[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [media-states] ADVISORY: Green Party claims fourth mayor's spot in California

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>News Advisory
>THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA    www.cagreens.org
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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>Friday, January 7, 2005
>Contact:  Sara Amir, spokesperson  310.270.7106 saraamir at earthlink.net
>	     Kevin McKeown, spokesperson 310.393.3639  kevin at mckeown.net
>	     Beth Moore Haines, spokesperson 530.277.0610 beth at ncws.com
>                 Cres Vellucci, Press Secretary 916.996.9170 cres at cagreens.org
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>Green Party claims fourth mayor's spot
>in California as Karl Warkomski assumes
>top spot in GOP-dominated Orange County
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>SACRAMENTO (January 7, 2005) – Karl Warkomski became the first Green Party
>mayor in Republican-dominated Orange County this week when he was elected
>by other city council members in the city of Aliso Viejo.
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>Warkomski's election makes him the fourth current Green mayor in
>California, joining Larry Barnett (Sonoma), Larry Robinson (Sebastopol) and
>Lew Tremaine (Fairfax). All were also selected by their colleagues.
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>There are now at least seven Greens serving as mayors in U.S. cities.
>Joining the California mayors are Elaine Fleming (Cass Lake, MN), Arthur R.
>Palumbo (Winder Borough, PA) and Jason West (New Paltz, NY). All the
>non-California mayors were elected directly to their post by voters.
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>There now have been 21 different Green Party mayors in California, and a
>total of 29 across the U.S. since 1991 when Kelly Weaverling was elected
>mayor of the fishing community Cordova, Alaska shortly after the Exxon
>Valdez oil spill, according to Michael Feinstein, administrator of national
>Green Party Election Website and former mayor of Santa Monica.
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>In all, 66 Greens now hold public office in California – including 12 on
>city councils or board of supervisors. Greens hold the majority on city
>councils in Sebastopol and Arcata.
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Paul Etxeberri

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