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Newsletter of the Green Party of Ohio
Vol. II, No. 26 -- August 3, 2002
(This newsletter distributed to 2,841)
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FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE
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11)
REGISTER FOR THE STATE PARTY CONVENTION
12) JOIN
THE GREEN PARTY: OHIO MEMBERSHIP AT 536
13) PRESIDENTIAL
EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE SURVEY
14) HELP SUPPORT
THE SUPREME COURT CASE: $3,000
15) LIVING PLANET
REPORT 2002 AVAILABLE ONLINE
16) UPCOMING GREEN
PARTY MEETINGS AROUND OHIO
17) NO GREEN PARTY
BALLOT CUE FOR FRANK DODEN
18) UP TO $50 TAX
CREDIT WHEN SUPPORTING AMSTUTZ
19) GREEN PARTY
NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
10) AUGUST 14: A CALL FOR ACTION
11) IRISH
GREENS CALL FOR TAX ON JUNK FOOD
12) MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS***************************************************
11) REGISTER FOR THE STATE PARTY CONVENTION
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Register for the Green Party of Ohio's First
Statewide Convention -- Saturday,
August 24, 2002!
Complete information on the convention can be found
at http://www.ohiogreens.org/convention/.
But hurry!
T-shirt deadline is Aug. 12. Delegate registration
deadline
is Aug. 17.Complete the registration form online and then print
and
mail it in with your registration fee. The
registration form is at:
http://www.ohiogreens.org/convention/register.html.
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12)
JOIN THE GREEN PARTY: OHIO MEMBERSHIP AT 536
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536 Ohio citizens have registered as members of the
Green Party of Ohio (GPO)
during the first 23 weeks
of registration. Add your name to the list at:
http://www.ohiogreens.org/membership/.***************************************************
13) PRESIDENTIAL EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE SURVEY
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The Green Party of the
United States has chartered
the Presidential Exploratory Committee (PEC) for
the
2004 election. Paul Dumouchelle is the representative
from Ohio to
this committee.Each member state is to complete a survey providing
information to the PEC by Sept. 22, 2002. The Green
Party of Ohio would like
to hear from you in order
to complete our survey to the national party.To
get your input, we have put up a survey form on
our Web site at http://www.ohiogreens.org/pecsurvey/.
Let us hear from you!***************************************************
14) HELP SUPPORT THE SUPREME COURT CASE: $3,000
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Late in the summer of
2000, the Nader/LaDuke campaign,
along with the Green Party, filed suit in
the U.S.
District Court in Columbus, Ohio in order to challenge
Ohio’s
ballot cue statute (Nader, et al v. Blackwell).
Although Nader won this suit
on October 13, 2000,
Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell received a stay
from a panel of the 6th Circuit Court before the election,
and on January
30, 2001, the same panel found Nader’s
case to be without merit. A subsequent
effort to get
the entire 6th Circuit Court to rehear the case was
denied
on March 28, 2002. However, in late June, Terry
Lodge, attorney for the Green
Party of Ohio, petitioned
the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case.The
court filing cost money as will the case itself if
it is heard. To date, $300
has been raised for this
effort. Estimates are that an additional $3,000 will
be needed.Please send your $35, $50, $100 or more contribution
today
to the Green Party of Ohio Federal PAC, Paul
Dumouchelle, Treasurer, 8832
Nairn Ct., Dublin OH 43017.
Contributions to the Green Party of Ohio Federal
PAC
are not deductible for federal tax purposes.***************************************************
15) LIVING PLANET REPORT 2002 AVAILABLE ONLINE
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The Living Planet Report
shows that humans are cur-
rently running a huge deficit with the Earth -
using
over 20% more natural resources each year than can be
regenerated
- and this figure is growing each year.
Projections based on likely scenarios
of population
growth, economic development and technological change,
show
that by 2050, humans will consume between 180%
and 220% of the Earth's biological
capacity. According
to the report, this means that unless governments take
urgent action, by 2030, human welfare, as measured by
average life expectancy,
educational level, and world
economic product will go into decline.However,
current trends are moving humanity away from
achieving this minimum requirement
for sustainability,
not towards it. The global ecological footprint has
grown from about 70% of the planet's biological capa-
city in 1961 to about
120% of its biological capacity
in 1999.***************************************************
16) UPCOMING GREEN PARTY MEETINGS AROUND OHIO
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SOUTHWEST OHIO GREEN PARTY
http://www.swohgp.org
August 13, 2002 -- Tuesday
6:30 PM -- Pizza and Swimming
7:30 PM -- Meeting
586 Virginia Ln., NewtonSOUTHEASTERN OHIO GREEN PARTY (Athens County)
http://frognet.net/~seogreens/
August 14, 2002 -- Wednesday -- 6:30 AM
Athens Public Library Meeting Room,
AthensGREEN PARTY OF PORTAGE COUNTY
August 15, 2002 -- Thursday --
7:00 PM
6193 Cox, Ravenna (Brady Lake)
More information: 330-678-3269CENTRAL
OHIO GREEN PARTY
http://www.centralohiogreens.org
September 5, 2002 -- Thursday
Social 6:30 PM
Coordinating Committee 7:00
PM
General Membership 7:30 PM
Parsons Branch Library, 845 Parsons Rd.,
Columbus***************************************************
17)
NO GREEN PARTY BALLOT CUE FOR FRANK DODEN
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Frank Doden, the Green Party candidate for Ohio’s 7th
District seat in
the U.S. House of Representatives,
fulfilled Ohio’s requirements for
ballot access by
submitting nearly 2,600 signatures to the Greene County
Board of Elections on May 6, 2002. However, Doden will
not be allowed to have
the ballot cue "Green Party"
alongside his name on this November's
ballot.
