From chapillsbury at igc.org Mon Jun 1 20:51:18 2009 From: chapillsbury at igc.org (chapillsbury at igc.org) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:51:18 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: {news} Tomorrow night at 7:00pm"debate" between Allan and his Democratic challenger Message-ID: <9124228.1243903878373.JavaMail.root@mswamui-blood.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Tomorrow night, the Ward 10 Democratic Committee is sponsoring a "debate" between Allan and his Democratic challenger at 7:00pm in the cafeteria of the old Worthington Hooker School at the corner of Canner and Livingston Streets in New Haven. Whether or not you live in Ward 10, please attend and support Allan. This "debate" is carefully scripted, so much of the politicking will take place at the end of the "debate" when all will be encouraged to mix, mingle and meet the candidates. The Ward 10 Committee has organized this event to help its members decide whether or not to endorse anyone in this race. Here are some excerpts about the campaign from the NH Independent: "East Rock Alderman Allan Brison, the only Green on a board of 28 Democrats and one Republican, officially kicked off his campaign for reelection Friday [May 1]. After representing Ward 10 for two years, Brison is facing a challenge from a young environmental activist, Justin Elicker, in a November contest.... Charlie Pillsbury, co-chair of the New Haven Green Party, said his party is focusing entirely on defending Brison?s seat this year, instead of backing candidates for multiple offices." From chapillsbury at igc.org Tue Jun 2 22:37:29 2009 From: chapillsbury at igc.org (Charlie Pillsbury) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 22:37:29 -0400 Subject: {news} New Haven Green Party meeting: Tuesday June 9, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. In-Reply-To: <003e01c9ad5c$0bd0a770$2371f650$@org> References: <003e01c9ad5c$0bd0a770$2371f650$@org> Message-ID: <00aa01c9e3f4$3ebba4e0$bc32eea0$@org> The New Haven Green Party will meet (briefly) on Tuesday June 9, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the BOOK TRADER CAFE, 1140 Chapel Street, New Haven. Information at 203-640-3889 . The main agenda item is to discuss how best to support Allan?s campaign. Other agenda items are also welcome; send them to the list, if you have any to suggest. Finally, my thanks to those of you who were able to attend the candidates? debate tonight in Ward 10. Charlie Pillsbury chapillsbury at igc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Wed Jun 3 14:11:30 2009 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:11:30 -0400 Subject: {news} Nancy Burton wins against Millstone nuclear plant Message-ID: http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=13217 Gone Fission Anti-nuke activist Nancy Burton wins an unlikely victory against the Millstone nuclear power plant Thursday, June 04, 2009 By Andy Bromage Judges threw her lawsuits out of court by the dozen. The attorney general said she shouldn't be suing at all. State regulators called her claims "baseless." Critics called her a Quixotic crank. Against that backdrop, longtime anti-nuke activist Nancy Burton has won the unlikeliest of victories in her decade-long quest to shut down the Millstone nuclear power plant in Waterford. The state Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, ruled two weeks ago that Burton has legal standing to sue the state for failure to enforce pollution standards set out in the Connecticut Environmental Protection Act. Millstone sucks water from Long Island Sound to cool its reactors, pulverizing billions of fish and fish eggs in the process. It then pumps the heated water back into the Sound, posing what Burton says is a radioactive hazard to human health. Burton's win represents a huge victory for the rights of average citizens to protect our air and water from polluters, and from regulators who would look the other way. The state's highest court had flip-flopped on whether citizens have standing to sue a polluter while their permit application is pending before a state agency. The court mostly held that they must wait until the state had done its thing. That tied the hands of environmental watchdog groups who could do little but watch while the tediously slow regulatory process would grind on. In Millstone's case, the state has allowed it to run on an expired "emergency" water discharge permit for the past 11 years, and only last fall finally kicked off hearings to grant them a renewed permit. The court ruling clarifies once and for all that citizens can sue before state regulators are finished, provided they can show reasonable evidence that active polluting is exceeding allowable limits. So for example, if a local coal plant is belching toxic emissions beyond what the Clean Air Act allows and regulators fail to control it, citizens can sue and force the power plant to clean up its act. In leading the crusade against Millstone, Burton has been dismissed, ridiculed and - after publicly accusing judges of corruption without evidence - disbarred as an attorney. Now as a citizen, Burton has earned the last laugh and secured what no lawyer has been able to get: an unequivocal ruling by the state's highest court restoring citizen environmentalists' right to have their day in court. For all that, Burton says the court's ruling doesn't surprise her one bit. "The law is really clear," she says. "I knew that eventually the Supreme Court would have to come to terms with the statute." Burton alleges the state Department of Environmental Protection has failed to control excess pollution at Millstone and has prejudged Millstone's application by signing a deal with Millstone and an environmental group before public hearings had even begun (more on that in a minute). She also says the DEP hearing officer overseeing the proceedings should be removed because she spent almost a decade working with the nuclear industry at an agency that handled low-level radioactive waste. Burton wants a judge to intervene in the case and force Millstone's owner, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, to install a closed-loop cooling system. Those systems recycle water to cool reactors and can reduce fish kills by 90 percent. Last fall, the DEP struck a three-way deal with Dominion and the Connecticut Fund for the Environment (CFE) meant to expedite the permitting process. The environmental group agreed not to challenge