, Park Forest-Chicago Elem; Carol Larson, School Board, Oak Lawn-Hometown, (Cook County); Jim Long, School Board, Kirby Park SD #140; Jon Murray, Village Trustee, (Ogle County); Jerome Pohlen, Library Board, Berwyn; Scott Summers, Board of Trustees, McHenry College Iowa (1) Kevin Lee, Town Trustee, Decorah (Winneshiek County) Kansas (1) Kent Rowe, Mayor, Langton Maine (17) John Anton, City Council, Portland, (Cumberland County); Antonio Blasi, Planning Board, (Hancock County); Kevin Donoghue, City Council, Portland District 1 (Cumberland County); John Fillmore-Patrick, School Board, SAD 61 (Cumberland County); Erek Gaines, Water District, Portland (Cumberland County); Jerry Hoag, Select Board, Beaver Cove (Piscataquis County); Susan Hopkins, School Committee, Portland District 4 (Cumberland County); Denis Howard, City Council, Belfast (Waldo County); Jo Josephson, School Board, Temple (Franklin County); Robert LaVangie, School Board, Penobscot (Hancock County); David Margolis-Pineo, Water District, Portland (Cumberland County); David Marshall, City Council, Portland District 2 (Cumberland County); Jane Meisenbach, School Board, SAD 75, (Cumberland County); Rebecca Minnick, School Committee At-Large, Portland (Cumberland County); Matthew Shea, School Board, Maine School Administrative District #11, Gardiner; George Sullivan, Town Council, Yarmouth, (Cumberland County); Charlie Wiggins, Select Board, Sedgwick (Hancock County) Maryland (3) Michael Cornell, City Council, River Hill, (Howard County); Gary Hull, Town Council, Sharpsburg (Washington County) Dan Robinson, Town Council, Takoma Park Ward 3, (Montgomery County) Massachusetts (16) George D. Bryant, County Assembly, Provincetown Delegate (Barnstable County); Alan R. Cohen, Town Meeting Seat, North Attleborough (Bristol County); Miriam Dayton, Town Meeting Member, Amherst Precinct 6 (Hampshire County); Tom Flittie, Town Meeting Member, Amherst (Hampshire County); Nat Fortune, School Committee, Whately Elementary, (Whately County); Judy Gates, Library Trustee, Marblehead (Essex County); Frank Gatti, Town Meeting Member, Amherst Precinct 8 (Hampshire County); Howard Hayward, Water Board of Health, West Bridgeport (Plymouth County); Rudy Heller, Selectman, Brookfield, (Worcester County); Bruce Menin, School Committee, Newburyport (Essex County); Vincent O'Connor, Town Meeting Member, Amherst (Hampshire County); Bill O'Neil, Town Meeting Member, Braintree (Norfolk County); Luc Schuster, School Committee, Cambridge (Middlesex County); Michael Silverstone, School Committee, Wellesley (Norfolk County); Jill Stein, Town Meeting Member, Lexington Precinct 2 (Middlesex County); Chuck Turner, City Council, Boston District 7, (Suffolk County) Michigan (6) Rob Cedar, City Council, Hamtramck (Wayne County); Don Cooney, City Commissioner, Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo County); Melissa Hohausher-Thatcher, School Board, Ferndale and Pleasant Ridge (Oakland County); David Juarez, City Commissioner, Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo County); Scott Klein, City Council, Hamtramck (Wayne County); David Newland, School Board, Bellaire (Antrim County) Minnesota (6) Cam Gordon, City Council, Ward 2, Minneapolis (Hennepin County); Vic Ormsby, Supervisor, Wiscoy Soil & Water District (Winona County); Leroy Schafer, City Council, St. Francis (Anoka County); Russ Stewart, City Council, District 3, Duluth (Superior County); Dwayne Voegeli, County Commission, District 2 (Winona County); Annie Young, Parks & Recreation Board, Minneapolis At-Large (Hennepin 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 (Bergen County) New Mexico (1) Gary Clauss, City Council, Silver City (Grant County) New York (9) Rome Celli, School Board, Brighton (Monroe County); John Jankiewicz, School Board, (Ulster County); Steve Krulick, Board of Trustees, Village of Ellenville (Ulster County); Mary Jo Long, Town Council, Afton (Chenango County); David Lussier, County Legislature, District 3, (Albany County); Edgar Rodriguez, School Committee, New Paltz Central School District?s District Wide Committee, Community Diversity Representative (Ulster); Edgar Rodriguez, School Committee, Shared Decision Making Committee New Paltz High School Building Committee (Ulster County); Rebecca Rotzler, School Committee, New Paltz Central School District?s District Wide Committee, Community Government Representative (Ulster) Mike Sellers, Mayor, Cobleskill (Schoharie County); Ohio (1) Dennis Spisak, Board of Education, Struthers At-Large (Mahoning County) Oregon (13) Ruth Alexander, School Board, Ashland District 5 (Jackson County); Michael Beilstein, City Council, Corvallis Ward 5 (Benton County); Tim Dehne, Director, Benton County Soil and Water Conservation District (Benton County); Matthew Donahue, School Board, Corvallis Position 4, (Benton County); Neil Friedman, City Council, West Fir (Lane County); George Grosch, City Council, Corvallis Ward 3 (Benton County); Emily Hagen, Ward 7, City Council, Corvallis Ward 6 (Benton County); Alice Hardesty, City Council, Ashland Position 1 (Jackson County); John Jones, Board Member, Myrtle Point Health District (Coos County); Matt Marr, School Board, Ashland Position 3 (Jackson County); Lisa Melyan, Boardmember, Tualatin Valley Water District (Washington County); Eric Navickas, City Council, Ashland Position 2 (Jackson County); Wendy Siporen, City Council, Talent (Jackson County) Pennsylvania (31) Mary Lou Alsentzer, Auditor, Codorus Township (York County); Mathew Ash, Mayor, Boswell (Somerset County); Steve Baker, Auditor, Springettsburg Township (York County); Colleen Bogner, Director, Selinsgrove Area School District (Snyder County); David Brooks, Auditor, Conestoga Township (Lancaster County); Greta Browne, Judge of Elections, Bethlehem Ward 2 (Northampton County); Shawnya Calp, Inspector of Elections, Penn Township (York County); Robert Cogan, Borough Council, Edinboro Borough (Erie County); Thomas Davidock, Borough Council, Port Clinton Borough (Schuylkill County); Frank Divonzo, Auditor, Paxtang Borough (Dauphin County); Sam Ettaro, Town Council, Curwensville Borough, (Clearfield County); Edward Gately, Auditor, Manheim Township (York County); Phil Getty, Auditor, Solebury Township (Bucks County); Michael Helfrich, Judge of Elections (York County); Dean Hornberger, Auditor, Exeter Township (Berks County); John Irwin, Auditor, Martic Township (Lancaster County); Mike Korsak, Auditor, Franklin Township (Chester County); Derf Maitland, Auditor, Union Township (Adams County); Mike Mangles, Inspector of Elections (York County); Andrew McDowell, Judge of Elections, East Bradford Township, North 2 (Chester County); Ben Price, Auditor, North Middleton Township (Cumberland County); Kurt Reichenbach, Auditor, East Buffalo Township (Union County); Brenda Jo Samryk, Inspector of Elections, York Township (York County); Catherine Scheib, Borough Council, Ward 1, Lewisburg Borough (Union County); Nicholas Seigert, Constable, Ward 1, Lancaster (Lancaster County); Nicholas Seigert, Constable, Ward 5, Lancaster (Lancaster County); Bill Smedley, Constable, Nippenose Township (Lycoming County); Diane White, Judge of Elections, Harrisburg Ward 2 Precinct 2 (Dauphin County); Lief Winter, Auditor, Franklin Township (Susquehanna County); Michael Zowniriw, Supervisor, Richland Township (Bucks County); Kathleen Edwards, Auditor, Centre Township (Berks County) Texas (3) Bob Brewer, City Council, Alpine Ward 5 (Brewster County); George Rice, Water Board, Edwards Aquifer Authority District 3 (Bexar County); Enrique Valdivia, Water Board, Edwards Aquifer Authority District 7 Vermont (1) Hillary Weeks, Inspector of Elections, Burlington Ward 3, (Chittendon County) Virginia (7) Greg Allen, Soil & Water Director, Virginia Dare District; Kathleen Harrigan, Soil and Water Conservation Board, Fredericksburg; Phil Hyre, Natural Bridge Soil & Water Conservation District Board, Lexington (Rockridge County); Don Langrehr, Town Council, Blacksburg (Montgomery County); Daniel Metraux, Soil and Water Conservation Board, Staunton; S. Ann Robinson, Soil and Water District Commissioner, Loudon (Loudon County) Chris Simmons, Soil and Water Conservation Board, (Loudon County) Washington (6) Dan Asher, Community Council, Vashon Maury Island (King County); Steve Garrison, Public Utility District, Mason County District 3; TJ Johnson, City Council, Olympia Position 3 (Thurston County); Steve Ludwig, Freeholder, District 3 (San Juan County); Joe Marino, Cemetery District, (Cowlitz County); James Alfred Smith, School Board, Lopez Island, School #144, Director #2 (San Juan County); Wisconsin (24) 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); Ben Farrell, Board of Supervisors, District 16 (Winnebago County); Taniya Fatticci, Board of Supervisors, District 11 (Portage County); JoEllen Gramling, Town Clerk, Schleswig, (Manitowoc County); John Hardin, Board of Supervisors, District 1 (Barron County); Amy Heart, Common Council, Stevens Point Ward 5, (Portage County); John Hendrick, Board of Supervisors, District 6 (Dane County); Pete Karas, Common Council, Racine District 9 (Racine County); Brenda Konkel, Common Council, Madison, District 2 (Dane County); Eric Krszjzaniek, County Board, District 11 (Portage County); Ashok Kumar, Board of Supervisors, District 5 (Dane County); Tony Palmeri, Common Council, Oshkosh (Winnebago County); Jeff Peterson, County Board, District 5 (Polk County); John Rendall, County Board, District 19 (Portage County); Satya Rhodes-Conway, Common Council, Madison District 12 (Dane County); Kevin Ruehl, Board of Supervisors, District 4 (Portage County); Marsha Rummel, Common Council, Madison District 6 (Dane County); Robert Ryan, Board of Supervisors, District 3 (Door County); Brian Soloman, Common Council, Madison District 10 (Door County); Robert Stockinger, Village Trustee, Hales Corner; Barbara Vedder, Board of Supervisors, District 2 (Dane County); Robbie Weber, Common Council, Madison District 5 (Dane County) Total: 237 *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. 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Message-ID: <808441.34480.qm@web44810.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> From: Brent McMillan Subject: [usgp-dx] 2008 Green Officeholder List To: natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org Message-ID: <473A80C0.3040907 at gp.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed DRAFT 11/13/07 information compiled by Coordinated Campaign Committee of the Green Party of the United States Green Party members holding elected office in the United States: At least 237 Greens in 28 states and the District of Columbia hold elected office as of Jan. 2008 Alaska (1) Mike Musick, Borough Assembly, FSNB Seat G California (55) Deacon Alexander, Neighborhood Council, (Los Angeles County); Chuck Anderson, Fire Protection District, (Santa Cruz County); Mark Barney, Neighborhood Council (Ventura County); Sara Bassler, Midcoast Community Council (San Mateo County); Gary Blenner, Morro Bay City Council, (San Luis Obispo County); Hilary Bradbury-Huang, Board of Trustees, Pasadena City College (Los Angeles County); Larry Bragman, City Council, Fairfax (Marin County); William Bretz, Crest/Dehesa/Harrison Canyon/Granite Hill Planning Group (San Diego County); Ginny-Marie Case, Los Angeles Neighborhood Council, (Los Angeles County); Howard Chong, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County); Matthew Clark, Grenada Sanitary District, (San Mateo County); Melody DeMeritt, City Council, Morro Bay (San Luis Obispo); Alan Drusys, Mayor Pro-Tem, Yucaipa (San Bernadino County); Paul Franklin, School Board, (Santa Cruz County); Harmony Groves, City Council, Arcata (Humboldt County); Herb Guru, School Board, Konocit Unified (Lake County); Jim Harvey, Montara Water and Sanitary District, (San Mateo County); Eugene Hernandez, Neighborhood Council, Sylmar (Los Angeles County); Madeline Hope, School Trustee, (Marin County); Jeffrey Horne, Neighborhood Council, Mid City West Zone 6 (Los Angeles County); Rodney Jones, School Board, Mendocino Unified School District (Mendocino County); Rebecca Kaplan, Director at Large, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Alameda & Contra Costa Counties); Chris Kavanagh, Rent Stabilization Board, Berkeley (Alameda County); Jane Kim, Board of Education, (San Francisco); James Lamport, Hospital District Board, Southern Humboldt (Humboldt County); Craig Litwin, City Council, Sebastopol (Sonoma County); Holly Madrigal, City Council, Willits (Mendocino County); Michael McCue, Neighborhood Council, (Los Angeles County); Gayle McLaughlin, Richmond, City Council (Contra Costa); Bill (William) Meyers, School Board, Point Arena (Mendocino County); Cameron Miller, Water Conservation District Board, Santa Maria Valley (Santa Barbara); Ross Mirkarimi, Board of Supervisors, District 5, City/County (San Francisco); Christine Mulholland, City Council, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo County); DeOnne Noel, School Board, (Nevada County); Paul Perkovic, Montara Water & Sanitary District (San Mateo County); Vahe Peroomian, Board of Trustees, (Los Angeles County); Sam Pierce, City Council , Sebastopol (Sonoma County); Paul Pitino, City Council, Arcata (Humboldt County); John Rizzo, Mayor, Sebastopol (Sonoma County); Curtis Robinson, Board of Education Trustee, (Marin County); Larry Robinson, Mayor, Sebastopol (Sonoma County); Marc Sanchez, Board of Education, City/County, (San Francisco); John Selawsky, School Board, Berkeley (Alameda County); Lauren Sinott, City Council, Point Arena, (Mendocino County); Jeff Sklar, Rent Control Board, Santa Monica (Los Angeles County); Richard Sloan, School Trustee, (Marin County); Jim Smith, President, Canyon School Board, Canyon Township (Contra Costa County); Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Eureka Water Board, District 1 (Humboldt County); Dona Spring, City Council, Berkeley (Alameda County); Lisa Stephens, Rent Stabilization Board, (Alameda County); Lew Tremaine, Mayor, Fairfax (Marin County); Nicole Vigeant, Community Services District, Tomales Village (Marin County); Pam Webster, Rent Stabilization Board, (Alameda County) Colorado (7) Jeffery Bergeron, Town Council, Breckenridge (Summit County); Thom Carnevale, Town Moderator, Telluride (San Miguel County); Scott Chaplin, Board of Trustees, Carbondale (Garfield County); Art Goodtimes, Board of Commissioners (San Miguel County); Charlie Green, School Board; Matt Keefauver, Cortez City Council, (Montezuma County); Wendy Mimiaga, Town Board, Dolores (Cortez County) Connecticut (5) Allan Brison, Alderman, New Haven, (New Haven County); Jean de Smet, First Selectman, Willimntic (Windham County); Erik Eisenberg, Constable, New Canaan (Fairfield County); Hector Lopez, Constable, New Canaan (Fairfield County); Leif Smith, Constable, Redding, (Fairfield County) District of Columbia (7) 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; Florida (2) Cara Jennings, City Commission, Lake Worth (Palm Beach County); Kim Oconnor, Soil & Water District Commissioner, Ochlockonee River District Leon County) 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 (9) Dale Bowen, Library Board Trustee, Winnebago; Robert Braam, Library Board Trustee, Manhattan; Kris Campbell, Village Trustee, Poplar Grove, (Boone County); Paul Jasinevicius, School Board, Park Forest-Chicago Elem; Carol Larson, School Board, Oak Lawn-Hometown, (Cook County); Jim Long, School Board, Kirby Park SD #140; Jon Murray, Village Trustee, (Ogle County); Jerome Pohlen, Library Board, Berwyn; Scott Summers, Board of Trustees, McHenry College Iowa (1) Kevin Lee, Town Trustee, Decorah (Winneshiek County) Kansas (1) Kent Rowe, Mayor, Langton Maine (17) John Anton, City Council, Portland, (Cumberland County); Antonio Blasi, Planning Board, (Hancock County); Kevin Donoghue, City Council, Portland District 1 (Cumberland County); John Fillmore-Patrick, School Board, SAD 61 (Cumberland County); Erek Gaines, Water District, Portland (Cumberland County); Jerry Hoag, Select Board, Beaver Cove (Piscataquis County); Susan Hopkins, School Committee, Portland District 4 (Cumberland County); Denis Howard, City Council, Belfast (Waldo County); Jo Josephson, School Board, Temple (Franklin County); Robert LaVangie, School Board, Penobscot (Hancock County); David Margolis-Pineo, Water District, Portland (Cumberland County); David Marshall, City Council, Portland District 2 (Cumberland County); Jane Meisenbach, School Board, SAD 75, (Cumberland County); Rebecca Minnick, School Committee At-Large, Portland (Cumberland County); Matthew Shea, School Board, Maine School Administrative District #11, Gardiner; George Sullivan, Town Council, Yarmouth, (Cumberland County); Charlie Wiggins, Select Board, Sedgwick (Hancock County) Maryland (3) Michael Cornell, City Council, River Hill, (Howard County); Gary Hull, Town Council, Sharpsburg (Washington County) Dan Robinson, Town Council, Takoma Park Ward 3, (Montgomery County) Massachusetts (16) George D. Bryant, County Assembly, Provincetown Delegate (Barnstable County); Alan R. Cohen, Town Meeting Seat, North Attleborough (Bristol County); Miriam Dayton, Town Meeting Member, Amherst Precinct 6 (Hampshire County); Tom Flittie, Town Meeting Member, Amherst (Hampshire County); Nat Fortune, School Committee, Whately Elementary, (Whately County); Judy Gates, Library Trustee, Marblehead (Essex County); Frank Gatti, Town Meeting Member, Amherst Precinct 8 (Hampshire County); Howard Hayward, Water Board of Health, West Bridgeport (Plymouth County); Rudy Heller, Selectman, Brookfield, (Worcester County); Bruce Menin, School Committee, Newburyport (Essex County); Vincent O'Connor, Town Meeting Member, Amherst (Hampshire County); Bill O'Neil, Town Meeting Member, Braintree (Norfolk County); Luc Schuster, School Committee, Cambridge (Middlesex County); Michael Silverstone, School Committee, Wellesley (Norfolk County); Jill Stein, Town Meeting Member, Lexington Precinct 2 (Middlesex County); Chuck Turner, City Council, Boston District 7, (Suffolk County) Michigan (6) Rob Cedar, City Council, Hamtramck (Wayne County); Don Cooney, City Commissioner, Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo County); Melissa Hohausher-Thatcher, School Board, Ferndale and Pleasant Ridge (Oakland County); David Juarez, City Commissioner, Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo County); Scott Klein, City Council, Hamtramck (Wayne County); David Newland, School Board, Bellaire (Antrim County) Minnesota (6) Cam Gordon, City Council, Ward 2, Minneapolis (Hennepin County); Vic Ormsby, Supervisor, Wiscoy Soil & Water District (Winona County); Leroy Schafer, City Council, St. Francis (Anoka County); Russ Stewart, City Council, District 3, Duluth (Superior County); Dwayne Voegeli, County Commission, District 2 (Winona County); Annie Young, Parks & Recreation Board, Minneapolis At-Large (Hennepin 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 (Bergen County) New Mexico (1) Gary Clauss, City Council, Silver City (Grant County) New York (9) Rome Celli, School Board, Brighton (Monroe County); John Jankiewicz, School Board, (Ulster County); Steve Krulick, Board of Trustees, Village of Ellenville (Ulster County); Mary Jo Long, Town Council, Afton (Chenango County); David Lussier, County Legislature, District 3, (Albany County); Edgar Rodriguez, School Committee, New Paltz Central School District?s District Wide Committee, Community Diversity Representative (Ulster); Edgar Rodriguez, School Committee, Shared Decision Making Committee New Paltz High School Building Committee (Ulster County); Rebecca Rotzler, School Committee, New Paltz Central School District?s District Wide Committee, Community Government Representative (Ulster) Mike Sellers, Mayor, Cobleskill (Schoharie County); Ohio (1) Dennis Spisak, Board of Education, Struthers At-Large (Mahoning County) Oregon (13) Ruth Alexander, School Board, Ashland District 5 (Jackson County); Michael Beilstein, City Council, Corvallis Ward 5 (Benton County); Tim Dehne, Director, Benton County Soil and Water Conservation District (Benton County); Matthew Donahue, School Board, Corvallis Position 4, (Benton County); Neil Friedman, City Council, West Fir (Lane County); George Grosch, City Council, Corvallis Ward 3 (Benton County); Emily Hagen, Ward 7, City Council, Corvallis Ward 6 (Benton County); Alice Hardesty, City Council, Ashland Position 1 (Jackson County); John Jones, Board Member, Myrtle Point Health District (Coos County); Matt Marr, School Board, Ashland Position 3 (Jackson County); Lisa Melyan, Boardmember, Tualatin Valley Water District (Washington County); Eric Navickas, City Council, Ashland Position 2 (Jackson County); Wendy Siporen, City Council, Talent (Jackson County) Pennsylvania (31) Mary Lou Alsentzer, Auditor, Codorus Township (York County); Mathew Ash, Mayor, Boswell (Somerset County); Steve Baker, Auditor, Springettsburg Township (York County); Colleen Bogner, Director, Selinsgrove Area School District (Snyder County); David Brooks, Auditor, Conestoga Township (Lancaster County); Greta Browne, Judge of Elections, Bethlehem Ward 2 (Northampton County); Shawnya Calp, Inspector of Elections, Penn Township (York County); Robert Cogan, Borough Council, Edinboro Borough (Erie County); Thomas Davidock, Borough Council, Port Clinton Borough (Schuylkill County); Frank Divonzo, Auditor, Paxtang Borough (Dauphin County); Sam Ettaro, Town Council, Curwensville Borough, (Clearfield County); Edward Gately, Auditor, Manheim Township (York County); Phil Getty, Auditor, Solebury Township (Bucks County); Michael Helfrich, Judge of Elections (York County); Dean Hornberger, Auditor, Exeter Township (Berks County); John Irwin, Auditor, Martic Township (Lancaster County); Mike Korsak, Auditor, Franklin Township (Chester County); Derf Maitland, Auditor, Union Township (Adams County); Mike Mangles, Inspector of Elections (York County); Andrew McDowell, Judge of Elections, East Bradford Township, North 2 (Chester County); Ben Price, Auditor, North Middleton Township (Cumberland County); Kurt Reichenbach, Auditor, East Buffalo Township (Union County); Brenda Jo Samryk, Inspector of Elections, York Township (York County); Catherine Scheib, Borough Council, Ward 1, Lewisburg Borough (Union County); Nicholas Seigert, Constable, Ward 1, Lancaster (Lancaster County); Nicholas Seigert, Constable, Ward 5, Lancaster (Lancaster County); Bill Smedley, Constable, Nippenose Township (Lycoming County); Diane White, Judge of Elections, Harrisburg Ward 2 Precinct 2 (Dauphin County); Lief Winter, Auditor, Franklin Township (Susquehanna County); Michael Zowniriw, Supervisor, Richland Township (Bucks County); Kathleen Edwards, Auditor, Centre Township (Berks County) Texas (3) Bob Brewer, City Council, Alpine Ward 5 (Brewster County); George Rice, Water Board, Edwards Aquifer Authority District 3 (Bexar County); Enrique Valdivia, Water Board, Edwards Aquifer Authority District 7 Vermont (1) Hillary Weeks, Inspector of Elections, Burlington Ward 3, (Chittendon County) Virginia (7) Greg Allen, Soil & Water Director, Virginia Dare District; Kathleen Harrigan, Soil and Water Conservation Board, Fredericksburg; Phil Hyre, Natural Bridge Soil & Water Conservation District Board, Lexington (Rockridge County); Don Langrehr, Town Council, Blacksburg (Montgomery County); Daniel Metraux, Soil and Water Conservation Board, Staunton; S. Ann Robinson, Soil and Water District Commissioner, Loudon (Loudon County) Chris Simmons, Soil and Water Conservation Board, (Loudon County) Washington (6) Dan Asher, Community Council, Vashon Maury Island (King County); Steve Garrison, Public Utility District, Mason County District 3; TJ Johnson, City Council, Olympia Position 3 (Thurston County); Steve Ludwig, Freeholder, District 3 (San Juan County); Joe Marino, Cemetery District, (Cowlitz County); James Alfred Smith, School Board, Lopez Island, School #144, Director #2 (San Juan County); Wisconsin (24) 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); Ben Farrell, Board of Supervisors, District 16 (Winnebago County); Taniya Fatticci, Board of Supervisors, District 11 (Portage County); JoEllen Gramling, Town Clerk, Schleswig, (Manitowoc County); John Hardin, Board of Supervisors, District 1 (Barron County); Amy Heart, Common Council, Stevens Point Ward 5, (Portage County); John Hendrick, Board of Supervisors, District 6 (Dane County); Pete Karas, Common Council, Racine District 9 (Racine County); Brenda Konkel, Common Council, Madison, District 2 (Dane County); Eric Krszjzaniek, County Board, District 11 (Portage County); Ashok Kumar, Board of Supervisors, District 5 (Dane County); Tony Palmeri, Common Council, Oshkosh (Winnebago County); Jeff Peterson, County Board, District 5 (Polk County); John Rendall, County Board, District 19 (Portage County); Satya Rhodes-Conway, Common Council, Madison District 12 (Dane County); Kevin Ruehl, Board of Supervisors, District 4 (Portage County); Marsha Rummel, Common Council, Madison District 6 (Dane County); Robert Ryan, Board of Supervisors, District 3 (Door County); Brian Soloman, Common Council, Madison District 10 (Door County); Robert Stockinger, Village Trustee, Hales Corner; Barbara Vedder, Board of Supervisors, District 2 (Dane County); Robbie Weber, Common Council, Madison District 5 (Dane County) Total: 237 *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://timmckee2008.