The Green Party of Delaware County, Pennsylvania is committed to fostering progressive policies locally and supporting the efforts of Greens in neighboring counties, throughout the state and the nation. We endorse the Ten Key Values as ratified at the Green Party Convention in Denver, CO, June 2000 and the notion that democracy requires full participation on the part of the citizenry.
We invite anyone who shares our concern about the corrosive effect of corporate money on society and the political process, who seeks to protect our environment from careless development and harmful technologies, who wishes to help create a more just society and who recognizes the importance of solidarity in the face of concentrated power and wealth to join with us as we instill these values at the grass roots and beyond.
NOTE: Monthly meetings are now held on the first Wednesday of the month.
URGENT: Please contact your State Representative and Senator and ask them to co-sponsor the Voters' Choice Act Bill (SB 1578) being introduced by State Senator Mike Folmer. Folmer's legislation would make the signature requirements for independent candidates to appear on the general election ballot the same as which major party candidates have for primary elections. The Pennsylvania Green Party did not get any State-wide or National Candidates on the ballot this year, because we did not get the 27,000 signatures required by current state laws. These same laws allowed Democrat and Republican candidates on the ballot after only gathering 2,000 signatures.
For more information on Folmer's bill, see his press release. For informative commentary on "Bonusgate" and PA's scandalous ballot access laws, see the article "Ballotgate" by Lowman S. Henry of Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research.
Where do you stand on the following issues?
| Issue | Green Party | Republican Party | Democratic Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invasion and Occupation of Iraq | Opposed | Supported | Supported |
| Patriot Act | Opposed | Supported | Supported |
| Impeachment of George W. Bush | Support | Oppose | Oppose |
| Invasion of Afghanistan | Opposed | Supported | Supported |
| Kosovo War | Opposed | Supported | Supported |
| Military Budget | Reduce | Increase | Increase |
| Israeli Occupation of West Bank and Gaza. | Oppose | Support | Support |
| Global Warming - Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Support | Oppose | Oppose and Failed to Act. |
| Right to Choose | Support | Oppose | Support (?) |
| National Health Insurance | Support single-payer national health insurance | Oppose | Oppose |
| Clean Water | Support | Oppose | Weak Support |
| Death Penalty | Oppose | Support | Support |
| Labor: Wages and Unions | Support | Oppose Workers | Minimal Support |
| (Global) Corporate Power Trade Agreements and Institutions (NAFTA, FTAA, CAFTA, WTO) | Restrict | Expand | Expand |
| Real Campaign Finance Reform & Publicly Financed Elections | Support | Oppose | Oppose |
| Electoral Reforms & Democracy | Support | Oppose | Oppose |
| 2000 Florida Election - Congressional Investigation | Supported | Opposed | Opposed |
| Reform the Presidential Debate Commission | Support | Oppose | Oppose |
| Strict Standards on GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) | Support | Oppose | Oppose |
| Corporate Agriculture | Oppose | Support | Support |
| Drug War | Oppose | Support | Support |
| Telecommunications Deregulation - Giveaway of public broadcast spectrum to private companies. | Opposed to Deregulation | Supported | Supported |
| Bank Deregulation and Banking Reform | Opposed to bank deregulation. | Supported bank deregulation. | Supported bank deregulation. |
| Increased Accounting Oversight | Support | Oppose | Opposed until the Enron scandal broke. |
For more details, see www.therealdifference.org.
