[Texgreen] Press Release: Cynthia McKinney Stumps for Molison City Council Campaign

[Alfred Molison]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, August 3rd, 2007

For further information, contact:
	Alfred Molison, 713-726-9009, alfred@votealfred.com
		Green Party Candidate for Houston City Council
	Bryce Parker, 713-877-0917, seiu100txho@acorn.org
		Campaign Manager, Alfred for City Council

Cynthia McKinney stumps for Molison City Council Campaign
Former Georgia Congresswoman Does Joint Fundraiser in Houston

Former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney attended a
joint fundraiser hosted by the Alfred Molison for Houston
City Council campaign.  The event was hosted at the Houston
Shrine of the Black Madonna, Friday evening, August 3rd,
2007 and raised contributions from fifty plus Houstonians to
benefit the debt retirement effort for Ms. McKinney's 2006
Congressional campaign, as well as Mr. Molison's 2007 bid for
a seat on Houston City Council.

"It was distressing to hear her war stories from the front
lines on Capitol Hill about monied interests undermining the
aspirations of the American people," said Molison, candidate
for Houston City Council, District C, an employee of the Social
Security Administration who cochairs the Harris County Green
Party.  "Even so, I found her speech exciting and inspiring.
I really appreciate that Cynthia took the time to drive from
Atlanta to support our efforts to bring to the citizens of
Houston a living wage, vigorous enforcement of air pollution
laws and improved access to health care."

Cynthia McKinney served six terms in the U.S. Congress
representing first Georgia's Eleventh, then its Fourth
Congressional Districts.  She was defeated in the 2002
Democrat Primary.  "Heroes don't wear medals, they wear scars,"
Ms. McKinney told the crowd, as she described how the '02 voter
turnout hit historic levels, swelled by the cross-over of voters
who have traditionally voted for Republicans -- a practice
legal only in Georgia and a small handful of other states
which provide for open primaries.

McKinney attracted popular support but vehement opposition
from corporate contributors for publicly questioning, given the
reports of intelligence warnings, what the Bush administration
knew and when they knew it with respect to the attacks on
September 11th, 2001.  She has also questioned Defense Secretary
Rumsfeld on the $2+ trillion of missing Pentagon money and
has been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration's war
plans and the profiteering of his corporate contributors since
prior to the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

"Its vital that we remove corporate influence from public policy
making and that we have a transparent election process," said
Molison.  Molison has advocated public financing of political
campaigns and like McKinney has campaigned for paper ballots
to restore transparency and integrity to the election process.
"The campaign contributions of war profiteers have corrupted
the U.S. Congress and those of the petroleum industry have
corrupted our City Council.  From top to bottom its time we
took our Democracy back."

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Healthy People, Healthy Jobs and Healthy Politics
Paid for by Alfred for City Council, Bob Wager, Treasurer
4822 Spellman Road; Houston Texas 77035; http://www.votealfred.com/

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