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By Crescenzo Vellucci To that end, Green Focus has at- tempted to contact those running for Hoping to join the 62 Greens al- office. We’ve included below the best ready elected in California, at least 42 information available concerning Green Party candidates are running for Green candidates, and how to reach office in 2006 – from Governor and US them to volunteer in or contribute to Senate to school board and a local their campaigns. For more information, transportation seat, according to the see (click 2006 elections at right for a most recent information provided by full list of candidates): the Secretary of State, and county regis- trars of voters. Constitutional Offices In fact, the June Primary is shaping up to be an unusual election cycle be- , making what he cause Greens are involved in some terms his “final” run for Governor, has competitive races, pitting one Green opened his campaign by attacking Re- Party candidate against another for the publicans and Democrats for not solv- right to win the Primary and move on to ing the state’s problems. Specifically, the November General Election. The Camejo says that he could generate tens two contested Green primaries are the of billions of dollars if corporations and From Left to Right: Matt Gonzalez, Forrest Hill, Gayle McGlaughlin, Todd Chretien, Nativo U.S. Senate and the Assembly (44th the wealthiest in the state – who are Lopez of MAPA and Aimee Allison on the steps of Diane Feinstein’s office in San Dist). taxed at a lower rate compared to other Francisco for the announcement of Todd Chretien’s candidacy for US Senator from Additionally there are two Greens taxpayers – would pay their fair share. California. running for mayor in Sonoma and Rich- Donna Warren, running for the sec- “reflect the values of all Californians State Assembly Offices: mond, and eight Greens running for city ond time for Lt. Governor, wants to end not pay back big campaign contributors council or supervisorial seats across the the death penalty, amend the 3-strikes through big contracts.” Seven Greens are campaigning, in- state. And, then there is former Pasa- law and use tax dollars for “schools not Larry Cafiero, a newspaper copy cluding two Pasadena candidates – dena mayor, Bill Paparian, running for prisons.” Mike Wyman, the attorney editor campaigning for Insurance Com- Philip Koebel and Ricardo Costa, who Congress. general candidate and longtime GPCA missioner, has already produced mate- are going head-to-head for the Green Greens are also fielding candidates treasurer, says he will defend the rials attacking Democratic Party nomination in District 44. It’s believed in all statewide constitutional offices. “rights of the people” in the state candidate Cruz Bustamante for receiv- to be the first-ever contested Green At the head of the ticket is Peter Came- against misdeeds by governmental ing large hunks of cash from insurance Party Primary for Assembly. Others jo, who has run twice before for gover- agencies. companies. running for Assembly include Gerald nor. Laura Wells is making her second And, Forrest Hill, the Sec. of State Sara Knopp, running for the State Fritts (4th Dist.), Cat Woods (6th Dist), run for Controller, as is Donna Warren candidate, is a strong promoter of IRV Superintendant of Instruction office is a Barry Hermanson (12th Dist), David for Lt. Governor. and proportional voting. He has written teacher and activist; is opposed to any Silva (34th Dist), and Peter Thottam These Green candidates need sup- several papers on voting and democ- military recruiting on campuses, and (53rd Dist). port. They do not accept corporate con- racy and is opposed to the use of voting wants to “reduce class size immediate- Fritts is working for campaign re- tributions, and are at a disadvantage in machines that can be hacked or do not ly, stop the testing and accountability form, universal healthcare and a mass raising money for their campaigns – so provide a paper trail. craze, desegregate our school, free pre- transit system similar to those in Japan they rely upon other Greens to support, Controller candidate Laura Wells, K for all, lower college tuition, make and Europe, Hermanson is one the ar- either financially or with volunteer who also ran for controller four years sure all children receive a quality edu- chitects of the San Francisco minimum time, to further their worthwhile cam- ago, says the state budget needs to be cation, giving teachers a raise and more wage and state minimum wage cam- paign efforts up and down the state. “true to the values of the people,” and college counseling.” paign, Costa said he wants “unions and

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Tian Harter, seen above is one of three candidates running in a contested primary for the Green nomination for US Senate. The winner of this election will go on to face Diane Feinstein in the general election in November. At press time, no suitable photo was available for Kent Mesplay, also a candidate from San Diego. Continued From Page 1 Forty-Two Candidates Running Green in Statewide Primary working people to know they have real initiative in San Francisco to keep re- to holding people indefinitely without lin (Richmond). Two Greens are poised options,” Silva is calling for a progres- cruiters out of schools, is a former trial and for wiretapping without war- as candidates for Supervisor – Pierre sive energy plan, including fitting com- organizer who wants the rant. Fraysee (San Francisco) and Jo Cham- munity buildings with solar panels, U.S. out of Iraq now. His campaign Carol Brouillet, running in the Palo berlain (San Mateo). Six Greens are on converting sewage into energy and a slogan is “A Million Votes for Peace.” Alto area, is running hard on an the ballot for City Council seats, includ- half to sprawl. Woods, a longtime so- Harter also is calling for the U.S. to “impeachment, peace, truth, justice, ing Aimee Allison (Oakland), Lara cial justice activist, supports ranked leave Iraq. He’s been a longtime pro- ecological wisdom” platform, charging DeLaney (Martinez), Alan Drusys voting and publicly financed elections moter of environmental change, calling that it is time to “impeach” the terror- (San Bernardino), Dennis Kyne (San to reduce the influence of corporate the current way of life “unsustainable,” ists, while Byron DeLear, a Los Ange- Jose), Dona Spring (Berkeley) and Ga- money. and challenging people to “change our les area journalist/independent brielle Weeks (Long Beach). habits.” Kent Mesplay, who ran for the producer, is running a strong anti-war McLaughlin is a Green “rising star,” State Senate: Green Party presidential top spot in campaign, and has called for the U.S. to winning her first time out for the Rich- 2004, failed to respond to Green Focus take a “full-court press” approach on mond City Council two years ago. Alli- Two Greens have filed papers: by deadline. the scale of FDR’s New Deal to tackle son, an anti-war conscientious objector Matthew Rick (18th Dist) and Bob Viz- Global Warming. in the first Gulf war, is considered a zard (4th Dist). Rick is calling for House of Representatives: And, Miller, representing the near-favorite in her second try in Oak- “unconventional reform in statewide Tulare/Fresno area, says that the envi- land and Kyne is an anti-war, disabled issues ranging from emission standards