From a political website: On August 3, Glenn Davis filed nomination papers to be the Green Party's candidate for Philadelphia City Commissioner, the office that oversees elections. Davis is the chair of the Green Party of Philadelphia (GPOP).
After filing, Davis said, "Philadelphia
now has a choice. No one has to vote for the corporate parties. They can now
vote for the Green Party candidate for Philadelphia City Commissioner. When
elected, I will expose corruption in the election system, register more new
voters -- especially young voters -- and hold neighborhood informational
meetings to encourage voting."
Glenn Davis is running for City
Commissioner with six objectives: open all elections to minor parties, end corruption in regulation of elections, a
paper record of votes at every polling place, decent pay for polling place officials, registration and
education of new voters, and instant
run-off voting to achieve majority rule.
"Glenn Davis will engage the neglected
voters -- young people, returning citizens, and those who have been alienated
from voting by corrupt officials and faulty machines," says Paul Glover,
last year's Green Party candidate for governor of Pennsylvania.
Julian Robinson, a sophomore at
Community College of Philadelphia and a member of the GPOP City Committee, is
working for Glenn Davis' campaign "because I believe in his campaign. I believe
that we should have more youth involved in the voting process. Not enough youth
vote or run for office. Glenn will reach out to them. I also would like to get
rid of the 'Party' button, so that people will vote for individual candidates."
Another volunteer with the Davis
Campaign is Jeremy R. Griffin, a sophomore at Kutztown University, who collected
many nomination signatures for Davis. Griffin is an environmental activist and
a docent at Wild
West Philly. He is
working on the campaign for Glenn Davis because, "I am not for the politics of
the two corporate parties. As a registered Green Party member, who lives in
Philadelphia, I believe that Glenn Davis is a man with truth and morals who I
can get behind."
Glenn Davis is a 45-year-old father of
three, born and raised in the Haddington neighborhood of West Philadelphia. He
is on the board of directors of the Philadelphia Unemployment Project. Davis is
a veteran of the U.S. Army and has served as the vice-president of Shepard
Recreation Advisory Council.
Davis has been active in DecarceratePA, and he
walked from Philadelphia's Love Park to the State Capitol in Harrisburg as part
of the DecarceratePA march to stop Graterford Prison's expansion.
"Vote for Glenn Davis for
Philadelphia City Commissioner," said Cheri Honkala, the Green Party candidate for
sheriff in 2011 and for vice president in 2012. Honkala continued, "a vote for
Glenn Davis will demonstrate that you are serious about real change in the
vital area of clean elections."
The Green Party is an independent political party based upon grassroots democracy, social justice, nonviolence and ecological wisdom. For more information about the Green Party, please contact 215-243-7103.
