400 Tens From 400 Citizens For a Green Earth

The election for Newcastle City Council really has only one race this year, between me and my opponent, so once again, in politics, it's a contest between The People and The Establishment.  I hate to say this, but that doesn't bode particularly well for my campaign, because the Establishment, writ large, despite their poor record, manages to dazzle enough people with glitz and gloss to win almost every election, to the point that The People have become practically demoralized and are hardly trying to win elections anymore, however, I am still trying.  The Establishment has pulled us into debacles from everything to nuclear waste contamination at Hanford Reservation to, among many other crises, the gigantic, Texas-sized waste dump in the Pacific Ocean that few of them even care about, let alone do anything about.  However, humanity will ignore the pollution and devastation of the great oceans of the world to our detriment (as the title of this blog infers, this is especially not incidental to this area), which is why we must begin to win elections and form policy.  It starts with The People running for local councils such as what I'm doing, then moves up to the state and national legislatures, and on and on.  A victory in Newcastle, and other small victories here and there (other American towns and cities), will be the necessary incremental small steps to recapture the greater commons and the environment.

I have agreed, through the auspices of the Public Disclosure Commission, that my operating budget for this campaign will be no larger than $5,000.  With 400 Newcastle and nearby community citizens (or from any state in the nation) sending me $10 each, that will account for 4/5 of that ($4,000), with the last 1/5 as a buffer in which some larger and smaller contributions could fill and to ensure that not one penny in campaign operations will go over $5,000.  I wlll use this money for signs, buttons, fliers and general campaign paraphernalia.  One of the side panels of this blog will show how many tens have been received and how many are left to go to reach 400.  The checks should be made out to Mark Greene for Council, P..O. Box 612, Belle., WA 98009. Thank you!

- Mark Greene

[revised on 6/1/2013; 1:35 P.M.]

Greene to Unveil Green Energy Proposal

Council candidate, Mark Greene, will detail an energy proposal and plan for the city at the early-July council meeting.  Greene would like Newcastle to take from the example of Lund, Sweden and start a geothermal plant to help residents save on energy costs and possibly start the city on the road to the green energy center of Washington state, where "green" companies would be given a big welcome by City Hall.  Greene envisions two or three small office buildings being built in Newcastle where a consortium of innovative green energy companies would set up shop and thus contribute to the economy of our city, including jobs for our residents.  The contents of Greene's speech will be written on Northern Pacific Report a day or two after the meeting.

Disinformation

N.P.R. took down the previous post, "Fait Accompli?" because of apparent disinformation, which we thought, before we knew it was disinformation, was 90% credible, but it appears more like 50 - 50 after receiving more information from other sources.  Nobody really knows how these endorsements are going to pan out exactly, and we can't let this campaign be disrupted or made to make bad strategic moves based on rumors anymore.  There will be no more predictions about endorsements from this blog -- they will be what they will be when they're announced or publicized.  It has been an inauspicious start to the official campaign.

Update:  the Council's philosophical wing chart isn't necessarily static, and was recently updated (5/29/13) on the "Buri Takes Baton" post.  N.P.R will stay atop of the situation and let you know about the changes when they occur.  Philosophy includes the whole spectrum, by the way, which for Newcastle means the triad of economic, environmental and social policies.

[updated on May 29, 2013]