Seven California Greens are run- ronment is his main concern, but he is Gulf War vet. Spring, DeLaney and to the prison. Vizzard, a doctor, is a ning in the Primary for a House seat, also focusing on education, energy, ag- Drusys are all city council incumbents. leader healthcare reform, specifically including Pam Elizondo (1st Dist), Jeff riculture, land use planning, foreign Willis and Spector are also incumbents, universal, single payer healthcare work. Kravitz (5th Dist), Krissy Keefer (8th affairs and constitutional rights. Keefer, and Fraysee is hoping to join fellow Dist), Carol Brouillet (14th Dist), John running in the San Francisco congres- Green Ross Mirkarimi on the SF Board U.S. Senate: Miller (21th Dist), Byron DeLear (28th sional district, is experienced in San of Supervisors. Other races include: Dist) and William Paparian (29th Dist). Francisco on land use issues regarding Tim Willis (incumbent), School Board Todd Chretien, Tian Harter and Two civil rights lawyers among the artists and low income housing. Her in Santa Cruz; Selma Spector, Rent Kent Mesplay are squaring off for one candidates - Paparian, a former Pasa- issues including ending the war, im- Stabilization Board in Alameda Coun- nomination, and the right to meet in- dena mayor, successfully represented peaching Bush, fighting Global Warm- ty; Emily Drennen, BART in San Fran- cumbent Democrat Sen. Dianne Fein- an environmentalist and anti-war activ- ing, ending the death penalty and cisco and Ginny-Marie Case, stein in November. Chretien, the ist wrongly accused of domestic terror- healthcare for everyone. Neighborhood Council, Los Angeles. co-author of the “College Not Combat” ism. Paparian wants the U.S. out of Iraq now and says members of Congress Local Races: should “stand up to this rogue adminis- Register Green Focus tration.” Kravitz, a constitutional law Although the number may grow, at professor in Sacramento, who, like Pa- least 14 Greens are running for local And parian is also a civil rights lawyer says office so far in 2006, from mayor, Editors: his primary goal would be to “defend county supervisor and city council to • Don Boring the constitution” by attacking the school board. Two registered Greens Vote • Larry Cafiero administration’s war on terrorism as a are running for office of Mayor - Chip fraud, and using the war as an “excuse” McAuley (Sonoma), Gayle McLaugh- GREEN! Editorial Staff and Board: • Europa Babbini • Stuart Bechman Please Contact and SUPPORT our Green Candidates • Jim Barton Constitutional Offices Contact Information: State Senate Contact • Andrew Nguyen Peter Camejo, Governor: [email protected] • Robyn Oetinger Donna Warren, Lt. 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We Donna Spring (Berkeley): [email protected] look for maximum of 800 Gabrielle Weeks (Long Beach): http://www.workwithweeks.com/issues.htm words on Letters or articles jo. (Mr. Nader rejected the prospect of presidential candidate with at least a a Green nomination in 2004.) They small chance of winning. The authors Letters To The Editor claim that the Cobb/LaMarche nomina- of "Which Way Forward for the Green tion drove the party to the fringe, since Party?" are unable to admit this, and More on Cobb, the GDI tions of a party official who obstructed Cobb/LaMarche drew only a fraction of have therefore launched a hunt for and the Tulsa Convention the Green Party's national nominees' 1% on Election Day. But scapegoats, chief among whom are names from appearing on the Utah bal- Nader/Camejo, while gaining a lot party leaders who supported To the Editor, lot. The Green Party makes support for more votes than Cobb/LaMarche, also Cobb/LaMarche. its national nominees a condition for received less than 1%. Arguments As for the accusation that the Green In response to "Which Way For- state party affiliation. A political party about how the Green Party could have nomination was deliberately slanted to ward for the Green Party?" (Green Fo- has no obligation to reward members pulled a higher fraction of a percent or favor , the convention rules cus, December 2005), the authors give who sabotage its own presidential cam- might have even have surpassed one were ratified by an overwhelming ma- the impression that the three 'GDI pro- paigns. The Nader/Camejo campaign percent are a waste of time. jority of Green delegates, including posals' introduced at the 2005 national itself affirmed this principle when it The reason that both the Green many in states like California who fa- Green meeting in Tulsa failed to pass filed a lawsuit against the Michigan nominees and Nader/Camejo were vored the Nader ticket, and the nomina- because of an irrational fit of anti-de- Reform Party for refusing to place their nearly irrelevant has nothing to do with tion process adhered strictly to the mocracy in the Green National Com- names on the state ballot. Furthermore, the anything the Green Party decided in approved rules. The subheading of mittee (GNC). In fact, a 2/3 majority of the Utah faction's representative agreed 2004, or the candidates it nominated, or "Which Way Forward for the Green delegates defeated these proposals for a to participate in mediation, but no one whether the candidates pursued a 'safe- Party?" should perhaps be "We don't variety of reasons, including concern from the faction showed up for the states' vs. 'scorched-earth' strategy. like the outcome -- the convention must that they might disempower their own mediation session or bothered to ex- (Contrary to the article's claim that Mr. have been rigged!" state Green Parties. Many Green dele- plain why. The faction's bid for recog- Cobb ran a safe-state campaign and Mr. Ironically, Greens came out of gates favored parts of the proposals but nition is no longer an issue. Nader an all-out campaign, the two ran 2004 as heroes, not because of the elec- claimed that the wording was weak, and Other claims in the article are mixed-message campaigns: Mr. Cobb tion itself, but because David Cobb have expressed hope that the proposals equally specious. The split between campaigned in swing states as well as (working with Libertarian nominee Mi- be rewritten and reintroduced. Others Cobb and Nader supporters in 2004 has safe states, while Mr. Nader occasion- chael Badnarik) initiated the Ohio and were turned off by the anger, guilt-trip- nothing to do with one side being lib- ally encouraged safe-state voting.) New Mexico recount campaigns, after ping, and aggressive tactics of the pre- eral and the other radical; numerous It had everything to do with the fact Kerry quickly conceded and Dems sat senters. 