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Green Party of Michigan
http://www.migreens.org
September 12, 2004
For More Information Contact:
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Steve Herrick -- Green Organizer/Michigan
steveh@greens.org
517-628-3084
Jane Jarlsberg -- Co-Chair, Green Party of Kent
County
janejarlsberg@allvantage.com
616-459-0825 (cell 707-292-0435)
Green Presidential Candidate David Cobb Coming to
Michigan
Kicking Off "Green Tour" with Visit to State September 15-16
Cobb Will Speak on "The Need for Clean",
Green Initiatives; Michigan Green Candidates Will Share Podium in Grand
Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor/St. Joseph, Ann Arbor. Running
Mate Pat LaMarche Will Also Visit Michigan, Stay in Detroit Homeless
Shelter October 3 as Part of "Left Out Tour."
David Cobb, Presidential candidate of the Green Party
of the United States (GPUS), will campaign across the state with
homegrown Michigan Green candidates on a two-day visit this week
(Wednesday and Thursday, September 15-16).
With this visit to the battleground state, Cobb kicks
off his "GREEN Tour" -- subtitled "The Need for
Clean". Appearances scheduled in Grand Rapids, Lansing,
Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor/Saint Joseph, and Ann Arbor are aimed at
helping draw attention to the 41 other Greens on Michigan's
November 2 ballot, and help the Green Party of Michigan (GPMI)
grow at its grassroots.
During his two days in Michigan, and another week and
more traveling across the country, Cobb will be highlighting Green
initiatives -- from environmental issues to alternative-fuel vehicles,
wind farms, solar panels, green buildings, wetlands, parks, rivers,
brown-field cleanups for economic development, and issues of
environmental justice.
Cobb, a public-interest attorney with a working-class
background who helped organize the Green Party onto the ballot in his
native Texas, was nominated at the GPUS convention in Milwaukee this
June -- winning over the 1996 and 2000 Green candidate, Ralph Nader.
Nader is running an independent campaign this year.
Cobb's Vice Presidential running mate, liberal and
positive talk-show host Patricia LaMarche of Maine, will be in Michigan
next month. As part of her "Left Out Tour", LaMarche will stay
overnight at a homeless shelter in Detroit on Sunday, October 3.
David Cobb "Green Tour" in Michigan
SCHEDULE
NOTE:
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This schedule represents the best information currently available about
planned campaign events. However, it is subject to addition, deletion,
or other changes.
Wednesday Events
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11:30am-12:30pm: lunch in Grand Rapids
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Cobb will speak to members of the Green Party of Kent County (GPKC)
from the Campau Square Park at Fulton and Division in Grand Rapids
during a "brown-bag lunch" at noon on the 15th.
Before and after the speech, Cobb will be available for one-on-one
interviews. For more information, visit the GPKC Web site at:
http://wmgreens.iwarp.com/cip.html
or contact GPKC co-chair Jane Jarlsberg:
janejarlsberg@allvantage.com
616-459-0825 (cell 707-292-0435)
4:00-5:30pm: rally on the steps of the Capitol in Lansing
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Cobb will speak to supporters from the steps of the Capitol Building
in Lansing as the headliner of a GPMI rally starting at 4pm Wednesday.
A number of statewide and local Green candidates will also speak --
including incumbent Mount Pleasant City Commissioner James Moreno.
Again, the campaign has made some space in its schedule for one-on-
one interviews with Cobb before 4pm. He will be available in downtown
Lansing. To arrange an interview with David Cobb, please contact Steve
Herrick by e-mail at steveh@greens.org,
or by calling 517-628-3084.
7:00pm: rally at WMU's Sangren Hall in Kalamazoo
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Several local Green Party candidates will join Cobb at a town-hall
meeting in Room 2112 of Sangren Hall on the Western Michigan University
campus, starting at 7pm. The Green Party of Kalamazoo will host this
event, which is expected to draw Peter Ponzetti III, Green candidate for
the State Board of Education; James Wilber, running for Kalamazoo County
Clerk; and Stephanie Frizzell, candidate for Kalamazoo County Sheriff.
For more information, contact GP of K co-chair James Wilber at
kzoogreen@aol.com or 269-998-1598.
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Thursday Events
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10:00am: march and rally at Administration Building in Saint Joseph
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On Thursday morning, Cobb will be welcomed by Rev. Edward Pinkney
to the weekly protest march by the Black Autonomy Network Community
Organization (BANCO) of Benton Harbor against the political leadership
of Berrien County.
The march will start at 10am Thursday, and will take place around
the Berrien County Administration Building (701 Main St., Saint Joseph).
Rev. Pinkney and Cobb are both expected to speak. For details, please
e-mail banco9342@sbcglobal.net
or call Rev. Pinkney at 269-925-0001.
12:30pm: lunch fundraiser at Holiday Inn in Kalamazoo
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The Green Party of Kalamazoo has also organized a lunch with Cobb
and local Green candidates starting at 12:30pm on the 16th at the
Holiday Inn, 2747 South 11th Street off Stadium Drive near US 131.
The suggested donation is $35 ($25 for Green Party members, and $15
for students/low income).
For more information, contact GP of K co-chair James Wilber at
kzoogreen@aol.com or 269-998-1598.
8:00pm: rally on U of M campus in Ann Arbor
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Cobb will spend Thursday afternoon and early evening in Oakland
County, meeting with Green candidates and supporters in the metro
Detroit area and taping two episodes of GPMI's cable-access TV program
_In the Green_. One will focus on Cobb; the other will be a roundtable
with Cobb and several of the homegrown candidates.
Then, at around 8:15-8:30pm, Cobb will catch up with a rally on
the University of Michigan campus which is set to start at about 8pm.
Candidates in Washtenaw County and others from nearby are expected
to attend and speak. For more details, please contact Robert Haug
at rob.haug@gmail.com or call
GPMI at 734-663-3555.
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For more information about David Cobb and Patricia LaMarche, their
views on the issues and their proposals for the future of this country
and the world, their campaign as the GPUS 2004 Presidential ticket,
please visit the campaign Web site:
http://www.votecobb.org
The GPUS home page is at:
http://www.gp.org
For a full list of Michigan Greens on the November 2 ballot, with
the offices they are seeking and campaign contact information, see:
http://www.migreens.org/mi-cand.htm
For more information on GPMI, and how you can get in contact with
Green candidates and locals in your area to help offer Michigan voters
a choice and a voice independent of the "Big Two" parties,
please visit
the party's home page:
http://www.migreens.org
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