{news} John Mertens for U.S. Senate Kickoff event Sept. 9

Thu Aug 27 11:57:33 EDT 2009

David,

According to his website, Mertens endorses a Massachusetts health care-like 
plan, the former having shown to be a failure (spiking up costs and even 
encouraging scamming); he also endorsed the invasion of Afghanistan and 
appears to support US troops there.

When Mertens actually endorses GP policies--single payer health insurance, 
getting US military out of Afghanistan, ending occupation in Palestine and 
supporting boycott/divestment/ and sanctions (BDS) movement against 
Israel--then he'd at least get my attention.

I appreciate Merten's support for third parties but why would we need to 
endorse him: he doesn't help grow our party while we would be supporting 
opposition to some of our own policies?

As it is, I urge others to oppose this endorsement.

Justine McCabe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Bedell" <dbedellgreen at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:53 PM
Subject: {news} John Mertens for U.S. Senate Kickoff event Sept. 9

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> Got this press release from John Mertens.  He's not a Green, but he's
> interested in courting our support. Steve Fournier will be at the press
> conference, and I know Mertens has talked with Cliff Thornton.  I think 
> he's
> an interesting alternative, and worth supporting if we don't find an 
> actual
> Green candidate to run.  He has a website at http://www.mertens2010.com
>
>
> David Bedell
>
>
>       A Campaign for Honest,
>   Responsible, and Responsive
>       Government
>
> West Hartford Resident John Mertens Announces Candidacy for 2010 U.S. 
> Senate
> Race
>
> Press Conference/Campaign Kick-Off Event:
> Scheduled for September 9, 2009, 6:30 PM, 2071 Park St., Hartford.
>
> West Hartford Resident John Mertens will publicly announce his candidacy 
> for
> the 2010 U.S. Senate Race during a campaign kick-off event & press
> conference scheduled for September 9, 2009, 6:30 PM, at 271 Park Road,
> Hartford (the outdoor stage at Lena's Pizzeria). The event will be 
> followed
> by music and food.
>
> Dr. Mertens is seeking the nominations of four political parties: the
> Independent Party, the Green Party, the Libertarian Party, and the
> Connecticut for Lieberman Party. Dr. Mertens was the Independent Party
> candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006. Dr. Mertens has been the chair of the
> Connecticut for Lieberman Party since March, 2008.
> (http://www.ctforlieberman.org )
>
> Accompanying Dr. Mertens at the event will be Mike Telesca, State Agent of
> the Independent Party, Stephen Fournier, State Co-Chair of the Green 
> Party,
> and Richard Lion, State Chair of the Libertarian Party.
>
> A tenured Professor of Engineering at Trinity College in Hartford, Dr.
> Mertens also teaches environmental science and public policy, and conducts
> research in combustion and air pollution. He earned a B.S. in mechanical
> engineering from California State University, Chico, graduating summa cum
> laude, and earned a Masters and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from
> Stanford University. He began teaching at Trinity College in 1990. He has
> done volunteer work with Hartford public schools for over eighteen years,
> and is well informed about public school and urban issues. He has lived in
> West Hartford since 1996, where he has raised four children. They will 
> join
> him on the stage on September 9th.
>
> Dr. Mertens' campaign will focus on solutions to long-term problems, using
> non-partisan, analysis-based public policies. According to Dr. Mertens, 
> "The
> country is facing huge long-term problems: an $11 trillion national debt, 
> a
> giant budget deficit, a $12 trillion social security shortfall this 
> century,
> prisons that are bursting at the seams, urban schools that are struggling, 
> a
> wounded economy with rising unemployment, a health care system that needs
> major reform, the lack of a coherent national energy policy that will
> protect our economy and the environment, and a government that has been
> encroaching on our civil liberties. The solutions exist. But we need to
> elect non-partisan problem-solvers who will fight for them. For decades we
> have lived with irresponsible public policies from career politicians in
> Congress who care more about increasing their party's power and getting
> re-elected than they care about solving long-term problems. They haven't
> been honest with us, and they have been lousy public servants."
>
> The Sept. 9th Press Conference/Campaign Kick-Off event at Lena's Outdoor
> Stage in Hartford is free and open to the public. Dr. Mertens is holding 
> the
> event in Connecticut's capital city and New England's 'Rising Star' to
> emphasize the need for coordination of federal and state policies to 
> address
> issues such as education, health care, urban revitalization, and economic
> recovery.
>
> Press photos and campaign materials can be requested in advance by
> contacting event coordinator Anne Marie Krupski at (860) 707-2800 or john@
> mertens2010.com
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