“I want people, bloggers, to write about the “other” candidates more. They need to write about the candidates whom aren’t the top two. It’s the only way to level the field a little.”
Check out my interview with Netroots Nation here.
Courtesy: Ryan Reason
The aspiring governor lounges inside a coffee shop in downtown Las Vegas, drinking juice from a bottle and explaining how his education plan will revive the state’s failing schools. He doesn’t have a bound report, or even an acronym — just a few observations from a product of the system.
Some of his points sound familiar. Funding is key, he says, because schools have been habitually shortchanged. That needs to change. But then the candidate starts talking about abolishing standardized testing. He’s in his forties, thin, bespectacled, serious — and not the guy you’re thinking of.
David Curtis is running as the Green Party’s candidate for governor. He is also, in a way, its candidate for political legitimacy and ballot access. The Greens are the smallest minor party in Nevada, with 4,154 registered members as of June, according to the Secretary of State’s office. More voters registered as “Other,” a catch-all affiliation that captures every fringe ideology from neo-fascism to crypto-anarchism.
Read the rest of this article here.
Get a sneak peak at the letter that’s going out to voters!
Hello. My name is David Curtis. I’m a native Nevadan and the Green Party candidate for Governor of Nevada in the November election. I am running for Governor because our state is hurting, and there are some structural changes we can make to pull ourselves out of this great recession…
Click on Chapter 4 or fast forward to 12:10 to see my interview with Mitch Fox.
What: CSN Sociology Club 2010 Gubernatorial Forum
When: Friday, May 7, from 6:30- 9 p.m.
Where: Rm C 133 of the CSN Henderson Campus, located at 700 College Drive
Greenparty US did a press release this morning about all the Gov candidates. We have the TOP billing! Click the link above or below to read the full story.
Craig Bergland submitted a few priorities that I thought were worth sharing:
1. Working on getting Nevadans a MINIMUM 30 day food supply and water supply in the event of sudden oil shock.
2. Creating a Nevada State bank as is found in North Dakota. A REAL state-owned bank that won’t rip us all off for year end bonuses.
3. Using open software for Nevada as opposed to Microsoft fees and etc.
20 February 2010
We’ve submitted the necessary petition signatures to the Secretary of State in Nevada and anticipate obtaining ballot access some time next month in the Governor race as the Green Party NV candidate.
In March, I will be moving to the Emergency Arts location on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas.
Key advisers, in multiple States are assisting with both the formation of platform responses and assembling the County leaders for the campaign.
(one can see whom these key advisers are on the Facebook Group called Curtis4governor)
I am making my key campaign decisions in the light of day, while other candidates hide behind their office doors.
As a third party candidate, one of the primary monetary habits to overcome is and will be the corporate media and their blind spot to third candidates in general.
Nevada, since it is a non-traditional State, may be uniquely positioned to lessen this blind-spot aspect.
98% of voters disapprove of the incumbent Congress.
The sitting Governor is not popular. The Major Party candidates are not well liked. The economy is in very bad condition. All of these imply that the timing is good for an alternate voice.
We are of the opinion that Nevada needs actual leadership, in a clear and serious way. We cannot afford four more years of Republican leadership in Nevada. We cannot settle for a former Federal judge, whom was summoned to Nevada by unknown forces. We also cannot afford to install a Democrat merely out of cult reverence for a celebrity President or habitual loyalty to a Native Senator blood line.
I ask voters to read the actual proposals we put forth, and honestly decide whom they believe will make the best choices on their behalf.
Read about it here in the Las Vegas Weekly.