the permit application in exchange for Millstone agreeing to convert its cooling system to whatever the company's newest study concludes is the "best technology available." CFE's expectation is that when the study comes out in 2012, closed-loop cooling will be the best available. That truce meant Burton was the only one aggressively cross-examining Millstone officials and witnesses during a series of public hearings earlier this year. "We chose a different route," says Roger Reynolds, an attorney with CFE. "We wanted certain action by the agency within a two or three year time period as opposed to what we thought might be litigating for substantially longer with an uncertain outcome." Still, Reynolds says Burton's ruling is important for what it does to restore a citizen's right to intervene. "This gives the court the ability to decide the agency is not doing its job," Reynolds says. "The whole point of the law is to give citizens a check over agencies that may not be acting aggressively enough." Now Burton can present a court with evidence to back up her claim that Millstone is "a 24-hour fish-killing machine that's illegally dumping waste into Long Island Sound." DEP Deputy Commissioner Amey Marrella defends the agency's permitting process, noting that reviewing the nuclear plant's application is a "highly complex and complicated issue." Dominion spokesman Jim Norvelle says the company is "disappointed" with the court's decision and is confident that lower courts will back the state's permitting procedure as sufficient to protect the environment. "We are further confident that the Superior Court will conclude there is no merit to either Ms. Burton's claim of bias on the part of the DEP hearing officer or her claim of prejudgment by the DEP commissioner regarding Millstone's application," Norvelle says. Norvelle might be right, but Burton's recent triumph shows her adversaries dismiss her at their own peril. Ask Burton what comes next, and you won't get some convoluted legal road map. "The next step is to shut Millstone," she says bluntly. "This lets citizens go to the court to close the plant under the Connecticut Environmental Protection Act." But if Burton's won a battle, her war is just beginning. Her victory only gives her legal standing to present a court with evidence that Millstone is exceeding pollution standards and the state is letting it happen. Now comes the hard sell of persuading a judge that the state is ignoring a serial polluter because regulators are in bed with the nuclear industry. No easy task, for sure, but Burton sees a ray of hope. Regulators in Virginia recently rejected a new permit for a Dominion-owned nuclear plant there because the discharge was raising a lake's temperature to ecologically destructive levels. "So there's hope," Burton says. From timmckee at mail.com Sat Jun 6 11:20:27 2009 From: timmckee at mail.com (Tim McKee) Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 10:20:27 -0500 Subject: {news} Green Party results in UK County Council elections Message-ID: <20090606152027.19C23326701@ws1-8.us4.outblaze.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Feinstein" To: "USGP Discussion" Subject: [usgp-dx] Initial Green Party results in UK County Council elections Date: Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:57:16 -0700 http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2009-06-06-county-elections.html Green Party of England and Wales makes progress in county elections The Green Party of England and Wales contested nearly a third of the seats up for election on June 4th, with 781 candidates across 33 County Councils and Unitary authorities - and continued to make steady progress. The party made its hoped for breakthrough onto four county councils - Cambridgeshire (1 seat), Devon (1), Gloucestershire (1) and Suffolk (2). In Norfolk the Greens held 2 seats and gained 5. In Lancashire the party successfully defended 1 seat and gained a second. Lancaster Greens also held a city council seat in a by-election, and continue to hold 12 seats on the city council. Unfortunately the Greens had effectively lost 4 seats before the campaign began, due to council reorganisation and boundary changes (in Eastern and North East regions). The only unexpected loss was 3 out of the 5 Green Party seats on Oxfordshire County Council. Greens gain most at Labour and LibDem expense The Green Party ended the campaign with 123 councillors on 42 councils, up from 119 on 41. http://www.greenparty.org.uk/elections/councilresults09.html Of the Green Party's gains, 7 were from Labour, 2 from the LibDems and 1 from the Conservatives. This too continues a familiar pattern. The party's steady progress in the 2009 elections was reflected in recruitment, with an 8.5% growth in membership during the six weeks of the campaign. Greens look forward to the general election The single most encouraging result was in Norfolk, where the Greens won more votes than any other party in both Norwich North and Norwich South parliamentary constituencies. This bodes well for the target constituency of Norwich South, which will be contested by Adrian Ramsay, the Green Party's deputy leader and currently leader of the opposition on Norwich City Council. And in Lancashire, in the Lancaster and Fleetwood target constituency the Greens outpolled everyone except the Conservatives. _______________________________________________ Natlcomaffairs mailing list To send a message to the list, write to: Natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org To unsubscribe or change your list options, go to: http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/natlcomaffairs You must know your password to do this. 