Greene Supports Mandatory Labeling of GMO Food

Council candidate, Mark Greene, supports the required labeling of all GMO food and beverages nationwide, and thereby supports Washington state's I-522, which only affects the state, but may serve as a forerunner to the nation.  Despite the propaganda of the purveyors of GMO, this will hardly affect the pricing of food, as there are already lots of other labeling requirements.  Americans are beginning to get wise to the menace of the Monsanto Corporation: please, see this link to Ronnie Cummins' (National Director of the Organic Consumers Association) recent article, "Trouble in Monsanto Nation."  Also, see another fairly recent Cummins' article: Monsanto Nation: Exposing Monsanto's Minions, and one posted on 7/27/2011: "Monsanto Nation, Taking Down Goliath." 

Please, vote for Initiative 522 in November, because if GMO food is so great or mundane, why are they so worried about us knowing about it?

For more information about the ill effects of GMOs as well as information about better eating, see the Seeds of Deception site by Anti-GMO specialist, Jeffrey Smith.  Also, see the Institute for Responsible Technology site, "Buy Non-GMO."

Update: an update about Yulia Tymoshenko, the former Ukrainian Prime Minister who was recently noted in our N.P.R. post of 5/11/13, "Yulia Tymoshenko In the Clutches of Regime," can be seen on our Fair Commons blog.

[revised on 5/20/2013] 

No Primary for Position No. 6

There will be no primary for position No. 6 for Newcastle City Council, because only two candidates filed, Mark Greene (the anti-annexation candidate) and John Drescher, whose position on annexation is pretty much unknown. The other candidates for Council, both incumbents, have no opposition, and therefore there will be no primary in Newcastle for any major position except for King County Executive and King County Council (District No. 9).  The Primary Election is in August and the General Election is in November.

[revised on 5/18/2013]

Greene Files Candidacy




MARK GREENE

     Mark Greene, the strongest anti-annexation candidate for the Newcastle City Council this year, filed for election today for Position No. 6.  With Greene on the Council next year, strongly opposing the annexation of the city, the merge-with-Bellevue wing in Newcastle would be unlikely to muster up the 4 votes necessary to start talks with Bellevue.  Greene, John Dulcich, Carol Simpson, Deputy Mayor Lisa Jensen and Mayor Rich Crispo would be the most likely group in the near future to block any annexation moves (Steve Buri also doesn't favor merger, although Buri's comments on this issue have been flexible).  Greene's lone opponent, so far, as far as we know, hasn't commented publicly on annexation besides some vague references relating to this issue. 

    Endorsers of my candidacy should write to me at Mark@partyofcommons.com; luminaries may be published on one of the side panels.


[updated on 7/29/2013]

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