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THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA
www.cagreens.org
Friday, April 29, 2005
Contact: Sara Amir, spokesperson 310.270.7106 saraamir@earthlink.net
Kevin McKeown, spokesperson 310.393.3639 kevin@mckeown.net
Beth Moore Haines, spokesperson 530.277.0610 beth@ncws.com
Longtime Napa City Councilmember re-registers
with Green Party, says he's 'disgusted' with GOP, Democratic parties.
NAPA (April 29, 2005) - Three-term Napa City
Councilmember Harry Martin - founder and owner of the Napa Sentinel -
announced this week that he has re-registered as a member of the Green
Party.
The decision by Martin boosts Green Party
officeholders to 69 elected seats in California, and 221 offices in the
U.S. There are now four Green Party mayors, a mayor pro-tem and vice
mayor in the state. Greens also hold majorities on several city councils
in California.
First elected to the Napa City Council in 1994, and
re-elected in 1996 and 2003, Martin is the longest-serving council
member in Napa's history and has served as vice mayor three times. He is
a native of San Francisco.
"I selected the Green Party because it
represents the direction this nation, state and regional needs. The
voice of the environment is being muted now and I thought I could help
revive it once again through the Green Party," said Martin, who
added that he was the first full-time environmental writer in the U.S.
Martin - who for nearly five decades has been
registered as both Democrat, Republican and Decline-to-State - said he
has watched the Green Party for a while, and chose it because it has the
"zeal for what is really important."
"I have supported the concepts of the Green
Party, and I have been disgusted with the Democrats and Republicans -
sometimes they seem to be one party. I could not honestly tell a
Republican from a Democrat. Their central focus is money and
greed. It is not about the people, but about winning and control,"
he explained.
"Harry Martin has been successful because he
stands up for the local people, the environment and the social needs of
the Napa community. He has never been happy with Democrats or
Republicans. He looks forward to participating with us," said
Lowell Downey, a member of the Napa Green Party County Council.
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