In case you missed this on C-Span, Stephen Colbert's speech at the White House Corresponents dinner was sheer brilliance. The episodes of awkward silence proved just how good this was. I'm suprised he made it home that night. I can almost guarantee he's going to get audited by the IRS - at least.
Here's the transcript
Here is a partial video clip (wmv)
Absolutely brilliant!
Sunday, April 30, 2006
The "simple logic of telling the countryside that it should die."
Green Party of Monroe County
A peak into the future of a world that draws our children to the "bling" and allows corporate domain over their families land. Teach your children well.
NYT Article
A peak into the future of a world that draws our children to the "bling" and allows corporate domain over their families land. Teach your children well.
NYT Article
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Senator Clinton - Fighting for her Constiuents
Some political activists tried to get to see their (our) US Senators, Michael Moore style. They were able to get to see a Schumer representative, but couldn't get near anyone from Clinton's office.
Here's their video.(wmv)
Here are their notes.
She votes for the war in Iraq, wants to send more troops, waivers on abortion, holds racist views on immigration.
Yeah, we have to make sure she's re-elected.
Here's their video.(wmv)
Here are their notes.
She votes for the war in Iraq, wants to send more troops, waivers on abortion, holds racist views on immigration.
Yeah, we have to make sure she's re-elected.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
GPWNYConvention
Green Parties of Western New York
Candidates Convention
Saturday May 6th, 2006, 2-4pm
Rochester Institute of Technology
Building 1 – Room 2000
Rochester, New York, 146123
Free and open to the public
Light refreshments provided
[click Read More for directions and more information]
Come to Rochester this Saturday afternoon and meet state Green Party candidates and other Greens from Western New York. We are expecting a good turnout of Greens from across the region. We hope you will join us!
Six candidates are confirmed to attend our Western New York Green Party Convention this Saturday in Rochester, and others are sending video statements. The candidates who will be attending are Lt. Governor candidate Kimberly Wilder, US Senate candidates Steve Greenfield, Howie Hawkins and Sander Hicks, and Attorney General candidates Carl Person and Rachel Treichler. Malachy McCourt, a candidate for governor, Steve Krulick, a candidate for US Senate and Alison Duncan, a candidate for Lt. Governor are sending video statements and other candidates may also.
The statewide nominees of the Green Party of New York will be chosen at the state convention May 20 in Albany. It is great that so many statewide candidates are coming to western New York to meet with Greens in our area before the convention.
Schedule and directions are below
Free and open to the public
Light refreshments will be served
All are invited to go out to dinner with the candidates after the convention
For information about the candidates, visit the websites listed below. At the meeting we will have copies of the responses filed by each candidate to the candidate questionnaire of the Green Party of New York:
Malachy McCourt, www.malachyforgovernor.com
Jeff Peress, no website
Kimberly Wilder, www.votewilder.org
Alison Duncan, no website
Steve Greenfield, www.greenfieldforsenate.org
Howie Hawkins, www.syracusegreens.org/hawkins.html
Sander Hicks, www.hicksforsenate.com
Steve Krulick, http://kryo.com/Krulick/index.htm
Carl Person, www.carlperson4NYAG.com
Rachel Treichler, www.voterachel.org
Anne Eagan, no website
Gloria Mattera, www.electgloria.org
Julia Willebrand, no website
Betty Wood, no website
Green Party of New York, www.gpnys.org
Agenda
2pm Introductions
Welcoming Address
Rome Celli – Brighton School Board
Candidates for Governor 10 minutes apiece
Candidates for Lieutenant Governor 5 minutes apiece
Candidates for Attorney General 5 minutes apiece
Candidates for Comptroller 5 minutes apiece
Candidates for United States Senate 5 minutes apiece
Candidates seeking multiple nominations 5 minutes apiece
Moderator asks directed questions from the audience 2 minute responses
Driving Directions
From the Thruway
Interstate 90 to Exit 46 – Rochester / 390
Exit onto 390 North
Take your first exit Lehigh Station Road (about 1/4 mile)
Right onto Lehigh Station Road
Ignore signs for RIT, they take you through the commercial district
Take Lehigh Station Road until it ends (about 2 miles)
Right onto East River Road
Right onto the RIT Campus (your second traffic light) (about 1/2 mile)
Right onto Andrew Memorials Drive
Left into parking lot, U-Lot
From the 17/86
17/86 to RT 390 North
Exit onto 390 North
Take your first exit Lehigh Station Road (about 1/4 mile)
Right onto Lehigh Station Road
Ignore signs for RIT, they take you through the commercial district
Take Lehigh Station Road until it ends (about 2 miles)
Right onto East River Road
Right onto the RIT Campus (your second traffic light) (about 1/2 mile)
Right onto Andrew Memorials Drive
Left into parking lot, U-Lot
Candidates Convention
Saturday May 6th, 2006, 2-4pm
Rochester Institute of Technology
Building 1 – Room 2000
Rochester, New York, 146123
Free and open to the public
Light refreshments provided
[click Read More for directions and more information]
Come to Rochester this Saturday afternoon and meet state Green Party candidates and other Greens from Western New York. We are expecting a good turnout of Greens from across the region. We hope you will join us!
