Press Releases - Green Party of California (2006)

Press Releases - Green Party of California (2006)

2/29/2006 2006 was very good year for Green Party of California, which cemented its position as alternative political party for dissatisfied voters
12/19/2006 'Scrooge' Democratic Party healthcare plan doesn't show much charity this holiday season, notes Green Party of California
12/08/2006 Green Party challengers urge soon-to-be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to impeach Bush for 'crimes against humanity,' note Pelosi's failure to support impeachment is betrayal of voters
12/05/2006 Greens urge end to holiday fur sales, charge cruel practice bad for the environment, animals and Third World children recruited to kill fur-bearing animals
11/29/2006 Another Green Party candidate pulls upset over incumbent, claims thin win in college board race; Follows Green victory in Richmond mayor election
11/08/2006 Green Party candidate upsets incumbent in Richmond, becomes first elected Green mayor in state; Victory underscores major party gains
11/07/2006 Green Party of California predicts Iraq war discontent will help increase vote for Green candidates today, add to 61 already in office
10/09/2006 Green Party of California strongly protests exclusion of Green candidates from debates, including Saturday's gubernatorial 'yawnfest'
09/13/06 Green Party supports right of non-citizen immigrants to vote; Greens also pass planks to protect planet, give elderly right to 'assisted suicide'
08/22/06 Democrats should be 'ashamed' for abandoning state's lowest paid workers in minimum wage plan, charge Green Party candidates
08/18/06 Pro-war Democrats 'cowards,' Greens charge; Lawmakers ignore pleas of mothers of dead soldiers, refuse to support measure calling for return of National Guard from Iraq
08/03/06 Reported suicides of injured workers mark 'crisis' in Workers' Comp system, charge Green Party candidates, who call for firing of Dept. of Insurance fraud chief for 'bias'
07/21/06 Greens, social justice activists will 'crash' Bohemian Club gathering this weekend; Colin Powell is among the targets
07/20/06 Democratic Party leadership accused of 'race and class bias' by black gubernatorial candidate Barbara Becnel; She re-registers with Green Party
06/29/06 Story of Green Party candidate's uphill battle to topple most powerful woman in Congress over war in Iraq opens in San Francisco
06/27/06 Green Party of California delegates at state convention vote to impeach Bush and others for roles in Iraq war, attacks on civil liberties at home
06/26/06 Greens Resolve Internal Matter, Move Ahead
06/22/06 Greens decry defeat of public financing bill, note measure would have gone a long way to reducing power of special interests in elections
06/13/06 Greens condemn mass arrests, bulldozers at nation's largest urban farm; Demand city officials intervene to help community farmers
06/07/06 Green Party of California Chooses State, Federal Slate
06/05/06 Green Party of California fields strong Primary slate, plans to add to the 59 members already in office; Three Greens bid for US Senate nomination
06/02/06 Minimum wage legislation by Democrats is an 'insult' to the state's low-wage earners, example of election year politics, argue Greens
05/25/06 California Greens join celebrities, tree-sitters in 'solidarity' with South Central LA farmers trying to save nation's largest urban farm
05/19/06 Green Party of California warns attacks on immigrants taking place in the heart of Los Angeles, not just Congress and at the border
05/16/06 Use of National Guard to militarize border sends wrong signal, won't resolve immigration situation, say Green Party congressional candidates
05/10/06 Sen. Feinstein support for Bush CIA choice is just another reason California voters should abandon her, charge three Green Party candidates
04/30/06 Green Party of California fully endorses May 1 immigrant rights rallies; Chastise Democrats for not supporting boycott, full legalization
04/21/06 Greens endorse Earth Day celebrations Saturday, mass demonstrations against President Bush's appearances in California this weekend
04/19/06 Greens testify for legislation to reduce power of special interests in elections, qualify all parties for public financing of campaigns
04/14/06 Lt. Governor candidate expresses sympathy for youth who killed himself after he was threatened by school for organizing an immigrant rights march
04/10/06 Greens voice full support for Monday's immigration rights marches, rallies; Suggest legislation for amnesty, equality for immigrants
03/28/06 Rep. Eshoo office targeted by Congressional candidate, Santa Clara Greens Tuesday; Group will demand incumbent support resolution calling for Bush impeachment over war, 9/11
03/27/06 Green Party US Senate hopefuls charge today's Senate changes in immigrant legislation don't go far enough, call for ?amnesty, equality'
03/19/06 Green Party candidates call for change: Petaluma gatherers say electoral overhaul needed to break 2-party system
03/16/06 Protection in the courts for millions of Californians with language barriers long past due, according to Green Party of California spokesperson
03/10/06 Green Party of California backs measure to reform ?3 Strikes' law, calls current law ?unfair and cruel' to families of those wrongly incarcerated
03/09/06 Green Party says it will stand in solidarity with South Central community farmers against urban farm eviction and ?environmental racism'
02/20/06 Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Gonzales should be impeached, county Greens declare; Green-led S.F. Supervisor panel also calls for impeachment
02/13/06 Green Party activists help shut down bid by Wal-Mart to build ?Supercenter' in a small community near San Francisco
02/10/06 Cindy Sheehan's decision not to run for US Senate leaves Green Party candidates as the only real option for millions of California voters opposed to the war in Iraq
02/03/06 Green Party of California expresses outrage at expulsion by Secretary of State of Peace & Freedom Party from ballot
02/01/06 Greens express support for Legislature's rebuke of PATRIOT Act just days before Congress expected to debate the re-authorization of the controversial law
01/17/06 Green Parliament members in Austria seek revocation of Schwarzenegger's citizenship for allowing executions; California Greens back action
01/15/06 Green Party cites ?humane treatment' in call for moratorium on death penalty on eve of execution of blind man in wheelchair
01/05/06 Response to State-of-the-State: Green Party says Governor, Democratic Party not offering ?real reform' to Californians