ANNOUNCEMENT LIST FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO GREEN PARTY Feb. 28, 2008 Send Announcement items to news@sfgreens.org. Please keep items brief; submissions may be edited for length and content. Green Party General Membership Meeting is held every Third Wednesday of the Month 1028-A Howard Street (between 6th and 7th streets) <http://www.sfgreenparty.org>http://www.sfgreenparty.org ____________________ RUN FOR THE SF GREEN PARTY COUNTY COUNCIL The SFGP County Council is up for election in June 2008. Yes, members of our County Council, like all political parties, are elected. If more than nine people run, the election will be contested and candidates will have their names on the ballot! The deadline is March 7. Those interested must pick up nomination papers at the Department of Elections office. Please see the guide for further details. The Department of Elections is located at City Hall and is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday. <http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/CentralCommitteeGuide2008final.pdf>http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/CentralCommitteeGuide2008final.pdf REGISTER FOR GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTION The convention is scheduled for July 10-13, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. Please visit the following link to register for the convention and to get the information about how to reserve your room at the 2008 headquarter hotel, the Palmer House Hilton. <http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/index.shtml>http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/index.shtml Email: <mailto:office@gp.org>office@gp.org Mailing Address: PO Box 57065, Washington, D.C. 20037 Office Phone: 202-319-7191 Toll-free (US): 866-41GREEN ____________________ EVENTS (San Francisco, unless otherwise noted) * California Food and Justice Coalition: Monday-Tuesday, March 3-4, 9 am-4 pm Preservation Park/Ginn House, 660 13th St., Oakland Directions at <http://www.preservationpark.com/maps/index.html>http://www.preservationpark.com/maps/index.html. http://www.foodsecurity.org/california * Animal Advocacy Working Group Meeting: Thursday, March 6, 7 pm Golden Era Vegetarian Restaurant, 572 O'Farrell St. The Animal Advocacy Working Group of the San Francisco Green Party (AWG) is involved in animal issues and enables animal activists to influence City Hall into passing animal-protection legislation. At 7 pm, people will arrive to order dinner if they need it, and the official meeting will start at 7:30 pm. To find us, look for the table with the greeting card or picture showing three wolf pups. * Second Global Greens Congress in São Paulo Brazil: May 1-4 <http://www.globalgreens.org/index.php>http://www.globalgreens.org/index.php * Chicago to Host 2008 National Green Party Convention: July 10-13 <http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1601>http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1601 _____________________ NEWS Why I'm Running, by RALPH NADER (Meet the Press) <http://www.counterpunch.org/nader02252008.html>http://www.counterpunch.org/nader02252008.html Former S.F. Supervisor Matt Gonzalez to run with Nader http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/28/BAO5VAQFG.DTL&ts... Obama's Line on Lobbyists Is Misleading <http://www.alternet.org/election08/77492/>http://www.alternet.org/election08/77492/ New High In U.S. Prison Numbers http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/28/AR2008022801... Pelosi Wants Bush Aides Investigated http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/02/28/national/w131102... Newspaper journalism in the Bay Area is about to take another big hit <http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=5772&catid=4&volume_id=317&issue_id=341&volume_num=42&issue_num=22>http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=5772&catid=4&volume_id=317&issue_id=341&volume_num=42&issue_num=22 Hell Hath No Fury Like a Modern Liberal <http://www.counterpunch.org/colby02262008.html>http://www.counterpunch.org/colby02262008.html Kucinich Goes Down <http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1647>http://www.sfgreenparty.org/news/newsitem-start.gem?idx=1647 Rights Groups Seek Court OK to Intervene in Wikileaks Case <http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18002573FD005AB476.html?ref=technology>http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18002573FD005AB476.html?ref=technology National Mall Redesign Could Seriously Restrict Free Speech http://www.alternet.org/rights/77799/ The Onion: Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results of '08 Election <http://www.alternet.org/blogs/election08/78077/>http://www.alternet.org/blogs/election08/78077/ ____________________________________________ San Francisco Green Party Announcement List To unsubscribe, go here: <http://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce>http<http://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce>://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce