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Hey, this hasn't been posted to the agreement seeking board yet. Considering that the proposal text reads “If there are no amendments to this draft proposal by May 1 at midnight”… we should look at updating that text.
While we haven't formalized our process for how we have delegates vote, half of the voting members of the Longmont chapter have affirmed their support for this motion, so I am casting a vote of AGREE.
As much as I rag on some green parties for being a social group only, I think being in the community and offering classes, seminars, etc on topics which intersect with Green politics like deep ecology, social justice and the importance of peace is a very good strategy to help get the Green Party in the forefront of people's minds. Too often, people think we're a one-issue party and while that one issue is very important, Green politics is about so much more. When combined with a party that is working hard for the people, I think it'll be easy for us to gain more inroads.This is also important because I think that people who don't know much about the Green Party see us as a bunch of naive nutters who only spoil elections and have no clue that we can't win. This is tragic. However, if we can get people in the door and put our best foot forward, we can gain more support.That being said, Robert Lee Worthey has announced that he plans to run for governor. When I was contemplating a gubernatorial run, I was contemplating him for my Lt. Governor running mate.
Considering the context of this proposal keeps changing, it is ill-defined. I'm casting a vote of NO.
Wow, with so many people responding here, I think I need to provide a response here and now. Keep in mind, this is my own personal opinion and not an official response of the Longmont Green Party. To get the easier contention out of the way, yes, the Longmont Green Party does intend to continue to support candidates running for non-partisan offices. Last year, I ran for the RTD Board of Directors and this year, I am running for Mayor of Longmont. Both are non-partisan offices and I'm hoping the Longmont Green Party will support me just as they did when I ran last year. I am a Green, I am committed to the Green Party and the fact that I am running as a non-partisan is simply a consequence of the fact that both offices are non-partisan.However, we did base our bylaws off of the Denver Green Party's and in the editing process, when we went through the part of supporting non-partisan candidates, it did seem to get jumbled in word salad. If you would like to suggest different wording that achieves our intent as stated above, I'll be more than happy to present that to the group at our next meeting. 🙂Now, while I would like to comment on our support for the non-privileged, I did promise Josh that we would release our statements with each others' approval and despite the fact that I am a politician (a fact that I continually find weird), I do honour my commitments. 🙂
I certainly oppose privatization. I would like to see discussion comparing the candidates, and will do my own research before weighing in on endorsement. I have the impression that privatization, at least of highways (which makes mass transit less possible) has come from the CDOT. Can anyone help clarify the role of RTD vs. CDOT and even the Governor's office?Michael HaugheyJC Greens
Okay, while I did lose my election, I feel that addressing this topic is important. RTD and CDOT do seem to have a lot of overlap, given that RTD uses a lot of CDOT's infrastructure (US 36, I-25, US 287, CO 119, etc). While RTD and CDOT do coordinate (as we saw with the P3 with Plenary Roads used to renovate 36), RTD has a role that only stretches to the boundaries of the District. Basically, if you're obligated to pay RTD sales tax in an area, you're likely in the RTD area. CDOT, on the other hand, is statewide. Additionally, RTD is ONLY responsible for maintaining their infrastructure. RTD is not obligated to do any repairs of the public roadways, but they are obligated to repair their park & rides (and how well they fulfill this responsibility is proportional to the income level of the area surrounding the facilities needing improvement) and even things like the bus ramps at Broomfield Park & Ride.
Thank you, Andrea. My name is Véronique Bellamy and I am one of the people who was integral in the creation of the Longmont Green Party's bylaws. I am working on a more formal response to each of your concerns with Josh, the Longmont Green Party's chair and we hope to have that for you sooner rather than later.
Don't get me wrong, I would like to see something a little better, like a Jekyll-powered site hosted on Github Pages so that the source code (including any changes) are tracked via git. That way, it's easier for something like this to be proven and it's easier to prove who changed what. The problem with that, though, is that it's not very user-friendly and is more for developers who want to spin up a quick site.