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By the end of last year, income inequality under Labour was greater than during the reign of Margaret Thatcher. Isn't it time for Labour voters to revolt? Why keep voting for a party whose government has betrayed its roots and values? There is an alternative. The Green party embraces the social justice agenda that Labour has long abandoned. We are more than a party of environmental protection. We are also a party of fairness and equality, with progressive policies on jobs, housing, education, health and pensions. Unlike the Liberal Democrats, we don't support free market capitalism or use dirty tricks during election campaigns and we don't talk green in national politics only to do something else entirely at the local level. Under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Labour lost its heart and soul. It has become the party of war, privatisation and attacks on civil liberties. The Labour government promoted the financial deregulation that led to the banking crisis, resulting in bankruptcies and mass unemployment. It refuses to take legal action against the corporate criminals who have pushed Britain to the precipice of a full-blown economic depression. Labour's policy rot was not caused by Brown alone. The whole Labour government ? including Alan Johnson ? backed the party's rightward drift. When a Labour government pursues anti-Labour policies it no longer deserves respect or loyalty from Labour members and voters. Arrogant, out of touch, complacent and authoritarian, Labour is not Labour any more. It's time has passed. For all these reasons, after 22 years' membership I left Labour and joined the Green party. It isn't perfect ? no party ever is. But compared to Labour and the other political alternatives, the Greens are now the most progressive force in British politics, with our visionary agenda for grassroots democracy, social justice, human rights, global equity, environmental protection, peace and internationalism. The Greens now occupy the emancipationist political space that was once occupied by Labour. We offer the most credible progressive alternative to Labour. To deal with the economic crisis, our agenda includes a Roosevelt-style Green New Deal to simultaneously tackle unemployment and climate destruction. The Greens would invest in new green industries to create a million green collar jobs. We would put money into energy conservation, which would lead to tens of thousands of jobs in double-glazing, loft insulation and the fitting of energy efficient boilers. This would also help cut fuel poverty and reduce household energy bills. We'd also invest in renewable energy, including wind, tidal, wave and solar. This would help revive Britain's decimated engineering industry and establish new technologies that could be exported worldwide at great financial benefit to the UK. Labour's great, historic achievement was the creation of the NHS and the welfare state, but Blair and Brown sought to dismantle them. Their commercialisation and semi-privatisation of health and education is something that not even Margaret Thatcher attempted. They have out-Thatchered Thatcher. While the Labour government has promoted a stealthy privatisation of public services, the Greens oppose privatisation and defend public services as essential components of a just society and a decent quality of life for all citizens. We reject Labour plans to close post offices and to privatise the Royal Mail. In contrast to the anti-trade union policies of Labour, the Greens support the rights enshrined in the trade union freedom bill which gives new protection to employees. Similarly, the Blair-Brown government sought an opt-out from key sections of the EU social chapter on workers' rights. The Greens, however, have been steadfast in opposing the opt-out and insisting on the fair treatment of employees. While Labour's policies for senior citizens have been miserly, it is Green policy to end pensioner poverty by providing free social care to the elderly and raising the single person's state pension to ?165 per week and linking it to average earnings. We are also pushing for a major house-building programme and the refurbishment of older and disused properties, in order to give low-income families the chance to have a good quality home at a rent they can afford. These measures could be paid for by cancelling Labour's wasteful and reactionary expenditure of more than ?100bn on new Trident nuclear missiles, ID cards, two super aircraft carriers, the botched computerisation of the NHS and further motorway expansion. This is crunch time for progressive politics. Labour has turned its back on its traditional values, torn up previously cherished socialist ideals, sidelined the trade union movement, waged an illegal war, tried to impose 42 days' detention without charge, and made unsavoury pacts with big business and George W Bush. The Labour leadership has pandered to prejudice and irrationality on issues including asylum, drugs, terrorism, Europe and crime. Principles have been abandoned for the sake of a few more sympathetic headlines in the Daily Mail and for another cup of tea with Rupert Murdoch. Labour voters don't have to put up with this rightwing nonsense. They can vote Green in the knowledge that they are voting for a party that offers a powerful challenge to neo-liberal economics and globalisation. Greens put the common good before corporate greed, and the public interest before private profit. Our synthesis of the best of the red and the green integrates policies for social justice and human rights with policies for tackling the life-threatening dangers posed by global warming, environmental pollution, resource depletion and species extinction. The future is bright ? bright Green. _______________________________________________ usgp-int mailing list usgp-int at gp-us.org http://forum.greens.org/mailman/listinfo/usgp-int -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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 - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.54/2158 - Release Date: 06/06/09 05:53:00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roseberry3 at cox.net Tue Jun 9 00:36:12 2009 From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 00:36:12 -0400 Subject: {news} proposed agenda for the Wednesday, 6-10-09 EC meeting Message-ID: <20090609043554.PQDY12338.eastrmmtao103.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> Proposed agenda for the Wednesday 6-10-09 EC meeting at 74 Tremont Street, Hartford, CT * discussion regarding suggested job description for the fundraiser position for the CT Green Party; * discussion regarding a summer intern for the CT Green Party; Proposed agenda for the 7PM 6-30-09 SCC CTGP meeting at Portland Senior Center Location: Portland Senior Center, 7 Waverly Avenue, Portland, CT 06480 Facilitator: To Be Determined A. Preliminaries: 1. (1 minute): Introductions of voting/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 5-26-09 SCC meeting. 4. (2 minutes): Review and acceptance of the minutes of the 6-10-09 EC meeting. 5. (2-4 minutes): Treasurer's report from treasurer: Christopher Reilly. B. Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee. C. Reports: 1. (10-15minutes): GPUS reports from: a) CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury; b) National Committee Members. 2. (10-15 minutes): Discuss the GPUS Annual National Meeting being held from Wednesday, July 22, 2009 through Sunday, July 26, 2009 at North Carolina Central University (www.nccu.edu ) in Durham, NC 3. (20minutes): Discussion of the short and long term goals of the CTGP as recommended by the participants at the 4-25-09 CTGP Annual Meeting. 4. (5-10minutes): Rock and Roll shows. 5. (10-15minutes): CTGP Fundraising/budget Committee. Job description for the position of: Fund Raiser :Plans fund raising programs; and writes to, telephones, or visits individuals or establishments to solicit funds or gifts-in-kind: Compiles and analyzes information about potential contributors to develop mailing or contact list and to plan selling approach. Writes, telephones, or visits potential contributors and persuades them to contribute funds or gifts-in-kind by explaining purpose and benefits of fund raising program. Takes pledges or funds from contributors. Records expenses incurred and contributions received and provide this information to the Treasurer of the Green Party of CT in a timely manner. Provides, at a minimum monthly reports to EC and SCC of CTGP, and upon request.. May organize volunteers and plan social functions to raise funds. May prepare fund raising brochures for mail-solicitation programs. May train volunteers to perform certain duties to assist fund raising. 6. (5-10 minutes): Discussion about a summer intern for the CTGP. 7. (5-10 minutes): Discussion about petitions in support of single payer healthcare; literature for same. 8. (5-10 minutes): CT Green Times News via website/internet. 9. (5-10 minutes): any announced or potential CT Green Party candidates for this election year. 10. (2-5 minutes): any future CTGP Road Shows? 11. (2-10 minutes): Report about the 3-09 court hearing about our lawsuit against the State of CT regarding the 2005 State of CT Campaign Finance Reform Laws. 12. (2-5 minutes, each): Chapter reports. 13. Next SCC meeting=Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at the Portland Senior Center. Date, place and time of next EC meeting: to be determined. 14. 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URL: From roseberry3 at cox.net Tue Jun 9 00:36:44 2009 From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 00:36:44 -0400 Subject: {news} FW: proposed agenda for 5-26-09 7PM SCC meeting at Portland Senior Center Message-ID: <20090609043625.LACK8364.eastrmmtao105.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> _____ From: B Barry [mailto:roseberry3 at cox.net] Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 12:36 AM To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org Cc: 'Christopher Reilly'; roseberry3 at cox.net; smderosa at cox.net; 'Steve Fournier'; mdlncllns at aol.com Subject: proposed agenda for 5-26-09 7PM SCC meeting at Portland Senior Center Proposed agenda for the 7PM 5-26-09 SCC CTGP meeting at Portland Senior Center Location: Portland Senior Center, 7 Waverly Avenue, Portland, CT 06480 Facilitator: To Be Determined A. Preliminaries: 1. (1 minute): Introductions of voting/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 12-30-08, 2-24-09, 3-31-09 and 4-28-09 SCC meetings. 4. (2 minutes): Review and acceptance of the minutes of the 3-18-09 and 5-19-09 EC meetings. 5. (2-4 minutes): Treasurer's report from treasurer: Christopher Reilly. B. Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee. C. Reports: 1. (10-15 minutes): Internal Election Committee: official report from all the members of the Internal Elections committee (David Bedell, Christopher Reilly, Steve Fournier and Richard Duffee) regarding the official results of the 4-25-09 CTGP Annual Meeting. The five (5) people elected to be CTGP representatives to the GPUS; people elected to the various GPUS National committees: Platform committee, International committee, Ballot Access committee; Dispute Resolution committee; Diversity committee; Merchandise committee; Eco-action committee. a) 4/25/09 Record of vote Red = elected. NOTA = None of the above. Italics (following NOTA) = write-in candidate. State Co-Chair 1st 2nd 3rd Points (3x1st + 2x2nd + 1x3rd) Mike DeRosa 21 8 14 = 93 Steve Fournier 14 24 9 = 99 Jane Weston 17 16 20 = 103 NOTA 1 1 1 = 6 Justine McCabe 0 1 0 = 2 Cantor Rachel Littman 0 0 1 = 1 Secretary Barbara Barry 47 NOTA 5 Treasurer Christopher Reilly 50 NOTA 3 Diane Shaheen 1 Representatives to the GPUS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Charlie Pillsbury Richard Duffee Tim McKee Mike DeRosa Amy Vas Nunes NOTA Joel Furst Cliff Thornton International Committee to the GPUS 1st 2nd 3rd Points (3x1st + 2x2nd + 1x3rd) Hector Lopez 14 16 9 = 83 Justine McCabe 23 28 9 = 94 German Tedesco 8 20 13 = 77 Amy Vas Nunes 6 2 10 = 32 NOTA 0 2 3 = 7 Richard Duffee 0 1 0 = 2 Robert Garavel 0 0 1 = 1 John Kozicki 1 0 0 = 3 Platform Committee to the GPUS 1st 2nd 3rd Points (3x1st + 2x2nd + 1x3rd) Richard Duffee 34 9 1 = 121 Amy Vas Nunes 7 16 1 = 54 NOTA 3 9 9 = 36 Daniel Casey 0 1 0 = 2 Robert Garavel 0 0 1 = 1 Justine McCabe 5 2 1 = 20 (Because she was left off the ballot by mistake, her appointment is to be raised at the SCC meeting) Charlie Pillsbury 1 0 0 = 3 Cliff Thornton 0 1 0 = 2 Merchandizing Committee to the GPUS 1st 2nd 3rd Points (3x1st + 2x2nd + 1x3rd) Rolf Maurer NOTA Hector Lopez 1 Gilliam Tanz 1 The following uncontested candidates were elected by one or more write-in votes. (These should probably be confirmed at an SCC meeting, and David Eliscu and Colin Bennett have been contacted to confirm if they are willing to serve.) Ballot Access Committee: Mike DeRosa Dispute Resolution Committee: David Eliscu, Charlie Pillsbury Eco Action Committee: Colin Bennett 2. (10-15minutes): GPUS reports from: a) CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury; b) National Committee Members: 3. (20minutes): Discussion of the short and long term goals of the CTGP as recommended by the participants at the 4-25-09 CTGP Annual Meeting. 