'radicals' in the party favored the Cobb that most voters who might have other- on their thumbs, in the wake of wide- Some delegates voted them down ticket, numerous 'liberals' favored Mr. wise voted for antiwar, anticorporate spread complaints of vote obstruction because they believed that the present- Nader. David Cobb has indeed spoken third party candidates instead made it and manipulation in these and other ers were motivated by desire for retali- at PDA events -- not to assist progres- their first priority to evict George W. states. The recount paid off in terms of ation for the 2004 nomination of David sive Democrats' attempts to rehabilitate Bush from the White House, which new respect for Greens and a surge of Cobb and Pat LaMarche as national their party, but to offer the Green Party meant holding one's nose and voting for donations to the Green Party. candidates. Lots of Greens have dis- as the inevitable alternative for progres- despite all the best argu- As page 7 of the December Green agreed with the party over the years, sive Dems growing alienated from a ments against ABB ('Anybody But Focus said, “You must be the change including many who preferred Ralph party that more and more rejects them. Bush') from Greens and Naderites. you want to see in the world.” Nader to Mr. Cobb in 2004 but who Since a 2004 survey showed that a A more productive approach would (Mahatma Gandhi) We must be gentle reject these methods. Retaliation is not strong plurality (42%) of Greens once have been to work around this reality, and loving with each other, not angry an effective strategy for building a par- considered themselves progressive to admit that 2004 was simply not go- and aggressive. ty; it's more typical of the sectarian Dems, this is a vital strategy. Mr. ing to be a productive year for Greens Readers can follow news about the behavior of some members of left par- Cobb's speeches at PDA events are no at the national level, because of external Green Party of the US by visiting ties of the late 20th century, whose more traitorous to third party aspira- forces, and instead to concentrate on http://www.gp.org internal schisms and purges prevented tions than Ralph Nader's meetings with campaigns at state and local levels -- them from ever achieving popular suc- and campaign advice for John Kerry in i.e., not to tie the destiny of the Green Scott McLarty cess. 2004. (Medea Benjamin has actively Party to a single election in a single (Media Coordinator of the Green Party For all the article's complaints helped PDA raise money; however, Ms. election year. The Green Party does not of the , but the opinions about Greens selling out to Democrats, Benjamin is neither a Green candidate exist solely to run presidential candi- expressed above are his own) one of the authors of the proposals, or party official, so she is not account- dates; rather, it runs presidential candi- Steve Greenfield, left the Green Party... able to the party.) dates for strategic purposes like Budd Dickinson to reregister Democrat in order to com- The article's authors represent a advancing the party's agenda publicly, (CA GPUS delegate) pete with Sen. Hillary Clinton in the group of Greens that continues to blame assisting state and local campaigns, and New York primary in 2006. This is the party for having nominated David helping state parties achieve ballot sta- exactly what Dems have been trying to Cobb and Pat LaMarche instead of en- tus. That's the reality of national poli- persuade Greens to do all along -- to dorsing Ralph Nader and Peter Came- tics until the Green Party can run a keep electoral politics within the Dem- ocratic fold. We wish Steve success in his campaign, but as Greens we're skep- tical that any meaningful challenge can take place within the two-party system. The Steering Committee and GNC had good reason to rebuff a representa- tive of the Utah faction who showed up and demanded that he be seated and given the right to vote at the Tulsa meeting, replacing the already recog- nized Utah delegates. He and his sup- porters have claimed that his faction has been given official ballot status by the state of Utah. In fact, there are already at least two state-recognized Green Parties (in Virginia and Mis- souri) that have no connection with the Green Party of the United States and do not meet the party's qualifications for affiliation. The Green Party doesn't base affiliation on recognition by a state government, nor does it automatically recognize persons who show up at na- tional meeting claiming a right to be recognized as 'state parties' -- if it did, what's to prevent any outside group from calling itself Green and demand- ing recognition? Many Green delegates in Tulsa took a dim view of the Utah faction because its members supported the ac- Green Governance, or Green Complaints In The Streets Opinion impulses of personal greed and expedi plain) and real grassroots democracy, America, then we must speak in a tone ency. including people who disagree with us. that many people find reasonable, and Political stunts – and particularly save the shrill and angry voice for lim- By Roger Gray 1. Remember that Greens Are public demonstrations of anger and dis- ited purposes. Governing pleasure – are a tried and true tactic in A recent and heated discussion American politics. And the less influ- 3. You Be the Government over a Green public event made me In my fairly progressive hometown, ence a party or candidate has, the more realize that many of my Green col- Pasadena, California, I tend not to men- extreme the tactic needed to get the It’s easy to complain that the govern- leagues think of the party as a group of tion my political registration. This message across. ment is doing things wrong. Dare to be outsiders, whose best tactic is loud and works out okay because the local elec- the government. You don’t have to run raucous complaining. To be success- tions are non-partisan, and people tend 2. Behave Like Someone Already for office to be the government! ful, we, as a party need to move beyond to look at personality and issues over In Charge Every city and county has ap- this outsider mindset. party labels. pointed committee and commission In 1998 we had a Green City Coun- Imagine if a Republican coun- openings. Many go unfilled. To be- Governing v. Complaining cilman, but no one realized it. The cilmember participated in a parade, come a commissioner one must win greenest (small “g”) Councilmember dressed as a rude caricature of many of only one “vote,” that of one council Greens need to discover the differ- now sitting, campaigned on a bike. I her constituents? member. As often as not, its just a ence between governing and merely think he might be a Republican, but I What if a Democrat called other matter of filing out a form – since no criticizing or complaining. don’t know. Likewise, our Mayor, who elected officials rude names and made one else has applied for the post, and As a party, we must learn to take up issued a Car Free Pasadena Day procla- himself so isolated from most of the the elected has forgotten to fill it! the reins of power, or we will all remain mation is a retired lawyer for a major other electeds that he was ineffectual on Big donors have access to politi- in a world controlled by the two big bank; I think he might be registered council? cians, but they are usually too busy to parties. Democrat. Again, I don’t know. What if a Green candidate de- serve on city commissions. These jobs It is a choice of maturing as a Since I do not have to mention my scribed decent, upright folks who hap- go to local activists and neighborhood political party that speaks to people party affiliation, local other Greens pened to work for corporate employers folks. Might as well be Green activists. beyond our registered core, or serving and I can gain creditability among as “dupes of the capitalists?” Appointed commissioners not only as the noisy rabble to make ineffectual based on our ideas, and not get labeled If Greens want to get elected we have access to the political process, Democrats seem like a reasonable with the “fringe” and “outsider” and need to avoid alienating voters and gov- they directly influence and