A presidential debate that matters

The Green Party of Alameda County, California, is sponsoring a presidential debate with Green and Green-leaning candidates: Jared Ball, Jesse Johnson, Cynthia McKinney, Kent Mesplay, Ralph Nader, and Kat Swift. The debate will take place January 13, at 2 pm California time (Pacific?) at the Herbst Theater in the Veterans Memorial Building, 401 Van Ness, San Francisco. Elaine Brown has withdrawn from the race.

Green Party presidential hopefuls

From a recent news release at www.gp.org:

Jared Ball, independent journalist; radio host (WPFW 89.3 FM Pacifica Radio in Washington, DC), hip-hop scholar, assistant professor of communications studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland
JaredBall.com

Elaine Brown, 2005 Green candidate for Mayor of Brunswick, Georgia; former leader of the Black Panther Party; organizer of Mothers Advocating Juvenile Justice and National Alliance for Radical Prison Reform
ElaineBrown.org

Jesse Johnson, 2006 US Senate candidate and 2004 gubernatorial candidate for the Mountain Party in West Virginia (now affiliate state party of the Green Party of the United States); filmmaker
YouTube declaration

Cynthia McKinney, former member of the US House of Representatives (Georgia), 1993 to 2003, 2005 to 2007; former member of the Georgia House of Representatives, 1988-1992
Run, Cynthia, Run

Kent Mesplay, 2004 candidate for the Green presidential nomination; former president of Turtle Island Institute; environmental engineer, alternative energy activist; California Green organizer
Mesplay.org

Ralph Nader, 1996 and 2000 Green candidate for President; 2004 independent candidate for President; consumer advocate (Howie Hawkins of the Green Party of New York State has consented to serve as a 'placeholder' candidate until Mr. Nader announces his intentions for the 2008 election)
Draft Nader.org

Kat Swift, Texas Green organizer; former Campus Greens leader; activist with Clean Money San Antonio and San Antonio Democracy Now
Kat for Prez

Green assemblyman in Fairbanks

Mike Musick has been elected to Seat G on the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly, by a whopping 61.66 percent! (7005 votes)

The News-Miner has an article about the election results. What strikes me about this is that people with such divergent views as Charlie Rex and Nadine Hargesheimer or Luke Hopkins agree that Musick will make a good assemblyman. When both conservatives and liberals can postively agree on the quality of a person, that's a good sign. We certainly don't need the divisiveness that was evident on the assembly during Rick Solie's tenure...

Mike Musick for borough assembly

Here's an announcement from Richard Seifert:

Mike Musick, known to most, grandfather, Green builder, former local building Association president, once an Alaska Craftsman Home Instructor, business owner and log builder, author of the Alaska Log Building Manual, arbor day hero, and mild mannered, good-humored, civil fellow, is running for borough assembly. It is our good community fortune that he is he is willing to do this now. He can use your support and is especially hoping some of you will offer a venue for local meetings where Mike can get to know our community better and you, him.
So if you can manage a house party, please let Mike or I know. Mike will be an excellent assemblyman and his values will help us achieve a more sustainable future. But only if you vote for him, and help him get elected. His challenger is Bonnie Williams.
It's too rare that someone like Mike is courageous enough to run, but here is a chance to actually vote FOR someone for a change, instead of against the other person.

The borough electon is October 3. Help get Mike Musick elected.

I gather that Mike is running against Bonnie Williams (gack) for Guy Sattley's seat. I can definitely get behind Mike's campaign. Go, Mike!

Green candidates in Alaska

I made an entry about this earlier on the Ester Republic blog, but here's an update. Note that a couple of these candidates are simply registered Green, and have not contacted the Green Party (at least not yet) about their candidacies.

State Senate District D:
David P. Braun (Green) - NOT CERTIFIED P.O. Box 222 Healy, AK 99743 Phone: (907) 683-2654

State Representative District 7:
Mark A. Ames (Green) AFC - P.O. Box 71693 Fairbanks, AK 99707 Phone: (907) 457-5096
[Ames has registered recently as a Green, but not recently enough per Green Party rules. I've never seen him at a Green party meeting.]

State Representative District 8:
Dae Miles (Green) - NOT CERTIFIED 2849 Mello Lane Fairbanks, AK 99709 Phone: (907) 457-3236. His website is www.votedae.com
[Miles is an experienced candidate in the Fairbanks area, but I've not seen him at a Green party meeting. I don't think he's served in pubic office.]

United States Representative:
Eva L. Ince (Green) P.O. Box 111426 Anchorage, AK 99511 Phone: (907) 522-1059. Her website is www.evaforcongress.us

Governor:
David M. Massie (Green)- NOT CERTIFIED P.O. Box 240921, Anchorage, AK 99524 Phone: (907) 333-0555

More on Eva & Ralph

Eva Ince is just getting her campaign going, has ordered stickers and buttons, and now needs people to get the word out. Since no meeting place was designated in time, she's not coming to Fairbanks on the 5th of June as originally planned; instead, she'll be at the Anchorage Barnes & Noble, and is calling on Chicks with Sticks and other Green knitters to come and meet her there.

Ralph may have some competition, after all--but still not from the Democrats. Rumor has it that there's a Green who may run for Senate District D: Ester, UAF, Fairbanks, Ferry, Denali, Healy, Nenana, and Cantwell areas. (It is utterly astonishing to me that Seekins ever got elected to this district in the first place. I can see Cantwell, but elsewhere? I'm boggled.)

But there's still today and tomorrow left...

More to come!

Eva Ince, candidate for U.S. House

Eva Ince, who declared last Tuesday for U.S. Representative is planning on coming to Fairbanks to meet with the Tanana-Yukon Greens June 5.