Wednesday: DC Statehood Greens host 'Reality Check' at Busboys & Poets, Oct. 15th
Marian Douglas
Marian in DC
THE DC STATEHOOD GREEN PARTY
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
For immediate release:
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Contact:
Scott McLarty, DC Statehood Green Party Media Coordinator,
202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mcl...@greens.org
DC Statehood Greens to host 'Reality Check' party at Busboys & Poets
for Statehood Green candidates, Wednesday, Oct. 15
• Meet candidates from DC's 'Second Party'; live music & food;
reporters are invited
• Washington City Paper political blog gives David Schwartzman the
highest rating of all At-Large Council candidates
WASHINGTON, DC -- The DC Statehood Green Party will hold a campaign
party on Wednesday, October 15, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Busboys &
Poets restaurant, 14th Street and V Street NW (near the U Street Metro
Station on the Green line).
Titled 'Reality Check... for Nov. 4', the event will be an opportunity
to meet DC Statehood Green candidates and enjoy live music and
refreshments.
Members of the media are invited. There is no admission charge. The
event is not a fundraiser, although donations will be encouraged from
supporters of the Statehood Green ticket.
Party activist Jenefer Ellingston, who organized the event, said "Come
to hear solutions to DC's misbegotten government from the alternative
party not indebted to the corporate paymasters!"
The four Statehood Green candidates for local partisan office are:
• Louise Thundercloud, for Delegate to the US House of Representatives
http://www.statehood4dc.com/thundercloud
http://votingforchangeindc.ning.com
• Joyce Robinson Paul, for US Statehood Representative
http://www.statehood4dc.com/jrpaul/home
• Keith Ware, for US Statehood Senator http://www.statehood4dc.com/ware/home
• David Schwartzman, for Council, At-Large http://www.davidschwartzman.com
Also on the DC ballot will be the Green Party's presidential nominees:
• Cynthia McKinney, for President of the United States
http://www.runcynthiarun.com
• Rosa Clemente, for Vice President of the United States
http://www.rosaclemente.com
On October 8, Washington City Paper columnist 'Loose Lips' (Mike
DeBonis) gave David Schwartzman the highest rating, an A, out of all
seven candidates for the two At-Large seats on City Council for his
performance at a recent candidates' forum
(http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/10/08/ll-grades-the-at-large-candidates/).
Mr. Schwartzman also received a positive write-up from The Washington
Post on Sunday, October 12
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/11/AR2008101101983.html).
The DC Statehood Green Party is now the District's 'Second Party' in
terms of electoral clout. Statehood Green candidates have collectively
received more votes than Republicans in recent general elections for
partisan office, even when the two parties have run the same number of
candidates. In the 2006 election, the five Statehood Green candidates
received a total of 47,421 votes, while the five Republican candidates
received 32,658 votes
(http://www.dcboee.org/information/elec_2006/general_2006_results.shtm).
MORE INFORMATION
DC Statehood Green Party http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
2008 Statehood Green candidates index http://www.statehood4dc.com/home
Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org
Cynthia McKinney & Rosa Clemente on video
http://www.youtube.com/user/RunCynthiaRun
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=RunCynthiaRun
• Press conference, September 10 at the National Press Club in
Washington, DC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_5ivgS4asc
• Speech in Denver, August 24: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPxgcjOjUEc
• Music video (highly recommended): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx1NPlQjkqo
• Rosa Clemente interview: Current TV/Rock the Vote
http://current.com/items/89335393_the_organizer_and_green_party_vp_candidate_talks_about_her_inspirations
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