Minnesota Green Party
http://www.mngreens.org/
August 10, 2005
For more information: 5CDCoordinator@MNGreens.org,
(612) 747-2854
Announcing its largest slate ever of Green
candidates for city offices, the 5th Congressional District Green
Party in Minneapolis issued a statement of unity today.
“As a local party organization, we are thrilled
with the slate of candidates we have endorsed,” said 5th
Congressional District Green Party spokesperson Stephen Eisenmenger.
“From seasoned incumbents to a young librarian up for Library Board,
the local Greens have come together to give the people of Minneapolis
a choice.”
The party has endorsed candidates in four citywide
races: Farheen Hakeem for Mayor, Annie Young for Park Board
(Incumbent), Ian Stade for Library Board, and Dave Berger for Board of
Estimate and Taxation.
Fifth District Greens have also endorsed
candidates for city council in six of the city’s 13 wards: Cam
Gordon, Ward 2; Aaron Neumann, Ward 3; Natalie Johnson Lee
(Incumbent), Ward 5; Dean Zimmermann (Incumbent), Ward 6; Reggie Birts,
Ward 8; and Dave Bicking, Ward 9.
“I know I speak for all Green candidates when I
say that we are deeply committed to supporting one another in this
fall’s elections,” said Hakeem.
"We are also committed to the same goal: to
put the values and principles we share into practice. And we know that
the people of Minneapolis share our values of social and economic
justice, grassroots democracy, ecological sustainability and
nonviolence."
“Our city can and should be a national model of
sustainable development and energy use, of community-centered
policing, of fighting poverty, homelessness and racism, and of opening
city government to the participation of all,” she continued. “To
achieve these goals, Minneapolis needs leadership with vision and
strong principles.”
On all these lines on the primary election
ballot--city council, mayor, park board, library board, board of
estimate and taxation--the Green Party offers Minneapolis voters a
clear choice: Vote Green on September 13!
