Pinal County Greens Denounce Arizona Republicans' Abuse of Power in Redistricting Impeachment

Apache Junction, Ariz., Nov. 2 -

Today the Pinal County Greens passed a resolution denouncing Gov. Jan Brewer and Arizona Senate Republicans for their abuse of power in the impeachment of the chair of the Independent Redistricting Commission, the sole member who is neither a Republican nor a Democrat.

The resolution called the vote to impeach a volunteer citizen commissioner "an unconstitutional power grab after Republican bullying and intimidation failed to move the commission into protecting the careers of Republican congressmen" and said "Governor Brewer clearly abused her power."

"Arizonans of good will and of all political persuasions and party (or non-party) registrations should condemn this Republican assault on good government and a fair voting process," said Richard Grayson, Pinal County Greens co-chair and a 2010 Green Party candidate for Congress. "This casual comedy may have the opposite effect than what was intended: a reinvigoration and mobilization of progressive forces in this state."

Grayson quoted the final lines of William Butler Yeats' "Easter 1916":
Now and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

The Pinal County Greens are members of the Arizona Green Party in Pinal County.

Pinal County Greens Pass Resolution Calling State Senator Russell Pearce "A Little Piece of Shit"

Apache Junction, Ariz., Oct. 18 -

The Pinal County Greens today passed a resolution calling Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, currently being recalled from office, "a little piece of shit."

The resolution also called Pearce "a corrupt bigot and an embarrassment to Arizona and the United States of America."

The Pinal County Greens are members of the Arizona Green Party who live in Pinal County, America's second-fastest-growing county

Pinal County Greens Name Anti-Gay GOP Candidate Matt Salmon Arizona's Worst Father of the Year in Father's Day Resolution

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.