[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [media-states] GPCA RELEASE: CA Greens list 'top 10' events for 2004

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>News Advisory
>THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA    www.cagreens.org
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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>Friday, Dec. 31, 2004
>Contact:  Beth Moore Haines, spokesperson 530.277.0610 beth at ncws.com
>	      Kevin McKeown, spokesperson 310.393.3639  kevin at mckeown.net
>	      Sara Amir, spokesperson  310.270.7106 saraamir at earthlink.net
>          	      Cres Vellucci, State Press Office  916.996.9170
>cres at cagreens.org
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>Green Party of California releases
>2004 ‘Top 10 Green Events' list; Includes
>Nobel Peace Prize winner, election gains
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>SACRAMENTO (Dec. 31, 2004) – The "Top 10 Green  Events for
>2004" list was released by the Green Party of California today, and
>it included the Nobel Peace Prize for a Green and major election
>gains by the Green Party in California and across the U.S.
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>The Greens also listed Green Party influence in European politics
>and policies, a Green mayor in New York who presided over gay
>marriages despite threats of jail, a Latino leader urging other
>Latinos to turn their backs on Democrats and vote Green – and
>even the fight by D.C. Greens to unveil fraud in bringing major
>baseball to the nation's capital.
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>The "Top 10 Green Events for 2004":
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>1. The Nobel Peace Prize for Kenya Green Party leader. Green
>leader Wangari Maathai is at the front of the fight to promote
>ecologically viable social, economic and cultural development in
>Kenya and in Africa, winning the coveted Nobel Peace Prize for
>2004.
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>2. California Green Candidates Win Big. Greens grab 67 seats
>statewide, winning in more than 20 percent of the elections entered.
>In San Francisco, longtime Green campaign consultant Ross
>Mirkarimi won the supervisor seat vacated by popular Green Matt
>Gonzalez, who chose not to seek re-election. Elsewhere, 11
>Greens won city council seats, and hold a majority on at least two
>city councils in the state. Green Congressional candidates make
>gains against incumbents.
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>3.  National Green Party Registration Sets Record. Green Party
>registration sets record in U.S. and Greens navigate minefield of
>2004 election, nominating a registered Green, David Cobb, as their
>own presidential candidate.
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>4.  Green New Paltz Mayor Jason West. Green presides over Gay
>Marriages in New Paltz, NY, risking arrest to do the right thing.
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>5. Latino Leader Turns Green. Nativo Lopez, president of the
>Mexican American Political Association, a well-established and
>influential Latino organization, charges Democrats have betrayed
>Latinos, changes his registration to Green Party and publicly urges
>other Latinos to do the same. He calls for forming "Green/MAPA"
>chapters statewide.
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>6.  Greens Force Recount/Election Accountability in Presidential
>Election. Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb forces
>recount, election accountability in crucial state of Ohio when even
>Democrats fail to complain about voter irregularities.  California
>Green Peter Camejo, continuing his firebrand-style oratory and
>fresh off a strong finish in the California gubernatorial recall
>election, is picked as vice president candidate on Ralph Nader's
>independent party presidential ticket.
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>7. Instant Runoff Voting Works in San Francisco. Green-backed
>IRV voting is a winner in San Francisco elections, and is slated for
>other areas (like Santa Clara County, Berkeley).
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>8. U.S. Greens Gain in Diversity. Green Party-US receives Malcolm
>X Award from American Muslim Alliance. GPUS also accredits
>Black Caucus and Women's Caucus, and picks a woman, Pat
>LaMarche, for its vice-president on the 2004 presidential ticket.
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>9. Greens Stir Change in EU. The growing strength of Greens
>helps the European Union challenge corporate power, setting
>environmental regulation, food safety, accounting standards,
>telecommunications policy and oversight of corporate mergers.
>Germany's commitment to solar power has also led to a remarkable
>boom for its solar industry.
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>10. Greens Challenge Corporate Giveaway - DC Baseball.
>Opposition to the District of Columbia's massive giveaway to secure
>the Washington Nationals baseball team includes the DC
>Statehood Green Party; Statehood Green Party member Adam
>Eidinger disrupted the press conference announcing the new team
>to expose the scandal of using taxpayers money to support a
>billionaire, and not the needs of the disadvantaged.
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Paul Etxeberri

"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow"   ---Chateaubriand