4. (10-15 minutes): Discuss the GPUS Annual National Meeting being held from Wednesday, July 22, 2009 through Sunday, July 26, 2009 at North Carolina Central University (www.nccu.edu ) in Durham, NC 5. (5-10minutes): Rock and Roll show. 6. (10-15minutes): CTGP Fundraising/budget Committee. Job description for the position of: Fund Raiser :Plans fund raising programs; and writes to, telephones, or visits individuals or establishments to solicit funds or gifts-in-kind: Compiles and analyzes information about potential contributors to develop mailing or contact list and to plan selling approach. Writes, telephones, or visits potential contributors and persuades them to contribute funds or gifts-in-kind by explaining purpose and benefits of fund raising program. Takes pledges or funds from contributors. Records expenses incurred and contributions received and provide this information to the Treasurer of the Green Party of CT in a timely manner. Provides, at a minimum monthly reports to EC and SCC of CTGP, and upon request.. May organize volunteers and plan social functions to raise funds. May prepare fund raising brochures for mail-solicitation programs. May train volunteers to perform certain duties to assist fund raising. 7. (5-10 minutes): Discussion about a summer intern for the CTGP. 8. (5-10 minutes): Discusssion about petitions in support of single payer healthcare; literature for same. 9. (5-10 minutes): CT Green Times News via website/internet. 10. (2-5 minutes): any future CTGP Road Shows? 11. (2-10 minutes): Report about the 3-09 court hearing about our lawsuit against the State of CT regarding the 2005 State of CT Campaign Finance Reform Laws. 12.. (2-5 minutes, each): Chapter reports. 13. Next SCC meeting=Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at the Portland Senor Center. Date, place and time of next EC meeting: to be determined. 14. 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 Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. 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Now, a movement of legislators from these states is mobilizing to tell Congress it's time to unify these local efforts into a national public option. Can you join me in asking our state legislators to endorse a public option, and demand for health care for all NOW! This website makes it really easy: http://act.truemajorityaction.org/t/120/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=19 Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stepfour at stepfour.com Thu Jun 11 10:23:29 2009 From: stepfour at stepfour.com (Steve Fournier) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:23:29 -0400 Subject: {news} Single-payer petition In-Reply-To: <20090609043554.PQDY12338.eastrmmtao103.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> Message-ID: <20090611142446.680FD6CD723@gandhi.greens.org> On the agenda for this month's state central committee meeting: gathering signatures on petitions to Connecticut's House members demanding that they co-sponsor HR676, Medicare for all. Recommended language: "I urge my member of Congress to add his or her name as a co-sponsor of HR676, Medicare for all, now pending in the House. I understand that this law will provide national health insurance for all Americans." We could start circulating these petitions immediately, see how quick we can deliver 5,000 signatures to our all-Dem delegation. I posted a printable sample at www.stepfour.com/petition.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From richard.duffee at gmail.com Thu Jun 11 12:11:19 2009 From: richard.duffee at gmail.com (Richard Duffee) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:11:19 -0400 Subject: {news} Single-payer petition In-Reply-To: <20090611142446.680FD6CD723@gandhi.greens.org> References: <20090609043554.PQDY12338.eastrmmtao103.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> <20090611142446.680FD6CD723@gandhi.greens.org> Message-ID: <21f4f7390906110911y3383a440ob0d4cc2fcbf97909@mail.gmail.com> That's fine. Thanks for doing that Steve. I have to write up the flier. Richard On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Steve Fournier 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 > > > > On the agenda for this month?s state central committee meeting: gathering > signatures on petitions to Connecticut?s House members demanding that they > co-sponsor HR676, Medicare for all. Recommended language: > > > > ?I urge my member of Congress to add his or her name as a co-sponsor of > HR676, Medicare for all, now pending in the House. I understand that this > law will provide national health insurance for all Americans.? > > > > We could start circulating these petitions immediately, see how quick we > can deliver 5,000 signatures to our all-Dem delegation. I posted a > printable sample at www.stepfour.com/petition.htm > > > > 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. 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Past federal studies on Single-Payer show it will provide universal care while cutting costs, say Greens, who seek a nationally aired debate on the merits of Single-Payer . Green Party Speakers Bureau: Green leaders available to speak on health care reform http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-health-care.php WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders and health care activists called for new federal studies on the economic feasibility and impact of a Single-Payer (Medicare For All, HR 676) national health care program. The study should cover overall and ongoing costs and savings, not just government spending. Greens cited past studies from the General Accounting Office (GAO) and the Congressional Budget Office in the 1990s showing that Single-Payer would reduce the cost of health care while covering every American. The Green Party will make health care reform and the demand for Single-Payer a major focus of the party's 2009 Annual National Meeting in Durham, North Carolina, July 23-26 (http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=222). According to a 1991 GAO report, "If the US were to shift to a system of universal coverage and a single payer, as in Canada, the savings in administrative costs [10 percent of health spending] would be more than enough to offset the expense of universal coverage." ("Canadian Health Insurance: Lessons for the United States," http://archive.gao.gov/d20t9/144039.pdf). More reports are archived at pnhp.org (http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single_payer_system_cost.php?page=all). "The overall savings we'd gain from Single-Payer will boost the ailing economy and will cut bankruptcies by nearly two thirds," said Jody Grage, treasurer of the Green Party of the United States, who noted a recent Harvard study showing that "Medical problems contributed to nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent) of