From rstuller at snet.net Tue Sep 1 21:19:14 2009 From: rstuller at snet.net (Ronna Stuller) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 21:19:14 -0400 Subject: {news} Certification of candidates in New London In-Reply-To: <20090831154229.3F00FBE407F@ws1-9.us4.outblaze.com> References: <20090831154229.3F00FBE407F@ws1-9.us4.outblaze.com> Message-ID: <7EB01DBF-873B-4E81-B2A3-D8F679D2ACA5@snet.net> This letter will be dropped off with the NL City Clerk tomorrow morning. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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From: WSB3GPUS at aol.com Subject: [usgp-nc] Next Green Teleconference Workshop September 9th Ballot Access Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 23:11:45 EDT Size: 6180 URL: From timmckee at mail.com Wed Sep 2 14:52:20 2009 From: timmckee at mail.com (Tim McKee) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 13:52:20 -0500 Subject: {news} BaltimoreSun " Lesson from Corrupticut" Message-ID: <20090902185220.1846B11581F@ws1-7.us4.outblaze.com> www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bal-ed.campaign02sep02,0,4373971.story baltimoresun.com ================ Lesson from 'Corrupticut' ------------------------- Our view: Ruling against campaign finance reform should not deter Maryland September 2, 2009 [IMAGE] Efforts to reduce the influence of big-money special interests in state elections suffered a setback late last week with the decision of a federal judge to throw out Connecticut's landmark campaign finance law on the grounds it put third-party candidates at a disadvantage. The ruling has significant implications for Maryland, where legislators have been seriously considering a similar approach to publicly financed state-level political campaigns for the past five years. The proposal has won support in the House of Delegates and has gotten as far as the floor of the Maryland Senate - until a procedural move late in this year's legislative session forced it back into committee. The concept is fairly simple: People running for House or Senate seats, incumbents and newcomers alike, would have the option of public financing. To qualify, they'd have to first raise a minimum amount of money through small donations from a minimum number of people living in their districts. What U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill found most troubling, however, was a provision in the Connecticut law that set tougher fundraising standards for candidates from minor political parties, such as the Green Party, than for Republicans and Democrats. The ruling is a bit of a puzzle to campaign finance reform advocates since publicly financing clearly makes it easier for nontraditional candidates to win office. The good news is this approach to third party candidates is unique to Connecticut and is not the standard used in Maine and Arizona, the two other states that have adopted public financing. The bottom line is that nothing in Judge Underhill's opinion should deter the Maryland General Assembly from moving forward with reforms next year. Under the Maryland proposal, a candidate of any party must receive nearly 400 small donations from individuals living in his or her district to qualify for public money - that's enough of a deterrent to sort out the odd kook or gadfly. The bigger challenge is funding the program. Lawmakers will likely be reluctant to tap taxpayer dollars of most any variety at a time when the state budget faces a potential $1 billion-plus shortfall. But the opportunity to reduce the influence of special-interest money in the election process may be the best bargain taxpayers will ever see. How many wasteful programs, bloated contracts or other costly excesses are tied to major campaign donors? What Maryland doesn't need is a major political scandal to force lawmakers to embrace reform. Yet the ongoing federal investigation into Sen. Ulysses Currie, chairman of the Senate Budget & Taxation Committee, and his close ties to a Prince George's County supermarket chain, could result in just that. The compromise presented last spring - a limited pilot program for the 2014 election - would provide a reasonable start. Even Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller - the patron saint of Maryland campaign fundraising - endorsed the proposal, leaving other lawmakers little excuse not to. Legislators need to approve the measure early next year or risk the wrath of disillusioned Maryland voters who tire of money-driven politics-as-usual. 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URL: From timmckee at mail.com Wed Sep 2 17:52:16 2009 From: timmckee at mail.com (Tim McKee) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 16:52:16 -0500 Subject: {news} Rochester Green block from running for Mayor Message-ID: <20090902215216.266E21BF28D@ws1-10.us4.outblaze.com> Green candidate ousted from Rochester mayor race, leaving incumbent unopposed ------------------------------------------------------------------- September 2nd, 2009 by Dave Schwab ? 1 Comment Your News Now Rochester has reported that Rochester business owner Alex White, who had filed over 1500 signatures to run for mayor on the Green Party line, was thrown off the ballot after the Democratic Party challenged his signatures and convinced the Board of Elections to reject over 400 signatures. With White off the ballot, the incumbent Democratic mayor Bob Duffy will be unopposed for reelection. The Green Party of Monroe County replied to the Democratic petition challenge with a post entitled ?Call Democrats and demand your democracy back?. Transpartisan ballot access crusaders Free And Equal mentioned the undemocratic behavior of the Rochester Democrats in a press release entitled ?Democrats, Republicans attempt to limit voter choice in New York State?. [sorry, as a registered NY voter, can't resist an editorial comment: WHAT A SHOCK!] September 2nd, 2009 by Dave Schwab ? 1 Comment ****************************************** Tim McKee, New Britian, CT, main number cell-860-778-1304 National Committee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. CT GREEN TIMES The blog-journal of the CT Green Party is now online! 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Charlie ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:05 AM Subject: [usgp-nc] Voting Has Begun on GP-US Proposal: ID 414 - Endorse the October 17, 2009 peace actions To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org Voting has begun for the following proposal: Proposal ID: 414 Proposal: Endorse the October 17, 2009 peace actions Floor Manager: Holly Hart, secretary at gp.org Voting Dates: 09/07/2009 - 09/13/2009 Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time Background: The Green Party of Ohio has voted to endorse the October 17, 2009 peace actions being called by the National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations. We are looking for other state Green Parties to be co-sponsors of a resolution for the Green National Committee to endorse the October 17th actions. These actions are very important and will help revitalize the peace movement. Proposal: Action Proposal October 17 Local and Regional Actions (www.NatAssembly.org) October has several dates with significance for the peace movement. October, 2009 will mark the eighth year of the U.S. war in Afghanistan and seven years since Congress passed the resolution authorizing war against Iraq. In addition, October commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Vietnam Moratorium that brought hundreds of thousands into the streets to protest the war.Designate October 17 as a day for mass rallies, marches, coordinated local and regional demonstrations and other forms of protest with unequivocal antiwar demands:Immediately and unconditionally withdrawal all U.S. troops, military personnel, bases, contractors and mercenaries from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan!End U.S. support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine! End to the siege against Gaza!U.S. hands off Iran and North Korea!Self-determination for all oppressed nations and peoples!End war crimes, including torture! Action Proposal ? Motivation We insist on the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all U.S. troops, military personnel, bases, contractors and mercenaries from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. We demand an immediate end to all U.S. support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the ongoing siege against Gaza and the Palestinian people. We oppose sanctions,threats of war, and attacks against Iran, North Korea, Somalia, or any other nation, whose right to self-determination is under assault by Washington?s aggressive drive for hegemony. We strongly oppose interference in the internal affairs of these countries, as well as Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia and any other nation targeted by the U.S. government for political destabilization. The lopsided vote by the U.S. House of Representatives ? 