[announce-gpco] Incumbent Goodtimes Wins Local Green Nod PR

[Charlie]

San Miguel Greens
P.O. Box 160
Norwood CO 81423

PRESS RELEASE: April 2, 2004 / Contact Person: Art Goodtimes, 970-327-
4767

Incumbent Goodtimes Wins Local Green Nod for Third Term Try

The San Miguel Greens unanimously nominated incumbent Art Goodtimes 
to run for a third term as San Miguel County Commissioner at their 
spring meeting yesterday at the Wilkinson Library.

“I’m proud to run on my record,” said Goodtimes. “I think the County 
is in excellent shape. And, as a Green, I’ve been able to personally 
advance a number of important issues, from the creation and now 
continuance of the San Juans Fen Partnership, to the joint 
County/Towns Recycling Task Force that I chair, to a County Green 
Building program slated to begin this year on a voluntary basis.”

Goodtimes’ local nomination will be sent to the Green Party of 
Colorado’s nominating convention in Fort Collins on April 24th. If 
confirmed, under state minor party rules, Goodtimes will appear on 
the November ballot as the Green Party candidate for the Third 
District Commissioner in San Miguel County.

Local Green Party members also supported a proposal to bring the 
state Green Party meeting to Telluride in the spring of 2005.

However, the local chapter members were not in favor of running a 
national Green Party candidate this year.

All expressed great dissatisfaction with the current Bush 
Administration. Rather than risk a spoiler role and the possibility 
of helping Bush stay in office, the San Miguel Greens supported a 
proposal, championed by Goodtimes, to devolve decision-making on a 
national presidential candidate back down to state parties, and 
instead have the party build from the bottom up – concentrating its 
efforts on getting more Greens elected to local office.

In Telluride, Greens have two elected officials, Commissioner 
Goodtimes and Telluride Town Councilperson Hilary White – two of just 
over 200 Green officeholders nationwide.

Finally, the local decided to begin having quarterly lunch meetings, 
and it was tentatively decided to host the next meeting this June and 
invite the Green Building Task Force to come and discuss the projects 
they’ve been working on. Date and place for that meeting will be 
announced.