On May 5th, New York is holding a special election to fill the disgraced Michael Grimm’s Congressional seat. As a nation of Greens, we are a compassionate people. New Yorkers are struggling under entrenched corruption to fight the institutional racism that killed Eric Garner, and has been slowing or preventing Sandy relief to our residents most in deed. These issues have held our nation’s attention, and we need support from all corners to make substantive change.
James Lane is a smart, savvy, modern and compassionate activist, husband, father and communications expert in Brooklyn, New York … and a longtime Green. In a David and Goliath-esque battle at the ballot, he is the only progressive candidate running in this race.
The congressional district includes all of Staten Island and parts of Southern Brooklyn where I live and vote. The Dems are putting forward a lackluster career politician who is fluid on all issues. The GOP is offering us Staten Island’s conservative District Attorney who prosecuted the NYPD officers that murdered Eric Garner in such a purposefully ineffective way as to ensure there would be no indictment.
We have James Lane, a Black Lives Matter activist, a marcher against Climate Change and an advocate for social justice against the corporate backed candidates – supporters of big oil, the NYPD reactionary Blue Lives Matter campaign and inequitable dispersal of Sandy relief funds.
The choice is clear.
Not one of us can afford to send one more person to Congress who isn’t serious on addressing climate change. Families of color and/or modest means should not be subject to discrimination when it comes to receiving federal relief funds, nor subject to having their children murdered by police. The NYPD is a para-military organization; our mayor cannot control them. This has to stop NOW.
Please donate anything you can. Help NYC send the first elected Green to Congress. Voter turnout is projected to be very low, even given the attention the race is getting. Support on the street has been very strong which, in past years, would be unthinkable in this district. CD11 is ready for change; we just need the money to make that happen.
This past Tuesday, I attended the first debate between the three candidates. James was marvelous, striking points and addressing issues the other two would not touch! We have five weeks to make history and put a Green in Congress.
I donated $100 recently. That is a lot of money for this family’s budget. Please join me in whatever capacity you can and share. Please also consider making phone calls to help the campaign. While you may not be able to attend events, you can certainly help get people to those events, and to the polls on Election Day!
Be Green. Vote Green. Donate Green.
If I lived 20 miles south, I could vote for Lane.
It’s worth it, just to stick a finger in the eye of Donovan, Grimm and the rest of the SI Republican Party.
I’m glad to see the Green Party is taking this race quite seriously with much, much more than a mere paper candidate.
Thank you James Lane.