Green Party Candidate
for Mayor of St. Paul
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Green Party Candidate |
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I am running for Mayor of St. Paul to advance real, positive change wherever I can. I believe the people of St. Paul share the following values and want to see them embodied and acted upon by their mayor. Click here to read "The Green Party's Vision for St. Paul, 2005–2025." Grassroots Democracy I believe every citizen wants a mayor who will respectfully listen to and value what every citizen says. While I can not guarantee that my administration will be able to agree and act upon what every individual citizen wants, I can guarantee an administration who will treat citizens with the respect each deserves. Even if I personally can't be at every community meeting, I can promise that someone from my staff will be at most important meetings and will be under a charge to accurately report back what was said. There will be an open door policy to my administration.
Clean air to breathe and clean water to drink are the most basic needs of every St. Paulite. Yet St. Paul has suffered from more unhealthy air days in the past several years than at any time since the 1970s. And the water in the Mississippi River is not safely swimmable, fishable, or drinkable without extensive treatment — and some toxins like mercury in fish from coal-burning utilities can not be removed. The first way to make our air and water cleaner — and save significant money — is by conserving energy and making our energy sources cleaner. With Minnesota dependent on dirty coal-burning utilities for power, the less dirty power we use and the faster our transition to clean, renewable power sources, the cleaner our air and water will be.
Economic and Social Justice In a progressive philosphy, all of these issues are addressed together to create a healthy community. More Information Click here for speeches, press releases, and press coverage about Elizabeth's vision and plan for St. Paul.
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Elizabeth's
Vision for St. Paul 
