Once again Jason Pramas from the Open Media Group has written a wonderful piece. This one in support of Chuck Turner.
Continue reading article in support of Chuck TurnerToday, because of the hard work and dedication of a brave troupe of candidates–Nat Fortune, Rick Purcell, Jill Stein, Scott Laugenour, and Mark Miller–and their corps of volunteers, voters actually have real choices on the ballot that stand for real change. Candidates devoted to actually fixing what’s broken.
Tonight we are celebrating all of YOUR efforts in making these choices avilable. We hope you can make your way to one of three regional celebrations — in Lee, in Holyoke, and in Boston. Details after the jump.
Tomorrow (after a little rest) we’ll get back to work, building on your work throughout this election to build THE progressive political alternative to the Beacon Hill political machine. After bringing your vision and your values to the voting booth today, we hope you’re planning to bring them to the Green-Rainbow Party state convention on Sunday, Nov. 14, at Clark University in Worcester. Let’s keep building the independent political force that can take our government back and get it working. See www.green-rainbow.org for more information on the convention and REGISTER TODAY!
VICTORY PARTIES TONIGHT
EASTERN MASS: 7:30-10:00 pm, Jill Stein Campaign Headquarters, 1558 Dorchester Avenue, Boston (Jill to speak about 9pm). We’ll have pizza on hand; please bring your own beverage and any additional food you’re moved to supply. Come out and hear the campaign band of Ken Selcer, Rich Collagero, Pat Keaney and friends (joined by Jill) MAP HERE. To RSVP or for more information, write theo@jillstein.org
PIONEER VALLEY: 7:30-11:00pm, TNT Pizza on 548 South Street in Holyoke. Rick Purcell and Nat Fortune will be there. – long time supporters of Rick Purcell – are opening up especially for us Tuesday evening 7:30 – 11 for the Jill Stein/Rick Purcell/Nat Fortune victory party. There’s plenty of room – let’s fill the place and cheer the election returns from our valley and the state at large! Let us know you’re coming! Send an email to mlikins@natfortune.org or RSVP on the Nat Fortune for Massachusetts State Auditor page on Facebook. No outside food or beverage. Thanks!
BERKSHIRES: Join Green-Rainbow Party State Rep. candidates Scott Laugenour and Mark Miller in Lee when the polls close for a celebration, which will be held at The Locker Room pub, located at 232 Main St. For more information, call Dave Eisenberg, 413 243 2662.
[Here’s an update on what’s going on with the Green-Rainbow campaigns.]
November 2, 2010
Press Release – Jill Stein for Governor
IN FINAL PUSH, STEIN NEARS SUCCESS ON KEY GOALS
Campaigning in Western Massachusetts today, Green-Rainbow gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein expressed confidence that her campaign was on the verge of achieving its critical goals – including setting up “a clean money political force that can challenge business-as-usual”. Stein is having a busy day, lending support to two Green-Rainbow candidates for state representative, Mark Miller and Scott Laugenour, who are mounting stiff challenges to entrenched Democratic Party incumbents in the 3rd and 4th Berkshire districts. “The groundswell of support for an alternative to the usual Beacon Hill incumbents is really exciting” said Stein. “This is a year in which people are looking for alternatives – and they are resonating to candidates that aren’t part of the big money machines. Miller and Laugenour are tapping into voters who have been unhappy with Beacon Hill for quite a while, but had nowhere to go. It’s a sign that the Green-Rainbow Party can step up to provide a progressive alternative to the Tea Party movement.”
Stein also had praise for Green-Rainbow candidate for State Auditor, Nat Fortune. “Despite an almost total lack of media attention – and exclusion from both print articles and television interviews – Nat is making a mark in the auditor race.”
Stein noted that a major goal of the Green-Rainbow Party is to have at least one statewide candidate poll above the 3 per cent threshold. That is required to avoid certain restrictive laws that apply to smaller parties. For example, while the Democratic Party is legally pouring millions of dollars into support for Deval Patrick, the entire Green-Rainbow Party is currently limited to donating no more than $500 to Jill Stein. Stein noted that Fortune would probably easily exceed the 3 percent threshold since he was currently polling at around 7 per cent. “We don’t live in the same democracy as the Democrats.” Stein explained. “But we’re about to eliminate one of the discriminatory barriers to limits our full participation in the electoral process.”
Stein has also raised the most money ever raised by a Green-Rainbow Candidate, and expects to finish the campaign with a total of over $150,000 being raised. “It’s small compared to the dollars being raked in by the machine candidates” Stein admits, “But we’re trying to show that a clean money campaign is possible. We’re making good use of a lean budget – which mostly means that we aren’t running those annoying 30-second television ads that make elections so expensive.”
