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Committee to Elect Sherman Lee Dillon With his wife Louise, Sherman Lee Dillon left for Italy on Saturday, May 17, with Public Radio in Mississippi's Tour of Tuscany group. Mr. Dillon is the candidate for Governor of the Green Party of Mississippi. Mr. Dillon had planned the trip prior to making his decision to run for Governor. However, with the blessings of his wife, who had been expecting an unfettered vacation, Mr. Dillon will be squeezing in a campaign stop in Fiesole, Italy on Friday, May 23. He and Mrs. Dillon will meet with Ugo Bardi, contact for members of the Green Party in the Tuscany region and professor of Chemistry at the University of Firenze. The Dillons will also attend a luncheon in their honor hosted by members of the Green Party of Italy. In an e-mail to members of the Italian Green Party, Sherman Lee wrote that, "The potential for the Greens around the world to address many of the dangers of economic globalization and the challenge to grassroots democracy, led me to see if I could visit some representatives from the Italian Greens." He commented to members of his family and to friends before leaving that, "I cannot pass up an opportunity to serve as an ambassador from Mississippi while visiting in Italy." Mr. Dillon was excited to be able to share the same values of Grassroots Democracy, Social Justice, Nonviolence, and Ecological Wisdom that are held in common by Greens the world over. While in Italy the Dillons, who are devout Catholics, intend to make a pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi. They also plan to visit the boyhood home of Mrs. Dillon's father, Louis Virgil Gatti. Mr. and Mrs. Dillon will return to the States on May 29 much refreshed and having experienced Old World hospitality offered by their new Italian friends in the Green Party of Italy. Dillon Gubernatorial Campaign
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