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Wed Nov 14 22:09:11 2007 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:09:11 -0500 Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT Consensus on IC Proposal: "Trans-Atlantic Green Dialogue" Message-ID: <0f2101c82734$e5bb2910$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> ----- Original Message ----- From: Justine McCabe To: USGP International Committee Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:01 PM Subject: USGP-INT Consensus on IC Proposal: "Trans-Atlantic Green Dialogue" Dear all, Many thanks to all of you who have affirmed our proposal on the "Trans-Atlantic Green Dialogue." We have no blocking concerns and support from 18 reps: Jill Bussiere (WI), Vivek Ananthan (PA), Carl Arnold (NY), Richard Walton (RI), Michael Canney (FL), Tony Gronowicz (NY), Ruth Lee (MO), Sanda Everette (CA), Carl Romanelli (PA), John Rensenbrink (ME), Ben Kjelshus(MO), Romi Elnagar(LA), Tony Affigne (RI), David Schwartzman (DC), Claire Mortimer (HI), John Miglietta (TN) , Julia Willebrand (NY) and myself, Justine McCabe (CT). Hope I haven't missed anyone. The proposal passes. Several of you have expressed concern that this "dialogue" be more inclusive--a point well taken. Please keep in mind that this proposal emerged from last July's national meeting and a commitment of specific Green parties in attendance to create a more formal dialogue among our parties. It in no way excludes other parties to enter this dialogue in the future. It is simply the beginning of this process. Again, thanks for your comments and participation. (Now on to our positions on Venezuela and Iran). Best regards to all, Justine McCabe IC Co-Chair, GPCT ----------------------------------------------------------------- IC MEMBERS Green Party of California Sanda Everette Fred Hosea III PhD Connecticut Green Party Justine McCabe PhD Richard Duffee JD Amy Vas Nunes District of Columbia, Statehood Green Party Dean Andrew Murville David Schwartzman PhD Green Party of Florida Alan Kobrin Michael Canney Javier del Sol Green Party of Hawaii Claire Mortimer Illinois Green Party Wes Wagar Hector Sabelli MD PhD Louisiana Green Party Romi Elnagar Maine Green Independent Party John Rensenbrink PhD Pat LaMarche Maryland Green Party Gerard P. Giblin Bahram Zandi PhD Green Rainbow Party of Massachusetts Gretchen Klotz Gerthy Lahens-Justafort Julie Saad Green Party of Michigan Alan Kaufman Green Party of Minnesota Ian Stade Progressive Party of Missouri Ruth Lee Ben Kjelshus Green Party of New Jersey Jonathan Oriole Ryan P. Reyes Beresford Jones Green Party of New York State Julia Willebrand EdD Tony Gronowicz PhD Rebecca White Pacific Green Party of Oregon Marnie Glickman Tod Sloan PhD Green Party of Pennsylvania Vivek Ananthan Mike-Frank G. Epitropoulos PhD Carl J. Romanelli Green Party of Rhode Island Tony Affigne PhD Richard Lobban PhD Richard Walton South Carolina Green Party Gregg Jocoy Green Party of Tennessee Bill Stone John Miglietta Green Party of Texas Jessica Longshore Michael Grant Vermont Green Party Trisha Novak Washington Green Party Aram Falsafi Wisconsin Green Party Jill Taylor Bussiere Steve Herrick George Martin === PROPOSAL TO THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE, GREEN PARTY OF THE U.S. === PRESENTER International Committee, Green Party of the United States Julia Willebrand (NYSGP) and Justine McCabe (GPCT), Co-Chairs CONTACT Tony Affigne (GPRI) 319 Howley Hall Providence, RI 02918 401-272-0694 mailto:affigne at greens.org SUBJECT National Committee approval for "TRANS-ATLANTIC GREEN DIALOGUE" with Green parties from the United States, Europe, Canada, and Brasil. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This proposal endorses and implements an agreement in principle, developed at the 2007 convention of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS). At a planning meeting in Reading, members of the International Committee and national Staff met with representatives from the European Green Party (EGP), the Green Party of Canada, and the Green Party of Brasil. From that meeting came agreement to propose to our respective parties, a Trans-Atlantic Green Dialogue. The Dialogue would include a New York stopover by our international Green guests, followed by a formal session in Washington, DC. FULL PROPOSAL SUMMARY. By approving this proposal, the National Committee of the Green Party of the United States supports the convening of a "Trans-Atlantic Green Dialogue," to include representatives from our own U.S. party and from the European Green Party, the Green Party of Canada/Parti Vert du Canada, and the Partido Verde do Brasil. DATE. The Dialogue meetings will be held prior to the end of April 2008. AGENDA. The agenda for the Dialogue will include key areas of joint concern, especially global warming and other ecological questions, as well as problems of international trade, peace, social justice and democratization. The purpose of these discussions will be to promote mutual understanding of political challenges confronting our various parties, and where possible to develop joint positions. For greatest impact, the Dialogue is expected to focus on plans leading to: - the Global Greens Gathering (May 2008, Sao Paulo, Brasil) - the U.S. Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention (July 2008, Chicago) - the U.S. national elections (November 2008) - the European continental elections (May 2009) LOGISTICS. The meeting of the Trans-Atlantic Green Dialogue will be held Washington, DC, a U.S. city which is accessible both to international Green Party guests, and U.S. participants. INTERNATIONAL GREENS. Participating parties from Europe, Canada, and Brasil will send small delegations, perhaps totaling 15-20 representatives, authorized by their respective governing bodies. U.S. GREENS. The U.S. party will send a delegation comprised of: * Two members of the Steering Committee, who will convene the Dialogue sessions * The Co-Chairs of the International Committee (Julia Willebrand and Justine McCabe) * The IC representatives to the Global Green Network (Marnie Glickman, John Rensenbrink, Bahram Zandi), and Federation of Green Parties of the Americas (Tony Affigne, Steve Herrick) * A member of the Presidential Campaign Support Committee (PCSC) * National political director (McMillan) and operations director (Emily Citkowski) * Additional interested U.S. Greens, especially from the International Committee, Campus Greens, and the Green National Committee, are expected to attend as observers and breakout workshop participants TIME LINE 1. U.S. approval process: October - November 2007 2. European/Canadian/Brazilian approval process: November - December 2007 3. Coordination of invitations: January-February 2008 4. Logistics, agenda, and arrangements: January-April 2008 5. TRANSATLANTIC GREEN DIALOGUE: Two day sessions, mid- to late-April 2008 RESOURCES NOTE: Travel costs for designated U.S. representatives (from SC, IC, and PCSC) will be shared between GNC budget and individual delegates. Staff time to be supported by GNC budget. IC members' and local members' time is donated. Local members' hosting is donated. U.S. participants' other lodging and meal expenses are self-supported. International guests' expenses to be paid by their parties. Registration fees are minimal, to partially cover the cost of GNC's resource commitment. ACTIVITY RESOURCE COMMITMENT US approval process Staff time, IC members' time Invitations/Planning Staff time, IC members' time NYC Arrangements Staff time, local members' time Space costs (approx. $500) DC Arrangements Staff time, local members' time Space costs (approx. $1800) Transportation Travel costs (approx. $2500) Lodging and meals Local members' donations (beds & food) Participants' self-support REFERENCES European Green Party http://www.europeangreens.org Green Party of Canada/Parti Vert du Canada http://www.greenparty.ca Partido Verde no Brasil http://www.pv.org.br ===END OF PROPOSAL=== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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They will then use this information to show the judge deciding this lawsuit how difficult it is for minor parties to fulfill the requirements under this new campaign finance law. As you know we will have to collect 10, 15, or 20 times the number of signatures required to get on the ballot in order to qualify for funding under this new law. The major parties are exempt from this activity under the well know legal concept that all parties are equal in CT but some parties are more equal than others. The details of this meeting: What: Meeting with ACLU Attorneys When: Monday, November 19th, 3-5PM Where: New Haven Legal Assistance offices, 426 State ST, New Haven, CT (www.mapquest.com ) Who: Any CT Green Party candidate who has petitioned to get on to the ballot Why: To Gather information on the difficulty of obtaining signatures when petitioning to get on the ballot for use in our important law suit to stop discrimination against third parties and independent candidates who want to qualify for funding under the new campaign finance law. Our attorneys from the ACLU, Mark Lopez and Josh Hsu need your experiences to help build our case please make every effort to attend. Refreshments will be served. Contact Mike DeRosa if you can attend: 860-919-4042 or e-mail smderosa at cox.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Fri Nov 16 02:50:21 2007 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:50:21 -0500 Subject: {news} Brison in Yale Daily News Message-ID: http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/22463 New alderman prepares to shake up board Aaron Bray Staff Reporter Published Thursday, November 15, 2007 Newly elected Ward 10 Alderman Allan Brison ran as a Green Party candidate. But he won as an independent. He also won as someone who will aim to shake up the Board of Aldermen - which, he said, is merely a "rubber stamp" for the mayor. In other words, Brison is not even waiting to take his seat to begin sparking controversy. He has already declared his intention to join a faction that its alleged leader claims does not exist. In contrast to outgoing Ward 10 Alderman Ed Mattison LAW '68 - whom Brison called the "insider of insiders" - Brison said he is ready to assume his position as a skeptic of and opposition voice to the mayor. Even supporters of Mattison on the Board - who received the vote totals on election night with evident surprise and silence - called Brison's 20 percent margin of victory over Mattison overwhelming. In an interview, Brison said he intends to support Ward 5 Alderman Jorge Perez for Board president against current Board President Carl Goldfield, even though Perez said he has not even decided whether to run yet. "There are two factions on the Board of Aldermen," Brison said. "There is the Jorge Perez faction, and there is the mayor's faction . I feel I'll be more in the dissenting faction." The board presidential election will take place in two and a half months. Perez said he welcomes Brison and his independent voice just as he welcomes everyone else, but that the lines on the Board are not drawn as clearly as Brison makes them out to be. "I don't think there is any Jorge Perez faction per se," Perez said. "I am perceived to be [an independent voice on the board] . I work with the mayor when it makes sense, and when I disagree, I disagree. My disagreements with the mayor tend to be less theoretical than practical." Others on the Board said it was unwise for Brison to indicate his partisan preferences so publicly and so early. Ward 1 Alderman Nick Shalek '05, who did not pursue re-election this fall, said it is preferable to start with an open mind and get to know all the aldermen instead of rushing to judgement. Ward 13 Alderman Alex Rhodeen said he agrees. "I don't think anyone would say there are factions," Rhodeen said. "There are just different approaches to different issues. But I think it is important to be on the Board before you start declaring factions and which one you are going to be on." Fellow co-chair of the local Green Party Charles Pillsbury '70 DIV '90 said Brison is a "man of principles" who is averse to bargaining with his vote once he is on the Board. Brison said he has no interest in playing politics. "You have to decide to what degree you are upfront, and to what degree you are diplomatic," Brison said. "I may not always make the right choice, but I strongly support Jorge for president, though on other issues it will be an issue by issue decision . With Jorge, I don't feel I have to have total allegiance on every issue." Rhodeen said that as one of the more conservative Democrats on the Board, he looks forward to meeting with Brison, who he said ran a conservative campaign focused on "homeowner rights, police issues and lowering taxes." But Brison said any perception of him as a conservative is misinformed. Although Brison said he will also promote environmentally-friendly practices, a more classically "Green" platform, during his tenure on the Board of Aldermen, he said his principle motivation is providing an independent voice for his constituents. The promotional pamphlets he handed out the day before the election are embossed with the logo of the Connecticut Green Party, but the issues they highlight - the high taxes, rising crime and unfair towing practices - are less about party politics than the quality-of-life of his constituents. And he said aldermen's relationships with the "power-brokers in the city - Yale, the mayor, the Democratic political machine" matter as much as any other issue. Mayor John DeStefano Jr said he hopes common ground can be found. "It's good to campaign during election season," he said. "But the city is better served when we look for opportunity to work together." Pillsbury said Brison knows enough members of the Board to work effectively with them, even as a Green minority of one. "He's not as isolated as some," Pillsbury said, referring to Joyce Chen '01, who began her tenure as a Green before changing her affiliation to Democrat well into her first term. "But when he needs something from City Hall, he may not get it. It's a calculated gamble that you take." Asked on which issues he thought he could easily work with all members of the Board, Brison said he expects to find common ground on environmental issues. But Brison said he knows that on some issues, he will have to lead a possibly lonely charge. To ensure tax dollars are well spent, Brison said an elected Board of Education is necessary - one that will be accountable not only to the mayor, but also to citizens. "As long as all the members [on the Board of Education] are appointed by the mayor, there is no way to stop the patronage that exists," he said. "We have beautiful new buildings - wonderful facilities that I never had as a child - but there is not enough money for school books, and teachers can't get stuff copied." Still, DeStefano said that attacking the Board of Education was empty rhetoric. Changing the Board of Education's selection would require modifying the city charter, which he said requires a citywide vote, and so is not something the Board of Alderman can even vote on. "It's not even on the table," he said. He said the most important issue he heard from voters were reducing the number of shootings, which have gone up even as murders have gone down. He said residents want more police in the neighborhoods - something both he and Brison agree on. Mayoral candidate Ralph Ferrucci said that Brison's victory - the first for a Green Party candidate in a contested seat - was a first step in a larger effort to make a third party an acceptable and frequent choice in New Haven. "Over the next two to four years, if we bring down the number of Democratic aldermen down, the government will have to be more representative of the city," Ferrucci said. The strategy for the Green Party has more to do with listening to citizens needs than any specific policy proposals. He said that most people, if asked, would give a definition of reminiscent of "a 1972 Green Party in Germany," focused solely on environmental issues. Instead, the local Green party would be soliciting opinions from community members in the coming months on what direction to take the party. Brison - who lost to Mattison in 2001 - credited his victory to his relentless door-knocking and his efforts registering new voters. He said he though he registered about 120 residents, of whom he said maybe 80 were graduate students or post-docs who were not usually involved in the political process. From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Fri Nov 16 10:31:11 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:31:11 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} Fwd: CT Green Officials Message-ID: <709988.38873.qm@web44801.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> thanks madame firstselectwoman, we should add these and all our office holder to our web site! Tim McKee Jean de Smet wrote: From: "Jean de Smet" To: "'Tim McKee'" Subject: CT Green Officials Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:20:44 -0500 p.MsoNormal {margin-left:7.5pt;} 79F8FDE2-E90C-4120-9A2C-E484CCFAA091 cid:14E8FDD8-E381-490A-8F85-AFA4DFDCA2E5 repeat #f3eded left top BCEB29C0-42D3-11D4-BA3E-0050DAC68030 0 BCEB29C0-42D3-11D4-BA3E-0050DAC68030 1 A5BE2A00-37CC-11D4-BA36-0050DAC68030 0 A5BE2A00-37CC-11D4-BA36-0050DAC68030 1 601231A0-325F-11D4-BA2D-0050DAC68030 0 X-ASN,X-ASH,X-AN,X-AP,X-AD ; Thomas McNally is Justice of the peace, Chair of the Windham Region Transit District Michael Westerfield is Chair of the Windham Conservation and Open Space Commission. Jean *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. 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Tim McKee Jean de Smet wrote: From: "Jean de Smet" To: "'Tim McKee'" Subject: CT Green Officials Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:20:44 -0500 Thomas McNally is Justice of the peace, Chair of the Windham Region Transit District Michael Westerfield is Chair of the Windham Conservation and Open Space Commission. Jean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.desmet at att.net Fri Nov 16 14:08:29 2007 From: j.desmet at att.net (Jean de Smet) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:08:29 -0500 Subject: {news} RE: Windham swearing-in date? In-Reply-To: <003f01c82874$5ba00430$12e00c90$@org> Message-ID: <00dd01c82884$14b799b0$20bee14c@jean1oa1rgr0ov> Tuesday, Nov. 20th at 7pm or so. You are welcome to attend, of course :-)! Jean -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Pillsbury [mailto:chapillsbury at igc.org] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 12:16 PM To: 'CT Greens News' Cc: j.desmet at att.net Subject: Windham swearing-in date? 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URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Fri Nov 16 16:59:51 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:59:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} NH Advocate- Dodd: PAC man Message-ID: <38077.6153.qm@web44815.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Thursday, November 15, 2007 Chris Dodd: PAC-Man The senator's presidential campaign is gobbling up corporate cash from Wall Street PACs with the fervor of an arcade game monster. By Freda Moon Chris Dodd: PAC-Man White House dreams don't come cheap. Since U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., announced his candidacy at the beginning of the year, he's spent over $9.7 million on his presidential bid. He hired a campaign staff ($2.2 million), rented and furnished offices to house them ($1.2 million and $310,000), and labored at his image: $1.5 million on television ads, $625,000 on political consultants and $350,000 on polling and research that?one should hope for that hefty price?offered great insights into the secrets of the American political psyche. But Dodd was a long-shot candidate from the start, and with less than two months before the Iowa caucuses, nothing he's done has changed that. A campaign's worth of stamps, telephones and tanks of gas has to come from somewhere. In Dodd's case, that money has come?to a great degree?from big business. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, nearly half ($5.2 million) of the total $13.6 he had raised through September came from the very industries?finance, insurance and real estate?Dodd's charged with regulating as chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. These industries mostly gave through "bundled" donations from individual employees, but they've also given through corporate political action committees. PACs are a legal end-run around campaign finance laws, which forbid corporations and unions from donating directly to federal candidates. Corporate fat cats have given more PAC money to Dodd, as a percentage of his total, than to any other presidential candidate from either party. By doing that, they've done what Dodd himself could not: They've transformed a self-deprecating, white-haired Connecticut senator into a pop culture icon?none other than the mighty PAC-Man. Whereas the Pac-Man of arcade fame chomped up points from neon ghosts, Dodd gobbles fund-raising dollars from shadowy corporate PACs. In this presidential contest, which is fast on its way to being the first to break $1 billion, Dodd's $13.6 million looks a bit like re-heated leftovers from the Clinton-Obama-Edwards gala bash. Indeed, Dodd's fund-raising machine is decidedly small-time in comparison to the media-monopolizing trifecta of so-called "first-tier" candidates. But in his weight class, Dodd's a heavy-hitter. He's earned more than six times Dennis Kucinich's $2.1 million and some $5 million more than Joseph Biden?both of whom are polling near his one percent in the national polls. The amount of money Dodd's bringing in from PACs?just four percent of his total, or $560,000?may seem measly, but in real dollars Dodd is second only to Hillary Clinton, who's taken $748,000 from PACs. Companies regulated by Dodd's banking committee have contributed at least $250,000 to Dodd's campaign through PACs. Obama and Edwards, meanwhile, have sworn off PAC donations completely (though CQ MoneyLine's database shows Obama has received about $6,700 from PACs). Edwards has refused money from federal lobbyists and PACs since his 1998 Senate run, while Obama's come to the "clean money" party much more recently (he's brought in $1.3 million from PACs during his political career, according to the Center for Responsive Politics). Both men have criticized Clinton for accepting "special interest" money, though Obama acknowledges his imperfect record on the issue. "The argument is not that I'm pristine, because I'm swimming in the same muddy water [as the other candidates]," Obama told reporters in Iowa in August. "The argument is that I know it's muddy and I want to clean it up." Edwards has taken a harder line. In October, he characterized Clinton's campaign as "the poster child for what's wrong in American politics today. They talk about changing the system, then they conduct business as usual." Edwards could have just as easily been criticizing Dodd. As chair of the banking committee, Dodd's in a position to tap a particularly lucrative fund-raising base. Among Dodd's top donor companies are SAC Capital Advisors, a hedge fund with 800 or so employees that gave $339,500. Citigroup ($151,800), Royal Bank of Scotland ($129,050), Bear Stearns ($122,650) and Goldman Sachs ($106,200) also broke the $100,000 mark. The Hartford, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, PricewaterhouseCoopers, JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America all gave between $50,000 and $100,000, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which ranks the top 20 corporate donors based on the amount of "bundled" donations by a company's employees (and their immediate families) and corporate PAC money combined. "It's not a surprise that he would rely on people from the financial industry to raise money," says Nick Nyhart, president of Public Campaign, a public financing advocacy group. "That's standard under our private financial system...In many cases, the donors are going to be people who have worked with him over a long period of time and who believe there's a good chance of continuing to work with him," says Nyhart. * Dodd's reliance on financial industry dough seems unusual, even in money-dependent Washington. On Oct. 17, The Hill reported that Dodd set up a lunch with "top executives in the equity and fixed-income trading