Story by: DYLAN THOMAS / [email protected]

A second candidate emerged in April for the Ward 8 City Council seat Elizabeth Glidden plans to leave after three terms in office.

Terry White, a marketing operations manager in the healthcare industry, is making his first run for public office with the backing of the local Green Party. White will go up against Andrea Jenkins, a DFLer who once worked as Glidden’s aide and now leads the University of Minnesota’s Transgender Oral History Project.

“A large part of why I’m running as a Green is to ensure that ecological wisdom is incorporated into city policies,” White said. “In particular, I want to ensure that the city’s Climate Action Plan is implemented and fully funded.”

The Green Party of the 4th Congressional District has officially endorsed Elizabeth Dickinson in the Saint Paul Mayoral race!

Welcome to the February/March 2017 issue of the Sunflower Seed! In this issue you will find the most recent 2017 Green endorsed candidates, learn how Greens are defending Ranked Choice Voting in Saint Paul, get an update on the historic Cheri Honkala campaign to fight establishment corruption, and learn about massive Green successes in the Netherlands and England! Enjoy!

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From Green Councilmember Cam Gordon: 

"I'm very disturbed by the news that Xcel Energy has used its economic power to muzzle fair, if pointed, criticism of it's terrible 'Becker bill'. 

Samantha L. Pree-Stinson

Green Party Endorsed Candidate

Minneapolis City Council Ward 3

White paper: Energy, Environment and Transportation

Minneapolis and St. Paul are two of the hardest hit cities due to climate change. Currently, renewable energy fuels only about 21% of MN electricity. We are getting much dryer and over the last 50 years we have seen a 40% increase in extreme storms. We need green spaces and not more concrete to absorb the heat. The good news is that we have options. Options that allow us to make better use of our space in the city, increase our self-sustainability, and make for a SMART future thinking city for generations of Minneapolitans to come.

www.facebook.com/MplsGreens 

For Immediate Release

Date:    March 13, 2017          Contact: Betsy Barnum           [email protected]

Location: Minneapolis                                                          701-610-3432 

Greens Blast Racist Threat, Stand Behind Pree-Stinson 

The Green Party stands strongly behind our endorsed candidate for Minneapolis City Council Ward 3, Samantha Pree-Stinson, in the wake of a threatening racist note left on the fence at her home.

By Tim Nelson of MPR News

Candidates hoping to succeed St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman are starting to take to the campaign trail together ahead of key party endorsement battles starting soon.

By Camille Erickson of the Twin Cities Daily Planet

The morning after the 2016 presidential elections, Samantha Pree-Stinson, a resident of Northeast Minneapolis was confronted by a truck of all male passengers spewing racial slurs directly at her. Soon after, she observed the same men spit and yell at another woman. Earlier that day, Pree-Stinson recalls having shared with her family a hope: that despite the outcome of the elections, the hatred brewing throughout the past year would not seep further into their world. Yet, after this incident, she questioned if that was possible.

“Although the bulk of my campaign is focused on Economic Justice, and the role that local offices such as the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board play in it, I have plenty of ideas to make our city cleaner and greener--all based on the idea of looking at the entire city as one Ecosystem.

Catch Minneapolis Green Party (5th CD) endorsed Samantha Pree-Stinson for Minneapolis City Council, Ward 3 at minute 36:09 on KFAI - 90.3 FM Minneapolis - 106.7 FM St. Paul's TruthToTell here.

"We need an affordable Minneapolis, we're looking at addressing the cost of living, $15 is part of that, micro apartments and tiny house ordinances among other things are things we should look at as well." -Sam Pree-Stinson

You can follow Samantha on Facebook here, on Twitter on here, and her website here!