For Immediate Release
LUMBY — Effective today, Huguette Allen resigns as Okanagan-Shuswap Green Party candidate. Allen was nominated candidate in March 2007 and ran federally in 2008 and again provincially in 2009, both times increasing the Green vote by 400%. Read the rest of this entry »
http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/vernonmorningstar/news/63340887.html
More than 100 people confirmed the nomination of Lumby’s Huguette Allen as the next federal Green Party candidate.
Speaking at the recent annual Green Garden Party [held at Hettlers' Pilgrims' Produce organic farm] in Armstrong, Allen said, “Forty years ago voters wanted medicare and they got it. Today voters want government with a green agenda. We’ve got it and voters can get it, when the next election is called.” Read the rest of this entry »
MIND MADE UP
I’d like to comment on the Green Party’s politics now, before the election. I wish I had taken note long before because the chance this will be printed in time to be of any influence is almost past. Read the rest of this entry »
By Richard Rolke – Vernon Morning St
Campaigning for the May 12 provincial election gets underway Tuesday, and while this process is generally predictable, expect some twists and turns this time around.
And the main reason for this is the re-entry of two high-profile individuals in Vernon-Monashee.
First off is Huguette Allen who took the Greens out of the wilderness during the last federal election and knocked the Liberal Party of Canada from its usual third-place standing.
Now Allen is casting her eyes towards Victoria and breathing some life into the B.C. wing of the Greens, occasionally associated with
granola-eaters and tree-huggers.
And if anyone can do it, it’s Allen, who has shown she is as politically astute as anyone and can bring together the volunteers and financial
donors required to go up against the mainstream parties.
Allen also brings a lot of life to a campaign as she thrives being in front of crowds, shaking hands and confronting other candidates and the
media.
The other situation that could shake things up is the re-emergence of Darrel Stinson, campaign manager for Dean Skoreyko, B.C. Conservative candidate.
More …
http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/vernonmorningstar/opinion/42629792.html
To the City of Vernon
In light of the request to change the designation of the Eastside Ridge (Alexander property and Whitepoint), I wish to publicly state my strong opposition to any OCP amendment that does not conform to the guiding principles of the OCP, which are:
• Protect and preserve green spaces and sensitive areas
• Housing meets the needs of the whole community
• Create a culture of sustainability
• Protect agricultural land
• Create strong, compact and complete neighbourhoods
• Provide alternative transportation
• Downtown revitalization
• Development pays for itself
• Create a youth friendly cityI urge you as members of Council to courageously uphold these principles, knowing that those of us who are proud of the OCP fully support its guiding principles and fully support council’s courage in upholding them.
Huguette Allen
For Immediate Media Release, May 21st, 2008
LUMBY – The petition opposing the Meat Inspection Regulation has now reached its goal of 5,000 online signatures. The petition urges the federal and provincial governments to rethink regulations and put forth solutions that sustain family farms and secure a safe food supply. Huguette Allen, green party candidate and author of the petition adds that almost 3,000 handwritten signatures have also been received, bringing the total of signatures close to 8,000.
“The comments written by people show they are not being fooled” says Allen. Read the rest of this entry »
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