***More information:
http://www.ohiogreens.org/features/020803/doden.html***************************************************
18) UP TO $50 TAX CREDIT WHEN SUPPORTING AMSTUTZ
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Alan Amstutz is the Green
Party candidate for Ohio
House of Representatives, District 22 (Clintonville,
Beechwald, Dublin & NW Columbus).If you make a contribution to Alan's
campaign, state
law allows you to receive up to a $50 tax credit on your
state income taxes. A married couple filing jointly may
deduct up to $100.Send
contributions to support Alan's campaign to
VOTE AMSTUTZ, Greg Richey, Treasurer,
2363 N. 4th St.,
Columbus OH 43202.***************************************************
19) GREEN PARTY NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
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http://www.ohiogreens.org/features/020803/PENNSYLVANIA:
GREEN PARTY'S BENSON TO OPPOSE ENGLISH
PENNSYLVANIA: TOO GREEN FOR A GOLDEN
OPPORTUNITY;
AMERICA'S THIRD PARTY STILL MIRED IN THE MARGINS
HAWAII:
ON POLITICS; A HOUSE EVENLY DIVIDED WOULD
BE GOOD FOR ALL HAWAII
PENNSYLVANIA:
ENGINEER: RESUME FOR REDISTRICTING POST IGNORED
MASSACHUSETTS: STEIN TAKES
STAR TURN AT GREEN CONVENTION
NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO GREENS GO FROM GADFLIES
TO PLAYERS
FLORIDA: RECYCLING POLICY CRITICIZED
PENNSYLVANIA: GREENS GATHER
AMID FEELINGS OF POWER,
UNEASE BOOSTING THE GOP SEEN AS AN ISSUE
CONNECTICUT:
DEMOCRAT GETS HIS CHANCE TO RUN FOR SENATE;
TWO CHALLENGERS TAKE ON HERLIHY
CALIFORNIA: GREEN -- AND OTHER SHADES OF VIEW
FLORIDA: GREENS MEETING TO SET
AGENDA
PENNSYLVANIA: THE GREEN MILE
HAWAII: GREEN HOUSE
PENNSYLVANIA:
THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATES: IRRITATING, BUT COLORFUL
PENNSYLVANIA: 3RD-PARTY CANDIDATES
JOIN FISHER, RENDELL ON BALLOT***************************************************
10) AUGUST 14: A CALL FOR ACTION
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Over 8 million people are unemployed, the largest
number in ten years. Nearly
2 million unemployed
workers are running out of federal extended benefits.
For the first time since the Great Depression, millions
of low income families
have no safety net to protect
them, because of arbitrary welfare time limits.
Millions of American's seniors and working families
face soaring health costs.
Over 40 million Americans
have no health insurance at all.August
14th is the 67th Anniversary of the Social
Security Act. A CALL TO ACTION
for "Jobs, a strong
Safety Net, Health Care for All and Lower Prices
for
Prescription Drugs" is being organized by a newly formed
network
of people involved in economic justice movements.
August 14 is the kick-off
date of the campaign. Most
cities will have their news conference/action over
the
next month. Local Green Parties may use the August 14
actions to begin
or continue to build coalitions and
links with local groups concerned with
welfare, homeless,
unemployment in your community.
***More: http://www.ohiogreens.org/features/020803/august14.html***************************************************
11) IRISH GREENS CALL FOR TAX ON JUNK FOOD
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The Green Party of Ireland has called for a tax on
junk food and for free
fruit and vegetables to be
distributed to children at school. Backing a proposal
from the Irish Heart Foundation, party leader Trevor
Sargent TD said that,
as the Government argued that
revenue from alcohol and tobacco taxes was necessary
to help treat the damaging effects on the health of
society, junk food should
be taxed in the same way.***************************************************
12) MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
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Corporate Misdeeds a Benefit for Labor?
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0728-08.htm***************************************************
The views expressed in this newsletter are those
of the author or organization
noted and do not
necessarily reflect the opinions of the Green Party
of
Ohio.
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Green Party of Ohio, complete the form at
http://www.ohiogreens.org/membership/register.html.
To see the membership list of the GPO, see
http://www.ohiogreens.org/membership/.
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