Greens compete for local offices in April 17 election

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While the April 17 Consolidated Election is officially nonpartisan, there will be four members of the Illinois Green Party on the ballot next Tuesday:

ROBERT BRAAM, a Green Party member from the Village of Manhattan in Will County, is a write-in candidate for Manhattan Public Library District Trustee.

ADRIAN FROST is running for Plano School Board (Kendall County). Adrian is a founding member and chair of the Kendall County Greens.

CAROL LARSON is running for Oak Lawn - Hometown School Board. She currently teaches child development through the City Colleges of Chicago and is pursuing a doctoral degree in educational psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago. She is one of two candidates for three seats. For more information, see her candidate profile on the Cook County Clerk's Web site at: http://www.voterinfonet.com/sub/candidate_memo.asp?cand_ID=04-0780-000*04-0780-0001004*5800

JASON WALLACE is running for Heartland Community College Board, which covers parts of McLean, Livingston and Logan Counties. Jason is one of five candidates for three seats. He is a past student trustee on the board, was recently elected chairperson of the Board of Higher Education Student Advisory Committee, and represents students on the Town of Normal Human Relations Commission. As a member of the National Guard, Jason has served in the Middle East. He's been endorsed by the McLean County Greens. For more information, visit groups.myspace.com/voteWallace

The Illinois Green Party is an established political party based on 10 key values: Grassroots democracy, social justice and equal opportunity, ecological wisdom, non-violence, decentralization, community-based economics and economic justice, feminism and gender equity, respect for diversity, personal and global responsibility, and future focus and sustainability. For more information, visit www.ilgp.org.