Six candidates are confirmed to attend our Western New York Green Party Convention this Saturday in Rochester, and others are sending video statements. The candidates who will be attending are Lt. Governor candidate Kimberly Wilder, US Senate candidates Steve Greenfield, Howie Hawkins and Sander Hicks, and Attorney General candidates Carl Person and Rachel Treichler. Malachy McCourt, a candidate for governor, Steve Krulick, a candidate for US Senate and Alison Duncan, a candidate for Lt. Governor are sending video statements and other candidates may also.
The statewide nominees of the Green Party of New York will be chosen at the state convention May 20 in Albany. It is great that so many statewide candidates are coming to western New York to meet with Greens in our area before the convention.
Schedule and directions are below
Free and open to the public
Light refreshments will be served
All are invited to go out to dinner with the candidates after the convention
For information about the candidates, visit the websites listed below. At the meeting we will have copies of the responses filed by each candidate to the candidate questionnaire of the Green Party of New York:
Malachy McCourt, www.malachyforgovernor.com
Jeff Peress, no website
Kimberly Wilder, www.votewilder.org
Alison Duncan, no website
Steve Greenfield, www.greenfieldforsenate.org
Howie Hawkins, www.syracusegreens.org/hawkins.html
Sander Hicks, www.hicksforsenate.com
Steve Krulick, http://kryo.com/Krulick/index.htm
Carl Person, www.carlperson4NYAG.com
Rachel Treichler, www.voterachel.org
Anne Eagan, no website
Gloria Mattera, www.electgloria.org
Julia Willebrand, no website
Betty Wood, no website
Green Party of New York, www.gpnys.org
Agenda
2pm Introductions
Welcoming Address
Rome Celli – Brighton School Board
Candidates for Governor 10 minutes apiece
Candidates for Lieutenant Governor 5 minutes apiece
Candidates for Attorney General 5 minutes apiece
Candidates for Comptroller 5 minutes apiece
Candidates for United States Senate 5 minutes apiece
Candidates seeking multiple nominations 5 minutes apiece
Moderator asks directed questions from the audience 2 minute responses
Driving Directions
From the Thruway
Interstate 90 to Exit 46 – Rochester / 390
Exit onto 390 North
Take your first exit Lehigh Station Road (about 1/4 mile)
Right onto Lehigh Station Road
Ignore signs for RIT, they take you through the commercial district
Take Lehigh Station Road until it ends (about 2 miles)
Right onto East River Road
Right onto the RIT Campus (your second traffic light) (about 1/2 mile)
Right onto Andrew Memorials Drive
Left into parking lot, U-Lot
From the 17/86
17/86 to RT 390 North
Exit onto 390 North
Take your first exit Lehigh Station Road (about 1/4 mile)
Right onto Lehigh Station Road
Ignore signs for RIT, they take you through the commercial district
Take Lehigh Station Road until it ends (about 2 miles)
Right onto East River Road
Right onto the RIT Campus (your second traffic light) (about 1/2 mile)
Right onto Andrew Memorials Drive
Left into parking lot, U-Lot
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Rachel Triechler's Candidacy Announcement
[The following is the text from Rachel's speech given to the press today announcing her candidacy for NYS Attorney General]
I am pleased this morning to announce my candidacy for the Green Party nomination for Attorney General of New York in front of this historic house.
