Ian Wilder, Green Party activist
Posted at onthewilderside.com
(excerpt from) Shelter Island Reporter
Why Should LIPA Be Afraid of Suffolk?
by Karl Grossman
“LIPA was supposed to become the people’s power authority. That has not happened,” declares Ian Wilder of North Babylon, [former] co-chair of the Green Party of New York State, on his website. “When LIPA was first set up, they were supposed to be elected members of the LIPA board … That never happened. They are all appointed; with no accountability to the public … Vetoing a bill that the legislators passed to try to give some accountability is just another step backward.”
Related story about Governor and LIPA: here.
Karl Grossman, investigative reporter
9 responses so far ↓
1 Kimberly Wilder // Dec 11, 2009 at 8:04 am
The post was so short and busy to begin with, didn’t want to put this in, too. But, anyway, as most people can tell from the names, I am related to Mr. Ian Wilder. (He’s my hubby.)
2 paulie // Dec 11, 2009 at 10:54 am
This one would also be on topic here…
http://wilderside.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/green-party-of-ct-and-mobilization-for-health-care-for-all-protest-dodd-biden-fundraiser/
3 Michael Cavlan // Dec 11, 2009 at 11:54 am
Kimberley and All
This is very cool but……
Hate to be a real pain in the ass here but I am still committed to exposing the Green Party on the National level.
So what about Minnesota’s very own Winona No Nukes LaDuke, former GP VP candidate with Ralph Nader who did a Michael Moore by publicly endorsing John “Bomb Fallujah Better with DU” Kerry 2004 and then Barack “Pro-Nuke” O-BOMBER?
How in the hell can we go forward with GP “leadership” such as this?
Of course, I speak as a former Green who has given up on the Greens just as much as i gave up long ago on the Democrats.
I am committed to exposing both for what they really are.
4 Michael Cavlan // Dec 11, 2009 at 11:57 am
For the record, I am obviously trying to warn young activists on just what they may be entering, when they join the GP.
Time to build something real. Something that is SERIOUS about challenging the pro-war, corporate corrupted two party system.
Cuz the Greens ain’t it.
5 Green Party // Dec 11, 2009 at 1:32 pm
It should be noted that, although she was the Green Party’s nominee for Vice-President in 2000, Winona LaDuke is not currently nor has ever been a paid staffer, nor a Green Party Steering Committee or National Committee member, to our knowledge.
6 Michael Cavlan // Dec 11, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Green Party
Very true. She was “only” the GP VP candidate in 2000. Not the nominee but the candidate.
I also have never been a paid GP staffer, although I, like many of my Ralph Nader supporting friends and allies had poured countless time/money and other resources into the GP.
I also was, at one time a National GP Delegate.
I like my other friends and allies will NEVER make those mistakes again.
Because, like I said, we are SERIOUS about building an alternative to the pro-war, corporate corrupted two party system.
7 Michael Cavlan // Dec 11, 2009 at 1:48 pm
*Twinkle*
8 VAGreen // Dec 12, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Good job, Ian! Thanks for getting us some positive attention in the media.
9 VAGreen // Dec 12, 2009 at 6:01 pm
What on Earth does Winona LaDuke’s choice of Presidential candidates in 2004 have to do with an article about protests against the Long Island Power Company in 2009?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. This is just another attempt to grab the spotlight away from Greens doing good work. Stop trolling, Cavlan, and build your own party.
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