[statecom] Here's a GRP opportunity Re: from Nancy Lee Wood: Presidential nominations... GRP MIA!

[Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com]

Nancy - I agree we ened to get known for issue work so as a step in that 
direction, I am goign to repeat the request that I believe Eli posted to the 
announcements list.

Our coalition partners in the Mass Allaince Against Predatory Lending is 
requesting that we all call our legislators and ask them to support our three 
bills-
1. A six month moratorium on sub-prime foreclosures
2. Judicial forclosure - that is a day in court before a home-owner can lose 
their mortgage
3. Just Cause Evictions rights for tenants and occupants in foreclosed 
properties.

Senate bill 2662, 2663, &2664.

AND, we very much need yourhelp reaching out to all organizations to add 
their organizational name to our Alliance.   See attached.

Please forward this around all of your lists - Thanks, Grace
In a message dated 5/25/08 2:29:36 AM, jstein at massmed.org writes:


>    apologies for any duplication
> 
> 
>    forwarded from Nancy, who's having trouble posting to the list-jill
> 
>    _____________________________________
> 
> 
>    All,
>    For the life of me, I cannot understand all the hoopla over the GRP
>    presidential nomination when in the broad scheme of things - IT
>    DOESN'T MAKE A RAT'S DIFFERENCE!
>    It seems to me our precious time, energy and talents would be far
>    better spent focused on regional, state and local
>    issues/campaigns/relocalization efforts in food security/agriculture,
>    public rail transportation, home heating and housing security,
>    rethinking education for post-carbonism and "green jobs" etc., etc. -
>    especially given that we have entered the period of permanent and rapid
>    declines in oil (and all fossil fuels) - the real unraveling of our
>    current social system. We, as a party in MA and New England, should
>    be at the forefront of providing analyses, alternatives and solutions
>    to the royal mess that is soon to escalate as prices of oil continue to
>    climb making food, heating, transportation, health care access, etc.
>    more expensive, less secure and/or inaccessible to all but the very
>    rich.
>    But no! What are WE in the GRP doing? Dithering around with the
>    nonsense of presidential nominations - as if our pathetic little party
>    had any real influence on the national level in the first place - when
>    our real potential influence lies within the region, state and local
>    communities. Where is the MA GRP at the time when all hell is about
>    to break loose? MIA! What a real shame!
>    SUGGESTION:
>    Can we please give up this presidential nomination effort? Can we
>    forgo having a presidential slot on the MA ballot altogether? Trust
>    me - the public does not care one iota if there is a GRP presidential
>    candidate on the ballot.  People are far more concerned about the
>    "shit-storm" (James Howard Kunstler's term) descending upon them as
>    humankind finds itself propelled into permanent escalating energy costs
>    - and all that this entails - and with no leadership to be found
>    anywhere. Can we please get down to the other work the co-chairs and
>    committees are trying to do that this nonsense is distracting us from?
>    This is the work that will truly bring people in to the party, and
>    start to deal with the growing crises at the local/state/regional
>    level.
> 
>    Nancy Lee Wood
>    PS: This all would be quite comical if it were not for the real
>    tragedy of time/human waste and lost opportunities in helping the
>    public get through what promises to be - at the very least -
>    a frightening and very difficult two-decade period. Truly, the
>    silliness and impotence shown by the MA GRP would make Petra Kelly role
>    over in her grave.
> 
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