368-60 ? on May 14, 2009 approving the Obama administration?s request for $97 billion for U.S. military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan and the Senate?s follow-up vote on June 18, 2009 approving by a 91-5 majority $105.9 billion for the same purpose make clear the bipartisan support for continuation of the wars and occupations. It also underscores why an independent, unified, mass action antiwar movement is needed now more than ever. We support without equivocation the right of all oppressed nations and peoples to self-determination, whether in the Middle East or in other parts of the world, such as Haiti. We stand in solidarity with working people, their unions and allies, and so we demand that the trillions being spent on wars and the military be diverted to the support of homeowners, the opening of plants to create new green jobs instead of seeing them shut down, and preventing the slashing of urgently needed social programs. References: http://www.natassembly.org/ Thank you and have a wonderful day! --The GP-US Voting Admin -- Charlie Pillsbury, CTGP -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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ROBERT POLLIN, ECONOMIST AT UMASS, AMHERST SPEAKER, PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM Invited, but not yet confirmed: JACOB HACKER, AUTHOR OF the "PUBLIC OPTION" REP. ERIC MASSA (NY), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Get the FACTS on healthcare reform to set the record straight on what is currently happening in health care reform, while emphasizing the benefits of a single payer system in an honest and educational way. We want to shine light on single payer as compared with the other plans, especially the true savings vs. the high cost of the so-called "public option". Everyone is very confused right now and we need to get the facts straight. People want the unbiased facts that currently are not being provided to them. We are also asking if you can help man a PDA table with literature. Please email me back (bangelpda at gmail.com) if you can come at 2P to help set up and man a table. Please share this email with other interested folks you know. SPONSORS: Yale American Medical Student Association, Health Policy Action Team at Yale School of Medicine, CT Single Payer Coalition, including: Progressive Democrats of America, International Association of Machinists (IAM), United Electrical Workers (UE), Greater New Haven Peace Council, Greater Glastonbury for Peace and Justice, CT Students Against the War, Healthcare-Now, CT United for Peace and others. Thank you, Beth Angel CT State Coordinator, PDA Email: bangelpda at gmail.com Progressive Democrats of America is a grassroots PAC that works both inside the Democratic Party and outside in movements for peace and justice. Our goal in 2009: Expand progressive influence in Congress as we build on our 2008 electoral successes. PDA's advisory board includes seven members of Congress and activist leaders such as Tom Hayden, Medea Benjamin, Thom Hartmann, Jim Hightower, and Lila Garrett. 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Even those who see "green shoots" of? recovery warn of high joblessness long after the recession is over. This is the time to address both the chronic and acute problems. A coalition of religious, labor,?social welfare, anti-poverty? organizations and individuals? are hosting a national? conference in?New York City?this November 13-14 to arouse public? awareness and action on behalf of the jobless and in support of the right to a living-wage job for all. We propose creating living-wage jobs that fill other social needs--infrastructure repair, elder- and child-care, affordable housing--as well as address the imperative of? an ecologically sustainable economy A goal of the Conference is to? ignite similar events around the nation and ultimately action in?Washington, DC * Visit our conference website at ?www.JobsConference.org * Plan to attend the conference and register now * Inform individuals and organizations likely to be interested * Add a link to the conference to your web site * Volunteer to help * Send a contribution to help pay for out-of-town attendees who will take the leadership in their cities and towns * Send us your suggestions FOR FURTHER INFORMATION and REGISTRATION, GO TO http://jobsconference.eventbrite.com/ Chuck Bell,?Conference Chair Trudy Goldberg,?Chair NJFAC Marcel Welty,?Conference Coordinator ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. Try Bing now. ****************************************** Tim McKee, New Britian, CT, main number cell-860-778-1304 National Committee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. CT GREEN TIMES The blog-journal of the CT Green Party is now online! Visit http://www.ctgreentimes.org CT GREEN PARTY ON FACEBOOK Please join the Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=105209184665 -- An Excellent Credit Score is 750 See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From timmckee at mail.com Thu Sep 10 08:51:18 2009 From: timmckee at mail.com (Tim McKee) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:51:18 -0500 Subject: {news} Green Party response to Obama's speech tonight on health care reform Message-ID: <20090910125118.A7F80478088@ws1-5.us4.outblaze.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott McLarty" To: natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org Subject: [usgp-dx] Green response to Obama's speech tonight on health care reform Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:14:36 +0000 Hey Greens & friends President Obama is addressing the nation this evening and will talk about health care reform. This is our chance to provide a loud Green response & a demand for single-payer, with letters to the editor, op-ed submissions, articles, blog contributions, video clips, live webstreaming, calls to radio talk shows, etc. Below are lists of talking points I've compiled over the past couple of months, with a sample letter to the editor at the bottom. Some of the ones at the top are the best & most immediately relevant. They're a little redundant, because I didn't spend time editing them. You can use them however you want. I recommend picking out just a few of them -- keep your message simple, focused, and hard-hitting. If you add a personal story about problems you, a family member, or a friend have had with health care, it'll make your message even more powerful. See Cynthia McKinney's remembrance of her Aunt Hazel (http://www.gp.org/cynthia/display.php?ID=17). Please take some time and write a letter or op-ed column for publication. If you have the equipment, make a video of yourself arguing how important it is to enact single-payer. The Media Committee can help you submit your letter or column and help post your video online -- contact us (scottmclarty at yahoo.com). Also, let us know if you've sent a letter or submission or placed your video online. Don't let the Glen Beck/Rush Limbaugh/Tea Party gang become the only opposition to Obamacare! The Green Party has an opportunity right now to show national political leadership on health care. But we need everyone's help. If only a few Greens act, we will have no effect on the public debate on health care. Write now! Right now! (Please forward this message widely) Scott Media Committee * * * * * SOME BASIC TALKING POINTS ? The Green Party (http://www.gp.org) joins millions of other Americans in our demand to make health care a right for every American, through single-payer national health care, also called Medicare For All (676) ? 50 million Americans have no health coverage, millions more are denied medical treatment by their insurance providers, and hundreds of thousands of Americans face financial ruin every year because of an illness or injury. The only solution to America's health crisis is single-payer national health care, also called Medicare For All (676): Everybody in, nobody out! ? What do the Democrats holding town hall meetings and the mobs trying to disrupt the meetings have in common? No matter which side gets its way, the insurance companies win and Americans lose! ? Private for-profit health insurance is denying people needed medical care. 7 out of 10 people bankrupted by medical costs have health insurance. It's time to pull the plug on the for-profit health insurance industry. ? We demand that single-payer be placed on the table in the health care reform debate. (Senator Max Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, says single-payer is "off the table.") ? We demand a televised national debate between advocates and opponents of single-payer, so Americans can hear the truth about universal health care. ? We demand new studies by the GAO and Congressional Budget Office on the cost of single-payer. In the 1990s, analyses by these offices showed that single-payer would save billions of dollars in health care expenses. ? Obamacare is not single-payer. It is not universal health care. It's a capitulation to the health insurance and other corporate lobbies that place profits ahead of human lives. It's expensive, with handouts to insurance companies. It's designed to please the corporate lobbies that contribute millions of dollars to Democratic and Republican candidates. ? Many Democrats support mandates, which will impose fines for not purchasing health insurance, are nothing less than a giant taxpayer-funded subsidy for the for-profit health insurance industry. That's why Obamacare should be defeated and we should demand single-payer national health care, which will drastically cut health care costs by removing for-proft insurance overhead and CEO salaries. ? African Americans and other people of color (with or without coverage) and poor people have suffered the worst treatment by the health care status quo. See Cynthia McKinney's article "How Did We Get From There to Here? (100,000 Unnecessary Black Deaths Per Year)." http://www.gp.org/cynthia/display.php?ID=17 ? Promote the Single-Payer Voter's Pledge: "I will vote for no candidate who does not support single-payer. I will vote for no candidate who takes contributions from health insurance companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and other powerful corporations that put profit before people. I will only vote for candidates who will work to make health care a human right for everyone!" ? CALL YOUR US SENATORS & US REPRESENTATIVE and demand that they support and vote for single-payer legislation (HR 676 in the House). Call the Capitol Hill switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for your Senator or Representative. Be firm but nice! (More information: Single-Payer FAQ at the Physicians for a National Health Program web site http://www.pnhp.org/facts/singlepayer_faq.php) DON'T BE A SUCKER ? The Democratic Party's plan for health care reform will not provide universal health care! Obamacare does not make health care a right for every American. It would leave for-profit insurance industry power & inefficiency (huge CEO salaries, high overhead and administrative costs) in place and send millions in taxpayer-funded subsidies to for-profit insurance companies. 