[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: endorsement

[spencerg]

Dear Jim, et al.:


       I mispoke myself regarding Ed Gonzalez last night:  As documented 
below, I had replied to him on May 6, the day after our last monthly 
meeting, thanking him for coming and saying, "We have had extensive 
discussions about your candidacy and have decided NOT to endorse anyone 
in that race."  I then shared with him the draft "No on 14" bookmark, 
asking about the Libertarian position on that issue, and commenting on 
the importance of "civil society", the ability to find common ground 
with others and build coalitions for effective action on issues of 
common concern.


       I have not heard back from him, and he may not have received this 
email.  However, I do have documentation that it was sent.  I misread it 
last night when I said I must not have replied to him.


       Thanks for the question.
       Anything else on this?
       Best Wishes,
       Spencer Graves


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: endorsement
Date: 	Thu, 06 May 2010 19:26:51 -0700
From: 	Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at structuremonitoring.com>
To: 	info at edwardmgonzalez.com



Dear Mr. Gonzalez:


        Thanks for coming and talking at a recent Green Party meeting.
We have had extensive discussions about your candidacy and have decided
NOT to endorse anyone in that race.


        Do you and / or the Libertarian Party have a position on Prop
14?  Our research suggest that it could virtually eliminate third
parties such as the Libertarians and Greens.  Attached please find a
very brief summary of the Green position on this issue.  (This is
intended to be printed on both sides of a sheet of paper, then cut to
create 8 bookmarks per page.)  More information is available in web
sites mentioned in the attached.


        From my study of research literature suggests that the primary
constituent of democracy is not elections but civil society:  the
ability of people to find issues of common concern and work together
effectively on those issues.  If the local culture supports this kind of
spontaneous collaboration, dictatorships do not survive.  Conversely, a
locality in which the people do not have this culture of collaboration,
elections become exercises in fraud.  My question on Prop 14 is a
specific example of how Greens and Libertarians need to collaborate --
provide of course that the attached provides a reasonably accurate
portrayal of Prop 14.


        Best Wishes,
        Spencer Graves

-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Operating Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San José, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567



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