all bankruptcies in 2007" (Physicians for a National Health Program press release, June 4, 2009, http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/june/illness_medical_bil.php). "The 'public health care option' supported by Sen. Kennedy and many other Democrats will leave the private insurance industry intact and lead to increased health care spending, especially if mandates lead to big taxpayer-funded subsidies for insurance and HMO companies and the high overhead they add to health care spending. We challenge Congress and President Obama to consult the GAO and Congressional Budget Office on the costs and benefits of Single-Payer," said Ms. Grage. The Green Party has challenged Sen. Max Baucus and other Single-Payer opponents to hold a public debate, broadcast nationally, with Single-Payer advocates (http://www.gp.org/press/pr-national.php?ID=221). Sen. Baucus has received more campaign money from the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries over the last four years than any other Democrat in Congress -- $413,000 since 2005, with only Republicans John McCain and Mitch McConnell receiving more (http://www.Consumer Watchdog.org). Greens said that such a debate is urgently necessary because of the lies and distortions about Single-Payer and health care reform coming from the Wall Street Journal (http://mediamatters.org/blog/200906160005), Conservatives for Patients' Rights, and other opponents of health care reform. See also "Debunking Canadian Health Care Myths" by Rhonda Hackett, The Denver Post, June 7 (http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_12523427). "Apologists for profit-making insurance companies are dishonestly trying to paint Single-Payer as expensive and radical. In fact, Single-Payer is more fiscally conservative, because it'll eliminate the high overhead of private insurance. Secondly, Single-Payer allows full choice of physician, which will restore the American tradition of family doctors who get to know their patients' health care needs. Instead of an insurance company or HMO bureaucracy restricting treatment and referrals, Single-Payer will bring back the days when patients and physicians made decisions about medical care," said Justine McCabe, Connecticut Green, clinical psychologist, and co-author of statewide Single-Payer bill, 1999-2000 (http://www.gp.org/speakers/detail.php?ID=35). "And finally, under a Single-Payer plan, no one will suffer financial ruin because of medical expenses," said Dr. McCabe. "Unfortunately, President Obama and congressional leaders insist that we all spend more money on health care, with taxes on health-care benefits, to pay for 'reform' that would still leave tens of millions uninsured and underinsured. At the same time, they don't want Americans to hear about the benefits of Single-Payer -- even though they admit it would save money, cover everyone, and give us the right to choose our doctors," said Angel Torres, co-chair of the Maricopa Greens (http://maricopagreens.org), which held a Single-Payer rally in front of the office of Arizona Rep. Harry Mitchell on May 30 to persuade him to sign on as a co-sponsor of HR 676. MORE INFORMATION Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN Fax 202-319-7193 . Tally of Green election victories http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/election-results.html . Green candidate news http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/candidate-news.php . Green candidate database for 2008 and other campaign information: http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml . Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml . Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers . Green Party ballot access page http://www.gp.org/2008-elections 2009 Annual National Meeting of the Green Party, Durham, NC, July 23-26 http://www.gp.org/2009-ANM . Media credentialing page http://www.gp.org/forms/media Audio clip: Lynne Williams, Green candidate for Governor of Maine, speaks at a May 30 rally for National Health Care at the State House in Augusta, introduced by Pat LaMarche, 2004 Green nominee for Vice President http://www.asmainegoes.com/content/audio-maine-green-party-gubernatorial-candidate-lynne-williams "Health Professionals Tell Congress They Want Single-Payer" By Jeff Muskus, The Huffington Post, June 10, 2009 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/10/health-professionals-tell_n_213873.html Green Pages, Vol. 13, No. 1 The official publication of record of the Green Party of the United States http://gp.org/greenpages-blog ~ END ~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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After the violence near the town > of Bagua Grande, hundreds more people, mainly indigenous people, are > missing and it is alleged that police have hidden hundreds of bodies. > Indigenous people were protesting against new legislation which will > mean their land can be exploited for oil and gas drilling. > > We call on the government of President Alan Garcia to immediately stop > all police actions against demonstrations by indigenous people. We also > urge the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) to launch an > independent investigation into the violence, just as it did after > similar violence in Bolivia earlier this year. In that instance, UNASUR > played a very important role in calming an extremely volatile situation > and they could do so again in this case. It is also vital that the > Peruvian authorities allow human rights organisations free access to the > area where the clashes took place, so that a thorough assessment of what > happened can be made. > > The Global Greens also call on the international community to put all > the pressure it can on the Peruvian Government so that it stops police > violence against indigenous protesters and launches a thorough and > independent investigation into the causes of the violence. > > An important element of the pressure which could be brought to bear on > Peru is related to trade agreements: the change in legislation the > indigenous protested against is necessary following the stipulations in > the recent Free Trade Agreement between Peru and the USA. The Commercial > Agreement, the EU is currently negotiating with with Peru, Colombia and > Ecuador contains very similar provisions, and partly goes beyond US > demands. Therefore, a radical change of the EU negotiations is necessary > As a first step we call on the