This is the house where Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in 1872, where she served as founder and president of the National Women's Suffrage Association, and where she died 100 years ago last month without having seen women obtain the right to vote. That right was not granted to women in New York until 1917, and was not granted throughout the United States until the passage of the nineteenth amendment in 1920.
I am announcing my candidacy at this historic location to draw attention to the voting rights issues still faced by the people of this state. Although our country made great strides during the past century enfranchising classes of citizens who formerly were denied the right to vote, such as women, blacks, native Americans, poor people and young people, numerous impediments to voting limit our franchise. There are six major types of impediments we face today in exercising our rights to vote.
First are impediments to actually voting through voter ID requirements, not allowing same day voter registration, having election day be a work day, citizenship requirements, and prohibitions on felons voting. All these impediments should be removed and all residents of our state should have a say in electing the lawmakers of our state.
Second are techniques and devices used to keep our votes from being counted after they have been cast. We need to use hand counted paper ballots like they do in Canada. This is the safest method of counting votes, and the cheapest!
Third, restrictive ballot access laws reduce the number of candidates allowed on the ballot. Voters have fewer candidates to choose among for almost all public offices today than voters did a hundred years ago. We need to remove these restrictions and give voters more choices.
Fourth, money is allowed to dominate the forums of debate, so that the vast majority of the voices people hear speaking on issues are the voices of money. We don't have free and fair elections if voters don't get to hear the voices of candidates without money. We need public forums where all candidates have equal opportunities to speak.
Fifth, we have the gerrymandering of election districts to favor the candidates of the two major parties. Multi-candidate districts with proportional voting would reduce the significance of individual districts and allow more segments our society to be represented in our governmental bodies.
Finally, we need to switch to methods of voting like instant run-off voting that allow everyone's choices to be counted.
What does it mean when many people can't vote, when we don't have candidates representing our views on the ballot, when candidates with money are allowed to dominate the forums of debate, when election districts are gerrymandered to favor incumbents, and when we have a winner take all voting system?
It means that important issues are never debated that crucial decisions are made without input from and contrary to the interests of the majority of the people in this country. We need elected officials who are not beholden to the two major parties and the interests they represent. We need to make sure that our rights to vote, and our rights to free and fair elections are protected.
For more information about my campaign, I invite you to visit my website, www.voterachel.org
I am pleased this morning to announce my candidacy for the Green Party nomination for Attorney General of New York in front of this historic house.
This is the house where Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in 1872, where she served as founder and president of the National Women's Suffrage Association, and where she died 100 years ago last month without having seen women obtain the right to vote. That right was not granted to women in New York until 1917, and was not granted throughout the United States until the passage of the nineteenth amendment in 1920.
I am announcing my candidacy at this historic location to draw attention to the voting rights issues still faced by the people of this state. Although our country made great strides during the past century enfranchising classes of citizens who formerly were denied the right to vote, such as women, blacks, native Americans, poor people and young people, numerous impediments to voting limit our franchise. There are six major types of impediments we face today in exercising our rights to vote.
First are impediments to actually voting through voter ID requirements, not allowing same day voter registration, having election day be a work day, citizenship requirements, and prohibitions on felons voting. All these impediments should be removed and all residents of our state should have a say in electing the lawmakers of our state.
Second are techniques and devices used to keep our votes from being counted after they have been cast. We need to use hand counted paper ballots like they do in Canada. This is the safest method of counting votes, and the cheapest!
Third, restrictive ballot access laws reduce the number of candidates allowed on the ballot. Voters have fewer candidates to choose among for almost all public offices today than voters did a hundred years ago. We need to remove these restrictions and give voters more choices.
