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Maria Shriver: Maybe you could help me…

Posted on May 18, 2011 by kwilder

Kimberly writes: I am kind of disappointed with myself. I think of myself as a rebel and progressive. Though, I have lately become intrigued with The Royal Wedding, and now the Schriver/Schwarzenegger news. Oh, well. I am, at least, going to try to mention it in as authentic a way as I can.

I wanted to share the very cool, heartfelt, youtube video that Maria Shriver made in March. It is about transitions. One imagines that it is obliquely related to the revelation that her husband had a love child, and she needed to make some decisions. It is super vulnerable and revealing. And, the youtube account it is on has more Maria Shriver videos. Youtube of Maria Shriver video with the “Maybe you could help me?” line is: here.

Some of my thoughts at the readmore below…

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Edgewood news 05/17/11

Posted on May 17, 2011 by iwilder

News from the Edgewood Preserve

Edgewood PreserveSpring Cocktail Party Fundraiser Canceled
A reminder that the cocktail party scheduled for this Wednesday, May 18, has been canceled.  We are now getting a lot of last minute calls and e-mails about folks looking forward to the party.  Unfortunately, we did not get enough responders (either through rsvp, phone or payment) and we had to cancel the evening.  If you know of someone who is not on our e-mail list who may have received an invitation and was/is planning to attend, please let them know that the event is canceled.
Screening of “Trashed” this Friday at 1pm at the Deer Park Library
We will be showing this timely film about the garbage crisis in America.  Free.  Film is only 77 minutes — come check it out.
URGENT — Here We Go Again!  S2734 Advances to Senate Floor… Read more »

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Long Island School Board Elections: Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Posted on May 16, 2011 by kwilder

2012 Update:

2012 School Board Election Results (budget pass/fail): here

In 2012, HS Senior Josh Lafazan wins in Syosset School Board election. Story and links at onthewilderside: here.
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2011 Update: Some budget vote/election results – You can look at your school district’s website where they may have posted results. Newsday has a chart with pass/fails. It looks like most districts in Long Island (Suffolk County and Nassau County) have passed. There were four five listed as fail:

2011 Westbury School District: Failed
2011 Locust Valley School District: Failed
2011 Fisher’s Island School District: Failed
2011 Oyster Bay-East Norwich School District: Failed
2011 Seaford School District: Failed

Here in the North Babylon School District, our budget passed with Yes 1787 and No 809. The numbers are posted on the website: here. It looks like the winning trustees are: Barbara Ferguson (newly elected), Bob Scheid (newly elected), and re-elected, unopposed are Barbara Leun and Janet Meyerson.

The Babylon Beacon reports: All local (Town of Babylon) school district budgets passed. Many new faces elected to school boards. Story at The Babylon Beacon: here.

News from Brentwood School District -Newsday now reporting it passed. Update about Brentwood School District – No news for the outcome of the school budget vote for Brentwood on a “Google News” search; no results at the district website; and a vague, “gray circle” with no outcome listed on the Newsday chart. Is this one too close to call?

Update 8:17am: Newsday reports Lawrence School District budget passed. News about Lawrence School District (on Long Island): as of 5:23am Wednesday morning, Newsday reports that it is the only district where results have not come in. A previous article on the proposed Lawrence school budget is: here.

Middle Country School District: passed. Complete results at the school district: here.

News from Sachem School District: (as reported at “The Patch”) – Budget passes with Yes 4,960 and No 3,034. Re-elected was Christine Lampitelli. Another incumbent, Mike Licata was defeated by the newly elected Dorothy Roberts.

News from Longwood School District (at their website) – Budget passes with Yes 2,571 and No 1,169. Board of Education winners Frank Muraca and Philip Reaney.

News from Connetquot School Disctrict (at their website: here) – Budget passes with Yes 2,330 and No 1,353.

News from Roslyn School District (at their website: here) – Budget passes with Yes 879 and No 372.

News from Wyandanch School District – Newsday reports that their budget passed.

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Original post:

KW writes: Schools throughout Long Island will be having budget votes and school board elections on Tuesday, May 17th.