sometimes choice for moderates. “nutcase” tags that traditionally attach erning officials from other parties. make the basic governing decisions. Greens are used to being outsiders to all third-parties. And that means, I have talked to many non-Greens The Green Party has a future; we in America. We tend to feel excluded eventually, when one or more of us in an effort to double registration in our provide voters a choice, for a change. from the halls of power, and marginal- non-partisan Green office holders has local area; most express sympathy with But not if we fail to make ourselves ized by the mainstream media. The idea developed a political base across party Green ideas, but are loathe to be offi- worthy of governing. of running the government may seem lines, that a Green can get elected to a cially associated with a group known as laughable to many Greens, but it can be partisan, state office. outsiders, with no apparent clue about Roger Gray is an appointed Transpor- done! Provided, that is, that we have governing. tation Commissioner in Pasadena, Cal- Here are three suggestions, to help taken care to associate the Green party That is not to say that satire as a ifornia, and a member of the Arroyo us take the next step, to begin to reshape with good ideas, inclusive and mea- tactic is out, or that being Green Seco Greens local. He can be reached our government institutions to serve the sured approaches to issues, the ability shouldn’t also be fun. But if Greens at [email protected] common good, not merely the worst to affectively govern (not just com want to lead the way to a new and better Political Corruption: A Message From The California Green Party bill has passed the Assembly, and is difference. ers, environmental justice, health care moving forward in the state Senate. The Green Party of California will and other areas where the major politi- Editorial A previous version of this bill, continue to pressure the Legislature, as cal parties have failed. Help us end AB 583, was met with stiff opposition we did with AB 583, to do the right political corruption and level the politi- Political corruption. It's something by Green Party of thing to ensure your vote, and that of cal playing field for Greens. we hear about nearly every day now. California legislative all of the 150,000 registered Greens in We can only do this if we have your Republicans are resigning - and some watchdogs, who noted it so strongly the state counts more than ever! financial support for the Green Party of have been jailed - because they have favored public funding for only the It's this kind of work that we do - California. Your generous contribution, been caught with their hands in the Democratic and Republican parties that sometimes behind the scenes, and usu- as always, is not only needed, but ap- proverbial "cookie jar." The Democrats it would create an even larger disparity ally without big fanfare - that your con- preciated. Please go to Greens website play in the same sandbox. between them and the smaller tributions help fund. Our resources also at www.cagreens.org to contribute. As a newspaper reporter at the State parties. The committee analysis of the go to work on raising the minimum Capitol, the GPCA press secretary, bill agreed with us. wage for California's lowest-paid work- Thank you. Cres Vellucci, said he watched as wads After the Green Party of California of cash from special interests were loudly complained, the bill was hand-delivered to lawmakers on the re-written, resulting in a full floor of the Senate! He later quit his endorse- ment by the GPCA, as noted job as a Capitol Correspondent be- in this statement: cause, in large part, he said he didn't "AB 583 is a perfect opportunity want to be associated, even as a report- for the CA legislature to demonstrate its er, with this obscene political dedication to removing special interest greed. He then re-registered Green. money as an influence in state elec- The Green Party of California is tions. Funding candidates through a helping to end the corruption of politics strict qualifying process guarantees at the State Capitol. By monitoring, public money will fund only serious and helping rewrite "clean money" leg- and qualified candidates, including islation in California, the Green Party Greens." of California is playing a vital role in Green Party candidates could re- changing this system that will benefit ceive tens of thousands, up to millions our candidates, and the 63 Greens al- of dollars under this reform legislation. ready holding office in the state. With the promise of public funding, Our work will increase the chances for Assembly and Senate races as well of victory for Green Party candidates as statewide offices, including competing against money-driven Re- Gover- nor, Green Party candidates publicans and Democrats, who spend will be more competitive millions of dollars each election by than ever before - shamelessly allowing themselves to be tens of thousands of dollars could be bought and paid for by special interest made available for Green Party legisla- monies. tive candidates, and millions of dollars The California Clean Money and for our gubernatorial candidate. Fair Elections Act would allow public The legislation doesn't end political funding of Green Party candidates. The corruption, or the unfair competition Future Focus At Forefront of San Diego Green Party Gathering After a lunch break we all recon- By Lizlo Conner, vened for the first of two afternoon San Diego Green Party sessions. Session one was dedicated to sifting through the ideas we had gener- LA JOLLA They began to arrive ated in the morning and trying to struc- around 8:30 —the morning air was ture the information in such a way that brisk, and the chill was not yet off the we could begin to grapple with it. Bob scenic bungalow overlooking the ocean Nanninga noticed that all of our ideas in La Jolla. But come they did, and by could be broadly classified into four 9:00 nearly two dozen of San Diego’s categories: administrative duties, media key Green activists were assembled for outreach, membership outreach, and an all-day “Future Focus” retreat de- activism. The recognition of this latent signed to set the course for the Green structure gave us all a much needed Party of San Diego County for the im- means to organize our thinking. After a mediate future. time it became clear that some sort of The morning began over a break- consensus was beginning to emerge on fast of bagels, toast, spreads and fruit as some topics. We all agreed we needed these committed greens first introduced at least one major fund raiser this year, themselves, their primary areas of inter- that membership outreach was critical est, and their expectations for the day. if our group was to grow and remain When the introductions were over, vital, that the election of Green candi- a marathon brainstorming session — dates to local office was fundamental to ably mediated by Grant Cameron — our function as a political party, and ensued, in which participants were that several people were passionate San Diego Greens, seen above, attracted almost two dozen people to a meet- asked to talk about what they felt the about media issues, electoral reform, ing geared to brainstorming the best ways to promote the party in their county. priorities of GPSD should be for the and the peace movement. next two years, and how we