Fourth, money is allowed to dominate the forums of debate, so that the vast majority of the voices people hear speaking on issues are the voices of money. We don't have free and fair elections if voters don't get to hear the voices of candidates without money. We need public forums where all candidates have equal opportunities to speak.
Fifth, we have the gerrymandering of election districts to favor the candidates of the two major parties. Multi-candidate districts with proportional voting would reduce the significance of individual districts and allow more segments our society to be represented in our governmental bodies.
Finally, we need to switch to methods of voting like instant run-off voting that allow everyone's choices to be counted.
What does it mean when many people can't vote, when we don't have candidates representing our views on the ballot, when candidates with money are allowed to dominate the forums of debate, when election districts are gerrymandered to favor incumbents, and when we have a winner take all voting system?
It means that important issues are never debated that crucial decisions are made without input from and contrary to the interests of the majority of the people in this country. We need elected officials who are not beholden to the two major parties and the interests they represent. We need to make sure that our rights to vote, and our rights to free and fair elections are protected.
For more information about my campaign, I invite you to visit my website, www.voterachel.org
Monday, April 17, 2006
RACHEL TREICHLER TO ANNOUNCE CANDIDACY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL IN ROCHESTER
RACHEL TREICHLER TO ANNOUNCE CANDIDACY FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, WED., APR. 19
Rachel Treichler, 54, an attorney from Hammondsport, will announce her
candidacy for the Green Party nomination for attorney general, at 10:30 am,
Wednesday, April 19, 2006 in Susan B. Anthony Park, on Madison St. in
Rochester. The statewide nominees of the Green Party will be chosen at a
nominating convention in Albany on May 20, 2006.
Rachel will speak briefly about the voting rights issues that face us
today, and call for giving immigrants (resident aliens) the right to vote.
For more information about Rachel's campaign, visit her website,
www.voterachel.org
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Blue Vinyl
GPoMC movie night this month featured the film Blue Vinyl.
The filmmaker, Judith Helfand, takes the audience along with her as she discovers the true cost of the blue vinyl siding that her father has just had placed on the side of her parents house. From production to end-of-life the blue vinyl siding has left a sad trail of death and environmental destruction, Judith’s witty investigative approach keeps us laughing and fuming at the same time. We were especially drawn to Judith because she would fit in so well with the Greens and many of the scenes in the film were very familiar to our own experiences in discovering the depth of the evil that lies within the corporate machine and dealing with how to change the world. My favorite moment in the film was when Judith was sitting at the dinning room table with her parents after 3 years of investigation and 3 years with obsessing over the damage the blue vinyl siding has caused Judith’s parents both tell her they would still put up the vinyl siding knowing what they have learned, because it’s cheap and doesn’t rot like wood.
Find out what you can do.
On a local note, Blue Vinyl was the recipient of the 2002 Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary at the High Falls Films Festival.
Great quotes from the movie:
[Later I asked my dad, "If you had known that over the course of its lifecycle, from the factory to the incinerator, vinyl produces a wide array of deadly pollutants that threaten our future with a global toxic crisis, would you still have put it on the house?" "I hope not, honey," he said. "But they didn't write that on the box.]
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[Sure Greenpeace is biased towards saving the earth and it’s in habitants, but I had no problem with that]
Thursday, April 13, 2006
8 of 12 Wisconsin Green Candidates Win Elections
For Immediate Release
April 6, 2006
Contacts:
Bob Poeschl, Co-chair, Wisconsin Green Party, 920-312-0529,
carpepax@riseup.net
Ruth Weill, Co-chair, Wisconsin Green Party, 414-562-6097, cell -
414-350-2107, moondog@execpc.com
Eight of Twelve Wisconsin Green Party's Endorsed Candidates Elected
The Wisconsin Green Party is pleased to note that eight of its endorsed candidates were elected on April 4th. Seven are Green Party members, and the eighth, Kyle Richmond, is prohibited membership in a political party due to his employment at the Wisconsin State Elections Board. All eight won their bids for seats on county boards around the state.
