[Occupymendocino] [Fwd: Green Party Makes 2014 Statewide Endorsements]

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   Laura Wells was part of our election delegation to Venezuela last April
- I can also recommend her more than highly - one of the brightest -
and luminous bright not just smart bright  - people i have met.......
oh if this party could get a foothold....
Nancy


Subject: Green Party Makes 2014 Statewide Endorsements
> BE sure to read the italics for public bank under Ellen Brown for State
> Treasurer CA.
> Agnes
>
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> From:    "BC Macdonald" <omni at mcn.org>
> Date:    Tue, December 24, 2013 2:35 pm
> To:      "Agnes Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
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> http://www.cagreens.org/news/gpca-endorses-2014-statewide-candidates
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> NEWS ADVISORY
>
> GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Monday, December 23, 2013
>
> Contact: Luis Rodriguez: Mark Lipman (media contact) (424) 250-5309
> info at rodriguezforgovernor.org www.rodriguezforgovernor.org
> Laura Wells (510) 225-4005 info at laurawells.org www.laurawells.org
> Ellen Brown (805) 217-3109 ellenhbrown at gmail.com
> www.ellenbrown.com/treasurer
> David Curtis (415) 317-4002 davidscurtis at earthlink.net
> www.votedavidcurtis.org
> Michael Feinstein, GPCA Spokesperson (310) 392-8450
> mfeinstein at feinstein.org
>
> The Green Party of California Announces Its Statewide Endorsements for
> June 2014
>
> LOS ANGELES, CA -- On the heels of a record number of California Greens
> elected in an odd-numbered year (20), the Green Party of California (GPCA)
> announces its official endorsements for the June 2014 primary: Luis
> Rodriguez, Governor; Laura Wells, Controller; Ellen Brown, Treasurer; and
> David Curtis, Secretary of State.
>
> In 2012, the L.A. Weekly named Luis Rodriguez one of the 60 most
> fascinating people in Los Angeles, citing his history of art, activism and
> 'fighting his way through the mean streets of East L.A."
>
> “This campaign is an imaginal poetic journey,” said Rodriguez in a
> speech to the GPCA's recent state meeting in Santa Rosa. "But we also aim
> to win."
>
> "Winning is addressing poverty, justice and the environment," Rodriguez
> told GPCA delegates. "Solutions come from aligning resources to meet human
> needs, by providing livable and meaningful work or income, healthy and
> clean communities and free quality health care for all. We must also
> address the massive inequities of the criminal justice system, and ensure
> arts, culture and expression outlets in every neighborhood."
>
> Also solution-oriented, Laura Wells and Ellen Brown advocate "banking in
> the public interest", to address the state's ongoing fiscal crisis and
> infrastructure funding shortfalls, by establishing a publicly-owned state
> bank for California.
>
> "Our legislators pride themselves on balancing the budget, but they've
> done it on the backs of the poor; by robbing Peter to pay Paul; and by
> shoving a wall of debt into the future," says Brown, the GPCA's candidate
> for Treasurer.
>
> "There is another way to fund the state budget besides cutting services,
> raising taxes and selling off assets. That's through a publicly-owned
> state bank that generates new revenues for states, lowers debt costs for
> local governments and public infrastructure, and creates new jobs and
> spurs economic growth."
>
> Wells adds, “As a State Controller who takes no corporate money, I will
> stand up to the Wall Street banks with the intention of replacing them
> with a State Bank for California, a bank that will partner with local
> banks and credit unions, and provide good loans to homeowners, students,
> and small businesses. We will keep the interest low, and keep it here to
> invest in California, not Wall Street.”
>
> In a crowed field for Secretary of State, David Curtis is the lone voice
> highlighting the negative effects of the new top two primary system upon
> democracy.  "Fair elections are when voters can vote for and elect someone
> who represents their views. The Top Two primary takes us in the opposite
> direction, by reducing voter choice and political voice, while increasing
> the cost of elections. The Top Two should be overturned and replaced with
> a system of proportional representation within multi-seat districts, so
> that California's great diversity can have a real voice in the decisions
> that affect them."
>
> Under the new Top Two system, Green candidates must each submit at least
> 10,000 nomination petition signatures from registered California voters to
> appear on the June 2014 statewide ballot. Previously the total was only
> 150. The GPCA will launch its signature drive upon the opening of the
> filing period on Friday, December 27, and provide a link on its state
> website where anyone can download and print the petitions and gather
> signatures (www.cagreens.org/elections/2014).
>
> "Despite the unnecessary obstacles to democracy created by the Top Two
> system, we believe voters definitely want to see a Green alternative on
> the 2014 ballot," adds GPCA spokesperson Michael Feinstein. "The Green
> Party rejects the austerity approach in fashion in Sacramento and
> Washington. Another California and another United States is possible, and
> our endorsed candidates will carry forth that message in 2014.
>
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>
> About the Green Party of California
> The Green Party of California (GPCA) is guided by its Platform and the Ten
> Key Values of the Green Movement: Ecological Wisdom, Grassroots Democracy,
> Social Justice, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Community Based Economics,
> Feminism, Respect for Diversity, Personal and Global Responsibility, and
> Sustainability.
>
> The GPCA distinguishes itself from and provides an alternative to
> traditionally entrenched parties, including by accepting no corporate
> contributions.
>
> The GPCA is affiliated with the Green Party of the United States (GPUS),
> and through the GPUS to the Federacion de Partidos Verdes de las Americas
> and the Global Greens.
>
> Currently, 55 California Greens hold public office statewide.  Since the
> GPCA's founding in 1990, 293 California Greens have been elected to public
> office.
>
> Stay connected with the Green Party of California
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>
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