could best We took one more break, during port. It was decided that most found several areas in which we could deploy our limited resources to achieve which several of the participants took administrative function was already the all agree to move forward and work these goals. Ideas ranged from the spe- advantage of our spectacular location to purview of the County Council, so not together. cific, such as collecting signatures to walk down to Scripps Pier and back, any specifically ‘administrative’ body Many of us were heartened by the help the living wage initiative qualify taking in the magnificent view of the was recommended. fact that consensus was achievable — for the ballot, presenting resolutions to Pacific ocean and the day’s glorious We decided that working to put the in fact, every item that we had time to every city council in the county asking weather. living wage initiative on the ballot see through the complete process did them to adopt ranked choice voting The third session was devoted to would complement our efforts in re- reach consensus. In many ways the methods, and building an active speak- developing a concrete plan for our cruiting new members and raising our take-home message for us was that con- ers’ bureau, to the more general, such as County for the next year. We went profile in the community, so we agreed sensus takes a lot longer than the deci- “increase our visibility,” and “focus on around the table, and each person had a to support the signature gathering effort. sion processes we have become used to things that have tangible results for the chance to place proposals on the table. We also recommended that the fi- in the wider world, but that in the end it community,” to the visionary, such as Rather than treating each proposal nance committee create a subcommittee is time well spent. “identify a strategy that pulls people as it came up, we went through only the to plan a major fund raiser, and that the The difficulties commonly experi- together,” and “Tell our story — lever- clarifying questions phase of discourse, Lagoon Greens prepare a detailed pro- enced with consensus are often brought age our influence.” leaving concerns and affirmations for posal for hosting the Green Alliance on by trying to make the process con- Within a short time, a large white later. In several instances, the asking of conference in September. The remain- form to the clock. We met in the morn- board was completely filled with very clarifying questions resulted in a pro- der of our proposals ran short on time, ing with no set agenda, and gave every small printing; it was clear that a short- cess of revision and collaboration that but with luck we will pursue them and item the time that it took to run its age of good ideas would not be a prob- effectively dealt with many concerns eventually bring them before the gen- course naturally, and although we had lem from which this group would not before they ever arose. eral membership for approval. items “left over” at the end, it seemed suffer. On the contrary, the rest of the Unfortunately, we ran out of time At the end of the day, all the partic- that if we were to meet again, we would day would be dedicated to paring down before we were able to consense on all ipants went home with a feeling of ac- be able to successully conclude the pro- the ideas we had generated to a man- of the proposals on the table, but we did complishment and a renewed sense of cess to everyone’s satisfaction. ageable number. affirm a great many that will be pre- purpose. Although at 10:30 in the On balance, the day itself was an When it seemed that everyone had sented to our general membership in morning, our task seemed herculean, affirmation of green process as well as exhausted their supply of new ideas and March. We created working groups for and it seemed that consensus might not green values, and I wouldn’t be sur- were beginning to revisit ones that were media outreach, finance, membership, be possible given such an open-ended prised to see the Green Party of San already listed on the board, it became electoral reform, peace and social jus- task and such a diverse set of view- Diego make this an annual event. clear that it was time to move on. tice, and candidate recruitment and sup- points, by 4:00 that afternoon we had Opinion Proposition 13 is Killing California By Wes Rolley Santa Clara County, and with it the tax layoffs for next year, we find that there burden, was divided about 50/50 be- is no way make things work except by When Proposition 13 was imple- tween single family residential – con- raising sales tax revenue buying more mented in 19778-78, it was heralded as dominium owners and business or other things that we don't really need. . While the way to save the family home. No collective ownership. In the Santa Clara business complain about the lack of more would home owners, especially County Assessors's latest Annual Re- well educated workers, the burden of seniors on fixed incomes, be forced to port covering 2005-2006 fiscal year, supporting our schools falls increas- move or to sell their homes just to avoid that division has shifted to 67% of the ingly on the home owner and California tax increases. Since that is approxi- tax burden falling on the home owner Schools rank near the bottom in terms mately the time that I purchased my and only 33% falling on other holders. of per capita student funding. home in Morgan Hill, I have had the In many cases, this might only be Something just does not make benefit of Proposition 13 for a long time. because businesses have been better sense out of this. While the Howard Now, we are not only dealing with positioned to take advantage of Propo- Jarvis folks continue to agitate for less the benefits of Proposition 13, but also sition 8 rules to lower their evaluations. and less taxes for the home owner, they the problems of Proposition 8. Between In other cases it has been possible for are letting the rest get off with not car- the two, they have opened up enough business interests to change ownership rying their fair share. The Jarvis folks loop holes for corporations and other gradually so as to never trigger the sale don't want to talk about real estate taxa- businesses that our Governor could of a property and its revised assessment. tion on businesses. Now, they are at it Howard Jarvis, seen above was founder of the Howard Jarvis Taxpay- drive his Hummer through, as he fa- The net result is the fact that we, the again, proclaiming on their web site a : mously chided Ariana Huffington in ers Association, he spearheaded Prop- home owners are being asked to pay “Huge threat to Prop. 13. Silicon osition 13, the property tax-cutting one debate. more and more or to give up services. Valley tax raisers would dismantle tax- initiative in California in 1978 which The result of these loopholes and While the City of Morgan Hill is run- payer protectionsâ€?. slashed property taxes by fifty-seven other measures is a change in who bears ning a deficit, the development commu- It is truly time to revisit both Prop- percent and initiated a national tax re- the burden of local, real estate based nity is walking around smiling. While osition 13 volt. The Jarvis Taxpayers Association taxation. In 1977-78, the valuation in Santa Clara County is talking about and Propo- Continued on Page 6 can be found at: http://www.hjta.org/ Safeguarding the Ballot Box Should Be Our Number One Goal