John Hardin (Barron County), Ben Farrell (Winnebago County), Bob Ryan (Door County), Barbara Vedder (Dane County), John Hendrick (Dane County), and Kyle Richmond (Dane County) all won re-election to county board seats. Vedder had been appointed to an open seat a few months before the election.
Jeff Peterson (Polk County) and Ashok Kumar (Dane County) will take their seats as county board officials for the first time.
Four more candidates lost their bid for election, but had excellent showings: Rev. Glen Halbe - Racine Common Council, 2/2 with 188 votes for 41%, Larry Harding - Somers Township Supervisor 2/2 with 436 votes for 46%, Phillip Peterson - Portage County Board, 2/2 with 106 votes for 49.3%, Gerry Steltenpohl - Portage County Board 2/2 with 195 votes for 42.2%.
Contact for Greens Elected April 4th:
Ben Farrell: County Board of Supervisors, District 16, Winnebago (I) 920.450.5273
John Hardin: Board of Supervisors, District 1, Barron (I) 715.837.1161 gardnman@chibardun.net
John Hendrick, Dane County Board of Supervisors, District 6 (I) 608.257.1409
Ashok Kumar, Dane County Board of Supervisors, District 5 608.843.0615 arkumar@wisc.edu
Jeff Peterson, Polk County Board of Supervisors, District 5 715.472.2728 peterson@lakeland.ws
Bob Ryan, Door County Board of Supervisors, District 3 (I) rryan@co.door.wi.us , 920.746.0549
Barbara Vedder, Dane County Board of Supervisors, District 2 (I) 608. 249.8428
Contact for Green Endorsed Candidate Elected April 4th:
Kyle Richmond Dane County Board of Supervisors, 27th district richmond.kyle@co.dane.wi.us
April 6, 2006
Contacts:
Bob Poeschl, Co-chair, Wisconsin Green Party, 920-312-0529,
carpepax@riseup.net
Ruth Weill, Co-chair, Wisconsin Green Party, 414-562-6097, cell -
414-350-2107, moondog@execpc.com
Eight of Twelve Wisconsin Green Party's Endorsed Candidates Elected
The Wisconsin Green Party is pleased to note that eight of its endorsed candidates were elected on April 4th. Seven are Green Party members, and the eighth, Kyle Richmond, is prohibited membership in a political party due to his employment at the Wisconsin State Elections Board. All eight won their bids for seats on county boards around the state.
John Hardin (Barron County), Ben Farrell (Winnebago County), Bob Ryan (Door County), Barbara Vedder (Dane County), John Hendrick (Dane County), and Kyle Richmond (Dane County) all won re-election to county board seats. Vedder had been appointed to an open seat a few months before the election.
Jeff Peterson (Polk County) and Ashok Kumar (Dane County) will take their seats as county board officials for the first time.
Four more candidates lost their bid for election, but had excellent showings: Rev. Glen Halbe - Racine Common Council, 2/2 with 188 votes for 41%, Larry Harding - Somers Township Supervisor 2/2 with 436 votes for 46%, Phillip Peterson - Portage County Board, 2/2 with 106 votes for 49.3%, Gerry Steltenpohl - Portage County Board 2/2 with 195 votes for 42.2%.
Contact for Greens Elected April 4th:
Ben Farrell: County Board of Supervisors, District 16, Winnebago (I) 920.450.5273
John Hardin: Board of Supervisors, District 1, Barron (I) 715.837.1161 gardnman@chibardun.net
John Hendrick, Dane County Board of Supervisors, District 6 (I) 608.257.1409
Ashok Kumar, Dane County Board of Supervisors, District 5 608.843.0615 arkumar@wisc.edu
Jeff Peterson, Polk County Board of Supervisors, District 5 715.472.2728 peterson@lakeland.ws
Bob Ryan, Door County Board of Supervisors, District 3 (I) rryan@co.door.wi.us , 920.746.0549
Barbara Vedder, Dane County Board of Supervisors, District 2 (I) 608. 249.8428
Contact for Green Endorsed Candidate Elected April 4th:
Kyle Richmond Dane County Board of Supervisors, 27th district richmond.kyle@co.dane.wi.us
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Help Greens Across the Nation Gain Ballot Status
This Summer New York will be working to regain it's status as a ballot access party, to volunteer to help with that effort please contact GPoMC at (585) 234-6470. Across the US the Green Party is working to gain ballot access, check out what you can do to help the Green Party get on ballot for years to come!
