Wednesday, August 5, 2009

The Quisling Green

Well then... a different moment, hopefully. Some PDW members are keeping the art & science of Quisling alive & well.

The District 4 race for City Council, between Grace Ross and Barbara Haller, will be most interesting - that's a good thing. City Council will be well served by an airing of the various issues. As a maker of the Green Amendment at the DSC (extensively blogged here), I'd like to see a fair & balanced debate between the two on the role of the City in addressing the significant challenges of Climate Change. We'll have plenty to say about this, so stay tuned. I know and respect both Grace and Barbara - they're good people and true public servants.

For those members of PDW that are avid supports of Grace Ross - that is not license to hijack this organization for your own purposes, especially when that subverts our Chapter Rules and the democratic process in our own organization. Its grounds for removal. We now have a no tollerance policy for quisling the chapter for political purposes not of our own making.

PDW is a chapter of PDA, a PAC for the Democratic Party. We don't hand out endorsements to those who are not recognized members of our party, period. Barbara is a long-time, hard working member of the Democratic Party. Grace is an independent, formerly a member of the Green Party.

As a progressive, I have myself vasilated between the green and blue lines. I love the Greens, but also feel that our best chance of overcoming our nation's many deficiencies is by "a progressive reform of the democratic party." Such is my commitment, and hopefully yours.

Please respect our boundaries as an organization. Thank you! Regards.

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