There is a write-up about the elections in this Sunday’s Newsday (on-line is subscription-only).

For great coverage of Babylon Village and North Babylon elections, see “The Beacon Shopper” and “The Babylon Beacon” newspapers in print.

Please express your opinion by voting. And, please consider becoming active at democracy-building in your school district. The “yes/no” votes are very wrong and un-empowering. Schools should be required to offer choices, with a menu-item budget!

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Green Party demands passage of Sen. Sanders’ Medicare For All bill

Posted on May 16, 2011 by iwilder
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Mediicare For All must replace Obamacare; Greens urge rejection of Democratic and Republican plans to cut and privatize Medicare

The Green Party called for national support for legislation intoduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vt.) for a single-payer national health system (Medicare For All) and urged Congress to reject Republican and Democratic plans to scale back Medicare.

“The Sanders bill does what needs to be done — it eliminates the control by health insurance companies over our medical care,” said Dr. John Battista, former Green Party candidate for state representative in Connecticut and co-author of his state’s single-payer legislation in 1999 (the Connecticut Health Care Security Act).  “Insurance companies pad the cost of health care by as much as 31% for profits, CEO salaries, and other unnecessary overhead such as managing care, while restricting and denying care to make even more money.  As a result, over 45 million Americans have no coverage, millions more have inadequate coverage, and the US has the most expensive, least cost-effective health system of all industrial democracies in the world.  For-profit health care has consistently been shown to result in poorer quality health care, and should be abolished, not subsidized.  International experience shows that single-payer improves health care while reducing costs, eliminating managed care, and providing increased access.” Read more »

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Walt Whitman’s Birthday: Two videos and a special way to celebrate!

Posted on May 15, 2011 by kwilder

About the video… Read more »

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The Folk-Groovin’ Café 5/28/11

Posted on May 14, 2011 by iwilder

“Add a little GROOVE to your coffee!”

SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 28th – 8:00pm at The Conklin Barn
2 High Street (corner of NY Ave. at High Street), Huntington Village, NY
TICKETS – $10 (at the door). Refreshments included! FREE album Raffle!
Hotline #: (631)368-1920.

Hosted By
JIM FRAZZITTA

Veteran singer/songwriter, recording artist, poet, and founding member of former legendary band, Nylon & Steel. Jim has hosted The Folk-Groovin’ Café for 15 years.

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NY third party news: Procedural victory concerning vote-counting

Posted on May 14, 2011 by kwilder

from Ballot Access News
Procedural Victory in New York Vote-Counting Case
May 12th, 2011

On May 10, U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff issued an 18-page opinion in Conservative Party v Walsh, southern district, 10 cv-6923. This is the lawsuit in which the Conservative Party of New York, the Working Families Party of New York, and the Taxpayers Party, sued to overturn a discriminatory New York state election policy on counting votes. Read more »

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What is happening in Japan: Meltdown at Unit 1 and more…

Posted on May 14, 2011 by kwilder

The video below was recommended via e-mail by David McReynolds of War Resisters and Green Party fame. My usual source for good, nuclear news and updates is NIRS, Nuclear Information and Resource Service. – KW

About the video: Updates about nuclear crisis in Japan. Arnie Gundersen from Fairewinds says Fukushima’s gaseous and liquid releases continue unabated. With a meltdown at Unit 1, Unit 4 leaning and facing possible collapse, several units contaminating ground water, and area school children outside the exclusion zone receiving adult occupational radiation doses, the situation continues to worsen. TEPCO needs a cohesive plan and international support to protect against world-wide contamination.

Note: Our post with detailed explanation, steps, and consequences regarding a nuclear meltdown: here.

Note: This morning, Saturday, May 14, 2011, it is now reported that a Japan nuclear plant worker has died. Story: here.

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Explaining nuclear meltdown and how it could affect the US

Posted on May 14, 2011 by kwilder

This information is from a previous article at Before Its News, from March 12, 2011, explaining meltdown (then, seen as possible) and the consequences for the United States. It includes a specific explanation of what a “nuclear meltdown” is and what will happen if there is a nuclear meltdown at Fukushima.