divisions of the nation's largest banks" to recruit fund-raising bundlers. The lunch?which was canceled for scheduling reasons, according to the story?was scheduled three weeks after Dodd's blog mocked Clinton, Obama and Edwards for sending food-centric fund-raising emails to their supporters: "We've received a few inquiries in the past week wondering when Chris Dodd is going to invite the email list out for a meal. Hillary's done it. Barack's done it. John Edwards taught his email list how to make a pecan pie...no, we aren't inviting you over to 'do lunch,' but we would like you to help Chris Dodd restore the Constitution on his first day in office." Fair enough, except that Dodd is arranging lunches. He's just doing it with Wall Street bankers instead of the netroots. Unusual or not, Dodd's financial ties to the industries regulated by his committee are troublesome. If nothing else, they create the appearance of a conflict of interest, which diminishes Dodd's strongest selling point: his independent, progressive stance on substantive issues like domestic surveillance and the right of terrorist detainees to appear before judges. Candidates who support public campaign financing are "in a bind," says Nyhart of Public Campaign. Nyhart credits Dodd with being one of the stronger advocates of public financing in the Senate. Even so, says Nyhart, presidential campaigns have to "raise huge amounts of money. If you want to raise a large amount of money you've got to put your arms around people who have an interest" in Congressional legislation. Mary Boyle of Common Cause, another prominent campaign finance advocacy group, agrees. "What it reflects," says Boyle, "is we have a terribly broken campaign finance system. It is so expensive to run for office, particularly for president, people have to raise money from anyone who will give it to them. Unfortunately that includes people who have business before his committee." Dodd didn't get all of his PAC money from finance, insurance and real estate industries. Some of it came from other candidates, labor unions and ideological and single-interest PACs. The overwhelming majority of it, however, comes from business interests, according to The Center for Responsive Politics. Of Dodd's PAC dollars, 79 percent came from business interests, while only 18 percent came from ideological interests and three percent from labor. But, says Boyle, "PAC money is not the real evils of all evils. The people we're concerned about are the bundlers, the Norman Hsus, the people who go around to their employees, their colleagues, their families and friends and collect the maximum donations." The next major piece of legislation before Dodd's banking committee will likely target the sub-prime mortgage industry. Last week the House Financial Services Committee, by Democrat Barney Frank of Massachusetts, passed the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007, which would "reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability [and]...certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans." There's broad, if not unanimous, support among consumer advocates for stronger regulations of the mortgage industry. Dodd says he too supports regulations that protect home-buyers, and issued a statement praising Frank for his work. Though he has yet to introduce legislation on sub-prime lending, Dodd's campaign says that he's active behind the scenes. In February, for example, Federal News Service reported that Dodd told Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that he was "very concerned about the predatory lending practices that go on" and that Bernanke's response to the sub-prime crisis "was a little inadequate." Dodd, through his campaign, declined to be interviewed for this story. His campaign spokeswoman, Colleen Flanagan, released this statement in response to the Advocate's questions on Dodd's PAC contributions: "Senator Dodd has been and will continue to be a thoughtful and independent chairman who listens to all sides of an issue and enacts public policy that is in the best interest of the American people." Dodd's campaign says the proof of his independence is his work against a controversial bankruptcy bill that passed in 2006, his co-authorship of key pieces of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act?Congress's response to the Enron scandal, which increased corporate accountability to shareholders?and his opposition to high credit card fees and the marketing of credit cards to minors. But Dodd's past accomplishments aren't going to keep people in their homes. American Banker, a trade publication covering the financial services industry, recently reported on the lack of movement on Dodd's promised sub-prime legislation, writing that "little evidence has emerged to suggest that Sen. Dodd, who has a reputation as a dealmaker, is doing the bipartisan coalition-building that it would take to pass such legislation. "Instead, he has been busy campaigning for president, which appears to rankle fellow lawmakers," writes Stacy Kaper, quoting Republican Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky, who sits on the Senate Banking Committee. "Senator Dodd's preoccupation with some other things such as running for president has not put him here on a timely basis," says Bunning. "Even though there was a comprehensive bill [summary] written, there's been no one pushing it and there's been not much coordination between staffs." Dodd's PAC booty may get less attention than the financial dealings of his competitors. But after his presidential campaign's over, Dodd will continue to be an influential senator and chair of the banking committee. Meredith McGehee, policy director for Campaign Legal Center, says that it's a "no lose proposition" for the PACs. "This is access money. These contributions from businesses," says McGehee, "insure that you have access. This is the pay to play system. "When they go and have business before his committee, their support will make sure that they stay in good standing. This is interested money doing what interested money normally does. It reflects both his position in Congress?in a very powerful committee?and, in an ironic sort of way, it may reflect where they think he may end up." His donors, in other words, will probably get what they're after, whether Dodd survives the primary or not. fmoon at newhavenadvocate.com American Council of Life Insurers PAC $4012 Nationwide PAC $5000 Countrywide PAC $10,000 National Association of Mortgage Brokers $5000 Consumer Bankers Association PAC $2000 *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://TheBigGreenPicture.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. 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Requests to be on GPUS committees. 7. Responses from chapters. 8. Any proposals for SCC? a) from Process and Procedure Committee members; b) tentative proposal from a GP of CT member, David Bedell: Subject: CT/RI Peace, Justice and Environmental Network; Raise the Age Campaign HYPERLINK "http://www.cripjen.org/"http://www.cripjen.org Connecticut / Rhode Island Peace, Justice and Environmental Network current members: 1. American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) SENE Southeast New England 2. American Friends Service Committee - CT (AFSC) 3. CT/RI Peace, Justice and Environmental Network 4. East Bay Citizens for Peace - RI 5. Efficacy - CT 6. Greater New Haven Peace Council 7. Green Party of Rhode Island 8. Interreligous Eco-Justice Network - CT 9. Move On/East Bay - RI 10. Rhode Island Community Coalition for Peace (RICCP) 11. South Kingstown Justice and Peace Action Group (SKJPAG) - RI 12. Toxics Action - CT 13. Toxics Action - RI http://raisetheagect.org About Raise the Age: raisetheagect.org is a project of the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance. The Raise the Age website is part of the Campaign 4 Youth Justice. The Campaign 4 Youth Justice is a public education campaign that seeks to raise awareness about the impact of policies and practices that result in trying youth as adults in the adult criminal justice system. In Connecticut, the Campaign is currently focused on raising the maximum age of juvenile court jurisdiction from age 15 to age 17. Here is a list of current Participating Organizations: * Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance * RYASAP * Street Smart Ventures * Connecticut Voices for Children * Center for Children's Advocacy * The Tow Foundation * FSW * Youth Rights Media * Community Partners in Action * NAMI-CT * Connecticut Legal Services * Southeastern Connecticut Mental Health System of Care * Families United for Children's Mental Health * Middlesex Coalition for Children * Bee in your Bonnet Coalition * Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition * ABCD, Inc. * Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement * People Against Injustice * West Haven Black Coalition * Christian Community Commission * The Nehemiah Commission * Sojourner Network of Democratic Women * Laborers' Local 665 * New Haven Legal Assistants Inc. * Albert Schweitzer Institute at Quinnipiac University * Paul and Lisa Program * The Connecticut State Medical Society * The Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics * The Connecticut Psychiatric Society * The Connecticut Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry * The Connecticut Psychological Association * The National Alliance on Mental Illness--Connecticut * The National Association of Social Workers--Connecticut Chapter 9. Place of next EC meeting scheduled for when? NOTE: 12-25-07 is the last Tuesday in 12-07 and 1-1-08 is the 1st Tuesday in 1-08. 10. Place for next SCC meeting SCC meeting. NOTE: 12-25-07 is the last Tuesday in 12-07 and 1-1-08 is the 1st Tuesday in 1-08. 11. Any additions. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1137 - Release Date: 11/18/2007 5:15 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roseberry3 at cox.net Sun Nov 18 22:30:31 2007 From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:30:31 -0500 Subject: {news} Accepted Minutes from the 10-16-07 EC meeting of CTGP in Glastonbury, CT. Message-ID: <20071119033032.UMRW4303.eastrmmtao106.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net> Minutes from the 10-16-07 EC meeting of CTGP in Glastonbury, CT. Luna?s Pizza, 88 Hebron Avenue, Glastonbury, CT 06033, p: 860-659-2136 Time: 7:00PM to 8PM Attendees by chapter: Co-chairpersons: S. Michael DeRosa, Greater Hartford Chapter and Cliff Thornton; Secretary: Barbara Barry, Greater Hartford Chapter; Treasurer: Christopher Reilly, Greater Hartford Chapter. Absent: Jean deSmet, co-chairperson. No observers. Set agenda for 10-30-07 SCC meeting which might include but not limited to: 1. CT Green Times newspaper status: SMD: the writers, editor and publisher will likely have an edition for prior to the 11-6-07 elections and another edition after the election. 2. Results of political actions by the GP of CT with the CT legislature; issues GP of CT wants to address in 2008: deferred. 3. ACLU lawsuit regarding the 2005 CT ?campaign finance reform? law: SMD: Mark Lopez and an assistant will be working for us via the ACLU. Two Hartford law firms wanted to assist the ACLU on our behalf but CT Attorney General Blumenthal denied their request. I had a 1-on-! Meeting with the ACLU as a designated plaintiff. We discussed why I and the Green Party believe the 2005 CT Campaign Finance Law would be harmful for minor parties and fairness and democracy. That is how prior Green Party Candidates had to get on the ballot and how it is likely to be 10-20x worse. ACLU was interested in New Haven?s municipal campaign finance process, so we got Ralph Ferrucci on the phone to discuss his perceptions. 4. CTGP website: no news. 5. Treasurer?s report from Christopher Reilly: have $1516. 6. Requests to be on GPUS committees: this EC group reaffirmed that the 7-31-07 SCC meeting of this party affirmed that the following were approved delegates at the 7-07 Reading, PA GPUS meeting and may be representatives on GPUS Standing Committees: S. Michael DeRosa and Cliff Thornton, co-chairpersons of the Green Party of CT and Richard Duffee. This information had not gotten to the GPUS. Cliff Thornton is interested in running for a co-chairperson vacancy in the GPUS and this information must be conveyed by a representative person, such as the Secretary or GPUS Representatives to Holly Hart with GPUS. The Secretary will email Holly Hart, at the GPUS by the Friday, 10-19-07 deadline. 7. Responses from chapters: BAB: none have been received. 8. Any proposals? e.g. from Process and Procedure Committee members: BAB: none as of this time. 9. Addition: a) SMD: the United for Peace and Justice demonstration on 10-27-07 in Boston, MA is seeking the endorsement of the Green Party of CT. Since this demonstration will be prior to our next SCC meeting (10-30-07) these EC officers unanimously endorse this event. b) CT: I will continue to meet with the League of Women Voters and former Democratic Senatorial Candidate, Ned Lamont to discuss drug policies and election plans. c) CT: Cynthia McKinney is still interested in running for President for the Green Party contrary to previous emails. d) SMD: there appear to be candidates interested in being Green Party Candidates for all CT Congressional districts for the 2008 elections: Richard Duffee in 4th District; Harold Burbank in the 5th District; Scott Deshefy: a retired CT EPA person who continues to have his classical music show on University of Hartford Radio wants to run for the 2nd District and Steve Fournier of Hartford to challenge Congressman John Larson in the 1st District. No known candidate for the 3rd District. e) BAB: is there any way this state Party can provide some money to the 2007 Green Party Candidates? Consensus: no money is available at this time to do so. 10. Place of next scheduled 11-13-07 EC meeting and place for next 11-27-07 SCC meeting: To be determined No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1137 - Release Date: 11/18/2007 5:15 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roseberry3 at cox.net Sun Nov 18 22:33:24 2007 From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:33:24 -0500 Subject: {news} Acepted Minutes from the 9-17-07 EC meeting of CTGP in Glastonbury, CT. Message-ID: <20071119033324.NZNO16684.eastrmmtao103.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> Minutes from the 9-17-07 EC meeting of CTGP in Glastonbury, CT. Luna?s Pizza, 88 Hebron Avenue, Glastonbury, CT 06033, p: 860-659-2136 Time: 7:00PM to 8PM Attendees: S. Michael DeRosa, a Co-chairperson of GP of CT; Barbara Barry, Secretary of GP of CT; Christopher Reilly, Treasurer. Absent Co-chairpersons: Jean deSmet and Cliff Thornton. No observers. Set agenda for 9-25-07 SCC meeting which might include but not limited to: 1. CT Green Times newspaper status: Will another edition be available for the 9-25-07 SCC meeting for distribution? SMD is not sure due to lack of submission of articles. 2. Results of political actions by the GP of CT with the CT legislature; issues GP of CT wants to address in 2008. 3. ACLU lawsuit regarding the 2005 CT ?campaign finance reform? law. SMD: one part-time volunteer lawyer had dropped out. 4. CTGP website. 5. Treasurer?s report from Christopher Reilly: have balance of $1243.00. 6. Requests to be on GPUS committees. 7. Any proposals? e.g. from Process and Procedure Committee members 8. Any responses for the Fundraising position for the GP of CT. 9. Richard Duffee?s proposal for impeachment of Bush/Cheney 10. Place of next EC meeting scheduled for 10-07. 11. Place for next SCC meeting 9-25-07 SCC meeting. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1137 - Release Date: 11/18/2007 5:15 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roseberry3 at cox.net Sun Nov 18 22:34:55 2007 From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:34:55 -0500 Subject: {news} Accepted Minutes from the 8-28-07 SCC meeting of Green Party of Connecticut, quorum meet Message-ID: <20071119033456.YHJX24788.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> Minutes from the 8-28-07 SCC meeting of Green Party of Connecticut, quorum meet Place: Portland Public Library, 20 Freestone Avenue, Portland, CT 06480-1818 Phone: 860-342-6770 Time: 6:40PM to 9:00PM Voting attendees by chapter: Fairfield (arrived at 7:12PM): Paul Bassler, David Bedell, Richard Duffee; Greater Hartford: Barbara Barry, Secretary of Green Party of CT; S. Michael DeRosa, Co-chairperson of GP of CT; Christopher Reilly, Treasurer of GP of CT; New Haven: Jerry Martin; Northeast: Jean deSmet, Co-chairperson of GP of CT and Amy Vas Nunes; Clifford Thornton, Co-chairperson of GP of CT. No non-voting attendees. Facilitator: Barbara Barry A. Preliminaries: 1. Introductions of voting attendees; non-voting attendees; chapters; quorum was met; timekeeper= Jean deSmet; facilitator; ground rules. 2. Approval of tonight?s proposed agenda, deletions: GPUS report due to lack of GPUS representatives. GPUS committee members will present reports, if time allows; addition, it time allows: By-law Committee. 3. Review and approval of minutes of 7-31-07 SCC meeting. 4. Review and acceptance of minutes from the 8-21-07 EC meeting. 5. Treasurer?s report from Christopher Reilly: have balance of $1213.80. B. Policies and Procedures Committee: The following State Central Committee (SCC) functions were approved by consensus: post SCC and EC minutes on the website; design brochures for the use of chapters as is or that can be customized for individual chapter use; reserve 30% of all contributions for the chapter in which the contributor resides. If the contributor does not reside in an active chapter, then contribution is to go to the most reasonable close active chapter; prepare a State of the Party Report for presentation to the membership at the Annual Meeting. That report should include a brief synopsis of what the Party has accomplished in the past year and outline its plans for the future; produce an Annual Budget for implementation on July 1st of each year; maintain a calendar showing all required or planed events on the Green Party of CT website. Make reasonable effort to anticipate the requirements of these events to efficiently utilize the resources of the Green Party of Ct to insure success. Deferred for further discussions/feedback: reimburse chapters for costs to contact members when that contact is unplanned but mandated by the SCC; maintain a central membership and contributor list which can be subdivided for use only by any of the Green Party of CT chapters. CR: historically, the Green Party of CT has a made a decision not to share our membership list with any one or any organization except with Green Party Chapter and candidates for the explicit use for Green Party purposes. The secretary was asked to bring to the next SCC meeting on 9-25-07, the current valid Bylaws of the Green Party of CT, and if possible email to Jerry Martin for use by the Policies and Procedures Committee. C. Reports: 1. Green Party of CT candidates for endorsement by the SC JdS: I am not running on a Green Party Line candidate for First Selectman (i.e. mayor) of Willimantic. I am trying to get rid of people who listen to the Democratic and Republican lines. People do know me as a Green. While, I will not be running on the Green Party Line, I do want candidate funds from GPUS. In order to get these GPUS funds, a candidate must be endorsed by the state Green Party. Therefore, I seek your endorsement. SMD: there is a push within the State Democrats and Republicans can cross-endorse other candidates without that candidate?s knowledge or consent. This came about by the 2007 little known legislative law which allowed 3rd parties, petitioning parties and any candidate to cross-endorse major party candidates. Example: A Socialist candidate endorsing Governor Jody Rell. This action might not be liked by the endorsed candidate and it does not address what, if any, agreements have been made between the candidates. This law seems to benefit the Working Families Party of CT more than any actual or potential party or candidate. AVN: Jean is known as a Green; this decision is a local Green Party decision. SMD: this sought of coalition has been done in the past by the Willimantic/Northeast Green Party and it did not work. It failed because the only coalition members to keep their promise (to work for coalition members) were the Greens. Then other coalition members mandated that the elected Green Party coalition candidate, not use the Green Party name. We need to learn from past actions and continue to get our own GP concepts out to the voters and show we are different from the major parties. Additionally, the local GP will lose their Green Party Line and affects local voter ability to register as Green Party voters. JdS: petitioning can be redone. DB: I think these kinds of coalitions should be done cautiously. Coalitions appear to work best when working for similar issues/concerns but not for candidates. Consensus: GP of CT endorses Jean deSmet. 2. Political issues the GP of CT has addressed with legislators during the 2008 Legislative Session: SMD: Fight the Hike group is still meeting and planning to address 2008 legislative issues. 3. CT Green Times: SMD: has no newspaper for this meeting due to lack of articles. Will have for next SCC meeting, if articles are provided to me in a timely manner. 4. Our websites: CR: the HYPERLINK "http://www.ctgreens.com/"www.ctgreens.com website ownership was renewed by Aaron Gustafson, of Hamden. He was a former Green Party of CT member and Co-chairperson in 2005. Currently the following people also have access to it: Christopher Reilly to update the calendar; David Bedell to post endorsed candidates from this GP. Jerry Martin assists as needed. SMD: Eric DeVos has deferred putting in more portals until 10-07. Consensus: need to put news on this website, daily. 5. Impeachment of Bush/Cheney by town resolutions for impeachment of Bush/Cheney: RD: Congressional House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi was in Stamford recently. She does not support articles of impeachment. Goal of getting town resolutions is to have our CT State Legislature pass a resolution of impeachment. Congressional rules allow that a resolution of impeachment, passed by a state legislature, can be brought to the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, to be acted upon. The Democratic CT State Central Committee (CSCC) will be having a meeting on 9-26-07 and will vote on whether to support an article for impeachment of Bush and Cheney. Some of these elected members are or have moved away from the Pelosi position. The primary obligations of these members are to the town voters and to the State Democratic Party and not to Pelosi. We need people to contact their Democratic officials. Congressman, Christopher Murphy, has promised to bring to Congress any CT Legislative impeachment resolution. 6. ACLU lawsuit: SMD: no news. 7. Chapter reports: Fairfield: DB: we are working on impeachment petitions; seek GP of CT endorsement of our candidate. Northeast: JdS: I had a fundraiser, 8-26-07, with Cynthia McKinney, a former Democratic Congressperson from GA. New Haven: CT: there was a fundraiser on 8-27-07, for Ralph Ferrucci, GP candidate for Mayor of New Haven. Cynthia McKinney, a former Democratic Congressperson from GA, also attended. She has been going around the country and meeting with some State Green Parties. Greater Hartford: SMD: we had our 8-25-07 nominating convention and endorsed David Ionno for Green Party candidate for Hartford City Council. 9. Date, place and time for next: 9-07 EC and 9-25-07 SCC meetings: to be determined. 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URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Mon Nov 19 09:13:21 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:13:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} Thornton elected as National Co Chair Message-ID: <9131.43234.qm@web44805.