60% of insurance industry contributions went to Democrats in the 2008 election. ? The Republicans (and rightwing ranters like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity) are telling lies and repeating dishonest talking points from the insurance industry lobby about "creeping socialism," "rationing," and the "failure" of the British and Canadian health care programs. In fact, health care in the UK and Canada is better than in the US, with longer life expectancies, lower infant mortality rates, and guaranteed treatment for all citizens (according to the World Health Organization). ? The mainstream media is misreporting the news on health care reform. They ignore the movement for single-payer, even though a majority of Americans support guaranteed national health care. Some stations won't run ads for single-payer, because they're afraid such ads will offend insurance companies advertisers. * * * MORE DETAILED TALKING POINTS How Single-Payer Works ? Everybody in, nobody out: Single-payer covers every American regardless of employment, income, ability to pay, age, and prior medical condition. Under single-payer, everyone is guaranteed quality health care, including prescriptions. Currently, 50 million Americans have no health coverage and millions more have inadequate coverage. Single-payer makes health care a human right. ? With single-payer, no American will face financial ruin because of illness or injury. Private HMOs and health insurance companies make their profits by denying treatment to those who are 'high-risk' because of existing health problems, age, income, and other reasons. They often refuse to pay claims or cancel insurance for those who need treatment. Private health insurance is designed to fail people who need health care the most. ? Single-payer is less bureaucratic than private insurance. Health care decisions will be made solely by patient and physician. Single-payer will allow us to choose our physician, health care provider, and health care facility -- without needing an approval from government or from a health insurance company. ? Single-payer will cut national health care costs by as much as a third and reduce what we pay for coverage. Single-payer will be funded at the federal level and administered at the state level. Americans will pay for single-payer the way we now pay for Social Security, but the amount working Americans will pay will be far less than for private health coverage, because single-payer eliminates profit-making insurance and HMO 'middle-men.' ? Single-payer reduces paperwork for physicians and hospitals, one reason why thousands of MDs, other health care professionals, and medical students have endorsed single-payer. ? Physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers will compete to serve the public in a single-payer system, raising the quality of health care. ? Health care rationing? Under private insurance programs, treatment is rationed according to ability to pay for coverage. Under single-payer, the insurance company profit motive is removed and health care is rationed according to need, with medical emergencies and serious illnesses receiving top priority. Single-Payer & the Economy: ? Single-payer makes economic sense. At 3% administrative cost, Medicare (which would become universal under single-payer) is very efficient compared to the 15-30% administrative costs of for-profit insurance. ? Single-payer will boost the ailing US economy and provide relief for businesses large and small, because it will cancel the high expense and administrative burden of employer-based health care benefits. ? Single-payer will relieve cities, towns, and school boards from having to bear the cost of providing health insurance to employees, allowing responsible officials to reduce their budgets and lower local property taxes. ? Single-payer gives government and citizens a stake in preventive medicine and promotion of good health habits to keep costs down. The Politics of Single-Payer: ? Polls have demonstrated popular support for a national health care program that guarantees universal coverage (http://www.wpasinglepayer.org/PollResults.html). In 2008, the US Conference of Mayors endorsed Single-payer (http://www.usmayors.org/resolutions/76th_conference/chhs_03.asp). ? The US is the only industrial democracy that does not guarantee every citizen health care. Compared to other nations, America has the best medical technology but poor access to medical treatment. Single-payer will correct this outrage. (In 2004, Canadians voted Tommy Douglas, the Baptist minister who led the movement for their country's single-payer system, as the 'Greatest Canadian' of all time in a CBC poll.) ? The insurance/HMO industry has given millions of dollars to Democrats and Republicans to maintain their control over health care (http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=F09), with a total of $46,002,881 in insurance lobby contributions in 2008. ? The Green Party endorses single-payer in its national platform and all Green candidates support it. The Democratic Party endorsed national health insurance in 1948, but removed it from the Democratic platform during the Clinton Administration. Democrats and Republicans continue to embrace failed 'market solutions.' ? Barack Obama, before he launched his bid for president, supported single-payer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpAyan1fXCE&feature=player_embedded). President Obama admitted in July 2009, said "Now, the truth is that unless you have a what's called a single-payer system, in which everybody's automatically covered, then you're probably not going to reach every single individual." (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/us/politics/22obama.transcript.html) Al Gore opposed Single-payer when he ran for president in 2000, but admitted two years later that single-payer is the best plan (http://www.pnhp.org/news/2002/november/gore_favors_single.php). Dennis Kucinich was the only Democratic presidential candidate in 2008 to support single-payer. ? What's wrong with the health care reform plans supported by President Obama and Democratic leaders? The only winners under these plans are the insurance companies, HMOs, and drug manufacturers. Democrats want Americans to spend billions of dollars extra every year for health care, rather than just eliminate the bureaucracy, paperwork, waste, and high CEO salaries of for-profit insurance. The Democrats' proposed 'mandate' would mean massive taxpayer subsidies for the insurance industry. The 'public option' won't reduce health care costs, and would only cover 10 million people out of the 50 million without insurance. President Obama and the Democrats have already caved in to drug industry pressure on reimporting Canadian drugs, on negotiating for lower drug prices, and on generics. ? (Published in The Progressive Review, August 13, http://prorev.com) Why is it that these town hall loons are being considered representative of the voice of the people, yet when ten times the amount of people protest against the Iraq War, the news barely reported on it, and acted as if their opinions were "fringe" opinions not worthy of consideration? - A Reddit reader * * * SEND A LETTER! Send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. Below is a sample letter -- but you should use your own words. If you have a personal story (involving yourself or family member or friend or co-worker) about health care, it'll make your letter even better. Visit the Letters page of your newspaper's web site for information on submitting the letter for publication. To the Editor, What do the Democrats holding town hall meetings and the mobs trying to disrupt the meetings have in common? No matter which side wins, millions of Americans will still go without coverage, hundreds of thousands will go into financial ruin over health care costs, and insurance CEOs will laugh their way to the bank. Don't be fooled by the Obamacare plan for 'mandates' and promises of a 'public option', which mean continued skyrocketing health care costs and huge taxpayer-funded subsidies to insurance companies. The only real solution to the health care crisis is the single-payer plan, which covers every American regardless of income, age, or prior medical condition. Under single-payer, physicians and patients make decisions about medical care, not government or corporate bureaucracies, and everyone can choose his or her own health care provider. As GAO and Congressional Budget Office studies have shown in the past, single-payer will save billions in health care spending, because it eliminates the administrative costs, waste, and high CEO salaries of for-profit health insurance. Single-payer could be Congress's gift to working people and businesses alike. Single-payer will boost the economy by relieving businesses large and small of the costly burden of providing health benefits. Whether the Obama/Dem plan passes or Republicans get their way and no health care reform is passed, health insurance companies will win and the American people will lose. The health of the American people is more important than corporate profits. Let's make health care a right for everyone and pass HR 676, the single-payer bill. 