FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 20, 2004
Media Contact: Kirstin Marr, (303) 870-0293, kirstinmarr@comcast.net
Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb will visit Colorado on Saturday, April 24 as part of his 13-state, twenty day tour. Cobb, 41, a native Texan who served as the national Green Party's general counsel until declaring his candidacy, is running to build the Green Party.
"I want to begin by acknowledging that the unelected and illegitimate current occupant of the White House is a problem. In fact, he is a big problem. But he is not THE problem," said David Cobb. "The real problem is the social, political, and economic system that is literally destroying the planet, driving the engine of empire on behalf of transnational corporations, and creating an unjust, oppressive and unsustainable world with the plunder. The social, political, and economic system is the problem, and I am proud that the Green Party stands ready and willing to challenge it!"
The Colorado Green Party is holding its Nominating Convention on Saturday, April 24. The Poudre Valley Green Party is hosting the meeting, which will include candidate speeches and approval for newly-formed local parties. Jefferson County and Greeley are requesting affiliation as local parties. The meeting will be held at the Mennonite Fellowship, 300 East Oak. St. in downtown Fort Collins, beginning at 3 p.m. The fellowship is handicap-accessible. The business meeting begins at 9 a.m. is open to the public, though only registered greens can participate in voting.
Colorado Candidates Featured
Colorado candidates coming to speak at the meeting and seeking the Colorado Green Party nomination are:
Art Goodtimes, an incumbent seeking re-election as San Miguel County Commissioner.
Bob Kinsey, candidate for Congress in District 4. The Kinsey for Congress campaign has organized an evening fundraiser, following the convention, for Green candidates at 6 p.m. at the Commons House at River Rock Co-housing, 520 N. Sherwood, Fort Collins.
Eric Rechel running for County Commissioner in Mesa County.
Tom Castrigno running for County Commissioner in Summit County.
More Information David Cobb Campaign, http://www.votecobb.org.
Bob Kinsey for Congress, Colorado, 4th Congressional District http://www.kinseyforcongress.org
Colorado Green Party, http://www.coloradogreens.org
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