Excerpt from Before Its News article, “Understanding the Meltdown Process … that could effect the US … EYE Report”: Read more »

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Green Party Calls on WGRZ To Include Congressional Candidate Ian Murphy in the 5/12/11 CD-26 Debate

Posted on May 12, 2011 by iwilder

The Green Party of New York State would like to express its deep disappointment in the exclusion of Congressional candidate Ian Murphy from the upcoming May 12 debate in the 26th Congressional District. The decision to exclude Mr. Murphy denies voters in the district the chance to hear a legitimate candidate with a unique platform, and is an act of censorship on the part of a private station which profits from use of the public airwaves.  Voters have a first amendment right to hear all ballot-status candidates, and WGRZ is a private station on public airwaves which believes it has a right to exclude candidates from a debate.

WGRZ has admitted it is blatantly excluding a ballot-status candidate from a debate because of a personal disagreement between a station employee, Scott Levin, and Mr. Murphy.  The unlikeliness of this happening to Ms. Corwin or Hochul, as Democrats and Republicans, makes it all the more obvious that this is occurring because of Mr. Murphy’s status as a Green Party candidate.   Indeed,Jack Davis, an independent candidate, has also called for Mr. Murphy to be invited to the debate. We urge WGRZ to reinstate Ian Murphy into the May 12 debate as both the right and democratic thing to do.

via Green Party New York.

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Sign Green Party Petition to Ban Fracking

Posted on May 10, 2011 by iwilder
fighting fracking with art

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A hydrofracking moratorium has been in place in New York for the past two years while the state Department of Environmental Conservation DEC does its environmental review. The moratorium issued by Gov. Paterson by executive order expires July 1, 2011. It was a symbolic gesture at best. When the DEC review is complete, the state government will then be able say it now knows how to regulate hydrofracking. Then it will be “Drill, Baby, Drill,” which inevitably means “Spill, Baby, Spill.

”We know more than enough about the dangers of hydrofracking and natural gas burning to demand a ban. It’s time for New Yorkers to demand a permanent ban, not another temporary moratorium!

Sign the petition online.

Download the petition.

Download an informational leaflet on hydrofracking.

via Green Party New York.

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There Is A Place by Jim Frazzitta video

Posted on May 10, 2011 by iwilder

Jim Frazzitta performed his song “There is a Place” at the Babylon Bean on May 7, 2011. The song will be on his upcoming second solo album, “Tales of Midnight Busker” http:/www.myspace.com/jimfrazzitta.  Lotek J Williams provides backup vocals

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NYCLU Advocacy: DOJ Affirms Immigrant Children’s Right to Attend Schools

Posted on May 10, 2011 by iwilder

IW:  The government should be putting school officials in jail who break this law, just like the school officials try to put parents in jail for trying to get their children a good education.

The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education have issued guidance <http://www.nyclu.org/files/releases/DOJ%20DOE%20guidance.pdf> to all the nation’s school districts clarifying that schools must not inquire about a child’s immigration status at enrollment. The guidance follows a New York Civil Liberties Union<http://www.nyclu.org/news/following-nyclu-advocacy-doj-affirms-immigrant-children%E2%80%99s-right-attend-us-public-schools> analysis last year that found that at least 20 percent of public school districts across New York State were unlawfully barring or discouraging the enrollment of immigrant students. Civil rights group across the nation conducted similar advocacy on this issue.

“School districts have no business inquiring about a parent’s or child’s immigration status at enrollment,” said NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman. “We’re gratified that the Justice Department has clarified any ambiguities and made clear that school districts have an obligation to educate all children regardless of citizenship or immigration status.”  Read more »

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Murphy (G-NY26) Statement on bin Laden

Posted on May 9, 2011 by iwilder

Ian Murphy is the Green Party candidate in the NY-26 special congressional election on May 24. This is Murphy’s Statement on the Death of bin Laden.

The bad man is dead, but I don’t feel like celebrating. I’m pleased many Americans feel that justice has been done, but the slaying of our own monster offers me little joy. It’s a bittersweet victory, observed through the lens of history.

rest of statement at  Green Party New York.

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