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Sat Sep 25, 2010 at 00:19:23 AM EDT
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| Woo-frickin-hoo!!!!!!!!
From the Jill Stein for Governor campaign:
Dear friends and supporters,
YOU DID IT! YOU blew past the $100,000 we needed to ensure our place in the media consortium debate. Our voices will be heard! Voters will get to hear real vision and practical proposals for our common wealth and common health - not just the petty bickering of Beacon Hill insiders avoiding real issues.
AND THAT'S NOT ALL! Today just before the 5 p.m. deadline campaign staffers turned in qualifying contributions of over $129,000 to the state's Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF) - exceeding the required threshold for state matching funds. We are optimistic that the application will be approved, and we will keep you posted. If it is approved, we will have qualified our campaign for public financing, and every dollar we raise between now and the end of October will be matched by the state.
No matter what happens, though, it's clear that a groundswell for democracy is rising up in this campaign. People sacrificed, people dropped everything, people put their lives on hold to make sure that we reached the threshold for debate inclusion and would not be silenced by the corporate press - and that we qualified for public finance matching funds. Your hard work and inspiration made it happen. Money is continuing to come in from all over the commonwealth, from everyday people who are fed up with the bailouts, layoffs, ripoffs and payoffs, and who are ready for the healthy, secure green commonwealth that's within our reach today!
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| eli_beckerman :: Congratulations! YOU are what democracy looks like! |
| Thank you again, on behalf of my campaign and that of my running mate, Rick Purcell, for everything you've done. This is just the beginning. There are five and a half weeks until November 2nd! Let's catch our breath and jump in to the next round. With your determination, we've consistently beaten the odds. Let's keep it up - and on November 2nd, let's give the Commonwealth an election night they won't soon forget.
Upward,
jill
PS - Join me and other campaign supporters for "The Beans, Rice & Cornbread Jazz & Blues Breakfast New Orleans Style!" that our friend, Mel King, has put together today, Saturday, Sept 25, from 10am-1pm. The event will benefit The South End Technology Center, and will take place at The Columbus Avenue AME Zion Church, 600 Columbus Ave. Mel King is the founder of the Rainbow Coalition Party (the Rainbow in "Green-Rainbow") and a veteran leader in the struggle for social and economic justice. After the breakfast, we'll head to the Beantown Jazz Festival to flyer and talk to voters. If you'd like to join the fun, call Field Director Dante Comparetto at (508) 740-4092. |
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"Now, is this the deal I would have preferred? No. I believe that we could have made the tough choices required - on entitlement reform and tax reform - right now, rather than through a special congressional committee process. But this compromise does make a serious down payment on the deficit reduction we need and gives each party a strong incentive to get a balanced plan done before the end of the year. Most importantly, it will allow us to avoid default and end the crisis that Washington imposed on the rest of America."
--President Barack Obama on the debt ceiling "deal"
"Despite Democratic control over the White House, despite Democratic control over the Senate, despite overwhelming opposition from the American people, a small minority of the members of the Republican-controlled House have successfully pushed an extreme right-wing agenda onto the American political landscape. It is an ideology which believes that despite the fact that the rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and poverty is increasing, all - all of the burden for deficit reduction should rest on working people."
--Independent Senator Bernie Sanders on the debt ceiling "deal"
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Then and Now
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Then...
"Last year Evergreen, a Massachusetts company, agreed to establish their first-ever United States based manufacturing facility here in Massachusetts. They did so, or are doing so, at Devens. They have now agreed and chosen to triple their size at Devens. Their next phase of expansion, right here in Massachusetts, a signature company in a signature sector, and we congratulate all of the folks at Evergreen and look forward to continuing to work with you...
We made a personal commitment to Evergreen for the sake of Evergreen, but also because we wanted to show that there are ways in which state government, in working together with private industry and with the utility companies, could begin to create a different kind of environment, a different kind of business climate here, to grow that sector, and it is happening. It's happening. Evergreen is one of the most prominent examples, but there are a whole host of examples."
--Governor Deval Patrick, April 7, 2008, boasting about state investment in Evergreen.
and Now...
"Evergreen Solar Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday, completing a stunning reversal of fortune for a high-flying alternative-energy company that once seemed to herald a new era for the Massachusetts economy... At its peak, Evergreen employed roughly 900 people locally and attracted more than $50 million in state support, as its stock price soared above $100 a share.
Yesterday, Evergreen's stock closed at 18 cents. The company shuttered its manufacturing plant in Devens earlier this year and now has only 85 employees left. Massachusetts is one of its top creditors, owed $1.5 million in rent."
--Erin Ailworth, Boston Globe, August 16, 2011
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