The Southtown Star has endorsed Illinois Green Party candidate for Cook County Board President Tom Tresser:
Tom Tresser tops his business cards with the message “Unbossed and unbought” in his quest to becomes the first third-party candidate to head the powerful Cook County Board of Commissioners. read more »
The Illinois Green Party has planned a party on Saturday 12 June to launch its Chicago campaign headquarters. From the facebook event Green Party Campaign HQ Kickoff Party:
The Green Party of Illinois is taking root in Chicago and opening our campaign headquarters right in the heart of Logan Square.
Join us as we celebrate our grand opening with our leading candidates: Jeremy Karpen (State Rep), Rich Whitney (Governor), LeAlan Jones (U.S. Senator), and Tom Tresser (Cook County Board President).
Meet our candidates and your green-minded neighbors. There will be information about the Green Party and our various campaign volunteer opportunities, as well as yummy snacks! read more »
Travis Truitt at Chicago Public Radio reports Illinois Green Party candidate for Cook County Board President Tom Tresser’s take on his Democratic opponent’s budget claims:
Toni Preckwinkle’s opponents for Cook County board president are blasting her for saying a sales tax rollback wouldn’t come until at least 2012.
Neither the Republican nor Green Party candidates believe Preckwinkle’s estimates on the county’s budget shortfall. She says the deficit could be as high as $500 million. And that means a sales tax cut might have to wait…
Green Party candidate Tom Tresser says Preckwinkle has “fallen into the Democratic Machine’s game of inflate and run.”
TRESSER: I’d stick to my guns to make the cuts that I promised and will continue to promise in this campaign, including a forensic audit on all aspects of the county’s business.
Tom Tresser, the Illinois Green Party’s candidate for Cook County Board President, has been regularly producing campaign videos for his youtube channel. Check out his latest videos at Tom Tresser’s youtube channel.
Tresser is running for Cook County President, Whitney for Governor, and Jones for US Senate from IL.
Why Are Green Party Candidates Better? from Tom Tresser on Vimeo.
From Rich Whitney for Governor on facebook:
Chicago’s 55th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be a little bit Greener than years past, but Rich Whitney needs your enthusiasm to paint Chicago a different shade of politics!
The Whitney for Governor campaign will need festive parade marchers and canvassers to greet hundreds of folks, to gather their contact information, and to get them excited about empowering Illinois with its first Green governor! Candidates LeAlan Jones (U.S. Senate) and Tom Tresser (Cook County Board President) will also be present. Let’s recreate Patrick’s sainthood by driving the snakes out of Springfield!
If you would like to participate in the parade, please contact: read more »
I’m sure many candidates have been burned by inane election petition rules when it comes to turning all those signatures in to your local election official. Maybe you didn’t bind your petitions correctly? Maybe you didn’t number your petitions sheets correctly?
Don’t get burned! Know the rules thoroughly and consult with your local election official or someone who has turned in petitions before about how to go about it correctly.
Illinois Green Party Chair, Phil Huckelberry, gives a glimpse of what sort of rules a candidate in Illinois must abide by when turning in petitions. Thanks to Green Party Cook County Board President candidate Tom Tresser for the video.
From the Illinois Green Party:
MEDIA ALERT
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009Patrick Kelly
Media Coordinator, Illinois Green Party
773-809-4547
media@ilgp.orgPhil Huckelberry
Illinois Green Party Chair
309-268-9974
phil.huckelberry@ilgp.orgIL GREEN PARTY TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE AT STATE CAPITOL
The Illinois Green Party will hold a press conference at the State Capitol’s “Blue Room” at 2 p.m. on Monday, November 2, 2009, to discuss candidate filings for the 2010 primary, and other issues.
The press conference will feature ILGP Chair Phil Huckelberry, gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney, and others.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Illinois Green Party
www.ilgp.org
In addition Green Party candidate for Cook County President, Tom Tresser, will be submitting his petitions in Chicago tomorrow morning. Hit read more for the details:
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