Green Ballot Access Drives
Ohio
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 8,000 (5,000 valid needed)
Races: Governor, Secretary of State (separate petitions)
Dates of Petition Drive: underway, ends in May
http://www.bobforohio.com/
http://www.ohiogreens.org/
(more information needed from Ohio)
Texas
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 70,000 (45,540 valid)
Dates of Petition Drive: March 15-May 30
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer, contact Ramsey Sprague at
rsprague@tarrantgreens.org or check for your county contacts at
www.txgreens.org
DONATE: If you want to donate, write a check to "Green Party of Texas"
send to Green Party of Texas
c/o Joy Glatz
11031 Cinderella Ln.
Dallas, TX 75229-4012.
Illinois
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 45,000 (25,000 valid needed)
Races: Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller,
Treasurer, Attorney General
Dates of Petition Drive: March 28 - June 26
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer, please fill out the volunteer form
at www.ilgp.org and someone will contact you.
DONATE: Write checks to "Illinois Green Party" and send to Illinois
Green Party, PO Box 623, Urbana, IL 61803 or donate by paypal at
www.ilgp.org
Other information - additional petition drives are occurring in
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Housing for volunteers is available in
Urbana-Champaign and may be available in the Chicago, Rockford, Chicago
suburbs, Bloomington-Normal, and Carbondale.
Indiana
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 50,000 (32,000 valid needed)
Races: Secretary of State
Dates of Petition Drive: January 1 - June 30
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer, visit www.citizensforstant.org for
contact information. Call 812-988-6793
DONATE: Write checks to "Citizens for Stant" and mail to
Citizens for Stant
PO Box 1700
Nashville, IN 47448
Other Information - Housing for volunteers may be available in
Bloomington and Brown County. Please contact the campaign for more
information.
Arkansas
# of Signatures Needed: 10,000
Dates of Petition Drive: Now until June 30, 2006
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer, please contact Mark Swaney, Phone-
479-738-1077, E-mail - mswaney@madisoncounty.net
DONATE: If you want to donate, write a check to "Green Party of
Arkansas" and send it to PO Box 444, Omaha, AR 72662
Missouri
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 15,000 (10,000 valid needed)
Dates of Petition Drive: now through July 22
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer...
Phone- (St. Louis, Tim Barnhart, 314-351-4268) (Columbia, Melissa
Skinner, 573-441-1897) (Kansas City, Marie Smith, 816-523-1813)
E-mail - You can go to our web site and download petitions and
instructions. www.ppmo.org. Missouri residency is required for
petitioning, but an address of where petitioner is staying is all that
is required. Or call Dee Berry at 816-942-3081 or email at
dberry7@sbcglobal.net OR Tim Barnhart at above number or email him at
tvbarnhart@sbcglobal.net for more info.
DONATE: If you want to donate, write a check to "Progressive Party of
Missouri" and send it to PP Box 33106, Kansas City, MO 64114 (The
Progressive Party is the affiliated Green Party in Missouri)
Housing - If someone want to come to Columbia, Kansas City or St. Louis
we can find housing.
Nebraska
Races that you're petitioning for: Secretary of State
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 2000 (valid - 1764 plus cushion in
District 3 (the largely rural western part of the state))
Dates of Petition Drive: before the end of July 2006
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer... Contact MJ Berry
Phone- 402.489.0598
E-mail - mjberry@inebraska.com
DONATE: If you want to donate, write a check to "Nebraska Green Party"
and send it to PO Box 85442, Lincoln, NE. 68501
Pennsylvania
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 100,000 (60,700 valid needed)
Dates of Petition Drive: July 28, 2006
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer...
