Colorado Green officials, officeholders prepare for 2009-2010
From Tanya Ishikawa at Your Hub Denver:
Thornton resident D’Lallo elected to lead Greens
Contributed by: Tanya Ishikawa on 7/21/2009The Green Party of Colorado elected Tony D’Lallo of Thornton as co-chair at its Annual Meeting on July 15. D’Lallo is a teacher at Vantage Point High School in Adams Twelve Five Star Schools, a board member on the Thornton Arts, Sciences, Humanities Council, and a fellow in the Center for Progressive Leadership.
The state Green Party is led by two co-chairs, and incumbent Claire Ryder of Denver was re-elected to continue her duties with the party. Dan Sage of the Arapahoe County Greens was re-elected as state treasurer and Eric Fried of the Poudre Valley Greens was re-elected as state secretary.
The 2009 state meeting of the Colorado Greens was held via phone and Internet through www.gotomeeting.com as a way of lowering its environmental impact and minimizing the event’s carbon footprint. Thousands of pounds of greenhouse gasses were avoided by not having members drive across the state to one meeting location.
Former state co-chair Dave Chandler of Arvada organized the state meeting, before stepping down. Other meeting business included election of Victor Forsythe, Tom Kelly, Claire Ryder and Charlie Green (alternate) as National Committee Delegates. All elected positions holdone year terms.
Members of the Green Party of Colorado hold nine elected offices across the state. In the metro area, Tanya Ishikawa is a Councilmember in Federal Heights and Peter Gleichman is Mayor of Ward. To the southeast, Charlie Green is a Boardmember in Fremont County School District RE-3. Jeffrey Bergeron is a Member of Breckenridge Town Council, and Scott Chaplin is a Trustee on the Carbondale Board of Trustees. To the southwest, officials are San Miguel County County Commissioner Art Goodtimes, Dolores Town Boardmember Wendy Mimiaga, Cortez City Councilman Matt Keefauver, and Norwood Town Boardmember Michelle Haynes.
“I acknowledge that our current office holders face some tough challenges over the next few years with budget cuts and weakened infrastructure,” stated new Colorado Green co-chair D’Lallo. “These tough challenges require serious attention to the immediate needs of our schools, neighborhoods, towns, cities, and state. We will need Green Party members and our progressive and radical allies to work at the grassroots level both serving communities and building coalitions.”
For information about the Green Party of Colorado, go to: http://www.coloradogreenparty.org/ or call state co-chair Tony D’Lallo at 303-428-6677.
