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THE GREEN PARTY OF GEORGIA
http://www.greens.org/georgia/
Press Release
Friends of Elaine Brown for Mayor of Brunswick, Georgia
2802 Altama Avenue, Suite B
Brunswick, Georgia 31520
912-262-9811 (Telephone)
912-261-9381 (Facsimile)
May 17, 2005
Contact: Anita D. Collins, Campaign Manager,
912-262-9811 or 912-996-1463
FORMER BLACK PANTHER CHALLENGES CONFEDERATE
ESTABLISHMENT IN BID FOR MAYOR OF BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA
Elaine Brown to hold a press conference and
officially open her campaign headquarters on May 19 at 10:00 a.m.
In an effort to become the first black and first
woman mayor of the predominantly-black port city of Brunswick, Georgia,
Elaine Brown, author and former chairman of the Black Panther Party,
will formally announce her candidacy on May 19th -- the birthday of
Malcolm X -- at 10:00 a.m. at her campaign headquarters at 2802 Altama
Avenue in Brunswick.
Under the campaign slogan "Empowering the
People! Sharing the Wealth!" Brown says she wants to displace
"the Confederate establishment" as much as the present
administration wants to displace the black population of Brunswick:
"I intend to uproot the long-established,
white-dominated power base of this Republican stronghold, represented by
the present mayor, a proud Lt. Col. in the Sons of Confederate Veterans,
and replace it with an administration that serves the people. I
intend to eliminate the City's present economic development plan of
gentrification and institute a program for redevelopment that does not
require the mass removal of black and poor people."
Although the race is non-partisan, it is expected
that Brown, who has become a member of the Green Party, will face strong
opposition by a Republican-backed candidate for the upcoming, November
2005, election. The present mayor, barred from seeking a third
term, was heavily supported by the Republican Party and the Sea Island
Co. -- broker of the Bush-hosted G-8 Summit of 2004. Brunswick is
the seat of Glynn County, which is represented up and down, in the U.S.
Senate and House, as well as in the Georgia Senate and House, by
Republicans.
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