<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">More reasons to support Gayle . . . From an email:<div><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>Single-payer Medicare-for-All foes are taking no chances on the Lt. Governor race in California, and they’ve found wealthy candidate to be their vehicle for opposing health care reform.</i></span></div><div><p style="margin: 1em 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><strong>On Thursday, wealthy Sacramento developer Angelo Tsakopoulos donated $2,020,000 to a super PAC for his daughter, Eleni Kounalakis, who is running for Lt. Governor.</strong> The super PAC is sponsored by the California Medical Association, which opposed the California universal health care bill, SB 562, saying it “would dismantle the healthcare marketplace and destabilize California’s economy.”</i></span></p><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Mar 26, 2018, at 9:35 AM, timeka drew <<a href="mailto:timekadrew@gmail.com">timekadrew@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Question: Would this mean that the Green Party could officially endorse candidates who are registered other than Green, even when there is a registered Green running against them? While I agree with the premise that good people should be endorsed, I worry that elevating non-Greens over those willing to commit to the party may make us more likable by non-Greens, but could weaken Green interest in running. Grassroots Green candidates may feel intimidated that they won’t get the endorsement over more seasoned “good” Democrats or others who may not take corporate funding as an individual candidate, but work within, get benefits from & support a machine that does. How would this non-corporate sponsored eligibility for endorsement be determined? </span><br><span></span><br><span>“As it stands, people who want to “throw their hat in the ring” and yet who have no track record with the Green Party or allied organizations are able to register Green and use our ballot line, and get an automatic advantage in the endorsement process, even though they may not be the best candidate.” </span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Mar 25, 2018, at 3:11 PM, Eric Brooks <<a href="mailto:brookse32@hotmail.com">brookse32@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>As it stands, people who want to “throw their hat in the ring” and yet who have no track record with the Green Party or allied organizations are able to register Green and use our ballot line, and get an automatic advantage in the endorsement process, even though they may not be the best candidate. </span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>gpca-votes mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:gpca-votes@sfgreens.org">gpca-votes@sfgreens.org</a></span><br><span><a href="https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpca-votes">https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpca-votes</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>