Philadelphia Daily Record, Monday, April 30, 2012, page 7.

Philly Greens Choose Roseanne Barr For Prexy

by Chris Robinson

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On the evening of Apr. 26, Green Party of Philadelphia voters met at the Buzz Café, www.buzzcafephilly.com, in Kensington for a presidential caucus. The local Greens considered three candidates for the Green Party’s nomination to run for President of the U.S.

The reasons for nominating Dr. Jill Stein, www.jillstein.org, were presented by Howie Hawkins, co-chair of the Green Party of New York. Stein is a general practitioner, who ran as the Green Party candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 2002.

The reasons for nominating Roseanne Barr, www.roseanneforpresident.com, were presented by Hillary Kane, a member of the steering committee of the Green Party of Pennsylvania. Barr is a well-known actress and author from California , who has long been involved in Green Party politics.

The reasons for nominating Dr. Kent Mesplay, www.mesplay.org, were presented by Esther Croft, a founding member of the Green Party of Philadelphia. Mesplay is an indigenous American (Blackfoot), air-quality inspector and emergency-shelter manager in California , who previously sought the Green Party nomination for President in 2004 and 2008.

After many questions and answers and much discussion, members of the Green Party of Philadelphia cast secret ballots giving 55% of their votes to Barr, 40% to Stein and 5% to Mesplay.

Similar presidential caucuses are scheduled for other Pennsylvania counties in the near future. Philadelphia ’s votes will then be combined with those cast at other county caucuses to determine the proportion of delegates for each candidate elected by Pennsylvania Greens. The final decision on the Green Party’s candidate for President of the U.S. will be made when the elected state delegates meet at the Green Party National Convention[, www.gpconvention2012.com/,] July 12-15, in Baltimore, Md.
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