Nader/Gonzalez on 3-stop Tour in Ohio
News Advisory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Marc Abizeid, 831-818-7736, marcabizeid@votenader.org (national);
Justin Jeffre, 917-881-9882, justinjeffre@votenader.org (local).
RALPH NADER AND MATT GONZALEZ TO VISIT COLUMBUS,
WILMINGTON AND CINCINNATI MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
Columbus Information:
On Monday, September 8 at 12:30 p.m., Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader and running mate Matt Gonzalez will hold a press conference followed by a 1 p.m. campaign rally at the Drexel Theatre, 2254 E. Main St., Columbus, OH 43209. For more information call Dan Whorton at 614-573-6986.
Wilmington Information:
On
Monday, September 8 at 4:30 p.m., Independent Presidential Candidate
Ralph Nader and running mate Matt Gonzalez will speak at a rally
sponsored by the "Save Ohio Jobs" coalition which is demonstrating
against the proposed closure of a DHL freight hub in Wilmington. Shutting down
the hub, which is Wilmington's largest employer, would cost between 8,000 and 10,000 workers their jobs. The rally will be held at the Kelly Center of Wilmington College, 113 College St. Wilmington, OH 45177. For more information call Tony Olsen of the
Save Ohio Jobs coalition at 913-707-2471.
Cincinnati Information:
On Monday, September 8 at 7 p.m., Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader and running mate Matt Gonzalez will hold a press conference followed by a 7:30 p.m. campaign rally at the Cincinnati Memorial Hall, 1229 Elm St., Cincinnati, OH 45210. For more information call Justin Jeffre at 917-881-9882.
Topics at the Rallies:
At
their campaign rallies in Columbus and Cincinnati, Nader/Gonzalez will
address critical issues the major party candidates have taken "off the
table" that the Nader/Gonzalez campaign has put on the table, including:
- a comprehensive, negotiated military and corporate withdrawal date
from Iraq;
- a single-payer, Canadian-style, private delivery, free-choice public
health insurance system for all;
- a living wage and repeal of the anti-union Taft-Hartley Act;
- a no-nuke, solar-based energy policy supported by renewable,
sustainable, energy-efficient sources;
- a carbon tax to deter global warming;
-
an end to the corporate welfare and corporate crime that has resulted
in millions losing pensions, savings and jobs and squandered tax
dollars; and,
- more direct democracy reflecting the preamble to our
constitution which starts with "we the people," and not "we the
corporations."
About Ralph Nader
Attorney,
author, and consumer advocate Ralph Nader has been named by Time
Magazine one of the "100 Most Influential Americans in the 20th
Century." For more than four decades he has exposed problems and
organized millions of citizens into more than 100 public interest
groups advocating solutions. He led the movement to establish the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and
was instrumental in enacting the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Motor
Vehicle Safety Act, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and countless
other pieces of important consumer legislation. Because of Ralph Nader
we drive safer cars, eat healthier food, breathe better air, drink
cleaner water, and work in safer environments. Nader graduated from
Princeton University and received an LL.B from Harvard Law School.
About Matt Gonzalez
Matt
Gonzalez was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2000
representing San Francisco's fifth council district. From 2003 to 2005,
he served as Board of Supervisors President. A former public defender,
Gonzalez is managing partner of Gonzalez & Leigh, a 7-attorney
practice in San Francisco that represents individuals and organizations
in mediation, arbitration, and administrative proceedings before state
and federal regulatory bodies. Gonzalez graduated from Columbia
University and received a JD from Stanford Law School.
About the Nader/Gonzalez Campaign
According
to a CNN-Opinion Research Corp. poll conducted from July 27-29, Ralph
Nader is at 6 percent nationally (equivalent to about 10 million
eligible voters), higher than his highest major poll numbers during the
same time period in 2000 and approaching the 10 percent threshold
required for eligibility to participate in "America's Presidential
Debate in New Orleans," a Google-sponsored event scheduled for
September 18. In the key swing state of Michigan -- whose Democratic
voters were partially disenfranchised by the Democratic National
Committee -- an EPIC-MRA poll found Nader at 8-10 percent.
For more information on the Nader/Gonzalez campaign, visit: votenader.org.