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> voting at gpus.org wrote: Date: 19 Nov 2007 09:59:06 -0000 From: voting at gpus.org To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org Subject: [usgp-nc] GP-US Ranked Choice Vote Results: ID 326 - Online Election to Fill Co-chair Vacancy on GPUS Steering Committee The following ranked choice vote has been certified. Here are the results: Ranked Choice Vote ID: 326 Ranked Choice Vote: Online Election to Fill Co-chair Vacancy on GPUS Steering Committee Floor Manager: Holly Hart, hhart at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Result: 164 Ballots Cast by 43 States/Caucuses Presens Quorum: 34 0.6666 of 50 Accredited States/Caucuses Full details are available at: http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/irvresult?pid=326 Clifford Thornton On Ballot Elected ABL Anybody But LaMarche Write In Not Elected Cat Woods On Ballot Not Elected claudia ellquist Write In Not Elected John Kerry Write In Not Elected John Murphy Write In Not Elected Linda Manning Myatt Write In Not Elected Matt Abel Write In Not Elected Michael Cavlan On Ballot Not Elected Mickey Mouse Write In Not Elected Morgen D'Arc Write In Not Elected no candidate Write In Not Elected No Other Candidate Write In Not Elected Pat LaMarche On Ballot Not Elected Phil Huckleberry Write In Not Elected Ruth Weill Write In Not Elected Tamar Yager On Ballot Not Elected claudia elquist Write In Same as _______________________________________________ Natlcomvotes mailing list To send a message to the list, write to: Natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org To unsubscribe or change your list options, go to: http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/natlcomvotes If your state delegation changes, please see: http://gp.org/committees/nc/documents/delegate_change.html To report violations of listserv protocol, write to forummanagers at lists.gp-us.org For other information about the Coordinating Committee, see: http://gp.org/committees/nc/ *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. 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Votr to vote OUT Ms McCabe from USGP IOC due to NO attendance at SCC reports to SCC or telling Scc sshe rans for co chair and PUT herself on USGP Peace committee WITHOUT SCC votre on her appointment Wee found out at convention she put herself on This is a loose cannon Amy From: roseberry3 at cox.netTo: ctgp-news at ml.greens.orgDate: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:19:29 -0500CC: Subject: {news} proposed agenda for 11-21-07 EC meeting of CTGP in Glastonbury, CT. for 7:30PM proposed agenda for 11-21-07 EC meeting of CTGP in Glastonbury, CT. Luna?s Pizza, 88 Hebron Avenue, Glastonbury, CT 06033 p: 860-659-2136 Time: 7:30PM to 8:30PM Set agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting which might include but not limited to: 1. Election results within GP of CT. 2. Results of political actions by the GP of CT with the CT legislature; issues GP of CT wants to address in 2008. 3. ACLU lawsuit regarding the 2005 CT ?campaign finance reform? law. 4. CT Green Times newspaper status: When will it be available for distribution? 5. Treasurer?s report from Christopher Reilly. 6. Requests to be on GPUS committees. 7. Responses from chapters. 8. Any proposals for SCC? a) from Process and Procedure Committee members; b) tentative proposal from a GP of CT member, David Bedell: Subject: CT/RI Peace, Justice and Environmental Network; Raise the Age Campaign http://www.cripjen.org Connecticut / Rhode Island Peace, Justice and Environmental Network current members:1. American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) SENE Southeast New England2. American Friends Service Committee - CT (AFSC)3. CT/RI Peace, Justice and Environmental Network4. East Bay Citizens for Peace - RI5. Efficacy - CT6. Greater New Haven Peace Council7. Green Party of Rhode Island8. Interreligous Eco-Justice Network - CT9. Move On/East Bay - RI10. Rhode Island Community Coalition for Peace (RICCP)11. South Kingstown Justice and Peace Action Group (SKJPAG) - RI12. Toxics Action - CT13. Toxics Action - RIhttp://raisetheagect.org About Raise the Age: raisetheagect.org is a project of the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance. The Raise the Age website is part of the Campaign 4 Youth Justice.The Campaign 4 Youth Justice is a public education campaign that seeks to raise awareness about the impact of policies and practices that result in trying youth as adults in the adult criminal justice system. In Connecticut, the Campaign is currently focused on raising the maximum age of juvenile court jurisdiction from age 15 to age 17. Here is a list of current Participating Organizations: * Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance* RYASAP* Street Smart Ventures* Connecticut Voices for Children* Center for Children's Advocacy* The Tow Foundation* FSW* Youth Rights Media* Community Partners in Action* NAMI-CT* Connecticut Legal Services* Southeastern Connecticut Mental Health System of Care* Families United for Children's Mental Health* Middlesex Coalition for Children* Bee in your Bonnet Coalition* Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition* ABCD, Inc.* Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement* People Against Injustice* West Haven Black Coalition* Christian Community Commission* The Nehemiah Commission* Sojourner Network of Democratic Women* Laborers' Local 665* New Haven Legal Assistants Inc.* Albert Schweitzer Institute at Quinnipiac University* Paul and Lisa Program* The Connecticut State Medical Society* The Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics* The Connecticut Psychiatric Society* The Connecticut Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry* The Connecticut Psychological Association* The National Alliance on Mental Illness--Connecticut* The National Association of Social Workers--Connecticut Chapter 9. Place of next EC meeting scheduled for when? NOTE: 12-25-07 is the last Tuesday in 12-07 and 1-1-08 is the 1st Tuesday in 1-08. 10. Place for next SCC meeting SCC meeting. NOTE: 12-25-07 is the last Tuesday in 12-07 and 1-1-08 is the 1st Tuesday in 1-08. 11. Any additions. No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1137 - Release Date: 11/18/2007 5:15 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roseberry3 at cox.net Tue Nov 20 22:34:58 2007 From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:34:58 -0500 Subject: {news} 11-21-07 EC meeting of CTGP is CANCELLED Message-ID: <20071121033458.JFLW16464.eastrmmtao102.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> Barbara Barry, Secretary of CTGP _____ From: B Barry [mailto:roseberry3 at cox.net] Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 10:19 PM To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org Cc: 'B Barry' Subject: proposed agenda for 11-21-07 EC meeting of CTGP in Glastonbury, CT. for 7:30PM proposed agenda for 11-21-07 EC meeting of CTGP in Glastonbury, CT. Luna?s Pizza, 88 Hebron Avenue, Glastonbury, CT 06033 p: 860-659-2136 Time: 7:30PM to 8:30PM Set agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting which might include but not limited to: 1. Election results within GP of CT. 2. Results of political actions by the GP of CT with the CT legislature; issues GP of CT wants to address in 2008. 3. ACLU lawsuit regarding the 2005 CT ?campaign finance reform? law. 4. CT Green Times newspaper status: When will it be available for distribution? 5. Treasurer?s report from Christopher Reilly. 6. Requests to be on GPUS committees. 7. Responses from chapters. 8. Any proposals for SCC? a) from Process and Procedure Committee members; b) tentative proposal from a GP of CT member, David Bedell: Subject: CT/RI Peace, Justice and Environmental Network; Raise the Age Campaign HYPERLINK "http://www.cripjen.org/"http://www.cripjen.org Connecticut / Rhode Island Peace, Justice and Environmental Network current members: 1. American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) SENE Southeast New England 2. American Friends Service Committee - CT (AFSC) 3. CT/RI Peace, Justice and Environmental Network 4. East Bay Citizens for Peace - RI 5. Efficacy - CT 6. Greater New Haven Peace Council 7. Green Party of Rhode Island 8. Interreligous Eco-Justice Network - CT 9. Move On/East Bay - RI 10. Rhode Island Community Coalition for Peace (RICCP) 11. South Kingstown Justice and Peace Action Group (SKJPAG) - RI 12. Toxics Action - CT 13. Toxics Action - RI http://raisetheagect.org About Raise the Age: raisetheagect.org is a project of the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance. The Raise the Age website is part of the Campaign 4 Youth Justice. The Campaign 4 Youth Justice is a public education campaign that seeks to raise awareness about the impact of policies and practices that result in trying youth as adults in the adult criminal justice system. In Connecticut, the Campaign is currently focused on raising the maximum age of juvenile court jurisdiction from age 15 to age 17. Here is a list of current Participating Organizations: * Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance * RYASAP * Street Smart Ventures * Connecticut Voices for Children * Center for Children's Advocacy * The Tow Foundation * FSW * Youth Rights Media * Community Partners in Action * NAMI-CT * Connecticut Legal Services * Southeastern Connecticut Mental Health System of Care * Families United for Children's Mental Health * Middlesex Coalition for Children * Bee in your Bonnet Coalition * Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition * ABCD, Inc. * Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement * People Against Injustice * West Haven Black Coalition * Christian Community Commission * The Nehemiah Commission * Sojourner Network of Democratic Women * Laborers' Local 665 * New Haven Legal Assistants Inc. * Albert Schweitzer Institute at Quinnipiac University * Paul and Lisa Program * The Connecticut State Medical Society * The Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics * The Connecticut Psychiatric Society * The Connecticut Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry * The Connecticut Psychological Association * The National Alliance on Mental Illness--Connecticut * The National Association of Social Workers--Connecticut Chapter 9. Place of next EC meeting scheduled for when? NOTE: 12-25-07 is the last Tuesday in 12-07 and 1-1-08 is the 1st Tuesday in 1-08. 10. Place for next SCC meeting SCC meeting. NOTE: 12-25-07 is the last Tuesday in 12-07 and 1-1-08 is the 1st Tuesday in 1-08. 11. Any additions. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1137 - Release Date: 11/18/2007 5:15 PM No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.0/1137 - Release Date: 11/18/2007 5:15 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.2/1142 - Release Date: 11/20/2007 5:44 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 21 07:52:34 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:52:34 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} Fwd: 11/27 tuesday SCC meeting Message-ID: <893413.81087.qm@web44802.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> state meeting set for the 27th Vittorio Lancia wrote: Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:33:50 -0800 (PST) From: Vittorio Lancia Subject: 11/27 tuesday SCC meeting To: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Hello Tim, I lost my little book of phone numbers and I wanted to let Mike Derosa know that the meeting for the Green Party SCC meeting is set for 11/27 Tuesday at the Portland Senior Center at 7:00PM. Could you let him know and verify to me that you've done so and also give me his phone number if you have it? Thanks, Vic *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://TheBigGreenPicture.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From efficacy at msn.com Wed Nov 21 09:59:06 2007 From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:59:06 -0500 Subject: {news} Debunking Drug Czar Cocaine Claims Message-ID: Friends The Washington Post has an excellent article debunking the claims of the drug czar on cocaine being less available. The article is reprinted below. In case the graphs don't translate see: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/?hpid=news-col-blog Gov Watch Is There a 'Cocaine Shortage'? Mexican Marines guard large cocaine haul in November "It's unprecedented...This is not only the deepest shortage [in the retail cocaine market] but it's the longest we have seen." --White House Drug Czar John Walters,` 2147.html> interview with Washington Post, November 9, 2007. "We've never had disruptions of this magnitude before." -- - shortage-despite-confli/> Walters press conference in Bogota, Colombia, November 7, 2007. A reality check in the "war on drugs." Drug Czar John Walters touted similar disruptions to the cocaine market in the United States back in 2005, but the progress turned out to be short-lived. Is there any reason we should believe him this time? Unfortunately, the statistical methodology used by his office and the Drug Enforcement Administration is extremely opaque. The Facts Success in the war on drugs is often measured by examining changes in the price of cocaine, particularly the street price paid by American consumers. If supplies are disrupted, the price will rise. It was therefore reasonable enough for Walters to point to a 44 percent spike in median cocaine prices between January and September as a significant development. The question is whether the price increase is "unprecedented," and how long it will last. Despite repeated requests, the Office of National Drug Control Policy has declined to provide historical data to support the director's claim about the "unprecedented" nature of the price increase. The only data they will supply goes back to 2005, which is precisely the time when Walters > last claimed a major decline in the availability of cocaine. The chart used by Walters to trumpet his "unprecedented" claim is published below. The data has been drawn from the STRIDE database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration, which includes records of thousands of domestic drug purchases by undercover agents at both the wholesale and retail level. The Walters data represents the "mean", or average, price of all these purchases. It is impossible to tell from the way the data is presented how much cocaine has been bought at what level, a crucial distinction since the retail price is typically several times higher than the wholesale price. The prices are all current prices. (Had the prices been adjusted for inflation, the pre-2007 line would be downward, rather than flat.) Neither Walters' office, nor the DEA, publishes cocaine price data on a regular basis, so historical comparisons are almost impossible. The best available data comes from a 2004 study by the RAND Corporation, which looked at cocaine prices between 1981 and 2003. The RAND analysts used DEA data, but they broke it down to examine different sections of the market, such as less than two grams (a typical consumer purchase), two to ten grams, above ten grams, and so on. They also adjusted prices for inflation, measuring everything in 2002 dollars. The RAND analysis, > available here on the drug czar's website, showed a steady decline in the price of cocaine to the American consumer over more than two decades, interrupted by occasional spikes. Here are the RAND/DEA figures for the price of pure powder cocaine, based on purchases of two grams or less, between 1981 and 2003: The most striking point in this graph is the long-term downward trend in retail cocaine prices, despite all the efforts at interdiction undertaken by successive U.S. administrations. By eyeballing the chart, you can see that there were significant price spikes in 1982, 1990, 1994, and 2000, which are comparable to the recent increase. Each spike was followed by another sharp decline, as producers responded to the higher prices. Compared to historical levels, cocaine prices are still very low, particularly if you factor in inflation. The RAND data is not strictly comparable to the latest DEA data as it measures the retail slice of the market, rather than average purchase prices. (RAND data for other slices of the market show similar peaks and troughs.) But it certainly suggests that policy-makers should be more cautious in using terms like "unprecedented." "We have had three or four similar increases in the past 20 years," said John Carnevale, director of the drug czar's planning and budget office under George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. "Cocaine prices go up and go down, but the long-run trend is one of decline. The increases were temporary, and did not have any effect on the market in terms of reducing demand that we could discern." One of the principal authors of the RAND study, John Reuter, a professor of public policy at the University of Maryland, said he was troubled by the way the DEA and ONDCP (the drug czar's office) kept changing its statistical methodology. "I don't understand why they don't run the series the same way (as RAND), just to remove any doubts that the data is solid. It would be much more convincing if they did that." I called ONDCP to get its side of the story after the Washington Office on Latin America, which has long been critical of U.S. drug policy, debunked the Walters claim in an analysis, > available here. Chief scientist David Murray said he would provide a full set of historical data to support the director's statements, but later withdrew the offer, saying that DEA would not authorize release of the information. He criticized the WOLA analysis, saying the group was comparing "oranges with hubcaps." The ONDCP critique is > available here. Other indicators cited by Murray include > a drop in drug use in 2006 among some American workers and " > law enforcement reports" suggesting a "cocaine shortage" in some American cities. There is considerable skepticism about the drug czar's data in Congress, among both Democrats and Republicans. The co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), noted that the > Department of Justice recently reported that "cocaine availability could return to normal levels in late 2007 and early 2008," an assessment that appears to undermine the upbeat claims of the drug czar. "I hope we are making progress, but I am not ready to crow yet," said Grassley. The Pinocchio Test Drug Czar John Walters has failed to provide historical data to back up his claim of an "unprecedented disruption" to the cocaine market. That would appear to end the argument, but I understand this is a complicated subject, so I would like to hear your views before issuing a verdict. It would be good if we could drag some more data out of DEA and ONDCP. If they think they have a valid case, they should put their data where their mouth is. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From roseberry3 at cox.net Fri Nov 23 22:16:08 2007 From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:16:08 -0500 Subject: {news} Approved Minutes from the 8-28-07 SCC meeting of Green Party of Connecticut, quorum meet Message-ID: <20071124031603.QCFV16464.eastrmmtao102.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> Minutes from the 8-28-07 SCC meeting of Green Party of Connecticut, quorum meet Place: Portland Public Library, 20 Freestone Avenue, Portland, CT 06480-1818 Phone: 860-342-6770 Time: 6:40PM to 9:00PM Voting attendees by chapter: Fairfield (arrived at 7:12PM): Paul Bassler, David Bedell, Richard Duffee; Greater Hartford: Barbara Barry, Secretary of Green Party of CT; S. Michael DeRosa, Co-chairperson of GP of CT; Christopher Reilly, Treasurer of GP of CT; New Haven: Jerry Martin; Northeast: Jean deSmet, Co-chairperson of GP of CT and Amy Vas Nunes; Clifford Thornton, Co-chairperson of GP of CT. No non-voting attendees. Facilitator: Barbara Barry A. Preliminaries: 1. Introductions of voting attendees; non-voting attendees; chapters; quorum was met; timekeeper= Jean deSmet; facilitator; ground rules. 2. Approval of tonight?s proposed agenda, deletions: GPUS report due to lack of GPUS representatives. GPUS committee members will present reports, if time allows; addition, it time allows: By-law Committee. 3. Review and approval of minutes of 7-31-07 SCC meeting. 4. Review and acceptance of minutes from the 8-21-07 EC meeting. 5. Treasurer?s report from Christopher Reilly: have balance of $1213.80. B. Policies and Procedures Committee: The following State Central Committee (SCC) functions were approved by consensus: post SCC and EC minutes on the website; design brochures for the use of chapters as is or that can be customized for individual chapter use; reserve 30% of all contributions for the chapter in which the contributor resides. If the contributor does not reside in an active chapter, then contribution is to go to the most reasonable close active chapter; prepare a State of the Party Report for presentation to the membership at the Annual Meeting. That report should include a brief synopsis of what the Party has accomplished in the past year and outline its plans for the future; produce an Annual Budget for implementation on July 1st of each year; maintain a calendar showing all required or planed events on the Green Party of CT website. Make reasonable effort to anticipate the requirements of these events to efficiently utilize the resources of the Green Party of Ct to insure success. Deferred for further discussions/feedback: reimburse chapters for costs to contact members when that contact is unplanned but mandated by the SCC; maintain a central membership and contributor list which can be subdivided for use only by any of the Green Party of CT chapters. CR: historically, the Green Party of CT has a made a decision not to share our membership list with any one or any organization except with Green Party Chapter and candidates for the explicit use for Green Party purposes. The secretary was asked to bring to the next SCC meeting on 9-25-07, the current valid Bylaws of the Green Party of CT, and if possible email to Jerry Martin for use by the Policies and Procedures Committee. C. Reports: 1. Green Party of CT candidates for endorsement by the SC JdS: I am not running on a Green Party Line candidate for First Selectman (i.e. mayor) of Willimantic. I am trying to get rid of people who listen to the Democratic and Republican lines. People do know me as a Green. While, I will not be running on the Green Party Line, I do want candidate funds from GPUS. In order to get these GPUS funds, a candidate must be endorsed by the state Green Party. Therefore, I seek your endorsement. SMD: there is a push within the State Democrats and Republicans can cross-endorse other candidates without that candidate?s knowledge or consent. This came about by the 2007 little known legislative law which allowed 3rd parties, petitioning parties and any candidate to cross-endorse major party candidates. Example: A Socialist candidate endorsing Governor Jody Rell. This action might not be liked by the endorsed candidate and it does not address what, if any, agreements have been made between the candidates. This law seems to benefit the Working Families Party of CT more than any actual or potential party or candidate. AVN: Jean is known as a Green; this decision is a local Green Party decision. SMD: this sought of coalition has been done in the past by the Willimantic/Northeast Green Party and it did not work. It failed because the only coalition members to keep their promise (to work for coalition members) were the Greens. Then other coalition members mandated that the elected Green Party coalition candidate, not use the Green Party name. We need to learn from past actions and continue to get our own GP concepts out to the voters and show we are different from the major parties. Additionally, the local GP will lose their Green Party Line and affects local voter ability to register as Green Party voters. JdS: petitioning can be redone. DB: I think these kinds of coalitions should be done cautiously. Coalitions appear to work best when working for similar issues/concerns but not for candidates. Consensus: GP of CT endorses Jean deSmet. 2. Political issues the GP of CT has addressed with legislators during the 2008 Legislative Session: SMD: Fight the Hike group is still meeting and planning to address 2008 legislative issues. 3. CT Green Times: SMD: has no newspaper for this meeting due to lack of articles. Will have for next SCC meeting, if articles are provided to me in a timely manner. 4. Our websites: CR: the HYPERLINK "http://www.ctgreens.com/"www.ctgreens.com website ownership was renewed by Aaron Gustafson, of Hamden. He was a former Green Party of CT member and Co-chairperson in 2005. Currently the following people also have access to it: Christopher Reilly to update the calendar; David Bedell to post endorsed candidates from this GP. Jerry Martin assists as needed. SMD: Eric DeVos has deferred putting in more portals until 10-07. Consensus: need to put news on this website, daily. 5. Impeachment of Bush/Cheney by town resolutions for impeachment of Bush/Cheney: RD: Congressional House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi was in Stamford recently. She does not support articles of impeachment. Goal of getting town resolutions is to have our CT State Legislature pass a resolution of impeachment. Congressional rules allow that a resolution of impeachment, passed by a state legislature, can be brought to the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, to be acted upon. The Democratic CT State Central Committee (CSCC) will be having a meeting on 9-26-07 and will vote on whether to support an article for impeachment of Bush and Cheney. Some of these elected members are or have moved away from the Pelosi position. The primary obligations of these members are to the town voters and to the State Democratic Party and not to Pelosi. We need people to contact their Democratic officials. Congressman, Christopher Murphy, has promised to bring to Congress any CT Legislative impeachment resolution. 