Ralph Nader is 75 years old today. Happy Birthday, Mr. Nader!

(ht:ben m.)

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One thing that separates the Green Party from other parties is the Four Pillars, which make the foundation of the international green movement. These four pillars are, Ecological Wisdom, Grassroots Democracy, Social Justice and Non-violence.
In addition to these four, the Green Party in the United States has adopted six more, including Community Based Economics. [...]

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The Chicago Tribune has endorsed a candidate in the Republican primary to replace President Obama’s Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. In the reporting of that endorsement the Tribune said that they reached out to all the Green Party candidates, interviewed two of them, and declined to make an endorsement in that primary.
The Chicago Sun-Times [...]

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In addressing the issue of water in the West we must be willing to address that prior solutions have not addressed the core problem. Today, we continue to base solutions through increasing supplies. In the past, it has been simply a matter of addressing increased demand for water by increasing the supply combined with conservation. [...]

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Is the Green Party too rigid in its opposition to nuclear power? Is nuclear power a safe alternative to fossil fuel? Are the Green Party concerns about the long term (seven generations) impact of nuclear power more important than the short term energy consumption needs of today’s generation?
Based on the interest in this [...]

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Former Alderman Pete Karas has formally entered the special election for Mayor of Racine, WI, an economically challenged community of 80,000 on Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Chicago.
He sent this video out today:

Karas is a life long resident of Racine and has been involved with the Green Party for years. Please check out [...]

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FBI Case Against Turner Unravels; Renewed call for Investigation of FBI Targeting
The FBI’s “cooperating witness” who is the foundation of the FBI attempt to convict Chuck Turner and Dianne Wilkerson of extortion has announced that he is no longer cooperating with the FBI. In a front page article in Friday’s Boston Globe, Ronald Wilburn [...]

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White-hot outrage cannot adequately describe Green reaction to revelations of children unjustly sent to PA juvenile detention centers on the orders of corrupt local judges.
Two Pennsylvania judges have pleaded guilty to earning millions by wrongfully sending teenagers to privately-run youth detention centers.
Prosecutors say Luzerne County Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan took $2.6 million [...]

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Green Party files Petition to Intervene in NRC licensing of Levy County Nuclear Plant,joins Nuclear Information and Resource Service to challenge deficiencies in Progress Energy Combined Operating License Application (COLA)
Gainesville, FL — On February 6, 2009 the Green Party of Florida (GPF, http://www.floridagreens.org) joined with the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS, http://www.nirs.org) and the [...]

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GREENS SLAM CULLERTON ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Green Party leaders in Illinois ripped Senate President John Cullerton’s comments opposing campaign finance reform in Illinois. According to Joseph Ryan of the Daily Herald, Cullerton told the newspaper’s editorial board that “he thinks Illinois’ wide-open campaign system is just fine” and that disclosure is all that is necessary. [...]

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It is a simple question really: “Should Pennsylvania give third parties the same ballot access requirements as Democrats and Republicans?”
And the people spoke:

ht: Brent M.

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Richard Carroll, the Green Party’s only state legislator in Arkansas, sought to join the state legislature’s Black Caucus and was denied. From an editorial in the Feb. 13 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:
It’s not easy being Green, but white’s harder if you want to be a member of the Legislature’s Black Caucus.
OK, so the wordplay is a [...]

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The search for one Republican vote necessary to approve a new budget for the State of California ended at 6:15 this morning. State Senator Abel Maldonado crossed party lines to vote with the Democrats in a deal that combines cuts in services, increases in taxation and borrowing to close a $40 billion deficit. The [...]

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According to this story in the Burlington Free Press, there are five candidates running for city council in Burlington, VT. The election is March 3. It appears that even in the races with more than two candidates the one with the most votes win rather than a run off or using instant runoff voting.
Howver in [...]

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After more than a year of therapies and effort, Paul Huntley Hess, my father-in-law, died February 10th. He died in his sleep, at home, with his wife of almost 60 years, his only daughter, and one of his grand daughters at his side.
I have always believed that we must be the change [...]

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