European Commission and Council to > suspend negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement with Peru (as well as > Ecuador and Colombia) until an independent investigation has reached its > conclusions and the people responsible for the violence have been tried > and, if found guilty, been sentenced to punishment. The suspension > should provide the time necessary to reorientate the contents of the > negotiations, so that a future agreement protects people and environment > rather then exploit them. > > > For all Global Greens Statments, see > http://www.globalgreens.org/statements/ > From chapillsbury at gmail.com Mon Jun 22 22:07:37 2009 From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:07:37 -0400 Subject: {news} INDIVIDUALS NOMINATED TO SERVE AS FACILITATORS FOR 2009 NATIONAL MEETING Message-ID: <10859a090906221907y1faffae7h1da450bf584f1124@mail.gmail.com> fyi, charlie ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:53 PM Subject: [usgp-nc] NOMINATIONS for facilitators for 2009 GPUS National Meeting To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org Proposal 121 (adopted 1/30/05) calls for the nomination by committees, states, and caucuses of qualified facilitators for the Annual National Meeting to be in no later than two months before the meeting. "It is encouraged that Committees, Caucuses and States consider the qualifications such as experience and familiarity with the Green Consensus process. No candidate who is registered with another party other than Greens, where Green registration is available, will be considered. The ANMC will make the names of eligible candidates available to the CC within a week following the two month deadline." The Annual Meeting Committee requested that nominations of qualified Greens be sent in no later than later than June 5. The SC shall put the election of facilitators on the voting queue per the regular schedule. THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO SERVE AS ONE OF THE FACILITATORS FOR THE 2009 NATIONAL MEETING: *Diane White (PA) Jill Bussiere (WI) Joni LeViness (OK) George Martin (WI)* WE NEED EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, and any other contact information and bios would be fine to add. PLEASE SEND CONTACT INFO AND BIOS to OR , so the SC can schedule these for the voting queue. Thank you, Holly Hart Secretary, GPUS **************************** Proposal 121 http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=121 All face to face meetings of the Coordinating Committee of the Green National Committee will be facilitated by a person or persons who have been approved by the Coordinating Committee of the Green National Committee. Names should be submitted to the ANMC no less than two months prior to the meeting date. Committees, Caucuses, and State Parties will send names and qualifications of recommended facilitators to the ANMC. It is encouraged that Committees, Caucuses and States consider the qualifications such as experience and familiarity with the Green Consensus process. No candidate who is registered with another party other than Greens, where Green registration is available, will be considered. The ANMC will make the names of eligible candidates available to the CC within a week following the two month deadline. The Steering Committee will schedule a vote by the CC for approval of individual facilitators. No Facilitator who failed to receive at least 50%+1 of the approval vote will be permitted to facilitate the CC meetings. Facilitators with the highest approval ratings will be given preference when assigning facilitators. The ANMC will strive to schedule two facilitators for any given time period to ensure backup if needed. Gender balance is strongly encouraged. The ANMC will notify the CC of the facilitation schedule no later than two weeks before the national meeting. -- Charlie Pillsbury, CTGP -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roseberry3 at cox.net Wed Jun 24 23:08:44 2009 From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry) Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:08:44 -0400 Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for the 7PM 6-30-09 SCC CTGP meeting at Portland Senior Center, 7 Waverly Avenue, Portland, CT 06480 Message-ID: <20090625030843.HLPB14603.eastrmmtao102.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> Proposed agenda for the 7PM 6-30-09 SCC CTGP meeting at Portland Senior Center Location: Portland Senior Center, 7 Waverly Avenue, Portland, CT 06480 Facilitator: To Be Determined A. Preliminaries: 1. (1 minute): Introductions of voting/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 5-26-09 SCC meeting. 4. (2 minutes): Review and acceptance of the minutes of the 6-10-09 EC meeting. 5. (2-4 minutes): Treasurer's report from treasurer: Christopher Reilly. B. Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee. C. Reports: 1. (10-15minutes): GPUS reports from: a) CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury; b) National Committee Members. 2. (10-15 minutes): Discuss the GPUS Annual National Meeting being held from Thursday, July 23, 2009 through Sunday, July 26, 2009 at North Carolina Central University (www.nccu.edu or gpinfo at gp.org or GP.org ) in Durham, NC. GP of CT endorsed representatives in addition to: Richard Duffee; S. Michael DeRosa; housing, caucuses; registration. GPUS Office: P. O. Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037 phone:202/319-7191 or toll-free in US: 866/41GREEN. 3. (20minutes): Discussion of the short and long term goals of the CTGP as recommended by the participants at the 4-25-09 CTGP Annual Meeting. 4. (5-10minutes): potential Rock and Roll shows: Friday in July or August of 2009 at French Club in East Hartford; a diner in Willimantic. 5. (10-15minutes): CTGP Fundraising/budget Committee. Job description for the position of: Fund Raiser :Plans fund raising programs; and writes to, telephones, or visits individuals or establishments to solicit funds or gifts-in-kind: Compiles and analyzes information about potential contributors to develop mailing or contact list and to plan selling approach. Writes, telephones, or visits potential contributors and persuades them to contribute funds or gifts-in-kind by explaining purpose and benefits of fund raising program. Takes pledges or funds from contributors. Records expenses incurred and contributions received and provide this information to the Treasurer of the Green Party of CT in a timely manner. Provides, at a minimum monthly reports to EC and SCC of CTGP, and upon request.. May organize volunteers and plan social functions to raise funds. May prepare fund raising brochures for mail-solicitation programs. May train volunteers to perform certain duties to assist fund raising. 