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THE GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
MEDIA RELEASE Thursday October 31, 2002
Contacts:
Dean Myerson, Political Coordinator, 202-319-7191,
301-651-5168 (cell), releases@greenrelease.info,
GPHQ--at--gp.org
Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576, nallen@acadia.net
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, scottmclarty@yahoo.com
GREEN CANDIDATES RUN STRONG IN ATTORNEY GENERAL
RACES
Attorney General races demonstrate Green vitality and commitment to
enforcing the law
Washington, D.C. While Green candidates for Governor and Congress get
the most attention due to their impact on election results next Tuesday,
Green Party candidates are running for a wide variety of offices. Among
them are seven seeking office as Attorney General. The responsibility to
represent the public interest in the courts is key to the Green platform
and well represented by these candidates.
In Delaware, Vivian Houghton is a former Democrat who managed many
victorious campaigns for that party until recently switching to the
Green Party, and has received endorsements from the United Auto Workers
and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists. "I spent years working
for the Democratic Party and learned from the inside that Delaware's
Attorney General was not working first for the people of Delaware, but
for the corporations that choose to park their headquarters here. I
finally realized it couldn't be fixed from the inside, and that the
Green Party was where the solution would come from."
In Texas, Green Party Legal Advisor David Cobb is running for Attorney
General and has an extensive background in corporate legal status
through his work as associate with the non-partisan Program on
Corporations, Law and Democracy. "If elected, I will use the office
of Attorney General to assist local governments and community groups to
draft local laws to assert local, democratic control over corporations.
I will initiate charter revocation proceedings against those
corporations which flagrantly violate state and federal laws."
In Colorado, Alison "Sunny" Maynard has been litigating water
rights, land trust and voter fraud issue in the public interest for 15
years. "I'm running because far too often, I've had to represent
citizens who are fighting their government over official decisions made
to benefit wealthy private interests, not the public interest. Instead
of protecting the public, the incumbent Democrat has protected polluters
and fraudulent business interests. I decided it was my civic duty to
run, so that our laws are enforced and the powers of the Attorney
General used in the manner they were intended to be used: to protect the
people."
These candidates and their background demonstrate the long-term
commitment that Green candidates have for rolling up their sleeves and
working for Americans, and why Green candidates are gaining more support
and momentum nationwide.
CORRECTION: Yesterday we listed the Oakland Tribune as having
endorsed a Green Party candidate. The Oakland Tribune has not endorsed
any Green Party candidates this year. We regret the error.
MORE INFORMATION
Vivian Houghton Campaign: (302) 239-2572
Website: http://www.vivianhoughton.com/vivian/index.htm
David Cobb Campaign: (713) 880-3219
Website: http://www.txgreens.org/2002campaign/cobb.htm
Alison "Sunny" Maynard Campaign: (303) 758-7033
Website: http://www.maynardin2002.org/
Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy: http://www.poclad.org/
(No POCLAD endorsement of Green Party candidates - website listed for
information only)
The Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org
National office: 1314 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Major endorsements of Green Party campaigns by
prominent national organizations and newspapers
http://www.gp.org/endorse02.html
Database of Green campaigns and office holders
http://www.gp.org/patience.html
Green candidates' participation in and exclusion
from debates http://www.gp.org/debates
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