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Please join me in supporting their work to pass strong health care reform legislation this year by signing the online petition at http://ga3.org/campaign/healthpetition?source=hc_taf Or, click the link below: http://ga3.org/campaign/healthpetition?rk=Bpr7C3Kaen1DW If you do not wish to receive emails sent from your peers on behalf of this organization, please click this link: http://ga3.org/leahyforvermont/opt-out-taf.tcl?friend_email=ctgp%2dnews%40ml%2egreens%2eorg ****************************** This email is Powered by Convio, Inc. http://www.convio.com ****************************** From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Fri Sep 11 03:16:02 2009 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:16:02 +0000 Subject: {news} CT Green Party on Facebook Message-ID: 100 people have now joined CT Green Party on Facebook! 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Gather at the Omni Hotel, 155 Temple Street, New Haven, CT and join our march to New Haven City Hall. There are more details in the attached flyer. The second is a health care forum. It is taking place at the Yale School of Medicine, Harkness Auditorium, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT on Friday, September 18th from 3:00PM to 5:00PM. No tickets are required. Parking 20 York Street. There are a number of panelists invited: Congressman Eric Massa of New York's 29th district (invited - not yet confirmed) Donna Smith, a community organizer and legislative representative for the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee who was recently honored as the National Organization for Women?s (NOW?s) 2009 Woman of Action (Ms.Smith appeared in Michael Moore?s movie, ?SICKO.? Despite having health insurance and even a health savings account, Donna and her husband Larry were forced to move into their daughter?s basement after staggering health care expenses left them in financial ruin. - Ms. Smith has confirmed) Physicians for a National Health Program will be sending a speaker. I haven't heard who the speaker will be yet. Prof. Robert Pollin, U Mass. Amherst, who helped inspire the Obama administration's green-jobs strategy (confirmed) Prof. Jacob Hacker, Yale, who is credited as the "inventor" of the public option (invited - not yet confirmed) The speakers I am looking forward to the most are the economists. Both have inspired the Obama administration. Both see health care reform as key to solving our economic woes but they have different views on the appropriate health care reform. The discussion should be illuminating. An audience including Yale students, professors, doctors and hopefully ourselves should provide for some interesting questions. All the best, Nancy Hansen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Single Payer Rally Flyer.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 34432 bytes Desc: not available URL: From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Mon Sep 14 18:13:56 2009 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:13:56 -0400 Subject: {news} GP RELEASE: Green Party responds to Obama: Mr. President, make health care a right for all Americans Message-ID: <536BA024E0C1409CA57CA52AD489CE6A@JUSTINE> GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Monday, September 14, 2009 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty at greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene at gp.org The Green Party responds to Obama's speech: Mr. President, make health care a right for all Americans . America needs Medicare For All/Single-Payer, not a life-support system for insurance companies and HMOs . Whether Obamacare passes or the GOP blocks health care reform, insurance companies will win and American people will lose . Attention paid to Obamacare vs. town hall hecklers eclipses the fact that most Americans want national health care, according to polls WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States has released its rebuttal to President Obama's speech before Congress on September 9, 2009, in which he encouraged US Representatives and Senators to support his health care reform plan. There are no Green members of the US Congress, although dozens of Greens have run for the US House and Senate in the past and more will run in 2010. The Green Party's response to Mr. Obama's speech represents what a Green member of Congress might have said Wednesday evening, if the media gave the Green Party the same air time as they give Democrats and Republicans. Text of Green Party rebuttal President Obama was correct when he said, quoting the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, that health care was fundamentally a moral issue and a matter of "social justice and the character of our country." President Obama understands that we're in a national crisis -- that's why he wants to lead on health care reform. But the President stopped short of asserting that health care should be made a right for all Americans. He said he has "no interest in putting insurance companies out of business." He did not admit the fact that the insurance industry's very existence depends on the power to restrict coverage, deny claims to those with coverage, cancel coverage for people when they need medical care most, and reject people who are high-risk because of low income, age, and prior medical condition. (President Obama related several accounts of such outrages in his speech.) The insurance business plays a middle-man role, exacting huge fees for its profits, administrative costs, overhead, and high CEO salaries, while providing no medical services. As long as for-profit insurance continues to exist, access to health care remains secondary to corporate middle-man profits. Replacing private insurance and HMO coverage with a plan to make Medicare universal is the only solution. Since Medicare doesn't function to make a profit, its administrative costs are about three percent. For-profit insurance takes about a 30 percent bite out of health care spending and imposes unwieldy administrative costs and paperwork on doctors, hospitals, and other medical providers. That's why health care eats up over 15 percent of domestic spending in the US, compared to about 9 percent in Canada, which has a Single-Payer system. What do we get for all this extra spending, under the for-profit insurance status quo? Nearly 47 million Americans have no coverage at all. Even people with coverage are at risk. Most personal bankruptcies are caused by medical costs, and 7 out of 10 Americans bankrupted by medical costs have insurance. Infant mortality rates are higher in the US than in Canada and the UK, and life expectancies are lower, according to the World Health Organization. America already has death panels -- they're called HMOs and insurance companies. (See http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS202570+02-Sep-2009+PRN20090902 and http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/healthcare/2002-05-22-insurance-deaths.htm) This is a terrible waste of human lives, and a waste of money, too. President Obama knows that the Medicare For All / Single-Payer plan is the best solution. He has said so in the past, admitting that if one wanted to provide health care to all Americans, the only solution was Single-Payer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpAyan1fXCE&feature=player_embedded / http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/us/politics/22obama.transcript.html). But now that he is President, he won't challenge the power and profits of the insurance and pharmaceutical companies. The President proposes a solution that would heavily regulate HMOs and insurance firms yet compensate them with huge payoffs. He would improve access to health insurance and reduce the number of uninsured, but at a cost of $1 trillion over ten years, according to preliminary estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/15/news/economy/health_care_reform/index.htm). This $1 trillion includes subsidies to businesses to cover their employees. Since Obamacare would exempt 95% of small businesses from the employer insurance mandate, small business employees (many of whom are low-income) will have to be covered elsewhere -- an added expense. President Obama is simply wrong when he says he would not increase the federal deficit to pay for health care expansion. Obamacare would also impose 'mandates.' The President made this clear when he said "under my plan, individuals will be required to carry basic health insurance -- just as most states require you to carry auto insurance." The mandate plan would subsidize people who can't afford to purchase health insurance under this new law. The Massachusetts mandate plan, passed three years ago, has not provided universal health care. The state's individual-mandate health reform law, which President Obama seeks to replicate on a national scale, has failed to cover at least 352,000 uninsured residents (http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/september/uninsured_figures_sh.php). And Obamacare will protect drug company profits by maintaining the Bush ban on bulk purchasing of prescription drugs. In his speech, President Obama urged inclusion of the public option. But he noted that the public option would not ever cover more than 5% of the American people. That's not a sufficient public option. We cannot drive down insurance premiums with a program that only covers 10 million