6. ACLU lawsuit: SMD: no news. 7. Chapter reports: Fairfield: DB: we are working on impeachment petitions; seek GP of CT endorsement of our candidate. Northeast: JdS: I had a fundraiser, 8-26-07, with Cynthia McKinney, a former Democratic Congressperson from GA. New Haven: CT: there was a fundraiser on 8-27-07, for Ralph Ferrucci, GP candidate for Mayor of New Haven. Cynthia McKinney, a former Democratic Congressperson from GA, also attended. She has been going around the country and meeting with some State Green Parties. Greater Hartford: SMD: we had our 8-25-07 nominating convention and endorsed David Ionno for Green Party candidate for Hartford City Council. 9. Date, place and time for next: 9-07 EC and 9-25-07 SCC meetings: to be determined. Green Party Key Values: non-violence, respect for diversity, grassroots democracy, social justice and equal opportunity, ecological wisdom, decentralization, community-based economics and economic justice, future focus and sustainability, personal and global responsibility, feminism and gender equality. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.5/1148 - Release Date: 11/23/2007 7:39 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roseberry3 at cox.net Fri Nov 23 22:42:49 2007 From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:42:49 -0500 Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP at Portland's Senior Center Message-ID: <20071124034244.MFBZ21580.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP at Portland?s Senior Center 7 Waverly Avenue, Portland, CT 06480 Phone: 860-342-6760 Time: 7:000PM 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 10-30-07 SCC meeting. 4. (2-4 minutes): Review and acceptance of minutes from the 11-19-07 EC meeting. 5. (2-4 minutes): Treasurer?s report from Christopher Reilly. B. Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee: a) .Policies and Proposals; b) From the EC: temporary Budget Committee members to be EC members; c) From the EC: the development of Candidates Development Committee to educate, enhance, enable, advise and support candidates in the formation and maintenance of their candidacy. C. Reports: 1. (15 minutes): Proposal: Impeachment of Bush/Cheney; town resolutions for impeachment of Bush/Cheney. 2. (10 minutes): Reports from the elected Green Party officials and candidates-elect. 3. (10-15 minutes): GPUS reports from CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury and National Committee Members: Amy Vas Nunes and S. Michael DeRosa. 4. (5 minutes): Political issues the GP of CT has addressed with legislators during the 2008 Legislative Session: Fight the Hike/universal health coverage. 5. (5 minutes): Reports from absent chapters. 6. (5 minutes): CT Green Times. 7. (5 minutes): Fundraiser position. 8. (1 minute): ACLU lawsuit. 9. (2-5 minutes, each): other Chapter reports. 10. Date, place and time for next SCC meeting 1-8-08 and date, place and time of next EC meeting in 1-08.. 11. Any additions Green Party Key Values: non-violence, respect for diversity, grassroots democracy, social justice and equal opportunity, ecological wisdom, decentralization, community-based economics and economic justice, future focus and sustainability, personal and global responsibility, feminism and gender equality. HYPERLINK "http://www.google.com/" \nwww.google.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.5/1148 - Release Date: 11/23/2007 7:39 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From efficacy at msn.com Sat Nov 24 12:12:22 2007 From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:12:22 -0500 Subject: {news} Dems' proposed Iraq bill wouldn't end the war (AP) Message-ID: Democrats' bill on Iraq wouldn't end war By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer November 23, 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_go_co/democrats_iraq http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/23/5402/ WASHINGTON - The Democrats' flagship proposal on Iraq is aimed at bringing most troops home. Yet if enacted, the law would still allow for tens of thousands of U.S. troops to stay deployed for years to come. This reality - readily acknowledged by Democrats who say it's still their best shot at curbing the nearly five-year war - has drawn the ire of anti-war groups and bolstered President Bush's prediction that the United States will most likely wind up maintaining a hefty long-term presence in Iraq, much like in South Korea. For those who want troops out, "you've got more holes in here than Swiss cheese," said Tom Andrews, national director of the war protest group Win Without War and a former congressman from Maine. The Democratic proposal would order troops to begin leaving Iraq within 30 days, a requirement Bush is already on track to meet as he begins reversing this year's 30,000 troop buildup. The proposal also sets a goal of ending combat by Dec. 15, 2008. After that, troops remaining in Iraq would be restricted to three missions: counterterrorism, training Iraqi security forces and protecting U.S. assets, including diplomats. This month, Senate Republicans blocked the measure, even though it was tied to $50 billion needed by the military, because they said it would impose an artificial timetable on a war that has been showing signs of progress. Despite the GOP's fierce opposition and a White House veto threat, military officials and analysts say the proposal leaves open the door for a substantial force to remain behind. Estimates range from as few as a couple thousand troops to as many as 70,000 or more to accomplish those three missions. There are about 164,000 troops in Iraq now. Maj. Gen. Michael Barbero, deputy chief of staff for operations in Iraq, declined to estimate how many troops might be needed under the Democrats' plan but said it would be hard to accomplish any of those missions without a significant force. "It's a combination of all of our resources and capabilities to be able to execute these missions the way that we are," Barbero said in a recent phone interview from Baghdad. For example, Barbero said that "several thousand" troops are assigned to specialized anti-terrorism units focused on capturing high profile terrorist targets. But they often rely on the logistics, security and intelligence provided by conventional troops, he said. "When a brigade is operating in a village, meeting with locals, asking questions, collecting human intelligence on these very same (terrorist) organizations, that intelligence comes back and is merged and fed into this counterterrorism unit," Barbero said. "So are they doing counterterrorism operations? "It's all linked and simultaneous," he added. "You can't separate it cleanly like that." It's also difficult to precisely say how many U.S. troops are tasked with training the Iraqi security forces. Christine Wormuth, who served as staff director of Gen. James Jones' commission on training Iraqi security forces, said she estimates some 8,000 to 10,000 troops are dedicated to training. These "transition teams" are tasked solely with training and equipping Iraqi police, army, air force, maritime and intelligence forces. But an undetermined number of additional troops provide "on the job" training for Iraqi security forces by conducting daily patrols and other combat missions alongside them, she said. Last year, the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan commission whose findings were the basis for the Democratic proposal, recommended that 10,000 to 20,000 troops should be embedded with Iraqi combat units. Senate Democrats who championed the proposal say it was written deliberately to give the military flexibility and not cap force levels. Unlike their counterparts in the House, many Senate Democrats have opposed stronger measures that would set firm deadlines on troop withdrawals or effectively force an end to the war by cutting off money for combat. "There's no way to say down the line how many insurgency threats there will be, how many militia threats there will be, how many al-Qaida and other terrorist threats there will be," said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Armed Services Committee. Still, Levin and other Democrats say the U.S. could still launch effective anti-terrorism strikes in Iraq using elite special operations forces without the massive footprint of conventional forces. "We've been told now that 90 percent of the Iraqi units are capable of taking the lead, so six or nine months from now we would expect those units would not only be taking the lead, they would be handling those missions," he said. Rep. John Murtha, who helped lead the anti-war effort in the House this year, said the bill might leave as few as 3,000 or as many as 30,000 troops, but that the broader message would be to blur the U.S. footprint substantially. "I'm willing to negotiate, but I think the most vulnerable part of this operation is the logistics tail," which should be taken out of enemy reach, he said. Meanwhile, military analysts caution against worrying too much about the particulars. The legislation has yet to pass Congress by a veto-proof majority. It also isn't binding; under the bill, Bush can ignore the 2008 deadline to end combat. Indeed, the legislation is more of a signal to the White House that Congress' patience with the war is gone, than any mandate on how to run operations. That could explain why entities like the Government Accountability Office have not examined the ramifications of the bill. Or as Anthony Cordesman, a national security analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, put it: "As long as you're discussing a bill that is designed for political purposes, you don't have to get down to the issue of whether it would work or not." 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. 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URL: From amyvasnunes at hotmail.com Sat Nov 24 23:50:46 2007 From: amyvasnunes at hotmail.com (Amy Vas Nunes) Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:50:46 -0500 Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP at Portland's Senior Center In-Reply-To: <20071124034244.MFBZ21580.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> References: <20071124034244.MFBZ21580.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> Message-ID: ADDITION TO AGENDA:POLICY AND PROXESURES FOR MEMBERSHIPTO GPUS IC REVETTING OR NOT MCCABE ACCORDING TO POLICY AND PROCEDURE AND USGP IC COMMITTEE RULES AMY From: roseberry3 at cox.netTo: ctgp-news at ml.greens.orgDate: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:42:49 -0500CC: Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP at Portland's Senior Center Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP at Portland?s Senior Center 7 Waverly Avenue, Portland, CT 06480 Phone: 860-342-6760 Time: 7:000PM 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 10-30-07 SCC meeting. 4. (2-4 minutes): Review and acceptance of minutes from the 11-19-07 EC meeting. 5. (2-4 minutes): Treasurer?s report from Christopher Reilly. B. Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee: a) .Policies and Proposals; b) From the EC: temporary Budget Committee members to be EC members; c) From the EC: the development of Candidates Development Committee to educate, enhance, enable, advise and support candidates in the formation and maintenance of their candidacy. C. Reports: 1. (15 minutes): Proposal: Impeachment of Bush/Cheney; town resolutions for impeachment of Bush/Cheney. 2. (10 minutes): Reports from the elected Green Party officials and candidates-elect. 3. (10-15 minutes): GPUS reports from CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury and National Committee Members: Amy Vas Nunes and S. Michael DeRosa. 4. (5 minutes): Political issues the GP of CT has addressed with legislators during the 2008 Legislative Session: Fight the Hike/universal health coverage. 5. (5 minutes): Reports from absent chapters. 6. (5 minutes): CT Green Times. 7. (5 minutes): Fundraiser position. 8. (1 minute): ACLU lawsuit. 9. (2-5 minutes, each): other Chapter reports. 10. Date, place and time for next SCC meeting 1-8-08 and date, place and time of next EC meeting in 1-08.. 11. Any additions Green Party Key Values: non-violence, respect for diversity, grassroots democracy, social justice and equal opportunity, ecological wisdom, decentralization, community-based economics and economic justice, future focus and sustainability, personal and global responsibility, feminism and gender equality. www.google.com No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.5/1148 - Release Date: 11/23/2007 7:39 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Sun Nov 25 15:27:31 2007 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:27:31 -0500 Subject: Revetting as IC rep Re: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP atPortland's Senior Center References: <20071124034244.MFBZ21580.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> Message-ID: <07e601c82fa1$9b853e60$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> Dear all, I'm unable to attend the 11/27 state meeting to speak in person, but I'd like to be revetted as a GPCT rep to the International Committee (IC) which I currently co-chair. (I can't attend state meetings in general as I work evenings during the week and live an hour and 20 minutes away. Most immediately, I can't attend as I just had foot surgery and can't drive for a month or so.) For some background, the IC's mission as a GPUS national committee is pasted below. That and some of our work are posted at our website http://www.gp.org/committees/intl/ . As with all national committees, the IC can have up to 3 members from each state party. Besides myself, GPCT currently has Amy Vas Nunes and Richard Duffee as IC reps. My tenure as IC co-chair began July 2006 and continues until July 2008, although I have been a GPCT rep to the IC for several years. As many of you may know, we have many state reps to the IC who have been on the committee for years, some longer than I, which has provided stability for the committee and the development of ongoing relationships with international greens especially. Because we're all volunteers with day jobs, work is slow but steady, as we develop relations within the committee for drafting the foreign policy position papers--a main IC task. Members of the IC usually have some foreign policy interest/expertise. Mine is the Middle East, developed during my doctoral education and work as an anthropologist doing research in Lebanon and Iran, and more recently in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories which I've visited yearly since 1994. I became GPUS point person on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and helped draft our Middle East foreign policy, much of which was formulated by GPCT proposals to the National Committee. In sum, I'm seeking your support for continuing as an IC rep. from GPCT, work that is very important to me and on which I spend a much time on behalf of the Green Party. Thanks, Justine McCabe PS: Mission of the International Committee Foster collaboration and exchange with Green parties around the world. Network with organizations and movements working for global peace, social justice, human rights, and environmentally sustainable communities. Develop and advise on international aspects of the National Platform. Coordinate Green Party representation to the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas, Global Green Network, and other international federations, meetings and events. Inform U.S. Greens about international issues. ----- Original Message ----- From: Amy Vas Nunes To: B Barry ; ctgp-news at ml.greens.org Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 11:50 PM Subject: RE: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP atPortland's Senior Center Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/ to unsubscribe click here mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITION TO AGENDA:POLICY AND PROXESURES FOR MEMBERSHIPTO GPUS IC REVETTING OR NOT MCCABE ACCORDING TO POLICY AND PROCEDURE AND USGP IC COMMITTEE RULES AMY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: roseberry3 at cox.net To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:42:49 -0500 CC: Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP at Portland's Senior Center Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP at Portland's Senior Center 7 Waverly Avenue, Portland, CT 06480 Phone: 860-342-6760 Time: 7:000PM 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 10-30-07 SCC meeting. 4. (2-4 minutes): Review and acceptance of minutes from the 11-19-07 EC meeting. 5. (2-4 minutes): Treasurer's report from Christopher Reilly. B. Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee: a) .Policies and Proposals; b) From the EC: temporary Budget Committee members to be EC members; c) From the EC: the development of Candidates Development Committee to educate, enhance, enable, advise and support candidates in the formation and maintenance of their candidacy. C. Reports: 1. (15 minutes): Proposal: Impeachment of Bush/Cheney; town resolutions for impeachment of Bush/Cheney. 2. (10 minutes): Reports from the elected Green Party officials and candidates-elect. 3. (10-15 minutes): GPUS reports from CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury and National Committee Members: Amy Vas Nunes and S. Michael DeRosa. 4. (5 minutes): Political issues the GP of CT has addressed with legislators during the 2008 Legislative Session: Fight the Hike/universal health coverage. 5. (5 minutes): Reports from absent chapters. 6. (5 minutes): CT Green Times. 7. (5 minutes): Fundraiser position. 8. (1 minute): ACLU lawsuit. 9. (2-5 minutes, each): other Chapter reports. 10. Date, place and time for next SCC meeting 1-8-08 and date, place and time of next EC meeting in 1-08.. 11. Any additions Green Party Key Values: non-violence, respect for diversity, grassroots democracy, social justice and equal opportunity, ecological wisdom, decentralization, community-based economics and economic justice, future focus and sustainability, personal and global responsibility, feminism and gender equality. www.google.com No virus found in this outgoing message. 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The most recent trip to Canada negotiations came via Tim. We were never informed she was going or WHAT was said about Palestine. Was it the opinion of ALL in the CTGP McCabe only speaks communicates with whom she chooses such as Tim or Charlie, She refuses to speak to Mike,Richard{ all on the "Peace" committee}Barbra and Chris. How 10 KV is this. She got herself as vice chair on IC and on Peace without ever informing us. SHE IS ALSO INVOLVED WITH presidential SEARCH WE DID NOT KNOW THIS ALL in our name with out accountability or consult She has been out of the country a number of times to negotiate for us IN OUR NAME. This is a person that a number of JEWISH XTGP reported to CTADL no one has been on one longer what of term limits. We are NEVER consulted on her votes. She has been on the IC for 5 or 6 years I think there is a 2 year limit. The IC rules call for proplr to be removed after 6 mo of inactivity McCabe was NEVER active to the WHOLE CTGP by email oe in person reports at least every 3>6 months{per our new policies and procedures?} she has no chapter,until this threat of unseating. As "reasonable" as she makes herself seem she is an anti-semiotic{ reported by 2 other ACTIVE CTGP N.H.officers and Nader campaign leaders who quit due to her} loose cannon Amy wE NEED A NON ARROGENT REASONABLE COMMUNITIVE PERSON WHO IS middle ground ON MIDEAST TO fairly AND openly REPRESENT AND communicate WITH VARIED OPINIONS From: justinemccabe at earthlink.netTo: roseberry3 at cox.net; ctgp-news at ml.greens.orgSubject: Revetting as IC rep Re: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP atPortland's Senior CenterDate: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:27:31 -0500CC: Dear all, I'm unable to attend the 11/27 state meeting to speak in person, but I'd like to be revetted as a GPCT rep to the International Committee (IC) which I currently co-chair. (I can't attend state meetings in general as I work evenings during the week and live an hour and 20 minutes away. Most immediately, I can't attend as I just had foot surgery and can't drive for a month or so.) For some background, the IC's mission as a GPUS national committee is pasted below. That and some of our work are posted at our website http://www.gp.org/committees/intl/ . As with all national committees, the IC can have up to 3 members from each state party. Besides myself, GPCT currently has Amy Vas Nunes and Richard Duffee as IC reps. My tenure as IC co-chair began July 2006 and continues until July 2008, although I have been a GPCT rep to the IC for several years. As many of you may know, we have many state reps to the IC who have been on the committee for years, some longer than I, which has provided stability for the committee and the development of ongoing relationships with international greens especially. Because we're all volunteers with day jobs, work is slow but steady, as we develop relations within the committee for drafting the foreign policy position papers--a main IC task. Members of the IC usually have some foreign policy interest/expertise. Mine is the Middle East, developed during my doctoral education and work as an anthropologist doing research in Lebanon and Iran, and more recently in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories which I've visited yearly since 1994. I became GPUS point person on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and helped draft our Middle East foreign policy, much of which was formulated by GPCT proposals to the National Committee. In sum, I'm seeking your support for continuing as an IC rep. from GPCT, work that is very important to me and on which I spend a much time on behalf of the Green Party. Thanks, Justine McCabe PS: Mission of the International CommitteeFoster collaboration and exchange with Green parties around the world.Network with organizations and movements working for global peace, social justice, human rights, and environmentally sustainable communities.Develop and advise on international aspects of the National Platform.Coordinate Green Party representation to the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas, Global Green Network, and other international federations, meetings and events.Inform U.S. Greens about international issues. ----- Original Message ----- From: Amy Vas Nunes To: B Barry ; ctgp-news at ml.greens.org Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 11:50 PM Subject: RE: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP atPortland's Senior Center Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUShttp://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/to unsubscribe click heremailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org ADDITION TO AGENDA:POLICY AND PROXESURES FOR MEMBERSHIPTO GPUS IC REVETTING OR NOT MCCABE ACCORDING TO POLICY AND PROCEDURE AND USGP IC COMMITTEE RULES AMY From: roseberry3 at cox.netTo: ctgp-news at ml.greens.orgDate: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:42:49 -0500CC: Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP at Portland's Senior Center Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP at Portland?s Senior Center 7 Waverly Avenue, Portland, CT 06480 Phone: 860-342-6760 Time: 7:000PM 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 10-30-07 SCC meeting. 4. (2-4 minutes): Review and acceptance of minutes from the 11-19-07 EC meeting. 5. (2-4 minutes): Treasurer?s report from Christopher Reilly. B. Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee: a) .Policies and Proposals; b) From the EC: temporary Budget Committee members to be EC members; c) From the EC: the development of Candidates Development Committee to educate, enhance, enable, advise and support candidates in the formation and maintenance of their candidacy. C. Reports: 1. (15 minutes): Proposal: Impeachment of Bush/Cheney; town resolutions for impeachment of Bush/Cheney. 2. (10 minutes): Reports from the elected Green Party officials and candidates-elect. 3. (10-15 minutes): GPUS reports from CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury and National Committee Members: Amy Vas Nunes and S. Michael DeRosa. 4. (5 minutes): Political issues the GP of CT has addressed with legislators during the 2008 Legislative Session: Fight the Hike/universal health coverage. 5. (5 minutes): Reports from absent chapters. 6. (5 minutes): CT Green Times. 7. (5 minutes): Fundraiser position. 8. (1 minute): ACLU lawsuit. 9. (2-5 minutes, each): other Chapter reports. 