Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 14, 2009
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Contact: Dave Croteau
phone: (520) 909-5622 e-mail: dcroteau1@cox.net
or
Mary DeCamp
phone: (520) 408-4974 e-mail: mdecamp@q.com
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City Council Candidate and Platform Announcement

WHAT: City Council Candidate and Platform announcement. Open to the public.

WHEN: Friday, September 18, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.

WHERE: A Parking Space somewhere along 4th Ave. as part of Park(ing) Day, Tucson, AZ

WHO: Mary DeCamp and the Green Party of Pima County.

Mary DeCamp Officially Announces Her Candidacy for City Council from Ward III

Tucson – Green Party Candidate Mary DeCamp will officially announce her candidacy Friday at 2pm for the Ward 3 Tucson City Council seat in the 2009 general election. She will also outline her campaign platform and explain how the political foundation laid by the Green Party’s Ten Key Values can lead Tucson to the increasingly necessary sustainable future.

Tucson’s voters are facing the challenges of catastrophic global warming, peak oil, and economic collapse. We need real answers not more of the same. Ms. DeCamp’s platform is based on sustainable practices that offer pragmatic and realistic steps to improve our community’s future. In order to carry out these necessary plans, she has qualified as a candidate for the Ward 3 City Council seat on the November ballot.

In the past, an unquenchable thirst for growth has compromised the quality of life in the Old Pueblo. People work low-wage jobs that send profits out of town and into the bank accounts of absentee owners. We need to re-order our priorities and relocalize our efforts.

Ms DeCamp’s small town rural upbringing, coupled with an extensive education in business, political science, and communication, enable her to speak truth to power. Her history of neighborhood activism stands in sharp contrast to the corporate dominance of our community championed by the current Mayor and Council. When elected, she will work to focus attention and resources on our neighborhoods and our people rather than on big businesses’ interests.

Tucsonans must build community resilience to equip ourselves to survive and thrive in rapidly changing times instead of looking for multi-national corporations or big government to save us.

For more information on the campaign, to learn about the Ten Key Values, and to donate to the DeCamp Campaign, please visit the rest of this campaign website.