[Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: SC Green Release: Cynthia McKinney to speak in Fort Mill, SC, Nov. 1

[Drew Johnson]

Subject: [usgp-media] SC Green Release: Cynthia McKinney to speak in Fort
Mill, SC, Nov. 1 (fwd)
From:    "Scott McLarty" <scottmclarty at yahoo.com>

Forwarded by Gregg Jocoy <gjocoy at comporium.net>
wrote:

CONGRESSWOMAN CYNTHIA MCKINNEY TO VISIT FORT MILL
NOV 1ST.

PRESS RELEASE

Bryan Smith for Town Council
http://www.VoteBryan.org

York County (SC) Greens
http://www.YorkGreens.com

For Immediate Release
Thursday, October 25th

Contacts:
Bryan Smith, Candidate, Fort Mill Town Council,
803-448-1513, bryansmith at votebryan.org
Gregg Jocoy, Chair, York County (SC) Greens,
803-984-5414, gjocoy at comporium.net


Fort Mill, SC--Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney of
Georgia will deliver an address the Fort Mill
community November 1st, at 6:30.  Her address
will be delivered from the recently built
Jerusalem Baptist Church community center,
directly behind the church at 1003 Steele Street.
 Her message of hope will bolster Bryan Smith's
campaign for Fort Mill Town Council as well as
giving the York County Greens their first big
opportunity to build a solid local base of
support for their cause.

Always a lightning rod for those who believe a
woman's place is in the kitchen, Congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney was the first Black woman
elected to Georgia's state legislature.  With
rules that required she wear a dress on the state
house floor, she choose instead to wear a smart
pants suit, letting them know that the days of
the "Good Ole Boy" system were a thing of the
past.  Now, she may be carrying that same message
about the two-party system.

Controversial not only for her choice of
clothing, McKinney has spoken out against the war
on Iraq from the beginning, and anti-war mom
Cindy Sheehan calls her "My friend who's running
for President".  McKinney is being actively
pursued by the Green Party as their nominee in
2008.  Local Green Party chair Gregg Jocoy has
already endorsed her possible run, saying "We had
Ralph Nader on our ballot line in 2000, and that
brought us recruits and supporters who are with
us to this day.  I know Cynthia McKinney will
bring an entirely new and energized group of
people to our side.  Then it's our job to show
them that we mean business."

A part of that business is getting Bryan Smith
elected to the Fort Mill Town Council.  "I am
thrilled that Cynthia McKinney will be here in
Fort Mill." Smith said.  "Her leadership in
Congress is a great model for me to follow."
Smith, running for an at-large seat on the town
council, has been campaigning actively across the
small town for weeks, and has high hopes of being
South Carolina's first elected Green.  "Party
politics are not that important in a town council
race" he said, "but having a powerful and
eloquent speaker like Congresswoman McKinney
visit can only bring more attention to my
campaign."

Local entertainment is planned, and light
refreshments will be served.  There is no change
to attend, and the community building is large
enough to accommodate the large crown
anticipated.  "It's not often that a person of
McKinney's stature visits, and I hope the
community shows her a lot of love Thursday
evening" Jocoy said.

McKinney, who served a dozen years in Congress,
filed impeachment papers on President Bush, Vice
President Cheney and Sec. of State Rice as her
last official act.


More Information

Bryan Smith for Town Council
http://www.votebryan.org

Draft Cynthia McKinney for President
http://www.runcynthiarun.com

Cynthia McKinney website
http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com

South Carolina Green Party
http://www.scgreenparty.org

York County (SC) Greens
http://www.yorkgreens.com

~END~







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