APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz., Jan. 16 -
The Pinal County Greens today attended the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Festival in Mesa. Here are photos and a brief report by Pinal County Greens co-chair Richard Grayson:
We were in downtown Mesa at the Mesa Arts Center on this cloudy, cool afternoon for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Festival,
a community celebration featuring music, dance, food, retail and organization booths, a youth area for kids and information on job opportunities, health, and outreach programs.
We had a terrific time watching the entertainment, checking out the various booths, and talking to people.
We're old enough to remember the heyday of the civil rights movement. In our teenage years Martin Luther King Jr. was important to us,
so we're grateful we got to spend this Martin Luther King Jr. with everyone in downtown Mesa.
Apache Junction, Ariz., June 19 -
Meeting for their annual Father's Day celebration, the Pinal County Greens passed a resolution commemorating Father's Day 2011 and naming anti-gay Republican politician Matt Salmon Arizona's Worst Father of the Year.
Pinal County Greens Co-Chair Richard Grayson, 60, said the designation of the homophobic Republican former Congressman and current Congressional candidate -- Salmon is running for the East Valley U.S. House seat being relinquished by Jeff Flake -- "should not detract from the group's general wishes that everyone have a Happy Father's Day, especially my own wonderful father living right here in the East Valley. It's too bad that Matt Salmon's son didn't luck out the way I did in getting such a great and loving dad."
The Pinal County Greens are members of the Arizona Green Party living in Pinal County, the second-fastest-growing county in the United States, according to the 2010 Census.