10. Date, place and time for next SCC meeting 1-8-08 and date, place and time of next EC meeting in 1-08.. 11. 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URL: From eaton at spazmo.com Sun Nov 25 20:22:35 2007 From: eaton at spazmo.com (Bob Eaton) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:22:35 -0500 Subject: Revetting as IC rep Re: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP atPortland's Senior Center In-Reply-To: <07e601c82fa1$9b853e60$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> References: <20071124034244.MFBZ21580.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> <07e601c82fa1$9b853e60$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> Message-ID: Thanks for the work and all the posts on international green party activities you have sent to this list since it started! Please keep them coming! It's been my main source of information on what greens in other countries have been doing. On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:27:31 -0500, Justine McCabe wrote: > My tenure as IC co-chair began July 2006 and continues until July 2008, although I have been a GPCT rep to the IC for several years. -- Bob Eaton / Head Spazmo http://www.spazmo.com Patriot ? Lemming From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Mon Nov 26 08:11:44 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:11:44 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} Comments welome on this- GP-US Proposal: ID 327 - Creation of an On-Line, Open Source Donor Database with Managed Permissions Message-ID: <43274.16904.qm@web44802.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Dear Greens, Please read this proposal and post any comments to ANY National Committee Person or the FORUM list serve (NEWS listserve is NOT the place). I am leaning toward voting for this. Tim McKee Nat Com. for CT You may join the FORUM list serve at ctgp-forum at ml.greens.org, voting at gpus.org wrote: Date: 26 Nov 2007 05:05:02 -0000 From: voting at gpus.org To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org Subject: [usgp-nc] Discussion Has Begun on GP-US Proposal: ID 327 - Creation of an On-Line, Open Source Donor Database with Managed Permissions Discussion has begun for the following proposal: Proposal ID: 327 Proposal: Creation of an On-Line, Open Source Donor Database with Managed Permissions Floor Manager: Jody Grage, jody at gp.org Discussion Dates: 11/26/2007 - 12/03/2007 Voting Dates: 12/04/2007 - 12/10/2007 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: The Green Party of the United States currently depends on an in-house Access based databse (db). The db has evolved over the years to be a great tool for recording donor, candidate, officeholder information; and for reporting on the progress of fundraising programs. The drawback to it, however, is that the data file is not online, and the software used to access the data is not open source. This limits the number of people who have access to valuable information. Another drawback is that on-line donations must be entered twice since there is no seamless way to transfer payments from online fundraising system (DiA), to our current database. Early in 2007, the Steering Committee approved a plan to investigate what it would take to move our donor database out of Access, and into an online, secure, open source database with managed permissions. Immediate Benefits: a.. Staff and Contractors to access and modify data from a remote location b.. Automation of phone turf for Phone Bank Program, will cut down on time spent sending turf to canvassers and allow for expansion of program c.. State Green Parties to access supporter information quickly, instead of waiting for the national office to send d.. Automatic data transfer of online contributions from online fundraising system (DiA) to the donor database, will cut down on time spent on data entry at national office e.. GPUS will own the database program, data will reside on our current server Long Term Benefits a.. Since the program will be constructed with Open Source software (CiviCRM/Drupal), we will be able to build on to it and modify as needed b.. Replacement of subscription based online-fundraising system (DiA) using existing applications available through CiviCRM c.. We can use existing open source CivicCRM tools to transfer pages of our websites into a Content Management System The data would be accessed, via managed permissions, by an interface, mirroring the current donor database's interface. The interface will retain the same reporting functions as the current Access donor database. This will be a multi-step process. We would eventually like to make this tool available to state parties, making the contact info for supporters in their state available. This will make it much easier for states to have real-time lists of campaign volunteers, etc. It will also save the national office time generating and sending reports. Proposal: GPUS will contract with OpenConcept (www.openconcept.ca), a progressive company whose client list includes the Green Party of Canada, to rebuild the donor database. OpenConcept will: a.. Set-up a database in CiviCRM/Drupal on our server b.. Customize CivicCRM to match our custom Access fields c.. Import Data to CivicCRM to Access d.. Create an import process for online contributions e.. Create custom CSV reports to match federal requirements f.. Set-up managed permissions for the database g.. Set up other CivicCRM components if time allows h.. Provide basic training on use of CiviCRM The cost of the project, to be completed by 1 January 2008, will be $5,000. OpenConcept will be paid $2,500 upon passage of this proposal and $2,500 upon completion of the project. Resources: CONTACT: Jody Grage jody at gp.org References: Full details are available at: http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=327 Please send your comments to natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org. Thank you and have a wonderful day! --The GP-US Voting Admin _______________________________________________ Natlcomvotes mailing list To send a message to the list, write to: Natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org To unsubscribe or change your list options, go to: http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/natlcomvotes If your state delegation changes, please see: http://gp.org/committees/nc/documents/delegate_change.html To report violations of listserv protocol, write to forummanagers at lists.gp-us.org For other information about the Coordinating Committee, see: http://gp.org/committees/nc/ *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://TheBigGreenPicture.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Mon Nov 26 14:46:16 2007 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:46:16 -0500 Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT End of Year Message from Canadian Green leader ElizabethMay Message-ID: <09fa01c83065$02befbc0$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott McLarty" To: ; ; Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 2:29 PM Subject: USGP-INT End of Year Message from Canadian Green leader ElizabethMay > >From Elizabeth May ... > > Green Party of Canada > Parti Vert du Canada > http://www.greenparty.ca > > Dear Green Party friend, > > It may be a bit early for an end-of-year message, > but I wanted to write to you now, before you find > yourself caught up in the happy chaos of the > holiday season. > > Last month, Canadians once again teetered on the > edge of a snap general election. Once again, we > were pulled back from the brink. It's anyone's > guess how much longer we must remain in this > state of will-they-won't-they political turmoil. > > So, we proceed into 2008 with the ever-present > threat of a federal election. > > Regardless of when the election is called, the > Green Party of Canada must maintain a national > presence and further develop an election capacity > that builds on our many recent successes: > > -- A record, and increasing number of Canadians > now support us, with opinion polls indicating > between 8% and 14% support across the country > > -- The Green Party of Ontario garnered a historic > 8% of the vote in the recent provincial election, > tripling its 2003 result and coming close to > electing Shane Jolley, who won 33% of the vote in > his riding > > -- In the last Prince Edward Island election, we > came in ahead of the NDP > > -- More and more prominent Canadians are > supporting the Green Party, including Order of > Canada recipients Margaret Atwood, Graeme Gibson > and Farley Mowat > > -- According to independent surveys, over 75% of > Canadians want us in the televised leadership > debates > > > We have the momentum for an electoral > breakthrough and, for the first time, to win > seats. But to do that we must maintain a strong > presence in your riding and in the media. Voters > must see us and hear from us if we are to have > the credibility we need to elect Green MPs. > > We must ensure that there is significant funding > to support our growing list of talented and > committed candidates, to run a strong and > effective national campaign, and to sustain our > presence, our credibility and our distinctive > voice in the coming months. > > The NDP have just announced they intend to spend > $18 million in the next election. At the moment, > the Green Party of Canada can only afford to > spend about one-tenth of that. We need to do > better. We need your help. Now. > > We will make historic gains in this next > election, but only with your help. > > I ask that you give generously to the Green Party > of Canada today to support the shift toward a > stable and sustainable future for you and your > children. > > The best time to give is now, as we approach the > end of the tax year. That means that you have a > final opportunity to donate or add to a previous > donation and still get a tax credit for the 2007 > tax year. > > As you may know, the tax credit for political > contributions is very generous. You get up to 75% > of your gift back, so a donation of $400 only > costs you $100. See the enclosed donation form > for details of the refund you can expect. I urge > you to act today to help us make your voice heard > now and in the coming federal election campaign. > > I want to lead a strong campaign! I want to show > Canadians our vision for the country and our plan > to make that vision a reality. > > To do that, I need your help. Together, we can > make history. Please give to the Green Party of > Canada today. > > Elizabeth May, O.C. > Leader, Green Party of Canada > > P.S. Every dollar you give will help the Green > Party maintain a distinct, clear and credible > national voice in Canada. > > 1. Donate online at: > http://www.greenparty.ca > > 2. By mail to: > Green Party of Canada > P.O. Box 997 > Station B > Ottawa, ON K1P 5R1 > > 3. Call toll-free: > 1-866-868-3447 > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > _______________________________________________ > usgp-int mailing list > usgp-int at gp-us.org > http://forum.greens.org/mailman/listinfo/usgp-int > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.7/1152 - Release Date: > 11/26/2007 10:50 AM > > From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Mon Nov 26 13:52:31 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:52:31 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} Fwd: GP RELEASE Greens urge cutoff in military aid to Pakistan Message-ID: <901569.70653.qm@web44805.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> DC Statehood Green Party wrote: Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:05:37 -0800 (PST) From: DC Statehood Green Party Subject: GP RELEASE Greens urge cutoff in military aid to Pakistan To: dcsgpnews2 at yahoo.com GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Monday, November 26, 2007 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty at greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at gp.org Greens urge support for civil society and democracy in Pakistan, cutoff in military aid WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders and candidates called for national and global support for civil society, democracy, and the rule of law in Pakistan, an end to President Pervez Musharraf's 'national emergency' declaration, and a cutoff in US aid to military dictatorships in Pakistan. Greens especially criticized the Bush Administration's use of Pakistan as a pawn in the US's 'war on terror' and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. "President Bush may press Gen. Musharraf to step down, but it's naive to think that the Bush Administration's goal is democracy in Pakistan," said Rodger Jennings, Green candidate for Congress in Illinois (12th District) . "It's clear that Mr. Bush prefers another corrupt dictator or military strong man to take Gen. Musharraf's place, if he steps down, and that Pakistan will continue to receive military aid from the US. The Green Party urges an end to such aid, and we call on the White House and Congress to support restoration of democratic elections in Pakistan," added Mr. Jennings. Greens have also called for international pressure on Pakistan to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, as part of a global nuclear disarmament effort. "It's hypocritical for Democrats and Republicans to criticize Iran for human rights violations and alleged nuclear arms ambitions, while assisting a brutal dictatorship in Pakistan and giving a pass to Pakistani, Indian, and Israeli nukes -- not to mention the US's own nuclear arsenal," said Steve Alesch, Green Party candidate for Congress in Illinois (13th District) . "It's also well known that Pakistan's military rulers provided assistance for the Taliban before 9/11, that officials in Pakistan, including the ISI [Pakistan's intelligence service], have maintained support for the Taliban, and that the head of the ISI wired $100,000 to Mohammed Atta, the lead 9/11 hijacker. These facts and the current crisis in Pakistan show that US policy has little to do with the goal of democracy in Asia or security for America." The Green Party has received appeals from Pakistani Greens for help, reporting that Greens have been arrested for participating in peaceful protest and that all independent media have been banned in Pakistan. "The US, under both Democratic and Republican administrations, has aided brutal military and repressive theocratic regimes in Pakistan and other nations over the past several decades. The current 'war on terror' alliance and military aid are mainly serving to line the pockets of defense contractors and other corporate war profiteers, while providing no real security for the US or democracy and stability in Pakistan," said Romi Elnagar of the Green Party's International Committee .. MORE INFORMATION Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN Fax 202-319-7193 ? Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml ? Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers ? Green candidate database for 2007 and other campaign information: http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml Pakistan?s Dictatorships and the United States By Stephen Zunes, Common Dreams, November 12, 2007 http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/12/5167/ "Lawyers against the general" The Economist, November 8, 2007 http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=10102956 ~ END ~ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://TheBigGreenPicture.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. 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Here is the most recent post indicating she is alive. It sounds credible. Jon By AFP BOGOTA, July 4, 2007 (AFP) - In the video taped in October, soldier William Dominguez said he had seen the former Colombian presidential candidate alive along with her election running mate, Clara Roja, who was kidnapped with Betancourt in February 2002 by the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Dominguez indicated he saw the two politicians as well Roja's son -- Emmanuel, who was born three years ago to a rebel father -- after being taken to a new guerrilla camp. "I ended up in a camp where there are more prisoners of war and there are even a few politicians held such as doctor Ingrid, Mrs. Clara and a child who follows them all the time," the soldier said. Dominguez, in the video delivered to Radio France International (RFI) and Al-Jazeera correspondent Holman Morris, said he was unable to speak with the women. "Although they don't let us get too close, I would like to be able to speak to them one day," he said. "But that's impossible because they keep us far away." The soldier also described being surprised to see guerrillas giving several toys to Roja's son. "I had the opportunity to go on two walks with them. When she is tired of carrying the boy, a guerrilla kindly offers to help her," the soldier said. "He (the boy) likes that because he loves playing horsy." Dominguez said in the video that the hostages are moved to different camps on an almost daily basis due to bombing attacks by the Colombian military. The last proof of life from 45-year-old Betancourt was in August 2003, when she was seen on a video released by FARC. Dominguez was among seven soldiers and police officers shown on the new video, most of whom have been held hostage for about nine years, Morris said. The proof of life came five days after FARC claimed that 11 lawmakers it had held hostage for five years died in the crossfire during a military raid on a guerrilla camp last month. The government denies the military attacked the camp and accuses the guerrillas of executing the 11 provincial lawmakers. The lawmakers were among 56 hostages, including Betancourt and three Americans, who the rebels want to swap for FARC members held in Colombian prisons. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ usgp-int mailing list usgp-int at gp-us.org http://forum.greens.org/mailman/listinfo/usgp-int -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.7/1152 - Release Date: 11/26/2007 10:50 AM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.desmet at att.net Mon Nov 26 21:11:35 2007 From: j.desmet at att.net (Jean de Smet) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:11:35 -0500 Subject: {news} Meeting Tuesday Message-ID: <004401c8309a$d69efe60$ad7ef34c@jean1oa1rgr0ov> I apologize, but I cannot make the meeting Tuesday. There's a town meeting about employee health insurance that I should attend. I need to resign. Really. I just cannot do both of these things. Thank you all so much for your support, in so many varied ways. I'll be back in 2 years, OK? And, I'll send you and all info that I have that anyone needs, esp about elections. Jean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Sun Nov 25 21:23:36 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:23:36 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} Revetting of IC Co Chair Justine McCabe (National Inter. Com. Chair) and mistakes of Vas Nunes In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <828221.36558.qm@web44801.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> PLEASE MOVE ALL FURTHER DISCUSSION TO FORUM LIST SERVES. For the record.. Dear Greens, I must correct the misstatements made by Amy Vas Nunes in a recent wild and rambling email.Her personal crusade to attack one person is sad and does not add to any one donating, or joining our state party. Vas Nunes wrote.about McCabe's trip to Canada...."The most recent trip to Canada negotiations came via Tim. We were never informed she was going". McKee:This is totally false. I had nothing to do with it at all. The International Committee Co-chairs worked hard with Canadian Greens on trade issues and brought them to the National meeting in Reading. PA. All actions of the IC are theirs, and they consult with the steering committee and co chairs, not the National Committee. Vas Nunes:"or WHAT was said about Palestine." McKee:Garbage in garbage out- Why the hell would Palestine being discussed in a trip and press conference about US and Canada trade issues and large multinational corporations?? Vas Nunes: "The IC rules call for proplr to be removed after 6 mo of inactivity" (sic) McKee: You cant have it both ways! Our International Co chair is "inactive" AND does too much work like going to Canada and other trips?? This is crazy, twisted logic. Setting up Greens party speakers from other countries for our national meeting, conference calls and sending us emails, and reports is NOT inactivity except in the bizzaro world! Folks, we need to get on with the business of growing the Green Party , not get side tracked by personal agendas,by one person. Tim McKee Again please feel free to comment on the FORUM email list sevre, NOT the NEWS list serve, Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS http://www.ctgreens.org/The most recent trip - http://www.greenpartyus.org/ to unsubscribe click here mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } This is the FIRST direct report we have received from McCabe in over three years. Her 46 other emails{count by Bedell } ALL forwards or others essays. The most recent trip to Canada negotiations came via Tim. We were never informed she was going or The most recent trip to Canada negotiations came via Tim. We were never informed she was going Was it the opinion of ALL in the CTGP McCabe only speaks communicates with whom she chooses such as Tim or Charlie, She refuses to speak to Mike,Richard{ all on the "Peace" committee}Barbra and Chris. How 10 KV is this. She got herself as vice chair on IC and on Peace without ever informing us. SHE IS ALSO INVOLVED WITH presidential SEARCH WE DID NOT KNOW THIS ALL in our name with out accountability or consult She has been out of the country a number of times to negotiate for us IN OUR NAME. This is a person that a number of JEWISH XTGP reported to CTADL no one has been on one longer what of term limits. We are NEVER consulted on her votes. She has been on the IC for 5 or 6 years I think there is a 2 year limit. The IC rules call for proplr to be removed after 6 mo of inactivity McCabe was NEVER active to the WHOLE CTGP by email oe in person reports at least every 3>6 months{per our new policies and procedures?} she has no chapter,until this threat of unseating. As "reasonable" as she makes herself seem she is an anti-semiotic{ reported by 2 other ACTIVE CTGP N.H.officers and Nader campaign leaders who quit due to her} loose cannon Amy wE NEED A NON ARROGENT REASONABLE COMMUNITIVE PERSON WHO IS middle ground ON MIDEAST TO fairly AND openly REPRESENT AND communicate WITH VARIED OPINIONS --------------------------------- From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net To: roseberry3 at cox.net; ctgp-news at ml.greens.org Subject: Revetting as IC rep Re: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP atPortland's Senior Center Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:27:31 -0500 CC: Dear all, I'm unable to attend the 11/27 state meeting to speak in person, but I'd like to be revetted as a GPCT rep to the International Committee (IC) which I currently co-chair. (I can't attend state meetings in general as I work evenings during the week and live an hour and 20 minutes away. Most immediately, I can't attend as I just had foot surgery and can't drive for a month or so.) For some background, the IC's mission as a GPUS national committee is pasted below. That and some of our work are posted at our website http://www.gp.org/committees/intl/ . As with all national committees, the IC can have up to 3 members from each state party. Besides myself, GPCT currently has Amy Vas Nunes and Richard Duffee as IC reps. My tenure as IC co-chair began July 2006 and continues until July 2008, although I have been a GPCT rep to the IC for several years. As many of you may know, we have many state reps to the IC who have been on the committee for years, some longer than I, which has provided stability for the committee and the development of ongoing relationships with international greens especially. Because we're all volunteers with day jobs, work is slow but steady, as we develop relations within the committee for drafting the foreign policy position papers--a main IC task. Members of the IC usually have some foreign policy interest/expertise. Mine is the Middle East, developed during my doctoral education and work as an anthropologist doing research in Lebanon and Iran, and more recently in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories which I've visited yearly since 1994. I became GPUS point person on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and helped draft our Middle East foreign policy, much of which was formulated by GPCT proposals to the National Committee. In sum, I'm seeking your support for continuing as an IC rep. from GPCT, work that is very important to me and on which I spend a much time on behalf of the Green Party. Thanks, Justine McCabe PS: Mission of the International Committee Foster collaboration and exchange with Green parties around the world. Network with organizations and movements working for global peace, social justice, human rights, and environmentally sustainable communities. Develop and advise on international aspects of the National Platform. Coordinate Green Party representation to the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas, Global Green Network, and other international federations, meetings and events. Inform U.S. Greens about international issues. ----- Original Message ----- From: Amy Vas Nunes To: B Barry ; ctgp-news at ml.greens.org Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 11:50 PM Subject: RE: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP atPortland's Senior Center Connecticut Green Party - Part of the GPUS http://www.ctgreens.org/ - http://www.greenpartyus.org/ to unsubscribe click here mailto:ctgp-news-unsubscribe at ml.greens.org --------------------------------- .ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P {padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;} .ExternalClass EC_BODY.hmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;} ADDITION TO AGENDA:POLICY AND PROXESURES FOR MEMBERSHIPTO GPUS IC REVETTING OR NOT MCCABE ACCORDING TO POLICY AND PROCEDURE AND USGP IC COMMITTEE RULES AMY --------------------------------- From: roseberry3 at cox.net To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:42:49 -0500 CC: Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP at Portland's Senior Center .ExternalClass EC_p.MsoNormal, .ExternalClass EC_li.MsoNormal, .ExternalClass EC_div.MsoNormal {margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';} .ExternalClass a:link, .ExternalClass EC_span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass a:visited, .ExternalClass EC_span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;} .ExternalClass EC_span.EmailStyle17 {font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in;} .ExternalClass EC_div.Section1 {page:Section1;} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting of CTGP at Portland?s Senior Center 7 Waverly Avenue, Portland, CT 06480 Phone: 860-342-6760 Time: 7:000PM 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 10-30-07 SCC meeting. 4. (2-4 minutes): Review and acceptance of minutes from the 11-19-07 EC meeting. 5. (2-4 minutes): Treasurer?s report from Christopher Reilly. B. Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee: a) .Policies and Proposals; b) From the EC: temporary Budget Committee members to be EC members; c) From the EC: the development of Candidates Development Committee to educate, enhance, enable, advise and support candidates in the formation and maintenance of their candidacy. C. Reports: 1. (15 minutes): Proposal: Impeachment of Bush/Cheney; town resolutions for impeachment of Bush/Cheney. 2. (10 minutes): Reports from the elected Green Party officials and candidates-elect. 3. (10-15 minutes): GPUS reports from CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury and National Committee Members: Amy Vas Nunes and S. Michael DeRosa. 4. (5 minutes): Political issues the GP of CT has addressed with legislators during the 2008 Legislative Session: Fight the Hike/universal health coverage. 5. (5 minutes): Reports from absent chapters. 6. (5 minutes): CT Green Times. 7. (5 minutes): Fundraiser position. 8. (1 minute): ACLU lawsuit. 9. (2-5 minutes, each): other Chapter reports. 10. Date, place and time for next SCC meeting 1-8-08 and date, place and time of next EC meeting in 1-08.. 11. Any additions Green Party Key Values: non-violence, respect for diversity, grassroots democracy, social justice and equal opportunity, ecological wisdom, decentralization, community-based economics and economic justice, future focus and sustainability, personal and global responsibility, feminism and gender equality. www.google.com No virus found in this outgoing message. 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URL: From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Tue Nov 27 01:27:17 2007 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:27:17 -0500 Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting - Indian Point coalition References: Message-ID: Sorry for this late request, but Nancy Burton would like to invite the CT Green Party to sign on as a member of a coalition to stop the relicensing of Indian Point nuclear power plant. Last week the Fairfield chapter met and agreed to sign on; I'm hoping the SCC can pass this without the need for too much discussion at Tuesday's meeting. Unfortunately I will not be at the meeting, but I'm hoping Richard can represent the Fairfield chapter in presenting this proposal. A detailed description from Nancy follows the proposal below. PROPOSAL PRESENTER (committee, chapter(s) or group of individuals): Fairfield County chapter CONTACT (name, address, phone number, email): David Bedell, 12 Ardsley Rd, Stamford, CT 06906, 203-581-3193, dbedellgreen(at)hotmail.com; Nancy Burton, 203-938-3952, NancyBurtonCT(at)aol.com SUBJECT (10 words or less): CONNECTICUT CAMPAIGN TO STOP INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT RELICENSING BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons and/or justification to the State Central Committee): An organization is being formed in Connecticut to join a New York State organization - PHASE I (?Public Health and Sustainable Energy?) - in efforts to oppose relicensing of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant reactors on the Hudson River. The Connecticut group will be known as ?PHASE II? and will be a coalition of individuals, families and organizations. Nancy Burton is organizing this coalition. Nancy is co-founder of the CT Campaign Against Millstone and was the 2006 Green candidate for Attorney General. The Fairfield chapter has already signed on as a member of PHASE II. PROPOSAL (200 words or less): The CT Green Party shall sign on as an organizational member of the coalition known as "Public Health and Sustainable Energy (PHASE II)." ----- Original Message ----- From: NancyBurtonCT at aol.com To: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:06 PM Subject: IP Sign-On Letter JOIN THE CONNECTICUT CAMPAIGN TO STOP INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT RELICENSING An organization is being formed in Connecticut to join a New York State organization - PHASE I (?Public Health and Sustainable Energy?) - in efforts to oppose relicensing of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant reactors on the Hudson River in Buchanan, New York. The Connecticut group will be known as ?PHASE II.? Each organization will be a coalition of individuals, families and organizations. More than one million Connecticut residents live within 50 miles of Indian Point - and thus are deemed under federal law to be within the ?peak injury zone? in the event of a catastrophic accident or terrorist event at the nuclear facility. Fairfield County is entirely within the 50-mile zone, as are the cities of New Haven and Waterbury and their environs. At a distance of only 16 miles, Greenwich is the CT community closest to Indian Point PHASE I and PHASE II will coordinate filing of intervention petitions in the proceedings which will soon be underway before the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In addition, PHASE I and PHASE II will coordinate filings of legal ?contentions? in which their expert witnesses will put forth technical and legal grounds why Indian Point?s two operating reactors should not be allowed to operate beyond their original 40-year licenses which expire in 2013 and 2015 for IP Units 2 and 3 respectively. IP?s owner, Entergy, is seeking 20-year license extensions. Indian Point is located 40 miles from Ground Zero in the most densely populated region of the country: 20 million people live within 50 miles of Indian Point. It is a risk to human populations, the environment and the very financial stability of the United States. A major accident at Indian Point would be catastrophic. It would devastate the entire Northeast. It would kill and injure hundreds of thousands of people and cause untold billions in property damages. Indian Point has been plagued with operational dysfunction and failures throughout its life. It is leaking tritium at a high rate into the groundwater. Health studies show that Fairfield County suffers cancer incidences 8 and 9 per cent above the U.S. rate for males and females. The highest cancer incidences are in the towns closest to Indian Point. To date, 30 municipalities in New York, including four counties - Westchester, Rockland, Ulster and Hudson - have passed resolutions opposing IP relicensing. Over 400 elected officials in the metropolitan area, including 11 members of Congress, have called for the closure of Indian Point. Go to www.IPSECinfo.org and www.Riverkeeper.org for more information. Participation in PHASE II is at no cost to participants, although donations are welcome. To sign on, send an email to: NancyBurtonCT at aol.com. Or call 203-938-3952. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Tue Nov 27 02:21:48 2007 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:21:48 -0500 Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting - Raise the Age coalition Message-ID: Here is a proposal regarding another coalition which I think the CTGP should join. Last week the Fairfield chapter met and agreed we should support this. If it can be added to Tuesday's SCC agenda, great, but if it will take too much time, then it can be postponed, as the Indian Point proposal is urgent and should take precedence. I will not be at the meeting, but I'm hoping Richard can represent the Fairfield chapter in presenting this proposal. Cliff Thornton also knows about it and may be able to speak on it. PROPOSAL PRESENTER (committee, chapter(s) or group of individuals): Fairfield County chapter, Cliff Thornton CONTACT (name, address, phone number, email): David Bedell, 12 Ardsley Rd, Stamford, CT 06906, 203-581-3193, dbedellgreen(at)hotmail.com; Richard Duffee, 203-588-0161, richard.duffee(at)gmail.com; Cliff Thornton, 860-657-8438, efficacy(at)msn.com SUBJECT (10 words or less): Trying Youth As Adults BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons and/or justification to the State Central Committee): Connecticut is one of 3 states (with New York and North Carolina) that require all arrested 16- and 17-year-olds to appear in adult criminal court and to be incarcerated with adults. The CT Juvenile Justice Alliance/CT Campaign 4 Youth Justice is seeking to change this practice and is seeking partners to support the Raise the Age Position Statement. The national Green Party Platform 2004 clearly states (under Social Justice, II.H.4.): "Juvenile offenders must not be housed in needlessly restrictive settings. They must never be housed with adults.? PROPOSAL (200 words or less): The CT Green Party shall endorse the Raise the Age Position Statement encompassing these key points: * Connecticut's 16- and 17-year-olds should not be automatically tried and incarcerated in the adult criminal justice system. * The jurisdiction of the Juvenile Matters section of the Superior Court for delinquency and Family With Service Needs should be raised to 18. * We support balanced and restorative justice for children and youth involved in the juvenile justice system; i.e. personal accountability, competency development and community protection. For more info and a list of participating organizations, see http://www.raisetheagect.org From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Tue Nov 27 03:03:44 2007 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:03:44 -0500 Subject: {news} Re: Proposed agenda for 11-27-07 SCC meeting - CT/RI Peace, Justice and Environmental Network Message-ID: Finally, here is a proposal to join a regional network of peace & justice groups. Last week the Fairfield chapter met and agreed we should join this. This one does not require subscribing to any statement of principles, it just means adding the CT Green Party's name to a website so we can coordinate activities with other groups. PROPOSAL PRESENTER (committee, chapter(s) or group of individuals): Fairfield County chapter CONTACT (name, address, phone number, email): David Bedell, 12 Ardsley Rd, Stamford, CT 06906, 203-581-3193, dbedellgreen(at)hotmail.com; Richard Duffee, 203-588-0161, richard.duffee(at)gmail.com SUBJECT (10 words or less): Connecticut / Rhode Island Peace, Justice and Environmental Network BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE (100 words or less; include relationship, reasons and/or justification to the State Central Committee): A website hub, http://www.cripjen.org, has been created to serve CT and RI peace, justice, and environmental groups. It offers a calendar, member list, forums, petition center, etc. Current member groups include several we have worked with in the past: Green Party of RI, American Friends Service Committee, Greater New Haven Peace Council, Efficacy, Toxics Action, etc. Joining this network will help us coordinate activities with other groups and increase visibility of the Green Party. PROPOSAL (200 words or less): The CT Green Party shall join the Connecticut / Rhode Island Peace, Justice and Environmental Network and invite our members to use the resources on the Network website, http://www.cripjen.org From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Mon Nov 26 17:11:51 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:11:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} Burbank running as an Independent- Not a Green?? Message-ID: <159456.72894.qm@web44803.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Dear Mr. Burbank, I am forwarding your email and this to our state Greens list in the hope that many Greens might see this and ask you to consider running as a Green and not a solo "independent" candidate. First, your message said you want to win the House seat from Congressmen Murphy and several 'people' told you not to run as a Green", if you wanted to win. I have to say winning a seat in Congress is a long shot, for anyone. Murphy only did it with a local, state and national machine behind him. I wish you would ask several more people with more expercine about winning this race. But winning is not the only task before us. We Greens are building a long term major opposition to the war. We will have many others running for Congress as Greens. We will have a Presidential candidate to boost local Congressional races and many local Greens to support those Congressional Races. Our small but growing network of people also will be gathering money and resources from across the country. You wont be on your own like with a Independent race. Please consider talking with many Greens about your future as a candidate for Congress. (I hope many Greens might give you a call to talk with you as well) i look forward to talking to you soon Tim McKee Harold Burbank II wrote: From: "Harold Burbank II" To: "Tim McKee" Subject: Re: run for Congress? Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:31:36 -0500 Hi Tim. Ironically, I just completed my first Federal Elections Commission forms today, and submitted them to the US Post Office, which means I am now a "filed" US House 5th District candidate for FEC purposes.. I have about $250 in campaign donations with prospects for more from the Cornwall-Salisbury region, and I will be doing more out there soon. They have been very supportive of my independent candidacy to impeach Bush and Cheney, end the Iraq and Afghanistan wars immediately, retsore the Consitution and Congress to their rightful places in our system of checks and balances, and more. Left you phone messages at home and on your cell today (cell is longest). Lot's to discuss if you want to help. Please call me at 860-693-2687. Thanks for thinking of me. Best, Harold Attorney Harold Burbank 84 N. Mountain Rd. Canton, CT 06019 Ph: 860-693-2687; Cell 860-205-0102 email: hburbankii at att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim McKee To: hburbankii at att.net Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 1:51 PM Subject: run for Congress? Attorney Harold Burbank 84 N. Mountain Rd. Canton, CT 06019 Ph: 860-693-2687; Cell 860-205-0102 email: hburbankii at att.net Dear Mr. Burbank. where are you as far as running for Congress? u need help? Tim McKee *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://TheBigGreenPicture.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://TheBigGreenPicture.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From efficacy at msn.com Tue Nov 27 16:30:38 2007 From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:30:38 -0500 Subject: {news} A New Menu of Green Candidates Message-ID: I am a Green who wants to see more Green running for office have a web site. I am offering a free web page to any Green candidate in the US. A web presence is too important to overlook due to budget constraints or lack of computer knowledge. 2008 is going to be an election year we need as much exposure as possible. Please let all of your candidates know about this site. It is going to be both a directory of Green candidates and the web address for as many Greens as possible. Candidates can sign up for: * A free web site, no computer skills necessary. * A free custom web site, if you have the skills. * A free blog. * A free email account. * A free listing and link to the official web site. Any Green candidate needing any or all of these options is welcome. If there is a request for other features, I may be able to accommodate. Register FREE: http://www.newmenu.org/login.php Or find out more about us: http://www.newmenu.org/about.php I would also like to exchange links with party sites or any candidate with a site. If you want to do a link exchange: http://www.newmenu.org/link2us.php If you have any questions, feel free to reply to this email. Although, I am working with US Green Party on this and other election projects, this site is independent from the US Green Party. Registration is free and you can be listed even if you have your own site. If I have emailed you more than once, I apologize. I am trying to limit that. Thank you for your time. Matt http://www.newmenu.org 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. 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BLOG- http://TheBigGreenPicture.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 28 13:23:52 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:23:52 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} Letter to the editor on Bisbort's "Super Corridor" article Message-ID: <509428.72621.qm@web44803.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Dear Editor, Thanks for publishing Alan Bistort?s piece on the ?Super Corridor? monster highway plan for the US-Canada- Mexico being forced down our throats by the two main corporate owned political parties, ?The Demo-publicans?! NAFTA ON STERIODS should frighten any sane person who cares about the business climate of this country, the environment and the giving away of labor, health and safety laws so many have fought so hard to gain for the average person. Only the Green Parties of both the US and Canada have been fighting this corporate sellout, while even so called ?liberal? Democrats have caved in to the their super bosses who really supply the money to them, while the clueless Republicans think of only the mega business world at the expense of small business owners. But where are our federal officials in this mess? Lieberman, Dodd, Kerry and Kennedy on the Senate side? Ask Murphy, Courtney, Larson and the bunch what they have done to stop it, yet alone educate the public about it! We Greens plan on fielding Congressional candidate who will fight against these NAFTA, GATT and other trade agreements while promoting local business, labor and environmental standards! Don?t look for salvation or help from the Clintons and Al ?Noble Peace prize winner? Gore, because they were all for NAFTA , GATT and these corporate giveaways! Maybe it?s time to draft the only candidates who DID stand up to these mega- sellouts? Check out: www.DraftNader.Com. Or www.runcynthiarun.org (Cynthia McKinney for President) Tim McKee National Committee person for the Green Party of the United States Manchester, CT *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://TheBigGreenPicture.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 28 16:23:54 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:23:54 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} please forward to many lists-Fwd: GP RELEASE Greens: McClellan bombshell demands impeachment Message-ID: <804337.81519.qm@web44808.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> DC Statehood Green Party wrote: Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:16:34 -0500 From: "DC Statehood Green Party" To: dcsgpnews2 at yahoo.com Subject: GP RELEASE Greens: McClellan bombshell demands impeachment GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty at greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at gp.org McClellan revelations demand immediate impeachment, say Greens ? Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald must probe new evidence in Plame case; Democrats and Republicans who refuse to hold Bush and Cheney accountable are complicit in White House crimes WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders called impeachment an urgent necessity after former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's revelation that President Bush and Vice President Cheney were involved in the conspiracy to expose the identity of CIA undercover operative Valerie Plame. "Evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors from the White House are staring us in the face. What will it take for the Democratic Party to move on impeachment? By refusing to impeach, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer [D-Md.], Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-Calif.], Sen. Harry Reid [D-Nev.], and other Democratic leaders are aiding and abetting crimes committed by President Bush and Vice President Cheney," said Peter Thottam, Green Party member, attorney, and Executive Director of the Los Angeles National Impeachment Center .. Greens called it absolutely imperative that US Department of Justice Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald investigate Mr. McClellan's assertions about the role of Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney in an illegal attempt to discredit Ambassador Joseph Wilson after Mr. Wilson revealed that the President's 2003 State of the Union claim about an Iraqi nuclear weapons material deal was based on a known forgery. The Green Party of the United States called for impeachment in July 2003 after President Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq, which Greens called an act of military aggression outlawed under the US Constitutional and international law, and lied to the American people about the reasons for the invasion. Since 2003, White House crimes have continued to mount: detention without trial, surveillance of US citizens without warrant, approval for torture, "signing statements" purportedly allowing the President to disregard laws passed by Congress, violation of international laws and treaties signed by the US, inaction and racist response to environmental emergencies (Hurricanes Katrina and Rita), endangering public health by tampering with scientific research on global warming. Greens supported former Rep. Cynthia McKinney's (D-Ga.) impeachment motion in December 2006 and have praised Rep. Dennis Kucinich's (D-Ohio) recent introduction of an impeachment resolution, which was tabled by House Democratic leaders. In recent months, several Green Party activists have protested and committed acts of civil disobedience to persuade Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and other Congress members to impeach the President and Vice President. "If we had some Greens in Congress right now, we'd already be seeing impeachment and possible criminal prosecution. Greens would not only lead on impeachment, their very presence would drive top Democrats and perhaps some Republican to support it. It's time to replace two-party collusion with multi-party competition," said David J. Kalbfleisch, Green Party candidate for the U.S. House in Illinois (10th District) .. MORE INFORMATION Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN Fax 202-319-7193 ? Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml ? Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers ? Green candidate database for 2007 and other campaign information: http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml "Democrats, retreating on troop withdrawal, impeachment, don't deserve votes in 2008" Green Party press release, July 26, 2007 http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_07_26.shtml ~ END ~ *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://TheBigGreenPicture.