Illinois Green Party holds 2009 Summer Convention

The Illinois Green Party held its 2009 Summer Convention in Champaign, today. The meeting was held in the conference center of the Champaign Amtrak terminal.

Richard Whitney, Green Party
Candidate for Illinois Governor.
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The big star was Richard Whitney of Carbondale. Rich is the Green Party candidate for Governor. Rich said that the Green Party is going to run the people's campaign that stands up for social justice. Rich also spoke emphatically in support of the need to move America to both wind energy and solar energy.for non-transportation electricity needs.

Party State Chair Phil Huckelberry spoke about efforts by the Green Party to get Governor Quinn to veto the "Incumbents Protection Act," House Bill 723. That Bill would essentially eliminate slating of candidates in which no candidate ran in the primary. Incumbents voted overwhelmingly for the Bill because they don't want any competition in the General Election.

Matt Reichel, Green Party candidate for
5th Congressional District.
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Matt Reichel, candidate for Congress from the 5th District, on the north side of Chicago and northwest suburbs all the way out to near the Mississippi River, told the crowd that Congress ought to be bailing out people, rather than banks, during the economic bust.