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Monday, November 09, 2009

Michael McCue’s comments on CD 2 Race.

Since the CD-2 primary I have remained busy as a Green activist…

I attended the Neighborhood Council Action Summit where I urgently supported the Rate-Payer Advocate plank of our local platform.

I have attended the Congress of Neighborhood Councils where I made inroads with the BONC in fighting the questionable ethics exhibited by some of our NC’s during the CD-2 race.

I have been contacting our representatives in Washington and Sacramento supporting other specific issues that are close to our most vital, progressive goals of Health Care Reform for all, and Wall Street reforms (as well as justice for the criminals working against our nation‘s best interests there). There were several arrests made this past week, including many hedge fund managers and lawyers, so there is a little progress on that front.

Please know that just because I am no longer in the race for CD-2, it does not mean that I am inactive politically.

I continue to serve on the Board of the Studio City Neighborhood Council, and as the Chair of the Environmental Affairs Committee and as a voting member of the Government Affairs Committee for the SCNC.

I have been active in the CD-2 race by taking meetings with the run-off candidates, Christine Essel and Paul Krekorian.

I will continue to use whatever influence I have with them both to help them understand the Key Values that I continue to support and was talking about all through the Town Hall debate process.

By the way…Paul Krekorian clearly stated to me that I was the only candidate in the CD-2 race who presented a full, specific platform. Christine Essel acknowledged this as well and expressed her admiration as well.

I thanked them for their respect and continue to encourage both of the CD-2 candidates to embrace the 10 Key Values and to use these values in their decision- making process, whatever the outcome of the race.

Paul, by the way, recently joined Christine Essel in supporting Instant Run-Off Elections (which are an election reform that our campaign supported and) that create a major savings for our taxpayers. More about IRV later…

Since the primary, Christine Essel endorsed the Fair Election measure that is coming up on the state ballot in 2010, and I hope that Paul Krekorian will follow suit on this election reform as well. I will ask him this week. We need (Clean Money) Fair Elections in the City of Los Angeles as well.

I am still listening to both CD-2 candidates and am seeking specific platforms and commitments on the issues of Clean Money/Fair Elections reform, a Rate-Payer advocate, a Collections Sheriff, commitment to clean air and enforcement of our environmental laws, fair water usage policies, etc…

I will be attending as many debates and CD-2 candidate meetings as my schedule allows and urge all of our supporters and voters to do the same. We must increase voter turnout for this special election!

I will publish another update after the election for CD-2. I wish both Christine and Paul the best of luck in the CD-2 election on Dec. 8th!

In your service,

Michael McCue
Green Party Candidate for CD-2
Board Member – Studio City Neighborhood Council
Chair – Environmental Affairs Committee
Member – Government Affairs Committee