Despite John Drescher's (R) apparent and commendable hustle -- he claims he's door-belling the entirety of Newcastle -- and despite his much more greater spending of money compared to my campaign, not to mention his ability to get the Washington Establishment in his corner, amazingly the Position 6 Newcastle Council race looks like a toss-up. I have personally met at least 10,000 Washingtonians over the course of a decade in politics, here, who have affirmed their support for me, and a good portion of those have been Newcastlers (especially in 2013), although I don't door-bell, and thus don't disturb people in their homes. I prefer to meet voters at our various community centers, and I have met thousands over the past couple of years and the past decade. Another 90,000-or-so have joined those 10,000 by voting for me in various elections.
All the signals are telling me that this is a 50-50 race, and that's not just wishful thinking. People are telling me they are tired of the Establishment and their special interest friends whose needs take priority over the commons as a whole. The commons is all-inclusive and takes care of the entire community's needs, places like public libraries, post offices, public schools and the streets we drive on, to name a few. The Party of Commons stands for maintaining and strengthening the commons, and alternatively trying to make sure that it is not depreciated by narrow special interests who would like to privatize much of the commons for their own profit, thereby making it harder for citizens to stand together as a community in the interest of building and maintaining a great civil society for the needs of everybody, not just a privileged few. Our name, however, has a double-entendre meaning, because Commons also means the common person or, simply, commoners. After all, the high and the mighty have two parties looking out for them and are, in fact, primarily for them. They go by the names of Democratic Party and Republican Party, so there should be at least one party that looks out after the interests of common citizens, and it's us. Come and join our party by sending me an e-mail, showing up for our meetings, and casting a vote for me in this election. I'm not guaranteeing a victory, but it's going to be close, and the common people of Newcastle and Washington state might just be celebrating a victory on Nov. 5th.
- Mark Greene (Commons), Candidate for Newcastle City Council, Position 6
Please vote for I-522 this November, YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW about whether of not the food you buy is genetically modified. If GM food is the greatest thing since sliced bread (according to them), then why don't they want it labeled?
And I-517 should also be passed, which strengthens the initiative system, the people's check on the legislature and the governor.
All the signals are telling me that this is a 50-50 race, and that's not just wishful thinking. People are telling me they are tired of the Establishment and their special interest friends whose needs take priority over the commons as a whole. The commons is all-inclusive and takes care of the entire community's needs, places like public libraries, post offices, public schools and the streets we drive on, to name a few. The Party of Commons stands for maintaining and strengthening the commons, and alternatively trying to make sure that it is not depreciated by narrow special interests who would like to privatize much of the commons for their own profit, thereby making it harder for citizens to stand together as a community in the interest of building and maintaining a great civil society for the needs of everybody, not just a privileged few. Our name, however, has a double-entendre meaning, because Commons also means the common person or, simply, commoners. After all, the high and the mighty have two parties looking out for them and are, in fact, primarily for them. They go by the names of Democratic Party and Republican Party, so there should be at least one party that looks out after the interests of common citizens, and it's us. Come and join our party by sending me an e-mail, showing up for our meetings, and casting a vote for me in this election. I'm not guaranteeing a victory, but it's going to be close, and the common people of Newcastle and Washington state might just be celebrating a victory on Nov. 5th.
- Mark Greene (Commons), Candidate for Newcastle City Council, Position 6
Please vote for I-522 this November, YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW about whether of not the food you buy is genetically modified. If GM food is the greatest thing since sliced bread (according to them), then why don't they want it labeled?
And I-517 should also be passed, which strengthens the initiative system, the people's check on the legislature and the governor.
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