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Newsletter of the Green Party of Ohio
Vol. II, No. 24 -- July 13, 2002
(This newsletter distributed to 2,814)
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FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE
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1) JOIN THE GREEN
PARTY: OHIO MEMBERSHIP AT 496
2) GREEN PARTY NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
3) HUMANITY WILL PAY FOR ABUSE OF ENVIRONMENT
4) WHITE HOUSE AMAZING
CORPORATE MISADVENTURES
5) OHIO PARTY SUPPORTS CANDIDATE'S STAND IN
CA
6) UNIVERSAL LIVING WAGE VICTORY
7) UPCOMING GREEN PARTY
MEETINGS AROUND OHIO
8) COMMERCIAL ALERT WELCOMES NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR
9) OHIO JOB TAX CREDITS TO WAL-MART
10) DONAHUE RETURNS TO TV ON MSNBC
11) MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS***************************************************
1) JOIN THE GREEN PARTY: OHIO MEMBERSHIP AT 496
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496 Ohio citizens have registered as members of the
Green Party of Ohio (GPO)
during the first 21 weeks
of registration. Add your name to the list at:
http://www.ohiogreens.org/membership/.***************************************************
2) GREEN PARTY NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
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http://www.ohiogreens.org/features/020713/PENNSYLVANIA:
GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR 85TH DISTRICT SEAT ARRESTED
PENNSYLVANIA: RED, WHITE,
BLUE – BUT NO GREENS
MAINE: CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR HONE HEALTH-CARE
POLICIES
GEORGIA: GREEN PARTY LOOKING TO RELAX RESTRICTIONS TO GAIN BALLOT
ACCESS
GEORGIA: GROUPS: THEIR RIGHT TO PASS PETITIONS DENIED***************************************************
3) HUMANITY WILL PAY FOR ABUSE OF ENVIRONMENT
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Unless governments take urgent action to encourage a
more sustainable way
of life, human welfare will go
into drastic decline by 2030 with falls in
average
life expectancies, lower educational levels and a
shrinking economy,
the WWF's Living Planet Report
2002 says. Exploitation of the Earth's renewable
resources has grown by 80% in the past 40 years and
is now 20% higher than
the natural capacity of the
planet to replenish itself, the report, published
Tuesday, says.According to the report, the Earth has about 11.4
billion
hectares of productive space on land and sea,
which means about 1.9 hectares
(about 4.7 acres) for
each of the 6 billion people on the planet. Yet the
average consumption per head of population is equiva-
lent to about 2.3 hectares
(about 5.7 acres) per person.This "ecological footprint" varies
enormously when
differences in lifestyle are taken into account. The
typical
African, for instance, consumes resources equi-
valent to 1.4 hectares of
land, whereas for the average
European it is 5 hectares (about 12.4 acres),
rising to
9.6 hectares (about 23.7 acres) for the typical American.
***More:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0710-02.htm***************************************************
4) WHITE HOUSE AMAZING CORPORATE MISADVENTURES
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The avalanche of corporate scandals and White House
double talk got your head
spinning? What is it that
makes Bush and Cheney part of the problem and not
the
solution? Investigative journalist Stephen Pizzo gives
us a quick
primer on what George W. Bush and Dick
Cheney might have to hide.
***More:
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=2988***************************************************
5) OHIO PARTY SUPPORTS CANDIDATE'S STAND IN CA
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The following resolution was passed by the Green Party
of Ohio Coordinating
Committee on July 13 in support
for the Coalition Against Police Abuse, the
Donovan
Jackson Justice Committee and California Green Party
Lt. Gov.
candidate Donna Jo Warren:
"The Green Party of Ohio sends its support
to the
Coalition Against Police Abuse, the Donovan Jackson
Justice Committee
and to California Green Party candi-
date for Lt. Governor Donna Jo Warren
in their demand
for police accountability and an end to the pattern of
police abuse in the Greater Los Angeles Area and across
the country."Citizens
of all races and incomes must be able to
count on police officers for the
vital services they are
commissioned to provide - as protectors of community
safety and as keepers of peace. Excessive use of force,
unequal and discriminatory
application of the law, racial
profiling and the so-called 'war on drugs'
all serve to
undermine the community's trust and thereby to increase
the
difficulties faced by honest and dedicated police
officers attempting to carry
out their benevolent duties.
"Let us be clear; these problem
are not only caused
by the errant actions of a few officers and they will
not
be solved by any 'bad apple' approach penalizing and re-
moving only
those officers who commit crimes of abuse.
