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Green Party Candidate Opens Office, Criticizes Incumbent |
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by C4C
(No verified email address) |
07 Aug 2002
Modified: 09 Aug 2002 |
Carl Estabrook, The Green Party candidate for Congress in Illinois' 15th District, is opening an office in Champaign.
There will be a Grand Opening of the new office on Sunday, August 11, from 2 to 5 PM. The address is 24 E. Green St., Champaign, in the Green Street Center. Estabrook is using the occasion to contrast his energy policies with those of the incumbent, U.S. Rep. Timothy Johnson (R). |
CHAMPAIGN, IL - Wednesday, August 7, 2002 - The Green Party candidate for Congress, Carl Estabrook, who surprised many people by gaining a position on the November ballot with more than 7,500 signatures, is opening an office in Champaign. His campaign for the seat in the US House of Representatives currently held by Republican Timothy Johnson will get under way after Labor Day.
There will be a Grand Opening of the new office on Sunday, August 11, from 2 to 5 PM. "It will be an open house or perhaps an 'office warming,'" says Estabrook. "We want people to come by, talk politics, and find out about the campaign." It's in a perfect place for a Green Party office, he says. "The Estabrook for Congress office is at First and Green Streets in Champaign, on the Upper Level of the Green Street Center. It's on the west side of the complex, at 24 E. Green Street, Suite 14. Amusingly enough, for people who think we're crazy to attack the Republicans and Democrats, it's through a door marked 'Psychiatry'!"
Estabrook thinks his campaign has already had an effect on his opponent, the incumbent congressman. "Representative Johnson held several press conferences in the district last week, proclaiming his support for 'clean
energy.' We think he's doing that because he knows people favor the Green party's environmental views."
But Rep. Johnson is not being candid, Estabrook says. "Timothy thinks that nuclear energy is clean energy, but we don't," he says. Estabrook points out that Johnson is the largest recipient in Congress of contributions from the Exelon Corporation, who want to build a second nuclear reactor at Clinton, in this congressional district. "Johnson's in favor of that, and he also voted in favor of sending trains loaded with radioactive waste across Illinois. We think those policies are crazy, and only serve the profits of the nuclear industry," Estabrook says. "But
come to our Open House -- through the door marked 'Psychiatry' -- and we'll find the proper treatment for them," he says.
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See also:
www.carlforcongress.org
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Ha ha! |
by Harold Green
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Current rating: 0
07 Aug 2002
Modified: 11:16:04 PM |
Poor Carl, spending all that money on a shiny new office... Too bad Tim Johnson will WALK through the election.
Didn't you Green party folks learn anything from Nadar's failure? Silly leftists! |
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Silly citizens, trying to influence the government... |
by Michael Feltes
mfeltes (nospam) ucimc.org (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
09 Aug 2002
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Such counsel makes the defeat of progressive values certain. |
