At a public meeting held Monday July 9, the Tompkins County Green Party adopted a formal constitution and authorized 12 candidates for the Green line -- by July 12 they turned in designating petitions with enough signatures to put them all on the ballot. The Greens will field candidates in four city council rates in the city of Ithaca, four county board races outside the city, and in three town board races in the town of Ithaca. In City Ward 2, Bryan Issacs will face off against David Whitmore (also seeking the Democrat line) in a first-ever Green primary.
Candidates who were registered Green as of the last election were able to get the Green line by simply filing designating petitions. Candidates registered independent or with another party had to be authorized by the party -- these candidates were screened by the election committee and authorized by a vote open to all registered Greens. The purpose of the process was to ensure that candidates reflect our values, are viable candidates, and can do the job of governing once in office.
Green candidates for 2001:
City of Ithaca
Ward 1: AnneMarie Zwack
Ward 2, Bryan Isacks
Ward 2, David Whitmore (also running in Democratic primary)
Ward 4, Carolyn Peterson (also Democrat, Working Families)
Ward 5, Dan Cogan (also Democrat, Working Families)
County Board
District 7, Christina Bedocs
District 10, Dooley Kiefer (also Democrat)
District 12, Tim Joseph (also Democrat, Working Families)
District 14, John Tottey (also Democrat, Workign Families)
Town of Ithaca Board
Joe Wetmore
Linda Holzbaur
Will Burbank
