Mary DeCamp, a Green Party candidate for city council in Tuscon, Arizona, had a letter published in the Arizona Daily Wildcat, the University of Arizona’s newspaper.  Her letter was critical of the fact that she was left out of an article about Propisition 200, a “public safety” referendum:

My message as a third party candidate is important. I have looked at global conditions (planetary warming, crumbling economy and fraying social fabric), and I have provided practical, affordable local solutions that rely on neighbors instead of turning to government or big business (retrofit Tucson’s older homes for energy efficiency, adopt a local currency and return to community-based policing).

The Green Party accepts no corporate donations. We have 10 key values that inform our policy stands beginning with grassroots democracy. We are the third largest political party in the United States and we are international in scope (gp.org). We also believe in future-focus, personal and global responsibility, ecological wisdom, non-violence, local economies and social justice.

Please provide your readers with a more rounded picture of local politics. This is an area that has a direct effect on the quality of their lives and ignoring one of the candidate choices is a disservice to our community.