Lake Winnebago Green Party elects new officers

At the January meeting of the Lake Winnebago Green Party, the LWGP came to concensus to appoint Justin Mitchell co-chair to serve for 2006-07 alongside Kay Springstroh, whose term continues through 2006. Outgoing co-chair Ron Hardy, whose term expired in 2005, will continue as the LWGP representative to the state WGP Coordinating Council. Nicole DeKuester continues as Treasurer, however the Secretary position previously held by Justin is open. Bob Poeschl is one of two co-chairs of the Wisconsin Green Party. Jake Schneider is Treasurer of the Green Party (US) and sits on the GPUS Steering Committee.

Oshkosh, Wisconsin Troop Withdrawal Referendum Timeline and Archive (Compiled by ABV Army Times)

"Troop Withdrawal Referendum Gains Steam" -Jeff Peterson, Green Pages, Winter 2005 "A discussion about the war in Iraq, beginning at the Wisconsin Green Party's spring gathering, has blossomed into an effort to put a troop withdrawal referendum on next spring's ballot in cities and counties around the state. The effort has now grown beyond the Green Party and has been embraced by citizens all over the state concerned about the war and passionate about democracy."

• 12 Feb. 2006 Wisconsin Green Party’s Mike Miles blasts Obey/Frank Incumbent Job Security Act, H.R. 4694
  • LUCK, WI – Democrats’ fear of competition from Green challengers is behind an effort to deny public funding to Greens and other third party and independent candidates, says Green Party congressional candidate Mike Miles.

    Miles is critical of H.R. 4694, a bill introduced in the U.S. House earlier this month by Wisconsin Seventh District Congressman David Obey and cosponsored by Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts. Miles and other prominent Greens say the bill, which its sponsors call the “Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act” should more rightly be called the “Incumbent Job Security Act” for the disproportionate benefits it would bestow on those already in office.

• 9 Feb. 2006 Democrats Push Bill That Would Bar Third Parties in Races for Congress
  • Panic and retaliation among progressive Democrats over Green challenges are behind HR 4694, say Greens, citing the bill's prohibitive petition requirements, ban on private contributions; Greens call the bill patently unconstitutional.

• 8 Feb. 2006 National Women's Caucus Elects New Officers

• 4 Feb. 2006 Greens mourn Coretta Scott King
  • "The Green Party owes its existence in part to the work of Dr. King, kept alive by Ms. King after his assassination," said Sundiata Tellem, co-chair the Black Caucus of the Green Party of the United States and the first African-American to chair the Dallas Green Party (Texas). "Nonviolence, on which Dr. King based his strategy throughout the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s, is one of the Green Party's ten 'Key Values'. The Montgomery bus boycott, the drive to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Poor People's Campaign, and other efforts led by the Kings all stand as models for Green action."

• 4 Feb. 2006 When will the Ground Hog wake up and see the shadow of clean government?
  • Claude VanderVeen, from the Greater Milwaukee Green Party, announces his candidacy for Wisconsin State Senate District 7.

   

• 23 Jan. 2006 US Greens to Attend the World Social Forum in Caracas
  • Members of the Green Party of the United States will be among the 100,000 social activists from nations throughout the Americas attending the World Social Forum (WSF) in Caracas, Venezuela, January 24 to 29

Fall 2005 LWGP Page

Next Meeting of the LWGP:

January Meeting Postponed due to weather. Next meeting T.B.A.


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