To create a basis for confidence and inherent uncertainty; a reform platform we shift the balance of power between ensure conclusive outcomes will re- is needed to create a basis for confi- the government and We The People. Opinion quire more than one kind of election dence; and We The People are chal- That shift is my working definition of reform. The VCR contains an election lenging the assumption of our Consent. non-violent revolution, with credit to reform platform created to meet these The VCR says that when election Rebecca Solnit’s Hope In The Dark. By Dave Berman criteria. conditions prevent conclusive out- As we shatter the assumption of comes, the Consent of the Governed is Consent we take a position of non- With the reprehensible behavior of not being sought. According to the recognition. We deny both the Republican BushCo crowd, 1) voting processes owned and op- Declaration of Independence, the “just the government’s claim to legitimacy. and the lethargic do nothing response erated entirely in the public domain, and Power” of the government derives from This must be supported by other acts of of the Democrats to a wholesale assault 2) clean money laws to keep all the Consent of the Governed. This non- cooperation and non- on 'life as we have know it' in these corporate funds out of campaign fi- Consent should not be assumed or compliance. We The People will have great United States, it is time we took nancing, and taken for granted. Yet as long as we to enable our local leaders to choose back our country at the ballot box. And 3) a voter verified paper ballot for stay plugged into the current power to stand with their communities, in to do so requires having confidence in a every vote cast and additional uniform structure, our Consent is given, how- defiance of the federal government, voting methodology that protects the standards determined by a non-partisan ever begrudgingly. The VCR is a unit- rather than allowing con- tinued harm people against corporate hackers who nationally recognized commission, and ed, community-level way to begin to the community through can guarantee elections to the highest 4) declaring election day a national municipal civil disobedience. This is loyalty to the empire. bidder. holiday, and about non-recognition as well as non- Secret prisons. Torture. War Last fall I wrote a white paper 5) counting all votes publicly and cooperation and non-compliance. crimes. It is no longer valid to assume called Blueprint For Peaceful Revolu- locally in the presence of citizen wit- We have already begun to see some they would never do that. All bets are tion found on the website at: nesses and credentialed members of the of this municipal civil disobedience. off. Non-violent revolution is neces- (http://tinyurl.com/au2pj). “Blueprint” media, and Monroe County, PA ignored the Help sary, NOW! Those who are ready for a describes context, talking points, 6) equal time provisions to be re- America Vote Act deadline, citing an serious conversation about how we will memes and the broader view of how stored by the media along with a mea- unfunded mandate, and refusing to do this are invited to a town hall forum We The People can catalyze large scale surable increase in local, public control spend taxpayer money on election ma- in Eureka, CA on Saturday, Feb. 11, change using the Voter Confidence of the airwaves, and chines. Utah declared local education 2pm, at the Veterans Memorial Hall on Resolution, known as the acronymn 7) presidential debates containing a standards trump No Child Left Behind. 10th/H St. If you’re not in Humboldt, (VCR): http://tinyurl.com/amryg. minimum of three candidates, run by a Who will be the first to adopt the VCR consider ways to expand this conversa- So far only Arcata, CA has adopted non-partisan commission comprised of and say plainly: we don’t recognize the tion in your community. You can start the VCR. By the end of this article, I representatives of publicly owned me- legitimacy of this government? by circulating the Voter Confidence hope you’ll be ready to help your com- dia outlets, and As more communities embrace the Resolution: http://tinyurl.com/amryg. munity join the peaceful revolution. 8) preferential voting and propor- VCR we will move closer to shattering Ask the question. The bedrock of the VCR is simple tional representation to replace the win- the assumption of Consent. We can do Dave Berman is an author, speaker but massive: current election condi- ner-take-all system for federal this by repeating this question: Has the and workshop facilitator. He co- tions ensure inconclusive outcomes and elections; Consent of the Governed been with- founded the Voter Confidence Com- provide no basis for confidence in the Local control is a strong theme in drawn, YET? The tone of inevitability mittee of Humboldt County, CA and he results reported. Around the country, the peaceful revolution and so items presumes not if, but when. It may take writes the GuvWurld Blog found on the paperless electronic voting will contin- within the VCR’s reform platform are 25, 50, 100 or more resolutions, but at http://guvwurld.blogspot.com). ue, as will vote counting using secret likely to vary as more communities some point, the consensus answer will proprietary software made by partisan adopt their own customized versions. switch from NO, to YES, the Consent Dave Berman recently published his corporations. These unverifiable votes Arcata’s resolution is a template for of the Governed HAS been withdrawn. first book, "We Do Not Consent." cannot be recounted, guaranteeing we other communities. The key ideas that This is a process by which we can Download it for free on the web at: will never have unanimous acceptance should be left intact are: current condi- manufacture a tipping point, one where http://tinyurl.com/rlnr2. of the results. tions ensure inconclusive results and

Continued From Pg. 5 this to the Morgan Hill Times as an Op Commission.. He switched to Prop 13 Killing California Ed Column. They seem to have chosed the Green Party on returning from sition 8 and to close the loopholes. have from government and then how not to run it. So, it is now posted here assig ment in Japan in 1993 and Maybe we can not roll things back to we are going to fund them. But keeping on my bog site which can be seen at: finding that his Republican Party had the way they were, but we surely the status as it is forces governments http://www.refpub.com/Reflections/. left him. He supports the should be able to find a way to fund into making short range decisions for The results that were documented for Green Party through his editorial City and County Government without short range revenue gain when they Santa Clara County have also been doc- writing and by maintaing three putting such a heavy tax burden on should be making decisions with a umented in San Francisco and Los An- blogs: The Rural Green Caucus, young families who are buying their view on the sustainability of specific geles Counties. California Greening and his personal first new home. economic development and the long Wes Rolley is a resident of Morgan pet project, PomboWatch. Visit Yes, we have to make hard deci- term health of the community. Hill, Santa Clara County where he has this interesting site at sions about what services we want to On November 1, 2005, I submittted served on the Parks and Recreation www.refpub.com/pombowatch/ In his Bush/Cheney Have Disgraced Their Office; They Should Resign

