June 2003

Jade Lantern News Service

On July 1st, 400 employees of Miller Brewing will lose their jobs, and South Sound residents could lose their say in the future of a community asset of untold value. We are invited to a Public Forum on at 6:00 pm on June 23, to have at least one last say in what happens.

Built by Leopold Schmidt in 1902, the Tumwater Brewery has amazing historic, environmental and cultural values, with a river running through it to the Sound. The future of the Brewery is worth talking about.

June 2003

Jade Lantern News Service

The Green Party of the United States is looking for progressives to run for elected office. To date, 177 Green office holders in 24 states are hard at work. They are creating public policy on important issues including civil rights, a living wage, affordable housing, alternative voting systems, and peace. They are advocating for peace and opposing urban sprawl and expansion of corporate power. Green office holders ran to make an immediate impact on their communities as town council members, county commissioners, school board members etc. These Greens reached out to . . .

June 2003

by TJ Johnson

Olympia Needs Responsive Leadership

In March, I announced that I was a candidate for the Olympia City Council. Today, I'm telling you why I'm running and what I hope to accomplish, and am asking for your support.

Olympia is a great place to live, but we have the potential to be an even stronger and more vibrant community in the future. To achieve this potential we need responsive leaders who will listen to the many voices of the community, and who will bring diverse people together to identify opportunities and solve problems. I am committee to this concept of responsive leadership, . . .

June 2003

Jade Lantern News Service

Warning of a military-police state, massive loss of liberties, assaults on government workers' protections, and environmental damage, Greens urge defeat of proposed Defense Department and 'Patriot II' legislation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. A legislative proposal from the office of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld would, if enacted, grant the military nearly unlimited freedom from civilian oversight, and, in combination with other recent laws and policies, bring the U.S. to the brink of a military-dominated state, say members of the Green Party of the United States.