This is the Press Release today from the Green Party of California. I put the enter release below the fold. <\/p>\n
News Advisory
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THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA www.cagreens.org<\/p>\n
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
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Contact: Cres Vellucci, press secretary, 916.996-9170 cvellucci@cagreens.org
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\t Susan King, spokesperson, 415.823-5524 sking@cagreens.org<\/p>\n
Continue voter revolt: kick the rascals out, urges
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state Green Party after ballot propositions crushed
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Tuesday; Green candidates would better serve the people<\/p>\n
SACRAMENTO – Although the state’s voters made it clear they did not like
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the status quo when they voted down five ballot measures Tuesday during the
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Special Election, they need to take the next step, urged the Green Party of
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California today.<\/p>\n
“Voters used the ballot box to say they are disgusted with the Legislature
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and the Governor. Now they need to vote them out of office en mass and
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replace them with candidates that represent the people,” said Joe Feller, a
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Solano County Council member.<\/p>\n
The Green Party has fielded those candidates – voter friendly candidates –
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for years, Feller said, noting that the Green Party also opposed the ballot
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measures, calling them a “rotten deal.”<\/p>\n
“Pundits say voters are ‘angry and frustrated.’ The only real way for them
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to really make their wishes known is to replace those in power, and that
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means the Democrats as well as the Republicans,” said Los Angeles Green
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Alex Walker.<\/p>\n
Greens said the answer to the state’s budget woes is cutting waste, but not
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workers’ jobs.<\/p>\n
“The super wealthy do not pay their fair share, and haven’t for a long
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time. They pay a lower tax rate that the average Californian. Cutting
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salaries of workers who can barely pay their bills makes no sense. Those
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who reside in mansions should be made to pay their fair share,” said Lisa
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Green, a Green Party candidate for Assembly in the 53rd District.<\/p>\n
Greens also have suggested Prop. 13 be amended so that the while
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residential owners maintain their tax protection, business property should
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be reassessed to raise billions.<\/p>\n
But, primarily, the state Green Party urged voters to continue their
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mini-revolt and replace the Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature
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with alternative party candidates from the Green Party who would act first
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to protect the rights of the voters, not special interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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