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From timmckee2008 at yahoo.com Wed Nov 28 21:13:18 2007 From: timmckee2008 at yahoo.com (Tim McKee) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:13:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: {news} A Forward from the McKinney For President campaign (deadline approaching!) Message-ID: <793349.25009.qm@web44802.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Hello: As you may already be aware, the National Committee of the Green Party of the United adopted a "Policy for Recognition of Declared Candidates for the Green Party Nomination for President". This Policy now governs which candidates seeking the Party's nomination may access Party resources. It is anticipated that some state Parties may use this recognition as a criteria for access to the state nominating ballots, as well. We face a December 1st deadline for complying with the standards for such recognition, which include a provision that we receive verifiable support from 100 Green Party members, including members from at least 5 state parties, no later than December 1, 2007; To facilitate the documentation of our compliance with this provision, last night we posted to Ms. McKinney's campaign website a form designed to accept pledges of such support. You can find that form at: http://supporters.runcynthiarun.org/pcsc_recognition.cgi I am writing to ask you to do the following: (1) go online and complete that form, pledging your support for national Party recognition of this campaign; (2) consider making a financial contribution towards our Federal Matching Funds eligibility campaign while you are on our website; (3) help this request to go viral by circulating it to Greens you know and Green Party lists you are subscribed to. At this point we have about sixty hours left to meet this deadline. With your help we can do so. Thank you, -- Hugh Esco Power to the People Committee, Cynthia McKinney for President ******************************************************************************** This message is for your information and is not a personal endorsement by me. *********************************************************************** Tim McKee Manchester CT Home-860-643-2282 Cell-860-778-1304 Tim McKee, is a National Commitee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. BLOG- http://TheBigGreenPicture.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From efficacy at msn.com Wed Nov 28 22:00:36 2007 From: efficacy at msn.com (Clifford Thornton) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:00:36 -0500 Subject: {news} CT Candidates 4 Medical Marijuana Message-ID: This if for people living in Connecticut. Cliff Thornton, Jr. 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ted Hoffstatter To: Clifford Thornton Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:22 PM Subject: RE: CT Candidates 4 Medical Marijuana Dear Friends, I hope you all can join me Thursday, Nov. 29th, at 7:30pm, at the Wilton Library for a League of Women Voters' Forum on Medical Marijuana. State Representatives Boucher and Lawlor will be there, along with members of the medical community for an exchange of views and a question and answer period. This should be interesting! Ted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: efficacy at msn.com To: tedhoffstatter at hotmail.com Subject: Re: CT Candidates 4 Medical Marijuana Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:18:13 -0500 Ted, The best policy overall is "catch and relocate"--there is nothing better. What do you think? Cliff ----- Original Message ----- From: Ted Hoffstatter To: Clifford Thornton Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 2:15 AM Subject: RE: CT Candidates 4 Medical Marijuana Cliff, Here is another issue you might be able to help me with.... Peacefully living with coyotes... My recent missive to the locals follows.... Dear Friends and Concerned Citizens, I am sure by now most of you have read or heard about sightings and incidents involving Coyotes in Wilton. More specifically, I am sure many of you have seen the picture of poor Leo, the Lakeland Terrier and beloved family puppy, that was recently killed by coyotes in south Wilton, as was confirmed by our Animal Control Officer Bob Napoleon. Let me be blunt and honest, plain and simple. If that happened to my dog, Sasha, I would be in my backyard with shotgun in hand as you are reading this. I spoke out about this issue at the last Board of Selectmen's meeting, thus volunteering to be the point person. I knew from the beginning this would be a difficult issue for me; the dog lover and realist, versus the environmentalist and idealist. That being said, my research thus far has found that a gut reaction to this incident, and the issue at hand, will not provide us with an easy remedy or solution. While I cannot blame someone for wanting to catch the coyotes responsible for the loss of their pet, hunting or trapping coyotes on town or water company land may not be the answer. It is not that simple. According to several sources, including the DEP, trapping and removing (which means killing, as relocation is not on the DEP's agenda), will not necessarily alleviate the situation, as coyote populations rebound quickly. My conclusion is that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. No matter how many coyotes are trapped and killed on private or public land, the following precautions provided by the Humane Society will still be necessary. -Don't leave bowls of pet food or water outside overnight.-Keep garbage in a sturdy container with a tight lid.-Don't put garbage cans on the curb until pick up morning.-Compost in enclosed bins not exposed piles.-Clean up around bird feeders.-Keep all pets inside at night and watch small dogs while outside, even during the day.-Keep cats indoors.-Spay or neuter your dogs.-Make sure fences are more than six feet high and secure at ground level.-Some aversion agents used for dogs and cats have been used with some success.*Humane trapping and removal should be used only as a last resort.***While at first glance, removal seems like a quick and easy solution, this approach is likely to have the opposite effect. When inidividuals are removed from a population, there is some evidence that the next year's litter will be larger than normal, so over time there might be more coyotes than before.*** I am always open to any and all information, research, and opinions that may help us work toegether to find a better resolution to this issue. Thank you for your time and consideration, Ted Hoffstatter -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: efficacy at msn.com To: tedhoffstatter at hotmail.com; allen at norml.org CC: ron at norml.org Subject: Re: CT Candidates 4 Medical Marijuana Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 22:38:38 -0500 Hello all, I plan on being there. I will need the time for the Wilton Library. I will call Ted in the Morning. Cliff Thornton 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: Allen St. Pierre To: Ted Hoffstatter Cc: clifford thornton ; Ron Fisher Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 11:06 AM Subject: Re: CT Candidates 4 Medical Marijuana Hello Ted, Thanks for your email and info on the 11/29 meeting in Wilton. I've forwarded the info onto NORML's state outreach coordinator, Ron Fisher, to send an alert to NORML's CT listserv...and to NORML board member and former Green Party candidate for CT, Clifford Thornton. Again, thank you and congratulations, -Allen NORML On 11/7/07 2:24 AM, "Ted Hoffstatter" > wrote: > Allen, > > There is a public forum being held in Wilton at the Wilton Library on > November 29th on medical marijuana. As a newly elected member of Wilton > CT's Board of Selectmen, I am letting you know that I will be present in > support of the cause. State Rep Toni Boucher (R), will be defending the > Governor's veto of the latest Bill. We need your help in rallying > supporters for this event. > > Ted Hoffstatter > Board of Selectmen (D) Wilton CT > 203-451-5049 > > >> From: "Allen St. Pierre" > >> To: Ted Hoffstatter > >> Subject: Re: CT Candidates 4 Medical Marijuana >> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:01:12 -0400 >> >> Hello Ted, >> >> Thanks for your email and campaign upate! >> >> ;D) >> >> Best to you, >> >> -Allen >> NORML >> >> >> On 10/11/07 9:35 PM, "Ted Hoffstatter" > wrote: >> >>> Dear Allen, >>> >>> Just an update. I am running for a Board of Selectmen seat in Wilton, >> CT. >>> My letter in favor of medical marijuana was published next to Repub Rep >> Toni >>> Boucher's letter in many papers when the bill came before the CT >>> legislature. My campaign website is tedhoffstatter.org --I am writing >>> simply to let you know that there are progressive candidates in the most >>> neo-con of places... I am on your side--and I don't hide it. >>> >>> Keep up the good fight! 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Speakers will discuss the recent bill--An Act Concerning the Palliative Use of Marijuana--passed by the CT legislature but vetoed by Governor Rell. The bill would have allowed CT residents with certain debilitating medical conditions to cultivate and use marijuana for palliative purposes under certain circumstances. Speakers include State Representative Toni Boucher, State Representative Michael Lawlor, and Andrea Ruskin, M.D., Norwalk Hospital, and Seyed Aleali, M.D., St. Vincent's Hospital. A Q&A follows the discussion. Wilton Library 137 Old Ridgefield Road Wilton, CT 06897 Directions: http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/about/directions.htm _________________________________________________________________ Put your friends on the big screen with Windows Vista? + Windows Live?. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shop/specialoffers.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_MediaCtr_bigscreen_102007 Yahoo! 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Please use it as you see fit and thanks to all, because if it were not for all of you I would not be receiving this prestigous award. www.drugpolicy.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Tony Newman (646)335-5384 November 29, 2007 Tommy McDonald (646)335-2242 Cliff Thornton to receive Citizen Action Award from the Drug Policy Alliance Thornton to Receive the Robert C. Randall Award for Achievement in the Field of Citizen Action During International Drug Policy Reform Conference in New Orleans, Dec. 5-8 Longtime Connecticut drug policy reform advocate and activist Clifford Thornton will receive the Robert C. Randall Award for Achievement in the Field of Citizen Action from the Drug Policy Alliance. The award honors citizens who make democracy work in the difficult area of drug law and policy reform. Thornton will be among leading advocates that work courageously to promote and implement more sensible drug policies who will be honored at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference, in New Orleans, December 5-8. The conference is organized by the Drug Policy Alliance and dozens of other organizations. The Drug Policy Alliance is the nation's leading organization working to end the war on drugs and promote new drug policies based on science, compassion, health and human rights. The winners will be honored during an awards ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 8. The biennial awards for achievement in drug policy reform recognize the accomplishments and commitment of people and organizations that have done outstanding drug policy reform work. The awards are given every other year at the international conference of the Drug Policy Alliance. Thornton is the primary speaker for Efficacy, Inc. - a non-profit organization that has concentrated on drug policy reform. Thornton ran for governor in Connecticut in 2006 on the Green Party ticket. His campaign centered on drug policy reform. Thornton has done over 400 radio shows on drug policy. Thornton has spoken to over 300,000 people in some 450 venues about the drug war as it relates to health, economics, race, class, and white privilege. Efficacy is partially responsible for the removal of D.A.R.E. from the Ocean City, NJ school system in 2001. Thornton gave a presentation to the board of education that received great reviews and helped facilitate its demise. Thornton taught a graduate-level course, "Illegal Drugs and Public Policy" at Trinity College in Hartford, CT in 2002. "Cliff Thornton is one of the true heroes of the growing movement to stop the drug war and promote more rational policies," said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance. "He's a role model for all those who believe in the moral imperative of speaking truth to power." The award is named after Robert C Randall, who pioneered the medical marijuana issue in America. He was a model citizen who took on the federal government and assisted in the defense of people accused of criminal offenses involving marijuana. In receiving treatment for glaucoma, Randall became the first medical marijuana patient in the United States. After winning his case against the federal government, Mr. Randall continued to fight for others in need as founder and representative of the Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics. In the early 1990s, he also founded the Marijuana AIDS Research Service, intended to help place AIDS patients in programs and studies that administer medical marijuana. This service's closure was a driving force in the adoption of California's Proposition 215, the first medical marijuana ballot initiative. Past awardees include, Allan Clear, executive director of the Harm Reduction Coalition; Mikki Norris, Chris Conrad, and Virginia Resner, authors of Shattered Lives: Portraits from America's Drug War and founders of Human Rights 95, Cannabis Consumers, and Green-Aid; Randy Credico, activist for the William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice, Inc.; Nora Callahan, executive director of The November Coalition; 1996 Joyce Rivera, founder of St. Ann's Corner of Harm Reduction, a needle exchange program and center in the Bronx, NY; Dennis Peron, author of Proposition 215 and founder of San Francisco Cannabis Buyers' Club; Edith Springer, clinical director of the New York Peer AIDS Education Coalition; Jack Herer, activist and author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes: Hemp and the Marijuana Conspiracy; Louis Jones, founder of STANDUP Harlem, Inc. ; and Julie Stewart, founder and president of Families Against Mandatory Minimums 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. 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Admission is free and the public is urged to attend. "Just the other night," said Thornton, "two more people were killed in drug-related violence in Hartford. What are we going to do about it? And why are the sentences of some white offenders commuted to community service and rehabilitation instead of what most people color endure -- jail or prison time?" "This discussion is long overdue," said Scott Kimmich, a local DFA supporter. "We spend billions every year with very little to show for it." Thornton is a retired African-American businessman who encourages citizens to re-examine drug policy, challenges the mentality of the drug war, and promotes open discussion of alternatives and public-health awareness. Although he speaks about the need to change the laws regarding all drugs, Thornton believes that marijuana law reform is the key to all drug policy reform, and in 1995 he founded Efficacy, a non-profit devoted to drug policy education. More information on Efficacy can be found at their web site www.Efficacy-online.org. In the last three years Thornton has spoken to over 400,000 people on drug reform in some 450 venues all over the U.S., Columbia, Canada, Europe, and New Zealand, and he has been interviewed on 500 radio shows. As a result of his tireless advocacy Thornton is the 2007 recipient of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation's Robert C. Randall Award for Achievement in the Field of Citizen Action. Democracy for America is a national grassroots group dedicated to supporting socially progressive, fiscally responsible candidates at every level of government. Fairfield County meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month in Norwalk and focus on national, state, and local issues. See www.democracyforct.net for more information. ##### -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Fri Nov 30 14:21:31 2007 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:21:31 -0500 Subject: {news} Fw: USGP-INT UK Greens vote to chose single Leader Message-ID: <0fd801c83386$37050810$0402a8c0@JUSTINE> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Feinstein" To: "GP-US International Committee" Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 2:21 PM Subject: USGP-INT UK Greens vote to chose single Leader > http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/rupert_read/2007/11/the_breakthrough_we_greens_nee.html > > The breakthrough we Greens need > Rupert Read > > November 30, 2007 5:30 PM > > There has been a fair crack of debate these past several months on this > site and elsewhere about the Greens' referendum on whether the party > should elect a single leader. Well, the debate is over, the result has > just been declared - and the Green party's membership has voted > overwhelmingly (by 73% to 27%) to elect one. > > I'm just delighted about this result; but also really pleased that this > referendum has afforded the party a prolonged golden opportunity to > really discuss and think about what we Greens are and what we want in > the future. I believe that our party will emerge all the stronger from > it - though it has at times been difficult. Debate has been heated: > these months have made me realise how committed we are to what we > believe in in this party - and how hard it is when our ideas on how to > achieve our goals clash. Furthermore, we've been subject to more intense > media scrutiny than usual, which has certainly brought its challenges. > > The good news as I see it is that we can now reunite, especially because > the majority for change is bigger than any of us expected. The solid > turnout - around 50%, the highest by far in the party's history - > indicates just how much our membership has engaged. The members have > spoken very clearly. > > And the further good news is that, with an accountable, Green-style > leader, with far stronger checks and balances than other parties have, > we'll be better placed in future to deal with the greater scrutiny that > we will undoubtedly be under - and to take advantage of the greater > opportunities to put the Green message out. > > The debate on leadership has not been about policy. It has been about > how best, strategically and tactically, to achieve the Green > breakthrough that all of us so dearly want, that was promised to us in > 1989, and that we as a party may now begin to deliver in a big way. Both > campaigns in this referendum have agreed on where we want to see the > party go next: greater representation at all elected levels, a > breakthrough into Westminster, a Green party with a clear sense of > direction and purpose - and ultimately a radical and positive impact, > socially and ecologically. > > Having a single leader will make it far easier for the mainstream media > to treat us on an equal footing with the other parties. That's critical > to our hopes of rapidly growing the Green party's support base and of > getting MPs elected at the next election, even under the > unrepresentative first past the post system, as we fully intend to do. > > Who will our first leader be? Much too soon to say. The election > preparations will not even begin until well into the New Year. For now, > what I know is that today's landmark vote has set a direction of travel > for our party. We will soon be in a position to battle the new Lib Dem > leader, David Cameron and Gordon Brown on an equal footing. > > > > http://www.epolitix.com/EN/News/200711/b477f4ed-a227-45a6-aa6e-6f7dbde4f7a3.htm > > Greens opt to have a leader > > The Green Party has opted to have an elected leadership team for the > first time in it history. > > The results of a ballot of members, announced on Friday, found nearly > three-quarters deciding to end the male and female principal speakers > system. > > On a turnout of more than half of the party's membership in England and > Wales, 73 per cent voted in favour of switching to either having a > leader and deputy leader or two co-leaders. > > Following years of debate about whether it was holding the party back, > just 27 per cent voted to maintain the status quo. > > Principal speaker Caroline Lucas, who campaigned for a change, said she > was "delighted" with the outcome. > > "The party can now move forward together and onto the job in hand," she > said. > > "We have an urgent green message to communicate and many votes to win. > > "This is a fantastic day for the Green Party and will help ensure we > have a party that is understandable, recognisable and effective. > > "But we now need to demonstrate to all our members, regardless of which > way they voted, that this is not about weakening our principles, it's > about strengthening our effectiveness." > > Male principal speaker Derek Wall, who opposed the plan, accepted the > result and said the Greens must now find a solution that meets its needs. > > "We need a Green Party which is effective and empowering, doing things > differently from the top-down traditional politics that turns voters > off," he said. > > "The result of this referendum challenges the party to create a > leadership structure that is true to green ideals. > > "It has put our future leaders on notice that the membership expects a > more focused, more effective party, with a leadership team that is truly > accountable to the membership in a real and effective manner." > > > http://politics.guardian.co.uk/green/story/0,,2219836,00.html > > Green party decides it should have a leader > > Haroon Siddique > Friday November 30, 2007 > Guardian Unlimited > > > Green party members have voted to have a party leader for the first > time, it was announced today. > > Almost three quarters of voters backed scrapping the current structure - > two "principal speakers", a man and a woman - and replacing it with the > conventional arrangement of leader and deputy leader. > > One of the current principal speakers, Caroline Lucas, said she was > "delighted" with the result. > > "This is a fantastic day for the Green party and will help ensure we > have a party that is understandable, recognisable and effective," she > said. > > "But we now need to demonstrate to all our members, regardless of which > way they voted, that this is not about weakening our principles, it's > about strengthening our effectiveness." > > The other principal speaker, Derek Wall, who had opposed the change in > structure, warned that the party needed to do things "differently from > the top-down traditional politics that turns voters off". > > He added: "The result of this referendum challenges the party to create > a leadership structure that is true to green ideals. > > "It has put our future leaders on notice that the membership expects a > more focused, more effective party, with a leadership team that is truly > accountable to the membership in a real and effective manner." > > More than half of the party's members cast votes and 73% backed changing > the leadership structure, comfortably above the two-thirds majority > needed to carry the motion. Ballots for the positions will now be held > next autumn, when the terms of the current principal speakers expire. > > Leadership votes will be held every two years with individuals limited > to a maximum of five terms in office. > > The impetus for the ballot came after a number of party members > expressed concerns that the lack of a figurehead was damaging the > profile of the Greens. > > Many have blamed the lack of an identifiable leader on the party's > failure to win any parliamentary seats, despite climate change being > high on the political agenda. > > "Most people don't relate to abstract concepts; rather they relate to > the people who espouse and embody them," Lucas wrote in SocietyGuardian > in September. > > "A leader and deputy leader, or two co-leaders, would act as > recognisable and inspiring voices for the thousands of dedicated party > activists who collectively make the party what it is." > > But the "Green empowerment" campaign, which counted Wall among its > members, was striving "to uphold the Green party's long-standing > commitment to non-hierarchical structures and participatory democracy". > _______________________________________________ > usgp-int mailing list > usgp-int at gp-us.org > http://forum.greens.org/mailman/listinfo/usgp-int > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.10/1160 - Release Date: > 11/29/2007 8:32 PM >