Real leadership & real change for Saint Paul

Real leadership & real change for Saint Paul

In 2010, the Green Party of St. Paul decided to organize an effort to run a coordinated, city wide campaign to field candidates across the city of St. Paul. The effort is fueled by the desire to live in a city that can meaningfully address issues in a way that reflects core values that many of our neighbors share: grassroots democracy, social and economic justice, environmental wisdom, and non-violence.

The Green Party of St. Paul worked hard to collect signatures and work with other organizations to pressure the City Council to adopt Ranked Choice Voting. The introduction of Ranked Choice Voting in St. Paul presents a great opportunity to get more people involved, and bring the vision, values and ideas of the Green Party to St. Paul city government.

Without a coordinated effort for change, the city council is apt to keep a majority of incumbents, and St. Paul will continue to lack political will and leadership to take the action that our citizens expect to move our city forward.

To be most effective in a traditionally one-party town, the Green Party created GreenSaintPaul - a coordinated citywide campaign that articulates a clear vision with five core objectives and policies and actions to achieve them

Saint Paul deserves a strong, vibrant and resilient local economy that creates good jobs

Saint Paul deserves a strong, vibrant and resilient local economy that creates good jobs

Saint Paul deserves a greener, healthier environment

Saint Paul deserves a greener, healthier environment

Saint Paul can reduce racial disparities and treat all of its residents with fairness, dignity and respect

Saint Paul can reduce racial disparities and treat all of its residents with fairness, dignity and respect

Saint Paul can tap in to the wisdom and energy of its residents to increase local self determination

Saint Paul can tap in to the wisdom and energy of its residents to increase local self determination

Saint Paul can provide all of our children with a safe, healthy learning environment to achieve academic excellence and build community leadership

Saint Paul can provide all of our children with a safe, healthy learning environment to achieve academic excellence and build community leadership

Help us put people first in Saint Paul!

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Jim Ivey

Post-election news roundup

GreenSaintPaul Press Release: Green Party Awaits Final Results in Ward 2 and Posts Impressive Results in Wards 1 and 6

"During the 2011 campaign, the Green Party candidates for St. Paul City Council took their message to the people in Wards 1, 2 and 6 with impressive results against their established DFL incumbents"

 

MPR: Ranked-choice election leads to recount in St. Paul ward

"Green party candidate Jim Ivey is Thune's strongest opposition, with 1,400 first place votes -- about 26 percent of the first round of results. Bill Hosko is third, with about 25 percent. "

 

Star Tribune: Ranked voting gets first runoff test

Green Party Awaits Final Results in Ward 2 and Posts Impressive Results in Wards 1 and 6

During the 2011 campaign, the Green Party candidates for St. Paul City Council took their message to the people in Wards 1, 2 and 6 with impressive results against their established DFL incumbents.

Jim Ivey

PiPress: Jim "the only political contender actively embracing" Ranked Voting

An article in this Sunday's Pioneer Press highlighted the work our campaign has been doing to educate voters about how to vote effectively in this Ranked Voting election:

"Jim Ivey wants to be your first choice for St. Paul City Council. But if he can't win that, he'd like to be your second choice, or even your third.

With ranked-choice voting scheduled to debut on Election Day Tuesday in St. Paul, Ivey, a Lowertown resident and Green Party candidate running for the Ward 2 council seat, appears to be the only political contender actively embracing the new process and courting second-place votes.

It's a strategy the other 20 candidates have avoided and some have openly criticized."

Source: Pioneer Press

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Bee Kevin Xiong

SPAAR Recommends St. Paul Candidates...

The SPAAR Government Affairs Committee interviewed candidates for St. Paul City Council, St. Paul School Board and Maplewood City Council in September and October and made endorsements in several races. 2011 is an off-year for elections, except in the City of St. Paul and a few other cities. All St.

Bee Kevin Xiong

Bee Kevin Xiong and Dan Bostrom to debate at Hope Luthern Church on Oct. 25

What:  Bee Kevin Xiong and Dan Bostrom Debate

When: Tuesday, October 25th 7-8pm

Jim Ivey

Listen to audio of Jim and other Ward 2 candidates on KFAI

KFAIKFAI show Truth To Tell, hosted by Andy Driscoll and Michelle Alimoradi, invited Jim and the other Ward 2 candidates to discuss some issues.

Bee Kevin Xiong

Bee Kevin Xiong your next council member Promo!

http://youtu.be/2fZD_2UmCtg

Click on the link to view the Youtube promo clip. Thanks!

 

 

Bee Kevin Xiong

Meet and Greet with Bee Kevin Xiong; Oct 8th at Polly's Cafe Cove

Dear Members of Grid 34, and fellow neighbors of Ward 6,
 
Please join Bee Kevin Xiong for a meet and greet this Saturday, October 8th at Polly's Coffee Cove from 10am-12pm.  Bee and the rest of our campaign team cannot wait to meet with all of you and other neighbors in Ward 6. Bring your ideas and questions because Bee is eager to share with you his
Jim Ivey

United Food and Commercial Workers Endorse Jim

The Ivey for City Council campaign is proud to announce its endorsement by the United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1189. “I deeply appreciate this statement of the need in Ward 2 for a representative who will support all workers and uphold our city's Living Wage ordinance,” said Jim Ivey.