[GPSCC-chat] [Fwd: [GPCA-CCWG] CORRECTED RELEASE LAURA WELLS ARRESTED]

[Gerry Gras]

Laura's arrest has shown up in the blogs of the
SF Chronicle and the LA Times:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=74454
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/brown-whitman-debate-green-party-gubernatorial-candidate-arrested-outside-debate.html

It has also shown up in a few other places, (google "Laura Wells").

But what are the chances it will show up in any mainstream media
paper?  I'll be going to the library today to see what I can
find.  If anyone sees mention of it in a paper, please let me know.

Thanks,

Gerry


Tian Harter wrote:
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> Subject: [GPCA-CCWG] CORRECTED RELEASE LAURA WELLS ARRESTED
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:40:30 -0700
> From: civillib <civillib at comcast.net>
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> * GOVERNOR DEBATE NEWS ADVISORY *
>
> Tuesday, October 12, 2010
> Contact: Hank Chapot, 510.504.3538 hchapot at igc.org
> Cres Vellucci, 916.996.9170 cvellucci at cagreens.org
> Marnie Glickman 415-472-2859 marnie.glickman at gmail.com
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> GREEN PARTY GUBERNATORIAL
> CANDIDATE ARRESTED at GOVERNOR'S
> DEBATE; COURT ON ... ELECTION DAY
>
> SAN RAFAEL – Green Party gubernatorial candidate Laura Wells was
> arrested here Tuesday as she was attempting to legally enter – with a
> ticket – the Governor's Debate at Dominican University. Private
> security arrested Ms. Wells, handcuffed her and held her against her
> will until San Rafael Police intervened.
>
> Ms. Wells, based on the citizen arrest by Barbier Security agents for
> allegedly trespassing, now must appear in court.....ironically, on
> Election Day, Nov. 2.
>
> "Republicans and Democrats will go to any lengths, even arresting
> candidates, to keep the truth from California voters. There are
> solutions, but voters aren't being allowed to hear from independent
> candidates. Meg and Jerry will spend tens of millions of dollars in
> advertising but still won't address the problems plaguing us," said Ms.
> Wells, after being released on her own recognizance.
>
> Ms. Wells, 62, a financial and business analyst, and political activist
> who resides in Oakland, polled more than 400,000 votes as a candidate
> for controller in 2002, the most ever polled by a Green Party partisan
> candidate in California.
>
> With green gags covering their mouths, protestors from the Green Party
> of California picketed the Governor debate here Tuesday – upset that
> although billed as a "eco debate," the affair unfairly excludes
> ballot-qualified Green Party candidate Wells.
>
> "The debate is a fraud. Limiting it to Whitman and Brown is not just
> anti-green, it is anti-democratic and anti-republican," said Ms. Wells,
> noting polls that would qualify a candidate to participate in the debate
> were invalid because they didn't even ask voters if they favored Laura
> Wells. The only choices given to those polled were Whitman or Brown.
>
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