Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Not Your Ordinary 3rd Party Candidate
Got this press release from Green Party candidate Rich Whitney:
WHITNEY SUPPORT DOUBLES, BEATING BLAGO AMONG INDEPENDENTS
Despite refusing all corporate campaign contributions, and facing widespread media bias, Rich Whitney, the Green Party's candidate for Illinois Governor, is now polling at 14% support, according to the most recent independent SurveyUSA poll, conducted on October 20-22.
This figure is double Whitney's results in the last SurveyUSA poll, released on September 20th. Whitney is the only candidate to have gained support--his opponents' numbers have both decreased.
The poll showed Rich Whitney's strongest support coming from Independent voters, with 29% supporting Whitney, compared to 27% for Blagojevich.
A civil rights attorney from Carbondale, Whitney is also polling as high as 20% in the Chicago collar counties and 23% amongst those age 18-34.
"This is an encouraging sign that a people driven campaign can be successful in this day and age without the necessity of raising and spending millions of dollars. People in Illinois, as elsewhere, are tired of politics dominated by big money and this is a sign of popular rebellion against it," said Whitney.
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Whitney is a bigger tax hiker than Blago or Too-pinko. From his own web site -- http://www.whitneyforgov.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=15
"Both the problems and their causes are nothing new – although they are growing worse. Yet Rod Blagojevich hasn’t lifted a finger to remedy this problem, even though a few members of his own party have come up with a reasonable plan – House Bill 750 – for shifting the tax burden from local property taxes to the state income tax. Leading House Republicans are also opposing the bill and the Republican Party was equally culpable for failing to address the education crisis in Illinois when it was in power.
This longstanding bi-partisan failure demonstrates the need to bring new leadership to the State of Illinois – through a new party of the people, the Green Party. The two parties that are bought and controlled by corporate money don’t want to adequately fund our schools (or provide numerous other services needed to serve the public good) because they are more concerned with protecting the wealth of their benefactors by keeping their tax burden low than they are with serving the needs of the vast majority, the working people of this state, from the poorest to the middle class. Only the Green Party and candidates like Rich Whitney can be counted on to serve the people’s interest – because they are organized around the party’s principles and values, and they refuse all corporate donations as a matter of principle. For a commitment to quality schools for all, support Rich Whitney for Governor!"
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Write-in candidate Mark McCoy (http://markmccoy.com/) would provide great schools *and* low taxes. The two are not mutually exclusive. The problem is, his plan would require responsibility and accountability, which many find distasteful these days, particularly school people.
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"Both the problems and their causes are nothing new – although they are growing worse. Yet Rod Blagojevich hasn’t lifted a finger to remedy this problem, even though a few members of his own party have come up with a reasonable plan – House Bill 750 – for shifting the tax burden from local property taxes to the state income tax. Leading House Republicans are also opposing the bill and the Republican Party was equally culpable for failing to address the education crisis in Illinois when it was in power.
This longstanding bi-partisan failure demonstrates the need to bring new leadership to the State of Illinois – through a new party of the people, the Green Party. The two parties that are bought and controlled by corporate money don’t want to adequately fund our schools (or provide numerous other services needed to serve the public good) because they are more concerned with protecting the wealth of their benefactors by keeping their tax burden low than they are with serving the needs of the vast majority, the working people of this state, from the poorest to the middle class. Only the Green Party and candidates like Rich Whitney can be counted on to serve the people’s interest – because they are organized around the party’s principles and values, and they refuse all corporate donations as a matter of principle. For a commitment to quality schools for all, support Rich Whitney for Governor!"
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Write-in candidate Mark McCoy (http://markmccoy.com/) would provide great schools *and* low taxes. The two are not mutually exclusive. The problem is, his plan would require responsibility and accountability, which many find distasteful these days, particularly school people.
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