GREEN PARTY OF MARIN NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release: February 4, 2004
Tremaine quote clarified
SAN RAFAEL - On January 29, 2004, Green Party of Marin Secretary
John Anastasio, in a news release announcing the Green endorsement
of Hal Brown for Second District Supervisor, because of an editing
error, incorrectly quoted Fairfax Vice Mayor Lew Tremaine as
indicating that he also was endorsing Brown.
Tremaine is not endorsing any candidate in this race. What he
actually said was, ""The Greens who attended our Fairfax
Library forum were impressed with Hal's past record of open
space preservation and his solid committment to making Marin
a leader in alternative energy. Hal's committment to passing
a Community Choice Ordinance to help us bring cleaner energy
to the county was a major factor in the Greens endorsement."
The Green Party of Marin
http://cagreens.org/marin/
P.O. Box 150105
San Rafael, CA 9415-0105
GREEN PARTY OF MARIN NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release: January 29, 2004
Greens endorse Charles McGlashan
SAN RAFAEL – The Green Party of Marin County Council has
voted unanimously to endorse Charles McGlashan for County of Marin
Third District Supervisor.
Fairfax City Councilman and Green Larry Bragman notes, "It
will be a pleasure to work with a supervisor who shares many of
our values, such as support for Instant Runoff Voting, campaign
finance reform, and non-polluting forms of energy generation."
Due in large part to McGlashan’s advocacy, the County, the
Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) and the North Marin Water
District (NMWD) are working jointly to study the economic and
operational feasibility of aggregating their energy systems to
increase the use and generation of renewable energy.
Jim Geraghty, Green Party of Marin Central Committee Member and
Campus Greens Coordinator, said McGlashan’s leadership on
the MMWD Board of Directors and Sustainable Mill Valley has helped
make Marin County a leader in sustainability. "Charles worked
hard to terminate plans to construct another pipeline to Sonoma
County and chose instead to greatly increase water conservation,
landscape awareness and greater use of native and drought tolerant
plants."
McGlashan is keeping an open mind about building a desalination
plant in Marin. He thinks it could help as a back-up source during
droughts, but has concerns about the amount of energy and money
it would take to operate it, and its impact on the Bay. "If
potential impacts from the use of a plant are shown to be significant,
then I will oppose the plant," he says.
We couldn’t agree more.
Greens promote ecological wisdom, sustainability, personal and
global responsibility, decentralization, social justice, nonviolence
and grassroots democracy through political and social action.
The party continues to grow and there are now 4352 registered
Greens in Marin County.
The Green Party of Marin
http://cagreens.org/marin/
P.O. Box 150105
San Rafael, CA 9415-0105
GREEN PARTY OF MARIN NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release: January 29, 2004
Greens endorse Hal Brown
SAN RAFAEL – The Green Party of Marin has endorsed Hal Brown
for County of Marin Second District Supervisor. "Hal’s
past dedication to protecting the environment coupled with his
current commitment to follow through with Community Choice alternative
energy legislation make him a good choice for Greens and all the
voters of Marin County, " said Fairfax Vice Mayor and Green,
Lew Tremaine.
Green Party of Marin County Council member, Justo Moscoso said
Greens look forward to a board of supervisors that will take decisive
action to make the county truly sustainable through the use of
conservation and solar, wind and hydroelectric power generation,
instead of using polluting, gas-fired "peaker" plants.
The Green endorsement followed a forum it held Tuesday night at
the Fairfax Library with Second District supervisorial candidates
Brown and Niccolo Caldoraro, a former Fairfax Town Council Member.
The event was attended by approximately 35 district voters.
Greens promote ecological wisdom, sustainability, personal and
global responsibility, decentralization, social justice, nonviolence
and grassroots democracy through political and social action.
The party continues to grow and there are now 4352 registered
Greens in Marin County.
The Green Party of Marin
http://cagreens.org/marin/
P.O. Box 150105
San Rafael, CA 9415-0105
GREEN PARTY OF MARIN NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release: January 12, 2004
Candidate Fourm
SAN RAFAEL - The Green Party of Marin will be hosting a candidate
forum for the second supervisorial district (Fairfax, San Anselmo
and Ross) on Tuesday, January 27 from 6:30 -8 PM. at the Fairfax
Library.
Both candidates, Hal Brown and Nicolo Caldararo will be attending.
"The Green Party is excited about hosting this forum,"
noted Justin "Justo" Moscoso, a Green Party member.
"This structured and moderated forum will give constituents
a chance to ask questions of teh candidates and gain a better
understanding of county issues."
While the meeting is open to all, only registered Green Party
members may vote if there is a call for an endorsement vote.
For more information please call 456-6176.
GREEN PARTY OF MARIN NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release: January 7, 2004
SAN RAFAEL - The Green Party of Marin has delivered the following
resolution to California Public Utilties Commioner Geoff Brown
A RESOLUTION OF THE GREEN PARTY OF MARIN
OPPOSING NATURAL GAS PROCUREMENT PLAN
WHEREAS the purpose of the Green Party of Marin County Council
is to further ecological wisdom and sustainability through political
and social action; and
WHEREAS the Green Party of Marin represents almost
5000 voters who adhere to the beliefs stated above; and
WHEREAS the California Public Utility Commission
(CPUC) is considering a five-year utility procurement plan that
ignores the Community Choice law and the Renewables Standards
that allow local communities to invest in cleaner, more efficient
sources of energy such as solar and wind power and to reduce their
exposure to the volatile natural gas energy markets.
THEREFORE be it RESOLVED that the Green Party of
Marin County Council urges CPU Commissioners to vote down this
proposal and alter it so that local communities are not penalized
for using non-polluting forms of energy, but are encouraged to
use it.
Signed this 5th day of January, 2004 by
John Anastasio, Secretary
Green Party of Marin County Council
Sean Prendiville, Co-Coordinator
Green Party of Marin County Council
The Green Party of Marin
http://cagreens.org/marin/
P.O. Box 150105
San Rafael, CA 9415-0105
Contacts:
John Anastasio, GPMARIN Spokesperson, 415-383-4402, magic@finestplanet.com
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