[adcom] Open-Letter to the Candidates from Grace Ross

[Colby E.Peterson]

Good evening,

Tonight, Grace Ross greeted her competitors in this critical race for  
the governorship. The letter she sent outlines common sense  
expectations of all of the candidates for respect and candor for the  
remainder of the electoral season. Please feel free to forward this  
letter far and wide.

Sincerely,
    Colby E. Peterson, Media Coordinator

TO: Kerry Healy, Deval Patrick, and Christy Mihos
FROM: Grace Ross

Dear fellow candidates for Governor,

I welcome Kerry Healy and Deval Patrick to their formal entry into  
the 2006
Massachusetts gubernatorial race. Likewise we are pleased to welcome
Christy Mihos into this final stage of the season as well.

At this time our campaign is outlining our expectations for conduct  
for the
rest of the electoral season. I have been proud to run for Governor of
Massachusetts because of our long, revolutionary history and because  
I know
that the people of Massachusetts are a just people, a moral people,  
and a
compassionate people. Since the beginning, my platform has been based on
working for equality and justice; including an end to racial  
discrimination and
achieving equal rights for women. We believe that Massachusetts is more
than ready, all things being equal, to have a woman for governor.  
Likewise
we believe that Massachusetts is more than ready, all things being  
equal, to
have a person of color as governor.

Decades ago, we won the right for women and people of color to  
participate
fully in this electoral system. In honoring the people who gave up  
their lives
for those rights we don’t accept those rights being rolled back,  
ignored or
trampled on.

I will, and I expect all the other candidates in this campaign, to stand
up to any other candidate who tries to use an anti-people-of-color or
anti-woman strategy to try to get elected – the people of MA deserve,
and should accept nothing less from the person asking to represent
all of us.

Sincerely,
  Grace Ross and Campaign
  Green-Rainbow Party Candidate for Governor