people (a number likely to include millions of Americans who are either high-risk or suffer existing health problems). In the end, the President said that the public option is negotiable -- it might be no more than a bargaining chip in talks with Republicans and blue-dog Democrats. In the end, Obamacare means a giant taxpayer-funded life-support system for private for-profit corporations, while Americans spend more money for less access. Is this necessary? Insurance, pharmaceutical, and other big-business lobbies pumped millions of dollars into both Democratic and Republican campaigns in the last election to buy influence ($46,002,881 in insurance industry contributions in 2008; see http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=F09). Now they're seeing their investment pay off -- just as Goldman Sachs and other financial institutions reaped campaign contribution rewards when the White House and Congress bailed out Wall Street earlier this year. Media commentators are asking if President Obama can succeed in his bold effort to win bipartisan support. But for those of us excluded from the national debate, including the Green Party and other advocates of universal health care, bipartisanship too often means that Democrats and Republicans alike are serving the demands of corporate lobbyists instead of the public interest. Whether Obamacare passes or Republicans, town-hall hecklers, and radio ranters succeed in blocking health care reform, the result will be a victory for insurance companies and other powerful corporations and a defeat for the American people. The Green Party says: We can either protect insurance and drug companies and their profits, or we can save American lives and dollars by enacting Medicare For All / Single-Payer national health care. We demand Single-Payer. What would we get if Single-Payer legislation were passed? . Single-Payer covers every American regardless of employment, income, ability to pay, age, or prior medical condition. Everyone is guaranteed quality health care, including prescriptions: Everybody in, nobody out. Under Single-Payer, no American will face financial ruin because of illness or injury. . Single-Payer is less bureaucratic than private insurance. Health care decisions are made solely by patient and physician. Single-Payer allows us to choose our physician, health care provider, and health care facility, without needing an approval from a government or insurance company bureaucrat. . Single-Payer will cut health care costs by as much as a third and reduce what we pay for coverage. Health care will be funded at the federal level and administered at the state level. Working Americans will pay far less than what we now pay for private health coverage, because Single-Payer eliminates the profit-making insurance and HMO middle-men. By pooling risk among all of us, everyone would pay the same percent of their income -- replacing the current system, in which sick and poor Americans pay proportionally more. . Single-payer will reduce paperwork for physicians and hospitals, one reason why thousands of MDs, other health care professionals, and medical students have endorsed single-payer. Physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers will compete to serve the public in a Single-Payer system, raising the quality of health care. . Health care rationing? With private insurance, medical treatment is rationed according to your ability to pay for coverage. With Single-Payer, insurance company profits are abolished and health care is rationed according to need, with medical emergencies and serious illnesses receiving top priority. . People of color (with or without coverage) and poor Americans have suffered the worst treatment under the status quo, and thus have the most to gain from Single-Payer. (See Cynthia McKinney's article "How Did We Get From There to Here? (100,000 Unnecessary Black Deaths Per Year)." http://www.gp.org/cynthia/display.php?ID=17) . Single-Payer will boost our ailing economy and provide relief for businesses large and small, because it cancels the high expense and administrative burden of employer-based health benefits. Single-Payer will relieve cities, towns, and school boards from the cost of providing health insurance to employees, allowing responsible officials to reduce their budgets and lower local property taxes. . Single-Payer gives government and citizens a common stake in preventive, holistic medicine and sound food policies to keep costs down while promoting greater public health. Greens support reorienting health care from expensive technology and pharmaceutical-based disease management to an integrative promotion of healthy lifestyles and alternative therapies, including therapies that have been used effectively for thousands of years as well as new ones that come from our increasing understanding of mind-body interactions. And we need to look at the incentives the US government currently provides. As Dr. Andrew Weil said in a recent interview with Larry King, "You can't have the government telling us to eat more fruits and vegetables and at the same time, through its subsidy program, ensuring that fruits and vegetables are the most expensive things in grocery stores and all the unhealthy stuff is the cheapest." (Larry King Live, CNN, September 10, 2009, http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0909/10/lkl.01.html) . Single-Payer is not socialized medicine. It is social insurance for health care. Under Single-Payer, private physicians and hospitals remain private. After treating a patient, instead of sending a bill to one of several hundred insurers, HMOs, or agencies (each with its own different and complex requirements), they send the bill to a single agency (hence 'Single-Payer') and then get paid. Calling Single-Payer socialism is like calling the defense industry socialism because Lockheed-Martin gets 96% of its revenue from government contracts. For all these reasons, the Green Party supports Single-Payer/Medicare For All. It has always been in our national platform -- and Green candidates and elected public officials are firmly behind the demand for passage of HR 676, Rep. John Conyers' bill to expand Medicare to cover everyone. Greens take no corporate contributions and we don't take orders from any insurance, drug, or other corporate lobby. We demand that Democrats make good on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's pledge to bring HR 676 to the House floor for a debate and full vote up or down after Congress's August recess. Such a vote will require new studies by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Congressional Budget Office on the cost of Single-Payer. Earlier GAO, CBO, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) studies revealed that moving to a Medicare For All system would not increase federal spending but would save about $400 billion annually, or $4 trillion over ten years -- enough to cover nearly 47 million Americans uninsured and eliminate co-pays and deductibles for everyone. We demand a televised national debate between advocates and opponents of Single-Payer, so Americans can hear the truth about universal health care. We demand that the White House and Congress -- and the media -- acknowledge that a majority of the American people, according to numerous polls, want a plan to provide national health insurance. Recent polls show 59% in favor (http://www.healthcare-now.org/another-poll-shows-majority-support-for-single-payer/ / http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/PollMemo.pdf). The majority of physicians favor such a plan (http://www.pnhp.org/news/2008/march/most_doctors_support.php), and so do America's mayors (http://www.pnhp.org/campaign/materials/MayorsResolution.pdf). Despite these numbers, media coverage of 'Tea Party' protesters at town hall meetings has eclipsed the fact that most Americans support national health care. In a 2004 CBC poll, citizens of Canada identified Tommy Douglas as the "greatest Canadian of all time." Tommy Douglas, a Baptist minister-turned-politician, led the effort to enact Single-Payer health care in Canada. If Barack Obama led America as Tommy Douglas led Canada, he would leave a legacy of real change. By making health care a right for all, Mr. Obama would go down in history as one of America's greatest presidents, with the stature of Abraham Lincoln or Franklin Delano Roosevelt. MORE INFORMATION Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN Fax 202-319-7193 . Green candidate database and 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 . Green Party Livestream Channel http://www.livestream.com/greenpartyus Green Party's Single-Payer pages http://www.gp.org/campaigns/health/single-payer/ http://www.gp.org/organize/sicko.html Green Pages: The official publication of record of the Green Party of the United States Summer 2009 issue now online http://gp.org/greenpages-blog ~ END ~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Tue Sep 15 02:38:52 2009 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:38:52 +0000 Subject: {news} more on Mertens Message-ID: http://courant.com/news/politics/hc-new-opponent-dodd-0908.artsep08,0,4074981.story U.S. SENATE RACE Independent's 2010 U.S. Senate Bid Causing Stir By DANIELA ALTIMARI The Hartford Courant September 8, 2009 John Mertens says his independent bid for U.S. Senate isn't some vanity project undertaken solely to stoke his own ego. The Trinity College engineering professor from West Hartford says he's in it to win. "I know I'm a huge underdog," Mertens said Saturday, four days before he officially kicks off his campaign for the seat held by U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd. "I know you have to raise