This letter to the editor by Josh James appeared in the Longmont Observer, October 19th, 2018.
Theresa Stets, registered independent, is running for Colorado State House District 12. So far she has been endorsed by the Green Party of Colorado, and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7. Unfortunately I’m just outside of the district. If I was in HD12, then I would have 2 candidates on my ballot that I can actually feel good about voting for this year, Cliff Willmeng for Boulder County Commissioner, and Theresa.
Instead of being aligned with the two political entities of the most destructive socioeconomic system the world has ever seen, Theresa is aligned with the movement for Community Rights and Local Self Government. Community Rights include environmental rights, such as the right to clean air, pure water, and healthy soil; worker rights, such as the right to living wages and equal pay for equal work; rights of nature, such as the right of ecosystems to flourish and evolve; and democratic rights, such as the right of local community self-government, and the right to free and fair elections. These superior rights are almost always in a state of opposition to Corporate Rights, which our system is built to favor as “persons” and are being strengthened by the system every day. From oil and gas, to rent control, the interests of the “free market” prevail. MORE…