{news} Please forward to all lists! _ Deshefy Green Party events

[Ronna Stuller]

Who is planning to come down to New London to participate in the  
protest?  We will be doing some planning at tomorrow's chapter  
meeting, and it would be good to know approximately how many people  
will be involved.

Ronna


On Oct 4, 2008, at 8:24 AM, Tim McKee wrote:
> GREEN PARTY OF CONNECTICUT
>
> News Release- October 3, 2008- for immediate release
>
> CONTACT: Scott Deshefy, Candidate for 2nd District Congress-(860)  
> 642-7066
> Tim McKee, CT Green Party spokesperson, cell (860) 860-778-1304  
> (Best) or (860)-643-2282, timmckee at mail.com
> Mike DeRosa, State Co-Chair (860)956-8170 or (860) 919-4042 (cell)
>
> DESHEFY TO APPEAR WITH NADER, PROTEST NEW LONDON DEBATE EXCLUSION
>
> The Scott Deshefy for Congress campaign announced two events today.  
> Deshefy will speak and introduce Presidential candidate Ralph Nader  
> at an event on Saturday October 4 at 7 pm at Edwin O. Smith High  
> School , 1235 Storrs Rd., Storrs, CT. Deshefy will speak about  
> issues in Second Congressional race and give a brief history of  
> Nader before he speaks.
>
> A protest rally will be on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at the New  
> London Garde Arts Center, 325 State Street. beginning at 6 pm as a  
> result of being excluded in a state wide televised broadcast debate  
> by the League of Women Voters, after first being included in the  
> debates. Protestors will be outside the theater to rally before the  
> event.
>
> 275 tickets to the event were given out to the Deshefy campaign and  
> distributed already. as well as 25 VIP tickets which Deshefy hopes  
> the League of Women Voters will honor, but has not confirmed that  
> they will. Green Party supporters quickly took the tickets and were  
> looking forward to the only state wide televised debate.
>
> He stressed that while the campaign will protest OUTSIDE the event,  
> there are no plans to disturbs the event as it happens, and that  
> many of the Green Party VIP ticket holders will discuss their views  
> with the other candidates after the debate.
>
> #End of Release
>

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