[GPSCC-chat] Support Laura Wells- at Courthouse today

[Carol Brouillet]

Laura is having a press conference at the 
courthouse today and wants bodies for support- if 
I can round up a few more- I'll go to Marin- 
Please call me, if you can go! It's an hour 15 
minute drive from here- I need to find folks fast!

Carol (Palo Alto)
650-857-0927

Hello -

The D.A.'s office decided not to proceed at this 
time, but we've put it out that I'll be at the 
court house at 12:30pm for a press conference and 
so I will go - see press release below.   Sure 
will be nice to have some folks with me, so 
please RSVP if you can be there, or if you can help get some buddies there!

Good luck to us all!

Laura

Laura Wells
Green Party Candidate for Governor
P.O. Box 10727, Oakland, CA 94610

<http://www.LauraWells.org>www.LauraWells.org




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Monday, Nov. 1, 2010
Contact: Laura Wells 510-504-4254 or Cres Vellucci 916-996-9170
Assignment Desk/Daybook


Gubernatorial candidate spends Election Day 
Tuesday at arraignment; Green Party's Laura Wells 
fights charges, chooses Matt Gonzalez as her lawyer


SAN RAFAEL, CA. – California gubernatorial 
candidate Laura Wells of the Green Party will 
spend her election day Tuesday, Nov. 2 appearing 
for her arraignment here on misdemeanor 
trespassing charges for the "crime" of attending 
a Governor's Debate Oct. 12 at Dominican University.


Wells will hold a news conference at 12:30 p.m. 
at the MARIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, Dept. N at 12:30 
p.m. (3501 Civic Center Drive). Her court appearance is at 1 p.m.


Wells has retained former San Francisco 
Supervisor Matt Gonzalez as her attorney.


Wells 
(<http://www.laurawells.org>www.laurawells.org) 
was banned from the debate Oct. 12 because only 
the Democratic and Republican nominees for 
Governor were allowed to debate. However, when 
she attempted only to sit in the audience to 
watch, Wells was hauled away, handcuffed and arrested.


In the last few days, nearly 1,000 people have 
signed a petition asking the Marin County DA 
office dismiss all charges, and investigate those 
responsible for her arrest. The petition states: 
"Laura Wells, the Green candidate for Governor of 
California, was arrested on Oct. 12, 2010 at the 
California Governor's Debate. Her arrest is a 
violation of her civil rights. She had a ticket 
and the right to attend the debate. We request 
that you dismiss the criminal charge against Ms. 
Wells and launch an investigation into why she was arrested."


Wells, who garnered more than 400,000 votes when 
she ran for Controller in 2002 on the Green 
ticket, is a financial analyst who talks about 
solutions – not politics – to California's budget mess.


Among many other solutions to the state's woes, 
Wells wants to "reform" Prop. 13 so it benefits 
individuals and small businesses, as was 
promised, not large corporations. She is 
promoting the concept of a "State Bank" that 
would partner with local banks and make loans to 
residents, including students for college loans 
and profit California, not private, Wall-Street bailed-out banks.


-30-




Laura Wells
Green Party Candidate for Governor
P.O. Box 10727, Oakland, CA 94610
Laura Wells <lwlaura at yahoo.com>

<http://www.LauraWells.org>www.LauraWells.org

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.cagreens.org/pipermail/sosfbay-discuss_lists.cagreens.org/attachments/20101102/e563927b/attachment.html>