[okeefe-updates] O’KEEFE CAMPAIGN UPDATE — FEBRUARY 21, 2002

[James O'Keefe for State Treasurer]

O’KEEFE CAMPAIGN UPDATE — FEBRUARY 21, 2002

1.  Letter from James on the state of the campaign
2.  House party in Greenfield, this Saturday, 2/23, 7pm
3.  Web site redesign, take a look!

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1.  Letter from James on the state of the campaign
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Hi Friends,

My campaign for State Treasurer is in high gear! The energy of my
supporters throughout the state has been phenomenal. In the past two
weeks, over 100 volunteers throughout the state have requested petition
forms—some people have asked for as many as 75 forms!

Each day I grow more confident that we will win! The Republicrats have
the money, but the Greens have the spirit!

At this crucial time in the campaign, we need your help more than ever.
First and foremost, we need you to gather signatures to ensure that 
Jill Stein and I are on the ballot in November. We need people across 
the state to collect signatures at a rate of 2,500 sigs per week. It’s 
a challenge, but with your help, we can do it.

If you’ve already requested petitions, Thank you! Keep collecting, and
let us know if you need any more.

If you haven’t yet requested any petitions, please do so now! Reply to
this e-mail with your name, address, phone number and number of
petitions needed, and we’ll get them to you right away. If you’ve 
never done it before, don’t worry! We’ll help you get started and coach 
you along the way.

For those of you in the Boston area, go to:

http://www.jillwill.org/side.html?petition

and check out a calender of upcoming public events—these are great to 
petition at! I am attaching the events for the next week at the bottom 
of this e-mail. If you’re interested in petitioning at any of these 
events, please let us know at 617-628-2922. We will pair you with 
other interested people.

In addition to petitioning, we need volunteers to do all kinds of
different work throughout the state. If you are at all interested, we
would love to hear from you, either at info at jamesokeefe.org or at
617-628-2922.

Finally, if you haven’t yet sent in a contribution of $5 to $100, 
please consider doing so. While $100 will go a long way toward helping 
our campaign pay for its daily operations, even $5 will help my 
campaign get Clean Elections funds. Don’t put this off—go to:

http://www.jamesokeefe.org/contribute

for instructions on contributing.

Thanks again for all your help and support!

peace,

James O’Keefe

PS.  Here are a few Boston-area Events at which we need volunteers 
to gather signatures:

Feb. 21

Global Justice Speak out Spontaneous Celebrations, 7pm
Jamaica Plain (Boston)

Feb. 22

Life and DebtScreening Brattle Theater, 7:30 & 9:30pm showings
Harvard Square, Cambridge

Janeane Garafalo performing Orpheum Theater, 8pm 
Boston

Feb. 23

Petitioning in Newton, 11 am

SongStreet Folk Festival Somerville Theater, 7pm
Somerville

Jimmy Tingle performing Regent Theater, 8pm 

Feb. 24

The Graduate Broadway Performance Colonial Theater, 2:00 and 7:30pm
Somerville Musical Performances Somerville Museum, 3pm

Feb. 25

Africa vs. Globalization (Speaker) Harvard Science Center, 7 pm 
Cambridge

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2.  House party in Greenfield, this Saturday, 2/23, 7pm
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For those of you in or near Franklin county, please join us for a house 
party, this Saturday, 2/23 at 7pm.  It will be at the home of Rosemary 
Caine and Howard Natenshon at 746 Colrain Rd. in Greenfield.  I hope 
you can make it and I look forward to meeting many of you there.

Directions

From the North or South

Take Rt 91 to Exit 26 (RT-2A/GREENFIELD CTR/N. ADAMS).
Take Rt 2 West until you see a Super 8 Motel on your right.
The Super 8 Motel is on Colrain Rd., so take that right. Note your 
  mileage.
Take Colrain Rd. past the Greenfield Community College on your left.
Colrain Rd. comes to a fork and continues on the left fork.
746 Colrain Rd. is on your left and is 2 miles from the Super 8 Motel.

From the East or West

Take Rt 2 until you see a Super 8 Motel on your right (coming from the 
  east) or left (from the west).
The Super 8 Motel is on Colrain Rd., so take that turn. Note your 
  mileage.
Take Colrain Rd. past the Greenfield Community College on your left.
Colrain Rd. comes to a fork and continues on the left fork.
746 Colrain Rd. is on your left and is 2 miles from the Super 8 Motel.

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3.  Web site redesign, take a look!
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We updated the web site to give it a more timely feel and to immediately 
show supporters what positions we have taken and how things are going 
in the campaign.  Please take a look if you have not already, and tell 
your friends.  Thanks!