By Ralph Nader crimes who have hijacked our national tracting and training more terrorists making such transparently specious ar- government. from more countries who will return to guments as "good soldiers", the over- Richard Cohen, the finely-cali- An illegal, criminal war means that their nations and cause trouble. Many whelming position of legal scholars is brated syndicated columnist for the every related U.S. death and injury, national security experts have said, in that Bush and Cheney have violated Washington Post, wrote a column on every related Iraqi civilian death and effect, you do not fight terrorists with grave laws protecting the liberties of the October 28, 2004 which commenced injury, every person tortured, every policies that produce more terrorists. American people. with this straight talk: "I do not write home and building destroyed become Now comes the most recent, blatant The crime, says Professor David the headlines for my columns. Some- war crimes as a result - under estab- impeachable offense - Bush ordering Cole of Georgetown Law School, is one else does. But if I were to write the lished international law. the spying on Americans in our country "punishable by five years in prison." headline for one, it would be 'Impeach There are those on talk radio or by the National Security Agency. This Professor Jonathan Turley of George George Bush'." cable shows who scoff at international disclosure stunned many N.S.A. staff Washington University Law School Cohen stated the obvious then. law. They rarely tell their audiences who themselves view domestic surveil- said that the President ordered such a Bush and Cheney had plunged the na- that the United States has played a key lance as anathema, according to Mat- crime and ordered US officials to com- tion into war "under false pretenses." role in establishing these treaties, like thew M. Aid, a current historian of the mit it..this is a serious felony..what hap- Exploiting the public trust in the Presi- the Geneva Conventions, and the agency. pened here is not just a violation of dency, Bush had persuaded, over the United Nations Charter. When these Domestic eavesdropping on Amer- Federal law, it's a violation of the U.S. uncritical mass media, day after day, treaties are agreed to by the U.S. gov- icans by order of the President to the Constitution.an impeachable offense." before the war, a majority of the Amer- ernment, they become as binding as our National Security Agency violates the It matters not that a Republican- ican people that Saddam Hussein pos- federal laws. 27-year-old Foreign Intelligence Sur- dominated Congress has no present in- sessed chemical, biological weapons By these legal standards and by the veillance Act unless they obtain a war- terest in moving to impeach Bush- and nuclear weapons programs, was requirements of the U.S. Constitution rant from the Foreign Intelligence Cheney. What matters is that impeach- connected to al-Qaeda and 9/11 and (Article 1, Section 8, the war-declaring Surveillance Act (FISA) Court. This ment in this case - based on the author- was a threat to the United States. authority), George W. Bush and Dick court meets in secret and has rejected ity of Congress to charge the President These falsehoods, Cohen wrote, Cheney are probably the most impeach- only four out of 19,000 applications. and Vice President with "high crimes "are a direct consequence of the admin- able President and Vice President in So why did Bush violate this law and misdemeanors" - is a patriotic istration's repeated lies - lies of com- American history. An illegal war based and why does he defiantly say he will cause rooted in the wisdom of our mission, such as Cheney's statements, on lies, deceptions, cover-ups and their continue to order domestic spying as he founding fathers who did not want an- and lies of omission." repetition even after being told by offi- has since 2002? Not because the FISA other King George III in the guise of a Fourteen months later, no widely cials in their own administration - not Court is slow. It acts in a matter of President. syndicated columnist or major newspa- to mention critical retired generals, hours in the middle of the night if need As Senator Russell Feingold said a per editorial has called for the impeach- diplo- mats and security specialists - of be. The law actually permits surveil- few days ago: The President is not a ment of George W. Bush and Dick their falsity should have prodded the lance in emergencies as long as war- King, he is a President subject to the Cheney. Not even Cohen again. Yet the House of Representatives rants are requested within 72 hours or laws and Constitution of the land. Ap- case for impeachment is so strong that, into initiating im- 15 days in times of war. parently, George W. Bush seems to recently, hardly a day goes by without peachment proceedings. But then, Bush Bush violated the law because of believe and behave as if his unlimited more disclosures which strengthen any did not lie under oath about sex. the arrogance of power. Ostensibly, he inherited powers flow from King number of impeachable offenses that A majority of the American people believes that a vague Congressional George III, given the way he has could form a Congressional action un- have turned against this war-quagmire, resolution after 9/11 to fight al-Qaeda shoved aside both federal law and the der our Constitution. An illegal war, to against its intolerable human and eco- overrides this explicit federal law and nation's Constitution. begin with, against our Constitution nomic costs, against the increased dan- the Fourth Amendment to the Constitu- Both George W. Bush and Dick which says only Congress can declare ger this war is bringing to our nation's tion. Bush even claims he can unilater- Cheney should resign. They have dis- war. An illegal war under domestic interests. They want the soldiers to re- ally decide to domestically spy from the graced their office and bled the nation. laws, and international law, and con- turn safely home. In increasing num- inherent powers of the Presidency to They have shattered the public trust in ducted illegally under international bers they sense what Bush's own CIA fight wars. (To him Congressionally- so many serious ways that will only conventions to which the US belongs, Director, Porter Goss, told the U.S. undeclared wars are still wars). become worse in the coming months. should cause an outcry against this Senate last February. He noted, along Other than his legal flaks in the small clique of outlaws committing war with other officials since then, that U.S. White House and Justice Department Commentary Joaquin Delta Levee Breaks Blamed on Greed, Poor Planning and Cronyism With Big Money By Wes Rolley ing region in the United States, it supplies ger fired the entire board and replaced it level is rising, slightly, due to the melting Californians should not have needed the drinking water for 20 million people. with political appointees. It seems better of the polar ice caps, but still it is enough the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina and The loss of reliable, drinkable water from to spend a lot of money on levees than to to increase the erosion effects of waves the flooding of New Orleans to force us the Delta