money. I'm going to raise enough to get my message out there." Mertens is chairman of the Connecticut for Lieberman Party and is seeking the party's nomination, along with the endorsements of three other minor political parties. Connecticut for Lieberman was launched by U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman after he lost the Democratic primary to Ned Lamont in 2006. But Lieberman walked away as soon as he won re-election, allowing his fiercest critics to seize control of the party that bears his name. Now some of those very same activists are furious at Mertens for risking their overarching goal: Maintaining ballot access so that the party can be used to mount an offensive against Lieberman in 2012. The goal was always "to use the party to hold Joseph Lieberman accountable, and it's vital that it remains in existence until Lieberman runs again," said activist Sue Henshaw. "To use the Connecticut for Lieberman Party for any other purpose than its mission diminishes both the politician and the party." State election rules stipulate that the party must garner at least 1 percent of the vote in the 2010 Senate race if it hopes to preserve its place on the 2012 ballot. Mertens' critics say they doubt he would get anywhere near 1 percent in a highly competitive, three-way race against Dodd and a Republican opponent. Instead, they want the Connecticut for Lieberman Party to cross-endorse Dodd, the presumptive Democratic nominee. But in a contest that's as closely contested as the 2010 Senate race is shaping up to be, there's the fear that Mertens could fill the same role that Ralph Nader played in the 2000 presidential election ? that of Democratic spoiler. "The number one mission of [the Connecticut for Lieberman Party] was supposed to be keeping the ballot line alive for 2012 against Lieberman," said Edward Anderson, one of the Lieberman critics who took over the party. "Of course, the secondary concern is that a Dodd race might come down to the wire, and that the CFL prankster vote could cost us a United States Senate seat, an outcome that Lieberman would enjoy, of course." Those opposed to Mertens say their criticism is based on policy as well as process. They accuse Mertens of parroting Republican talking points and criticize him for speaking at a Tea Party rally in Hartford this summer. "Mertens is off in Nader-land, on a messianic trip that's all about him, with little regard for the left, or the founding intent of CFL," Anderson said. And, said Henshaw, Dodd is a "very effective" senator whose 2008 presidential bid was endorsed by the CFL. Mertens shrugged off the critics. He said he fully expects to receive more than 1 percent of the vote, thus ensuring ballot access for 2012. And he scoffed at the Nader comparison. "If Chris Dodd has done such a poor job in such a blue state, after being in office for so long, it's time for him to step down and let Mr. Blumenthal run for U.S. Senate. If my candidacy encourages him to do so, so be it," Mertens wrote in an open letter to critics posted on the liberal blog, My Left Nutmeg, referring to Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. Mertens' website, mertens2010.blogspot.com, contains a detailed analysis of his stance on major public policy issues, from gay marriage (he supports it) to health care (he believes that a public option is "absolutely essential") to the stimulus package (he thinks we didn't get "very much bang for the buck") to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (he favors continued troop withdrawal in Iraq and working with Pakistan to come up with an "effective regional strategy" to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan). Mertens said he plans to visit every college campus in the state to tap into a youth vote that he says is increasingly disenchanted by both political parties. "People need to stop being good Democrats or good Republicans," he said. "People are ready to hear somebody who just wants to solve problems." Copyright ? 2009, The Hartford Courant _________________________________________________________________ Ready for Fall shows? Use Bing to find helpful ratings and reviews on digital tv's. http://www.bing.com/shopping/search?q=digital+tv's&form=MSHNCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHNCB_Vertical_Shopping_DigitalTVs_1x1 From justinemccabe at earthlink.net Tue Sep 15 15:57:46 2009 From: justinemccabe at earthlink.net (Justine McCabe) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:57:46 -0400 Subject: {news} Help stop John McCain from gutting transit Message-ID: <73C06B9C04EE4FF6A8ADC71A7B4931E1@JUSTINE> ----- Original Message ----- From: Jared Hudson To: justinemccabe at earthlink.net Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 2:24 PM Subject: Help stop John McCain from gutting transit Senator John McCain has just proposed 20 amendments to a transportation funding bill that have one common theme: breaking a federal promise to fund public transit projects. Longstanding plans by communities all over the country - both urban and rural - to provide safe, clean transit, walking and bicycling options will be destroyed. Senators will vote on these amendments today: Write your senators today and tell them to vote NO on these blatant anti-transit amendments - and to encourage their colleagues to do the same. http://action.smartgrowthamerica.org/t/3224/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2052 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Wed Sep 16 17:51:44 2009 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:51:44 +0000 Subject: {news} Burton vs. DEP: power of lawsuits Message-ID: The CT Law Tribune cites the recent court decision (about Nancy Burton's standing in the fight against Millstone nuclear plant's permit) as setting a far-reaching precedent in environmental law. Between this and the ACLU lawsuit (about CT's campaign finance reform law), it's encouraging to see that we can actually win important victories in the courts. David Bedell ----------------------------------------- http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?ID=34937 Monday, September 14, 2009 Decisions With A Long Shelf Life Some state high court rulings will be oft-cited in Conn. and beyond By THOMAS B. SCHEFFE... Environmental Tome Nuclear-fueled environmental activist Nancy Burton, a former Redding lawyer whose zeal helped get her disbarred, was at the center of two decisions about the impact of the heated water discharged by the state?s nuclear power plants. Burton claimed that the state Department of Environmental Protection had done shoddy work in issuing permits to the two Millstone plants without considering evidence that the water discharge might be harmful to the Long Island Sound eco-system. The state had challenged Burton?s standing to bring a complaint, but the court sided with her and said her complaints should be considered. Attorney Jeffrey Babbin, the second incoming co-chair of the CBA?s appellate advocacy section, said the exhaustive treatment in Nancy Burton v. Commissioner of Environmental Protection, is ?for anyone who practices environmental law, at least for now, the new Bible to consult as to what claims? will amount to a substantive environmental claim. ?Justice Palmer, in a kind of academic way, tried to reconcile the entire line of cases under the Connecticut Environmental Protection Act in the Burton case.? Another environmental decision, Finley v. Inland Wetlands Commission, authored by Justice William J. Sullivan, sheds further light on this topic. ?In some cases now,? said Babbin, ?complaints about the [DEP] can be seen as substantive complaints about the effect on the environment. That was not seen to be the case before, so it?s interesting to see it?s evolving,? he said. Babbin, an appellate lawyer at Wiggin and Dana in New Haven, wasn?t personally involved in either decision. ?I follow this area. It?s really important for businesses, zoning boards and local developers.? _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/ From dbedellgreen at hotmail.com Fri Sep 18 13:29:50 2009 From: dbedellgreen at hotmail.com (David Bedell) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:29:50 +0000 Subject: {news} training for 3d party election moderators 10/6 in Hartford Message-ID: I'm forwarding the invitation below from Urania Petit via Martha Kelly. Urania is the Working Families Party registrar of voters in Hartford. I agree with Martha that it's an excellent opportunity for anyone considering running for Registrar or working as a moderator in the future. I'd like to attend but am not free on October 6 for the training (or November 3 for the election). While many of us are not enthusiastic about the WFP's main raison d'etre, which seems to be cross-endorsing Democratic candidates, Urania's case is different. She was elected last year as a third-party candidate in her own right and now works as a complement to the Democrat and Republican registrars in Hartford. We should be supportive of her and encourage the WFP to run more of their own candidates. Urania would like to see the Green Party run and elect more candidates for registrar of voters. There may be some seats open in 2010, but mainly in 2012, when I'd like to see us run serious campaigns in New Haven and Bridgeport, both cities where a Green could get elected by garnering more votes than the Republican candidate for registrar. 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To: David Bedell MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-567893821-1252264231=:36537" Return-Path: martha_s_kelly at yahoo.