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ArchiveGPCC COUNCIL TRANSPARENCY PROJECT Visionary Capital: While the Green Party is adamant about not accepting corporate donations, we
have learned well how to operate frugally; however, as we 'thrift' along, it
is impossible to expand our operations without increasing our capital assets.
We do not pay salaries as other parties do, but rather we are an ever-growing
group of activists who see the potential in the Green Party that it has yet
to realize. Nonetheless, we are finding that it is difficult to create a real
grassroots party without incorporating at least some mainstream devices into
our strategies. Since the capacity of so few individuals working to realize the real
potential of the Green Party is not enough, we need to recruit more
intellectual, physical and financial involvement and commitment from our
own members/activists - that is, your good selves. In the meantime, we are putting varying levels of our own activist duties
on hold. This is so that we can continue to evolve the party structure that
will eventually be passed on to new activists when the time comes. One of our major intentions as active County Councilmembers is to insert
a new term-limit clause into the existing County bylaws. This is in order that
no person or persons may become a "career" Councilmember. Consequently, this would prevent formation of a torpid faction of power
which could have the intent to support friends and liaisons at the state
level. It would also thwart the stagnation of stewardship towards the County
Party structure, which could then cause the General Membership to forget its
duty to serve the greater good by donating its time to the issues at
hand. Having said all that, we would greatly appreciate any members out there who
would like to get organized and give us a hand; the sooner, the better! We hope to expand into television advocacy by means of cable TV ads which
target the issues that you hold dear. Not only will this allow us to bring
Green Party visibility to an even wider audience, we hope that it will also
serve to remind voters that other political parties’ rhetoric is just that:
talk, talk, and more talk. At the same time, we hope that our commitment to our 10 Key Values, to
truth, as well as the energy we have to really make a difference (to name but
a few) will result in more folks in the county to seriously consider
becoming Green. While we want to hold those 'Big' parties to their words
(if only!), we also desire to bring our conversation to the table and see
visible results in our home communities. Last changed 05/20/2015 (BH) | ||
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