Being as early voting has already begun in the Arizona PPE (U.S. Presidential Preference Election) and that there are 2 Green Party candidates running in their election, both Dr. Kent Mesplay and Dr. Jill Stein will be appearing in Tucson on Thurs. March 10. See flyers below for details on the 3 events.
The PPE is on March 22, 2016 so vote on or before then. More bio info on both candidates on our Calendar listings: https://blogforarizona.net/calendar-2/
More info on the Arizona Green Party: http://www.azgp.org/. There are 1,350 registered Green party voters in Pima County.
“Founded in May 1990, the Arizona Green Party has previously achieved ballot status five times in our party history: 1992, 2000, 2008, 2010 & 2012. And, we will be on the ballot for the 2016 & 2018 elections! We currently have over 4600+ registered Greens statewide, and have active county chapters in Maricopa and Pima County.
The first 5 Key Values of the Green Party are: Grassroots Democracy, Social Justice & Equal Opportunity, Ecological Wisdom, Non-violence, and Decentralization. The next 5 Key Values of the Green Party are: Community-Based Economics, Feminism and Gender Equity (Egalitarian Values), Respect for Diversity, Personal & Global Responsibility, and Future Focus & Sustainability.”
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About 60 people at the Historic Y courtyard to heard Dr. Stein this evening, with welcome by Arizona Green Party Vice Chair Angel Torres, and Pima County Green Chair Mike Cease. Dr. Stein spoke about being the 2012 Presidential nominee for the Green Party and the importance of immigrant rights, gun violence prevention, living wage here in Arizona. She said the Green Party has been “ahead of the curve” with green economy issues, and that the Bernie Sanders people were going to need a Plan B when he loses his bid. She wants an America for works for all of us, that a “wholistic solution” is needed in this current crisis of democracy, with too much corporate power. Also attending tonight were former Green Party candidates Mary Decamp, Beryl Baker, Kent Solberg, Dave Croteau and current candidates Josh Riley (for D 4 Supervisor) and Mike Cease (Pima County Recorder). Donate to Dr. Stein’s campaign at http://www.jill2016.com.
About 25 people at the Main library today to hear Dr. Mesplay speak about the alternative Green Party, climate justice, how to learn to live sustainably, why voters are apathetic & turned off to politics, the “Green New Deal” to fund federal jobs by cutting the U.S. Military budget, the need to “transform the military to peace time activities”, food security (local water supply & growing own food), decentralizing government/relocalizing it; how Green solutions threaten the status quo of capitalism, raising the safety net to help homeless, unemployable, importance of public education, less college debt for students. You can donate to his campaign at http://www.mesplay.org and he is one of 5 Green Party candidates for President; only two got on the Arizona ballot, him and Dr. Stein, who rain in 2012 as well. Former Green party candidates Mary Decamp and Beryl Baker in attendance today.