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Sep 2009 19:10:33.0142 (UTC) FILETIME=[B50EC560:01CA2F25] David, Thanks for the good news about Judge Underhill's decision. I had a conversation with Urania Petit earlier today that I wanted to begin by discussing with you. A Board of Ed election on November 2 is the first since her election. She will be seeking poll workers and moderators for the election. She needs about 7-8 moderators. The three registrars in Hartford have decided to split the polling places three ways. She tells me that you don't need to be a resident of a town to be a moderator there, that the certification is valid state-wide. Getting into moderator training might be a bottleneck, since many towns may have adequate local participation from within the major parties. Still, getting certified may be a helpful way to inject GP and other third party folks into the process. She also encourages GP efforts to get more registrars elected around the state. Urania is interested in meeting with Green Party folks and sharing her experiences so far in the registrar's office. I previously mentioned the September 10th meeting to her (I hope that this is OK) and she is interested in coming. There is a Working Families Party meeting earlier that afternoon. (It has occurred to me since that Lieberman's popularity with progressives may be so low that Mertens might appeal to them???) I urged her to discuss attending with Mike and Steve. Another thing is that she asked me to be a Moderator in this Board of Ed election. Apparently state law does not require that Moderators be of the party that employs them, though it is customary. This is lucky for her (and me) since WFP has so few people actually registered through them. I have been a poll worker in a minor election in Bloomfield, but that is it. I see poll work as an important way that anyone can gain insight into the election process and also gain exposure to folks who are involved through the major parties. I think that it would be valuable if third party people get involved in this way. In Hartford the Republicans commonly hire Democrats to work for them to fill their slots. Urania points out that West Haven has similarly lopsided party numbers. By the way, she credits your campaign with far outstripping hers in total votes gained. The lopsided numbers gave her a far smaller goal for victory. In view of the many ways that Registrars can create barriers to candidates, I suspect that getting more third party registrars elected is an important strategy. Finally, a note on the subject of chemical policy reform and proportional voting. Stacy Malkan, author of Not Just a Pretty Face; The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry credits proportional voting with being one of the conditions that has led to greater willingness in the EU than the US to make policy choices for precautionary principles and regulations, such as the new REACH legislation. (But why have they and other places adopted proportional voting? Is is just because some places have more parties??? I'll have to look into this sometime). Back to Hartford and Urania. She plans to have a Moderator training on October 6th. I urged her to ask Steve F and his wife in particular. I plan to attend. I think she will want to train more than the number of people she will need. I think she sees it as capacity building. There is a 76 page booklet on the Secretary of State's web site that she will send me a link to. You have to take a test after or at the end of the training to be certified. It seems to me that it could be to the GP's benefit to squeeze anyone into this training who could reasonably do so. You never know when a town could find itself short, what with the fact that the general face of both registrars and poll workers is old and older. Let me know what you think of my quick thoughts. I would post something, but I am not sure how nor what list would make most sense, plus want to clean this up and not ramble to the world. Martha 860-209-0748 P.S. I don't know if I have said that I am in Marshfield, MA, as I have been most of the time since May. My mother had a stroke in April and I have been helping her since she was discharged from rehab in May. Sorry I was not able to participate during this time. 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Ronna On Sep 18, 2009, at 1:29 PM, David Bedell 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 I'm forwarding the > invitation below from Urania Petit via Martha Kelly. > Urania is the Working Families Party registrar of voters in > Hartford. I > agree with Martha that it's an excellent opportunity for anyone > considering running for Registrar or working as a moderator in the > future. I'd like to attend but am not free on October 6 for the > training (or November 3 for the election). > > While many of us are not enthusiastic about the WFP's main raison > d'etre, which seems to be cross-endorsing Democratic candidates, > Urania's case is different. She was elected last year as a third-party > candidate in her own right and now works as a complement to the > Democrat > and Republican registrars in Hartford. 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URL: From chapillsbury at gmail.com Tue Sep 22 22:17:18 2009 From: chapillsbury at gmail.com (Charlie Pillsbury) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:17:18 -0400 Subject: {news} HELP NEEDED FROM CTGP NC REPS: Voting IS ABOUT TO END on GP-US Proposal: ID 413 - Proposal To Limit Quantity of Posts on Votes List Message-ID: <10859a090909221917s1251b5a1i9153b40ae9c38bbd@mail.gmail.com> I hope our other CT delegates vote to support this proposal, which will introduce some sanity and place limits on the multiple postings by a few individual NC delegates on the Votes list. so far, I'm the only NC delegate from CT who has voted on this proposal. If I read this correctly, *the voting ends at 3am edt on Thursday 9/24; so if you plan to vote, vote on Wednesday 9/23.* thanks, charlie ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:05 AM Subject: [usgp-nc] Voting Ends in 2 Days on GP-US Proposal: ID 413 - Proposal To Limit Quantity of Posts on Votes List -- Reposted with no changes To: natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org Voting ends in 2 days for the following proposal: Proposal ID: 413 Proposal: Proposal To Limit Quantity of Posts on Votes List -- Reposted with no changes Floor Manager: Craig Thorsen, craig.thorsen at gmail.com Voting ends at Midnight Pacific Time Background: Proposal 186 (11/13/2005) adopted a Listserv protocol for the Green National Committee Votes (natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org) and Discussion (natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org) lists. Proposal 308 (9/2/2007), which attempted to prohibit excessive postings by restricting delegates to no more than one response to any "thread" per day, was defeated (2/3 votes required to pass: 70 yes, 50 no, 5 abstain). This proposal varies from 308 in that it sets a limit of posts per day rather than per "thread", increases the number allowed to 3, and addresses only the Votes list. This proposal is intended to adopt an easily understood rule regarding the volume of email only on the Green National Committee "Votes" listserv. The goals of this proposal are to improve the quality of the communication by reducing the quantity of email on the votes listserv, to have people respond a bit more slowly and with more measured responses, to save up all of their replies for the day to a few posts so that they are not instantly responding emotionally to posts. It is expected that this will reduce list traffic and help all of the Green National Committee use their Green time more productively. If there is a need for an additional online medium for Green National Committee communication and collaborative work, another medium such as an online 'forum' or 'bulletin board' may be proposed. We have a responsibility to create a work environment for the Green National Committee which welcomes and engages the participation of all of its members. Proposal: A Resolution to amend the GPUS Green National Committee Listserv Protocols and Policies; to prohibit excessive postings to internal lists used to conduct Party business; to define excessive posts; to provide for exceptions; and to provide for related rules to implement such policy. Resolved, that the GPUS National Committee Listserv Protocols and Policies, adopted November 13th, 2005, is here amended in Article III., related to "Posting Guidelines", by redesignating Sections E., F. and G. as Sections F., G. and H. respectively and by inserting a new Section E., to read as follows: E. Limits on Number of Posts to Votes List. 1. Except as provided in the following paragraph 2 of this Section, persons with access to the Green National Committee Votes list may post no more than three posts per day to the Votes (natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org) list. A 'day' shall consist of the 24 hour period from midnight to midnight Pacific Time. 2. Exceptions to the 3 posts-per-day limit: a Floor Manager of a proposal may address procedural questions related to the consideration of that proposal. A presenter designated by a sponsoring Caucus, Committee, or State Party may respond to direct questions on a proposal before the Green National Committee. The Secretary, Treasurer, and Co-chairs of the Steering Committee may send official notices or reports as necessary to fulfill their responsibilities. All who fall within these exceptions are urged to consolidate their responses to the list so as to minimize the number of posts made on any single day. 3. The Forum Managers are to use the existing procedures in place for enforcing other "posting guidelines" listed in this section to enforce this posting guideline. Resources: None References: GPUS National Committee Listserv Protocols and Policies http://gp.org/documents/rules.shtml#section9 Proposal 186 - Proposed Listserv Protocol for Delegates Discussion and Votes Lists -- Amended http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=186 Proposal 308 (defeated) - Amend List Etiquette Policy in Proposal 186 http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=308 Presenters: Wisconsin Green Party, West Virginia Mountain Party, Arizona Green Party, Indiana Green Party Contact: Ron Hardy, (920) 292-8129, ronaldkanehardy at gmail.com If you haven't already voted, please do so at: http://gp.org/cgi-bin/vote/vote 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/ -- Charlie Pillsbury, CTGP -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roseberry3 at cox.net Sun Sep 27 18:32:35 2009 From: roseberry3 at cox.net (B Barry) Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:32:35 -0400 Subject: {news} Proposed agenda for the 9-29-09 SCC CTGP meeting at Portland Senior Center, at the front entrance Message-ID: <20090927223228.IMEA11342.eastrmmtao105.