As a matter of principal, Stein, along with other Green-Rainbow candidates, refuses to accept donations from registered lobbyists or from the officers of corporations that employ lobbyists. “The Green-Rainbow Party is trying to raise the standards.” Stein noted. “When you vote for one of our candidates, you can be assured that they haven’t sold out to the usual big money interests.”
Campaign manager Daryl Sprague said that Stein’s tour of Western Massachusetts was taking advantage of an outpouring of support in that part of the state. “There’s been an effective news blackout on Jill by the Boston Media Consortium” he explained. “The Boston Globe, WGBH, and NECN have been running stories about the ‘three major candidates’ and not even acknowledging that Jill is in the race. It’s refreshing to get outside of Boston and meet journalistic organizations that want to get the complete story and don’t pride themselves on controlling the dialogue to reflect their own prejudices. More objective press coverage is allowing us to poll 4 or 5 times higher out west. Voters there are hearing about all their choices, and this lets them discover that the Green-Rainbow candidates are the ones that best reflect their values.”
Stein plans to vote in Lexington at 6:30pm and end her day with an address to supporters at 9pm at her Dorchester campaign office. Her Lieutenant Governor running mate, Rick Purcell, will join State Auditor candidate Nat Fortune at a victory party in Holyoke. Miller and Laugenour will host a victory party in Lee.
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Continue reading IN FINAL PUSH, STEIN NEARS SUCCESS ON KEY GOALSTomorrow, citizens all over the country will be heading for the polls to cast votes for Congress as well as any number of state and local races. This election is being called a historic election by some and I believe will be historic indeed. I only hope that after the election both parties will be able to find a way to work together so we can get our country back on track.
In Massachusetts the people will be electing a new governor as well as all of the other constitutional offices. I am casting my ballot for the candidates from the Massachusetts Green Party. I realize that there is not much of a chance that they will win, but I believe we need more voices from an independent third party and the Massachusetts Green Party has the clearest voice for change in this election. If enough people vote Green tomorrow the voice will be heard loud and clear.
Here are some of my reasons for voting Green tomorrow:
Dear Green Mass Group:
Below is a letter from Chuck Turner, who is asking for our support.
Please spread the word through your networks and do what you can to support Chuck.
Thanks,
Mike Heichman
From Planet Valenti
SOMETHING’S AFOOT IN THE BERKSHIRES. COULD IT BE POLITICAL MAGIC? JILL STEIN THINKS SO. MEANWHILE, SPERANZO’S “S.S. COWARDLY” TAKES ON MORE WATER.
JILL STEIN: Running for Governor and out to ‘reclaim democracy’
THE PLANET had a private meeting with gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein (Green-Rainbow) at a hidden location cleverly designed as an exact replica of The Tavern at the Red Lion Inn. Stein was campaigning through Berkshire County today with 3rd Berkshire District candidate Mark Miller and 4th Berkshire hopeful Scott Laugenour. We met Stein and Langenour over coffee and tea … and me.
For the record, The Planet picked up the tab.
Stein canceled other campaign events in the state to be in Pittsfield and South County. She will be back tomorrow and Monday. We don’t need to draw anyone with functioning brain cells a map, do we? She’s here because she smells blood in the water, and Green-Rainbow is pouring much of what it has left into the 3rd and 4th district campaigns. Being around this political push, one senses a distinct rush, a combination of urgency and the smell of a win.
Continue reading SOMETHING’S AFOOT IN THE BERKSHIRES. COULD IT BE POLITICAL MAGIC?Just received my google-alerts and found this great Boston Globe piece on the Governor’s race. As usual, Jill Stein is the only one who makes any sense and has a clear picture of not only what is wrong in Massachusetts, but how to make it right:
Continue reading The Boston Globe offers up Jill Stein’s best proposals.My opponent, in a recent radio debate, exclaimed “I’ve been a co-sponsor of this legislation for six years. My opponent and I have the same position.”
My response caught him off guard.
“In the six years that the incumbent has been co-sponsoring this legislation,” I challenged, “the number of his fellow co-sponsors has plummeted to less than half of the all-time high number of co-sponsors, which was tallied in the year 2000. He has said nothing publicly in defense of medicare for all when his Democratic party leaders attempted to remove the issue from its platform. It’s not a surprise that his party leaders want it removed; they are happy to accept donations from lobbyists and corporate officers who profit by keeping things just the way they are. He has not come to the defense of the legislation when well-funded opponents have spread misinformation about it. Nor has he done anything to educate his peers in the legislature to secure more co-sponsors and then actually pass the legislation. I’ll provide a different kind of leadership.”
My incumbent opponent did not have a response to this attack of his lackluster advocacy. His political playbook did not have a chapter for the scenario he found himself in. Radio listeners found it refreshing.
Continue reading The Co-Sponsorship Ruse