[GreenNotes] GreenNotes - 5/22/2007

[Tom Brown]

Please circulate widely. Contact us to include your announcement in
GreenNotes.

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PROGRESSIVE EVENT CALENDAR

* St. Joe Valley Greens - June 14, 7 PM at GLBT Resource Center

* MPJC peace vigil - Every Monday and Saturday

* GreenTV every Wednesday evening, 10 PM, Comcast channel 99.


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ST. JOSEPH COUNTY ELECTION BOARD ON YOUTUBE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAGmL4B_6kI

The video deals with the documented failure of St. Joseph County to 
count more than 500 votes cast in the November 2006 general election. 
Citizens have been in contact with the St. Joseph County Election Board 
since January without a satisfactory explanation or resolution to the issue.

It's important to understand that registered candidates from several 
parties, both major and minor, were denied the legitimate votes cast for 
them.

Moreover, only 7 of 77 provisional ballots cast in St. Joseph County 
were counted. Of course, it is possible that these 70 votes were 
appropriately discounted. However, verification is impossible because at 
their April meeting the St. Joseph County Election Board refused to 
discuss their documented failures any further.

It also remains to be discovered whether or not regular absentee and  
military absentee write-in votes were accurately counted. The documented 
failure to count more than 500 votes suggests there is a need for 
additional investigation.

Of course, if provisional, absentee, and military absentee votes were 
not fully and accurately counted, this could mean that votes for 
candidates in all races may not have been counted. Again, verification 
is impossible because the St. Joseph County Election Board refuses to 
discuss the issue further.

Several articles dealing with these issues have appeared in the South 
Bend Tribune and can be found here:

http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/noExcuse.shtml
http://www.sjvgreens.org/current/electionBoard.shtml
http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070412/News01/704120501/-1/NEWS01


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SAVE NOTRE DAME WOODS

A small, but growing, group of folks are trying to save 25-acres of 
woodland slated for destruction by the University of Notre Dame. It is a 
lovely oasis in a sea of development, and certainly worth saving for its 
flora and fauna. Please follow the progress and add your thoughts on the 
importance of saving urban woodlands to the recently started blog:

http://savenotredamewoods.blogspot.com:80/

Michiana Sierra


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STOP DUKE ENERGY

Help Citizens Action Coalition stop Duke Energy from building 
unnecessary coal-fired power plants.

We need letters to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, letters to 
the editor of local papers, and letters to local elected officials!! 
Check our website for more info and links. Take action!

http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=143120014&u=1371660


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GREENTV SCHEDULE

*  May 2: Good Jobs, Fairer Taxes.
Greg LeRoy of Good Jobs First presents the case for reversing the 
spiraling economic decline of American cities.

* May 9: Ater the Storm.
This Weather Channel and EPA produced story about storm run-off tells  
us what governments, businesses and individuals can do to mitigate this 
enormous pollution problem.

* May 16: Leave My Child Alone.
Parents and students tell their stories about military recruitment in 
U.S. high schools. Features a former recruiter and Cindy Sheehan

* May 23: Mountain Top Coal Removal.
The electric power industry claims coal is plentiful and safe. But they 
don't tell you about the devastating effects on people and the 
environment of modern mining techniques.

* May 30: Depleted Uranium.
The U.S. military is using depleted uranium  in bullets, armor piercing 
projectiles and bunker bombs in Iraq. The results are deadly for 
soldiers and civilians. Depleted uranium poses a long term public health 
crisis in the middle east and around the world.

In post production:

 - Cindy Sheehan at St. Mary's College
 - Anarchist gathering in Boston
 - Economic Development Forum at IUSB
 - Bike 2 Work Day Rally

GreenTV airs Wednesdays, 10:00 p.m. Tune to Comcast cable channel 99. 
Look for GreenTV on the Internet in the near future.


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KEY VALUES OF THE GREENS

1. Ecological wisdom
2. Social justice
3. Grassroots democracy
4. Nonviolence
5. Decentralization
6. Community-based economics
7. Feminism
8. Respect for diversity
9. Personal and global responsibility
10. Future focus


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St. Joe Valley Greens, South Bend, IN
http://www.sjvgreens.org/
mailto: tbrown at sjvgreens.org or khardy at sjvgreens.org