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> Proposed agenda for the 7PM 9-29-09 SCC CTGP meeting at Portland Senior Center, at the front entrance 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 6-30-09 and 7-28-09 SCC meetings. 4. (2 minutes): Review and acceptance of the minutes of the 7-21-09 and 9-22-09 EC meetings. 5. (2-4 minutes): Treasurer's report from treasurer: Christopher Reilly. B. Any proposals/referendums by chapters, committee. C. Reports: 1. (10-15minutes): GPUS reports from: a) CTGP representatives: Tim McKee and Charlie Pillsbury; b) National Committee Members: U. S. Proposal 413. 2. (20 minutes): Green Party of CT won in the 8-28-09 U. S. Federal decision regarding: Green Party of CT, Libertarian Party, S. M. DeRosa, ACLU,et al vs Garfield, State of CT, et. al. The judge indicated that the CT 2005 Campaign Finance Reform Laws/regulations violated our rights under the 1st Amendment and the 14th Amendment of the U. S. Constitution and declared the entire 2005 Campaign Finance Reforms: unconstitutional. The State of CT requested and received from Judge Underhill a stay until there is an expedited appeal of the case by the U. S. Appellate Court. Here is the URL for the Green Party Lawsuit: http://www.acluct.org/downloads/GreenPartyDecisionAug27.pdf 3. (20minutes): Discussion whether or not the Green Party of CT wants to request damages regarding our lawsuit: Green Party of CT, et. al vs. Garfield, et.al about CT's 2005 Campaign Finance Reform laws. 4. (5-10 minutes): Sending out a fundraising letter/postcard re: the Green Party of CT's initiation (with the ACLU, Libertarian Party, et al) of the lawsuit against the State of CT and Garfield, et.al. This could include a list of current candidates of the Green Party of CT and the 2010 CT Green Party Initiative. 5. (5-10minutes): Status of Allan Brison's campaign for reelection for New Haven Board of Alderman: Allan urgently needs donations from around the state if he is to have the resources he'll need to hold his seat and to show good numbers when the first financial report comes out. The maximum contribution is $250.00 and there is a donation form that must be filled out. 100 donations of $50.00 each would give Allan a fighting chance. Brochures, lawn signs and door hangers, plus mailings cost money. Please mail a check of any size you can afford to: The Committee to Re-Elect Allan Brison for Alderman Charlie Pillsbury, Treasurer: 274 Saint Ronan St., New Haven, CT 06511 Please include your address, fax or email info so we can send you the form to sign, or you can include your check with the form you can download from: http://www.allanbrison.net/2009ContributionFormforBrisonforAlder.PDF. You can DONATE ONLINE via http://www.allanbrison.net . Patricia Kane, Campaign Manager. 6. (10-15minutes): Status of other CTGP candidates for the 11-2-09 elections 6. (10minutes): 2010 Green Party candidates for the 2010 CT Green Party Initiative and potential candidates. 7. (10-15 minutes): Endorsement of the Saturday, 10-17-09 March and Rally at Copley Square, Boston, MA from 1:00PM regarding: bringing our troops home, now, from Afghanistan, Pakistand and Iraq; jobs; health care, home and the environment: not the military or Wall Street. Current Endorsers: United for Justice and Peace, Stop the Wars Coalition; New England United; American Friends Service Committee; Massacusetts Peace Action; Progressive Democrats of America; Rhode Island Mobilization Committee to Stop War and Occupation; A.N.S.W.E.R.; Code Pink; Veterans For Peace; Smedley Butler Brigade; Socialist Party; Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; Connecticut United for Peace; International Socialist Organization; Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights; Durham, New Hamsphire SDS; Dorchester People for Peace: Merrimack Valley People for Peace; Chelsea Uniting Against the War; Milton for Peace; Newton Diagogues on Peace and Ware; East Bay (RI) Citizen for Peace. For transportation from CT, flyers or to donate money, contact: CTUP and CTSAW via Dan at 617/823-4068 or dancetothepiper at gmail.com; visit wwe.ctup.8k.com 8. (5-10 minutes): Discussion in support of single payer healthcare; literature for same. 9. (5 minutes): Bundles of GPUS Green Pages newspaper can be acquired via gpinfo at gp.og or P.O. Box 57065 Washington, D.C. 20037, Phone: 202/ 319-7191 or toll-free (US) 866/41GREEN. Cost is 35cent/each. Or it is now on-line at http://gp.org/greenpages-blog/ 10. (5-10 minutes): GPUS is requesting that the Green Party of CT "forgive" the donations to the GPCT. 11. (5minutes): CT Green Times News via website/internet. 12. (2-5 minutes, each): Chapter reports: Central; Fairfield, Greater Hartford, New London, New Haven; Southeast. 13. Next SCC meeting=Tuesday, October 27, 2009 SCC meeting at the Portland Senior Center. EC meeting: to be determined. 14. 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Don?t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 From timmckee at mail.com Wed Sep 30 13:30:57 2009 From: timmckee at mail.com (Tim McKee) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:30:57 -0500 Subject: {news} CT GREEN SPOTLIGHTED ON CNN "Are you on the list?" Message-ID: <20090930173057.C93C310612@ws1-3.us4.outblaze.com> http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/09/30/willis.fusion.centers.cnn?iref=videosearch ****************************************** Tim McKee, New Britian, CT, main number cell-860-778-1304 National Committee member of the Green Party of the United States and is a spokesperson for the Green Party of CT. CT GREEN TIMES The blog-journal of the CT Green Party is now online! 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We need to tell Giumarra we won't stand for it. Take action now! It's hard to imagine this kind of abuse still happens in 2009... Forcing farmworkers to "race" and see who can pick the most grapes in searing 100-degree heat, and then firing the "losers." Screaming at workers and forcing them to take unpaid "time-outs" if they dare to question supervisors. Insane quotas, giving workers no time for water, shade, or breaks. But that's standard operating procedure at Giumarra Vineyards Corporation - a leading grape company. California farmworkers urgently need your help to make the abuses stop. Please speak up and demand fair treatment for California farmworkers today! You have already shown you can make a difference for exploited workers. Just last month, over 21,000 American Rights at Work activists took action, urging Chipotle to partner with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to help end exploitation of Florida farmworkers. Chipotle definitely noticed! And our supporters have helped get huge companies like McDonald's and Burger King to improve labor standards for farmworkers. Now California farmworkers need your help. As the world's largest table grape company, Giumarra harvests approximately 10% of U.S. grapes. If we don't help these workers, Giumarra's abuses could set a dangerous precedent for other companies. Demand better of Giumarra: tell them to put an end to worker abuse now! Your petition signature can make sure abuses like these don't become the industry standard for agribusiness companies: a.. Bullying workers who try to form unions. In 2005, Giumarra President Sal Giumarra threatened that if workers voted to form a union, he would turn the next year's crop of table grapes into juice or wine - a move that would require far fewer workers and cost many their jobs. b.. Setting absurdly unrealistic quotas and threatening workers with their jobs if they don't meet the standards. c.. Humiliating and shaming workers into working harder. Workers who speak up against the abuse and unrealistic quotas have been given unpaid "time-outs" to shame them into silence. d.. Putting profits ahead of worker safety. High quotas force workers to go without water, shade, or breaks as they work in triple-digit temperatures. Giumarra needs to know that the public will not stand for endangering workers. Sign our petition to Giumarra Vineyards Corporation today. Then help us spread the word about this scandal by forwarding this email to five of your friends. Thanks for all that you do. Sincerely, Liz, Manny, Elizabeth B. and the American Rights at Work team Share on Facebook Share on Twitter This message was sent to vogel at ct.metrocast.net. Visit your subscription management page to modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile. To stop receiving American Rights at Work E-Activist Alerts, click to unsubscribe. 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