Green Party candidates : 2013 Election Day summary and highlights

Green Party celebrated victories and reelections across the U.S

Jail the STAR Tax Thieves

This would explain why the school officials and District Attorneys are silent on fraudulent STAR tax exemptions being theft from school taxes. It not about the money.

New London by Jim Frazzitta + Bonus

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vchbHjTSoBQ] Jim Frazzitta, Annie Mark, and Scott James played the 7/9/11 Folk Groovin’ Cafe, along with an opening mic at the Conklin Barn, Huntington, NY Bonus video: 

Having a Doonesbury week.

As we were leaving the Green Party of Suffolk meeting this Saturday, my buddy John Keenan was sporting a cigarette holder that I said reminded me of Hunter S. Thompson Last night we watched “The Women”  which was written by Clare Booth (Luce), who was a Connecticut Republican congresswoman.  I have to admit that I […]

Common Cause and Public Citizen support CT apartheid Public Financing Scheme

IW: The Green and Libertarian Parties of Cennecticut have sued to overturn this discriminatory law.  Will Nader take to task Public citizen, which he founded? Bizarrely – or some would say intentionally – Connecticut passed a law that substantially favors major party candidates over minor party or independent candidates. How? Well, to gain public funding, […]

Herscovitch and Joffen 4/21/11

Beginning on April 21, and continuing on the third Thursday of each month, the Cinema Arts Centre’s Sky Room will be home to the Folk Music Society of Huntington’s Hard Luck Café series. The 8:30 p.m. concerts, usually featuring a split bill with two artists/acts, will be preceded by open mics at 7:30 p.m. Admission will […]

CT Green Party: Demands Every Vote Be Counted Since Audit Shows a “Broken Election System

Green Party candidates and officials stated today a recent audit of state voting system showed a “broken election system” that needs reform, upgrades to ballot security, and transparency. Greens were shocked that ballots to be audited were left unsecured, left under desks and had differences in the ballot count, according to the audit report. In […]

The Real Face-offs in the 10/18/10 NY Guv Debate

Below is excellent pre-debate commentary by Ian Wilder. For post-debate commentary from Kimberly Wilder (with Ian’s post-debate in comments) please go: here. Also, you can find full video of the live debate: here. OK, the corporate media keep playing up the face-off between Paladino and Cuomo like it is some kind of WWE event.  I […]

Cong cand Deshefy (G-CT): “Legalized Bribery” of Courtney and Peckinpaugh

GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR THE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, SCOTT DESHEFY SAID  THAT   CONGRESSMAN JOE COURTNEY AND THE G.O.P.’S JANET PECKINPAUGH ARE SUPPORTING “LEGALIZED BRIBERY” WITH THE CURRENT BIG MONEY IN POLITICS SYSTEM. Deshefy said “The corporate money and special interests that have bought and paid for the Democrat and Republicans Party are bribing politicians, but […]

Cong cand Deshefy (G-CT): “Franken-Food” Issue Ignored by Cong. Courtney

GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS, SCOTT DESHEFY SLAMMED CONGRESSMAN JOE COURTNEY TODAY FOR SUPPORTING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD AND CORPORATE FARMING. A retired Connecticut State Environmental Scientist, Scott Deshefy is a biologist from Lebanon, Connecticut who has studied and written about wide life, ecology and pollution issues and says this issue is an important but little […]

CT Green Party calls for Special Session to “Fix” Unconstitutional Public Campaign Financing

The Green Party of Connecticut  called on the General Assembly  to reform the “Clean Elections” Law ,which was   struck down as unconstitutional  by  the  Federal Court,  as soon as possible, and not appeal the ruling to other courts, which would cost the taxpayers more money in legal fees and could take months in the courts. […]

Good news for third party/independent candidates: Court decision on public campaign funding

KW: This is very good news for third party and independent candidates. Having government/public money set aside to fund candidates can be a healthy idea for getting all voices heard during election season. The idea is that people willing to run for office do not have to be rich to get their ideas out and […]

Domestic spying on a political party

Hat tip to Ballot Access News for posting this story. from Green Party Watch Connecticut Greens subject of police surveillance Gregg Joccoy / June 13, 2009 In what can be called a Kafkaesque abuse of taxpayer money and citizen’s political rights, the Connecticut Central Criminal Intelligence Unit set up a surveillance of the Connecticut Green […]

Plum Island: Moving it good or bad and will it happen?

KW: Plum Island, a small island off the coast of Long Island, is an animal research center that the federal government operates. It is difficult to decide if closing it, cleaning it up, and moving it to Kansas would be good or bad. And, that means: Would it be good or bad for Long Island […]