"We must make a critical
examination of our entire
criminal justice system and work to establish greater
accountability as well as to address core issues of,
racism and discrimination
and to focus on programs of
cooperation and prevention more than suppression
and
apprehension. We support programs of community policing
and community
service and believe these are necessary
in order to foster and sustain relationships
of trust.
**More: http://www.donnawarren.com***************************************************
6) UNIVERSAL LIVING WAGE VICTORY
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Travis County, the home of the Texas State Capitol,
has endorsed the Universal
Living Wage. By a margin
of four to one, the Travis County Commissioners,
led
by County Judge Sam Biscoe, cast a historic vote on
Tuesday, when
it became the first county in the United
States to endorse the campaign for
income equity.
The goal of the Universal Living Wage campaign is to
fix the federal minimum wage and ensure that anyone
working a forty hour week
will be paid a minimum wage
that will allow them to afford basic rental housing.
***More information: http://www.UniversalLivingWage.org***************************************************
7) UPCOMING GREEN PARTY MEETINGS AROUND OHIO
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GREEN PARTY OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY
July 17, 2002 -- Wednesday -- 7:00 PM
Friends
Meeting House, University Circle
10916 Magnolia Drive
Next to the Western
Reserve Historical Society
More information: David Berenson (216) 661-2080CENTRAL
OHIO GREEN PARTY
http://www.centralohiogreens.org
August 1, 2002 -- Thursday
Social 6:30 PM
Coordinating Committee 7:00
PM
General Membership 7:30 PM
Northside Branch, Columbus Metro Public
Library
1423 N. High St., ColumbusSOUTHEASTERN OHIO REGIONAL GREEN
PARTY
http://frognet.net/~seogreens/
Muskingum, Washington, Athens, and other counties in Southeastern Ohio
August
3, 2002 -- Saturday -- 11:00 AM
Kate Love Simpson Library, Main St., McConnelsville***************************************************
8) COMMERCIAL ALERT WELCOMES NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR
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Tom Adkins starts at Commercial Alert having worked
on several political campaigns
over the past four
years, including Ralph Nader's presidential campaign,
and founding the national student organization Campus
Greens. One of Tom's
responsibilities within the
organization will be to develop local campaigns
and
coach Commercial Alert's members and volunteers on
anti-commercialism
activism within their own communi-
ties. So, if you have any ideas for campaigns
that can
take place in your hometown or that we can move to the
national
stage, please send Tom an e-mail at
<mailto:tom@commercialalert.org>.
He'd love to hear from you!
***More: http://www.commercialalert.org***************************************************
9) OHIO JOB TAX CREDITS TO WAL-MART
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Policy Matters Ohio released a new report July 8
entitled Wal-Mart Special:
Ohio Job Tax Credits to
America's Richest Retailer.The brief report,
by Zach Schiller, finds that last
year the state of Ohio promised $10 million
in tax
breaks to Wal-Mart to establish distribution and
manufacturing
facilities here.These incentives were promised despite the facts that:
food distribution facilities can only serve a 150-mile
radius (so probably
had to be in Ohio anyway); con-
struction had begun on one project before
incentives
were approved; and Ohio has been struggling financially
while
Wal-Mart's profits last year were $6.6 billion.The brief also reports
on a $1.38 million tax credit
to Kroger, another food retailer, given even
though
the new distribution center was replacing older facili-
ties elsewhere
in the state.The report makes several recommendations including:1.
Avoiding approving credits after construction has
begun and avoiding giving
credits for distribution
facilities which often have to be located in Ohio
anyway.
2. Requiring paybacks if credit-receiving companies
are found
to violate labor laws.
3. More carefully considering credits given to move
from one Ohio community to another.
4. Providing the public with more information
about
whether and why the credit was necessary.
5. Requiring better reporting
on wage range of jobs
to be created by the project.***************************************************
10) DONAHUE RETURNS TO TV ON MSNBC
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Talk show host Phil Donahue returns to TV on MSNBC
Monday through Friday at
8 PM Eastern Time. Donahue,
a news anchor at WHIO-TV in Dayton in the 1960s,
cam-
paigned with Ralph Nader in 2000 and appeared at some
Super Rallies
with the presidential candidate.***************************************************
11) MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
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In Tough Times, a Company Finds Profits in Terror War
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/13/business/13HALL.html***************************************************
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of the author or organization
noted and do not
necessarily reflect the opinions of the Green Party
of
Ohio.
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