It is not very often that you see a member of the Green Party partner with a member of a far-right party like the American Independent Party in government. However, that is just what happened at a meeting of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. A couple of days ago former Congressman and Green Party Supervisor Dan Hamburg joined with American Independent Party member and Supervisor John Pinches in opposition to a vote concerning involving federal intelligence agencies and monitoring of growth of marijuana illegally on public lands.
Dan Hamburg is a former Democratic Congressman and former Green candidate for Governor of California. John Pinches is a heretofore unknown member of the American Independent Party, but is serving as a Supervisor for Mendocino County until 2015.
This is subtle, but I’d say the title is technically correct. “Green and AIP team up” refers to a member of each party, which is correct. “Greens and AIP team up” would refer to the parties themselves, which is incorrect.
-Then you couldn’t consider the AIP on board with this, I guess.
Cool to see an elected Green Party member and an elected American Independent Party (or at least former AIP and current independent) member working together on a pro-liberty issue.
Cody–no. It appears the supervisor didn’t even know he was AIP.
So is the AIP actually on board with this? Does Mark Seidenberg know about this?
Dude. You’re so behind the times it’s pathetic.
How about this one: “Confederate and Yankee get together and drink a beer”.
Geez, are we in the 1800s? Man, what a freak!
Update: The American Independent Party supervisor has re-registered as an independent as per his email to me.
Hey, the establishment is so broad and evil that anti establishment sentiments come from many soooooooo many stations ……..