would have a devastating effect refrain from building in a flood plain. on the levees. to pay attention to things in our own state. on California's economy and the quality You can not expect much from the The are solutions available that do We had the flooding of the Jones Tract in of life of its citizens. In testimony before Democrats. The current favorite to face not required building Netherlands style 2004 that cost California nearly $100 the House Committee on Resources, Cal- Schwarzenegger in the general election dikes around then entire area. It does not Million in property damage, repair costs ifornia Secretary for Resources, Mike this year, Phil Angelides is a developer take a genius to understand that it is not a and lost income. In 1997, we had flood- Chrisman referred to a “ticking time himself whose company participated in good idea to build more housing on flood ing in the San Joaquin Valley that dam- bomb for flood management in Califor- the development of suburbs along La- prone land. It does take political will to aged or destroyed 30,000 homes and nia” guna Creek in Sacramento County flood go against the rich developers who con- 2,000 businesses. The response of our governments, plain areas. This from a company that tribute so much to our politicians: Angelo Why, then do I still read, as I did in a Federal, State and local have been pre- some have the audacity to call environ- Tsakopoulos made Phil Angelides. Tsa- Visalia Times-Delta editorial this week, dictable. No politician ever found a rea- mentally responsible. kopoulos and Angelides are major con- that “Tulare County's levee system is a son to do sound planning when you have Responses from the Federal Govern- tributors to Democratic officials, disaster waiting to happen, and no one is the opportunity to demonstrate that you ment have also been lacking. In Septem- including Feinstein. Alexander Spanos taking the lead in addressing it.” The facts are doing something about the problem ber, 2005, Governor Schwarzenegger and Fritz Grupe, both major Stockton that the Times-Delta brings to light would by calling for a major project. That is sent a letter to Senator Feinstein and Rep- area developers with plans for delta be frightening at any time, but given the exactly what Governor Schwarzenegger resentative Pombo that identifies 12 pri- tracts, are major supporters of Pombo. examples that we have, border on the is doing with his planned infrastructure ority projects where federal funding was As long as our politicians are funded criminally irresponsible. bond issue. This calls for $68 Billion to required to avoid a New Orleans style by developers with a vested interest in Most of California's vast levee sys- be spent on roads, new school construc- disaster. Feinstein and Pombo took a lot developing the cheapest flood prone tems are maintained by local, under- tion, water development and levee repair. of credit for doing very little. When this lands and then having the tax payers pick funded Levee Protections Districts. As There are other solutions to the Del- year's Energy and Water bills passed up the tab to protect them, we are not the Times-Delta noted, the last steward of ta's problems that do not require big proj- through Congress and were signed into going to have sensible solutions to the one district retired this month at the age ects. It does not make sense to put new law, the Delta agencies, especially Fein- problems of safe and sustainable water of 80 and there is no one taking his place. housing in flood plains, yet that is exactly stein's favorite CalFed Project received supplies. As long as we are willing to Do not think that these are minor what is happening in the Central Valley. $750,000 to study the problem. settle for studies when low cost planning issues confronting a small city in a rural Since the floods on 1997, 30,800 new The land is the delta is sinking. In- solutions are easily implemented, we will county. The health of the water in the homes have been built in flood prone creased development and over pumping end up paying, again and again Sacramento – San Joaquin River system areas of San Joaquin County. When the of underground water increases the rate is arguably the single most important State Reclamation Board decided that of subsidence. The rate of subsidence on issue that we have. This water supply they would examine all new proposals for some Delta tracts is as high as 18 inches supports not only the largest food grow- building in the flood plain, Schwarzeneg- in ten years. We also know that the ocean The Ten Key Values of The Green Party 1. Grassroots Democracy system, one that can create jobs and tion and control with more cooperative 9. Personal and Global provide a decent standard of living for ways of interacting that respect differ- Responsibility Every human being deserves a say all people while maintaining a healthy ences of opinion and gender. Human in the decisions that affect their lives ecological balance. A successful eco- values such as equity between the sex- We encourage individuals to act to im- and not be subject to the will of another. nomic system will offer meaningful es, interpersonal responsibility, and prove their personal well-being and, at Therefore, we will work to increase work with dignity, while paying a honesty must be developed with moral the same time, to enhance ecological public participation at every level of “living wage” which reflects the real conscience. We should remember that balance and social harmony. We seek to government and to ensure that our pub- value of a person’s work. the process that determines our deci- join with people and organizations lic representatives are fully accountable Local communities must look to sions and actions is just as important as around the world to foster peace, eco- to the people who elect them. 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We seek to tives and public enterprises that ships across these lines. protect valuable natural resources, All persons should have the rights distribute resources and control to more We believe that the many diverse safely disposing of or “unmaking” all and opportunity to benefit equally from people through democratic participa- elements of society should be reflected waste we create, while developing a the resources afforded us by society and tion. in our organizations and decision-mak- sustainable economics that does not the environment. We must consciously ing bodies, and we support the leader- depend on continual expansion for sur- confront in ourselves, our organiza- 7. Feminism ship of people who have been vival. We must counterbalance the tions, and society at large, barriers such traditionally closed out of leadership drive for short-term profits by assuring as racism and class oppression, sexism We have inherited a social system roles. We acknowledge and encourage that economic development, new tech- and homophobia, ageism and disability, based on male domination of politics respect for other life forms than our nologies, and fiscal policies are respon- which act to deny fair treatment and and economics. We call for the replace- own and the preservation of biodiver- sible to future generations who will equal justice under the law. ment of the cultural ethics of domina- sity. inherit the results of our actions. 3. Ecological Wisdom

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