Please e-mail - blyden4@comcast.net
DONATE: If you want to donate, write a check to "Green Party of
Pennsylvania" and send it to
P.O. Box 11962
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1962
Green Ballot Access Drives
Ohio
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 8,000 (5,000 valid needed)
Races: Governor, Secretary of State (separate petitions)
Dates of Petition Drive: underway, ends in May
http://www.bobforohio.com/
http://www.ohiogreens.org/
(more information needed from Ohio)
Texas
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 70,000 (45,540 valid)
Dates of Petition Drive: March 15-May 30
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer, contact Ramsey Sprague at
rsprague@tarrantgreens.org or check for your county contacts at
www.txgreens.org
DONATE: If you want to donate, write a check to "Green Party of Texas"
send to Green Party of Texas
c/o Joy Glatz
11031 Cinderella Ln.
Dallas, TX 75229-4012.
Illinois
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 45,000 (25,000 valid needed)
Races: Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller,
Treasurer, Attorney General
Dates of Petition Drive: March 28 - June 26
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer, please fill out the volunteer form
at www.ilgp.org and someone will contact you.
DONATE: Write checks to "Illinois Green Party" and send to Illinois
Green Party, PO Box 623, Urbana, IL 61803 or donate by paypal at
www.ilgp.org
Other information - additional petition drives are occurring in
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Housing for volunteers is available in
Urbana-Champaign and may be available in the Chicago, Rockford, Chicago
suburbs, Bloomington-Normal, and Carbondale.
Indiana
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 50,000 (32,000 valid needed)
Races: Secretary of State
Dates of Petition Drive: January 1 - June 30
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer, visit www.citizensforstant.org for
contact information. Call 812-988-6793
DONATE: Write checks to "Citizens for Stant" and mail to
Citizens for Stant
PO Box 1700
Nashville, IN 47448
Other Information - Housing for volunteers may be available in
Bloomington and Brown County. Please contact the campaign for more
information.
Arkansas
# of Signatures Needed: 10,000
Dates of Petition Drive: Now until June 30, 2006
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer, please contact Mark Swaney, Phone-
479-738-1077, E-mail - mswaney@madisoncounty.net
DONATE: If you want to donate, write a check to "Green Party of
Arkansas" and send it to PO Box 444, Omaha, AR 72662
Missouri
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 15,000 (10,000 valid needed)
Dates of Petition Drive: now through July 22
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer...
Phone- (St. Louis, Tim Barnhart, 314-351-4268) (Columbia, Melissa
Skinner, 573-441-1897) (Kansas City, Marie Smith, 816-523-1813)
E-mail - You can go to our web site and download petitions and
instructions. www.ppmo.org. Missouri residency is required for
petitioning, but an address of where petitioner is staying is all that
is required. Or call Dee Berry at 816-942-3081 or email at
dberry7@sbcglobal.net OR Tim Barnhart at above number or email him at
tvbarnhart@sbcglobal.net for more info.
DONATE: If you want to donate, write a check to "Progressive Party of
Missouri" and send it to PP Box 33106, Kansas City, MO 64114 (The
Progressive Party is the affiliated Green Party in Missouri)
Housing - If someone want to come to Columbia, Kansas City or St. Louis
we can find housing.
Nebraska
Races that you're petitioning for: Secretary of State
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 2000 (valid - 1764 plus cushion in
District 3 (the largely rural western part of the state))
Dates of Petition Drive: before the end of July 2006
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer... Contact MJ Berry
Phone- 402.489.0598
E-mail - mjberry@inebraska.com
DONATE: If you want to donate, write a check to "Nebraska Green Party"
and send it to PO Box 85442, Lincoln, NE. 68501
Pennsylvania
# of Signatures Needed: Goal of 100,000 (60,700 valid needed)
Dates of Petition Drive: July 28, 2006
VOLUNTEER: If you want to volunteer...
Please e-mail - blyden4@comcast.net
DONATE: If you want to donate, write a check to "Green Party of
Pennsylvania" and send it to
P.O. Box 11962
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1962
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Red Wings Use Scab Umps
First of all, I'll start with this disclaimer:
I grew up on baseball. I began playing in the street with neighborhood kids when I was 4-years-old; I was able to get into little league at the Avenue D Rec Center a year early (when I was 7) because my Dad was a coach and my Uncle an umpire. (They didn't have t-ball and all that stuff back then)
So I say this with a heavy heart. Minor League umpires are on strike and the minor league teams are using scabs so friends of labor in Rochester should not be going to Red Wing games - it's akin to crossing a picket line. Don't just not go, but call the Red Wings and ask them about the umpires. (click read more for contact info)
I know...I know...It's Rochester Community Baseball. Heck, I inherited six whole shares of stock. And I'll be calling the main office this week to ask about it. And I know that there are people who work in the concession stands and in other capacities at Frontier. But I would tell people not to go to games if they were on strike as well.
Being a good umpire is difficult. You take a lot of crap from players, managers and fans and it's not an easy job. As you go higher up the baseball food chain, the game moves faster and can be more hazardous. And in spite of the cliche of the out-of-shape umpire, most are not and have to be in good shape to be in full gear behind the plate in August. Minor league umpires travel to smaller towns in worse conditions than in the majors and do not get paid that much.
And baseball is threatening to pull a Reagan - just fire everyone on strike. This isn't cool. Call the Red Wings and ask them to do something about the umpire strike.
Rochester Community Baseball, Inc.
FRONTIER FIELD
ONE MORRIE SILVER WAY
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14608
PHONE: 585-454-1001
FAX: 585-454-1056
TTY: 585-325-4245
GENERAL OFFICE E-MAIL: Info@RedWingsBaseball.com
I grew up on baseball. I began playing in the street with neighborhood kids when I was 4-years-old; I was able to get into little league at the Avenue D Rec Center a year early (when I was 7) because my Dad was a coach and my Uncle an umpire. (They didn't have t-ball and all that stuff back then)
So I say this with a heavy heart. Minor League umpires are on strike and the minor league teams are using scabs so friends of labor in Rochester should not be going to Red Wing games - it's akin to crossing a picket line. Don't just not go, but call the Red Wings and ask them about the umpires. (click read more for contact info)
I know...I know...It's Rochester Community Baseball. Heck, I inherited six whole shares of stock. And I'll be calling the main office this week to ask about it. And I know that there are people who work in the concession stands and in other capacities at Frontier. But I would tell people not to go to games if they were on strike as well.
Being a good umpire is difficult. You take a lot of crap from players, managers and fans and it's not an easy job. As you go higher up the baseball food chain, the game moves faster and can be more hazardous. And in spite of the cliche of the out-of-shape umpire, most are not and have to be in good shape to be in full gear behind the plate in August. Minor league umpires travel to smaller towns in worse conditions than in the majors and do not get paid that much.
And baseball is threatening to pull a Reagan - just fire everyone on strike. This isn't cool. Call the Red Wings and ask them to do something about the umpire strike.
Rochester Community Baseball, Inc.
FRONTIER FIELD
ONE MORRIE SILVER WAY
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14608
PHONE: 585-454-1001
FAX: 585-454-1056
TTY: 585-325-4245
GENERAL OFFICE E-MAIL: Info@RedWingsBaseball.com
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Fighting for Clean Elections and Clean Government
Bob Fitrakis and Anita Rios are fighting for clean elections and clean government by running against corrupt career politicians, and a fraudulent government in Ohio. Check out their new Blog and Website, and find out why only Greens are fighting to give government back to the people.
Rachel Treichler for Attorney General
Rachel Treichler for Attorney General
"I am running for Attorney General to address the ways our laws allow the short-term economic interests of a few to override the long-term life, liberty and happiness of all.
"Our judicial and legislative bodies have allowed property to trump democracy in governmental decision making. This has resulted in war in Iraq, impediments to our rights to vote, injustice in our criminal system, restrictions on our civil liberties, assaults on our health, the loss of jobs, and the destruction of our environment.
"We need to reassert the democratic principles upon which this country was founded and allow all people equal voices in decisionmaking."
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