6. (5-10 minutes): Discussion about a summer intern for the CTGP. 7. (5-10 minutes): Discussion about petitions in support of single payer healthcare event in Middletown sponsored by the Central Chapter of GP of CT; literature for same. 8. (5-10 minutes): CT Green Times News via website/internet. 9. (5-10 minutes): any announced or potential CT Green Party candidates for this election year. 10. (2-5 minutes): any future CTGP Road Shows? 11. (2-10 minutes): Report about the 3-09 court hearing about our lawsuit against the State of CT regarding the 2005 State of CT Campaign Finance Reform Laws. 12. (2-5 minutes, each): Chapter reports. 13. Next SCC meeting=Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at the Portland Senior Center. Date, place and time of next EC meeting: to be determined. 14. 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URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Tue Jun 30 08:19:42 2009 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:19:42 -0400 Subject: {news} PLEASE COMMENT: USGP-INT NICARAGUAN GREENS' PROPOSAL FOR STATEMENT ABOUT THE COUP D'ETAT IN HONDURAS (Fwd) Propuesta de Pronunciamiento sobre el Golpe de Estado en Honduras Message-ID: <828077B99DEE44ACB7638A744A3FD7E5@JUSTINE> NICARAGUAN GREENS' PROPOSAL FOR STATEMENT ABOUT THE COUP DFYI CT Greens: The statement below is being considered by the IC with the intention of GPUS supporting our Federation of Green Parties of the Americas in a joint statement of support for Hondurans and in opposition to the recent coup. Please comment.. Justine McCabe. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony Affigne To: usgp-int at gp-us.org Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 8:46 PM Subject: USGP-INT NICARAGUAN GREENS' PROPOSAL FOR STATEMENT ABOUT THE COUP D'ETAT IN HONDURAS (Fwd) Propuesta de Pronunciamiento sobre el Golpe de Estado en Honduras IC Colleagues: The Green Party of Nicaragua has proposed a joint statement by our Federation Green parties, condemning the coup in Honduras and calling for the restoration of the rule of law "in our sister nation of Honduras." I am inclined to respond that we enthusiastically support this statement. The Nicaraguan draft statement (see Spanish-language original, below) would do the following: 1. Categorically condemn the attack on democracy and public institutions of the Republic of Honduras. 2. Demand restoration of constitutional order and democratic institutions. 3. Demand the return of the Constitutional President Manuel Zelaya. 4. Demand full respect for human rights and political rights of citizens and people of Honduras. 5. Encourage the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas, the Central American Integration System, the Group of Rio, the European Union, the United States of America, Canada and Mexico, the Global Greens and other sister nations and international bodies, to maintain their firm rejection of the coup in Honduras. Before I respond to the Nicaraguans, please let me know your thoughts on their proposal. For a Green future, Tony Affigne Green Party of Rhode Island U.S. Delegate to the Federation --- begin forwarded text Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:40:13 -0300 From: Edward Martin Salazar Cruz To: fpva-foro at lists.globalgreens.org, Foro Verde Subject: [fpva-foro] Propuesta de Pronunciamiento sobre el Golpe de Estado en Honduras Estimados Colegas Verdes Es de conocimiento publico el golpe militar de estado en la hermana Republica de Honduras, les envio con todo respeto una propuesta de carta - pronunciamiento la cual considero que podemos juntos mejorarla y enviarla a traves de la secretaria a las organizaciones, gobiernos e instancias nacionales e internacionales en donde los verdes podamos incidir positivamente por el restablecimiento del Estado de Derecho en nuestra nacion hermana de Honduras. Les envio mis saludos Edward COMUNICADO DE LA FEDERACION DE PARTIDOS VERDES DE LAS AMERICAS SOBRE EL GOLPE MILITAR DE ESTADO EN HONDURAS Managua, 29 de Junio del 2009 Ante el Golpe de Estado militar contra el Presidente Constitucional Manuel Zelaya en la Rep?blica de Honduras y el rompimiento del Estado de Derecho en este soberano Pa?s, la Federaci?n de Partidos Verdes de las Am?ricas y sus miembros declaran: 1. Condenamos de forma categ?rica este atentado contra la democracia y la institucionalidad de la Rep?blica de Honduras. 2. Demandamos el restablecimiento del orden constitucional y la institucionalidad democr?tica. 3. Demandamos la restituci?n del Presidente Constitucional Manuel Zelaya. 4. Demandamos el irrestricto respeto a los Derechos Humanos y los Derechos Pol?ticos de los Ciudadanos y del pueblo de Honduras. 5. Animamos a la Organizaci?n de las Naciones Unidas, la Organizaci?n de Estados Americanos, la Alianza Bolivariana de las Am?ricas, al Sistema de Integraci?n Centroamericana, al Grupo de Rio, la Uni?n Europa, los Estados Unidos de Am?rica, Canad? y M?xico, la Global Green y otras instancias internacional y naciones hermanas a mantener firme su rechazo al golpe de Estado en Honduras y al gobierno de facto nacido del golpe militar. Nuestra solidaridad con el pueblo de Honduras y con su Presidente Legitimo Don Manuel Zelaya. --- end forwarded text -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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. 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Willow Street, New Haven (Archie Moore?s Bar & Restaurant) Purpose: Nominate Green Party Candidate for Ward 10 of the City of New Haven and for any other municipal office. Nominations shall be accepted from the floor. Only registered Greens who are residents of the City of New Haven and are present at the meeting may be nominated. Only registered Greens who are present at the meeting are eligible to vote. The nominee must receive support from a simple majority of those who actually vote. If there is more than one person nominated, instant runoff voting will be used and abstentions will not be counted as votes. Respectfully submitted, Charles A. Pillsbury, Co-Chair, New Haven Green Party 247 Saint Ronan Street New Haven CT 06511 203-865-6575 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: